SOCIOL 1A06 Chapter Notes -Sea Level Rise, Siq, Greenland Ice Sheet
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Society in question (siq) notes: sociology 1a06 prof colavecchia mcmaster university. Sociology & the environment: climate changes in climate and their effects - chapter 26 siq. Synthesis report = assessment carried out by the 3 working groups of the. 11/12 years from 1995-2006 rank among the 12 warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature since 1850. Temperature increase is greater at higher northern latitudes. 1961=1. 8 mm/yr 1993=3. 1 mm/yr. from melting glaciers and ice caps and polar ice sheets. Decreases in snow and ice extent consistent are also with warming. Mountain glaciers and snow cover have declined in both hemispheres. 1900-2005=precipitation increased in eastern parts of north & south america, and asia and declined in the sahel, mediterranean, southern africa, and parts of southern asia. Globally, the area affected by drought has likely increased since the 1970s. Over past 50 years, coldness has become less frequent and hotness more frequent.