Changing climate and human response: The impact of recent events on climatology |
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Authors: | FKenneth Hare |
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Institution: | 1. Provost, Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1H8, Canada |
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Abstract: | Over the last decade climate has become an increasingly significant factor in world affairs because of its effect on food supplies, energy consumption and environmental quality. At the same time the scientific community has had to re-appraise the nature and scope of climatology, increasing political relevance, leading to a growth in interdisciplinary activity involving both natural and social scientists. The 1980s promise to continue this broadening of scope as the two-way interaction of human societies and the atmospheric system are further explored and evaluated. This paper examines these trends, paying particular reference to the main climate-based environmental concerns currently being debated: the effect of halocarbons on the ozone shield, climate and food production, desertification, the CO2 ‘greenhouse’ effect, acid rain and the significance of teleconnections. |
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