Climate Change

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Climate Change:

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released report summarising scientists understanding of climate change, Key findings:

  • Warming trend over last 50 years is nearly twice that for the previous 100 years
  • Average amount of water vapour in atmosphere, risen since 1980
  • Since 1961, average temp. of global ocean down to depths of 3km has increased-ocean has been absorbing more than 80% of heat added to climate system-causes sea water to expanded and rise
  • Global average sea level rose by average of 1.8mm per year (1961-2003)
  • Average Arctic temps have increased at twice global average in 100 years
  • Mountain glaciers and snow cover has declined on average in both hemispheres
  • Long term upward trends in the amount of preciptation have been observed over

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