The National League of Cities, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and
... which requires the development of implementation plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s largest source of such emissions, existing fossilfueled power plants—is a necessary action to address these extraordinary risks. 2. The Local Government Coalition consists of leading national ...
... which requires the development of implementation plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the country’s largest source of such emissions, existing fossilfueled power plants—is a necessary action to address these extraordinary risks. 2. The Local Government Coalition consists of leading national ...
JPI Climate
... Mapping users’ requirements: What do we know and what not? Mapping climate services providers in Europe. ...
... Mapping users’ requirements: What do we know and what not? Mapping climate services providers in Europe. ...
Author`s personal copy
... category to describe this attribution, ‘‘low confidence’’; IPCC, 2012). Furthermore, AR4 concluded that a continuation of this trend into the future was ‘‘likely’’. In the aftermath of the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season of 2005, there was much discussion of whether one could reasonably sa ...
... category to describe this attribution, ‘‘low confidence’’; IPCC, 2012). Furthermore, AR4 concluded that a continuation of this trend into the future was ‘‘likely’’. In the aftermath of the record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season of 2005, there was much discussion of whether one could reasonably sa ...
Integrating ozone and UV research with climate change
... personal experience. It would appear a loss of opportunity if the generation of scientists involved in ozone depletion research and policy advice retires without passing their experiences on to the next generation in their respective fields. Thirdly, synergistic links between the effects of UV radia ...
... personal experience. It would appear a loss of opportunity if the generation of scientists involved in ozone depletion research and policy advice retires without passing their experiences on to the next generation in their respective fields. Thirdly, synergistic links between the effects of UV radia ...
GLOBAL WARMING - Galileo Movement
... consensus position. Articles were coded according to whether they ‘accepted’ the consensus position; ‘suggested doubt’ about it; or outright ‘rejected’ it. The latter two positions are both sceptical of the consensus position…….. The Australian was more likely than any other publication to suggest d ...
... consensus position. Articles were coded according to whether they ‘accepted’ the consensus position; ‘suggested doubt’ about it; or outright ‘rejected’ it. The latter two positions are both sceptical of the consensus position…….. The Australian was more likely than any other publication to suggest d ...
Some issues re. climate science - School of Mathematics and Statistics
... • A manifestation of climate change can easily be found in air temperatures, rainfall, ocean properties, land-ice, sea-level, winds, and storm tracks • These changes will accelerate over the coming decades/century unless we adopt aggressive response strategies ...
... • A manifestation of climate change can easily be found in air temperatures, rainfall, ocean properties, land-ice, sea-level, winds, and storm tracks • These changes will accelerate over the coming decades/century unless we adopt aggressive response strategies ...
Volume 6, Number 1 - AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section
... conditions. The Penn State visitors were able to take measurements while observing the local situation. Interpreting interannual variability in trace gases means understanding how clouds and precipitation affect photochemistry. Balashov was able to obtaining local records from SAWS, talk to climate ...
... conditions. The Penn State visitors were able to take measurements while observing the local situation. Interpreting interannual variability in trace gases means understanding how clouds and precipitation affect photochemistry. Balashov was able to obtaining local records from SAWS, talk to climate ...
ITER_Feb2012 - Australian ITER Forum
... ‘World temperatures may end up a lot cooler than now for 50 years or more,’ said Henrik Svensmark, director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research at Denmark’s National Space Institute. ‘It will take a long battle to convince some climate scientists that the sun is important. It may well be that the ...
... ‘World temperatures may end up a lot cooler than now for 50 years or more,’ said Henrik Svensmark, director of the Center for Sun-Climate Research at Denmark’s National Space Institute. ‘It will take a long battle to convince some climate scientists that the sun is important. It may well be that the ...
Global Signatures and Dynamical Origins of the Little Ice Age and
... Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly Michael E. Mann,1* Zhihua Zhang,1 Scott Rutherford,2 Raymond S. Bradley,3 Malcolm K. Hughes,4 Drew Shindell,5 Caspar Ammann,6 Greg Faluvegi,5 Fenbiao Ni4 Global temperatures are known to have varied over the past 1500 years, but the spatial ...
