Our Changing Planet
The FY 1999 U.S. Global Change Research Program
Published 1998

You may request the print version of Our Changing Planet: The FY 1999 U.S. Global Change Research Program free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog.

An Investment in Science for the Nation's Future

A Report by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council

A Supplement to the President's Fiscal Year 1999 Budget

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Executive Summary
   - Summary of Key USGCRP Accomplishments in 1997
   - Summary of USGCRP Goals and Expected Performance for FY99

1. The Earth System: Global Change and Regional Implications

2. Global Change Issues: Highlights of Recent and Ongoing Research
   • Seasonal to Interannual Climate Variability
   • Climate Change Over Decades to Centuries
   • Changes in Ozone, UV Radiation, and Atmospheric Chemistry
   • Changes in Land Cover and in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

3. Integrating Activities: Highlights of Current Developments
   • Observing and Monitoring Global Change
   • Global Change Data, Products, and Information Services
   • Earth System Science
   • Human Contributions and Responses to Global Change
   • International Research Cooperation
   • Global Change Education and Communication

4. National Assessment of the Consequences of Climate Change for the United States

Appendices

About the National Science and Technology Council

About the Committee on Environment an Natural Resources

About the Office of Science and Technology Policy

You may request the print version of Our Changing Planet: The FY 1999 U.S. Global Change Research Program free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog.