In: pure and applied geophysics, 2005, vol. 162, no. 8-9, p. 1587-1606
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In: Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2005, vol. 162(8-9), p. 1587
This contribution provides an overview of the intricacies of mountain climates, particularly as they pertain to the European Alps. Examples will be given of issues that are related to climatic change as observed in the Alps during the course of the 20th century, and some of the physical mechanisms that may be responsible for those changes. The discussion will then focus on the problems...
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In: Swiss Medical Weekly, 2002, vol. 25-26, p. 329
This paper addresses a number of problems relating climatic change and human health. Following an introduction that outlines the over-arching issues, a short summary is given on climatic change and its anthropogenic causes. The rest of the paper then focuses on the direct and indirect impacts of global climatic change on health. Direct effects comprise changes in the hygrothermal stress response...
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