A guide to facts and fictions about climate change
... The petition was circulated together with a document written by individuals affiliated to OISM and to the George C Marshall Institute, another campaigning organisation. On 20 April 1998, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a warning about the document circulated with the petition becaus ...
... The petition was circulated together with a document written by individuals affiliated to OISM and to the George C Marshall Institute, another campaigning organisation. On 20 April 1998, the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) issued a warning about the document circulated with the petition becaus ...
The Great Global Warming Swindle
... Climate models represent the lag in the response of the climate, and the influence of many external factors. These show that the trend in temperatures does match what we would expect. Based on these analyses and others, the recent report of the IPCC concluded that most of the warming over at least t ...
... Climate models represent the lag in the response of the climate, and the influence of many external factors. These show that the trend in temperatures does match what we would expect. Based on these analyses and others, the recent report of the IPCC concluded that most of the warming over at least t ...
an_elephant_in_a_che.. - Tech-Know
... Many of the points that “climate change alarmists” use to make their case, in fact prove them wrong. The first temperature measurements that flagged the current warming trend were not due to the greenhouse effect, but reflected the encroachment of expanding cities onto the measurement sites. Expandi ...
... Many of the points that “climate change alarmists” use to make their case, in fact prove them wrong. The first temperature measurements that flagged the current warming trend were not due to the greenhouse effect, but reflected the encroachment of expanding cities onto the measurement sites. Expandi ...
MedECC: Towards an improved scientific assessment of climate
... The scientific committee is responsible for leading the scientific activities of the network and ensuring the scientific rigour of the MedECC work and specific deliverables. The approval of new members is also a task of this committee. It will be integrated by a total of 20 members, including the 10 ...
... The scientific committee is responsible for leading the scientific activities of the network and ensuring the scientific rigour of the MedECC work and specific deliverables. The approval of new members is also a task of this committee. It will be integrated by a total of 20 members, including the 10 ...
Making sense of the early-2000s warming slowdown
... changes have been framed in terms of GMST having “‘stalled’, ‘stopped’, ‘paused’, or entered a ‘hiatus’”. Just exactly how such changes should be referred to is open to debate. Possible choices include ‘reduced rate of warming’, ‘decadal fluctuation’ or ‘temporary slowdown’ — all try to convey the p ...
... changes have been framed in terms of GMST having “‘stalled’, ‘stopped’, ‘paused’, or entered a ‘hiatus’”. Just exactly how such changes should be referred to is open to debate. Possible choices include ‘reduced rate of warming’, ‘decadal fluctuation’ or ‘temporary slowdown’ — all try to convey the p ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Institute of Arctic Biology
... collaborators. I checked these results when I gave a presentation before the Joint Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission in April 2007. My research field is theoretical meteorology. Thus, I am able to evaluate theoretical concepts used, for instance, by the IPCC. Most of these concepts have no ...
... collaborators. I checked these results when I gave a presentation before the Joint Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission in April 2007. My research field is theoretical meteorology. Thus, I am able to evaluate theoretical concepts used, for instance, by the IPCC. Most of these concepts have no ...
variability of freezing levels, melting season indicators, and snow
... significant. The pre-1958 data may contain biases, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere, arising from changes in the observing system (Kistler et al., 2001). However, we note that the cooler temperatures and lower FLH evident for these early years of the record are consistent with the generally l ...
... significant. The pre-1958 data may contain biases, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere, arising from changes in the observing system (Kistler et al., 2001). However, we note that the cooler temperatures and lower FLH evident for these early years of the record are consistent with the generally l ...
Original scientific paper TEMPERATURE ALTITUDE
... The UAHMSU data refer to lower (TLT), i.e., middle troposphere (ТМТ) are available in the form of temperature deviations in relation to the reference period of 1981-2010. The process of obtaining the TLT data is quite complex (Mears & Wentz, 2009), because of ponderable values and the removal of str ...
... The UAHMSU data refer to lower (TLT), i.e., middle troposphere (ТМТ) are available in the form of temperature deviations in relation to the reference period of 1981-2010. The process of obtaining the TLT data is quite complex (Mears & Wentz, 2009), because of ponderable values and the removal of str ...
Record-breaking temperatures reveal a warming climate
... in a moderate but significant way: For the European station data covering the time period 19762005, we find that about 5 of the 17 high temperature records observed on average in 2005 can be attributed to the warming climate. ...
... in a moderate but significant way: For the European station data covering the time period 19762005, we find that about 5 of the 17 high temperature records observed on average in 2005 can be attributed to the warming climate. ...
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
... Average conditions may not show appreciable change but may be characterized by a variety of extreme situations. Extremes could have more significant socioeconomic consequences than the changes in mean ...
... Average conditions may not show appreciable change but may be characterized by a variety of extreme situations. Extremes could have more significant socioeconomic consequences than the changes in mean ...
Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt
... University of California in San Diego. In 1957, Suess and Revelle published an article in the peer review journal, Tellus, in which they suggested that mankind was performing a great geophysical experiment, by taking carbon dioxide that had been stored in rocks over the course of hundreds of million ...
... University of California in San Diego. In 1957, Suess and Revelle published an article in the peer review journal, Tellus, in which they suggested that mankind was performing a great geophysical experiment, by taking carbon dioxide that had been stored in rocks over the course of hundreds of million ...
Determining Climate Change Scenarios And Projections
... Archive of Downscaled CMIP3 + CMIP5 Climatology Outputs: • CMIP3 and CMIP5 outputs were downscaled using empirical-statistical techniques and a restricted set of combinations of GCMs and emissions scenarios to 0.125 degree (~12 km) on a grid side • This archive now houses >200 transient-through-time ...
