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Climate Change and Its Impacts

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The increase in Green House Gases has disturbed the natural patterns of climate in many places of the world. The frequency of extreme events has increased in the present decade compared to the last decade. The time onset of seasons have changed. Most of the years after 1992 is warmest compared to pre 1992 years whereas the warmest year was observed after 2012. The signs of the climate change impacts and frequency of the impacts can be now identified distinctively. The rise in the number of refugees due to natural disasters in the last five years is the most specific indicator that the equillibrium in the climate has been lost.

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Majumder, M. (2016). Climate Change and Its Impacts. In: Minimization of Climatic Vulnerabilities on Mini-hydro Power Plants. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-314-9_3

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