Reconciling Observations of Global Temperature Change

by National Research Council, Environment, and Resources Commission on Geosciences, Climate Research Committee, et al.

An overall increase in global-mean atmospheric temperatures is predicted to occur in response to human-induced increases in atmospheric concentrations of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases." The most prominent of these gases, carbon dioxide, has increased in concentration by over 30% during the past 200 years, and is expected to continue to increase well into the future. Other changes in atmospheric composition complicate the picture. In particular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309068916
• ISBN13: 9780309068918
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"