AOSS_NRE_480_L01_Intro_20100107
... • When some one asks you about global warming, or you hear about global warming, what is your first reaction? ...
... • When some one asks you about global warming, or you hear about global warming, what is your first reaction? ...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate A Report of NIPCC
... • What NIPCC did was to ‘connect the dots’ -using the available information from model results and observations • The same information was available to the IPCC from published work, including also from the US Government’s CCSP Report [2006] • But IPCC chose to ignore these facts, because they confli ...
... • What NIPCC did was to ‘connect the dots’ -using the available information from model results and observations • The same information was available to the IPCC from published work, including also from the US Government’s CCSP Report [2006] • But IPCC chose to ignore these facts, because they confli ...
Climate Change Science
... 1. Climate change is real – the evidence is overwhelming 2. We can reduce the causes of climate change – no single solution, but needs major changes in human behaviour 3. Future climate change (in the next few decades) is inevitable – we need to start preparing now ...
... 1. Climate change is real – the evidence is overwhelming 2. We can reduce the causes of climate change – no single solution, but needs major changes in human behaviour 3. Future climate change (in the next few decades) is inevitable – we need to start preparing now ...
Climate Change
... PhysCon 2015 Climate Change - What happened to the Science? The ‘debate’ continues to rage. The Abbott government and the Murdoch media (mostly) claim that climate change is not a threat – at least not yet, while the Fairfax/ABC/Guardian side warns that it is. What’s missing in all this? The SCI ...
... PhysCon 2015 Climate Change - What happened to the Science? The ‘debate’ continues to rage. The Abbott government and the Murdoch media (mostly) claim that climate change is not a threat – at least not yet, while the Fairfax/ABC/Guardian side warns that it is. What’s missing in all this? The SCI ...
Sustainability - the 21st century challenge
... Sustainability – the 21st century challenge Global warming, a gradual increase in planet-wide temperatures, has been one of mankind’s greatest challenges of the 21st century. Nonetheless, scientists across the world stress that there is hope. There are some measures that we can take to prevent any f ...
... Sustainability – the 21st century challenge Global warming, a gradual increase in planet-wide temperatures, has been one of mankind’s greatest challenges of the 21st century. Nonetheless, scientists across the world stress that there is hope. There are some measures that we can take to prevent any f ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING Temperatures on
... Climate change refers to the natural fluctuations in Earth’s temperature over time, which includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over several decades or longer. Global warming is the accelerated warming of Earth due to an increase in g ...
... Climate change refers to the natural fluctuations in Earth’s temperature over time, which includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over several decades or longer. Global warming is the accelerated warming of Earth due to an increase in g ...
Global Warming, the End of Life as We Know It?
... Most of the observed increases in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century due to humans Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from preindustrial times to 1950. These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at lea ...
... Most of the observed increases in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century due to humans Natural phenomena such as solar variation combined with volcanoes probably had a small warming effect from preindustrial times to 1950. These basic conclusions have been endorsed by at lea ...
Your Effect on the Climate
... Flash activity (these activities are not editable) Teacher’s notes included in the Notes page ...
... Flash activity (these activities are not editable) Teacher’s notes included in the Notes page ...
Tom Blaine, Ph.D. Associate Professor(315 KB
... Global Climate Change: NASA’s Eyes on the Earth (2009). Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, available at http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ Blaine, Thomas W. (1996). Global Climate Change, CDFS 186-96, available at http://ohioline.osu.edu/cdfact/pdf/0186.pdf ...
... Global Climate Change: NASA’s Eyes on the Earth (2009). Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, available at http://climate.jpl.nasa.gov/ Blaine, Thomas W. (1996). Global Climate Change, CDFS 186-96, available at http://ohioline.osu.edu/cdfact/pdf/0186.pdf ...
Uncertainties
... cloud cover could tend to reduce the greenhouse effect. At the same time, clouds absorb and reradiate infrared, which tends to increase the greenhouse effect. ...
... cloud cover could tend to reduce the greenhouse effect. At the same time, clouds absorb and reradiate infrared, which tends to increase the greenhouse effect. ...
Decision making and climate change
... • GHG concentrations are higher than anytime in the previous 650,000 years (high degree of certainty) • Land use changes are reducing terrestrial CO2 uptake potential (very high confidence) • GHG emissions are rising in line with rising global population and income levels, generating a possible 4 de ...
