Superpower Geographies
... a) I know that ice cores and co2 emissions (the keeling curve) are scientific methods to prove that global warming is occurring. I understand that more extreme weather, melting glaciers, animal migrations, changes in ecosystems are also ways to show that global warming is occurring. 3. What might ha ...
... a) I know that ice cores and co2 emissions (the keeling curve) are scientific methods to prove that global warming is occurring. I understand that more extreme weather, melting glaciers, animal migrations, changes in ecosystems are also ways to show that global warming is occurring. 3. What might ha ...
Assessing Scientific Knowledge about Climate Change
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
... Fourth Assessment completed in 2006 followed by a discussion of some areas of active scientific interest and research since 2006, including polar ice sheets and sea level rise, ocean acidification and its impacts, geoengineering, and ways of accounting for non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases ("metri ...
Mini Research Project
... Research Project An exploratory study Modeling environmental effects in the classroom ...
... Research Project An exploratory study Modeling environmental effects in the classroom ...
Adaptation to Global Warming
... Poor communities can be especially vulnerable, in particular those concentrated in high-risk areas. They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climate-sensitive resources such as local water and food supplies. ...
... Poor communities can be especially vulnerable, in particular those concentrated in high-risk areas. They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climate-sensitive resources such as local water and food supplies. ...
CO2 Variations, 1999 Mauna Loa, Hawaii
... has had discernible influence on physical and biological systems ...
... has had discernible influence on physical and biological systems ...
Natalie Schneider, AICP - Palm Beach County Medical Society
... Need to both adapt and mitigate: Adapt: accommodate, retreat or protect Mitigate: reduce greenhouse gasses and their production Need to promote education and awareness: Multiple departments and agencies ...
... Need to both adapt and mitigate: Adapt: accommodate, retreat or protect Mitigate: reduce greenhouse gasses and their production Need to promote education and awareness: Multiple departments and agencies ...
Human causes for climate change
... • Nearly 3,000 miles of roads are exposed to such high risk of inundation. • Southern states have more area, people and facilities lying in high risk zones because of gentler terrain and more development along the coast • CARA website ...
... • Nearly 3,000 miles of roads are exposed to such high risk of inundation. • Southern states have more area, people and facilities lying in high risk zones because of gentler terrain and more development along the coast • CARA website ...
Forest-climate interactions in an era of global change
... “Forest-climate interactions in an era of global change” Forests play important roles in climate regulation. Global change pressures—including climate change, deforestation, pollution, hunting, and the spread of invasive species—are affecting forests worldwide. Such changes threaten biodiversity and ...
... “Forest-climate interactions in an era of global change” Forests play important roles in climate regulation. Global change pressures—including climate change, deforestation, pollution, hunting, and the spread of invasive species—are affecting forests worldwide. Such changes threaten biodiversity and ...
Slide 1
... Das Problem ist, dass die Medien ein Riesentheater um Temperaturunterschiede machen, die im Bereich der Ungewissheit liegen. Juli 2006 ...
... Das Problem ist, dass die Medien ein Riesentheater um Temperaturunterschiede machen, die im Bereich der Ungewissheit liegen. Juli 2006 ...
climatechange5
... 5 o C over thousands of years. What will happen if the Earth’s temperature rises by 5 o C in 100 years? ...
... 5 o C over thousands of years. What will happen if the Earth’s temperature rises by 5 o C in 100 years? ...
Slide 1
... Human Activity and Climate Change • Human activities such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels change the atmosphere’s composition. • Human activities that release greenhouse gases lead to climate changes. • Human activity in the last century seems to have accelerated climate change. ...
... Human Activity and Climate Change • Human activities such as deforestation and the burning of fossil fuels change the atmosphere’s composition. • Human activities that release greenhouse gases lead to climate changes. • Human activity in the last century seems to have accelerated climate change. ...
Diapositiva 1
... the impacts on the water are important for all sectors and regions and drought will increase in many places. ...
... the impacts on the water are important for all sectors and regions and drought will increase in many places. ...
Climate Change and Energy Security
... • Followed a 2010-12 drought in Texas and Deep South • Climate change exacerbates demand on water supplies, because it extends the growing season; it has lengthened by nearly two weeks since the early 20th century ...
... • Followed a 2010-12 drought in Texas and Deep South • Climate change exacerbates demand on water supplies, because it extends the growing season; it has lengthened by nearly two weeks since the early 20th century ...
Health Professionals for CPP
... “American Nurses Association recognizes and publicly acknowledges that the challenges we face as a result of global climate change are unprecedented in human history and it is critical that nurses speak out in a united voice and advocate for change on both individual and policy levels.” ...
