Arctic and Alpine Permafrost - Atmospheric Sciences at UNBC
... envelope about the mean, and the top of permafrost is that depth where the maximum annual temperature is 0oC. • Superimposed on normal periodic variations are other fluctuations with durations from seconds to years; causes may included sporadic cloudiness, variations in weather and changes in climat ...
... envelope about the mean, and the top of permafrost is that depth where the maximum annual temperature is 0oC. • Superimposed on normal periodic variations are other fluctuations with durations from seconds to years; causes may included sporadic cloudiness, variations in weather and changes in climat ...
Climate change impacts on feed grain production and quality in New
... are all familiar with this short-term variability, and farmers are accustomed to coping with it. In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-call ...
... are all familiar with this short-term variability, and farmers are accustomed to coping with it. In contrast, the global climate change that we will discuss is a more gradual shift which is occurring against the background of short-term variability. It is being caused by a steady increase in so-call ...
1 - QUBES Hub
... Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007). Along with ...
... Climate change as a result of anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is clear in both climatological and biological data. Global temperatures have increased by 0.74°C ± 0.18°C over the past 100 years (1906-2005), although some regions experience locally greater warming (IPCC 2007). Along with ...
A Realty Check on Global Warming
... 2. Any recent warming is most likely natural. Human input of CO2 has very little to do with it. Solar, naturally varying water vapour and similar variables can explain most or all of the climate changes. Projections based on Global Climate Models are unreliable because these are based on too many as ...
... 2. Any recent warming is most likely natural. Human input of CO2 has very little to do with it. Solar, naturally varying water vapour and similar variables can explain most or all of the climate changes. Projections based on Global Climate Models are unreliable because these are based on too many as ...
The Decline and Fall of Global Warming
... says that climate models for changes in the greenhouse effect tend to produce too much warming “unless a lower climate sensitivity is used.” Assuming again that one-half of the observed warming (0.3°C) is from greenhouse changes, either the sensitivity to greenhouse changes is much lower than curren ...
... says that climate models for changes in the greenhouse effect tend to produce too much warming “unless a lower climate sensitivity is used.” Assuming again that one-half of the observed warming (0.3°C) is from greenhouse changes, either the sensitivity to greenhouse changes is much lower than curren ...
1_ArgumentBasics - Willamette University
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
1 - Kansas Energy Information Network
... In both cases, complexity is added to the debates because scientists bring their own belief systems to the controversy. Although the scientific observations and information make a scientifically correct conclusion clear with respect to both evolution and global climate change, belief systems drive m ...
... In both cases, complexity is added to the debates because scientists bring their own belief systems to the controversy. Although the scientific observations and information make a scientifically correct conclusion clear with respect to both evolution and global climate change, belief systems drive m ...
Great Decisions Energy Use and Global Warming — Fact Sheet
... intensity of storms, loss of land to the sea, problems with fisheries, and so on.(6) At least some of that money will have to be paid by the US (Hurricane Andrew was only an example of what might be coming). Flooding will occur more often, and cost more to clean up after (see the picture below, Fig. ...
... intensity of storms, loss of land to the sea, problems with fisheries, and so on.(6) At least some of that money will have to be paid by the US (Hurricane Andrew was only an example of what might be coming). Flooding will occur more often, and cost more to clean up after (see the picture below, Fig. ...
downloadable pdf
... conspiracies to mislead the public. Suspicions about governmental conspiracies are not baseless. Claims that the U.S. government has given a false account of this or that event are, however, generally rejected by the press. Since the time of The Warren Commission Report, which did not quiet suspicio ...
... conspiracies to mislead the public. Suspicions about governmental conspiracies are not baseless. Claims that the U.S. government has given a false account of this or that event are, however, generally rejected by the press. Since the time of The Warren Commission Report, which did not quiet suspicio ...
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 ...
Global warming investigation
... views about them and different approaches to tackling them Explain what and whom influences decisions over CO2 production around the world and why CO2 emissions are unlikely to decrease in the short term Give and explain case studies of examples of global warming occurring now that support or dispro ...
... views about them and different approaches to tackling them Explain what and whom influences decisions over CO2 production around the world and why CO2 emissions are unlikely to decrease in the short term Give and explain case studies of examples of global warming occurring now that support or dispro ...
ONe ChristiaN PersPeCtive ON Climate ChaNge
... Recently, worldwide, almost as though at the direction of some central authority, supporters of anthropogenic global warming have suddenly begun to maintain that instead of a consensus of scientific opinion there is a “consensus of evidence”. Journalists questioning a speaker at the National Press C ...
... Recently, worldwide, almost as though at the direction of some central authority, supporters of anthropogenic global warming have suddenly begun to maintain that instead of a consensus of scientific opinion there is a “consensus of evidence”. Journalists questioning a speaker at the National Press C ...
