| Titre : |
The challenge of global warming |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Dean Abrahamson, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Chapman and Hall |
| Année de publication : |
1991 |
| Importance : |
p 243-251 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
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| Mots-clés : |
EFFET MEDICAMENT CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE |
| Résumé : |
Some people say that some standards of scientific objectivity are met and that global warming may not be as serious as has been represented or that some uncertainties are not presented yet .So as to objectivity, we are very much aware that the motto of the 1993 Chicago World’s Fair-Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms – is yet the dominant paradigm of contemporary industrialized society.
As is fashionable, the most optimistic case of future climatic change is not presented yet and if we are extremely fortunate in that, the most favorable outcomes of current climate models ultimately prove to be fact and the feedbacks not included in present models prove to cancel each other out and if we pursue aggressive, effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global heating might be limited to 1 or 2°C more than the nearly 1°C warming already observed. Yet even this climatic change would have serious impacts.
As to uncertainties, they provide a further compelling reason to slow and halt global climatic change as quickly as possible. If there were no uncertainties, we would at least be able to plan. The National Academy of Sciences has summarized: we have little confidence in predictions about many details of the forecasts: local changes by city or state, exact shifts.
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| Numéro du document : |
A/MAC |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
METEOROLOGIE ,ATMOSPHERE,CLIMATOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
ATMOSPHERE,CLIMATOLOGIE-CONSIDERATION GENERALE |
The challenge of global warming [texte imprimé] / Dean Abrahamson, Auteur . - Chapman and Hall, 1991 . - p 243-251. Langues : Anglais ( eng)
| Catégories : |
SCIENCES DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT
|
| Mots-clés : |
EFFET MEDICAMENT CHANGEMENT CLIMATIQUE |
| Résumé : |
Some people say that some standards of scientific objectivity are met and that global warming may not be as serious as has been represented or that some uncertainties are not presented yet .So as to objectivity, we are very much aware that the motto of the 1993 Chicago World’s Fair-Science Finds, Industry Applies, Man Conforms – is yet the dominant paradigm of contemporary industrialized society.
As is fashionable, the most optimistic case of future climatic change is not presented yet and if we are extremely fortunate in that, the most favorable outcomes of current climate models ultimately prove to be fact and the feedbacks not included in present models prove to cancel each other out and if we pursue aggressive, effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global heating might be limited to 1 or 2°C more than the nearly 1°C warming already observed. Yet even this climatic change would have serious impacts.
As to uncertainties, they provide a further compelling reason to slow and halt global climatic change as quickly as possible. If there were no uncertainties, we would at least be able to plan. The National Academy of Sciences has summarized: we have little confidence in predictions about many details of the forecasts: local changes by city or state, exact shifts.
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| Numéro du document : |
A/MAC |
| Niveau Bibliographique : |
2 |
| Bull1 (Theme principale) : |
METEOROLOGIE ,ATMOSPHERE,CLIMATOLOGIE |
| Bull2 (Theme secondaire) : |
ATMOSPHERE,CLIMATOLOGIE-CONSIDERATION GENERALE |
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