Naomi Oreskes (Presentation)
... correct? “Human activities…are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents…that absorb or scatter radiant energy. [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.” --IPCC, Climate Change 2001, Impacts, Adap ...
... correct? “Human activities…are modifying the concentration of atmospheric constituents…that absorb or scatter radiant energy. [M]ost of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.” --IPCC, Climate Change 2001, Impacts, Adap ...
Action plan template - Local Government NSW
... Council may wish to include the following observations by the IPCC (2007): The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) states that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean t ...
... Council may wish to include the following observations by the IPCC (2007): The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) states that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean t ...
Climate Change Bill 2007 - IUCN Academy of Environmental Law
... “Sea level rises of several metres per century occur in the paleoclimate record, in response to forcings slower and weaker than the present … once ice-sheet disintegration is underway, decadal changes of sea level may be substantial” Hansen, 2008 NB: Pfeffer et al, Science, 5 September 2008: a rise ...
... “Sea level rises of several metres per century occur in the paleoclimate record, in response to forcings slower and weaker than the present … once ice-sheet disintegration is underway, decadal changes of sea level may be substantial” Hansen, 2008 NB: Pfeffer et al, Science, 5 September 2008: a rise ...
PRESIDÃNCIA DA REPÃBLICA CASA CIVIL Grupo de
... Finance & Climate Change Policy in Brazil Carlos A. Klink Ministry of the Environment ...
... Finance & Climate Change Policy in Brazil Carlos A. Klink Ministry of the Environment ...
Ozone Depletion and Global warming ppt angie
... How fast will the sea level rise? How much warmer will it get? When will the Arctic Ocean be ice-free? Will the water cycle accelerate? Are climate extremes increasing? Will there be abrupt changes? ...
... How fast will the sea level rise? How much warmer will it get? When will the Arctic Ocean be ice-free? Will the water cycle accelerate? Are climate extremes increasing? Will there be abrupt changes? ...
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... A Pulitzer Prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization dedicated to covering climate change, energy and the environment. ...
... A Pulitzer Prize-winning, non-profit, non-partisan news organization dedicated to covering climate change, energy and the environment. ...
Slide 1
... upper line shows the impact of climate change with full adaptation where farmers can change crops and irrigate…. The lower line shows the impacts without adaptation, as is likely to occur with abrupt climate change. Note that … the costs are likely to be lower with adaptation. We have also shown a b ...
... upper line shows the impact of climate change with full adaptation where farmers can change crops and irrigate…. The lower line shows the impacts without adaptation, as is likely to occur with abrupt climate change. Note that … the costs are likely to be lower with adaptation. We have also shown a b ...
1.1 Safety in the Science Classroom
... 11.2 Human Activity and Climate Change • Climate change is the change in long-term weather patterns in certain regions. These changes can affect the flow of thermal energy over the entire Earth. Several ice ages have occurred in the past million years. Global warming refers to a global increas ...
... 11.2 Human Activity and Climate Change • Climate change is the change in long-term weather patterns in certain regions. These changes can affect the flow of thermal energy over the entire Earth. Several ice ages have occurred in the past million years. Global warming refers to a global increas ...
Gathering slides - Melbourne Energy Institute
... proven and probable fossil fuel reserves are unburnable ...
... proven and probable fossil fuel reserves are unburnable ...
Lab: Looking at Scientific Data on Climate Change
... 1. Go to http://www.columbia.edu/~mhs119/Temperature/T_moreFigs/AnnualMaps.pdf. The graph shows a comparison of 1996 to 2013. To understand the graphs, you must first understand the word "anomaly". This means difference from the norm. For NASA graphs, the norm is the period from 1951-1980 (which is ...
... 1. Go to http://www.columbia.edu/~mhs119/Temperature/T_moreFigs/AnnualMaps.pdf. The graph shows a comparison of 1996 to 2013. To understand the graphs, you must first understand the word "anomaly". This means difference from the norm. For NASA graphs, the norm is the period from 1951-1980 (which is ...
PPT
... Positive Feedback in the Atmosphere: • Warming earth causes melting of snow/ice = decrease in earth’s albedo (more SW absorbed) = even warmer temperatures ...
... Positive Feedback in the Atmosphere: • Warming earth causes melting of snow/ice = decrease in earth’s albedo (more SW absorbed) = even warmer temperatures ...
Finding Traction for Ethical Principles to Guide Climate Change Policy
... impacts and triggering abrupt climate change that would be caused by exceeding thresholds in the climate system • Leading up to Paris there was growing scientific evidence that a 2.0 warming limit will not prevent dangerous warming, many of the models predicting impacts and on which targets were bas ...
... impacts and triggering abrupt climate change that would be caused by exceeding thresholds in the climate system • Leading up to Paris there was growing scientific evidence that a 2.0 warming limit will not prevent dangerous warming, many of the models predicting impacts and on which targets were bas ...
