Record #:

16992

Author(s):

Ortegren, Jason; Liu, Zhi-Jun; Lennartson, G. J.

Abstract:

The concept that humans may be contributing to an atypical warming of Earth's atmosphere has received increasing attention in the scientific community in recent decades. Partially due to the increased focus on climate change or global warming, regional and urban climate change has also received attention. This article investigates the differences in temperature trends during a 40-year period in urbanized and urbanizing areas in North Carolina, examining maximum and minimum temperatures to show if urbanized areas exhibit significant increasing trends in temperatures.

Source:

North Carolina Geographer (NoCar F 254.8 N67), Vol. 13 Issue , 2005, p31-45, map, bibl

Subject(s):

Climate change--Urbanized areas