Challenging Knowledge: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... Spencer Weart, The Discovery of Global Warming, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003). For background on early recognition of the potential for greenhouse gas emissions to affect climate, see James Roger Fleming, Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (New York: Oxford University Press, ...
... Spencer Weart, The Discovery of Global Warming, (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003). For background on early recognition of the potential for greenhouse gas emissions to affect climate, see James Roger Fleming, Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (New York: Oxford University Press, ...
Case Study – Denver, CO How to Get Started on
... provide benefits now, as utilities are challenged by extreme events, in addition to considering future climate change risks. Options that have benefits now and in the future can be considered ‘no regrets’ options and utilities may find it easiest to gain support for these kinds of options. However, ...
... provide benefits now, as utilities are challenged by extreme events, in addition to considering future climate change risks. Options that have benefits now and in the future can be considered ‘no regrets’ options and utilities may find it easiest to gain support for these kinds of options. However, ...
the potential impacts of climate change on detroit,michigan
... Southeast Michigan has seen an 11% increase in total annual precipitation from the 1961-1990 average to the 1981-2010 average.[16] Most models project that observed increases in total annual precipitation for the Midwest will continue. In most cases, summer precipitation is projected to increase onl ...
... Southeast Michigan has seen an 11% increase in total annual precipitation from the 1961-1990 average to the 1981-2010 average.[16] Most models project that observed increases in total annual precipitation for the Midwest will continue. In most cases, summer precipitation is projected to increase onl ...
Climate Change in the Pacific | Volume 1: Regional Overview
... interannual and decadal variability. Regional projections of ocean acidification are based on coarse resolution climate models, so they do not represent localised changes in carbonate chemistry that result from net calcification and production within reefs, which can feedback to the acidification re ...
... interannual and decadal variability. Regional projections of ocean acidification are based on coarse resolution climate models, so they do not represent localised changes in carbonate chemistry that result from net calcification and production within reefs, which can feedback to the acidification re ...
Video transcript
... So I think that was really quite a positive move in terms of risk management and encouraging people to actually prepare for change and support themselves. So that would be one policy option that I'd nominate as being very positive on the adaptation front. I'll throw another one in. I think that's a ...
... So I think that was really quite a positive move in terms of risk management and encouraging people to actually prepare for change and support themselves. So that would be one policy option that I'd nominate as being very positive on the adaptation front. I'll throw another one in. I think that's a ...
Climate change impacts, ada ptation and policie s in China
... During the 1990s, the rice production and productivity in Asia has grown at a much slower rate than population The current yield gap ranges from 10 to 60% between attainable and economically exploitable yields depending on the ecosystems and countries The decline in cereal yield is due to shortening ...
... During the 1990s, the rice production and productivity in Asia has grown at a much slower rate than population The current yield gap ranges from 10 to 60% between attainable and economically exploitable yields depending on the ecosystems and countries The decline in cereal yield is due to shortening ...
S7-Etienne Clement- Presentation
... Education for Sustainable Development : UNESCO is leading agency UNESCO being the UN agency with a mandate on natural and social sciences has several strategic objectives in climate change: building and maintaining the climate change knowledge base: science, assessment, monitoring and early warnin ...
... Education for Sustainable Development : UNESCO is leading agency UNESCO being the UN agency with a mandate on natural and social sciences has several strategic objectives in climate change: building and maintaining the climate change knowledge base: science, assessment, monitoring and early warnin ...
Time for action? Options to address climate change Bert Metz
... • Energy infrastructure investment decisions, (20 trillion US$ till 2030; 50% in developing countries) will have long term impacts on GHG emissions. • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Ret ...
... • Energy infrastructure investment decisions, (20 trillion US$ till 2030; 50% in developing countries) will have long term impacts on GHG emissions. • The widespread diffusion of low-carbon technologies may take many decades, even if early investments in these technologies are made attractive. • Ret ...
SCSD Grade 4 Reading
... SWBAT determine meanings of unknown words and phrases in “Prayer of the Woods.” SWBAT explain how the author uses point of view and imagery in “Prayer of the Woods.” SWBAT discuss and respond in writing to the questions: What is a message of “Prayer of the Woods?” How is it similar to the message in ...
... SWBAT determine meanings of unknown words and phrases in “Prayer of the Woods.” SWBAT explain how the author uses point of view and imagery in “Prayer of the Woods.” SWBAT discuss and respond in writing to the questions: What is a message of “Prayer of the Woods?” How is it similar to the message in ...
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... Gaggini, N., T. Eichler, and Z. Pan, 2015: A comparison of storm track precipitation in the IPCC AR4 and AR5 Suite of Models (Revise and resubmit to JGR). Eichler, T. and J. Gottschalk, 2015: The climatology and interannual variability of storm tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model for the Southern Hemisphere ...
... Gaggini, N., T. Eichler, and Z. Pan, 2015: A comparison of storm track precipitation in the IPCC AR4 and AR5 Suite of Models (Revise and resubmit to JGR). Eichler, T. and J. Gottschalk, 2015: The climatology and interannual variability of storm tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model for the Southern Hemisphere ...
WCAIfinal - The Weather and Climate Impact Assessment
... • Climate models with only “natural” forcings (volcanic and solar) do not reproduce observed late 20th century warming • When increases in anthropogenic greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included, models reproduce observed late 20th century warming ...
... • Climate models with only “natural” forcings (volcanic and solar) do not reproduce observed late 20th century warming • When increases in anthropogenic greenhouse gases and sulfate aerosols are included, models reproduce observed late 20th century warming ...
