Name: Monitoring Climate Change Impacts. Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems
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Author: Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate;National Research Council;Division on Earth and Life Studies;Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change
ISBN: 9780309158718

portada Monitoring Climate Change Impacts. Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems

Monitoring Climate Change Impacts. Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems

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Libro Físico

Editorial

National Academies Press

Autor

Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate;National Research Council;Division on Earth and Life Studies;Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change

Año

2010

N° páginas

109

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

27.9x21.6x1.1 cm

ISBN13

9780309158718

Monitoring Climate Change Impacts. Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems

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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. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary1 Introduction2 Domains of Human Vulnerability and Global-Scale Processes3 Climate Change Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems4 Final ThoughtsReferencesAppendix A: Statement of TaskAppendix B: Working Document: Topical Panel BreakoutsAppendix C: Committee and Staff Biosketches