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General overview of hazards that may be associated with climate change. Events will be spread across the globe and include sea-level rise, flooding, ice and snow melt, increased precipitation and storm intensity, rising temperatures, and more droughts and fires. (Modified from Abramowitz, J. 2001. Unnatural disasters. Worldwatch Paper 158, Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, based on data from R. T. Watson, et al. 1998. The regional impacts of climate change: An assessment of vulnerability. Special Report of IPCC Working Group II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ed. J. J. McCarthy et al., Climate change 2001: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability: Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; and Revenga, C., et al. 1998. Watersheds of the world. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute and Worldwatch Institute) |
| Keywords: |
atmosphere, climates, climatology, global warming, temperatures, glacial ice, glaciation, glaciers, shorelines, shores, coasts, coastlines, oceans, water, waves, beaches, sediments, erosion, wildfires, droughts, sea levels, flooding, floods |
