Agricultural Dimensions of Global Climate Change

1. Introduction, Thomas E. Drennen & Harry M. Kaiser Nature of the Problem Sources of Greenhouse Gases Agricultural Impact of Global Warming The International Response The Role of Agriculture2. Is Climate Change Occurring? Evidence from the Instrumental Record, P.D. Jones Data Temporal Variation in Hemispheric Mean Temperature The Spatial Pattern of Warmth During the 1981-1990 Decade3. Some Issues in Detecting Climate Change Induced by Greenhouse Gases Using General Circulation Models, Benjamin D. Santer Climate Models and Greenhouse Warming Experiments Model Signal Uncertainties Natural Variability Uncertainties The Attribution of Problem: Establishing the Causal Link4. Current Climate and Population Constraints on World Agriculture, R. Gommes Climate Constraints Human Population Constraints5. Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: A Summary of a Recent International Study, Cynthia Rosenzweig & Martin L. Parry Crop Yield Methods Crop Yield Results World Food Trade Methods World Food Trade Results6. Impacts of Climate Change on the Agriculture and Economy of the Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas (MINK) Region, Pierre Crosson Impact of the Analog Climate on 1980s Crop Production Impacts on the 1980s Regional Economy by Way of Crop Production Impacts in 2030: Agriculture7. Adaptation to Global Climate Change at the Farm Level, H.M. Kaiser, S.J. Riha, D.S. Wilks & R. Sampath The Integrated Model Adaptation Scenarios Results8. Carbon Dioxide Effects on Plants: Uncertainties and Implications for Modeling Crop Response to Climate Change, David W. Wolfe & Jon D. Erickson Plant Physiological Response to CO2 Optimum Yield Response to CO2 in Controlled Environments Interactions between CO2 and Other Environmental Factors Crop Models and the CO2 Effect9. Distributional Effects of Global Warming and Emissions Abatem