The scientific consensus on climate change: How do we know we`re
... carefully considered response actions.”7 So too says the American Geophysical Union: “Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near-surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century.”8 Likewise the American Asso ...
... carefully considered response actions.”7 So too says the American Geophysical Union: “Scientific evidence strongly indicates that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in global near-surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century.”8 Likewise the American Asso ...
National Disaster Management Centre
... (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 192 of the UNFCCC Parties. The ultimate objective of both these treaties, is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent d ...
... (UNFCCC) has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The Kyoto Protocol has been ratified by 192 of the UNFCCC Parties. The ultimate objective of both these treaties, is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent d ...
Some thoughts on a strategy for adaptation to
... measures in principle is very large, given the range of economic, physical, and ecological variables that would be affected by the various aspects of climate change. Conceptually, assessing the costs and benefits of pursuing adaptation measures in response to climate change requires an understanding ...
... measures in principle is very large, given the range of economic, physical, and ecological variables that would be affected by the various aspects of climate change. Conceptually, assessing the costs and benefits of pursuing adaptation measures in response to climate change requires an understanding ...
Choice, Not Control: Why Limiting the Fertility of Poor Populations
... brokered on behalf of foreign governments or transnational corporations.19 A recent study found that these ‘land grabs’ often occur in countries with high levels of under nutrition and population growth, and that their populations could be free from hunger if the land were used to feed them.20 ...
... brokered on behalf of foreign governments or transnational corporations.19 A recent study found that these ‘land grabs’ often occur in countries with high levels of under nutrition and population growth, and that their populations could be free from hunger if the land were used to feed them.20 ...
An Introduction to Simple Climate Models
... of several hundred kilometres. Simpler climate models may represent these physical quantities as averages over one or more spatial dimensions. Instead of, for instance, a three-dimensional grid, one might use a two-dimensional (latitude-height) grid, with each point being an average over all longitu ...
... of several hundred kilometres. Simpler climate models may represent these physical quantities as averages over one or more spatial dimensions. Instead of, for instance, a three-dimensional grid, one might use a two-dimensional (latitude-height) grid, with each point being an average over all longitu ...
Climate Sensitivity, Sea Level, and Atmospheric
... estimate being large and partly subjective because of continuing uncertainty about LGM global surface climate. Slow feedbacks, especially change of ice sheet size and atmospheric CO2, amplify total Earth system sensitivity. Ice sheet response time is poorly defined, but we suggest that hysteresis an ...
... estimate being large and partly subjective because of continuing uncertainty about LGM global surface climate. Slow feedbacks, especially change of ice sheet size and atmospheric CO2, amplify total Earth system sensitivity. Ice sheet response time is poorly defined, but we suggest that hysteresis an ...
Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as
... biomass. Approximately 30% of the human-induced greenhouse effect can be attributed to the non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases. The overall effect of these human emissions has been one of warming, likely due to the increase of emissions since the Industrial Revolution began in 1750. (Climate Change ...
... biomass. Approximately 30% of the human-induced greenhouse effect can be attributed to the non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases. The overall effect of these human emissions has been one of warming, likely due to the increase of emissions since the Industrial Revolution began in 1750. (Climate Change ...
sinergee - University of Reading, Meteorology
... O1. Combine satellite radiation budget measurements with atmospheric reanalyses, providing improved 2D estimates of surface heat fluxes across the ocean surface (WP1) O2. Calculate global 3D ocean heat content and its changes since 2003 using ARGO and ship-based observations, leading to improved und ...
... O1. Combine satellite radiation budget measurements with atmospheric reanalyses, providing improved 2D estimates of surface heat fluxes across the ocean surface (WP1) O2. Calculate global 3D ocean heat content and its changes since 2003 using ARGO and ship-based observations, leading to improved und ...
Information pack template New - Centre for Public Appointments
... the National Adaptation Programme. It can also provide scrutiny of the adaptation programmes of the devolved administrations when requested. The ASC is currently made up of six experts from a range of sectors and disciplines. What is the Committee on Climate Change The Committee on Climate Change (t ...
... the National Adaptation Programme. It can also provide scrutiny of the adaptation programmes of the devolved administrations when requested. The ASC is currently made up of six experts from a range of sectors and disciplines. What is the Committee on Climate Change The Committee on Climate Change (t ...
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... force in creating gradients in pressure, temperature, and concentration which result in transport, phase transfer, and chemical processes (Fig. 1). The physical and chemical status of the atmosphere is called climate (see Section 4 for details). Supposing that the incoming solar radiation shows no t ...
... force in creating gradients in pressure, temperature, and concentration which result in transport, phase transfer, and chemical processes (Fig. 1). The physical and chemical status of the atmosphere is called climate (see Section 4 for details). Supposing that the incoming solar radiation shows no t ...
Insights from the ocean carbon cycle
... and the current anthropogenic warming is projected to continue [e.g., Stocker et al., 2013]. These climatic changes might have the potential to substantially affect modes of natural variability such as ENSO or the North Atlantic Oscillation [Collins et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Timmermann et al., 2 ...
... and the current anthropogenic warming is projected to continue [e.g., Stocker et al., 2013]. These climatic changes might have the potential to substantially affect modes of natural variability such as ENSO or the North Atlantic Oscillation [Collins et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Timmermann et al., 2 ...
hamlet_poster_PACLIM_apr_2003
... The results demonstrate that different ski areas in different parts of the region are likely to experience substantially different responses to regional warming and the changes in precipitation projected by the scenarios. The most sensitive to warming are the ski areas influenced by the maritime cli ...
