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Environmental division, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. Climate Change: State of Knowledge, text, March 1995; Washington, DC. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11852/m1/9/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .