http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/the-impact-of-international-shipping?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic This EEA Technical report provides an overview on the state of knowledge on the impact of international shipping in European waters to air quality and climate change. Based on literature review and model assessment studies information is provided on past and future emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, monitoring of ship emissions, emission mitigation policies and impact on European air quality and radiative forcing. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) climate change impacts air quality shipping 2013-03-14T11:55:00+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/articles/the-melting-arctic?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The extent of the sea ice in the Arctic reached a new record low in September 2012. Climate change is melting the sea ice in the region at a rate much faster than estimated by earlier projections. The snow cover also shows a downward trend. The melting Arctic might impact not only the people living in the region, but also elsewhere in Europe and beyond. No publisher karadgu climate change impacts ice melting arctic sea ice arctic region 2013-01-03T10:10:00+01:00 Article http://www.eea.europa.eu/pressroom/newsreleases/climate-change-evident-across-europe?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Climate change is affecting all regions in Europe, causing a wide range of impacts on society and the environment. Further impacts are expected in the future, potentially causing high damage costs, according to the latest assessment published by the European Environment Agency today. No publisher girliar climate change impacts arctic heat wave global warming adaptation climate change adaption drought flooding 2012-11-21T11:00:00+01:00 Press Release http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/climate-impacts-and-vulnerability-2012?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic This European Environment Agency (EEA) report presents information on past and projected climate change and related impacts in Europe, based on a range of indicators. The report also assesses the vulnerability of society, human health and ecosystems in Europe and identifies those regions in Europe most at risk from climate change. Furthermore, the report discusses the principle sources of uncertainty for the indicators and notes how monitoring and scenario development can improve our understanding of climate change, its impacts and related vulnerabilities. No publisher EEA (European Environment Agency) climate change impacts 2012-11-21T12:00:00+02:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/heating-degree-days-1/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The number of heating degree days (HDD) has decreased by an average of 16 per year since 1980. This helps reduce the demand for heating, particularly in northern and north-western Europe. Climate change will affect future energy and electricity demand. Climate change is not expected to change total energy demand in Europe substantially across Europe, but there may be significant seasonal effects, with large regional differences. No publisher marxxand climate change impacts urban climate CLIM047 energy climate change heating degree CLIM 2012-11-20T19:50:24+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/burn-area-ha-in-5?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Burnt forest area (in ha) in five southern European countries from 1980 to 2010. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). climate change impacts forest fires 2012-11-20T18:40:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/forest-fire-danger-1/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Fire risk depends on many factors, including climatic conditions, vegetation (e.g. fuel load and condition), forest management practices and other socio-economic factors. The number of fires in the Mediterranean region has increased over the period from 1980 to 2000; it has decreased thereafter. In a warmer climate, more severe fire weather and an expansion of the fire-prone area and longer fire seasons, as a consequence, are projected, but with considerable regional variation. The impact of fire events is particularly strong in southern Europe on already degraded ecosystems. No publisher marxxand climate change impacts climate severity index CLIM035 scenarios forest fires CLIM 2012-11-20T19:39:37+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/water-retention-1/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Soil water retention is a major soil hydrological property that governs soil functioning in ecosystems and greatly affects soil management. There is no clear indication on past trends for water retention across the EU due to a lack of systematic and harmonised data. Water retention capacity and soil moisture content will be affected by rising temperatures and by a decline in soil organic matter due to both changes in climate and land management. Projections (for 2071–2100) show a general reduction in summer soil moisture over most of Europe, significant reductions in the Mediterranean region, and increases in the north-eastern part of Europe. Maintaining water retention capacity and porosity are important to reduce the impacts of intense rainfall and droughts, which are projected to become more frequent and severe. No publisher marxxand climate change impacts CLIM029 climate CLIM soil moisture 2012-11-20T17:53:22+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/lake-and-river-ice-cover-1/assessment?