... Origins of the Little Ice Age and Medieval Climate Anomaly Michael E. Mann,1* Zhihua Zhang,1 Scott Rutherford,2 Raymond S. Bradley,3 Malcolm K. Hughes,4 Drew Shindell,5 Caspar Ammann,6 Greg Faluvegi,5 Fenbiao Ni4 Global temperatures are known to have varied over the past 1500 years, but the spatial ...
The legacy of climategate
... among their membership, providing them an opportunity to share their differing perspectives and experiences, with the aim of reducing conflict between groups who hold strong, but divergent opinions about climate change. These efforts at conflict resolution—conflicts that pre-dated but were exacerbat ...
... among their membership, providing them an opportunity to share their differing perspectives and experiences, with the aim of reducing conflict between groups who hold strong, but divergent opinions about climate change. These efforts at conflict resolution—conflicts that pre-dated but were exacerbat ...
Communicating the science of climate change
... and conclusions. For communicating with the public, however, they must invert that pyramid and begin with the bottom line, as shown in figure 3. People also want to know why they should care—the “so what” question. Scientists typically fail to craft simple, clear messages and repeat them often. They ...
... and conclusions. For communicating with the public, however, they must invert that pyramid and begin with the bottom line, as shown in figure 3. People also want to know why they should care—the “so what” question. Scientists typically fail to craft simple, clear messages and repeat them often. They ...
Global surface temperatures over the past two millennia
... composite of three previous millennial temperature reconstructions [Jones et al., 1998; Mann et al., 1999; Crowley and Lowery, 2000] and for the SH case, a more tentative composite of the Mann et al. [2000] and Jones et al. [1998] SH reconstructions, which is available back to 1700. This gives a cro ...
... composite of three previous millennial temperature reconstructions [Jones et al., 1998; Mann et al., 1999; Crowley and Lowery, 2000] and for the SH case, a more tentative composite of the Mann et al. [2000] and Jones et al. [1998] SH reconstructions, which is available back to 1700. This gives a cro ...
The Science of Climate Change - Bren School of Environmental
... greenhouse gases are a danger to public health ...
... greenhouse gases are a danger to public health ...
Do scientists agree about climate change? public perceptions from a
... change. unlike questions on some earlier surveys, the questions in unH’s new survey initiative focus on the central point stated by scientists in a wide range of scientific reports: what is happening now—not some time in the future—due to climate change. The neutral and factual wording of the qu ...
... change. unlike questions on some earlier surveys, the questions in unH’s new survey initiative focus on the central point stated by scientists in a wide range of scientific reports: what is happening now—not some time in the future—due to climate change. The neutral and factual wording of the qu ...
Collectively Seeing Climate Change: The Limits of Formal Models
... Special Roundtable Section scientists have rallied to work collectively on them in the past is not comforting. Could we have averted climate change more successfully had scientists pursued the implications of Arrhenius’s calculation sooner? How many equally critical questions have been raised but a ...
... Special Roundtable Section scientists have rallied to work collectively on them in the past is not comforting. Could we have averted climate change more successfully had scientists pursued the implications of Arrhenius’s calculation sooner? How many equally critical questions have been raised but a ...
The Structure of Scientific Opinion on Climate
... Rich & Merrick, 2007; Rosenthal & Kanter, 2007; Speth, 2005). However, some scientists have criticized the IPCC for either overstating or understating the extent and effects of climate change. (cf. Keating, 2008; MacFarquhar, 2010; Webster & Pagnamenta, 2010). Expert disagreement and uncertainty is ...
... Rich & Merrick, 2007; Rosenthal & Kanter, 2007; Speth, 2005). However, some scientists have criticized the IPCC for either overstating or understating the extent and effects of climate change. (cf. Keating, 2008; MacFarquhar, 2010; Webster & Pagnamenta, 2010). Expert disagreement and uncertainty is ...
NSW Climate Change Adaptation Newsletter
... Research into drought impacts on NSW forests Severe drought can cause large-scale forest death, transforming landscapes with potentially catastrophic consequences for biodiversity. Belinda Medlyn of the Biodiversity node, Macquarie University has been awarded an Australian Research Council funding f ...
... Research into drought impacts on NSW forests Severe drought can cause large-scale forest death, transforming landscapes with potentially catastrophic consequences for biodiversity. Belinda Medlyn of the Biodiversity node, Macquarie University has been awarded an Australian Research Council funding f ...
June 4, 2014
... responsibilities to society….and seek to manage conflicts of interest that could lead to exploitation or harm.” It is our opinion, based on the available evidence, that Lewandowsky et al (2013) have a particular view on climate change; their work has exploited the untrue, social proof claim of a >90 ...
... responsibilities to society….and seek to manage conflicts of interest that could lead to exploitation or harm.” It is our opinion, based on the available evidence, that Lewandowsky et al (2013) have a particular view on climate change; their work has exploited the untrue, social proof claim of a >90 ...
Chapter XX Collapse of IPCC
... When the threat to Kyoto became obvious, the academies of science of the G8 countries as well as those of China, Brazil, India and Italy, produced a joint statement: Global response to climate change. I have attached the file 06072005.pdf to save you the effort of having to download it yourself. Now ...
... When the threat to Kyoto became obvious, the academies of science of the G8 countries as well as those of China, Brazil, India and Italy, produced a joint statement: Global response to climate change. I have attached the file 06072005.pdf to save you the effort of having to download it yourself. Now ...
Learning from mistakes in climate research | SpringerLink
... Tscheuschner 2009; Lu 2013; Scafetta 2013) that were published in journals whose target topics were remote from climate research. Editors for these journals may not know of suitable reviewers and may assign reviewers who are not peers within the same scientific field and who do not have the backgrou ...
... Tscheuschner 2009; Lu 2013; Scafetta 2013) that were published in journals whose target topics were remote from climate research. Editors for these journals may not know of suitable reviewers and may assign reviewers who are not peers within the same scientific field and who do not have the backgrou ...
El Niño Is Becoming More Active
... Some of these discrepancies in ENSO reconstructions arise because the methods typically applied to combine individual paleo-proxy records do not handle small dating uncertainties amongst the proxies well. The usual approach has been to combine the individual ENSO proxies and then to calculate the ac ...
... Some of these discrepancies in ENSO reconstructions arise because the methods typically applied to combine individual paleo-proxy records do not handle small dating uncertainties amongst the proxies well. The usual approach has been to combine the individual ENSO proxies and then to calculate the ac ...
Letter to Chevron - Union of Concerned Scientists
... an apparent physical financial risk due to climate change for vulnerable Chevron facilities, such as the Pascagoula, Mississippi and Kapolei, Hawaii refineries. Diminished refining utilization rates, downtime or closure of these facilities due to direct damage to the facility, danger to employees, d ...
... an apparent physical financial risk due to climate change for vulnerable Chevron facilities, such as the Pascagoula, Mississippi and Kapolei, Hawaii refineries. Diminished refining utilization rates, downtime or closure of these facilities due to direct damage to the facility, danger to employees, d ...
Pseudoscientific elements in climate change research
... then serious damage to all science may result. It should be mentioned first that the ISPM authors are not entirely sure of their case. The ISPM points out that the IPCC reports contain valuable information and that certainly an increase in CO2 concentration might affect climate, but this has not bee ...
... then serious damage to all science may result. It should be mentioned first that the ISPM authors are not entirely sure of their case. The ISPM points out that the IPCC reports contain valuable information and that certainly an increase in CO2 concentration might affect climate, but this has not bee ...
- ERA - University of Alberta
... Matters of science are determined by reason and evidence, not by consensus or pissing contests over credentials. In fact, some of the most important advances in science have come when relative unknowns challenged prevailing expert opinion with an explanation which proved to be a better one. In scie ...
... Matters of science are determined by reason and evidence, not by consensus or pissing contests over credentials. In fact, some of the most important advances in science have come when relative unknowns challenged prevailing expert opinion with an explanation which proved to be a better one. In scie ...
Written Testimony - The National Academies of Sciences
... The basic conclusion of the 1999 paper by Dr. Mann and his colleagues was that the late 20th century warmth in the Northern Hemisphere was unprecedented during at least the last 1,000 years. This conclusion has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence that includes both additional large- ...
... The basic conclusion of the 1999 paper by Dr. Mann and his colleagues was that the late 20th century warmth in the Northern Hemisphere was unprecedented during at least the last 1,000 years. This conclusion has subsequently been supported by an array of evidence that includes both additional large- ...