Richenda Connell Presentation - Is Climate Change a Risk
... “Adaptation is the only response available for the climate change impacts that will occur over the next several decades before mitigation measures can have an effect.” Sir Nicholas Stern “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its i ...
... “Adaptation is the only response available for the climate change impacts that will occur over the next several decades before mitigation measures can have an effect.” Sir Nicholas Stern “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its i ...
Framing Science
... (For an overview, see Nisbet's Web site.) Like nuclear energy Nisbet suggested, "framing can be used for very bad purposes … but scientists can use it very effectively while remaining true to the science." ...
... (For an overview, see Nisbet's Web site.) Like nuclear energy Nisbet suggested, "framing can be used for very bad purposes … but scientists can use it very effectively while remaining true to the science." ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on New Jersey
... higher than the average rate during the last several millennia (Barnett 1984; Douglas 2001; IPCC 2001). Changes in heat fluxes through the atmosphere and oceans, combined with changes in reflectivity of the earth’s surface and an altered composition of may result in altered frequency and severity of ...
... higher than the average rate during the last several millennia (Barnett 1984; Douglas 2001; IPCC 2001). Changes in heat fluxes through the atmosphere and oceans, combined with changes in reflectivity of the earth’s surface and an altered composition of may result in altered frequency and severity of ...
Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?
... One more topic will help to underscore the point. It is well accepted that certain feedbacks in the climate system, such as increased cloud cover or the Arctic ice-albedo feedback, could work to accelerate or decelerate global warming. One potentially large, positive feedback involves permafrost mel ...
... One more topic will help to underscore the point. It is well accepted that certain feedbacks in the climate system, such as increased cloud cover or the Arctic ice-albedo feedback, could work to accelerate or decelerate global warming. One potentially large, positive feedback involves permafrost mel ...
Articles
... an ecosystemresponseto decreasing levels of stratospheric ozone.The decreaseof ozoneconcentrations overthe high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, commonly called the "ozone hole:' is most marked during the austral spring (Farman et al. 1985). As a result, more ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation (280 ...
... an ecosystemresponseto decreasing levels of stratospheric ozone.The decreaseof ozoneconcentrations overthe high latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere, commonly called the "ozone hole:' is most marked during the austral spring (Farman et al. 1985). As a result, more ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation (280 ...
Mexico - Climate Transparency
... countries to make deeper reductions and comparably greater efforts. Current policies imply emissions levels of 8–17% above the INDC target in 2030. Mexico has shown strong progress in policy planning and institution building, including the adoption of its General Law on Climate Change (LGCC in Spani ...
... countries to make deeper reductions and comparably greater efforts. Current policies imply emissions levels of 8–17% above the INDC target in 2030. Mexico has shown strong progress in policy planning and institution building, including the adoption of its General Law on Climate Change (LGCC in Spani ...
press_release_havannah_tourism_climate_waste_campaign
... Tourism is highly vulnerability to a range of risks including natural hazards, economic downturns, health epidemics, market fluctuations, and so on. Due to it’s highly climate sensitive nature, Pacific tourism is identified as a hotspot for major impacts of climate change that will affect tourism de ...
... Tourism is highly vulnerability to a range of risks including natural hazards, economic downturns, health epidemics, market fluctuations, and so on. Due to it’s highly climate sensitive nature, Pacific tourism is identified as a hotspot for major impacts of climate change that will affect tourism de ...
Training Your People How to Think About Climate Change
... Climate research faces a formidable set of problems. Data sets are very limited. No systematic surface temperature or humidity measurements on a global scale were made prior to the mid 19th century. No upper-air measurements or CO2 measurements on a global scale were made prior to the mid 20th centu ...
... Climate research faces a formidable set of problems. Data sets are very limited. No systematic surface temperature or humidity measurements on a global scale were made prior to the mid 19th century. No upper-air measurements or CO2 measurements on a global scale were made prior to the mid 20th centu ...
Compensation for "Meaningful Participation" in
... developing countries decide among themselves how to allocate such transfers, we suggest that the nature of the climate change problem itself suggests an equitable division and the appropriate level of the transfer. We suggest that these transfers may be a means by which equity concerns can be addres ...
