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245 04 $aThe Impact of global warming on Texas :$ba report of the task force on climate change in Texas /$cedited by Gerald R. North, Jurgen Schmandt, and Judith Clarkson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAustin :$bUniversity of Texas Press,$c1995.
263 $a9501
300 $ax, 242 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aHARC global change studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aTask Force on Impacts of Climate Change -- Ch. 1. Global Climate Change / Gerald R. North -- Ch. 2. The Changing Climate of Texas / Gerald R. North, George Bomar, John Griffiths, James Norwine and Juan B. Valdes -- Ch. 3. Greenhouse Gas Emissions / Judith Clarkson -- Ch. 4. Water Resources / George Ward and Juan B. Valdes -- Ch. 5. Estuaries / William L. Longley -- Ch. 6. Biodiversity / Jane Packard -- Ch. 7. Agriculture / Bruce McCarl, Wesley Rosenthal, Ching-Cheng Chang and Richard M. Adams -- Ch. 8. Urban Areas / Judith Clarkson, John D. Wilson and Wolfgang Roeseler -- Ch. 9. Economy / Lonnie L. Jones and Teofilo Ozuna -- Ch. 10. Policy Options for Addressing the Impacts of Global Warming on Texas / Judith Clarkson and Jurgen Schmandt.
520 $a"The presence of uncertainty need not immobilize us like a deer trapped in the headlights of an onrushing truck. There is enough information to craft a sound program for a rational response to climate change in Texas." So concludes this report of the Task Force on Climate Change in Texas, an interdisciplinary group of experts convened by the Houston Advanced Research Center to study the possible effects of global warming on Texas and to identify policy options for avoiding or mitigating them.
520 8 $aAfter introductory chapters on global climate change, the changing Texas climate, and greenhouse emissions, individual chapters of this study explore the effects of global warming on Texas water resources, estuaries, biodiversity, agriculture, urban areas, and the economy. These essays reveal a wide range of possible effects, from severe stresses on water and coastal resources to low impact in the agricultural sector and in urban areas.
520 8 $aPolicy options to mitigate some of these effects follow these investigative chapters. Given the fact that Texas ranks seventh in the world in total CO[subscript 2] production and second in per capita emissions, the need to look seriously at our contributions to global warming and find ways to reduce emissions becomes clear. This book is an important step in that direction, especially for environmentalists, policymakers, and concerned public citizens.
650 0 $aGlobal warming$zTexas.
650 0 $aClimatic changes$zTexas.
700 1 $aNorth, Gerald R.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88292321
700 1 $aSchmandt, Jurgen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80023340
700 1 $aClarkson, Judith.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88028943
830 0 $aHARC global change studies.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93010114
852 00 $boff,glg$hQC981.8.G56$iI47 1995
852 00 $bleh$hQC981.8.G56$iI47 1995