Week 10 Review
... produce major climate changes under some conditions But… there are many remaining questions and enigmas ...
... produce major climate changes under some conditions But… there are many remaining questions and enigmas ...
observed changes and projections
... Climate models are the best tools we have for projecting the future climate. A climate model is a mathematical representation of the Earth’s climate system based on well-established laws of physics, but involving simplifications of biophysical processes. Projections ...
... Climate models are the best tools we have for projecting the future climate. A climate model is a mathematical representation of the Earth’s climate system based on well-established laws of physics, but involving simplifications of biophysical processes. Projections ...
How the Climate Affects Forests
... Projections Michigan’s climate is expected to grow warmer and more variable, with increasing drought stress in late summer.8 Winters are expected to warm faster than other seasons. Rainfall shows an increase in spring, but a possible decrease in summer. However, precipitation projections vary consid ...
... Projections Michigan’s climate is expected to grow warmer and more variable, with increasing drought stress in late summer.8 Winters are expected to warm faster than other seasons. Rainfall shows an increase in spring, but a possible decrease in summer. However, precipitation projections vary consid ...
Document
... – initial conditions – soil moisture, sea surface temperatures, sea ice – lateral meteorological conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity) every 6-8 hours. – Large scale response to forcing (100s kms) ...
... – initial conditions – soil moisture, sea surface temperatures, sea ice – lateral meteorological conditions (temperature, pressure, humidity) every 6-8 hours. – Large scale response to forcing (100s kms) ...
Slide 1
... Shulze, R.E. and N.J. Walker. “Climate change impacts of agro-ecosystem sustainability across three climate regions in the maize belt of South Africa.” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 124:2008. “South Asia and Climate Change: A Development and Environmental Issue”. The World Bank Group, ...
... Shulze, R.E. and N.J. Walker. “Climate change impacts of agro-ecosystem sustainability across three climate regions in the maize belt of South Africa.” Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Vol. 124:2008. “South Asia and Climate Change: A Development and Environmental Issue”. The World Bank Group, ...
Penny Whetton
... Greater risks for coastal flooding from sea-level rise and storm surges Area inundated by a 1-in-100 year storm surge in Cairns is likely to double by 2050 ...
... Greater risks for coastal flooding from sea-level rise and storm surges Area inundated by a 1-in-100 year storm surge in Cairns is likely to double by 2050 ...
Climate Change on the Prairie - High Plains Regional Climate Center
... changes in the Earth’s orbit, continental drift, formation or loss of ice sheets, and changing ocean currents. Human activities can also influence climate. The human influence that is most responsible for recent changes in global temperature is the burning of fossil fuels which increases the levels ...
... changes in the Earth’s orbit, continental drift, formation or loss of ice sheets, and changing ocean currents. Human activities can also influence climate. The human influence that is most responsible for recent changes in global temperature is the burning of fossil fuels which increases the levels ...
Our Fragile Earth - Portfolio of Jenni Riesz
... “What makes global warming so serious and so urgent is that the great Earth system, Gaia, is trapped in a vicious circle of positive feedback. Extra heat, from any source, whether from greenhouse gases, the disappearance of the Arctic ice or the Amazon forest, is amplified, and its effects are more ...
... “What makes global warming so serious and so urgent is that the great Earth system, Gaia, is trapped in a vicious circle of positive feedback. Extra heat, from any source, whether from greenhouse gases, the disappearance of the Arctic ice or the Amazon forest, is amplified, and its effects are more ...
Global cooling - Is global warming still happening?
... 1998. So why do surface temperature records show 1998 as the hottest year on record? Figure 1 shows the heat capacity of the land and atmosphere are small compared to the ocean (the tiny brown sliver of "land + atmosphere" also includes the heat absorbed to melt ice). Hence, relatively small exchang ...
... 1998. So why do surface temperature records show 1998 as the hottest year on record? Figure 1 shows the heat capacity of the land and atmosphere are small compared to the ocean (the tiny brown sliver of "land + atmosphere" also includes the heat absorbed to melt ice). Hence, relatively small exchang ...
Prehistoric Era Overview
... the past 400,000 years. During much of this period, temperatures were between 4 and 8 degrees cooler than today’s average, but there were several major warming spikes. These changes made a big difference in earth’s tropical zones, though they may seem small to us. Such changes affected rainfall, the ...
... the past 400,000 years. During much of this period, temperatures were between 4 and 8 degrees cooler than today’s average, but there were several major warming spikes. These changes made a big difference in earth’s tropical zones, though they may seem small to us. Such changes affected rainfall, the ...
National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Mexico
... Mexico) is located in the northern part of the American continent. The Mexican territory covers 1.96 millions of km2 Climate Because its geographic and topographic conditions, México has a wide variety of climatic regions, with several types of climate: arid, semiarid, dry tropical, humid tropical, ...
