Contributed White Papers:presented July27-28
... • Develop and maintain robust & accesible cyberinfrastucture for… • Develop and maintain robust suite of observational facilities for… • Investigate, understand and predict the behavior of the Earth and Sun systems • Develop technology, observation and decision support systems and transfer them to p ...
... • Develop and maintain robust & accesible cyberinfrastucture for… • Develop and maintain robust suite of observational facilities for… • Investigate, understand and predict the behavior of the Earth and Sun systems • Develop technology, observation and decision support systems and transfer them to p ...
Module2_Ward_CC Communic
... of their efforts – the way that data, theory, and modeling back each other up. Doubters see this as a thoroughgoing version of ‘confirmation bias,’ the tendency people have to select evidence that agrees with their original outlook. …there is still genuine power to the way different arguments and da ...
... of their efforts – the way that data, theory, and modeling back each other up. Doubters see this as a thoroughgoing version of ‘confirmation bias,’ the tendency people have to select evidence that agrees with their original outlook. …there is still genuine power to the way different arguments and da ...
C H A P T E R 15 Air, Weather, and Climate 3 18 Learning
... (“Climatic Optimum”) • 900-1300 AD – Medieval Warm Period • 1300-1450 Little Ice Age I • 1450-1550 Partial Recovery • 1550-1800 Little Ice Age II ...
... (“Climatic Optimum”) • 900-1300 AD – Medieval Warm Period • 1300-1450 Little Ice Age I • 1450-1550 Partial Recovery • 1550-1800 Little Ice Age II ...
10. Future Climate Change
... (a) Global annual emissions of anthropogenic GHGs (greenhouse gases) from 1970 to 2004. (b) Share of different anthropogenic GHGs in total emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2-eq. (c) Share of different sectors in total anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2-eq. (forestry includes defor ...
... (a) Global annual emissions of anthropogenic GHGs (greenhouse gases) from 1970 to 2004. (b) Share of different anthropogenic GHGs in total emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2-eq. (c) Share of different sectors in total anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2004 in terms of CO2-eq. (forestry includes defor ...
Fun Facts: Climate Change
... Climate Change alters our environment. It leads to extreme weather phenomena such as flooding and drought. Melting glaciers will cause the sea level to rise making coastal plains uninhabitable. Climate change will affect farming and food supply. Some animal and plant species may be forced out of the ...
... Climate Change alters our environment. It leads to extreme weather phenomena such as flooding and drought. Melting glaciers will cause the sea level to rise making coastal plains uninhabitable. Climate change will affect farming and food supply. Some animal and plant species may be forced out of the ...
17 Feb 2007
... One reason I elected to become a scientist is that it seemed to me that scientists are in the reality business. Richard Alley, a lead author of the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University, and aut ...
... One reason I elected to become a scientist is that it seemed to me that scientists are in the reality business. Richard Alley, a lead author of the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University, and aut ...
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... 1. How has solar variability contributed to large-scale (continental,hemispheric, global) climate variations during the Holocene? 2. Why was the Sahara wet during a portion of the Holocene? 3. How do dissociation of clathrates contribute to abrupt warming events? 4. How does the frequency and intens ...
... 1. How has solar variability contributed to large-scale (continental,hemispheric, global) climate variations during the Holocene? 2. Why was the Sahara wet during a portion of the Holocene? 3. How do dissociation of clathrates contribute to abrupt warming events? 4. How does the frequency and intens ...
ENVI 30 Environmental Issues
... Lomborg – More affluent world should lead to more protection against effects of sea level rise ...
... Lomborg – More affluent world should lead to more protection against effects of sea level rise ...
CLIMATE ACTION: WHY IT MATTERS
... to more jobs, great prosperity, and better lives for all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resilience. ...
... to more jobs, great prosperity, and better lives for all while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building climate resilience. ...
Climate Change Capacity Workshop Arasha Resort, Ecuador
... Distribution/intensity/frequency floods Distribution/intensity/frequency drought Distribution/intensity/frequency storms Sea level Ocean acidity ...
... Distribution/intensity/frequency floods Distribution/intensity/frequency drought Distribution/intensity/frequency storms Sea level Ocean acidity ...
Sebastian Catovsky, Association of British Insurers
... Launch of Phase II of European Climate Change Programme 24 October 2005 ...
... Launch of Phase II of European Climate Change Programme 24 October 2005 ...
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... atmosphere have skyrocketed. In fact, amounts of greenhouse gases (think panes of glass) today are 31 percent higher than they were just 100 years ago; this is the fastest rate of carbon dioxide increase that has occurred in at least the last 20,000 years. As a result, temperatures have increased ab ...
... atmosphere have skyrocketed. In fact, amounts of greenhouse gases (think panes of glass) today are 31 percent higher than they were just 100 years ago; this is the fastest rate of carbon dioxide increase that has occurred in at least the last 20,000 years. As a result, temperatures have increased ab ...
