Global Warming: The Science and the Politics
... but the methods for doing so are not universally accepted and have been a source of continuing controversies. Some of the data sets that have been used in recent years are thought by many scientists to be contaminated still by this and other non-climatic effects. It is unfortunate that some scientis ...
... but the methods for doing so are not universally accepted and have been a source of continuing controversies. Some of the data sets that have been used in recent years are thought by many scientists to be contaminated still by this and other non-climatic effects. It is unfortunate that some scientis ...
(natural & `unnatural`) … Past and Future Risks to Health
... Evidence of a Warming Australia Bureau of Meteorology: '2009 will be remembered for extreme bushfires, dust-storms, lingering rainfall deficiencies, areas of flooding and record-breaking heatwaves.' Australia’s 2009-2010 mean temperature was ~1°C above the 1961-90 average. ...
... Evidence of a Warming Australia Bureau of Meteorology: '2009 will be remembered for extreme bushfires, dust-storms, lingering rainfall deficiencies, areas of flooding and record-breaking heatwaves.' Australia’s 2009-2010 mean temperature was ~1°C above the 1961-90 average. ...
An adaptability limit to climate change due to heat
... body temperature would require T w of 34 °C or lower. Taking both of these factors into account, we estimate that the survivability limit for peak six-hourly T W is probably close to 35 °C for humans, though this could be a degree or two off. Similar limits would apply to other mammals but at variou ...
... body temperature would require T w of 34 °C or lower. Taking both of these factors into account, we estimate that the survivability limit for peak six-hourly T W is probably close to 35 °C for humans, though this could be a degree or two off. Similar limits would apply to other mammals but at variou ...
Presentation - Copernicus.org
... Simulations of present climate temperature and precipitation episodes for the Iberian Peninsula M.J. Carvalho, P. Melo-Gonçalves and A. Rocha CESAM and Department of Physics, University of Aveiro Correspond to [email protected] ...
... Simulations of present climate temperature and precipitation episodes for the Iberian Peninsula M.J. Carvalho, P. Melo-Gonçalves and A. Rocha CESAM and Department of Physics, University of Aveiro Correspond to [email protected] ...
fig-cap
... Figure TS.3. Range of winter and summer temperature and precipitation changes up to the end of the 21st century across recent (fifteen models – red bars) and pre-TAR (seven models – blue bars) AOGCM projections under the SRES A2 emissions scenarios for thirty-two world regions, expressed as rate of ...
... Figure TS.3. Range of winter and summer temperature and precipitation changes up to the end of the 21st century across recent (fifteen models – red bars) and pre-TAR (seven models – blue bars) AOGCM projections under the SRES A2 emissions scenarios for thirty-two world regions, expressed as rate of ...
Oxygen isotopes as tracers of Mediterranean climate variability
... • Reconstruction of Mediterranean isotope gradients at important time periods in the past. Abstracts and a longer version of this report are available at: www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/research/groups/MedCLIVAR_ isotope_workshop.html A selection of the papers will be published in a special issue of Globa ...
... • Reconstruction of Mediterranean isotope gradients at important time periods in the past. Abstracts and a longer version of this report are available at: www.geog.plymouth.ac.uk/research/groups/MedCLIVAR_ isotope_workshop.html A selection of the papers will be published in a special issue of Globa ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • “In the international context, political risk derives from the perceived legitimacy of our actions and the resulting impact on the ability and will of allies and partners to support shared goals. In the domestic context, political risk relates to public support of national strategic priorities and ...
... • “In the international context, political risk derives from the perceived legitimacy of our actions and the resulting impact on the ability and will of allies and partners to support shared goals. In the domestic context, political risk relates to public support of national strategic priorities and ...
Global warming caused by chlorofluorocarbons, not
... Professor Lu said. "We now know that international efforts such as the Montreal Protocol have also had a profound effect on global warming but they must be placed on firmer scientific ground." "This study underlines the importance of understanding the basic science underlying ozone depletion and glo ...
... Professor Lu said. "We now know that international efforts such as the Montreal Protocol have also had a profound effect on global warming but they must be placed on firmer scientific ground." "This study underlines the importance of understanding the basic science underlying ozone depletion and glo ...
Scientific Heresy - Watts Up With That?
... I was not always such a ‘lukewarmer’. In the mid 2000s one image in particular played a big role in making me abandon my doubts about dangerous man-made climate change: the hockey stick. It clearly showed that something unprecedented was happening. I can remember where I first saw it at a conference ...
... I was not always such a ‘lukewarmer’. In the mid 2000s one image in particular played a big role in making me abandon my doubts about dangerous man-made climate change: the hockey stick. It clearly showed that something unprecedented was happening. I can remember where I first saw it at a conference ...
Analysis of winter and summer warming rates in
... KEY WORDS: Climate change . Seasonal temperature trends ...
... KEY WORDS: Climate change . Seasonal temperature trends ...
Warming - deaconsource
... With all the attention surrounding carbon dioxide these days, it is easy to forget that there are a number of other important natural and human-driven factors ("forcings" in climate circles) that influence Earth's climate. Among the most important of these are sulfate aerosols, microscopic particles ...
... With all the attention surrounding carbon dioxide these days, it is easy to forget that there are a number of other important natural and human-driven factors ("forcings" in climate circles) that influence Earth's climate. Among the most important of these are sulfate aerosols, microscopic particles ...
is global warming a threat?