Alcoa`s response to climate change
... Reduce energy intensity 10% by 2010 60% reduction in process water use and discharge by 2009 ...
... Reduce energy intensity 10% by 2010 60% reduction in process water use and discharge by 2009 ...
Downlaod File - Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
... earth. However, there are some types of activities that cause global warming. One of these types is the emission of the carbon dioxide. Many of electrical industrial factories overall the world are burning enormous amount of coal in order to produce electricity, which make them to release a big amou ...
... earth. However, there are some types of activities that cause global warming. One of these types is the emission of the carbon dioxide. Many of electrical industrial factories overall the world are burning enormous amount of coal in order to produce electricity, which make them to release a big amou ...
Tuesday 26 October, 2010 – by Laurens Bouwer
... risks. For a case study on flooding of the river Meuse in The Netherlands, future impacts from projected climate change and exposure on river flood risk have been separated. The impact of climate change on weather losses is expected to remain small in coming decades, at least for storms and river fl ...
... risks. For a case study on flooding of the river Meuse in The Netherlands, future impacts from projected climate change and exposure on river flood risk have been separated. The impact of climate change on weather losses is expected to remain small in coming decades, at least for storms and river fl ...
CHAOS THEORY AND BIOSPHERIC “SURPRISES”
... emissions, has a pronounced effect in the Arctic since carbon dioxide is more soluble in cold water. The pH “is likely to reach corrosive levels in less than 10 years. The water will then start to dissolve the shells of mussels and other shellfish and cause major disruption to the food chain.”2 ...
... emissions, has a pronounced effect in the Arctic since carbon dioxide is more soluble in cold water. The pH “is likely to reach corrosive levels in less than 10 years. The water will then start to dissolve the shells of mussels and other shellfish and cause major disruption to the food chain.”2 ...
Satellite Data - Galileo Movement
... Sasano proceeded to explain the color-coding system of the iconic maps showing where regions were either absorbing or emitting the trace atmospheric gas. Regions were alternately colored red (for high CO2 emission), white (low or neutral CO2 emissions) and green (no emissions: CO2 absorbers). Bizar ...
... Sasano proceeded to explain the color-coding system of the iconic maps showing where regions were either absorbing or emitting the trace atmospheric gas. Regions were alternately colored red (for high CO2 emission), white (low or neutral CO2 emissions) and green (no emissions: CO2 absorbers). Bizar ...
Climate Control and Ozone Depletion Notes
... Nobel Peace Prize with the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for alerting the world to the reality and dangers of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Gore said, “…the Earth has a fever. And the fever is rising…We are what is wrong, and we must make it right.” ...
... Nobel Peace Prize with the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for alerting the world to the reality and dangers of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Gore said, “…the Earth has a fever. And the fever is rising…We are what is wrong, and we must make it right.” ...
Sivan -AOSIS background paper Kartha
... hinge on equitable burden sharing: the absence of actors who are powerful enough to coercively impose their preferred burden sharing arrangements; the inapplicability of standard utilitarian methods of calculating costs and benefits; and the fact that regime effectiveness depends on a longterm comm ...
... hinge on equitable burden sharing: the absence of actors who are powerful enough to coercively impose their preferred burden sharing arrangements; the inapplicability of standard utilitarian methods of calculating costs and benefits; and the fact that regime effectiveness depends on a longterm comm ...
Global Climate Change: Past and Future
... •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Possible impacts of anthropogenic climate change this century include increased drought conditions in the western U.S. and more destructive Atlantic tropical storms and Hurricanes ...
... •Recent surface warming is largely consistent with simulations of the effects of anthropogenic influence on climate •Possible impacts of anthropogenic climate change this century include increased drought conditions in the western U.S. and more destructive Atlantic tropical storms and Hurricanes ...
Armenia - Unfccc
... Transport Sector – development of electrical transport and increase the share of natural gas use as engine fuel; Reduction of the methane emissions from solid municipal waste and wastewaters; Restoration of degraded forests, reforestation and decrease of the volume of logging, conservation and ...
... Transport Sector – development of electrical transport and increase the share of natural gas use as engine fuel; Reduction of the methane emissions from solid municipal waste and wastewaters; Restoration of degraded forests, reforestation and decrease of the volume of logging, conservation and ...
Module2_Ward_CC Communic
... 1. Skeptics like to say that solar output changes are responsible for the warming. While this may have had a small impact 100 years ago, it has NOT been a factor during the unusual warming of the past several decades. This is agreedupon scientific fact. 2. Skeptics like to say that the warming has s ...
... 1. Skeptics like to say that solar output changes are responsible for the warming. While this may have had a small impact 100 years ago, it has NOT been a factor during the unusual warming of the past several decades. This is agreedupon scientific fact. 2. Skeptics like to say that the warming has s ...