Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
National Research Council / Division on Earth and Life Studies / Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate / America's Climate Choices: Panel on Informing Effective Decisions and Actions Related to Climate Change
Global climate change is one of America's most significant long-term policy challenges. Human activity--especially the use of fossil fuels, industrial processes, livestock production, waste disposal, and land use change--is affecting global average temperatures, snow and ice cover, sea-level, ocean acidity, growing seasons and precipitation patterns, ecosystems, and human health. Climate-related decisions are being carried out by almost every ...