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1. Attributing physics and biology impacts to anthropogenic climate change

“Significant changes in physical and biological systems are occurring on all continents and in most oceans, with a concentration of available data in Europe and North America. Most of these changes are in the direction expected with warming temperature.” From my understanding of this research, changes are occurring where there are massive temperature increases and that the temperature increases cannot be explained.

2. Environment and Climate Change Canada

The CCCma carries out research in modeling and analysis. The modeling component involves; developing computer models of the climate system to simulate global climate, regional climate, and climate change. While the analysis component involves; analyzing past and predicted climate variations in order to gain a deep understanding of the climate system.

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

The IPCC is the international body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and migration.

PARC

The Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative is a partnership of the governments of Canada, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba mandated to pursue climate change impacts and adaptation research in the Prairie Provinces. There objective is to generate practical options to adapt to current and future climate change. They are also charged with fostering the development of new professionals in the emerging science of climate change impacts and adaptation.

3. Climate Prediction: A limit to adaptation

“Projections of future climate and its impacts on society and the environment have been crucial for the emergence of climate change as a global problem for public policy and decision making.” According to Fussel (2007) “the effectiveness of proactive adaption to climate change often depends on the accuracy of regional climate and impact projections, which are subject to sustainable uncertainty.” This discussion around climate change and adaptions or migration leads to the common understanding that the policymakers need accurate assessments of the future impacts of climate change in order to adapt accordingly.

4. Impacts of a Warming Arctic

“The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social, and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also affect the rest of the world through increased global warming and rising sea levels.” The Arctic is affected by global warming due to the melting of the polar ice caps which tend to make sea levels rise.  Human health is commonly affected by climate change, the World Healthy Organization responds to concern about lifestyles affected. “The World Health Organization estimates that the warming and precipitation trends due to anthropogenic climate change of the past 30 years already claim over 150,000 lives annually. Many prevalent human diseases are linked to climate fluctuations, from cardiovascular mortality and respiratory illnesses due to heat waves, to altered transmission of infectious diseases and malnutrition from crop failures.”

5. Biological and Physical Signs of Climate Change

Our environment is severely affected by climate change in terms of plants, animals, humans, and habitats. “Detection of climate change has also drawn upon data from glacial records that indicate a general retreat of tropical summit glaciers. It is concluded that, at high elevations, the overall trends regarding glaciers, plants, insect range, and shifting isotherms show remarkable internal consistency, and that there is consistency between model projections and the ongoing changes. There are implications for public health as well as for developing an interdisciplinary approach to the detection of climate change.” Climate change is also a social problem such as small farmers who are affected by the threaten of the crops and poor communities who are hit with drought and flooding.