... developing countries decide among themselves how to allocate such transfers, we suggest that the nature of the climate change problem itself suggests an equitable division and the appropriate level of the transfer. We suggest that these transfers may be a means by which equity concerns can be addres ...
Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long
... by natural climate variability and ongoing adjustment to past climate change. Glacier volumes decreased particularly fast in the Arctic (20) during a period of early warming (22) in the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The human-induced part of total glacier loss increased over ...
... by natural climate variability and ongoing adjustment to past climate change. Glacier volumes decreased particularly fast in the Arctic (20) during a period of early warming (22) in the late 19th century and first half of the 20th century. The human-induced part of total glacier loss increased over ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... Limpasuvan and Hartmann, 1999) that accompany a mass displacement between the polar region and surrounding midlatitudes. Indices of these modes have exhibited a remarkable increasing trend (deepening of the polar low pressure) (e.g., Thompson et al., 2000; Marshall, 2003) in the past few decades, re ...
... Limpasuvan and Hartmann, 1999) that accompany a mass displacement between the polar region and surrounding midlatitudes. Indices of these modes have exhibited a remarkable increasing trend (deepening of the polar low pressure) (e.g., Thompson et al., 2000; Marshall, 2003) in the past few decades, re ...
Climate, Drought, and Wildfire Effects on Water Quality
... Shortage risk has been “rolled back” by about one year. System reservoir storage is currently about what it was in 2003. The entire Colorado River storage system decreased from 55.7 (95% capacity) to 29.7 (52% capacity) MAF from October 1, 1999 to October 1, 2004. ...
... Shortage risk has been “rolled back” by about one year. System reservoir storage is currently about what it was in 2003. The entire Colorado River storage system decreased from 55.7 (95% capacity) to 29.7 (52% capacity) MAF from October 1, 1999 to October 1, 2004. ...
Long-term grazing exclusion did not provide adequate soil carbon
... in northern Kenyan rangelands for climate change mitigation and local livelihoods diversification. However, to qualify for carbon credits, carbon markets are requiring additional carbon storage beyond what is existing under normal-land use practices. Grazing exclusion is often thought to improve ran ...
... in northern Kenyan rangelands for climate change mitigation and local livelihoods diversification. However, to qualify for carbon credits, carbon markets are requiring additional carbon storage beyond what is existing under normal-land use practices. Grazing exclusion is often thought to improve ran ...
Climate Change in the United States: The Prohibitive Costs of
... extreme heat waves that now occur once every 20 years are projected to occur about every other year in much of the country by the end of this century. And these very hot days will likely be about 10°F hotter than they are today (Gutowski et al. 2008). In July 1993, a two-week-long heat wave in Phila ...
... extreme heat waves that now occur once every 20 years are projected to occur about every other year in much of the country by the end of this century. And these very hot days will likely be about 10°F hotter than they are today (Gutowski et al. 2008). In July 1993, a two-week-long heat wave in Phila ...
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... The reductions are reasonably large, with total emissions from dairy in the EU falling by 35 percent. It can be seen from table 2 that not all regions in the EU experience the same changes in emissions – region B is hardly affected, while region C emissions decrease by over 60 percent. This is becau ...
... The reductions are reasonably large, with total emissions from dairy in the EU falling by 35 percent. It can be seen from table 2 that not all regions in the EU experience the same changes in emissions – region B is hardly affected, while region C emissions decrease by over 60 percent. This is becau ...
MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube
... Climate Change is no longer a distant possibility but a current reality. Global temperatures have recorded unprecedented increases. The frequency and severity of hazards such as floods, drought, lightning, snowfall and tropical storms & cyclones accompanied by rising sea levels are increasing dramat ...
... Climate Change is no longer a distant possibility but a current reality. Global temperatures have recorded unprecedented increases. The frequency and severity of hazards such as floods, drought, lightning, snowfall and tropical storms & cyclones accompanied by rising sea levels are increasing dramat ...