L12 Climate Change Causes and Impacts
... Climate Change Impact on Tropical Savanna Climate • Likely to get hotter resulting in higher evapotranspiration and drought. • Rainfall likely to increase closer to the equator bringing flooding and water-borne diseases(cholera etc.) but may also mean increased agricultural productivity. • Further ...
... Climate Change Impact on Tropical Savanna Climate • Likely to get hotter resulting in higher evapotranspiration and drought. • Rainfall likely to increase closer to the equator bringing flooding and water-borne diseases(cholera etc.) but may also mean increased agricultural productivity. • Further ...
Climate Change - What does it mean? Fact Sheet
... Research by the world’s leading scientists suggests that without actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Earth’s surface temperature is likely to rise by 1.0ºC–6.4Cº by the end of this century. Likely outcomes are reduced water availability, more heat waves, fewer frosts, less snowfall, more ...
... Research by the world’s leading scientists suggests that without actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Earth’s surface temperature is likely to rise by 1.0ºC–6.4Cº by the end of this century. Likely outcomes are reduced water availability, more heat waves, fewer frosts, less snowfall, more ...
The 5th IPCC Assessment Report and Implications for - GEF-STAP
... The 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently underway and expected to be completed by the end of 2014. The first three reports from the IPCC WG I to III were released. Working Group I Report on the Physical Science Basis, has concluded the f ...
... The 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is currently underway and expected to be completed by the end of 2014. The first three reports from the IPCC WG I to III were released. Working Group I Report on the Physical Science Basis, has concluded the f ...
Introduction - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
... American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
... American Association for the Advancement of Science ...
Presentation
... Laying the Foundation for Montreal • Canada is hopeful that COP11, COP/MOP1 can lay the foundation for effective and inclusive international cooperation on climate change for the long term that will: – achieve the deep reductions in global emissions necessary to avoid the dangerous environmental im ...
... Laying the Foundation for Montreal • Canada is hopeful that COP11, COP/MOP1 can lay the foundation for effective and inclusive international cooperation on climate change for the long term that will: – achieve the deep reductions in global emissions necessary to avoid the dangerous environmental im ...
COP OUT - The Heartland Institute`s International Conferences on
... - Fuel Exporters: Russia, Iran, Saudi, Indonesia - Canada/Australia; Japan ...
... - Fuel Exporters: Russia, Iran, Saudi, Indonesia - Canada/Australia; Japan ...
Contrarian views on Climate Change
... human-caused warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, is seen by many as the foremost threat facing our world today. The UN has convened scientific experts from around the world to research, measure and gauge possible responses to what many warn as significant global changes due to warming of the planet’s ...
... human-caused warming of the Earth’s atmosphere, is seen by many as the foremost threat facing our world today. The UN has convened scientific experts from around the world to research, measure and gauge possible responses to what many warn as significant global changes due to warming of the planet’s ...
climate fears turn to doubts among britons
... Then came articles contending that the 2007 report was inaccurate on a host of other issues, including African drought, the portion of the Netherlands below sea level, and the economic impact of severe storms. Officials from the climate panel said the articles’ claims either were false or reflected ...
... Then came articles contending that the 2007 report was inaccurate on a host of other issues, including African drought, the portion of the Netherlands below sea level, and the economic impact of severe storms. Officials from the climate panel said the articles’ claims either were false or reflected ...
Atmospheric circulation patterns in climate change
... Predictions of regional climate change are primarily related to changes in local circulation patterns, and are highly uncertain. In this talk I will review recent work from two projects investigating how regional changes to temperatures at the Earth's lower boundary can affect atmospheric circulatio ...
... Predictions of regional climate change are primarily related to changes in local circulation patterns, and are highly uncertain. In this talk I will review recent work from two projects investigating how regional changes to temperatures at the Earth's lower boundary can affect atmospheric circulatio ...
MSWord docx - Optional Video Assignment Questions
... A. Carbon dioxide is a heat trapping, greenhouse gas, so increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere result in rising global temperatures. B. Ancient plants and animals die and are buried deep beneath the Earth’s surface trapping carbon. C. Increasing temperatures from increasing concentratio ...
... A. Carbon dioxide is a heat trapping, greenhouse gas, so increasing concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere result in rising global temperatures. B. Ancient plants and animals die and are buried deep beneath the Earth’s surface trapping carbon. C. Increasing temperatures from increasing concentratio ...
Viewing Guide - North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
... 12. What have scientists at Duke University been studying in the FACE experiment? The effect that increased CO2 has on forests and plant growth. 13. Name some direct effects of increased CO2 levels on the surrounding forests in the FACE study? 18 percent average increased growth in pine trees; 70 ...
... 12. What have scientists at Duke University been studying in the FACE experiment? The effect that increased CO2 has on forests and plant growth. 13. Name some direct effects of increased CO2 levels on the surrounding forests in the FACE study? 18 percent average increased growth in pine trees; 70 ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.