... Mexico) is located in the northern part of the American continent. The Mexican territory covers 1.96 millions of km2 Climate Because its geographic and topographic conditions, México has a wide variety of climatic regions, with several types of climate: arid, semiarid, dry tropical, humid tropical, ...
CARBONCYCLEGW1
... around the Earth Some sunlight is reflected and other is trapped as heat to warm the Earth Enhanced greenhouse effect: caused from an increase of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides from human activities into the air which traps more heat and raises the temperatures of the Earth’s surface ...
... around the Earth Some sunlight is reflected and other is trapped as heat to warm the Earth Enhanced greenhouse effect: caused from an increase of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides from human activities into the air which traps more heat and raises the temperatures of the Earth’s surface ...
Carbon-nitrogen cycle coupling regulates climate
... Land components of climate-carbon cycle feedback ...
... Land components of climate-carbon cycle feedback ...
Climate Change and Water - University of California, Riverside
... • HadCM2: more water, little change • PCM: switch out of low valued crops • Welfare effect with PCM: 24% reduction in agr water supply, 14% reduction in agr land, welfare effect only 6% loss in agr ...
... • HadCM2: more water, little change • PCM: switch out of low valued crops • Welfare effect with PCM: 24% reduction in agr water supply, 14% reduction in agr land, welfare effect only 6% loss in agr ...
Climate Change Impacts in the Context of Economic Globalization
... magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. ...
... magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. ...
Ecosystem Impacts of Climate Change
... 4. Observed data (proxy and instrumental) are critical for calibrating climate models. 5. Understanding the causes and effects of global warming is one of the grandest challenges facing today’s scientists and the public. ...
... 4. Observed data (proxy and instrumental) are critical for calibrating climate models. 5. Understanding the causes and effects of global warming is one of the grandest challenges facing today’s scientists and the public. ...
PPT - unece
... Adaptation policy requires a complex set of information, coming from a variety of sources (besides NSOs). Relevant data may include: • Cost of investment in adaptation, per country or region • Extreme weather events (number and costs of damage), by type • Climate-related morbidity and mortality • ...
... Adaptation policy requires a complex set of information, coming from a variety of sources (besides NSOs). Relevant data may include: • Cost of investment in adaptation, per country or region • Extreme weather events (number and costs of damage), by type • Climate-related morbidity and mortality • ...
08.06.03Fossil fuel to power vehicles to 2050
... That view was challenged by BP’s Biofuels Project Director, Frank Russell, who said it was important to be developing alternative and next generation fuels. “Australia’s conventional fuels are about as clean as they are ever going to get – we need to start planning now for next-generation fuels like ...
... That view was challenged by BP’s Biofuels Project Director, Frank Russell, who said it was important to be developing alternative and next generation fuels. “Australia’s conventional fuels are about as clean as they are ever going to get – we need to start planning now for next-generation fuels like ...
here - Global Institute For Tomorrow
... they are currently narrowly defined with perhaps too much of a focus on democratic and political freedoms. The most basic and important freedoms and rights are those of secure and safe access to food, water and sanitation, basic housing, education and health care.” With regard to climate change, Barb ...
... they are currently narrowly defined with perhaps too much of a focus on democratic and political freedoms. The most basic and important freedoms and rights are those of secure and safe access to food, water and sanitation, basic housing, education and health care.” With regard to climate change, Barb ...
current conditions
... agriculture to estimate the impact of future GDP and population scenarios on crop production and staple consumption, which can be used to derive commodity prices, agricultural trade patterns, food prices, calorie consumption, and child malnutrition. Three GDP-per-capita scenarios were used – an opti ...
... agriculture to estimate the impact of future GDP and population scenarios on crop production and staple consumption, which can be used to derive commodity prices, agricultural trade patterns, food prices, calorie consumption, and child malnutrition. Three GDP-per-capita scenarios were used – an opti ...
Slide 1
... Figure 1. Ice-core oxygen isotopic measurements from Greenland (right hand side) and from Antarctica (left hand side). The isotope measurements can be interpreted to yield the global sea surface temperatures to ~160,000 years ago (colder temperatures to the left). The two traces are consistent with ...
... Figure 1. Ice-core oxygen isotopic measurements from Greenland (right hand side) and from Antarctica (left hand side). The isotope measurements can be interpreted to yield the global sea surface temperatures to ~160,000 years ago (colder temperatures to the left). The two traces are consistent with ...
The Way to Save the Earth
... waning, its economy is shriveling and the dollar’s ship is sinking. And happy is he who learns from other’s mistakes. In closing, the world has before it a rare and historic opportunity to liberate itself from servitude to America, as the latter finds itself in a serious predicament – by the grace o ...
... waning, its economy is shriveling and the dollar’s ship is sinking. And happy is he who learns from other’s mistakes. In closing, the world has before it a rare and historic opportunity to liberate itself from servitude to America, as the latter finds itself in a serious predicament – by the grace o ...
Slide 1
... Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO. ...
... Recognizing the problem of potential global climate change, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1988. It is open to all members of the UN and WMO. ...