... Archive of Downscaled CMIP3 + CMIP5 Climatology Outputs: • CMIP3 and CMIP5 outputs were downscaled using empirical-statistical techniques and a restricted set of combinations of GCMs and emissions scenarios to 0.125 degree (~12 km) on a grid side • This archive now houses >200 transient-through-time ...
Internal and forced climate variability during the last millennium: a
... both cases internally generated internal variability could mask the forced signal. As a consequence, in the present study, our goal is to estimate the contributions of forced and internal variability in the Northern Hemispheric climate evolution during the last millennium. To do so, an ensemble of 2 ...
... both cases internally generated internal variability could mask the forced signal. As a consequence, in the present study, our goal is to estimate the contributions of forced and internal variability in the Northern Hemispheric climate evolution during the last millennium. To do so, an ensemble of 2 ...
Microsoft Word
... William Stanley Jevons’ “Climate” represented an early example of thinking about Australia as a single continental landmass subject to natural forces that recognise nothing of political boundaries. Among the contributions he made to Australian arts and sciences during his brief stint of less than fi ...
... William Stanley Jevons’ “Climate” represented an early example of thinking about Australia as a single continental landmass subject to natural forces that recognise nothing of political boundaries. Among the contributions he made to Australian arts and sciences during his brief stint of less than fi ...
Overlooked and Neglected Issues in Climate Change Studies: The Need for a
... forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and with no statistical connotation. Each forcing agent is associated with a level of scientific understanding, which is base ...
... forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and with no statistical connotation. Each forcing agent is associated with a level of scientific understanding, which is base ...
Word format
... assuming lower sulphur dioxide emissions in the future, doesn’t wash. 3. SRES BASIS FOR IPCC’S PROJECTIONS “Climate Change 2001: the scientific basis”, the Working Group 1 contribution to IPCC’s Third Assessment Report, has these words in its Summary for Policymakers: “Global average temperature and ...
... assuming lower sulphur dioxide emissions in the future, doesn’t wash. 3. SRES BASIS FOR IPCC’S PROJECTIONS “Climate Change 2001: the scientific basis”, the Working Group 1 contribution to IPCC’s Third Assessment Report, has these words in its Summary for Policymakers: “Global average temperature and ...
lecture 34
... the start of a man-made global warming? Two main anthropogenic forcing mechanisms: Greenhouse gas concentrations => rising. Aerosol concentrations => also increasing. We will focus attention on CO2 increases. ...
... the start of a man-made global warming? Two main anthropogenic forcing mechanisms: Greenhouse gas concentrations => rising. Aerosol concentrations => also increasing. We will focus attention on CO2 increases. ...
The Nature of Science
... The pursuit of science focuses on establishing probability rather than certainty. Scientists accept the fact that they are not all knowing and must remain objective and open to other possibilities when conducting scientific research. Through the use of consensus-building activities — challenging oth ...
... The pursuit of science focuses on establishing probability rather than certainty. Scientists accept the fact that they are not all knowing and must remain objective and open to other possibilities when conducting scientific research. Through the use of consensus-building activities — challenging oth ...
FRAMES IN REPORTS AND IN REPORTING: HOW FRAMING
... design elements in order to provide a context for the information presented in a document. In this article, I will analyze the framing of a technical report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then I will analyze news articles written about the report and corporate news releases respon ...
... design elements in order to provide a context for the information presented in a document. In this article, I will analyze the framing of a technical report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Then I will analyze news articles written about the report and corporate news releases respon ...
Executive Summary: Impact of Climate Change on the Ecology of
... and negate any advantage cyanobacteria may gain with increased temperature. The review of literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistic ...
... and negate any advantage cyanobacteria may gain with increased temperature. The review of literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistic ...
Journalism 614: Content Analysis
... “Some of the world's most distinctive and biologically diverse climate regions – from South America's Andes Mountains to southern and eastern Africa and the US Southwest – may be drastically altered by century's end, endangering plant and animal life there, if there are no curbs on greenhouse gas em ...
... “Some of the world's most distinctive and biologically diverse climate regions – from South America's Andes Mountains to southern and eastern Africa and the US Southwest – may be drastically altered by century's end, endangering plant and animal life there, if there are no curbs on greenhouse gas em ...
The Global Warming Debate: A Review of the State of Science
... increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 by a factor of two would lead to a heating of the earth’s temperature by 5 to 6 °C. Arrhenius’ work was followed by the studies of American geologist CHAMBERLIN (1899) whose work was focused on the role of CO2 in the formation of glacial periods in ge ...
... increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 by a factor of two would lead to a heating of the earth’s temperature by 5 to 6 °C. Arrhenius’ work was followed by the studies of American geologist CHAMBERLIN (1899) whose work was focused on the role of CO2 in the formation of glacial periods in ge ...
IPCC Factsheet: What is the IPCC?
... Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all l ...
... Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. IPCC assessments provide a scientific basis for governments at all l ...
Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientif
... There was even a report by the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences reaching its usual ambiguous conclusions. But the scientific community never took the issue to heart, governments ignored it, and with rising global temperatures in the late 1970s the issue more or less ...
... There was even a report by the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences reaching its usual ambiguous conclusions. But the scientific community never took the issue to heart, governments ignored it, and with rising global temperatures in the late 1970s the issue more or less ...
Global perceptions of local temperature change
... can influence beliefs about climate change. For example, direct visceral experience of warmth has been found to affect belief in global warming among US college students7,14 . Among residents of the US and Australia, perceptions of increasing local temperatures have been found to influence belief an ...
... can influence beliefs about climate change. For example, direct visceral experience of warmth has been found to affect belief in global warming among US college students7,14 . Among residents of the US and Australia, perceptions of increasing local temperatures have been found to influence belief an ...