Open AccessNew Tendencies in Global Climate Change and Their Effects on the Climate of Hungary
Author(s) -
László Földi,
Halász László
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
hadmérnök
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1788-1919
DOI - 10.32567/hm.2019.1.9
Subject(s) - climate change , greenhouse gas , atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , climate model , climate commitment , earth's energy budget , greenhouse effect , atmospheric sciences , fossil fuel , runaway climate change , climatology , global warming , methane , effects of global warming , meteorology , geology , radiation , geography , ecology , oceanography , physics , quantum mechanics , biology
Defining the term of climate, we investigate the role of natural causes and effects of human activities in climate change. The temperature of the Earth is determined by the balance between the amount of radiation energy received from the Sun and that emitted from the surface of the Earth towards the outer space. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxides, act to make the surface much warmer, because they absorb and emit heat energy in all directions (including downwards), keeping Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere warm. The primary cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, such as oil and coal, which emits greenhouse gases into the atmosphere – primarily carbon dioxide. We give a review about the activity of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations Climate Change Conferences. Shortly investigate the different global climate models and some regional climate models. Finally discuss the results of regional climate model simulations for the Carpathian Basin.