S 245
109th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Atmosphere
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental Protection
Environmental research
Federal aid to research
Geophysical prediction
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oceanographic research
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2005
Introduced: February 1, 2005
Introduced by:
Collins, Susan M.
Republican
· Maine
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Became law
Feb 1, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Feb 1, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S750-751)
Feb 1, 2005
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Abrupt Climate Change Research Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish within the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and carry out a scientific research program on abrupt climate change. Lists as purposes of the program: (1) to develop a global array of terrestrial and oceanographic indicators of paleoclimate in order to sufficiently identify and describe past instances of abrupt climate change; (2) to improve understanding of thresholds and nonlinearities in geophysical systems related to the mechanisms of abrupt climate change; (3) to incorporate such mechanisms into advanced geophysical models of climate change; and (4) to test the output of such models against an improved global array of records of past abrupt climate changes.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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