The disasterous BP gulf oil spill helps bring the effects of our carbon based energy generation into focus. Our carbon-based energy consumption not only has immediate effects like oil spills, surface and air pollution, but also long-term effects like global warming and climate change.
At MapCruzin.com we are working on sets of climate change and global warming GIS shapefiles. The data points are spaced approximately 4.5 km (2.8 miles) apart and are based on the IPCC 4th Assessment A2 Scenario. In the future we will be creating more shapefiles based on other IPCC scenarios.
The IPCC A2 scenario based GIS shapefiles will be available this week at MapCruzin.com. In the meantime, check out the following related charts:
Climate Change Impacts in the United States Maps, Charts, Tables, Chapter 1: Global Climate Change
High Resolution images from the 2009 Climate Change Impacts in the United States, Chapter 1, Global Climate Change.
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Image 1 - Chart of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration over last 800,000 years.
Image 2 - Chart of carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration over last 2,000 years.
Image 3 - Chart of natural and man-made cooling and warming effects.
Image 4 - Chart of global average temperature 1880 to 2008.
Image 5 - Chart of glacial ice decline 1960 to 2008.
Image 6 - Chart showing climate change with and without human impacts.
Image 7 - Chart of solar radiation vs. global surface temperature 1978 to 2006.
Image 8 - Charts comparing global warming due to various factors.
Image 9 - Charts showing emissions of CO2 and concentration of CO2 in atmosphere.
Image 10 - Charts showing projected changes in heaviest precipitation events 1900 to 2099.
Image 11 - Charts showing projected changes in global temperature under three IPCC scenarios 1900 to 2099.
Download Climate Change Impacts in the United States Charts
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