![]() Sea Levels Are Rising (infographic): French (PDF) ![]() Sea Levels Are Rising (infographic) (PDF) Storm surge and high tides will be more impactful as sea levels rise. ![]() Higher sea levels have the potential to damage coastal communities and infrastructure, infiltrate freshwater supplies, and threaten sensitive coastal species and ecosystems. Research projects an increase of up to 1 metre in relative sea level in Nova Scotia by 2100. More Frequent and Intense Storms (infographic): Mi'kmaq (PDF) Rising sea levels More Frequent and Intense Storms (infographic): French (PDF) More Frequent and Intense Storms (infographic) (PDF) In a changing climate, Nova Scotia is likely to experience more frequent and intense storms. When these storms make landfall, they can contribute to highspeed winds and powerful storm surges. Warming oceans enable tropical storms to move further north without losing strength. Precipitation Patterns Are Changing (infographic): Mi'kmaq (PDF) More frequent and intense storms Precipitation Patterns Are Changing (infographic): French (PDF) Precipitation Patterns Are Changing (infographic) (PDF) Such an increase in rainfall would contribute to higher flood risk, increased erosion and humidity (when water evaporates in warmer temperatures). Total annual precipitation is likely to increase by around 10% by the end of the century. Projected warmer temperatures result in less snowfall, more rain and increasingly intense rainfall events. It’s Getting Warmer (infographic): Mi'kmaq (PDF) Changing precipitation patterns It’s Getting Warmer (infographic): French (PDF) More frequent extreme heat will make days and nights more uncomfortable, drought and wildfire more likely, and the characteristics of winter will change as average temperatures rise above freezing. Nova Scotia’s average annual temperature is projected to increase by 2.6☌ by mid-century and 4.5☌ by the end of the century (in a scenario with high levels of greenhouse gas emissions). Weathering What's Ahead: Summary Report Executive Summary: French (PDF) Weathering What's Ahead: Summary Report (PDF) Recent climate projections and research illustrate how climate change will impact Nova Scotia in the coming decades. These gases are warming the planet and changing the climate in Nova Scotia and globally. MedECC includes more than 600 scientists from 35 countries.Human activities release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The construction of this network responds to several intentions of regional institutions, such as UN Environment/MAP through the MSSD 2016-2025 and the Regional Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Mediterranean, and the Group of Experts on Climate Change Union for the Mediterranean (UfM CCEG). MedECC is an open and independent international network of scientific experts acting as a mechanism for decision-makers and the general public based on available scientific information and on-doing research. The Mediterranean Expert Network on Climate and Environmental Change (MedECC) was created in 2015. In this context, it has just published 5 new infographics based on data from this MAR1 report: – Mediterranean ecosystems: the exceptional biodiversity under threat – Mediterranean basin: main driver of environmental change – Energy transition in the Mediterranean basin – Health impacts due to climate change – Water and food in the Mediterranean: increasing demand and decreasing supply As a whole, the document reviews the current situation and the future risks linked to the impacts of environmental changes on the Mediterranean basin and draws up an alarming observation where the Mediterranean appears as a space of conjunctions of many risks induced by climate change but also by the growing artificialization of the soil, the erosion of biodiversity, the decrease in precipitation, the pollution of the air and the sea or even the rise in the level of the latter. The first Mediterranean Assessment Report (MAR1), the result of four years of research, was published in November 2020.
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