Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1. Climate, Climate Forcings, Climate Sensitivity, and Transient Climate Change; 4 2. Natural Climatic Variations; 5 3. Human Caused Forcings; 6 4. Climate System Models; 7 5. Observed Climate Change During the Industrial Era; 8 6. Future Climate Change; 9 7. Assessing Progress in Climate Science; 10 Appendix A: Letter from the White House; 11 Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff

About the Author

Committee on the Science of Climate Change, National Research Council