Other climate change facts and science information slides (pdf 1.5Mb) - Spring 2006
- compiled by Dr Julian Wright, Environment Agency, for SWCCIP
Other general resource materials:
SW County Climate Profiles
There is a growing evidence base of local data that can be used to help analyse the impacts of climate change in the South West's counties. The SW Environmental Observatory has made a start in bringing this data together in one place
for each of our counties in 'climate profiles'. These profiles contain climate related data sets for the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. They include both directly related climate variables such as temperature and sea level along with more
indirectly related information such as energy use, carbon/ecological footprints and the occurrence of skin cancer. The climate profiles are available at: www.swenvo.org.uk/themes/atmosphere/climate-change/.
The South West Environmental Observatory has also published presentation slides as well as numerous reports summarising the state of the South West's environment on their website. These reveal key environmental trends in the region, as well as
how the Observatory reports on the environment. Visit: www.swenvo.org.uk.
Climate Change and the greenhouse effect
The Met Office's Hadley Centre has produced a collection of 60 slides with notes, containing up-to-date knowledge of the state of the climate
and projections for the future. The publication is accompanied by a CD-based power point presentation of the 60 slides. The CD, along
with a paper copy of the briefing and other useful documents, can be obtained free of charge from the Hadley Centre website at: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/publications/brochures/.
The Climate of the United Kingdom and Recent Trends (2007)
This is the first of a series of UK Climate Projections (2009) reports from UKCIP known as UKCP09. It provides detailed information about the observed climate of the UK. Click on
link: www.ukcip.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=469&Itemid=47. When released during 2009, the full set of UKCP09 reports will include an
update of the UKCIP02 scenarios, which describe probabilistic changes in the UK climate during the 21st Century. Once released, these will be available from the UKCP09 website.