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GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS

GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS. Fig_06_01. Departures from 1951-80 March temperatures (NASA). Fig_06_02. Rate of temperature change, 1901-2008. Fig_06_03. Fig_06_04. Percent change over the last 50 years in average annual precipitation. Fig_06_05. Average # days above 90F from 1961-2099.

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GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS

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  1. GLOBAL WARMING IMPACTS

  2. Fig_06_01 Departures from 1951-80 March temperatures (NASA)

  3. Fig_06_02 Rate of temperature change, 1901-2008

  4. Fig_06_03

  5. Fig_06_04 Percent change over the last 50 years in average annual precipitation

  6. Fig_06_05 Average # days above 90F from 1961-2099

  7. Fig_06_06 Shifts in projected forests under global warming

  8. Fig_06_07 Winter temperature trends 1975-2007 affects growing season, pests

  9. Fig_06_08

  10. Fig_06_09 % of total 19,958 deaths due to hazards from 1970-2004.

  11. Fig_06_10 Geography of existing vulnerability to climate-sensitive health issues

  12. Fig_06_11 20th Century precipitation changes.

  13. Fig_06_12 # Days temperature exceeds 90F

  14. Fig_06_13 Shift in climate zones will lead to warmer, drier conditions in the Midwest.

  15. Summer temperature changes by end of the Century Low emission scenario High emission scenario Source: http://nca2009.globalchange.gov/great-plains

  16. Fig_06_15 Future precipitation: Spring decreases for 2080-99 compared to 1961-79 mean.

  17. Fig_06_16 What’s going to happen to the coasts?

  18. Fig_06_17 Fairbanks, Alaska trend in longer frost-free season. What are the benefits? Costs?

  19. Climate Change & California

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