North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment

This book offers an up-to-date review of our current understanding of climate change in the North Sea and adjacent areas, as well as its impact on ecosystems and socio-economic sectors. It provides a detailed assessment of climate change based on published scientific work compiled by independent international experts from climate-related disciplines such as oceanography, atmospheric sciences, marine and terrestrial ecology, using a regional evaluation and review process similar to that of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of our changing climate, discussing a wide range of topics including past, current and future climate change, and climate-related changes in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. It also explores the impact of climate change on socio-economic sectors such as fisheries, agriculture, coastal zone management, coastal protection, urban climate, recreation/tourism, offshore activities/energy, and air pollution.

List of contents

Introduction to the Assessment.- Past and Current Climate Change.- Past and Current Changes in the North Sea (and interface regions).- Climate Change Projections.- Impacts of Current and Future Climate Change in Ecosystems.- Climate Impacts on Socio-economy.

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• Assisted by: Colijn (Editor), Colijn (Editor), Franciscus Colijn (Editor), Marku Quante (Editor), Markus Quante (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319397436
• ISBN: 978-3-31-939743-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 218 mm x 38 mm x 287 mm
• Weight: 1627 g
• Illustrations: XLV, 528 p. 277 illus., 215 illus. in color.
• Series: Regional Climate Studies; Regional Climate Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous; Umweltmanagement, B, Hydrologie und die Hydrosphäre, Water, Earth and Environmental Science, Environmental Management, Environmental management,, Atmospheric Sciences, Freshwater, Limnology (inland waters), Marine & Freshwater Sciences, Marine sciences, Atmospheric Science