Climate Change, Uncertainty and Precaution
... • 2-2.5°C a climate not experienced since the so-called EemSangamon interglacial period some 125,000 years ago. At that time, human society consisted of hunter gather societies and the West Antarctic ice sheet had partially disintegrated, raising sea levels by up to 5-7 meters. • 3-4°C warming would ...
... • 2-2.5°C a climate not experienced since the so-called EemSangamon interglacial period some 125,000 years ago. At that time, human society consisted of hunter gather societies and the West Antarctic ice sheet had partially disintegrated, raising sea levels by up to 5-7 meters. • 3-4°C warming would ...
Is Trump Right or Wrong to Withdraw from the Paris
... would be overly costly and very unfair to the U.S. economy, killing hundreds of thousands of jobs and harming industries he suggested were already stricken by the twin-forces of globalization and technological change. Analysts all over the world are analyzing all aspects of the move by Trump. One ma ...
... would be overly costly and very unfair to the U.S. economy, killing hundreds of thousands of jobs and harming industries he suggested were already stricken by the twin-forces of globalization and technological change. Analysts all over the world are analyzing all aspects of the move by Trump. One ma ...
mombasa - UN
... as Fort Jesus, several beach hotels, industries, the shipdocking ports and human settlements could be negatively affected by sea level rise. ...
... as Fort Jesus, several beach hotels, industries, the shipdocking ports and human settlements could be negatively affected by sea level rise. ...
Terms of Reference - Department of Environment, Land, Water and
... The Victorian Government recognises that climate change is one of the most critical issues facing Victoria. The Government is committed to positioning Victoria as a leader in responding to climate change; by mitigating risks and adapting to its impacts. The Minister for Environment, Climate Change a ...
... The Victorian Government recognises that climate change is one of the most critical issues facing Victoria. The Government is committed to positioning Victoria as a leader in responding to climate change; by mitigating risks and adapting to its impacts. The Minister for Environment, Climate Change a ...
Terms of Reference - Department of Environment, Land, Water and
... The Victorian Government recognises that climate change is one of the most critical issues facing Victoria. The Government is committed to positioning Victoria as a leader in responding to climate change; by mitigating risks and adapting to its impacts. The Minister for Environment, Climate Change a ...
... The Victorian Government recognises that climate change is one of the most critical issues facing Victoria. The Government is committed to positioning Victoria as a leader in responding to climate change; by mitigating risks and adapting to its impacts. The Minister for Environment, Climate Change a ...
Relative humidity changes in a warmer climate
... this does not mean they are unimportant. First, changes in relative humidity that are small compared to the strong Clausius‐Clapeyron dependence of saturation vapor pressure on temperature (des/dT = 6–18% K−1 depending on T) could still affect processes such as cloud formation or precipitation effic ...
... this does not mean they are unimportant. First, changes in relative humidity that are small compared to the strong Clausius‐Clapeyron dependence of saturation vapor pressure on temperature (des/dT = 6–18% K−1 depending on T) could still affect processes such as cloud formation or precipitation effic ...
UUSJ CAPITOL HILL LOBBY CORPS 11-23-13 goplerud
... Congress should support a program to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants as a critical next step in reducing the impacts of climate change and establish incentives for states to encourage alternative, renewable, non-carbon polluting energy sources. II. SUMMARY Electric power plants ar ...
... Congress should support a program to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants as a critical next step in reducing the impacts of climate change and establish incentives for states to encourage alternative, renewable, non-carbon polluting energy sources. II. SUMMARY Electric power plants ar ...
Evidence for climate change - University at Albany Atmospheric
... • Globally averaged surface temperature: linear trend 1880-2012 is 0.85K (confidence range [0.65-1.06K], units are kelvin)* • Virtually certain that the troposphere has warmed since mid-20th century, but highest confidence is limited to the well observed extratropical Northern Hemisphere • Precipita ...
... • Globally averaged surface temperature: linear trend 1880-2012 is 0.85K (confidence range [0.65-1.06K], units are kelvin)* • Virtually certain that the troposphere has warmed since mid-20th century, but highest confidence is limited to the well observed extratropical Northern Hemisphere • Precipita ...
Attachment to Appendix 1: Full title listing of Online Publications
... Regional Frequency Analysis: An Approach Based on L-Moments Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment: The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making ...
... Regional Frequency Analysis: An Approach Based on L-Moments Regulating Chemical Accumulation in the Environment: The Integration of Toxicology and Economics in Environmental Policy-making ...
CLIMATE CHANGE BRIEF Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
... fact, the rise in minimum temperatures in the last decade exceeds those of the 1930s Dust Bowl Era; although mean annual maximum temperatures (Tmax) have not exceeded the historically recorded highs. This suggests that the major temperature changes that have occurred are primarily due to minimum tem ...
... fact, the rise in minimum temperatures in the last decade exceeds those of the 1930s Dust Bowl Era; although mean annual maximum temperatures (Tmax) have not exceeded the historically recorded highs. This suggests that the major temperature changes that have occurred are primarily due to minimum tem ...
Uncertainty and Learning in Sequential Decision
... Necessary Conditions for Emissions Reductions • Someone, somewhere has to consume less energy, and/or • Someone, somewhere has to use energy from a lower carbon source (at higher cost), and/or • Someone, somewhere has to invest resources to lower the cost of low-carbon energy (so that someone will ...
... Necessary Conditions for Emissions Reductions • Someone, somewhere has to consume less energy, and/or • Someone, somewhere has to use energy from a lower carbon source (at higher cost), and/or • Someone, somewhere has to invest resources to lower the cost of low-carbon energy (so that someone will ...