... • GHG concentrations are higher than anytime in the previous 650,000 years (high degree of certainty) • Land use changes are reducing terrestrial CO2 uptake potential (very high confidence) • GHG emissions are rising in line with rising global population and income levels, generating a possible 4 de ...
U.N. Panel Issues Its Starkest Warning Yet on Global Warming
... If governments are to meet their own stated goal of limiting the warming of the planet to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 degrees Celsius, above the preindustrial level, they must restrict emissions from additional fossil-fuel burning to about 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide, the panel s ...
... If governments are to meet their own stated goal of limiting the warming of the planet to no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2 degrees Celsius, above the preindustrial level, they must restrict emissions from additional fossil-fuel burning to about 1 trillion tons of carbon dioxide, the panel s ...
Slide 1
... What’s causing global warming? • Carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane • Naturally occurring, but increase with human activity • Rising CO2 since Industrial Revolution • Product of fossil fuels • 90-99% confidence (IPCC) ...
... What’s causing global warming? • Carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane • Naturally occurring, but increase with human activity • Rising CO2 since Industrial Revolution • Product of fossil fuels • 90-99% confidence (IPCC) ...
Human-Induced Climate Change Requires Urgent Action Humanity
... Actions that could diminish the threats posed by climate change to society and ecosystems include substantial emissions cuts to reduce the magnitude of climate change, as well as preparing for changes that are now unavoidable. The community of scientists has responsibilities to improve overall un ...
... Actions that could diminish the threats posed by climate change to society and ecosystems include substantial emissions cuts to reduce the magnitude of climate change, as well as preparing for changes that are now unavoidable. The community of scientists has responsibilities to improve overall un ...
Global Warming
... and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually. ...
... and causing the planet to warm up. Coal-burning power plants are the largest U.S. source of carbon dioxide pollution -- they produce 2.5 billion tons every year. Automobiles, the second largest source, create nearly 1.5 billion tons of CO2 annually. ...
PPT
... An increase in temperature of 4 °C would require a shift in mean temperature threshold of 35 SD! Janzen, F. J. 1994. Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 91:7487–7490. ...
... An increase in temperature of 4 °C would require a shift in mean temperature threshold of 35 SD! Janzen, F. J. 1994. Climate change and temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 91:7487–7490. ...
Sarah Friedland
... Second Committee Economics of Global Warming Global warming has been an international problem since the 1990s. While many countries have different needs, it is important that all nations of the world come together to contribute some solutions to this issues. The United Kingdom is playing a part in p ...
... Second Committee Economics of Global Warming Global warming has been an international problem since the 1990s. While many countries have different needs, it is important that all nations of the world come together to contribute some solutions to this issues. The United Kingdom is playing a part in p ...
Climate Justice Fact Sheet
... Miller, and L.M. Rosenfeld. Easton, Pa.: Pennsylvania Academy of Science. xi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Asthma Mortality and Hospitalization among Children and Young Adults— United States, 1980-1993,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 45 (1996): 350-353. xii NEA Health Informa ...
... Miller, and L.M. Rosenfeld. Easton, Pa.: Pennsylvania Academy of Science. xi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Asthma Mortality and Hospitalization among Children and Young Adults— United States, 1980-1993,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 45 (1996): 350-353. xii NEA Health Informa ...
Anthony Broccoli presentation - New Jersey Climate Adaptation
... • Melting and calving of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets Depends on ice sheet dynamics (how the ice flows). ...
... • Melting and calving of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets Depends on ice sheet dynamics (how the ice flows). ...
Under 2 Degrees Celsius: - Veerabhadran Ramanathan
... “We know we are running out of time. This diverse group of experts provides the world with a specific plan for effectively addressing the climate change challenge in both the near- and long-term.” - Mario Molina, Chair of the Committee, Nobel Laureate & Distinguished UC San Diego Professor “We can’ ...
... “We know we are running out of time. This diverse group of experts provides the world with a specific plan for effectively addressing the climate change challenge in both the near- and long-term.” - Mario Molina, Chair of the Committee, Nobel Laureate & Distinguished UC San Diego Professor “We can’ ...
an overview - A Newer World
... The global renewable energy revolution is upon us. There are many exciting developments in the sector including initiatives to decentralize energy production. These developments are critical for global efforts to decarbonize and also provide a way to provide clean energy services to the hundreds of ...
... The global renewable energy revolution is upon us. There are many exciting developments in the sector including initiatives to decentralize energy production. These developments are critical for global efforts to decarbonize and also provide a way to provide clean energy services to the hundreds of ...