Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation

In most of Argentina, the warming since 1901 was a little lower than the global average, although with strong trends in temperature extremes and in heat waves during the most recent decades. There was a remarkable increase in precipitation over most of subtropical Argentina, especially since 1960. T...

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Autores principales: Barros, Vicente Ricardo, Camilloni, Ines Angela, Rusticucci, Matilde
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Arid regions
Climatology
Economics
Land use
Precipitation (meteorology)
Rain
Urban planning
Adaptation policies
Contingency planning
Early Warning System
Emissions scenarios
Extreme precipitation events
Impacts and adaptation
Increased temperature
Temperature extremes
Climate change
adaptive management
agricultural production
climate change
crop yield
early warning system
nature-society relations
precipitation intensity
temperature profile
trend analysis
Argentina
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spelling paper:paper_17577780_v6_n2_p151_Barros2023-06-08T16:28:57Z Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation Barros, Vicente Ricardo Camilloni, Ines Angela Rusticucci, Matilde Arid regions Climatology Economics Land use Precipitation (meteorology) Rain Urban planning Adaptation policies Contingency planning Early Warning System Emissions scenarios Extreme precipitation events Impacts and adaptation Increased temperature Temperature extremes Climate change adaptive management agricultural production climate change crop yield early warning system nature-society relations precipitation intensity temperature profile trend analysis Argentina In most of Argentina, the warming since 1901 was a little lower than the global average, although with strong trends in temperature extremes and in heat waves during the most recent decades. There was a remarkable increase in precipitation over most of subtropical Argentina, especially since 1960. This has favored agriculture yields and the extension of crop lands into semiarid regions, but this increase also came with more frequent heavy rainfalls and consequent flooding of rural and urban areas. Since the early 1970s, the main rivers of the Plata Basin have increased their mean flows, but this was attributable not only to increased precipitation, but also to land use changes. In contrast, over the Andes Mountains, reduced rainfall and increased temperature has led to glaciers receding and reduced river flows. Climate projections for the first half of this century maintain observed trends and raise additional concerns that in most cases can be dealt with timely adaptation policies. However, by the end of this century, under an extreme emissions scenario, the projected warming reaches 3.5°C in the north of the country with respect to present-day conditions. There is insufficient knowledge to assume that this warming would not create severe damages to the people and the economy of Argentina. Because of the damages and casualties that heat waves and extreme precipitation events are already producing, the first and most urgent adaptation required is to reinforce early warning systems and contingency planning to cope with climatic extremes and their consequences on health. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Fil:Barros, V.R. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Camilloni, I.A. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Rusticucci, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2015 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_17577780_v6_n2_p151_Barros http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_17577780_v6_n2_p151_Barros
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topic Arid regions
Climatology
Economics
Land use
Precipitation (meteorology)
Rain
Urban planning
Adaptation policies
Contingency planning
Early Warning System
Emissions scenarios
Extreme precipitation events
Impacts and adaptation
Increased temperature
Temperature extremes
Climate change
adaptive management
agricultural production
climate change
crop yield
early warning system
nature-society relations
precipitation intensity
temperature profile
trend analysis
Argentina
spellingShingle Arid regions
Climatology
Economics
Land use
Precipitation (meteorology)
Rain
Urban planning
Adaptation policies
Contingency planning
Early Warning System
Emissions scenarios
Extreme precipitation events
Impacts and adaptation
Increased temperature
Temperature extremes
Climate change
adaptive management
agricultural production
climate change
crop yield
early warning system
nature-society relations
precipitation intensity
temperature profile
trend analysis
Argentina
Barros, Vicente Ricardo
Camilloni, Ines Angela
Rusticucci, Matilde
Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
topic_facet Arid regions
Climatology
Economics
Land use
Precipitation (meteorology)
Rain
Urban planning
Adaptation policies
Contingency planning
Early Warning System
Emissions scenarios
Extreme precipitation events
Impacts and adaptation
Increased temperature
Temperature extremes
Climate change
adaptive management
agricultural production
climate change
crop yield
early warning system
nature-society relations
precipitation intensity
temperature profile
trend analysis
Argentina
description In most of Argentina, the warming since 1901 was a little lower than the global average, although with strong trends in temperature extremes and in heat waves during the most recent decades. There was a remarkable increase in precipitation over most of subtropical Argentina, especially since 1960. This has favored agriculture yields and the extension of crop lands into semiarid regions, but this increase also came with more frequent heavy rainfalls and consequent flooding of rural and urban areas. Since the early 1970s, the main rivers of the Plata Basin have increased their mean flows, but this was attributable not only to increased precipitation, but also to land use changes. In contrast, over the Andes Mountains, reduced rainfall and increased temperature has led to glaciers receding and reduced river flows. Climate projections for the first half of this century maintain observed trends and raise additional concerns that in most cases can be dealt with timely adaptation policies. However, by the end of this century, under an extreme emissions scenario, the projected warming reaches 3.5°C in the north of the country with respect to present-day conditions. There is insufficient knowledge to assume that this warming would not create severe damages to the people and the economy of Argentina. Because of the damages and casualties that heat waves and extreme precipitation events are already producing, the first and most urgent adaptation required is to reinforce early warning systems and contingency planning to cope with climatic extremes and their consequences on health. © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
author Barros, Vicente Ricardo
Camilloni, Ines Angela
Rusticucci, Matilde
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Camilloni, Ines Angela
Rusticucci, Matilde
author_sort Barros, Vicente Ricardo
title Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
title_short Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
title_full Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
title_fullStr Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
title_full_unstemmed Climate change in Argentina: Trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
title_sort climate change in argentina: trends, projections, impacts and adaptation
publishDate 2015
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