Climate Sense

Ghassem R. Asrar

Penerbit : Tudor Rose

Tahun : 2009

"oncern about climate variability and change is now part of the public consciousness and dialogue. This • . new awareness of the global environment and human ity’s place in it can be attributed to at least two factors. First, through the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (1PCC), a scientific consensus has emerged that ‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal’ and, moreover, that ‘most of the observed increase in global average temperature since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations’. Second, the world is experiencing profound environmental changes, many linked to, or consistent with, those which climate models predict on a warmer planet. Notably: reductions in snow and sea ice extent, rising sea levels, changes in ocean acidity, extended droughts, increased frequency of heavy and extreme precipitation events, stronger tropical storms, and unusually warm night-time temperatures."

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