First book to synthesis the IPCC report for a non-specialist audience Gives details of impact of climate change specifically in Europe. Life in Europe willindeed go on as the climate changes, but not in the same way as before. The air will be warmer, winds will change, patterns of rainfall and snowfall will alter, and sea level is likely to rise. These phenomena are already being seen.Europe will in the future experience marked changes in vegetation cover, increased floods along rivers and coastlines as well as more frequent droughts andforest fires, often leading to large societal costs. The changes will be minor in some cases, profound in others, but in any case, pervasive. This book uses the most up to date information issued by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), and informs readers about these effects, as well as showing how Europe is contributing to attempts to slow the tempo of global climate change, and how it can adapt to the climate change that seems unavoidable. Lifein Europe under Climate Change makes essential information on climate impactsin Europe accessible to a broad audience, including students, politicians, planners and members of non-governmental organizations
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-9618-5
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 304
- Fecha Publicación: 27/04/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés