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Quantifying the Economic Risks of Climate Science Uncertainty SOURCE: Sandia National Laboratories A map developed by Sandia Labs shows the GDP risk due to climate uncertainty in 48 US states between 2010 and 2050, in billions of dollars at a 0% discount rate. What we don’t know about climate science can really hurt us.
What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us
Earth Impact Effects Program
Robert Marcus , H. Jay Melosh , and Gareth Collins Welcome to the Earth Impact Effects Program: an easy-to-use, interactive web site for estimating the regional environmental consequences of an impact on Earth. This program will estimate the ejecta distribution, ground shaking, atmospheric blast wave, and thermal effects of an impact as well as the size of the crater produced. Please enter values in the boxes below to describe your impact event of choice and your distance away.