WQCC Meeting, October 24-25, 2013 Invited Speaker – Richard Somerville Speaking Notes
... and in low-lying areas are threatened by sea level rise. River systems fed by glaciers are directly threatened. The US military regards climate change as a threat multiplier, one that can create environmental refugees and destabilize governments. An ice-free Arctic is one more ocean to patrol. In or ...
... and in low-lying areas are threatened by sea level rise. River systems fed by glaciers are directly threatened. The US military regards climate change as a threat multiplier, one that can create environmental refugees and destabilize governments. An ice-free Arctic is one more ocean to patrol. In or ...
Global Warming - Management Paradise
... Solutions are already available that will stimulate various economy for different countries by creating jobs, saving consumers money, and protecting our national security. By investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and increasing the efficiency of the cars we drive, we can take essentia ...
... Solutions are already available that will stimulate various economy for different countries by creating jobs, saving consumers money, and protecting our national security. By investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and increasing the efficiency of the cars we drive, we can take essentia ...
D o w n to Ea rth A symbol of optimism
... looking to secure a reliable income during their retirement. They are investing for the long term. The problem with fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil is that burning them adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and causes climate change. To keep global warming below a 2 degree increase above pre-ind ...
... looking to secure a reliable income during their retirement. They are investing for the long term. The problem with fossil fuels like coal, gas and oil is that burning them adds carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and causes climate change. To keep global warming below a 2 degree increase above pre-ind ...
Heat Trapping Blanket Metaphor
... • Reducing our emissions of heat-trapping gases is the solution: focusing on the heat-trapping effect has more powerful frame effects than the alternative metaphors greenhouse gases or carbon ...
... • Reducing our emissions of heat-trapping gases is the solution: focusing on the heat-trapping effect has more powerful frame effects than the alternative metaphors greenhouse gases or carbon ...
The link between climate change and Australia`s
... For more information on how you can help our environment, or to make some suggestions of your own, please go to www.coolaustralia.org ...
... For more information on how you can help our environment, or to make some suggestions of your own, please go to www.coolaustralia.org ...
If You See Something, Say Something By MICHAEL E. MANN New
... report anything dangerous they witness: “If you see something, say something.” We scientists are citizens, too, and, in climate change, we see a clear and present danger. The public is beginning to see the danger, too — Midwestern farmers struggling with drought, more damaging wildfires out West, an ...
... report anything dangerous they witness: “If you see something, say something.” We scientists are citizens, too, and, in climate change, we see a clear and present danger. The public is beginning to see the danger, too — Midwestern farmers struggling with drought, more damaging wildfires out West, an ...
The Carbon Story for Dairy in Tasmania and on-farm
... • Cropland and grazing land management (net greenhouse gas emissions from soil, including biochar, crops and vegetation on cropland and grazing land); and • Revegetation (establishment of vegetation that does not meet the Kyoto Protocol definitions of afforestation and reforestation). Methodologies ...
... • Cropland and grazing land management (net greenhouse gas emissions from soil, including biochar, crops and vegetation on cropland and grazing land); and • Revegetation (establishment of vegetation that does not meet the Kyoto Protocol definitions of afforestation and reforestation). Methodologies ...
Slide 1
... but involves potentially expensive time lags and overlooks equity Climate change adaptation must therefore be proactive, not merely reactive Page 7 ...
... but involves potentially expensive time lags and overlooks equity Climate change adaptation must therefore be proactive, not merely reactive Page 7 ...
The impact of climate change on agriculture - fhouses
... Tropical storms and Sea Level Rise –Climate change is projected to decrease frequency but increase intensity of tropical storms, although this is highly uncertain. Sea level is set to rise as a consequence of increasing global temperatures. Both will increase the vulnerability of coastal and low ly ...
... Tropical storms and Sea Level Rise –Climate change is projected to decrease frequency but increase intensity of tropical storms, although this is highly uncertain. Sea level is set to rise as a consequence of increasing global temperatures. Both will increase the vulnerability of coastal and low ly ...
Printer-friendly version - Weconnect
... Data availability: the availability of spatial data to represent the criterion or of data from which the criterion may be derived. Confidence: the level of confidence that the criterion will influence vulnerability. ...
... Data availability: the availability of spatial data to represent the criterion or of data from which the criterion may be derived. Confidence: the level of confidence that the criterion will influence vulnerability. ...
• The earth is surrounded by atmosphere composed of many gases
... Impacts of climate change will vary between crops, location, and system. Predictions suggest increased temperatures with the largest effects felt on the prairies. Each climate belt is optimal for a particular set of crops. Farming may be affected indirectly through disease and pests stimulated by wa ...
... Impacts of climate change will vary between crops, location, and system. Predictions suggest increased temperatures with the largest effects felt on the prairies. Each climate belt is optimal for a particular set of crops. Farming may be affected indirectly through disease and pests stimulated by wa ...
for the Environment - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
... Meat production creates GHGs that contribute to climate change. These gases include methane production from animals, carbon dioxide from deforestation, and nitrous oxide from fertilizers. Livestock production contributes an estimated 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activit ...
... Meat production creates GHGs that contribute to climate change. These gases include methane production from animals, carbon dioxide from deforestation, and nitrous oxide from fertilizers. Livestock production contributes an estimated 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activit ...
Ecological Effect of Pollution - International Journal of Chemical
... The climate record over many thousands of years can be built up by analyzing the composition of the ice, and the air trapped in the ice, obtained from different depths from cores drilled from the Antarctic or Greenland ice-caps. Fig 1 is a record of the change in temperature at which ice was laid do ...
