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Does global warming bring more rain or less rain, and how the rainfall pattern is changed around the globe?
Posted on July 18th, 2009Categorized as Biodiversity, Human Health, Interdisciplinary, Social Science Tagged as drought, flooding, global warming, infrastructure, rain, water
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water is one of the most important resources affecting people’s lives. We need to know how global warming changes the pattern of the rainfall, so the policy makers and governments can plan and implement policies that can mitigate severe problems such as drought or flooding, and infrastructure to distribute water effectively.
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How will anthropogenic factors change local weather systems? Where are the areas most vulnerable to a change in the weather which could significantly affect the ability of their human population to survive?
Posted on July 19th, 2009Categorized as Climate, Social-Ecological Systems Tagged as anthropogenic factors, atmosphere, climate model, food, infrastructure, local weather system, oceans, weather, wildlife habitat
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Any change in the climate system will affect different areas to different extents. Some places (particularly in poorer countries) rely on growing food locally and do not have the infractructure to deal with large weather fluctuations. We need to understand how changes in large atmospheric and oceanic systems affect weather on smaller scales in order to provide support to those communities and protect nearby wildlife habitat.
