Summer 2015
... Thus, the hiatus is symptomatic of the much broader and very compelling problem of decadal timescale variability of the climate system. Recent research has shown that decadal variability in the Pacific associated with the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) plays a major role in driving naturally ...
... Thus, the hiatus is symptomatic of the much broader and very compelling problem of decadal timescale variability of the climate system. Recent research has shown that decadal variability in the Pacific associated with the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO) plays a major role in driving naturally ...
BALTEX Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic
... • GC2: Land‐Sea biogeochemical linkages • GC3: Natural hazards and extreme events • GC4: Sea level and coastal dynamics of the Baltic Sea • GC5: Regional variability of water and energy exchanges • GC6: Multiple drivers of regional Earth system changes ...
... • GC2: Land‐Sea biogeochemical linkages • GC3: Natural hazards and extreme events • GC4: Sea level and coastal dynamics of the Baltic Sea • GC5: Regional variability of water and energy exchanges • GC6: Multiple drivers of regional Earth system changes ...
The Carbon Cycle : Feature Articles
... the land with fresh silicate rock to begin the cycle again. At present, volcanoes emit between 130 and 380 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. For comparison, humans emit about 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year—100–300 times more than volcanoes—by burning fossil fuels. Chemistry ...
... the land with fresh silicate rock to begin the cycle again. At present, volcanoes emit between 130 and 380 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. For comparison, humans emit about 30 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year—100–300 times more than volcanoes—by burning fossil fuels. Chemistry ...
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... Australian average annual mean temperature has increased by 0.9°C since 1910 (Hennessy et al. 2008). Like increases in global temperatures, changes in Australian temperatures are attributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions. ‘Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mi ...
... Australian average annual mean temperature has increased by 0.9°C since 1910 (Hennessy et al. 2008). Like increases in global temperatures, changes in Australian temperatures are attributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions. ‘Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mi ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change in Colombia
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that Humanity must face in this century. It threatens the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and may reverse the progress made to date in human development, especially in developing countries and in the poorest and most vulnerable c ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges that Humanity must face in this century. It threatens the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and may reverse the progress made to date in human development, especially in developing countries and in the poorest and most vulnerable c ...
Review Copy
... The impact of global warming on the energy consumption of a country for space heating and cooling depends on the current and future regional climate, the required thermal comfort inside buildings, and technical building features such as thermal insulation quality. Quantitative projections of future ...
... The impact of global warming on the energy consumption of a country for space heating and cooling depends on the current and future regional climate, the required thermal comfort inside buildings, and technical building features such as thermal insulation quality. Quantitative projections of future ...
S1-Meinke.pps
... The artificial division of climate variability and climate change gets in the way of better decision making. The focus of the climate change community on mitigation bears the danger of overlooking some obvious and immediate adaptation strategies that should from part of any sound climate risk ma ...
... The artificial division of climate variability and climate change gets in the way of better decision making. The focus of the climate change community on mitigation bears the danger of overlooking some obvious and immediate adaptation strategies that should from part of any sound climate risk ma ...
Climate Change and Sustainable Development
... from fuel combustion, electricity and heat production was the largest contributor for China, India, the EU and the USA, more ...
... from fuel combustion, electricity and heat production was the largest contributor for China, India, the EU and the USA, more ...
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"The Ethics of Geoengineering" [Working Draft]
... are mostly responsible for the current situation and (ii) ‗this is a global problem and needs a global solution‘. The latter claim can be understood as distributing the costs across those who stand to benefit from a solution to the problem. Classically this debate is couched in terms of a broad dis ...
... are mostly responsible for the current situation and (ii) ‗this is a global problem and needs a global solution‘. The latter claim can be understood as distributing the costs across those who stand to benefit from a solution to the problem. Classically this debate is couched in terms of a broad dis ...
Case Study Presentation - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... into planning and decision-making, including monitoring programs and tools to measure and understand climate change and its impacts on Northern Ontario. ” ...
... into planning and decision-making, including monitoring programs and tools to measure and understand climate change and its impacts on Northern Ontario. ” ...
A set of logical steps in order to make an assessment of
... FIRST STEP: Definition of the problem The assessment at hand should be first extensively appraised in an open exchange between the specialists that are going to do the assessment and the authorities who asked for it. Only through this exchange it will be possible to estimate the extent and depth of ...
... FIRST STEP: Definition of the problem The assessment at hand should be first extensively appraised in an open exchange between the specialists that are going to do the assessment and the authorities who asked for it. Only through this exchange it will be possible to estimate the extent and depth of ...
Importance of stream temperature to climate change impact on water
... al. (2007), these underground diffuse sources were overestimated for the period 1986–1990 simulated here with RIVERSTRAHLER. As nitrate concentrations, however, were already too high to be limiting during this period, this error does not propagate to the other terms of the simulated water quality. P ...
... al. (2007), these underground diffuse sources were overestimated for the period 1986–1990 simulated here with RIVERSTRAHLER. As nitrate concentrations, however, were already too high to be limiting during this period, this error does not propagate to the other terms of the simulated water quality. P ...
David A. Ridley - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
... Post-Doctoral Research Associate Improved and evaluated a global chemical transport model simulations of dust storms and their impacts on the biosphere. Evaluated model dust deposition through satellite observations. Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, UK (July 2008 – ...
