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Monitoring climate change impacts
Title statement Monitoring climate change impacts : metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems / 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. Main entry-corp. National Research Council (Spojené státy americké). Committee on Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change Publication Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010] Copyright notice date ©2010 Phys.des. 1 online zdroj (xiii, 95 stran) : ilustrace ISBN 9780309158725 (online ; pdf) 0309158729 1282917102 9781282917101 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy Contents Introduction -- Domains of human vulnerability and global-scale processes -- Climate change metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems -- Final thoughts. Notes to Availability Přístup pouze pro oprávněné uživatele Note Způsob přístupu: World Wide Web Defekty eBooks on EBSCOhost Another responsib. National Research Council (Spojené státy americké). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate National Research Council (Spojené státy americké). Division on Earth and Life Studies Subj. Headings klimatické změny climate changes * globální problémy životního prostředí global environmental change Form, Genre elektronické knihy electronic books Conspect 551 - Geologie. Meteorologie. Klimatologie UDC 551.583 , 504 , (0.034.2:08) Country Federální oblast Kolumbie Language angličtina Document kind Electronic sources URL http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=349291 book
"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.
Introduction -- Domains of human vulnerability and global-scale processes -- Climate change metrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems -- Final thoughts.
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