1. Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000. The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
2. P.L. 101-606, Sec. 104.b.1.
3. Committee on Earth and Environmental Science: 1993,Our Changing Planet: The FY 1994 U.S. Global Change Research Program, Office of Science and Technology Policy, p. 15.
4. The $5.7 billion total includes funds for the program's focused elements. If contributing programs are included then the total is $13.0 billion, which places the USGCRP among the largest science efforts of all time. See theOur Changing Planet series 1990–1994.
5. Office of Technology Assessment: 1993,Preparing for an Uncertain Climate - Volume I, OTA-O-567, (U.S. GPO: Washington, DC, October), p. 111.