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The existence of ice cover and the timing of ice break-up influence the vertical mixing of lakes and are therefore of critical ecological importance. The duration of ice cover on European lakes and rivers has shortened at a mean rate of 12 days per century over the last 150–200 years. A further decrease in the duration of lake ice cover is projected with projected climate change. No publisher marxxand climate change impacts climate CLIM020 Rivers and lake ice-cover rivers and lakes temperatures CLIM 2012-11-20T13:29:57+02:00 Indicator Assessment http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/trends-in-warm-days-left?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Warm days are defined as being above the 90th percentile of the daily maximum temperature and cool nights as below the 10th percentile of the daily minimum temperature (Alexander et al., 2006). Grid boxes outlined in solid black contain at least three stations and so are likely to be more representative of the grid-box. High confidence in the long-term trend is shown by a black dot. (In the maps above, this is the case for all grid boxes.) Area averaged annual time series of percentage changes and trend lines are shown below each map for one area in northern Europe (green line, 5.6 ° to 16.9 °E and 56.2 ° to 66.2 °N) and one in south-western Europe (purple line, 350.6 ° to 1.9 °E and 36.2 ° to 43.7 °N). No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), UK Met Office. climate change impacts climate change extreme temperatures 2012-11-19T15:30:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/change-in-global-average-temperature?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Left figure: Global average air temperature anomalies (1850 to 2011) in degrees Celsius (°C) relative to a pre-industrial baseline period for 3 analyses of observations: 1) Black line - HadCRUT3 from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre and University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit, baseline period 1850-1899 (Brohan et al., 2006) with the grey area representing the 95% confidence range, 2) Red line – MLOST from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Centre, baseline period 1880-1899 (Smith et al., 2008), and 3) Blue line - GISSTemp from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, baseline period 1880-1899 (Hansen et al., 2010). Upper graph shows annual anomalies and lower graph shows decadal average anomalies for the same datasets. Right figure: Rates of change of global average temperature (1850 to 2011) in ºC per decade, based on 10-year running average of the 3 datasets: 1) Black line - HadCRUT3 from the UK Met Office Hadley Centre and University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit, baseline period 1850-1899 (Brohan et al., 2006), 2) Red line – MLOST from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Centre, baseline period 1880-1899 (Smith et al., 2008), and 3) Blue line - GISSTemp from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies, baseline period 1880-1899 (Hansen et al., 2010). No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: National oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA), Met Office Hadley Centre observations datasets, Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA). climate change impacts climate change 2012-11-19T14:36:55+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/projected-meteorological-forest-fire-danger?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Fire danger is expressed by the Seasonal Severity Rating (SSR). Based on projections by the Regional Climate Model (RCM) RACMO2 driven by the Global Climate Model (GCM) ECHAM5 for the SRES A1B emission scenario. Left: projected change in SSR by 2071–2100 as compared to 1961–1990 baseline period; Right: projected annual average SSR in 2071–2100. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC). climate change impacts forest fires scenarios severity index 2012-11-16T16:40:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/average-meteorological-forest-fire-danger?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Fire danger is expressed by the Seasonal Severity Rating (SSR). Daily severity values can be averaged over the fire season using the SSR index, which allows objective comparison of fire danger from year to year and from region to region. The coarse scale of the map does not allow accounting for specific conditions of given sites, as for example in the Alpine region, where the complex topography may strongly affect local fire danger. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC). climate change impacts forest fires scenarios severity index 2012-11-16T16:35:00+02:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/trend-in-heating-degree-days-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic The map shows the trend in heating degree days in the EU-27 (1980-2009) No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). heating degree climate change impacts 2012-11-16T13:40:00+01:00 EEAFigure http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/figures/burn-area-ha-in-5-1?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Burnt forest area (in ha) in five southern European countries from 1980 to 2010. No publisher iverscar EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). forest fires climate change impacts 2012-11-16T13:10:00+01:00 EEAFigure