Extreme Events in the Southwest
... air can hold more moisture. According • to the physical principle known as the Clausius-Clapeyron relation, the air can hold about 7 percent more moisture for each 1 degree Celsius increase, or about 4 percent for every degree Fahrenheit increase. This relationship implies that precipitation and at ...
... air can hold more moisture. According • to the physical principle known as the Clausius-Clapeyron relation, the air can hold about 7 percent more moisture for each 1 degree Celsius increase, or about 4 percent for every degree Fahrenheit increase. This relationship implies that precipitation and at ...
role of carbon taxes in climate change mitigation
... and other energy-intensive products. Incorporating at least some non-CO2 greenhouse gases into the tax system is quite feasible, as is providing incentives for downstream geological and biological CO2 sequestration. The most critical issue is deciding the tax level. Standard welfare-maximizing theor ...
... and other energy-intensive products. Incorporating at least some non-CO2 greenhouse gases into the tax system is quite feasible, as is providing incentives for downstream geological and biological CO2 sequestration. The most critical issue is deciding the tax level. Standard welfare-maximizing theor ...
prese - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... • The effects of climate change as experienced today are a legacy of 150yrs of industrialisation which happened and benefitted the OECD ...
... • The effects of climate change as experienced today are a legacy of 150yrs of industrialisation which happened and benefitted the OECD ...
251-252 Editorials MH AB.indd
... opportunities. One example is a strategy known as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). According to estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the clearing of forests accounts for approximately one-fifth of greenhouse-gas emissions by humans. Thus, st ...
... opportunities. One example is a strategy known as reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD). According to estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the clearing of forests accounts for approximately one-fifth of greenhouse-gas emissions by humans. Thus, st ...
ABBE Level 3 Diploma in Domestic Green Deal Advice Annex D
... Rising Temperatures The average temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface has risen by about 0.75°C since around 1900. Even if all greenhouse gas emissions were to stop now, the world is already ‘committed‘ to around 0.6 (+/- 0.3)°C of further warming. If no action is taken to reduce e ...
... Rising Temperatures The average temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth’s surface has risen by about 0.75°C since around 1900. Even if all greenhouse gas emissions were to stop now, the world is already ‘committed‘ to around 0.6 (+/- 0.3)°C of further warming. If no action is taken to reduce e ...
The Paris Agreement footprint on the IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C
... Countries nominate experts, among which Lead Authors, Contributors and Reviewers are selected. Participation is for free and involve a large amount of volunteer time. Previous Special Reports included: Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) (2000); Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005); ...
... Countries nominate experts, among which Lead Authors, Contributors and Reviewers are selected. Participation is for free and involve a large amount of volunteer time. Previous Special Reports included: Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) (2000); Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005); ...
The "debate" about climate change
... Whitman argued, “As [the report] went thinking, and answers yes: “The IPCC’s through review, there conclusion that most of the was less consensus on Without substantial disagreement, observed warming of the the science and conclu- scientists find human activities last 50 years is likely to sions on ...
... Whitman argued, “As [the report] went thinking, and answers yes: “The IPCC’s through review, there conclusion that most of the was less consensus on Without substantial disagreement, observed warming of the the science and conclu- scientists find human activities last 50 years is likely to sions on ...
Institute for International Economic Studies Seminar paper No. 757
... RICE assumes that the rate (all) consumers use to discount the utility of future consumption declines over time; we reset it to a constant. Specific assumptions about the discount rate are very important when using a climate model for the normative (prescriptive) purpose of finding optimal paths of ...
... RICE assumes that the rate (all) consumers use to discount the utility of future consumption declines over time; we reset it to a constant. Specific assumptions about the discount rate are very important when using a climate model for the normative (prescriptive) purpose of finding optimal paths of ...
rainStormsAprIsrael_final
... capacity of the atmosphere goes up at about 7% per degree Celsius increase in temperature. (4% per F) Observations show that this is happening at the surface and in lower atmosphere: 0.55C since 1970 over global oceans and 4% more water vapor. This means more moisture available for storms and ...
... capacity of the atmosphere goes up at about 7% per degree Celsius increase in temperature. (4% per F) Observations show that this is happening at the surface and in lower atmosphere: 0.55C since 1970 over global oceans and 4% more water vapor. This means more moisture available for storms and ...
16-page guide to the science of climate change
... where its electromagnetic field is strongest, and “troughs” where it is weakest. Different kinds of EM energy have different wavelengths, which can be visualized as ripples on the surface of a pond. The wavelength of the ripples is the distance from the top of one ripple to the top of the next rippl ...
... where its electromagnetic field is strongest, and “troughs” where it is weakest. Different kinds of EM energy have different wavelengths, which can be visualized as ripples on the surface of a pond. The wavelength of the ripples is the distance from the top of one ripple to the top of the next rippl ...
Annex I Glossary
... decomposition, and air-sea exchange, by which carbon continuously cycles through various reservoirs, such as the atmosphere, living organisms, soils, and oceans. Carbon dioxide (CO2) CO2 is a naturally occurring gas, and a by-product of burning fossil fuels or biomass, of land-use changes and of ind ...
... decomposition, and air-sea exchange, by which carbon continuously cycles through various reservoirs, such as the atmosphere, living organisms, soils, and oceans. Carbon dioxide (CO2) CO2 is a naturally occurring gas, and a by-product of burning fossil fuels or biomass, of land-use changes and of ind ...
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.""