Indicators and Consequences of Global Warming

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Key Indicators of Global Warming

• Higher global-average temperatures over land
• Higher global-average temperatures over oceans
• Higher global-average sea-surface temperatures
• Higher global ocean heat content
• Higher global-average temperatures in the troposphere, where Earth's weather occurs
• Lower global-average temperatures in the stratosphere (contains ozone layer)
• Higher global-average humidity, increased precipitation
• Higher global-average sea levels
• Less global-average sea ice (Arctic & Antarctic)
• Less global-average snow cover (Greenland & Antarctica)
• Shrinking global-average glaciers
• Heat waves and periods of unusually warm weather

Key Consequences of Global Warming

• Longer warm seasons
• Plant and animal ranges shift
• Plant and animal populations change
• Coral-reef bleaching
• Heavy rains, heavy snowfalls, flooding
• Droughts and fires

Roper web pages about Global Warming

References

• An illustrated guide to the latest climate science
• The complete guide to modern day climate change
• Global Warming: Early Warning Signs
• NOAA Climate Indicators: Ocean Heat Content
• NASA Global Climate Change Key Indicators (graphs versus time of sea level, CO₂ atmospheric concentration, global surface temperature, arctic sea ice, Antarctica and Greenland land ice)
• NOAA Global Climate Change Indicators (graphs versus time of global surface temperature, U.S. surface temperature, sea level, global upper ocean heat content, northern hemisphere snow cover, glacier volume, U.S. climate extremes, climate-model indications versus observed temperatures, 800,000-year record of
CO₂ atmospheric concentration, Sun's energy output)
• Why Cold Winters Don't Discredit Global Warming
• Extreme weather driven by jet stream consistent with global warming
• Earthquakes and Global Warming

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13 March, 2011