Abstract
Our world is vulnerable to climate change risks such as glacier retreat, rising temperatures, more variable and intense weather events (e.g., floods, droughts, and frosts), deteriorating mountain ecosystems, soil degradation, and increasing water scarcity. However, there are big gaps in our understanding of changes in regional climate and how these changes will impact human and natural systems, making it difficult to anticipate, plan, and adapt to the coming changes. The IoT paradigm in this area can enhance our understanding of regional climate by using technology solutions, while providing the dynamic climate elements based on integrated environmental sensing and communications that is necessary to support climate change impacts assessments in each of the related areas (e.g., environmental quality and monitoring, sustainable energy, agricultural systems, cultural preservation, and sustainable mining). In the IoT in Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change chapter, a framework for informed creation, interpretation and use of climate change projections and for continued innovations in climate and environmental science driven by key societal and economic stakeholders is presented. In addition, the IoT cyberinfrastructure to support the development of continued innovations in climate and environmental science is discussed.
Keywords
IoT, sustainability, water and food scarcity, increasing global temperatures, energy issues, climate crises
Date of this Version
1-1-2020
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Atmospheric Sciences Commons, Climate Commons, Digital Communications and Networking Commons, Fresh Water Studies Commons, Meteorology Commons, Oceanography Commons, Other Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons, Sustainability Commons
Comments
The accepted (peer-reviewed) version for self-archiving. A version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35291-2_2