Global warming countermeasures

Background to the study

Global warming is one of the most significant environmental issues. Regional impacts of global warming, which causes impacts on various sectors at regional to global scales, have been emerging in Saitama. Reorganizing our center in 2010, we established a new research group, “Global Warming Countermeasures Group,” which aims to investigate the current state and the impacts of global warming in Saitama prefecture and to develop mitigation and adaptation policies. 

Current research topics

Global environmental monitoring

The department monitors carbon dioxide levels and reports the observational data to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 

 

 

 

 

Atmospheric CO2 sampling system	CO2 observation system
CO2 concentrations and long-term trends

 

Impact of climate change and adaptation

Understanding and prediction of the impact of climate change on crops and ecosystem; and formulation of adaptive actions.

Impact of climate change on the yield of paddy rice in Asia 

Understanding of heat-island effect

Understanding of heat-island effect, which has appeared in Saitama prefecture.  

Spatial distribution of temperature in Saitama prefecture
at 2:00 P.M. on August 16 in 2007, when Kumagaya city
made new record for maximum temperature in Japan.