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Special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate (IPCC, 2019). Romanovsky, V. E. et al. in Snow, Water, Ice and Permafrost in the Arctic (SWIPA) 2017 Ch. 4 65–102 (AMAP, 2017). Etzelmüller, B. et al. Twenty years of European mountain permafrost dynamics — the...
Dead Sea lake levels reflect the mean centennial-millennial hydrological budget in the eastern Mediterranean. In contrast, floods in the large watersheds draining directly into the Dead Sea, are linked to short-term synoptic circulation patterns reflecting hydroclimatic variability. These two very ...
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and coastal erosion result in unreliable ice roads, damage to houses, pipelines, railroads, airports, seaports, and effects on energy and water supply, sometimes requiring the relocation of entire communities, which could result in the abandonment of lifestyles and cultural traditions that have been ...
Table 1. Observed trends and future prospects of health impacts of climate variability and change in Japan. CategoryObserved impactsFuture prospectsImpact assessmentaKey referencesb SignificanceUrgencyConfidence Heat-related illness 19, 20, 21, 22 Cold-related deaths 19,23,24 Water-borne and food-born...
Where would the most significant change in ocean currents occur due to global warming? Due to global climate change and the increase in CO_2 levels and a decrease in water and plants are having to adapt to the changes. 1. While the CO_2 levels and the temperature...
Under a warming environment, species have generally shifted polewards and/or to deeper layers to maintain their core within their optimum water temperature ranges32,37,38. These range shifts, however, are not consistently observed and vary greatly in strength and direction and are often species-sp...
Aerosol forcing regulating recent decadal change of summer water vapor budget over the Tibetan Plateau Article Open access 12 March 2024 Introduction Atmospheric aerosols being emitted from different sources have a huge impact on climate, radiation budget and cloud microphysics through the scattering and...