mm mm 6 L e a r n i n g t o A d a p t t o C l i m a t e C h a n g e The climate today The projected climate In recent decades, the average summer temperature for According to the climate models, climate change will the whole of Quebec ranged from 20°C in the South to involve both changes in the average temperatures and 3°C in the North, while average winter temperatures in the average precipitatio. [...] The second phase is now in progress, focussing on predictive analyses of the thermal regime and of the behaviour of the permafrost that will help guide the selection of the best choices of foundations for infrastructure and buildings. [...] That being the case, the clayey slopes are causing subsidence in the south of the Gulf of of the Côte-Nord and the friable sandstone cliffs of Îles- St. [...] The result is in the number of winter warm periods speeds the erosion that the sectors of the Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Baie of these cliffs (Bernatchez et Dubois, 2004). [...] The lagoon systems and beaches of Îles-de-la- and the number of freeze-thaw cycles, winter mild spells Madeleine already show signs of a serious sedimentary and other winter climate factors such as the presence of deficit that is causing the subsidence of beaches and a snow on the cliffs, the percentage of sunshine and the significant erosion of the coastal embankments (Bernatchez frequency of win.
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