Impacts of Europe's changing climate - 2008 indicator-based assessment

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• EEA (European Environment Agency)
• Published: Sep 29, 2008

Content

• Errata [128.4 kB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Acknowledgements, foreword, executive summary [1.4 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: The climate system and human activities, Chapter 3: Observed climate change impacts, Chapter 4: Climate change impacts: what the future has in store [5.2 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 5 Sections 1 - Introduction, 2 - Atmosphere and climate, 3 - Cryosphere [6.1 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 5 Sections 4 - Marine biodiversity and ecosystems, 5 - Water quantity, river floods and droughts, 6 - Freshwater quality and biodiversity [8.5 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 5 Sections 7 - Terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity, 8 - Soil, 9 - Agriculture and forestry [13.5 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 5 Section 10 - Human health [12.8 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 6: Adaptation to climate change, Chapter 7: Economic consequences of climate change [6.0 MB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Chapter 8: Data gaps, uncertainties and future needs [469.5 kB]
• Impacts of Europe's changing climate - Glossary, references, list of tables, figures and maps [554.4 kB]

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Locations of significant changes in data series of physical and biological systems, shown together with surface air temperature changes over the period 1970-2004 Based on HadCRUT3 data

Projected relative change of annual maximum daily mean wind speed between 1961-2000 and 2050 using different models Data are calculated for 10 m height using the + 2 oC scenario for 2050 (IPCC-SRES A1B emission scenarios) and the reference climate (1961-2000) from three similar models (left) and one different model, MIROCHi (right).

Modelled change in mean temperature over Europe between 1980-1999 and 2080-2099 Left: annual; middle: winter (DJF); right: summer (JJA) changes in oC for the IPCC-SRES A1B emission scenario averaged over 21 models (MMD-A1B simulations).

Northward movement of zooplankton between 1958-2005 The northward movement of zoo-plankton spanning five decades

Changes in the contribution of heavy rainfall to total precipitation 1961-2006

Phenological sensitivity to temperature changes In a study of 254 national records across nine countries, most phenological changes correlated significantly with mean monthly temperatures of the previous two months

Changes in soil organic carbon content across England and Wales between 1978 and 2003 The map shows the difference in soil organic carbon content

Average annual changes in fire danger level 1958-2006 Based on use of Seasonal Severity Rating (SSR)

The share of Trichoptera taxa sensitive to climate change in the European ecoregions Trichoptera taxa are species with restricted distribution ('endemic species'), species inhabiting the crenal zone (springs), that cannot move further upstream, and species adapted to low water temperatures (cold stenothermy) in European ecoregions

Percentage of Europe experiencing moderate drought conditions during the 20th century Expressed as standardized precipitation indices (SPI) for time scales of 12 months

Modelled three-monthly fire danger levels in Europe for 1961-1990 and 2071-2100 and change between these periods Based on the IPCC SRES high emissions A2 scenario and the HIRAM model

Number of days with water temperature higher than 23 oC in the river Rhine (Lobith, the Netherlands) 1909-2003

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