Climate Change Impacts and Resilience: An Arctic Case Study
Climate change is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as an observable change in the state of the climate taking place over an extended period of time that may be caused by natural processes (i.e., volcanic eruptions) or external forces (i.e., anthropogenic changes to atm...
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ftunivalberta:oai:era.library.ualberta.ca:c2ce7f50-5c83-45f5-bf2f-9fccb0995428 2024-06-23T07:50:04+00:00 Climate Change Impacts and Resilience: An Arctic Case Study Birchall, S. Jeff MacDonald, Seghan 2019 https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c2ce7f50-5c83-45f5-bf2f-9fccb0995428 https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-bk3h-s941 English eng https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/c2ce7f50-5c83-45f5-bf2f-9fccb0995428 doi:10.7939/r3-bk3h-s941 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 Arctic Communities Climate Adaptation Climate Resilience Decision-Makers Community Planning Chapter 2019 ftunivalberta https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-bk3h-s941 2024-06-03T03:09:00Z Climate change is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as an observable change in the state of the climate taking place over an extended period of time that may be caused by natural processes (i.e., volcanic eruptions) or external forces (i.e., anthropogenic changes to atmospheric composition, land use) (IPCC 2014). The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) takes a different approach, defining climate change as a change in climate that can be attributed directly or indirectly to anthropogenic activity and that changes the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. According to the UNFCCC, this change is in addition to observed natural climate variability over a similar period of time (United Nations 1992). Earth’s climate has naturally fluctuated over the course of history due to internal forces such as variations in ocean currents, volcanic eruptions, and atmospheric circulation. However, since the postindustrial era, anthropogenic activities have led to a large increase in the concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) in the Earth’s atmosphere (IPCC 2014). These GHG emissions (largely due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture) have resulted in an increase in global average temperatures. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change University of Alberta: Era - Education and Research Archive Arctic |
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Climate change is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as an observable change in the state of the climate taking place over an extended period of time that may be caused by natural processes (i.e., volcanic eruptions) or external forces (i.e., anthropogenic changes to atmospheric composition, land use) (IPCC 2014). The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) takes a different approach, defining climate change as a change in climate that can be attributed directly or indirectly to anthropogenic activity and that changes the composition of Earth’s atmosphere. According to the UNFCCC, this change is in addition to observed natural climate variability over a similar period of time (United Nations 1992). Earth’s climate has naturally fluctuated over the course of history due to internal forces such as variations in ocean currents, volcanic eruptions, and atmospheric circulation. However, since the postindustrial era, anthropogenic activities have led to a large increase in the concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) in the Earth’s atmosphere (IPCC 2014). These GHG emissions (largely due to the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture) have resulted in an increase in global average temperatures. |
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Climate Change Impacts and Resilience: An Arctic Case Study |
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Climate Change Impacts and Resilience: An Arctic Case Study |
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