![Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final](http://s1.studyres.com/store/data/002318366_1-6d6e727abab70ca47bed62591bab0a30-300x300.png)
Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final
... Conclusions • Climate change is real, human induced and is changing ever more rapidly • Adaptation will cost money, but not as much as the cost of the damage caused by climate change. Some will be necessary due to climate change already “in the pipeline” • Mitigation is possible and a significant p ...
... Conclusions • Climate change is real, human induced and is changing ever more rapidly • Adaptation will cost money, but not as much as the cost of the damage caused by climate change. Some will be necessary due to climate change already “in the pipeline” • Mitigation is possible and a significant p ...
Open Gate March 2014
... The results are worrying. According to the poll, 67% of Americans believe that there is solid evidence of global warming while only 44% believe that human activities are responsible. On the contrary, 97% of climate scientists agree that global warming over the past century is due primarily to human ...
... The results are worrying. According to the poll, 67% of Americans believe that there is solid evidence of global warming while only 44% believe that human activities are responsible. On the contrary, 97% of climate scientists agree that global warming over the past century is due primarily to human ...
Earth System Processes
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
Carbon, climate change, and controversy
... in the United States). Atmospheric methane is increasing, can linger in the atmosphere for ~9 to 15 years, and is more than 20 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. •• Carbon losses associated with grazing systems could be reduced through proactive management to conserve vegetat ...
... in the United States). Atmospheric methane is increasing, can linger in the atmosphere for ~9 to 15 years, and is more than 20 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. •• Carbon losses associated with grazing systems could be reduced through proactive management to conserve vegetat ...
Current and future climate of the Cook Islands
... to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. This variation in sea level can be seen in Figure 7 which includes the tide gauge record since 1977 and the satellite data since 1993. ...
... to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. This variation in sea level can be seen in Figure 7 which includes the tide gauge record since 1977 and the satellite data since 1993. ...
Climate change scenarios in Europe and their potential
... Projection of future climate: Europe and Mediterranean Changes in Temperature Annual mean temperatures in Europe are likely to increase more than the global mean. Seasonally, the largest warming is likely to be in northern Europe in winter and in the Mediterranean area in summer. Minimum winter temp ...
... Projection of future climate: Europe and Mediterranean Changes in Temperature Annual mean temperatures in Europe are likely to increase more than the global mean. Seasonally, the largest warming is likely to be in northern Europe in winter and in the Mediterranean area in summer. Minimum winter temp ...
Global water cycle and climate change
... (LGM) circa 20,000 years ago so much water was bound in the form of ice in the inland ice sheets of the northern hemisphere that the sea level was by 120 m lower than today. Bering Strait, e. g., between Siberia and Alaska then was a land passage used by prehistoric men to immigrate to America (PELT ...
... (LGM) circa 20,000 years ago so much water was bound in the form of ice in the inland ice sheets of the northern hemisphere that the sea level was by 120 m lower than today. Bering Strait, e. g., between Siberia and Alaska then was a land passage used by prehistoric men to immigrate to America (PELT ...
Consistency analysis
... • So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some p ...
... • So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some p ...
International Progress on Kyoto - Law Associates Ltd Consultants
... process, but this is not happening. The US line for a time has been that new technology is the only solution to the problem, so lets work on that first. New technology will be vital in the medium to long term, but there is existing technology that can make a great start on the problem. Any technolog ...
... process, but this is not happening. The US line for a time has been that new technology is the only solution to the problem, so lets work on that first. New technology will be vital in the medium to long term, but there is existing technology that can make a great start on the problem. Any technolog ...
How carbon sinks could cost the Earth
... their carbon stores into the atmosphere and turbocharging climate change. ...
... their carbon stores into the atmosphere and turbocharging climate change. ...
PDF
... emissions is precisely that of hedging against worse than expected climate change consequences by keeping carbon concentrations under control. Intertemporal discounting further reduces the cost of slightly missing the environmental target. These issues, together, make the penalty rather small. Energ ...
... emissions is precisely that of hedging against worse than expected climate change consequences by keeping carbon concentrations under control. Intertemporal discounting further reduces the cost of slightly missing the environmental target. These issues, together, make the penalty rather small. Energ ...
Emissions reduction Carbon footprint
... What are the causes? Fossil fuels are a large source of excess greenhouse gases (GHGs), which are causing what is known as humaninduced or ‘anthropogenic global warming’. By driving cars, using electricity from coal-fired power plants, or heating our homes with oil or natural gas, we release GHGs in ...
... What are the causes? Fossil fuels are a large source of excess greenhouse gases (GHGs), which are causing what is known as humaninduced or ‘anthropogenic global warming’. By driving cars, using electricity from coal-fired power plants, or heating our homes with oil or natural gas, we release GHGs in ...
Week 3 Figures ()
... 6. The methane in the atmosphere and the oxidation of CH4 to CO2 (both greenhouse gases), cause a strong temperature spike (the PETM). 7. This increased global temperature causes more water evaporation, more coastal run-off, more nutrients into the ocean. 8. This increases biological productivity wh ...
