EMISSIONS OF GREENHOUSE GASES Atmosphere Climate
... gases in the atmosphere remained relatively constant. Since then, the concentration of various greenhouse gases has increased. The amount of carbon dioxide, for example, has increased by more than 30% since pre-industrial times and is currently increasing at an unprecedented rate of about 0.4% per y ...
... gases in the atmosphere remained relatively constant. Since then, the concentration of various greenhouse gases has increased. The amount of carbon dioxide, for example, has increased by more than 30% since pre-industrial times and is currently increasing at an unprecedented rate of about 0.4% per y ...
Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy Peat Coal Coal Burning Coal
... inside the Earth for millions of years. When coal is burned, carbon mixes with _____________ from the air and releases Carbon Dioxide back into the atmosphere. Energy produced from fossil fuels is called _____________ energy because these fuels take millions of years to form. When they are used up, ...
... inside the Earth for millions of years. When coal is burned, carbon mixes with _____________ from the air and releases Carbon Dioxide back into the atmosphere. Energy produced from fossil fuels is called _____________ energy because these fuels take millions of years to form. When they are used up, ...
Slide 1
... temperature will rise. While we are not exactly sure how fast or how much the Earth's average temperature will rise, we know that: If people keep adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the current rate, the average temperature around the world could increase by about 4 to 12°F by the year 21 ...
... temperature will rise. While we are not exactly sure how fast or how much the Earth's average temperature will rise, we know that: If people keep adding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere at the current rate, the average temperature around the world could increase by about 4 to 12°F by the year 21 ...
Climate Health Impact introductory presentation
... Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18°C during the 100 years ending in 2005 due to an enhanced greenhouse effect. Climate model projections indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4°C during the 21st century. ...
... Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18°C during the 100 years ending in 2005 due to an enhanced greenhouse effect. Climate model projections indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4°C during the 21st century. ...
Chapter 19
... • Rarely disturbed ocean sediment cores can provide records up to 180 million years ago as new layers of sediment bury and preserve those of the past • Fossilized specimens of microscopic foraminifera can provide clues to the climate conditions during their lives • Some species are only found in cer ...
... • Rarely disturbed ocean sediment cores can provide records up to 180 million years ago as new layers of sediment bury and preserve those of the past • Fossilized specimens of microscopic foraminifera can provide clues to the climate conditions during their lives • Some species are only found in cer ...
GEOL 1130 Global Warming
... • Greenhouse gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere • Greenhouse gas concentrations have risen • Trapped radiation has been measured • Planet will warm!!!! ...
... • Greenhouse gases trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere • Greenhouse gas concentrations have risen • Trapped radiation has been measured • Planet will warm!!!! ...
PDF
... Future actions of this region are a large unknown in figuring future climate. The former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries were notoriously inefficient users of fossil fuels, using far greater quantities per unit of GNP than the industrialized countries. In the short term, the economic dec ...
... Future actions of this region are a large unknown in figuring future climate. The former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries were notoriously inefficient users of fossil fuels, using far greater quantities per unit of GNP than the industrialized countries. In the short term, the economic dec ...
Document
... Nuclear Climate change problem is reviving interest. 400 plants today equivalent to about 1-TW primary. Major expansion possible IF concerns about radiation, waste disposal, proliferation, can be relieved. ...
... Nuclear Climate change problem is reviving interest. 400 plants today equivalent to about 1-TW primary. Major expansion possible IF concerns about radiation, waste disposal, proliferation, can be relieved. ...
Climate change
... atmosphere to reductions in emissions depends on the chemical and physical processes that remove each gas from the atmosphere. Concentrations of some greenhouse gases decrease almost immediately in response to emission reduction, while others can actually continue to increase for centuries even wi ...
... atmosphere to reductions in emissions depends on the chemical and physical processes that remove each gas from the atmosphere. Concentrations of some greenhouse gases decrease almost immediately in response to emission reduction, while others can actually continue to increase for centuries even wi ...
Power Point presentation
... subtracted, they allow estimation of the global mean sea level rate. As new data, models, and corrections become available, we continuously revise these estimates (about every two months) to improve their quality. ...
... subtracted, they allow estimation of the global mean sea level rate. As new data, models, and corrections become available, we continuously revise these estimates (about every two months) to improve their quality. ...
greenhouse gases
... move north and be replaced by savanna and woodland Forest around Gainesville will become less dense with trees and grasses South Florida will become more dense tropical forest ...
... move north and be replaced by savanna and woodland Forest around Gainesville will become less dense with trees and grasses South Florida will become more dense tropical forest ...
Overview
... and their effect on the environment. Product stewardship is an important part of that process because it can do far more than minimize the waste that goes to landfills. In fact, product stewardship has a significant impact on one of the most important environmental concerns of our time: global warmi ...
