https://www.scmp.com/rss/142284/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Temperature and rainfall are the two most basic elements in climate change. So what can we learn from a study of local temperature records and why might it be that local factors other than carbon dioxide output are the main cause of rising temperatures in our city? Climate change is defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as that attributable directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and is in addition to natural... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1619452/urban-heat-island-effect-big-factor-climate-change-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/technology/article/1619452/urban-heat-island-effect-big-factor-climate-change-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 2014 20:30:30 +0000 Since the establishment in 1883 of the Royal Observatory Hong Kong (renamed Hong Kong Observatory after the handover), continuous records have been kept at the headquarters station in Tsim Sha Tsui, except from 1940 to 1946. From 1884 to 2011, the mean annual rainfall at the station was 2,228 mm, ranging from 901.1 to 3,343 mm. The top 10 wet and dry years are indicated in the chart (right), which shows that eight of the wettest years occurred during the past 60. Five were strong El Nino years,... https://www.scmp.com/article/997627/how-volcanic-activity-has-influenced-our-rainfall?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/997627/how-volcanic-activity-has-influenced-our-rainfall?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:00:00 +0000