Write to us
Call us
Estimated global warming at which the onset of the events could occur versus their impact
Created
: Feb 17, 2011
Published
: Feb 24, 2011
Last modified
: Nov 29, 2012 11:34 AM
Topics:
Climate change
,
Temperature increase (above 1990 level) at which the various events could occur and an estimate of their impact. The impact scale has subjective qualifications (‘minor’, ‘notable’, ‘major’ and ‘devastating’), which were assigned on the basis of the geographical scale (from ‘regional’ to ‘continental’ and ‘global’) and the character of the damages (‘light’, ‘moderate’, ‘heavy’ or ‘extreme’). The level of scientific understanding, as well as the understanding of possible impacts for most of these events is low. The shapes and sizes of the ovals do not represent uncertainties in impact and temperature onset of eventualities and these uncertainties may be significant.
This is the latest published version.
.
Metadata
Last upload:
Temporal coverage:
Tags:
Geographical coverage:
[+] Show Map
Rights:
Owners:
Processors:
- Permalink to this version
- d49c1f85817574d7c0b2a5b6d953a193
- Permalink to latest version
- MDZVCHG83V
Figure type:
Additional information
This figure covers the Greenland ice sheet, the West Antartic ice sheet and the North Atlantic Meridional overturning circulation.
The shapes and sizes of the ovals do not represent uncertainties in the impact and temperature onset of eventualities. These uncertainties may be significant.
Document Actions
Share with others