Political Science 3314E Chapter : Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
16 Dec 2011
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Intergovernmental panel on climate change: fourth assessment report. Week 3 reading september 22nd: this synthesis report is based on the assessment carried out by the three working groups of the ipcc. It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the ipcc"s fourth. Global average sea level has rise since 1961 at an average rate of 1. 8. From 1900 to 2005 precipitation increased significantly in eastern parts of north and south. America, northern europe and northern and central asia, but declined in the sahel, the. It is very likely that the observed increase in carbon dioxide concentration is predominantly due to agriculture and fossil fuel: during the past 50 years, the sum of solar and volcanic forcing would likely have produced cooling. Human influences contributed to sea level during the latter half of the 20th century: contributed to the changes in wind pattern- affecting extra tropical storms and tracks and temperature.
