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1999

Our Changing Planet, The FY2000 US Global Change Research Program  Annual report by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Research of the National Science and Technology Council. It generally accompanies the President's Year Budget on a yearly basis. Copies are available from the GCRIO Online Catalog.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Special Report: Aviation and the Global Atmosphere.

WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, 1999. From the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

USGCRP Seminars:

• El Niño/La Niña and Hurricanes: Was 1999 a Preview of the Near Future? (16 December 1999)
• What's Driving Climate Change in the 20th Century - Changes in Solar Radiation or the Buildup of Greenhouse Gases? (23 November 1999)
• Sensitivity of the Tropics to a Global Climate Warming: Evidence and Implications (16 November 1999)
• Amphibian Declines in the Cloud Forests of Costa Rica: Responses to Climate Change? (5 October 1999)
• CO₂ and Temperature over the Last 420,000 Years: Present and Projected Climate Changes in Perspective (30 September 1999)
• Origin, Impact, and Implications of the Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico (19 July 1999)
• Status of the Health of Coral Reefs: An Update (22 June 1999)
• Surface Temperature Changes and Biospheric Responses in the Northern Hemisphere during the Last 1,000 Years (17 May 1999)
• Arctic Sea-Ice: Changes, Causes, and Implications (20 April 1999)
• Projected Ecosystem Changes for the United States Under a Climate Warming (18 March 1999)
• Status and Health of Marine Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Habitat: The Road Ahead (17 February 1999)
• History of Drought Variability in the Central United States: Implications for the Future (25 January 1999)

1998

Our Changing Planet, The FY1999 US Global Change Research Program

WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, 1998. From the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

USGCRP Seminars:

• Changes in Carbon Sources and Sinks: The Outlook for Climate Change and Managing Carbon in the Future (8 December 1998)
• Environmental Water Security: Lessons from the Southwestern U.S., Northwestern Mexico, and the Middle East (23 November 1998)
• Which World? - A Look at Three Plausible Trend-Based Scenarios of the Future (22 October 1998)
• Depletion and Recovery of the Ozone Layer: An Update of the Scientific Understanding (23 September 1998)
• Reconstruction of the Earth's Temperature Record for the Last Six Centuries: Are the Earth's Glaciers Responding to Climate Change? (20 July 1998)
• Development of Asian Megacities: Environmental, Economic, Social, and Health Implications (11 June 1998)
• Potential Consequences of Global Warming for the Northwestern US: Water Resources and Marine Ecosystems (19 May 1998)
• Estimating the Consequences of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Case of Air Quality for the U.S. (20 April 1998)
• Origin, Incidence, and Implications of Amazon Fires (30 March 1998)
• Abrupt Climate Changes Revisited: How Serious and How Likely? (23 February 1998)
• Climate Change from the 14th-20th Centuries: Evidence from the Subsurface and the Arctic (20 January 1998)

1997

Climate Change: State of Knowledge [PDF].  Eighteen page, full-color illustrated booklet for a general audience. Published by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in 1997.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Paper "#2 An Introduction to Simple Climate Models Used in the IPCC Second Assessment Report, Feb. 1997 (PDF)"

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Paper "#4 Implications of Proposed CO2 Emissions Limitations, Oct. 1997 (PDF)"

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Special Report: "The Regional Impacts of Climate Change, Nov. 1997"

Our Changing Planet, The FY1998 US Global Change Research Program.

Environmental Diplomacy: The Environment and U.S. Foreign Policy.  The U.S. State Department's first annual report on the environment and foreign policy.  

"Is the Climate Changing? Indeed It Is".  by Michael MacCracken Director of the Office of the US Global Change Research Program, Washington DC and Tom Karl Senior Scientist at the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Asheville NC. appears in Bob Ryan's 1997 Almanac & Guide for the Weatherwise published by WRC-TV, Washington DC.

WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, 1997. From the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

USGCRP Seminars:

• Observed Climate Change in Alaska: The Early Consequences of Global Warming (8 December 1997)
• Global Warming and the Earth's Water Cycle: What Do the Changes Mean and Why be Concerned? (5 November 1997)
• The 1997-98 El Nino Forecast: What are the Societal Implications and Opportunities? (20 October 1997)
• Anticipated Climate Changes in a High-CO₂ World: Implications for Long-Term Planning (15 September 1997)
• Wetland Losses in the United States: Scope, Causes, Impacts, and Future Prospects (7 July 1997)
• Antarctic Update: An Ecosystem Perspective on UV Radiation and Climate Change Impacts (2 June 1997)
• Natural Hazards, Human Impacts, and Disaster Reduction (22 May 1997)
• The Role of Energy Technologies in Determining the Long-Term Costs for Stabilizing the Carbon Dioxide Concentration (21 April 1997)
• Ecological and Climatic Consequences of Human-Induced Changes in the Global Nitrogen Balance (3 March 1997)
• Assessing U.S. Regional Climate Impacts Using Global-Scale General Circulation Models (10 February 1997)
• Food, Agriculture, and Climate Change: The U.S. and International Outlook (7 January 1997)

1996

Our Changing Planet, The FY1997 US Global Change Research Program.  

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Technical Paper "#1 Technologies, Policies and Measures for Mitigating Climate Change, Nov 1996 (PDF)"

Prepared statement of The Honorable John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and Tehcnology Policy before the subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, HUD, and Independent Agencies Committee on Appropriations, US House of Representatives, FY97 House Appropriations Testimony/OSTP (30 April 1996)

Joint Communique from the Sixth U.S. Japan Joint High-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology (2 May 1996)

"American Diplomacy and the Global Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century" : Address by Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Stanford University. (9 April 1996)

 "American Diplomacy and the Global Environmental Challenges of the 21st Century": Q&A Session after address by Secretary of State Warren Christopher to Stanford University. (9 April 1996)

WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, 1996. From the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

USGCRP Seminars:

• The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation: The Importance of Values and Assumptions (9 December 1996)
• Sustainable Water Resources in the Next Century, with Special Reference to Global Climate Change and the Western U.S. (18 November 1996)
• The Ecological Effects of Global Warming on North American Birds and Butterflies (22 October 1996)
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenarios: Their Content, Assumptions, and Implications (16 September 1996)
• Greenhouse Concerns: Lessons from the Past (17 July 1996)
• Forest Responses to Changes in Atmospheric Composition and Climate (10 June 1996)
• The Satellite Temperature Records (20-21 May 1996)
• The Role of Aerosols in Climate Change (25 April 1996)
• Extent and Implications of Land Cover Changes: The View from Space (12 March 1996)
• Coral Bleaching: Ecological & Economic Impacts (13 February 1996)
• Climate Implications of Abrupt Changes in Ocean Circulation (23 January 1996)

1995

Our Changing Planet, The FY1996 US Global Change Research Program

Nature: "Climate Change: The Evidence Mounts Up"

WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate, 1995.  From the United Nations World Meteorological Organization.

• "Climate Change 1995: Synthesis Report"
• "Climate Change 1995: The Science of Climate Change: Summary of Policy Makers"
• "Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptation, and Mitigation: Summary of Policy Makers"
• "Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions: Summary of Policy Makers"

USGCRP Seminars:

• Hurricanes! (11 December 1995)
• Anthropogenic Ozone Depletion: Status & Human Health Implications (13 November 1995)
• Signals of Human-induced Climate Warming (17 October 1995)
• Ice Core Records of Past Climate Changes: Implications for the Future (18 September 1995)
• Climate Change and Human Health (10 July 1995)
• Climate Models: How Certain are their Projections of Future Climate Change? (12 June 1995)
• Floods and Drought (8 May 1995)

1994

Our Changing Planet, The FY1995 US Global Change Research Program

UN Environment Programme's: Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion: 1994 Assessment"

1993 

1992

1991

 "Policy Statements on Data Management for Global Change Research" (July 2, 1991)

1990 

1989 

Our Changing Planet: A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research.  A Report by the Committee on Earth Sciences (of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology) to Accompany the U.S. President's Fiscal Year 1990 Budget.