Scientific Assessment of Climate Change. The Policymakers' Summary of the Reportof Working Group 1 to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

摘要

The following subject areas are covered: what factors determine global climate;what are the greenhouse gases and why are they increasing; which gases are the most important; how much is climate expected to change; has man already begun to change the global climate; how much will sea level rise; and what will be the effect of climate change on ecosystems.