Aviation and Global Climate Change Mehri Hashemi Devin Ali Akbar Sabziparvar
... The earth absorbs solar radiation and reflects this energy in long waves form to space by atmosphere and oceans. Averagely the solar energy that radiate from sun to the earth is balanced with upward terrestrial radiation on the earth. Forcing changes the balance between incoming sunlight and outgoin ...
... The earth absorbs solar radiation and reflects this energy in long waves form to space by atmosphere and oceans. Averagely the solar energy that radiate from sun to the earth is balanced with upward terrestrial radiation on the earth. Forcing changes the balance between incoming sunlight and outgoin ...
... The politics of climate change are complex due to numerous factors that arise from the global economy's complex interdependence on carbon dioxide emitting hydrocarbon energy sources and because carbon dioxide is directly implicated in global warming making global warming a non-traditional environmen ...
lettenmaier_egs_hydro_extremes_apr_2003
... • More floods in second half of 20th century than in first half; statistically significant even accounting for record differences • Detectability consistent with GFDL GCM for very large rivers given observed 20th century CO2 increase and associated warming ...
... • More floods in second half of 20th century than in first half; statistically significant even accounting for record differences • Detectability consistent with GFDL GCM for very large rivers given observed 20th century CO2 increase and associated warming ...
Social Implications of Climate Change in Latin America
... show dry areas becoming dryer and wet areas becoming wetter.2 Mean annual precipitation is projected to decrease over northern South America near the Caribbean coasts, as well as over large parts of northern Brazil, Chile and Patagonia, and to increase in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, around the equator, ...
... show dry areas becoming dryer and wet areas becoming wetter.2 Mean annual precipitation is projected to decrease over northern South America near the Caribbean coasts, as well as over large parts of northern Brazil, Chile and Patagonia, and to increase in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, around the equator, ...
Oceans and Global Climate
... Objectives: The oceans store huge amounts of heat, moisture and carbon dioxide. As such, they profoundly influence climate and modulate natural and anthropogenic climate change. The goal of this course is for you to understand the role the oceans play in determining climate and regulating global cli ...
... Objectives: The oceans store huge amounts of heat, moisture and carbon dioxide. As such, they profoundly influence climate and modulate natural and anthropogenic climate change. The goal of this course is for you to understand the role the oceans play in determining climate and regulating global cli ...
No Slide Title - ForestFires.ba
... Main sources of uncertainties: * Natural: internal variability of climate system (unpredictable!) - natural fluctuation can mask future (weak) climate changes * Scientific and technical: imperfections in climate modelling - our limited knowledge of climate system - inadequacies of computer models (a ...
... Main sources of uncertainties: * Natural: internal variability of climate system (unpredictable!) - natural fluctuation can mask future (weak) climate changes * Scientific and technical: imperfections in climate modelling - our limited knowledge of climate system - inadequacies of computer models (a ...
Auto$mart Learn the facts: Emissions from your vehicle
... CH4 is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas. Its global warming potential is more than 20 times that of CO2, and it can persist in the atmosphere for approximately 12 years. Carbon monoxide ...
... CH4 is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas. Its global warming potential is more than 20 times that of CO2, and it can persist in the atmosphere for approximately 12 years. Carbon monoxide ...
Is a breakthrough on climate change governance on the - KIT
... Figure 13.3. Global map showing the different categories of reduction proposals or commitments for 2020 under the Cancún Agreements and Kyoto Protocol, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report IPCC 2014. Climate Change 2014- Mitigation O Climate Change, 5th Assessment Report. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... Figure 13.3. Global map showing the different categories of reduction proposals or commitments for 2020 under the Cancún Agreements and Kyoto Protocol, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report IPCC 2014. Climate Change 2014- Mitigation O Climate Change, 5th Assessment Report. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Why Support the IPCC?
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific ass ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading body for the assessment of climate change, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific ass ...
climate wars, scientific evidence, and the future of homo sapiens
... world deliberately misrepresent the work of their own colleagues? Why would they spread accusations with no basis? Why would they refuse to correct their arguments once they had been shown to be incorrect? And why would the press continue to quote them [doubters], year after year, even as their clai ...
... world deliberately misrepresent the work of their own colleagues? Why would they spread accusations with no basis? Why would they refuse to correct their arguments once they had been shown to be incorrect? And why would the press continue to quote them [doubters], year after year, even as their clai ...
Das Klimaproblem umfasst verschiedenste Aspekte
... surface and in the lower troposphere is lost from Earth (i.e., reaches space); instead substances in the troposphere absorb the radiation and re-emit the energy into all directions, among others back to the surface, where this additional energy causes further warming. In the end the system has a tem ...
... surface and in the lower troposphere is lost from Earth (i.e., reaches space); instead substances in the troposphere absorb the radiation and re-emit the energy into all directions, among others back to the surface, where this additional energy causes further warming. In the end the system has a tem ...
Resilient Coastal City Regions - Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
... climate change, these large, sprawling countries have much in common beyond their predilections for coastal development. First, per capita they are among the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the developed world, with Australia usually heading the list and the United States close behind. Seco ...
... climate change, these large, sprawling countries have much in common beyond their predilections for coastal development. First, per capita they are among the highest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the developed world, with Australia usually heading the list and the United States close behind. Seco ...
Integrated Land and Water Management
... Warming is already evident (3ºC over last 50 years in western Mediterranean) Winter precipitation since 1950 has decreased by about 20 percent Projected impacts on Turkey of global 2ºC temperature rise include: ...
... Warming is already evident (3ºC over last 50 years in western Mediterranean) Winter precipitation since 1950 has decreased by about 20 percent Projected impacts on Turkey of global 2ºC temperature rise include: ...
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.""