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Figure 2.2.2a and b: Recent and projected regional trends in temperature and precipitation. A
2050s B
2080s
Explanation: A: trends in the surface air temperature (°C per decade) and annual precipitation (mm per decade) for 1981-2010; B: GCM projections of future change in mean annual temperature (ºC) and annual precipitation (mm). The mean over 16 Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP-5) general circulation models (GCMs) run under the three representative concentration pathways scenarios RCP2.6 (top panel), RCP4.5 (middle panel), and RCP8.5 (bottom panel) emissions scenarios is presented. Temperature change is computed as the difference between the future and base (1981–2010) data; precipitation isolines are a ratio between the future and current data.
of glacier recession is there as well (Andreassen et al. 2008; Nesje et al. 2008). Glacier retreat contributed to a global
sea-level rise of 0.8mm per year in 2005-2009 (Vaughan et al. 2013), significantly modifying regional hydrology and