LEADER 04243nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910791777303321 005 20230725021210.0 010 $a0-309-16328-5 010 $a1-282-91710-2 010 $a9786612917103 010 $a0-309-15872-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000069615 035 $a(EBL)3378702 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000439781 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11292936 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000439781 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10465115 035 $a(PQKB)11340214 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3378702 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3378702 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10433657 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL291710 035 $a(OCoLC)923282658 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000069615 100 $a20101112d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMonitoring climate change impacts$b[electronic resource] $emetrics at the intersection of the human and Earth systems /$fCommittee 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 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academies Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (110 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-309-15871-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Domains of Human Vulnerability and Global-Scale Processes""; ""3 Climate Change Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems""; ""4 Final Thoughts""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Working Document: Topical Panel Breakouts""; ""Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biosketches"" 330 $a"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. 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aClimate change mitigation 606 $aGlobal environmental change 606 $aClimatic changes$xRisk management 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aClimate change mitigation. 615 0$aGlobal environmental change. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xRisk management. 676 $a551.6 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bClimate Energy, and National Security Topical Panels. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791777303321 996 $aMonitoring climate change impacts$93786506 997 $aUNINA