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The climate record for the past 100,000 years clearly indicates that the climate system has undergone periodic--and often extreme--shifts, sometimes in as little as a decade or less. The causes of abrupt climate changes have not been clearly established, but the triggering of events is likely to be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Abrupt Climate Change
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2002.
Temas:
Climatic changes.
Climat > Changements.
climate change.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climatic changes
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION TO ABRUPT CHANGES IN THE EARTH'S CLIMATE
  • Definition of Abrupt Climate Change
  • Scientific Evidence, Processes, and Consequences for Society and Ecosystems
  • The Charge to the Committee
  • EVIDENCE OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Interpretation of Past Climatic Conditions from Proxy Records
  • The Younger Dryas as an Example of Abrupt Climate Change
  • Abrupt Climate Changes Before the Younger Dryas Event
  • Eemian Rapid Climate Change
  • Holocene Rapid Climate Change-- Rapid Climate Changes in the Instrumental Period
  • Patterns of Climate Variability
  • Trends Recorded Instrumentally
  • Synopsis of Observations
  • PROCESSES THAT CAUSE ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
  • An Overview of Mechanisms
  • Atmosphere
  • Abrupt Climate Change and Thermohaline Circulation
  • GLOBAL WARMING AS A POSSIBLE TRIGGER FOR ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Changes in North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation
  • Limited Predictability Close to an Instability
  • Changes in Natural Modes of the Atmosphere-Ocean System
  • Possible Future Abrupt Changes in the Hydrological Cycle
  • Ice Sheet Changes
  • Outlook
  • ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE
  • Recent Scientific Studies in the Ecological and Social Sciences
  • Sectoral Approaches
  • Modeling the Impacts of Climate Change
  • FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Improve the Fundamental Knowledge Base Related to Abrupt Climate Change
  • Improve Modeling Focused on Abrupt Climate Change
  • Improve Paleoclimatic Data Related to Abrupt Climate Change
  • Improve Statistical Approaches
  • Investigate "No-Regrets" Strategies to Reduce Vulnerability
  • Final Thoughts.

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