CLIMATE CHANGE AND MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS:SYUN-ICHI AKASOFU From: Congressional Testimony | Date: April 26, 2006 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Congressional Testimony

04-26-2006

Statement of Syun-Ichi Akasofu Director, International Arctic Research
Center Committee on Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee
on Global Climate Change and Impacts April 26, 2006 Thank you for providing
me with the opportunity to testify at this important hearing today. In
order to avoid any misunderstanding, I would like to state at the outset
that it is in the best interests of mankind to redu...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

	I'm Not Being an Alarmist About the Greenhouse Effect The Washington Post ; In his Outlook article {"The Greenhouse Climate of Fear," Jan. 8}, Patrick Michaels takes the position that congressional testimony I presented about the greenhouse effect is alarmist and based on faulty data. On the contrary, the evidence for an increasing greenhouse effect is now sufficiently
	Scientist Says Greenhouse Effect Is Setting In The Washington Post ; Man-made gases that trap solar heat, resulting in the so-called "greenhouse effect," have left the Earth warmer today than ever before and increase the likelihood of the type of drought now parching U.S. farmland, a NASA scientist told a congressional hearing yesterday. James E. Hansen, chief of
	The real greenhouse effect Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology ; Sir, This is with reference to a paper by Prabhu face=+Italic; et alface=-Italic; .[1] published in a recent issue of the journal. The authors report that if a small heater is placed within a hood it increases the ambient temperature and humidity in the covered area. This arrangement is likely to
	What Is the Greenhouse Effect? The Washington Post ; You don't need to read a newspaper column to find out that this has been a hot, hot summer. All of us have experienced the roasting temperatures first-hand. We have tossed and turned through one steamy night after another. We have tried to find air-conditioned buildings in which to escape from the
	Study clouds greenhouse effect // Earth may heat up a lot - or hardly at all Chicago Sun-Times ; Many scientists have warned that the greenhouse effect could raise the Earth's temperature 1.5 to 4 degrees over the next 10 to 50 years. But a new study on how clouds affect climate indicates the greenhouse effect is less predictable than some studies show. Temperatures could rise much more than

See all results.