... The math behind the hockey stick shaped graph has been proven wrong by Canadian statisticians Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick. Here are 4 graphs. One is the global warming hockey stick used by the UN and governments around the world to justify Kyoto, the other ones use the same computer program, ...
... The math behind the hockey stick shaped graph has been proven wrong by Canadian statisticians Stephen McIntyre and Ross McKitrick. Here are 4 graphs. One is the global warming hockey stick used by the UN and governments around the world to justify Kyoto, the other ones use the same computer program, ...
The role of satellite measurements
... Any temperature record shows interesting variations through time. Scientists are struggling to understand the causes for these variations and it is clear that fluctuations occurring on time scales of years to thousands of years are certainly natural in origin, unrelated to human-induced CO2 warming. ...
... Any temperature record shows interesting variations through time. Scientists are struggling to understand the causes for these variations and it is clear that fluctuations occurring on time scales of years to thousands of years are certainly natural in origin, unrelated to human-induced CO2 warming. ...
Global Warming — Scientific Facts, Problems and
... records (reconstructions from natural archives) are irreplaceable tools in filling the gaps in our knowledge about long-term climatic changes. However, the paleodata are less accurate and their reliability quite often raises serious doubts. On the other hand, modern climate models include numerous p ...
... records (reconstructions from natural archives) are irreplaceable tools in filling the gaps in our knowledge about long-term climatic changes. However, the paleodata are less accurate and their reliability quite often raises serious doubts. On the other hand, modern climate models include numerous p ...
Global Warming FAQ Overview. Alarm over the prospect of the Earth
... questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile 1. The Science Isn’t there a scientific consensus that global warming is real and bad for us? ...
... questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile 1. The Science Isn’t there a scientific consensus that global warming is real and bad for us? ...
Global Warming FAQ - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile 1. The Science Isn’t there a scientific consensus that global warming is real and bad for us? ...
... questions that are at heart economic or political, such as whether the Kyoto Protocol is worthwhile 1. The Science Isn’t there a scientific consensus that global warming is real and bad for us? ...
CV - Karen McKinnon
... McKinnon, K.A., A. Poppick, E. Dunn Sigouin, and C. Deser. An ‘Observational Large Ensemble’ to compare observed and modeled temperature trend uncertainty due to internal variability. Under review in Journal of Climate. Deser, C., I. Simpson, K.A. McKinnon, and A. Phillips. The Northern Hemisphere e ...
... McKinnon, K.A., A. Poppick, E. Dunn Sigouin, and C. Deser. An ‘Observational Large Ensemble’ to compare observed and modeled temperature trend uncertainty due to internal variability. Under review in Journal of Climate. Deser, C., I. Simpson, K.A. McKinnon, and A. Phillips. The Northern Hemisphere e ...
A Mathematical Model to Compute the Crucial Roles of Water Vapor
... experiences have confirmed that our world has been getting warmer over the years, slowly at the start of the industrial revolution and appears to be much faster over the past three decades. CO2 is mainly responsible for that, along with other man-made gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, fluorocarb ...
... experiences have confirmed that our world has been getting warmer over the years, slowly at the start of the industrial revolution and appears to be much faster over the past three decades. CO2 is mainly responsible for that, along with other man-made gases such as methane, nitrous oxide, fluorocarb ...
Pacific puzzle
... strong El Niños are usually followed by two to three years of relative cooling. So some scientists worry that starting with an outlier makes the slowdown seem more severe than it has been. “For me, the problem with taking 1998 as a starting point is that it misrepresents the trend,” says England. “F ...
... strong El Niños are usually followed by two to three years of relative cooling. So some scientists worry that starting with an outlier makes the slowdown seem more severe than it has been. “For me, the problem with taking 1998 as a starting point is that it misrepresents the trend,” says England. “F ...
ppt - Department of Statistics | Rajshahi University
... Alabama at Hantsville: Alabama State Climatologist: IPCC Lead Author: 2001 TAR ( Third Assessment Report) : Contributor 1992 IPCC Supplement: Contributor 1994 Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Key Contributor 1995 SAR ( IPCC Second Assessment Report; Contributing Author: IPCC 2007 Report (AR4)- W ...
... Alabama at Hantsville: Alabama State Climatologist: IPCC Lead Author: 2001 TAR ( Third Assessment Report) : Contributor 1992 IPCC Supplement: Contributor 1994 Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Key Contributor 1995 SAR ( IPCC Second Assessment Report; Contributing Author: IPCC 2007 Report (AR4)- W ...
Downscaling of Global Climate Model
... was a report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the Third Assessment Report (TAR) in 2001, on future emission scenarios to be used for driving global circulation models to develop climate change scenarios. • It was used to replace the IS92 scenarios used for the IPC ...
... was a report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the Third Assessment Report (TAR) in 2001, on future emission scenarios to be used for driving global circulation models to develop climate change scenarios. • It was used to replace the IS92 scenarios used for the IPC ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming - Imprimis
... response of the climate thus far to the small amount of energy added by humans from increased carbon dioxide in the air? This question is important because, in order to prove the reliability of future climate forecasts from computer simulations, those simulations need to prove that they are reliable ...
... response of the climate thus far to the small amount of energy added by humans from increased carbon dioxide in the air? This question is important because, in order to prove the reliability of future climate forecasts from computer simulations, those simulations need to prove that they are reliable ...