Climate variation and its effects on our land and water : Part A, Earth science in climate research

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Climate is considered by many to be an atmospheric phenomenon.Those who study it, however, realize the extent of interaction between the atmosphere and other surface components of our globe the oceans, ice sheets, and land and past changes in climate are therefore imprinted on the geologic record.For nearly a century, earth scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey have been among those studying the record of past climate change and the geological consequences of our present climate.To better coordinate information being generated by the Geological Survey, a workshop was convened near Denver on December 7-9, 1976, to exchange ideas about research that is oriented toward climate, climate variation, and the effects of climate on the Nation's land and water resources.This is the first of a three-part report resulting from that workshop.The broad goals of climatic research are to improve our understanding of how the climate system works, what it may do in the future, and what may be the con

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