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Climate change is increasingly apparent. Regional impacts of climate change are being observed. Those commonly cited include extended growing seasons; shifts of plant and animal ranges; earlier flowering of trees, emergence of insects and egg-laying in birds; and local temperature, humidity and wind-speed anomalies. Air temperatures in Alaska and western Canada have increased as much as 3–4 °C in the past 50 years. Engineers who design infrastructure for predicted future conditions face challenges due to these shifts in climate. Building codes already specify minimum health and safety requirements for some key climate variables such as heating and cooling design temperatures; heating and cooling degree days; rainfall and snow loads; and wind pressures. Predicted changes in these variables at specific locations are not usually available. Regional scenarios give a general trend but lack precision and verification.
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Morofsky, E. (2007). WHAT ENGINEERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY STORAGE. In: Paksoy, H.Ö. (eds) Thermal Energy Storage for Sustainable Energy Consumption. NATO Science Series, vol 234. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5290-3_3
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