STUDY: The 467 hazards of climate change – By several lead authors of UN IPCC
By: Admin - Climate DepotNovember 21, 2018 8:06 PM
https://cosmosmagazine.com/climate/the-467-hazards-of-climate-changeReview finds cumulative effect of multiple threats may overwhelm large-scale systems by the end of the century. Nick Carne reports.
Sao Paulo in Brazil faces five concurrent climate crises, research suggests.
Society faces a much greater threat from climate change than anyone has previously suggested, according to a new report that attempts to assess the cumulative impact of many factors.
It reveals 467 ways in which human health, food, water, economy, infrastructure and security already have been affected by multiple climatic changes, including warming, drought, heatwaves, wildfires, precipitation, floods, storms, sea level rise and changes in land cover and ocean chemistry.
Published in the journal Nature Climate Change, it is the work of 23 scientists, led by Camilo Mora from the University of Hawaii at MÄnoa, US, who systematically reviewed thousands of scientific papers. Providing input was a team of other climate scientists, including several lead authors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) reports
