Symptoms and Driving Factors of Contemporary Earth Warming and Projections for the Future

Wibig Joanna ()
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Wibig Joanna: Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Łódź University, 90-139 Łódź, Narutowicza 88, Poland

Papers on Global Change IGBP, 2016, vol. 23, issue 1, 37-57

Abstract: This paper outlines the symptoms of contemporary global warming, reviews its possible driving factors and presents some projections for future. Key among the symptoms are those related to temperature, with the increase in average global temperature since 1880 now reaching a value of 0.85°C. While warming has encompassed almost the whole world, the high latitudes have warmed more than the low, and maximum temperature has increased more than average temperature. Warming has been causing sea level rise, thanks to both the thermal expansion of warming water and the melting of ice on land.

Keywords: global warming; anthropogenic drivers; natural drivers; socio-economic scenarios; projections for the future (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/igbp-2016-0004

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