... 6. The methane in the atmosphere and the oxidation of CH4 to CO2 (both greenhouse gases), cause a strong temperature spike (the PETM). 7. This increased global temperature causes more water evaporation, more coastal run-off, more nutrients into the ocean. 8. This increases biological productivity wh ...
Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation NH-12
... purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an increase in the occurrence of extreme heat events across the 20th century, an extra 288 people died during the period 1980- ...
... purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an increase in the occurrence of extreme heat events across the 20th century, an extra 288 people died during the period 1980- ...
Slides - IGB Conferences
... By 2025, at least 25% of energy used for tactical power derived from renewable. By 2028 50% of the fuel requirement in the training base for the tactical mobility met by alternative fuel blends ...
... By 2025, at least 25% of energy used for tactical power derived from renewable. By 2028 50% of the fuel requirement in the training base for the tactical mobility met by alternative fuel blends ...
Carbon Offset Emission Memo - Alberta Environment and Parks
... Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) has published Version 1.0 of the Carbon Offset Emission Factors Handbook (the Handbook). The Carbon Offset Emission Factors Handbook contains a listing of common emission factors used in the Alberta carbon offset system as well as commo ...
... Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) has published Version 1.0 of the Carbon Offset Emission Factors Handbook (the Handbook). The Carbon Offset Emission Factors Handbook contains a listing of common emission factors used in the Alberta carbon offset system as well as commo ...
Pass - raghunathjew degree college
... Preamble: The paper deals with dynamics of atmospheric processes, which include its composition, meteorological phenomena and atmospheric chemistry. The paper also highlights the anthropogenic intervention in ‘anthropocene’, which has led to global climate change. The paper also explores effects of ...
... Preamble: The paper deals with dynamics of atmospheric processes, which include its composition, meteorological phenomena and atmospheric chemistry. The paper also highlights the anthropogenic intervention in ‘anthropocene’, which has led to global climate change. The paper also explores effects of ...
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? ...
Moving Beyond Kyoto - Brookings Institution
... We propose that the initial price of the annual permits—which would determine the marginal cost of emitting carbon—be set at $10 (U.S.) per ton of carbon, in 1990 dollars. The price would be the same in all markets in all participating countries, and thus the cost of removing carbon at the margin in ...
... We propose that the initial price of the annual permits—which would determine the marginal cost of emitting carbon—be set at $10 (U.S.) per ton of carbon, in 1990 dollars. The price would be the same in all markets in all participating countries, and thus the cost of removing carbon at the margin in ...
Download country chapter
... and can be blocked by the Constitutional Court if it finds that the law goes against the Constitution. In this case, the law must be modified and voted on again, or abandoned. Regulations can establish rules outside of the law’s domain or specify more precisely how to implement laws. Regulations do ...
... and can be blocked by the Constitutional Court if it finds that the law goes against the Constitution. In this case, the law must be modified and voted on again, or abandoned. Regulations can establish rules outside of the law’s domain or specify more precisely how to implement laws. Regulations do ...
Member`s Profiles
... Oceanography from The M.I.T.-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She received a Woman’s Early Career Award and a NATO Fellowship that supported postdoctoral pursuits at MIT and at the Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales in Toulouse France. She got her start in Polar Research under an ...
... Oceanography from The M.I.T.-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program. She received a Woman’s Early Career Award and a NATO Fellowship that supported postdoctoral pursuits at MIT and at the Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales in Toulouse France. She got her start in Polar Research under an ...
Report - IUFRO
... Junaidi Bin Tuanku Jaafar mentioned that: "This year conference will address how our tropical rain forest ecosystem can be developed sustainably on the climate change condition and this international ...
... Junaidi Bin Tuanku Jaafar mentioned that: "This year conference will address how our tropical rain forest ecosystem can be developed sustainably on the climate change condition and this international ...
Anticipated future lake levels on Superior, Michigan
... dynamical ocean models (with their thermal capacity) coupled to a model atmosphere with a gradual rise in greenhouse gases and gradual changes in atmospheric temperatures and precipitation. Transient models create a delay in warming, compared to results from earlier equilibrium models which showed r ...
... dynamical ocean models (with their thermal capacity) coupled to a model atmosphere with a gradual rise in greenhouse gases and gradual changes in atmospheric temperatures and precipitation. Transient models create a delay in warming, compared to results from earlier equilibrium models which showed r ...
CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land
... estimates the terrestrial carbon and nitrogen dynamics of each 0.5 latitude x 0.5 longitude grid cell from 1860 to 2100. Each simulation uses the same historical climate generated by the MIT-IGSM from 1860 to 1990, but then uses the results from the alternative climate projections from 1991 to 210 ...
... estimates the terrestrial carbon and nitrogen dynamics of each 0.5 latitude x 0.5 longitude grid cell from 1860 to 2100. Each simulation uses the same historical climate generated by the MIT-IGSM from 1860 to 1990, but then uses the results from the alternative climate projections from 1991 to 210 ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".