Under
a severe warming scenario, the researchers found that emergency room visits could increase 10 percent by 2090 in the studied regions as oak pollen seasons grow.
Not exact matches
«Researchers at Duke University say global
warming is not progressing as fast as it would under the most
severe scenarios outlined by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.»
However, this is just as well, because the impact on agriculture is usually more positive for
scenarios implying more
severe warming (since they imply more precipitation and more availability of atmospheric CO2).
Rather, the study stated that, out of the range of
warming projections outlined by the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), temperature records suggest that at present time the «middle - of - the - road
warming scenario» is more likely than the most
severe warming projections.
As a result, CO2 emission reduction rates are more
severe than other
scenarios that would still limit
warming to within 2 °C and also include reductions in other gases.