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Changes in frequencies of groups of plant species adapted to "warm" and "cold" conditions in the Netherlands and Norway: Note: Low numbers on the y-axis represent plant groups that are accustomed to cold conditions, high numbers are groups accustomed to warm growing conditions (according to Ellenberg numbers)
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Urban temperatures of Europe computed from Corine land cover: Smoothed artificial surfaces (10 km radius)
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Anomalies in Northern Hemisphere average sea surface temperature from HadSST2: HadSST2 = Hadley Centre sea surface temperature data set
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Permafrost (CLIM 011) - Assessment published Nov 2012: In the past 10–20 years European permafrost has shown a general warming trend, with greatest warming in Svalbard and Scandinavia. The active layer thickness has increased at some European permafrost sites. Several sites show great interannual variability which reflects the complex interaction between the atmospheric conditions and local snow and ground characteristics. Present and projected atmospheric warming is projected to lead to widespread warming and thawing of permafrost. Warming and thawing of permafrost is expected to increase the risk of landslides, ground subsidence and flash floods from bursting glacial lakes. Thawing of permafrost also affects biodiversity and may accelerate climate change through release of CO2 and CH4 from arctic permafrost areas.
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Time series and regression lines for annual average deepwater temperatures: -
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Temperature-mortality relationship in 15 European cities: Figure shows relationship between daily maximum apparent temperature (Barcelona: mean apparent temperature) and natural mortality (blue) and 95% confidence interval (grey).
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The probabilistic implications for global temperature increase up to year 2400: Above preindustrial levels for pathways stabilising at 450 and 550 ppm CO2equivalent concentration levels (upper row) and the pathways that peak at 510 and 550 ppm respectively (lower row)
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Antarctic temperature change and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (CO2) over the past 800 000 years: The record is derived from several ice cores from the Antarctic ice sheet, some more than 3 km long
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Deviations of seasonal snow cover (solid curve) versus deviations of temperature (dashed curve): Note: Deviations are compared to a 30 year average.
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Projected temperature changes in Europe up to 2080: Note: Temperature change (degrees Celcius)
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