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Climate Management Issues
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Climate Management Issues

by Julie K. Gines
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
470 pages
16h 40m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Climate Management Issues
307Economics of Climate Change and Socioeconomic Implications
according to the results of a model constructed by a Purdue University
research group. The group discovered through computer modeling that
they could inuence monsoon dynamics and cause there to be less summer
precipitation, a delay in the start of the monsoon season, and longer breaks
between rainy periods.
What is critical about this is that half of the world’s population lives in
areas that are currently affected by monsoons, where even slight deviations
from the norm can have signicant effects on the sensitive monsoonal pat-
terns and climate. The summer monsoon affects water resources, agricul-
ture, economics, ecosystems, and human health throughout southern Asia ...
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ISBN: 9781439861066