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Our Changing Planet. The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2010.
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Downloadable copy available A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. A Supplement to the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2010. Learn More -
Completing the Forecast: Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty for Better Decisions Using Weather and Climate Forecasts
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. By partnering with other segments of the community to understand user needs, generate relevant and rich informational products, and utilize effective communication vehicles, the National Weather Service can take a leading role in the transition to widespread, effective incorporation of uncertainty information into predictions. "Completing the Forecast" makes recommendations to the National Weather Service and the broader prediction community on how to make this transition. Learn More -
IPCC. Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
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To download this report, please visit the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change website. This Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) provides a comprehensive assessment of the physical science of climate change and continues to broaden the view of that science, following on from previous Working Group I assessments. The results presented here are based on the extensive scientific literature that has become available since completion of the IPCC’s Third Assessment Report, together with expanded data sets, new analyses, and more sophisticated climate modelling capabilities. Learn More -
Analysis of Global Change Assessments: Lessons Learned
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. This report reviews lessons learned from past assessments, which are intended to inform policymakers about the scientific underpinnings of critical environmental issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, and ozone depletion. Learn More -
Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. This book concludes that, when done correctly, public participation improves the quality of federal agencies' decisions about the environment. Well-managed public involvement also increases the legitimacy of decisions in the eyes of those affected by them, which makes it more likely that the decisions will be implemented effectively. This book recommends that agencies recognize public participation as valuable to their objectives, not just as a formality required by the law. It details principles and approaches agencies can use to successfully involve the public. Learn More -
Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. This report presents a vision for the Earth science program; an analysis of the existing Earth Observing System and recommendations to help restore its capabilities; an assessment of and recommendations for new observations and missions for the next decade; an examination of and recommendations for effective application of those observations; and an analysis of how best to sustain that observation and applications system. Learn More -
Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate examines the growing need for climate-related decision support--that is, organized efforts to produce, disseminate, and facilitate the use of data and information in order to improve the quality and efficacy of climate-related decisions. Drawing on evidence from past efforts to organize science for improved decision making, it develops guidance for government agencies and other institutions that will provide or use information for coping with climate change. This volume provides critical analysis of interest to agencies at every level, as well as private organizations that will have to cope with the world's changing climate. Learn More -
IPCC. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report
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To download this report, please visit the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change website. This Synthesis Report with its Summary for Policymakers is the fourth and final part of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – “Climate Change 2007”. Learn More -
Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health Factsheet
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Downloadable copy available The Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health (CCHHG) is charged by the USGCRP with planning, coordinating, implementing, evaluating, and reporting on federal research and related scientific activities on the human health impacts of global environmental change. Learn More -
Observing Weather and Climate from the Ground Up: A Nationwide Network of Networks
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. This book identifies short-term and long-term goals for federal government sponsors and other public and private partners in establishing a coordinated nationwide "network of networks" of weather and climate observations. Learn More
