Preface to the Special Issue on ＂Climate Changes and Their Impacts in Taiwan

Climate change and global warming may no longer be a matter of faith. A huge number of researches on climate change and global warming have been reported since the late 20th century. The Fifth Annual Report (AR5) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2013 and 2014 rep...

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Published inTAO : Terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic sciences Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. I - II
Main Authors Cheng, Ke-Sheng, Chen, Cheng-Ta, Hsu, Huang-Hsiung, Yeh, Keh-Chia, Lin, Lee-Yaw
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taiwan 中華民國地球科學學會 01.10.2016
Chinese Geoscience Union (Taiwan)
Subjects
Annual reports
Climate
Climate change
Climatic extremes
Drought
Environmental impact
Global temperatures
Global warming
Greenhouse effect
Heat waves
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Summary:Climate change and global warming may no longer be a matter of faith. A huge number of researches on climate change and global warming have been reported since the late 20th century. The Fifth Annual Report (AR5) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2013 and 2014 reports an observed increase of 0.85°C in the global average temperature during 1880 - 2012 with an accelerating increase rate in recent years. Many events and evidences around the world also reveal that extreme climates, such as heat waves, droughts, and torrential rainfalls are changing in terms of their frequency of occurrences and severity.
ISSN:1017-0839
2311-7680
DOI:10.3319/TAO.2016.11.17.01