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MET 112 Global Climate Change- Lecture 13a 30 April 2009 Observations and Predictions Dr. Craig Clements San Jose State University
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Page 1: MET 112 Global Climate Change- Lecture 13a 30 April 2009 Observations and Predictions Dr. Craig Clements San Jose State University.

MET 112 Global Climate Change- Lecture 13a30 April 2009

Observations and Predictions

Dr. Craig ClementsSan Jose State University

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Temperature Changes in California: different emissions scenarios.

(California Climate Change Center, 2006)

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Changes in California Snowpack

(California Climate Change Center, 2006)

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Changes in Vegetation Cover and Forest Yields

Forest Yield = amount of timber products from a growing forest

(California Climate Change Center, 2006)

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Wildfire Frequency in California

(California Climate Change Center, 2006)

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Alpine Plant SpeciesAlpine and subalpine ecosystems are the most fragile and threatened-have limited opportunity to move “up slope”-will decline by as much as 60-80%


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