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Appendix C: Matrix to Evaluate CCSP Progress
Pages 151-158

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... Appendix C Matrix to Evaluate CCSP Progress 151
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... Q 3.3. What are the effects of regional pollution on the global atmosphere and the effects of global climate and chemical change on regional air quality and atmospheric chemical inputs to ecosystems?
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... Q 4.3. What is the likelihood of abrupt changes in the climate system such as the collapse of the ocean thermohaline circulation, inception of a decades-long mega-drought, or rapid melting of the major ice sheets?
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... Q 5.4. What are the consequences over a range of space and time scales of water cycle variability and change for human societies and ecosystems, and how do they interact with the Earth system to affect sediment transport and nutrient and biogeochemical cycles?
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... Carbon Cycle Q 7.1. What are the magnitudes and distributions of North American carbon sources and sinks on seasonal-to-centennial time scales, and what are the processes controlling their dynamics?
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... How do global terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric carbon sources and sinks change on seasonal-to-centennial time scales, and how can this knowledge be integrated to quantify and explain annual global carbon budgets?
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... Q 9.2. What are the current and potential future impacts of global environmental variability and change on human welfare, what factors influence the capacity of human societies to respond to change, and how can resilience be increased and vulnerability reduced?
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