GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS
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GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS
Fig_06_01
Departures from 1951-80 March temperatures (NASA)
Fig_06_02Rate of temperature change, 1901-2008
Fig_06_03
Fig_06_04
Percent change over the last 50 years in average annual precipitation
Fig_06_05 Average # days above 90F from 1961-2099
Fig_06_06
Shifts in projected forests under global warming
Fig_06_07
Winter temperature trends 1975-2007 affects growing season, pests
Fig_06_08
Fig_06_09% of total 19,958 deaths due to hazards from 1970-2004.
Fig_06_10
Geography of existing vulnerability to climate-sensitive health issues
Fig_06_1120th Century precipitation changes.
Fig_06_12
# Days temperature exceeds 90F
Fig_06_13
Shift in climate zones will lead to warmer, drier conditions in the Midwest.
Summer temperature changes by end of the Century
Source: http://nca2009.globalchange.gov/great-plains
Low emission scenario
High emission scenario
Fig_06_15
Future precipitation: Spring decreases for 2080-99 compared to 1961-79 mean.
Fig_06_16What’s going to happen to the coasts?
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Fairbanks, Alaska trend in longer frost-free season. What are the benefits? Costs?
Climate Change & California