... Post-Doctoral Research Associate Improved and evaluated a global chemical transport model simulations of dust storms and their impacts on the biosphere. Evaluated model dust deposition through satellite observations. Institute of Climate and Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds, UK (July 2008 – ...
Course Description - University of Montana
... 1. Academic Participation, 10%. Engagement with the course material, including active participation in class discussions, reference to readings, and engagement with course speakers and academic activities. 2. Weblog Entries, 25%. Write two, 500-600 word weblog entries on course events and learning. ...
... 1. Academic Participation, 10%. Engagement with the course material, including active participation in class discussions, reference to readings, and engagement with course speakers and academic activities. 2. Weblog Entries, 25%. Write two, 500-600 word weblog entries on course events and learning. ...
Strengthening of the hydrological cycle in future scenarios
... terms of global and regional ocean carbon uptake and related sensitivity to climate change is reported in Vichi et al. (2011). The model components are Océan PArallélisé version 8.2 (OPA8.2; Madec et al., 1998) for the ocean; ECmwf HAMburg version 5 (ECHAM5; Roeckner et al., 2003) for the atmosph ...
... terms of global and regional ocean carbon uptake and related sensitivity to climate change is reported in Vichi et al. (2011). The model components are Océan PArallélisé version 8.2 (OPA8.2; Madec et al., 1998) for the ocean; ECmwf HAMburg version 5 (ECHAM5; Roeckner et al., 2003) for the atmosph ...
shows
... are cold enough to maintain a snow cover and tropical latitudes are warm, enhancing the moisture source. More generally, the improvement in models has allowed simulations of key periods such as the Last Glacial Maximum and the mid-Holocene that compare more favorably and in more detail with paleopro ...
... are cold enough to maintain a snow cover and tropical latitudes are warm, enhancing the moisture source. More generally, the improvement in models has allowed simulations of key periods such as the Last Glacial Maximum and the mid-Holocene that compare more favorably and in more detail with paleopro ...
Climate Change and Severe Weather
... increased winter and summer temperatures, changes in the amount and distribution of precipitation, reduced winter conditions, and sea level rise. In addition, the human response to these changes such as the building of flood control structures to accommodate more severe precipitation events can also ...
... increased winter and summer temperatures, changes in the amount and distribution of precipitation, reduced winter conditions, and sea level rise. In addition, the human response to these changes such as the building of flood control structures to accommodate more severe precipitation events can also ...
The greenhouse effect and terrestrial ecosystems of the
... by about 12 ppmv - being higher in winter, while at southerly latitudes the annual fluctuation is only about 2 ppmv. This seasonal fluctuation is due principally to summer-time photosynthesis, especially by northern forests. Recently, it has been shown that the annual amplitude of CO2 concentrations ...
... by about 12 ppmv - being higher in winter, while at southerly latitudes the annual fluctuation is only about 2 ppmv. This seasonal fluctuation is due principally to summer-time photosynthesis, especially by northern forests. Recently, it has been shown that the annual amplitude of CO2 concentrations ...
C - Morey Publishing
... Over the last two centuries, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has risen by 40 percent while the concentration of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas, has more than doubled. It’s scientific findings like these that are driving the regulatory bodies to act. According to a recent ...
... Over the last two centuries, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has risen by 40 percent while the concentration of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas, has more than doubled. It’s scientific findings like these that are driving the regulatory bodies to act. According to a recent ...
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... Schroeder, H., S. Burch and S. Rayner (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship in urban climate governance, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31(5) 761 – 768 Burch, S., H. Schroeder, S. Rayner and J. Wilson (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship: the r ...
... Schroeder, H., S. Burch and S. Rayner (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship in urban climate governance, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 31(5) 761 – 768 Burch, S., H. Schroeder, S. Rayner and J. Wilson (2013), Novel multisector networks and entrepreneurship: the r ...
Climate Change Impacts on Water and Security
... factors could be a cause or a ‘multiplier’ of tensions within and between countries. Whether security threats arise from climate impacts – or options for cooperation evolve – does not depend only on the severity of the impacts themselves, but on social, economic institutional vulnerabilities or resi ...
... factors could be a cause or a ‘multiplier’ of tensions within and between countries. Whether security threats arise from climate impacts – or options for cooperation evolve – does not depend only on the severity of the impacts themselves, but on social, economic institutional vulnerabilities or resi ...
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... should be contrasted to risk (measurable or probabilistic uncertainty) where probabilities can be assigned to events and are summarized by a subjective probability measure or a single Bayesian prior. Inspired by the work of Knight and subsequently by Ellsberg (1961), economic theorists have question ...
... should be contrasted to risk (measurable or probabilistic uncertainty) where probabilities can be assigned to events and are summarized by a subjective probability measure or a single Bayesian prior. Inspired by the work of Knight and subsequently by Ellsberg (1961), economic theorists have question ...
Insights and responses from respondents on what
... affecting people in their communities shows, impact on and balance between health, water and food shortage not as clear until 26th Sept Show. How climate change is affecting people in community? (n=100) Poor harvests/crop failure ...
... affecting people in their communities shows, impact on and balance between health, water and food shortage not as clear until 26th Sept Show. How climate change is affecting people in community? (n=100) Poor harvests/crop failure ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""