FLOOD SIMULATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CHANGES IN CENTRAL, VIETNAM Quan Van Dau, MSCE Department of Civil Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand Kittiwet Kuntiyawichai, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand ________________________________________ Abstract: Flood is a natural feature of the environment and is also one the most frequent hazardous natural disaster. The impacts of flood are highly devastating
water, and food. The climate in Pakistan is slowly but surely changing. This is a wakeup call for all of us as Pakistan is among the top twenty global warming hotspots in the world. Pakistan has a low adaptive capacity and no adaptability plan due to limited economic resources. This study demonstrates the climate variability
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change13 in its global climate scenarios has shown that the pattern of global warming would be more prominent in high altitude zones, especially those in the tropics and subtropics up to 3 to 5 times faster warming than in the rest of the world. Alpine glaciers of Himalayas are very sensitive and are indicators of climate change. Evidence shows that the glaciers in Kashmir Himalayas are responding to climate change. Reduction in the mass of glaciers is due to
Climate change has slowly become a more and more undeniable truth with the scientific evidence being provided, but some people still refuse to accept the evidence that is present. This could be because of blind optimism, fear, or many other things, but either way ignorance of the evidence adds to the effect humans have on climate change. With the ignorance of the rising temperatures and sea levels, putting it off to the world running its natural course, people will continue their wasteful habits
INTRODUCTION Climate change, also greatly known as global warming, refers to the rise in the average surface temperatures on Earth. An overwhelming scientific consensus states that climate change is due primarily to the human use of fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the air, which then traps heat within the atmosphere. The primary cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, which emits greenhouse gases into the atmosphere—primarily
Global Perspectives: Individual Research Climate Change- To what extent is climate change affecting mankinds’ life span? Over the past centuries, nothing worse than this situation has posed a threat to living beings, it can be both, human or animal. Climate change has rather rapidly become a global issue, mostly because of the negative contributions made by humans, unintentionally. The consequences are immensely dreadful, and are the cause for the death of many innocent creatures. Mankind is a selfish
the volatility of agricultural mar-kets (Fenta and Ali 2003). In a society so reliant for survival on agricultural land with few other livelihood options, these constraints are more pronounced. The more the available land becomes small and the changes in climate, the more complicated it becomes for farmers to maintain their customary diversified cropping regime. Under such conditions, farmers forced to prioritize crops and intensify management to optimize benefits (Rahmato 2009). Often, crops with a
The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850. By Brian F. (New York, New York: Basic Books. 2000.) It’s hard to learn from the past when you don’t know anything about it. In the book The Little Ice Age, the author, Brian Fagan, brings his readers through the journey of the climatic changes over time. This time period ranges from the year 800 to the 20th century. The book mainly focus’ on the events that occurred in Europe due to climate change. The author’s main argument is to show how
Climate is an active factor in physical environment (Critchfield, 1983). Climate is defined as the statistical properties of atmospheric variable, including temperature, precipitation and wind. Thus, climate change can be defined as a change in any statistical property of the atmosphere, such as change in mean temperature (Aguado et al., 2010). Climate change has significant impacts on the global environment and human society (Yamane et al., 2013). It is necessary to predict and understand global
Climate change is often discussed as a change affected by human activity, in contrary as the result of Earth’s natural process. In environmental policy, the expression of anthropogenic global warming is associated with the identical meaning of climate change. Noted Changes in the Climate System Warming of the climate system is set to be unambiguous, as shown by observations. Since the 1950s these changes have been unprecedented; therefore there have been clear consequences such as the atmosphere