Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest scientific findings in regional climate research on the Baltic Sea basin. This includes climate changes in the recent past, climate projections up until 2100 using the most sophisticated regional climate models available, and an assessment of climate change impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The authors demonstrate that the regional climate has already started to change, and will continue to do so.

List of contents

and Summary.- Past and Current Climate Change.- Projections of Future Anthropogenic Climate Change.- Climate-related Change in Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems.- Climate-related Marine Ecosystem Change.

Summary

This book offers an up-to-date overview of the latest scientific findings in regional climate research on the Baltic Sea basin. This includes climate changes in the recent past, climate projections up until 2100 using the most sophisticated regional climate models available, and an assessment of climate change impacts on terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The authors demonstrate that the regional climate has already started to change, and will continue to do so.

Product details

• Authors: Bacc Author Team, BACC Author Team, The BACC Author Team
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2009
• EAN: 9783540727859
• ISBN: 978-3-540-72785-9
• No. of pages: 474
• Dimensions: 193 mm x 30 mm x 260 mm
• Weight: 1164 g
• Illustrations: XXII, 474 p. 151 illus., 70 illus. in color.
• Series: Regional Climate Studies; Regional Climate Studies
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Miscellaneous