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Climate Change Impacts: Forecasting a Warming World

Explore the alarming shifts in temperatures, precipitation patterns, and ecosystems due to global warming. Learn about projected impacts on health, agriculture, and coastal regions. Discover the costs and benefits of adapting to a changing climate.

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Climate Change Impacts: Forecasting a Warming World

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  1. GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS

  2. Fig_06_01 Departures from 1951-80 March temperatures (NASA)

  3. Fig_06_02 Rate of temperature change, 1901-2008

  4. Fig_06_03

  5. Fig_06_04 Percent change over the last 50 years in average annual precipitation

  6. Fig_06_05 Average # days above 90F from 1961-2099

  7. Fig_06_06 Shifts in projected forests under global warming

  8. Fig_06_07 Winter temperature trends 1975-2007 affects growing season, pests

  9. Fig_06_08

  10. Fig_06_09 % of total 19,958 deaths due to hazards from 1970-2004.

  11. Fig_06_10 Geography of existing vulnerability to climate-sensitive health issues

  12. Fig_06_11 20th Century precipitation changes.

  13. Fig_06_12 # Days temperature exceeds 90F

  14. Fig_06_13 Shift in climate zones will lead to warmer, drier conditions in the Midwest.

  15. Summer temperature changes by end of the Century Low emission scenario High emission scenario Source: http://nca2009.globalchange.gov/great-plains

  16. Fig_06_15 Future precipitation: Spring decreases for 2080-99 compared to 1961-79 mean.

  17. Fig_06_16 What’s going to happen to the coasts?

  18. Fig_06_17 Fairbanks, Alaska trend in longer frost-free season. What are the benefits? Costs?

  19. Climate Change & California

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