... and their effect on the environment. Product stewardship is an important part of that process because it can do far more than minimize the waste that goes to landfills. In fact, product stewardship has a significant impact on one of the most important environmental concerns of our time: global warmi ...
Carbon Removals Peter Read Massey University Centre for Energy
... SRES-A2 with three land use change activities and 300 tC per ha released through land use change ...
... SRES-A2 with three land use change activities and 300 tC per ha released through land use change ...
Powerpoint presentation template
... challenge of our time” Mary Robinson, Honorary President Oxfam International ...
... challenge of our time” Mary Robinson, Honorary President Oxfam International ...
Law & Climate Change in Nigeria
... and transfer technologies, practices and processes to control GHGs in all relevant industrial sectors (including energy, transport, agriculture, forestry and waste management); ...
... and transfer technologies, practices and processes to control GHGs in all relevant industrial sectors (including energy, transport, agriculture, forestry and waste management); ...
VIDEO - American Museum of Natural History
... demands will push CO2 levels to new heights, where changes to Earth’s climate would be vastly disruptive. But it doesn’t have to be this way. ...
... demands will push CO2 levels to new heights, where changes to Earth’s climate would be vastly disruptive. But it doesn’t have to be this way. ...
ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY IN LATIN AMERICA
... position between OECD (5.5 times higher in 1990) and the developing countries in Africa and Asia, but still 47 % below the world average. Latinamerican energy supply/demand ratio and the carbon intensity are not far from OECD levels. However the energy intensity of its economy is 60 % higher than in ...
... position between OECD (5.5 times higher in 1990) and the developing countries in Africa and Asia, but still 47 % below the world average. Latinamerican energy supply/demand ratio and the carbon intensity are not far from OECD levels. However the energy intensity of its economy is 60 % higher than in ...
Energy Use and the Evolution of Technology
... cases are qualitatively different from the parabolic carbon trajectories in P-T, Cline (see immediately below), and CRT because they are non-economic: they assume global emission policies will develop to stabilize atmospheric concentration at potential target levels. Cline’s economic analysis uses a ...
... cases are qualitatively different from the parabolic carbon trajectories in P-T, Cline (see immediately below), and CRT because they are non-economic: they assume global emission policies will develop to stabilize atmospheric concentration at potential target levels. Cline’s economic analysis uses a ...
Strand 3 Multiple Choice Questions
... B. Smoke caused more deaths than sulfur dioxide (SO2). C. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) remains in the air longer than smoke. D. Air pollution peaked between December 7 and December 8. ...
... B. Smoke caused more deaths than sulfur dioxide (SO2). C. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) remains in the air longer than smoke. D. Air pollution peaked between December 7 and December 8. ...
1To the Secretary of State for Business
... by governments, ‘the world is on a trajectory that results in a level of emissions consistent with a long-term average temperature increase of more than 3.5 degrees Centigrade.’ The second statement is that ‘Four-fifths of the total energy-related CO2 emissions permissible by 2035 (i.e. the emission ...
... by governments, ‘the world is on a trajectory that results in a level of emissions consistent with a long-term average temperature increase of more than 3.5 degrees Centigrade.’ The second statement is that ‘Four-fifths of the total energy-related CO2 emissions permissible by 2035 (i.e. the emission ...
Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation consists of actions to limit the magnitude or rate of long-term climate change. Climate change mitigation generally involves reductions in human (anthropogenic) emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Mitigation may also be achieved by increasing the capacity of carbon sinks, e.g., through reforestation. Mitigation policies can substantially reduce the risks associated with human-induced global warming.""Mitigation is a public good; climate change is a case of ‘the tragedy of the commons’""Effective climate change mitigation will not be achieved if each agent (individual, institution or country) acts independently in its own selfish interest, (See International Cooperation and Emissions Trading) suggesting the need for collective action. Some adaptation actions, on the other hand, have characteristics of a private good as benefits of actions may accrue more directly to the individuals, regions, or countries that undertake them, at least in the short term. Nevertheless, financing such adaptive activities remains an issue, particularly for poor individuals and countries.""Examples of mitigation include switching to low-carbon energy sources, such as renewable and nuclear energy, and expanding forests and other ""sinks"" to remove greater amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Energy efficiency may also play a role, for example, through improving the insulation of buildings. Another approach to climate change mitigation is climate engineering.Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The ultimate objective of the UNFCCC is to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of GHGs at a level that would prevent dangerous human interference of the climate system. Scientific analysis can provide information on the impacts of climate change, but deciding which impacts are dangerous requires value judgments.In 2010, Parties to the UNFCCC agreed that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level. This may be revised with a target of limiting global warming to below 1.5 °C relative to pre-industrial levels. The current trajectory of global greenhouse gas emissions does not appear to be consistent with limiting global warming to below 1.5 or 2 °C, relative to pre-industrial levels. Other mitigation policies have been proposed, some of which are more stringent or modest than the 2 °C limit.