Climate Change
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23-24 June, 2013
scientists, policy makers and NGO’s to exchange their concerns
The Earth’s surface has warmed since the Industrial Revolution.
The global climatic data shows that average surface temperatures increased over the past century by about 0.4 ºC to 0.8 ºC. Recent studies show that the average surface temperature of the earth is likely to increase by 1.1°C to 6.4 °C by the end of the 21 century, with best estimate of 1.8 - 4.0 °C. The human activities such as land use/land cover changes, deforestation, draining of wet lands tend to alter the albedo of the earth surface which in turn influence the variations in the microclimatic elements such as rainfall, temperature, humidities, etc. Further, the process of urbanization creates concrete jungles which trap heat by multiple reflections, and the process of industrialization increases concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In addition, burning of fuel by vehicular traffic and domestic activities trap the heat at lower
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Department of Geography
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam
levels and raises the temperature near the ground. The consequential effects of warming such as sea level rise, glacier melting, depletion of snow in the high latitudes and altitudes, altered wind patterns, extreme weather events, early spring arrivals, escalation effect in plant and animal species have already been observed world-wide. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and Experts from various scientific fields declared that if the greenhouse gases (GHGs) which are released
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23-24 June, 2013
scientists, policy makers and NGO’s to exchange their concerns
The Earth’s surface has warmed since the Industrial Revolution.
The global climatic data shows that average surface temperatures increased over the past century by about 0.4 ºC to 0.8 ºC. Recent studies show that the average surface temperature of the earth is likely to increase by 1.1°C to 6.4 °C by the end of the 21 century, with best estimate of 1.8 - 4.0 °C. The human activities such as land use/land cover changes, deforestation, draining of wet lands tend to alter the albedo of the earth surface which in turn influence the variations in the microclimatic elements such as rainfall, temperature, humidities, etc. Further, the process of urbanization creates concrete jungles which trap heat by multiple reflections, and the process of industrialization increases concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In addition, burning of fuel by vehicular traffic and domestic activities trap the heat at lower
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Climate Change
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND
PRESENT CONCERNS
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Department of Geography
Andhra University
Visakhapatnam
levels and raises the temperature near the ground. The consequential effects of warming such as sea level rise, glacier melting, depletion of snow in the high latitudes and altitudes, altered wind patterns, extreme weather events, early spring arrivals, escalation effect in plant and animal species have already been observed world-wide. The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) and Experts from various scientific fields declared that if the greenhouse gases (GHGs) which are released