The prediction of global climate change in response to both natural
forces and human activity is one of the defining issues of our
times. The unprecedented observational capacity of modern
earth-orbiting satellites coupled with the development of robust
computational representations (models) of the Earth's weather and
climate systems afford us the opportunity to observe and
investigate how these systems work now, how they have worked in the
past, and how they will work in the future when forced in specific
ways. In the most recent report on global climate change by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC; Solomon and
others, 2007), analyses using multiple climate models support
recent observations that the Earth's climate is changing in
response to a combination of natural and human-induced causes.
These changes will be significant in the United States-Mexican
border region, where the process of climate change affects all of
the Borderlands challenge themes discussed in the preceding
chapters. The dual possibilities of both significantly-changed
climate and increasing variability in climate make it challenging
to take full measure of the potential effects because the
Borderlands already experience a high degree of interannual
variability and climatological extremes.
General
| Imprint: |
Bibliogov
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2013 |
| First published: |
May 2013 |
| Authors: |
Joan Fitzpatrick
|
| Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 2mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
42 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-287-20139-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-287-20139-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781287201397 |
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