Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change

by National Research Council, America's Climate Choices Panel on Adapt, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, et al.

Across the United States, impacts of climate change are already evident. Heat waves have become more frequent and intense, cold extremes have become less frequent, and patterns of rainfall are likely changing. The proportion of precipitation that falls as rain rather than snow has increased across the western United States and Arctic sea ice has been reduced significantly. Sea level has been rising faster than at any time in recent history, threatening...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309145910
• ISBN13: 9780309145916
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"