... “American Nurses Association recognizes and publicly acknowledges that the challenges we face as a result of global climate change are unprecedented in human history and it is critical that nurses speak out in a united voice and advocate for change on both individual and policy levels.” ...
Global Climate Change - Worth County Schools
... to human activities since 1750 and now far exceed previous levels • Carbon dioxide has increased by approximately 80% since 1970 ...
... to human activities since 1750 and now far exceed previous levels • Carbon dioxide has increased by approximately 80% since 1970 ...
Human health co-benefits from climate change mitigation
... climate change through emitting a variety of harmful constituents makes it essential to approach those two problems in a single framework. Even though climate and air pollution science had been based on modelling that was developed separately, the computational power that exists nowadays has made it ...
... climate change through emitting a variety of harmful constituents makes it essential to approach those two problems in a single framework. Even though climate and air pollution science had been based on modelling that was developed separately, the computational power that exists nowadays has made it ...
Slides
... emissions targets – Some specific lessons for adaptation, e.g. real options story tends to warn against hasty investment in climate-proofing infrastructure ...
... emissions targets – Some specific lessons for adaptation, e.g. real options story tends to warn against hasty investment in climate-proofing infrastructure ...
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation research at TERI
... as the coastal districts where coastal ecosystems are already stressed due to extant human activity, and which are also the most vulnerable to sea level rise. These megacities already have pressing planning concerns due to high ground water needs, aggravated by salinity problems. For India's agricul ...
... as the coastal districts where coastal ecosystems are already stressed due to extant human activity, and which are also the most vulnerable to sea level rise. These megacities already have pressing planning concerns due to high ground water needs, aggravated by salinity problems. For India's agricul ...
Teaching resource
... National Responses to Climate Change 1. What direct links can be identified? 2. What indirect links can be established? 3. Is there any content, in the infographic, which isn’t evidenced in the 2008 Climate Change Act? 4. How relevant is the infographic to developing nations? ...
... National Responses to Climate Change 1. What direct links can be identified? 2. What indirect links can be established? 3. Is there any content, in the infographic, which isn’t evidenced in the 2008 Climate Change Act? 4. How relevant is the infographic to developing nations? ...
Open Our B/W Cover
... Educate constituents about the impact of climate change and how they can influence their elected representatives. Pursue fossil-fuel divestment campaigns for institutions such as the City of Pittsburgh. Support specific campaigns that have a direct impact on climate change. Examples are Solari ...
... Educate constituents about the impact of climate change and how they can influence their elected representatives. Pursue fossil-fuel divestment campaigns for institutions such as the City of Pittsburgh. Support specific campaigns that have a direct impact on climate change. Examples are Solari ...
Global Climate Change - Rock and Wrap It Up!
... • Changes in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme weather events, like hurricanes • Shifts in ecosystem characteristics, like the length of the growing season, and migration changes • Increasing threats to human health ...
... • Changes in the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme weather events, like hurricanes • Shifts in ecosystem characteristics, like the length of the growing season, and migration changes • Increasing threats to human health ...
Effects of global warming on humans
Climate change has brought about possibly permanent alterations to our planet’s geological, biological and ecological systems. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) contended in 2003 that “there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities”. These changes have led to the emergence of large-scale environmental hazards to human health, such as extreme weather, ozone depletion, increased danger of wildland fires, loss of biodiversity, stresses to food-producing systems and the global spread of infectious diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 160,000 deaths, since 1950, are directly attributable to climate change. Many believe this to be a conservative estimate.To date, a neglected aspect of the climate change debate, much less research has been conducted on the impacts of climate change on health, food supply, economic growth, migration, security, societal change, and public goods, such as drinking water, than on the geophysical changes related to global warming. Human impacts can be both negative and positive. Climatic changes in Siberia, for instance, are expected to improve food production and local economic activity, at least in the short to medium term. Numerous studies suggest, however, that the current and future impacts of climate change on human society are and will continue to be overwhelmingly negative.The majority of the adverse effects of climate change are experienced by poor and low-income communities around the world, who have much higher levels of vulnerability to environmental determinants of health, wealth and other factors, and much lower levels of capacity available for coping with environmental change. A report on the global human impact of climate change published by the Global Humanitarian Forum in 2009, estimated more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, and indicating that most climate change induced mortality is due to worsening floods and droughts in developing countries. This also raises questions of climate justice, since the 50 least developed countries of the world account for not more than 1% of worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases.