Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt
... compiled some of the early measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere from mostly in Europe, and in a publication in the quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society suggested that temperature might in fact already be beginning to increase. That was in 1938. In 1939 war broke out in Europe, Call ...
... compiled some of the early measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere from mostly in Europe, and in a publication in the quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society suggested that temperature might in fact already be beginning to increase. That was in 1938. In 1939 war broke out in Europe, Call ...
Exploring Climate Change - Education Scotland
... version of this graph was first published in a paper by Mann, Bradley and Hughes in 19983, covering the period from 1998 back to the year 1400. It became known as the ‘hockey stick’ because it resembles the shape of an ice-hockey stick. Controversy around this graph has been one of the longest and m ...
... version of this graph was first published in a paper by Mann, Bradley and Hughes in 19983, covering the period from 1998 back to the year 1400. It became known as the ‘hockey stick’ because it resembles the shape of an ice-hockey stick. Controversy around this graph has been one of the longest and m ...
Heartland`s Claims Against the 97% Climate Consensus
... This article seeks to help teachers understand the truth of this issue. The truth is that Heartland: ...
... This article seeks to help teachers understand the truth of this issue. The truth is that Heartland: ...
MedECC: Towards an improved scientific assessment of climate
... It will be integrated by a total of 20 members, including the 10 founder members, which will have a permanent seat on the committee. The 10 remaining members will be elected by the members of the network through a transparent and accountable election system. The scientific committee will work within ...
... It will be integrated by a total of 20 members, including the 10 founder members, which will have a permanent seat on the committee. The 10 remaining members will be elected by the members of the network through a transparent and accountable election system. The scientific committee will work within ...
News
... In April, the IPRC welcomed University of Tokyo Emeritus Professor Toshio Yamagata. Yamagata was the leader among the Japanese scientists who conceived of a joint US–Japan research enterprise to study climate and climate change. His efforts were crucial to the founding of IPRC in 1997. From 1997 to ...
... In April, the IPRC welcomed University of Tokyo Emeritus Professor Toshio Yamagata. Yamagata was the leader among the Japanese scientists who conceived of a joint US–Japan research enterprise to study climate and climate change. His efforts were crucial to the founding of IPRC in 1997. From 1997 to ...
Finding your place on the science – advocacy continuum
... statement in favour of action is still a predominately normative position. Advocates for and against action to address climate change may follow the same thought process through to Question 7. An analysis of specific policy actions (Question 8) may not require explicit advocacy, provided one follows ...
... statement in favour of action is still a predominately normative position. Advocates for and against action to address climate change may follow the same thought process through to Question 7. An analysis of specific policy actions (Question 8) may not require explicit advocacy, provided one follows ...
Denialism deciphered
... generally manages to avoid score-settling. In 2009, Mann’s work was caught up in the ‘Climategate’ scandal (nature.com/ climategate). This was the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK — many containing private ...
... generally manages to avoid score-settling. In 2009, Mann’s work was caught up in the ‘Climategate’ scandal (nature.com/ climategate). This was the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK — many containing private ...
Framing Science
... beyond the tyranny of the news peg." Usually, newsworthiness is tied to releases of scientific studies. This means we "often miss out on scientific context and sometimes don't address important social, ethical and policy dimensions of research." When a report is being issued, a parallel peg can be ...
... beyond the tyranny of the news peg." Usually, newsworthiness is tied to releases of scientific studies. This means we "often miss out on scientific context and sometimes don't address important social, ethical and policy dimensions of research." When a report is being issued, a parallel peg can be ...
Mote AGU 2-page CV - AGU Elections
... The title metaphor was from a suggestion of Michael McIntyre, who had predicted this phenomenon. Four years after graduating, the next stage of my journey took me back to UW where I worked with the Climate Impacts Group (CIG). Though my job was primarily outreach (to date I have given roughly 800 ta ...
... The title metaphor was from a suggestion of Michael McIntyre, who had predicted this phenomenon. Four years after graduating, the next stage of my journey took me back to UW where I worked with the Climate Impacts Group (CIG). Though my job was primarily outreach (to date I have given roughly 800 ta ...
The Nature of Science - Florida Center for Environmental Studies
... Although challenging other scientists’ explanations of natural phenomena may seem unfriendly, it is actually a form of collaboration (working together). By reviewing and questioning each other’s methods, data, and findings, scientists not only improve their work, but they also communicate more effec ...
... Although challenging other scientists’ explanations of natural phenomena may seem unfriendly, it is actually a form of collaboration (working together). By reviewing and questioning each other’s methods, data, and findings, scientists not only improve their work, but they also communicate more effec ...
Potential Impact of Climate Change on Rare Precipitation Jan 6, 2014 Geoff Bonnin
... • Flood Frequency Estimate: Peak discharge associated with annual exceedance probability • Precipitation Frequency Estimate: Precipitation depth or intensity associated with annual exceedance probability for a given duration 1 Sometimes we must avoid failure always – Probable Maximum Precipitation: ...
... • Flood Frequency Estimate: Peak discharge associated with annual exceedance probability • Precipitation Frequency Estimate: Precipitation depth or intensity associated with annual exceedance probability for a given duration 1 Sometimes we must avoid failure always – Probable Maximum Precipitation: ...
Climate over the Past Millennium or So
... Climate over the Past Millennium or So Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA* Collaborators: C. Ammann, R. Bradley, K. Briffa; M. Cane; A. Clement, M.K. Hughes, T. Osborn, P. Jones, S. Rutherford, G. Schmidt, D. Shindell, S. Zebiak ...
... Climate over the Past Millennium or So Michael E. Mann Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA* Collaborators: C. Ammann, R. Bradley, K. Briffa; M. Cane; A. Clement, M.K. Hughes, T. Osborn, P. Jones, S. Rutherford, G. Schmidt, D. Shindell, S. Zebiak ...
Theoretical mechanism for natural radiative forcing of El Nino
... Composite Nino3 (100 realizations of CZ model) 40 year smooth ...
... Composite Nino3 (100 realizations of CZ model) 40 year smooth ...
Academic Freedom in Canada, the Stephen Harper Government
... change and human-induced (“anthropogenic”) carbon dioxide spikes in the atmosphere. Bush administration efforts to overturn by political force the laws of chemistry and physics came to a screeching halt only when a whistleblower copied the heavily edited documents and sent them to the New York Times ...
... change and human-induced (“anthropogenic”) carbon dioxide spikes in the atmosphere. Bush administration efforts to overturn by political force the laws of chemistry and physics came to a screeching halt only when a whistleblower copied the heavily edited documents and sent them to the New York Times ...
Theoretical mechanism for natural radiative forcing of El Nino
... •Coral evidence of La Nina-like anomalies during the 12thearly 13th centuries, and El Nino-like anomalies during the late 17th century, are reproduced by the simulated response to total (solar+volcanic) natural radiative forcing ...
... •Coral evidence of La Nina-like anomalies during the 12thearly 13th centuries, and El Nino-like anomalies during the late 17th century, are reproduced by the simulated response to total (solar+volcanic) natural radiative forcing ...
Climate Models and Their Critics
... world’s leading research agencies, including America’s National Academy of Sciences, scientific body that reviews climate research. The graph and seconded by scientific organizations as diverse as the showed a relatively narrow range of temperatures until 100 American Association for the Advancement ...
... world’s leading research agencies, including America’s National Academy of Sciences, scientific body that reviews climate research. The graph and seconded by scientific organizations as diverse as the showed a relatively narrow range of temperatures until 100 American Association for the Advancement ...
Comparisons of Observed Paleoclimate and Model
... •Proxy reconstructions and model simulations both suggest that late 20th century warmth is anomalous in the context of the past 1000-2000 years •Primary source of differences between various reconstructions appear to be related to issues of seasonality and spatial representativeness • Important diff ...
