Climate change in two Mediterranean climate areas (Spain and Chile): evidences and projections
Climate change is the most important environmental problem facing humanity in this century. And it has become the great axis of public policies and private actions in developed societies. The effects of altering the planetary energy balance due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are already b...
| Published in: | Investigaciones Geográficas |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de Alicante
2023
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| Online Access: | https://www.investigacionesgeograficas.com/article/view/24093 https://doi.org/10.14198/INGEO.24093 |
| Summary: | Climate change is the most important environmental problem facing humanity in this century. And it has become the great axis of public policies and private actions in developed societies. The effects of altering the planetary energy balance due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are already becoming evident in some regions of the planet. Among them, the evidence is already significant in the areas with a Mediterranean climate. This paper collects, as a review paper, the evidence and trends that are being recorded in two areas with a Mediterranean climate (the Spanish Mediterranean coast and the central sector of Chile) to assess the effect of the global warming process. The impact that the current climate change is having on the main elements of the climate and on specific environmental processes in both of these geographical spaces has been analysed. The study seeks to update, through an evaluative summary, the state of the issue of climate change in Mediterranean areas, indicating its future impact on elements of the natural environment and on the functioning of the societies that exist in these regions. El cambio climático es el problema ambiental más importante al que se enfrenta la humanidad en el presente siglo. Y se ha convertido en el gran eje de políticas públicas y acciones privadas en las sociedades desarrolladas. Los efectos del proceso de alteración del balance energético planetario por la incorporación de gases de efecto invernadero de causa antrópica ya están siendo manifiestos en algunas regiones del planeta. Entre ellas, de forma evidente, en los ámbitos de clima mediterráneo. El presente trabajo recoge, a modo de revisión de investigaciones y documentos oficiales, las evidencias y tendencias que se están registrado en dos áreas de clima mediterráneo (litoral mediterráneo español y sector central de Chile) para valorar el efecto del proceso de calentamiento planetario. Se ha analizado el impacto que está teniendo el cambio climático actual en los elementos principales del clima, así ... |
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