Climate Change
... nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that, globally, temperatures over land have risen as much on windy nights as on calm nights, in ...
... nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that, globally, temperatures over land have risen as much on windy nights as on calm nights, in ...
GLOBAL WARMING : ITS CAUSE AND EFFECT IN CONTEXT TO
... of the increase occurring since 1980. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and scientists are more than ninety percent certain that most of it is caused by increasing concentrations of green house gases produced by human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. The national ...
... of the increase occurring since 1980. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal and scientists are more than ninety percent certain that most of it is caused by increasing concentrations of green house gases produced by human activities such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. The national ...
Gould - University of Hartford`s Academic Web Server
... “Our concern about the environment, going back some 40 years, has taught us important lessons. It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe. It is foolish to do so when the problem is largely hypothetical and not subst ...
... “Our concern about the environment, going back some 40 years, has taught us important lessons. It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe. It is foolish to do so when the problem is largely hypothetical and not subst ...
the intergovernmental panel on climate change assessment process
... In the wake of these controversies, the InterAcademy Council (IAC), an Amsterdam-based body coordinating the world’s science academies, was asked by the United Nations (UN) SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and the IPCC chair, Rajendra Pachauri, to conduct an independent review of the IPCC’s processes an ...
... In the wake of these controversies, the InterAcademy Council (IAC), an Amsterdam-based body coordinating the world’s science academies, was asked by the United Nations (UN) SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon and the IPCC chair, Rajendra Pachauri, to conduct an independent review of the IPCC’s processes an ...
Princeton Talk
... – Scientists seem much better at finding points of disagreement than points of agreement ...
... – Scientists seem much better at finding points of disagreement than points of agreement ...
IPCC Working Group II Summary For Policymakers
... • Write a letter-to-the-editor (respond to stories out today) • Monitor local news for climate contrarians and respond with letter-to-the-editor • Make a call today to your newspaper’s environmental reporter and offer to help with background information or make a statement. •Meet with an editorial b ...
... • Write a letter-to-the-editor (respond to stories out today) • Monitor local news for climate contrarians and respond with letter-to-the-editor • Make a call today to your newspaper’s environmental reporter and offer to help with background information or make a statement. •Meet with an editorial b ...
Cooling Following Large Volcanic Eruptions
... striking. The estimate without tree rings is based on a much smaller number of records, so should have a larger potential sampling error. While the climate field reconstruction technique used by Mann et al. [1998] may have a bias that limits the response to volcanic eruptions [Michael Mann, pers. co ...
... striking. The estimate without tree rings is based on a much smaller number of records, so should have a larger potential sampling error. While the climate field reconstruction technique used by Mann et al. [1998] may have a bias that limits the response to volcanic eruptions [Michael Mann, pers. co ...
PowerPoint file - Earth and Environmental Sciences
... same low population growth as in the A1 storyline, but with rapid changes in economic structures toward a service and information economy, with reductions in material intensity, and the introduction of clean and resource-efficient technologies. Global solutions to economic, social, and environmental ...
... same low population growth as in the A1 storyline, but with rapid changes in economic structures toward a service and information economy, with reductions in material intensity, and the introduction of clean and resource-efficient technologies. Global solutions to economic, social, and environmental ...
- It works! - San Francisco State University
... When all other factors contributing to SLR, especially land ice melt, are considered, SLR signals can emerge as early as 2020 over half of the global ocean regions — considerably earlier than reported for surface air temperature12. These results will be particularly useful for guiding SLR observatio ...
... When all other factors contributing to SLR, especially land ice melt, are considered, SLR signals can emerge as early as 2020 over half of the global ocean regions — considerably earlier than reported for surface air temperature12. These results will be particularly useful for guiding SLR observatio ...
The rate of global temperature rise may have hit a
... temperature will rise. ECS is shorthand for the amount of warming expected, given a particular fossil-fuel emissions scenario. It is difficult to determine an exact value of ECS because warming is affected by feedback mechanisms, including clouds, ice and other factors. Different modeling groups com ...
... temperature will rise. ECS is shorthand for the amount of warming expected, given a particular fossil-fuel emissions scenario. It is difficult to determine an exact value of ECS because warming is affected by feedback mechanisms, including clouds, ice and other factors. Different modeling groups com ...
Writing and Thinking about Global Warming
... and hunger, for example—could be used accessed to expand research, if that were an appropriate goal for the class.) ...
... and hunger, for example—could be used accessed to expand research, if that were an appropriate goal for the class.) ...
Climate Conferences - The Heartland Institute`s International
... representing the research of climate scientist Michael Mann and his colleagues [Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes]. But in fact, scientists have confirmed the same basic conclusions in multiple ways—with Thompson’s ice core record as one of the most definitive. (65) ...
... representing the research of climate scientist Michael Mann and his colleagues [Raymond Bradley and Malcolm Hughes]. But in fact, scientists have confirmed the same basic conclusions in multiple ways—with Thompson’s ice core record as one of the most definitive. (65) ...
Global Warming - just more Lysenkoism?
... You may recall that Wirth1 had already been influential, climate-wise. Happily, we now know what Ben Santer and his 12 co-authors had done. See: P.J. Michaels and P.C. Knappenberger 1996, “Human effects on global climate?”, Nature v.384, pp.522-3. These two authors reported (12 December 1996) that I ...
... You may recall that Wirth1 had already been influential, climate-wise. Happily, we now know what Ben Santer and his 12 co-authors had done. See: P.J. Michaels and P.C. Knappenberger 1996, “Human effects on global climate?”, Nature v.384, pp.522-3. These two authors reported (12 December 1996) that I ...
African crops yield another catastrophe for the IPCC
... said that in serious drought years, cereal yields might be reduced by 50 per cent. The report for the Algerian government, on the other hand, predicted that, on current projections, "agricultural production will more than double by 2020". Yet it was Agoumi's claim that climate change could cut yield ...
... said that in serious drought years, cereal yields might be reduced by 50 per cent. The report for the Algerian government, on the other hand, predicted that, on current projections, "agricultural production will more than double by 2020". Yet it was Agoumi's claim that climate change could cut yield ...
Debating Environment/Environment Philosophy
... Probability—scientific consensus/research—objectively disputed Nuclear war doesn’t cause extinction Warming outweighs—only requires inaction/can be reversed. ...
... Probability—scientific consensus/research—objectively disputed Nuclear war doesn’t cause extinction Warming outweighs—only requires inaction/can be reversed. ...
Press Release 2 (July 2007)
... organisations. People will undoubtedly criticise the report I have published because it has no ‘Official Backing’, but the report contains some very basic, easily verifiable data which proves things are not as they should be. I would argue that the report is truly independent – as it has been produc ...
... organisations. People will undoubtedly criticise the report I have published because it has no ‘Official Backing’, but the report contains some very basic, easily verifiable data which proves things are not as they should be. I would argue that the report is truly independent – as it has been produc ...
IPCC - Union of Concerned Scientists
... increased number, intensity and duration of heat waves during the course of the century, with potential for adverse health impacts..” ...
... increased number, intensity and duration of heat waves during the course of the century, with potential for adverse health impacts..” ...
Chapter 10 Chapter 10 – Climate Change
... Not endangered, population has been increasing (+300% since 1950). “Significant numbers have died as a result of global warming” came from a single scientific paper relating the death of 6 polar bears as a result of a severe storm, which could not be linked with climate change. Hundreds of polar bea ...
... Not endangered, population has been increasing (+300% since 1950). “Significant numbers have died as a result of global warming” came from a single scientific paper relating the death of 6 polar bears as a result of a severe storm, which could not be linked with climate change. Hundreds of polar bea ...
Mind the Gap: Climate Change Opinions in Canada and the United
... roll out of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) Final Rule represents an important attempt to limit each state’s carbon emissions from the electricity sector. This was followed by President Xi Jinping’s commitment to new greenhouse gas reduction efforts in China, announced f ...
... roll out of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) Final Rule represents an important attempt to limit each state’s carbon emissions from the electricity sector. This was followed by President Xi Jinping’s commitment to new greenhouse gas reduction efforts in China, announced f ...
Curriculum Vitae - Overseas Development Institute
... Lead project development and implementation, including oversight and training of local staff, partnership development with government authorities and key stakeholders, and cultivating community relations. Direct internal and external communications for Barren Isles site, including reports, blogs ...
... Lead project development and implementation, including oversight and training of local staff, partnership development with government authorities and key stakeholders, and cultivating community relations. Direct internal and external communications for Barren Isles site, including reports, blogs ...
global warming - Walt Cunningham
... There is a war going on between those who believe that human activities are responsible for global warming and those who don’t. Contrary to the way the debate is often framed by the media, those who believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW) do not hold the high ground, scientifically. Their crit ...
... There is a war going on between those who believe that human activities are responsible for global warming and those who don’t. Contrary to the way the debate is often framed by the media, those who believe in anthropogenic global warming (AGW) do not hold the high ground, scientifically. Their crit ...
class_notes_1103
... We need to be clear on the definitions of global warming and climate change so that when we use these terms we know what we are referring to. What is Global Warming? There are two common definitions (a) An increase in the global average surface temperature (b) An increase in the global average surf ...
... We need to be clear on the definitions of global warming and climate change so that when we use these terms we know what we are referring to. What is Global Warming? There are two common definitions (a) An increase in the global average surface temperature (b) An increase in the global average surf ...
Climate Change: The Move to Action
... • Physical and biological impacts correlated with temperature increase and dryer ...
... • Physical and biological impacts correlated with temperature increase and dryer ...
nsu-2005-11-17
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...