عنوان

Monitoring climate change impacts :

شابک

0309158710

شابک

9780309158718

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Monitoring climate change impacts :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xiii, 95 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

28 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-83)

متن يادداشت

Introduction -- Domains of human vulnerability and global-scale processes -- Climate change metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems -- Final thoughts

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand for resources and supporting infrastructure. Therefore, information to assess vulnerabilities to climate change is needed to support policies and investments designed to increase resilience in human and Earth systems. There are currently many observing systems that capture elements of how climate is changing, for example, direct measurements of atmospheric and ocean temperature. Although those measurements are essential for understanding the scale and nature of climate change, they do not necessarily provide information about the impacts of climate change on humans that are especially relevant for political and economic planning and decision making. Monitoring Climate Change Impacts tackles the challenge of developing an illustrative suite of indicators, measurements (and the locations around the globe where the measurements can be applied), and metrics that are important for understanding global climate change and providing insight into environmental sustainability. Eight panels provided input on: cryosphere, land-surface and terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology and water resources, atmosphere, human health and other dimensions, oceans (both physical and biological/chemical), and natural disasters. The book also provides an illustrative set of metrics that are likely to be affected by climate change over the next 20-25 years and, when taken together, can potentially give advance warning of climate-related changes to the human and environment systems."--Publisher's description

موضوع مستند نشده

Climate change mitigation

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic changes

موضوع مستند نشده

Climatic changes-- Risk management

موضوع مستند نشده

Global environmental change

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change

تاريخ عمليات

20141128122714.0

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y