The Potential Effects of Global Climate Change on the United States: Draft : Report to CongressU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy, Planning, and Evaluation, Office of Research and Development, 1988 - Climatic changes |
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adapt agencies agriculture air pollution air quality analyzed Apalachicola Bay Apalachicola River cause Central Valley Project climate change scenario coastal wetlands Consider Climate Change corn crop acreage crop yields demand for electricity demand for irrigation direct effects dryland ECOSYSTEMS effects of climate effects of CO₂ Electricity Demand emissions ENVIRONMENTAL estimate changes estuaries FIGURE fish fisheries freshwater GCMs GISS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE global warming GREENHOUSE EFFECT groundwater habitat heat Higher temperatures impacts of climate Increased temperature irrigation Lake Lanier Lakes Southeast lower lake levels MODELS northern hardwood northward Ogallala Aquifer patterns pest Plains California United POLICY potential impacts production Protected Range reduced regional REPORT result riverflow San Francisco Bay SCENARIOS 2xCO2 LESS sea level rise shifts Southeast Great Plains southern soybean species SPRING SUMMER FALL studies sugar maple Tennessee Valley Authority urban water management systems water quality Water Resources water supplies wetlands Wetlands lost WINTER SPRING SUMMER