... The results demonstrate that different ski areas in different parts of the region are likely to experience substantially different responses to regional warming and the changes in precipitation projected by the scenarios. The most sensitive to warming are the ski areas influenced by the maritime cli ...
Resiliency to climate change Cleantech's other value proposition
... threat of climate change. PwC's research shows that keeping global temperatures from rising above 2°C by 2050 would require at least a 5.1% reduction in global carbon intensity per year for the next 37 years -- quite a jump from the 0.8% a year average decrease of the last 10 years. 1 As PwC’s own r ...
... threat of climate change. PwC's research shows that keeping global temperatures from rising above 2°C by 2050 would require at least a 5.1% reduction in global carbon intensity per year for the next 37 years -- quite a jump from the 0.8% a year average decrease of the last 10 years. 1 As PwC’s own r ...
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L 18 Thermodynamics [3] Heat flow Convection Conduction heat
... • Are climate changes part of a natural cycle? • What is the effect of human activity (anthropogenic) on the buildup of greenhouse gases? • (NRC 2001) Because of the large and still uncertain level of natural variability inherent in the climate record and the uncertainties in the time histories of t ...
... • Are climate changes part of a natural cycle? • What is the effect of human activity (anthropogenic) on the buildup of greenhouse gases? • (NRC 2001) Because of the large and still uncertain level of natural variability inherent in the climate record and the uncertainties in the time histories of t ...
space and climate change
... Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term prosperity, as well as the very survival of the most vulnerable populations. Projections by the IPCC indicate ...
... Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 3 overwhelming scientific evidence indicates that climate change will threaten economic growth and long-term prosperity, as well as the very survival of the most vulnerable populations. Projections by the IPCC indicate ...
Pielke Jr. – House Government Reform Testimony 20 July 2006
... a perceptible impact on the climate for many decades. At a Senate hearing on climate change science and economics held one year ago, James Hurrell of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, made a very important observation about the timescale of the benefits of mitigation policies for al ...
... a perceptible impact on the climate for many decades. At a Senate hearing on climate change science and economics held one year ago, James Hurrell of the U.S. National Center for Atmospheric Research, made a very important observation about the timescale of the benefits of mitigation policies for al ...
The Green Climate Fund
... important that, as the global representative of the Climate Change Convention, it is endowed with sufficient power to guarantee that the Fund´s work meets the goals for which it was created. Make the Fund a participative and transparent entity. Civil society organizations must be able to participate ...
... important that, as the global representative of the Climate Change Convention, it is endowed with sufficient power to guarantee that the Fund´s work meets the goals for which it was created. Make the Fund a participative and transparent entity. Civil society organizations must be able to participate ...
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... I am investigating the contribution of development to sustainability, taking into account the local connections and interactions between sustainability, climate change and tourism. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the possible role of tourism in sustainable rural development and outline an ...
... I am investigating the contribution of development to sustainability, taking into account the local connections and interactions between sustainability, climate change and tourism. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the possible role of tourism in sustainable rural development and outline an ...
Climate Change Detection: The Importance of Homogenized Time
... Conclusions and summary • Long time series have been affected by a number of non climatic factors ...
... Conclusions and summary • Long time series have been affected by a number of non climatic factors ...
Mediterranean ecosystems facing global change : resilient or close
... assessed the current (in)-stability of an evergreen broadleaf forest (Quercus ilex), an ecosystem covering 6 Mha in the Mediterranean basin. The remotely-sensed MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), two indicators of green canopy functioning, we ...
... assessed the current (in)-stability of an evergreen broadleaf forest (Quercus ilex), an ecosystem covering 6 Mha in the Mediterranean basin. The remotely-sensed MODIS normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the enhanced vegetation index (EVI), two indicators of green canopy functioning, we ...
Physiological Mechanisms in Coping with Climate Change
... notypic plasticity, however, is likely to represent the first response of individual organisms (Bradshaw and Holzapfel 2008) and is the only response available for long-lived species to be able to adapt to climate change. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the process through which a genotype gives r ...
... notypic plasticity, however, is likely to represent the first response of individual organisms (Bradshaw and Holzapfel 2008) and is the only response available for long-lived species to be able to adapt to climate change. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the process through which a genotype gives r ...
Physiological Mechanisms in Coping with Climate Change
... notypic plasticity, however, is likely to represent the first response of individual organisms (Bradshaw and Holzapfel 2008) and is the only response available for long-lived species to be able to adapt to climate change. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the process through which a genotype gives r ...
... notypic plasticity, however, is likely to represent the first response of individual organisms (Bradshaw and Holzapfel 2008) and is the only response available for long-lived species to be able to adapt to climate change. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the process through which a genotype gives r ...
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... Knowledge of climate change impacts on agriculture has significantly expanded over the past 20 years. Convergent results are showing that climate change will fundamentally alter global food production patterns. Crop productivity impacts are expected to be negative in lowlatitude and tropical regions ...
... Knowledge of climate change impacts on agriculture has significantly expanded over the past 20 years. Convergent results are showing that climate change will fundamentally alter global food production patterns. Crop productivity impacts are expected to be negative in lowlatitude and tropical regions ...
Characterizing the uncertainty of climate change impacts using a
... Results: Flow Changes - NFS ...
... Results: Flow Changes - NFS ...
Debates over the new climate change agreement By Meena
... overriding priorities of the developing country Parties”. Most developing countries are opposed to the approach of developed countries and do not want a re-categorisation of countries. They do not want a re-writing or re-interpretation of the Convention, its principles, provisions and annexes. Devel ...
... overriding priorities of the developing country Parties”. Most developing countries are opposed to the approach of developed countries and do not want a re-categorisation of countries. They do not want a re-writing or re-interpretation of the Convention, its principles, provisions and annexes. Devel ...
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.""