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Abrupt Climate Change: Summary and Findings

Description: This report summary outlines brief answers to four questions about climate change. Will there be an abrupt change in sea level? Will there be an abrupt change in the hydrologic cycle? Will there be an abrupt change in the atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)? Will there be abrupt change in atmospheric methane?
Date: 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
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Abrupt Climate Change

Description: This is an excerpt of a report series produced by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. The document contains a list of team members and authors, a memo to Congress, a table of contents, acknowledgements, recommended citations, a synopsis of the full report, and a preface.
Date: December 2008
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
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Thresholds of Climate Change in Ecosystems

Description: This report provides a synthesis of the present state of scientific understanding to the climate and decision making communities on potential abrupt state changes or regime shifts in ecosystems in response to climate change.
Date: January 2009
Creator: Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)
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