Open AccessSource of climate change becomes focus of Senate hearing
Author(s) -
Zielinski Sarah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2006eo190005
Subject(s) - global warming , climate change , political science , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , geography , ecology , archaeology , biology
A 26 April Senate subcommittee hearing on the possible effects of climate change developed into a discussion about the extent to which the climate warming can be explained by natural or anthropogenic causes The hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts began with subcommittee chair Sen. David Vitter (R‐La.) acknowledging that the planet is experiencing a warming trend and that understanding the potential changes that may accompany the warming is an important task.“Tor once, we are not here to argue about the causes of observed warming trends,” he said.