... The climate record over many thousands of years can be built up by analyzing the composition of the ice, and the air trapped in the ice, obtained from different depths from cores drilled from the Antarctic or Greenland ice-caps. Fig 1 is a record of the change in temperature at which ice was laid do ...
PM 2.5 and O 3 concentration changes in 2100
... biogenic emissions, and other factors, we focus on the co-benefits of GHG mitigation on air quality. Here we aim to quantify the global air quality benefits of GHG mitigation through these two mechanisms, in realistic future scenarios to 2100. We use the global chemical transport model MOZART-4 to s ...
... biogenic emissions, and other factors, we focus on the co-benefits of GHG mitigation on air quality. Here we aim to quantify the global air quality benefits of GHG mitigation through these two mechanisms, in realistic future scenarios to 2100. We use the global chemical transport model MOZART-4 to s ...
nrm glossary of terms - Climate Change in Australia
... vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. ...
... vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4) and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. ...
The changes in climate that drive these declines may be manifested
... too optimistic. One reason is that the researchers used a modeling approach that projects future landuse changes and changes in carbon stocks by extrapolating trends from a relatively short period, 19922000, and then using 2000-2005 as a base period for forests. To estimate changes in emissions from ...
... too optimistic. One reason is that the researchers used a modeling approach that projects future landuse changes and changes in carbon stocks by extrapolating trends from a relatively short period, 19922000, and then using 2000-2005 as a base period for forests. To estimate changes in emissions from ...
Slide 1
... that there is a growing consensus on the need for urgent action to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The understanding is that we adopt the global objective to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050, compared to the1990 level owing to the decadal residence time of carbon diox ...
... that there is a growing consensus on the need for urgent action to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. The understanding is that we adopt the global objective to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050, compared to the1990 level owing to the decadal residence time of carbon diox ...
Louise Hicks
... • Misleading and deceptive conduct. • If claims of carbon neutrality are not legitimate then risk of: – action by consumer watchdogs. – loss of brand reputation. – loss of market credibility. • All steps must be taken with caution - use independent, accredited experts where possible. • Have all meth ...
... • Misleading and deceptive conduct. • If claims of carbon neutrality are not legitimate then risk of: – action by consumer watchdogs. – loss of brand reputation. – loss of market credibility. • All steps must be taken with caution - use independent, accredited experts where possible. • Have all meth ...
Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century
... Earth’s surface. This corresponds to the familiar air temperature reported in the daily weather report in newspapers and on TV. The data you will examine is the mean temperature (°K) for each month over the 100 years (2001-2100), giving a total of 1200 values for the 1200 consecutive months. You are ...
... Earth’s surface. This corresponds to the familiar air temperature reported in the daily weather report in newspapers and on TV. The data you will examine is the mean temperature (°K) for each month over the 100 years (2001-2100), giving a total of 1200 values for the 1200 consecutive months. You are ...
Nurturing natural carbon sinks
... terrestrial biosphere. We have a reasonably good idea of the ‘excess’ CO2 that is now in the oceans, from our understanding of ocean chemistry and from measurements made throughout the oceans over several decades. That leaves a remainder that must be attributed to terrestrial ecosystems, which inclu ...
... terrestrial biosphere. We have a reasonably good idea of the ‘excess’ CO2 that is now in the oceans, from our understanding of ocean chemistry and from measurements made throughout the oceans over several decades. That leaves a remainder that must be attributed to terrestrial ecosystems, which inclu ...
Carbon Finance – The Financial Implications of Climate Change Brochure
... society, Carbon Finance quickly moves on to: - Outline the carbon finance marketplace, and explain the speed with which it has developed and the complexity of its growth - Explore specific products – designed to cover environmental risks associated with climate change – for Alternative Risk Transfer ...
... society, Carbon Finance quickly moves on to: - Outline the carbon finance marketplace, and explain the speed with which it has developed and the complexity of its growth - Explore specific products – designed to cover environmental risks associated with climate change – for Alternative Risk Transfer ...
protect the world`s children: leave a habitable planet for posterity
... change], not just by humans but by Australia’s spectacular biodiversity as well.”11 Attitudes on climate change are changing in Australia where climate change impacts are severe and readily observable, but must catastrophes at the level of severity occur everywhere before a global perspective on c ...
... change], not just by humans but by Australia’s spectacular biodiversity as well.”11 Attitudes on climate change are changing in Australia where climate change impacts are severe and readily observable, but must catastrophes at the level of severity occur everywhere before a global perspective on c ...
NEW MISS RISK NATIONAL REVISION
... to be able to store 1 million tons of CO² annually for 10 years. ...
... to be able to store 1 million tons of CO² annually for 10 years. ...
Knutti - Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science
... policies that discourage polluting technologies and provide incentives for using cleaner ones, as well as penalties for non-compliance. “There’s no silver bullet, but there’s a lot of bronze buckshot” is something of a cliché among those determined to address climate policy. In other words, we have ...
... policies that discourage polluting technologies and provide incentives for using cleaner ones, as well as penalties for non-compliance. “There’s no silver bullet, but there’s a lot of bronze buckshot” is something of a cliché among those determined to address climate policy. In other words, we have ...
Climate change in Canada
In Canada mitigation of anthropogenic climate change is being addressed more seriously by the provinces than by the federal government.