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climate change [′klī·mət ‚chānj] (meteorology) Any change in global temperatures and precipitation over time due to natural variability or to human activity. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Having sustained record-breaking natural catastrophe losses, insurers and reinsurers are openly--and, indeed, justifiably--questioning the potential linkage between anthropogenic climate change and extreme weather, looking at the likely short-term implications for the industry, as well as the potential long-term impacts on financial performance and corporate sustainability. We hypothesize anthropogenic climate change as a plausible contributor to the rise in asthma. Even if anthropogenic climate change were not such an important policy issue, cloud processes would play an important role in climate modelling, because they have such a pervasive influence on climate, as evidenced by recent GCM results. |
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