PRISM3D surface ocean (goal 1)
... What does PlioMIP Phase I tell us 1. Tropics, upwelling & mid-high latitude North Atlantic are new targets. 2. Need to reduce uncertainty in both simulations and paleo estimates. How? ...
... What does PlioMIP Phase I tell us 1. Tropics, upwelling & mid-high latitude North Atlantic are new targets. 2. Need to reduce uncertainty in both simulations and paleo estimates. How? ...
Climate Change: The Scientific Debate
... plumes of ships tend to act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), creating streaks consisting of smaller cloud droplets within the pre-existing cloud deck. The resulting changes in the emissivity of the marine layer stratocumulus are easily detected using the 3.9 micrometer (shortwave)IR channel data. ...
... plumes of ships tend to act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), creating streaks consisting of smaller cloud droplets within the pre-existing cloud deck. The resulting changes in the emissivity of the marine layer stratocumulus are easily detected using the 3.9 micrometer (shortwave)IR channel data. ...
The IPCC - Hans von Storch
... demonstrating how specific conclusions from white publications, known to the IPCC lead authors, have been filtered out in support of a (false) claim of consensus in the Summary for Policymakers. At the time of his interview, Dr. Edenhofer was aware of ...
... demonstrating how specific conclusions from white publications, known to the IPCC lead authors, have been filtered out in support of a (false) claim of consensus in the Summary for Policymakers. At the time of his interview, Dr. Edenhofer was aware of ...
Flyer (PDF, 9 Pages, 12.2 MB)
... cold temperatures during winter in highcame close to the North American record latitude places that lack the moderating on January 23, 1971, when the temperature influence of the ocean. Moreover, stations plunged to –62°C (–80°F). In the lower 48 located on ice sheets and glaciers should be states, ...
... cold temperatures during winter in highcame close to the North American record latitude places that lack the moderating on January 23, 1971, when the temperature influence of the ocean. Moreover, stations plunged to –62°C (–80°F). In the lower 48 located on ice sheets and glaciers should be states, ...
Ten Overlooked Issues in the IPCC and US National Assessments of Climate Change
... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
... by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, regardless of the extent the future climate is altered ...
The climate of the United Kingdom and recent trends
... enabled error bars to be attached to annual averages since 1877, and hence this is the start date of the data shown in Figure 1.4. Since 1960, the data have been adjusted to allow for any effects of warming due to the expansion of local builtup areas. Croxton et al. (2006) compare monthly temperatur ...
... enabled error bars to be attached to annual averages since 1877, and hence this is the start date of the data shown in Figure 1.4. Since 1960, the data have been adjusted to allow for any effects of warming due to the expansion of local builtup areas. Croxton et al. (2006) compare monthly temperatur ...
University at Buffalo Libraries TITLE: The Effects of Global Warming
... action that is taken by society. The article estimates that by the year 2100, the CO2 concentration in our environment will be twice as much as it was during pre‑industrialization. Web Sites: Citation:Deforestation causes global warming. 4 Sept. 2006. FAO News Room. 10 Apr. 2009
... action that is taken by society. The article estimates that by the year 2100, the CO2 concentration in our environment will be twice as much as it was during pre‑industrialization. Web Sites: Citation:Deforestation causes global warming. 4 Sept. 2006. FAO News Room. 10 Apr. 2009
Primer on Climate Change Science (NACAA)
... the observed global-average surface warming on decadal and longer timescales greatly exceeds the internal climate variability simulated by the complex climate models. Unless this variability has been grossly underestimated, the observed climate change must result from natural and/or humaninduced cli ...
... the observed global-average surface warming on decadal and longer timescales greatly exceeds the internal climate variability simulated by the complex climate models. Unless this variability has been grossly underestimated, the observed climate change must result from natural and/or humaninduced cli ...
Climate system complexity and vulnerability approach: A broader perspective on climate change
... Norris: Speaking of multilateralism, do you notice, as many have suggested, that there's an increasing unilateralist bent in the United States government? Blix: Yeah. On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the ...
... Norris: Speaking of multilateralism, do you notice, as many have suggested, that there's an increasing unilateralist bent in the United States government? Blix: Yeah. On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the ...
The Scientific Guide to Global Warming Skepticism
... variations in solar activity, aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the air), changes in the Earth’s orbit and ...
... variations in solar activity, aerosols (tiny particles suspended in the air), changes in the Earth’s orbit and ...
The Latest Myths and Facts on Global Warming
... satellites. However, different satellites have different instruments that need to be calibrated precisely against one another. Second, even one satellite may not produce consistent measurements over time, since satellite orbits can drift. After accounting for these factors, Mears et al. found a sate ...
... satellites. However, different satellites have different instruments that need to be calibrated precisely against one another. Second, even one satellite may not produce consistent measurements over time, since satellite orbits can drift. After accounting for these factors, Mears et al. found a sate ...
Content Analysis - University of Wisconsin
... “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 ...