... •Proxy reconstructions and model simulations both suggest that late 20th century warmth is anomalous in the context of the past 1000-2000 years •Primary source of differences between various reconstructions appear to be related to issues of seasonality and spatial representativeness • Important diff ...
docx - School of Global Environmental Sustainability
... error bar (range of error for climate sensitivity). If that's the biggest change, then things are not changing very much." Another way of thinking about it is: How silly would it be for a father and mother to argue about whether their child is going to have a fever of 101.5 or 102? High profile lega ...
... error bar (range of error for climate sensitivity). If that's the biggest change, then things are not changing very much." Another way of thinking about it is: How silly would it be for a father and mother to argue about whether their child is going to have a fever of 101.5 or 102? High profile lega ...
ppt - International Association for the Advancement of Innovative
... • to carry out research and educational activities in the physics of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface processes; and • to make climate models available and provide the know-how of their use to the scientific community in developing countries. Research activities can be broadly divided into tw ...
... • to carry out research and educational activities in the physics of the atmosphere, ocean, and land surface processes; and • to make climate models available and provide the know-how of their use to the scientific community in developing countries. Research activities can be broadly divided into tw ...
Jack Fishman Saint Louis University
... clearly written and believable, just like the book about the Ozone Hole that I referenced earlier, but it misleads the public. Even skeptical scientists are coming round to the conclusion that the UN’s IPCC climate assessments are accurate. Dr. Richard Muller, a highly respected physicist at the Uni ...
... clearly written and believable, just like the book about the Ozone Hole that I referenced earlier, but it misleads the public. Even skeptical scientists are coming round to the conclusion that the UN’s IPCC climate assessments are accurate. Dr. Richard Muller, a highly respected physicist at the Uni ...
climate science
... Two different construction of „climate change“ – scientific and cultural – which is more powerful? Cultural: „Klimakatastrophe“ Scientific: man-made change is real, can be mitigated to some extent but not completely avoided ...
... Two different construction of „climate change“ – scientific and cultural – which is more powerful? Cultural: „Klimakatastrophe“ Scientific: man-made change is real, can be mitigated to some extent but not completely avoided ...
World Climate Research Programme 33nd Session Joint Scientific
... Why should I care? 2. Identify how the uncertain information can be used to inform decision-making. What can I do about it? ...
... Why should I care? 2. Identify how the uncertain information can be used to inform decision-making. What can I do about it? ...
Folie 1 - hvonstorch.de
... THE advance of global warming is a greater threat than was the rise of Hitler in the 1940s, a leading supporter of renewable energy has claimed. Dr Jim Hunter, a former chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, said alternative energy schemes were needed to tackle the problem, and he attacked th ...
... THE advance of global warming is a greater threat than was the rise of Hitler in the 1940s, a leading supporter of renewable energy has claimed. Dr Jim Hunter, a former chairman of Highlands and Islands Enterprise, said alternative energy schemes were needed to tackle the problem, and he attacked th ...
IPRC News
... Rainfall in Hawai‘i has decreased in the last 30 years as has the frequency of weather conditions, such as Kona Lows, that produce heavy rainfall events over Hawai‘i. These are the conclusions of IPRC’s Assistant Researcher Oliver Elison Timm, who has been studying the effects of climate change on r ...
... Rainfall in Hawai‘i has decreased in the last 30 years as has the frequency of weather conditions, such as Kona Lows, that produce heavy rainfall events over Hawai‘i. These are the conclusions of IPRC’s Assistant Researcher Oliver Elison Timm, who has been studying the effects of climate change on r ...
The Critical Role that Citizen Scientists Can Play in Identifying
... climate patterns and land conditions. A recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states with “very high confidence” (meaning more than 9 out of 10 chances of occurring) that increasing levels of greenhouse gases, associated with fossil fuel combusti ...
... climate patterns and land conditions. A recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states with “very high confidence” (meaning more than 9 out of 10 chances of occurring) that increasing levels of greenhouse gases, associated with fossil fuel combusti ...