11th Scientific Statement: Air Pollution
... European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz, (2012). Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling. Online textbook available at: http://www.climate.be/textbook (accessed 7 January 2013). IPCC, (2007). The Physical Science Basis. Con ...
... European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. Goosse H., P.Y. Barriat, W. Lefebvre, M.F. Loutre and V. Zunz, (2012). Introduction to climate dynamics and climate modeling. Online textbook available at: http://www.climate.be/textbook (accessed 7 January 2013). IPCC, (2007). The Physical Science Basis. Con ...
Effects of Climate Warming, North Atlantic Oscillation, and
... timing, composition, and intensity of the phytoplankton spring bloom in temperate lakes are tightly coupled to solar radiation, water temperature, and wind-induced turbulence[3,4]. Temperature, in particular, is of paramount importance for virtually all physiological and lifehistory parameters of aq ...
... timing, composition, and intensity of the phytoplankton spring bloom in temperate lakes are tightly coupled to solar radiation, water temperature, and wind-induced turbulence[3,4]. Temperature, in particular, is of paramount importance for virtually all physiological and lifehistory parameters of aq ...
Analysis of trends in temperature and rainfall in selected
... changes in solar irradiance and volcanic activities. However, greenhouse gas (GHG) effects accounted for most of the late 20th century climate changes which are manifested in global temperature increases, sea level rise and widespread melting of Arctic sea ice and snow cover (IPCC 2007). This effect ...
... changes in solar irradiance and volcanic activities. However, greenhouse gas (GHG) effects accounted for most of the late 20th century climate changes which are manifested in global temperature increases, sea level rise and widespread melting of Arctic sea ice and snow cover (IPCC 2007). This effect ...
Increase of extreme events in a warming world
... of the trend. However, the post-1980 warming in Moscow coincides with the bulk of the global-mean warming of the past 100 y, of which approximately 0.5 °C occurred over the past three decades (Fig. 1D), most of which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has attributed to anthropogenic green ...
... of the trend. However, the post-1980 warming in Moscow coincides with the bulk of the global-mean warming of the past 100 y, of which approximately 0.5 °C occurred over the past three decades (Fig. 1D), most of which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has attributed to anthropogenic green ...
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... composition of the global atmosphere at global level (art. 1, § 2)4. Its objective is the “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”5 (art. 2). It was complemented by the Kyoto Protocol ...
... composition of the global atmosphere at global level (art. 1, § 2)4. Its objective is the “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”5 (art. 2). It was complemented by the Kyoto Protocol ...
Response to reviewer 1
... detritivore growth rates for all scenario’s as a function of time: what we meant was that there is virtually no change in the growth rate between current conditions (climate change run, 1979-2008) and future conditions with both stressors (High scenario run, 2069-2098). We have changed the text to r ...
... detritivore growth rates for all scenario’s as a function of time: what we meant was that there is virtually no change in the growth rate between current conditions (climate change run, 1979-2008) and future conditions with both stressors (High scenario run, 2069-2098). We have changed the text to r ...
" Food Miles" to - University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons
... amount of acreage producing more rice.27 In the context of overall greenhouse gas emissions from food production, it should be highlighted that the total warming potential of methane emissions from rice cultivation approximately equals total carbon emissions from energy use and combustion of fossil ...
... amount of acreage producing more rice.27 In the context of overall greenhouse gas emissions from food production, it should be highlighted that the total warming potential of methane emissions from rice cultivation approximately equals total carbon emissions from energy use and combustion of fossil ...
Using Data from Climate Science to Teach Introductory Statistics
... What is September Arctic sea ice and why is it important? As far as we know, much of the Arctic Ocean has been covered in floating sea ice year round for a very long time (the North Pole is near the center of the Arctic Ocean). In A World without Ice, Henry Pollack (2010, p. 209) wrote, “The current ...
... What is September Arctic sea ice and why is it important? As far as we know, much of the Arctic Ocean has been covered in floating sea ice year round for a very long time (the North Pole is near the center of the Arctic Ocean). In A World without Ice, Henry Pollack (2010, p. 209) wrote, “The current ...
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.""