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 CIS NO: 92-S311-43
 TITLE: Global Climate Change and the Pacific Islands.
 SOURCE: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senate
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+395 p. il.
 DATE: May 26, 1992
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 102-2             SUDOC: Y4.En2:S.hrg.102-664
 ITEM NO: 1040-A; 1040-B             PUB NO: S.Hrg.102-664
 MC ENTRY NO: 92-22509

 Hearing in Honolulu, Hawaii, to examine research findings and the status of
 scientific knowledge on global warming and sea level rise attributed to
 greenhouse gas emissions. Also examines the implications of sea level rise
 for Pacific Ocean islands.
   Supplementary material (p. 49-395) includes correspondence, reports, and:
 a. Fletcher, Charles H., III (Univ of Hawaii); and Hwang, Dennis J.,
     "Sea-Level Rise, Shoreline Hardening, and Beach Degradation in Hawaii"
     excerpts from Beach Management Plan with Beach Management Districts,
     June 1992, with graphs, tables, and bibliography (p. 260-348).
 b. Fletcher, Charles H., III (Univ of Hawaii), "Sea-Level Trends and
     Physical Consequences: Applications to the U.S. Shore" Earth Science
     Reviews, 1992, with tables, graphs, and bibliography (p. 349-395).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Global climate change and sea level rise research review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): OCEANOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGICAL
     RESEARCH; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PACIFIC OCEAN AREA; SEASHORES;
     FLETCHER, CHARLES H., III ("Sea-Level Rise, Shoreline Hardening, and
     Beach Degradation in Hawaii"; "Sea-Level Trends and Physical
     Consequences: Applications to the U.S. Shore"); HWANG, DENNIS J.
     ("Sea-Level Rise, Shoreline Hardening, and Beach Degradation in
     Hawaii"); BIBLIOGRAPHIES; STATISTICAL DATA: GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE;
     HAWAII; HONOLULU, HAWAII

 92-S311-43 TESTIMONY NO: 1         May 26, 1992 p. 3-10
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MASUMOTO, HAROLD S. (Director, Office of State Planning, Hawaii
        Governor's Office)
 STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION: Concerns about environmental and economic
     effects of global warming and sea level rise on Hawaii and other Pacific
     island nations.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Global climate change and sea level rise research review
 DESCRIPTORS: HAWAII GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

 92-S311-43 TESTIMONY NO: 2         May 26, 1992 p. 10-259
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     MACKENZIE, FRED T. (Oceanography Professor, University of Hawaii)
     WYRTKI, KLAUS (Oceanography Professor, University of Hawaii)
     MARAGOS, JAMES E. (Chief Scientist, Pacific Region, Nature
        Conservancy)
     MIEREMET, RICHARD B. (Specialist, International Affairs, NOAA)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Uncertainties of scientific knowledge about
     global warming and sea level rise; review of Intergovernmental Panel on
     Climate Change (IPCC) and NOAA research findings on environmental impact
     of projected sea level rise (related charts, graphs, tables, p. 82-95).
 INSERTIONS: 
     a. Parker, Bruce B. (NOAA), "Sea Level As an Indicator of Climate and
        Global Change" MTS Journal, Vol. 25, No. 4 (p. 52-65).
     b. Parker, Bruce B. (et al. NOAA), "NOAA Global Sea Level Program:
        Monitoring Global Sea Level Variation on
        Seasonal-to-Interannual-to-Century Time Scales" forthcoming in Sea
        Technology, June 1992 (p. 66-77).
     c. Crawford, M. (et al.), "Vulnerability Assessment to Accelerated
        Sea Level Rise, Case Study: Majuro Atoll" report prepared for NOAA,
        executive summary, with tables and bibliography (p. 96-141).
     d. Perdomo, Marta (et al., IPCC), "Global Climate Change and the
        Rising Challenge of the Sea" Mar. 1992, with tables, charts, graphs,
        and bibliography (p. 142-259).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Global climate change and sea level rise research review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): NATIONAL OCEANIC AND
     ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICAL DATA: GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE;
     PARKER, BRUCE B. ("Sea Level as an Indicator of Climate and Global
     Change"; "NOAA Global Sea Level Program: Monitoring Global Sea Level
     Variation on Seasonal-to-Interannual-to-Century Time Scales"); MAJURO
     ATOLL ("Vulnerability Assessment to Accelerated Sea Level Rise, Case
     Study: Majuro Atoll"); INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE;
     NATURE CONSERVANCY