Including the closely related terms sea level, level, and level rise.
… even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced rapidly. HEAT Increased energy demand for summer cooling SEA LEVEL RISE Increased risk of coastal flooding HEAVY RAINFALL Increased risk of river and surface water flooding DROUGHT Risk to water supplies from drought DRAINAGE Increased disruptions to urban drainage system HEALTH Increased risk to health from heat stress TRANSPORT Increased…
… in the future: There is an increased chance of warmer, wetter winters and hotter, drier summers. Although the trend is for drier summers in the future, there may be increases in the intensity of heavy summer rainfall events. Hot summers are expected to become more common. By 2050, every other summer may be as hot as the record breaking summer of 2018. Sea level will continue to rise in the 21st century…
… change. Looking at the high emission scenario, by 2080 when today’s school children will be retiring summer rainfall could have reduced by up to 62% while winter rainfall may have increased by up to 51%. Bristol’s coastline could have seen a rise in sea level of 72cm and maximum summer temperatures could have become 8.9oC hotter. These figures are based on projected change compared…
…) Summer Precipitation Rate (%) to to to to to toWinter Precipitation Rate (%) Annual Average Air Temperature (°C) to to to Sea Level Change (m) to to to Summer Average Air Temperature (°C) to to to to to toSummer Maximum Air Temperature (°C) UKCP RESULTS +1.0 +2.2 +1.7 +3.9 +3.1 +7.6 +8.9+3.5+4.5+2.0+2.6+1.1 +5.1+1.8+2.9+1.2+1.7+0.7 +0.7 +1.6 +1.1 +2.6 +1.7 +4.6 +0.8 +1.6 +1.3 +2.7…