Monitoring Climate Change Impacts: Metrics at the Intersection of the Human and Earth Systems
The Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, part of the National Academies’ Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS), has released a report that lays out 71 metrics or observations -- such as sea-level rise, seasonal snow cover, and air quality -- that when taken together may give advance warning of climate-related changes and their impacts across a range of both local and global scales.
DELS, like TRB, is a division of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.
This Summary Last Modified On: 4/22/2011