How Will Climate Change Affect Agriculture in Washington?
... rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, and changes in water availability.[1] Some changes may be beneficial while others may lead to losses – the consequences will be different for different crops and locations (Figure 11-1). Ultimately, impacts will reflect a combination of all of the factors ...
... rising carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations, and changes in water availability.[1] Some changes may be beneficial while others may lead to losses – the consequences will be different for different crops and locations (Figure 11-1). Ultimately, impacts will reflect a combination of all of the factors ...
Slide 1
... • For a full cost-benefit analysis, we need the cost side. • “Mitigation” involves analyses of the policies involving the reduction of emissions CO2 and other GHGs There are four major issues involved: 1. Projecting the emissions 2. Estimating the costs of emissions reductions 3. Designing policies ...
... • For a full cost-benefit analysis, we need the cost side. • “Mitigation” involves analyses of the policies involving the reduction of emissions CO2 and other GHGs There are four major issues involved: 1. Projecting the emissions 2. Estimating the costs of emissions reductions 3. Designing policies ...
The Critical Role that Citizen Scientists Can Play in Identifying
... climate patterns and land conditions. A recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states with “very high confidence” (meaning more than 9 out of 10 chances of occurring) that increasing levels of greenhouse gases, associated with fossil fuel combusti ...
... climate patterns and land conditions. A recent report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007) states with “very high confidence” (meaning more than 9 out of 10 chances of occurring) that increasing levels of greenhouse gases, associated with fossil fuel combusti ...
Perspectives in latest issue of Science
... prescribing the time evolution of the external boundary conditions based on astronomical theory, ice-sheet reconstructions, and the history of greenhouse gas concentrations. It thus offers the unique possibility to study the full spatiotemporal behavior of climate change, including the mechanisms of ...
... prescribing the time evolution of the external boundary conditions based on astronomical theory, ice-sheet reconstructions, and the history of greenhouse gas concentrations. It thus offers the unique possibility to study the full spatiotemporal behavior of climate change, including the mechanisms of ...
PowerPoint Presentation - University of Reading, Meteorology
... response to El Niño (Inness et al. 2003; Spencer & Slingo 2003). • The impact of systematic model bias is studied by applying an annual cycle of equatorial heat flux adjustments to the Indo-Pacific basin (Inness et al. 2003; Turner et al. 2005). The adjustments were calculated by relaxing SSTs in a ...
... response to El Niño (Inness et al. 2003; Spencer & Slingo 2003). • The impact of systematic model bias is studied by applying an annual cycle of equatorial heat flux adjustments to the Indo-Pacific basin (Inness et al. 2003; Turner et al. 2005). The adjustments were calculated by relaxing SSTs in a ...
Slides of lection #4 (PowerPoint Presentation)
... Global warming… • Global temperatures could rise between 0.3 -6.4 degrees by ...
... Global warming… • Global temperatures could rise between 0.3 -6.4 degrees by ...
Slide 1
... • Client approached Citi to act as the sole arranger for the project, in part because of our expertise on environmental and social risk • Project involved land acquisition and resettlement of people, including vulnerable groups such as scheduled tribes and castes, and female-headed households • We r ...
... • Client approached Citi to act as the sole arranger for the project, in part because of our expertise on environmental and social risk • Project involved land acquisition and resettlement of people, including vulnerable groups such as scheduled tribes and castes, and female-headed households • We r ...
Klimaschankungen seit 1700.
... circulation with two stable states, one with an active Gulf stream and another with a weakened northward transport moderating the European climate. Both states are stable within a certain range of conditions, but when the system is brought to the margins of these ranges, it can switch abruptly to th ...
... circulation with two stable states, one with an active Gulf stream and another with a weakened northward transport moderating the European climate. Both states are stable within a certain range of conditions, but when the system is brought to the margins of these ranges, it can switch abruptly to th ...
NH_4e_CRS_Ch12
... global warming? a) There is no evidence that human activities are contributing to global warming b) The recent warming greatly exceeds the natural variability c) The climate system is stable and can only change with anthropogenic forcing d) All natural changes have shown to be cooling the temperatur ...
... global warming? a) There is no evidence that human activities are contributing to global warming b) The recent warming greatly exceeds the natural variability c) The climate system is stable and can only change with anthropogenic forcing d) All natural changes have shown to be cooling the temperatur ...
SCAR`s Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (ACCE
... from potential sources of colonists at lower latitudes. In some contrast with the marine environment, the combination of continental scale ice sheet formation and advance, and extreme environmental conditions, led to large-scale (but incomplete) extinction of preexisting biota, and to evolutionary r ...
... from potential sources of colonists at lower latitudes. In some contrast with the marine environment, the combination of continental scale ice sheet formation and advance, and extreme environmental conditions, led to large-scale (but incomplete) extinction of preexisting biota, and to evolutionary r ...
Contribution of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... atmosphere due to increased evaporation, further increasing the amount of heat retained globally. Climate model projections of future temperature rise are largely dependent upon this positive feedback mechanism, although the role of water vapor and cloud formation remains an area of great uncertaint ...
... atmosphere due to increased evaporation, further increasing the amount of heat retained globally. Climate model projections of future temperature rise are largely dependent upon this positive feedback mechanism, although the role of water vapor and cloud formation remains an area of great uncertaint ...
The Oceans and Climate
... change commences. The ocean also stores vast amounts of carbón dioxide. In 1897 Svante Arrhenius discovered that the amount of carbón dioxide in the atmosphere affected the global temperature through the greenhouse effect. In 1938 G. S. Callendar showed that atmospheric carbón dioxide was increasing ...
... change commences. The ocean also stores vast amounts of carbón dioxide. In 1897 Svante Arrhenius discovered that the amount of carbón dioxide in the atmosphere affected the global temperature through the greenhouse effect. In 1938 G. S. Callendar showed that atmospheric carbón dioxide was increasing ...
Climate Change in Hertfordshire
... set of experimental statistics of carbon dioxide emissions for local authority (NUTS4) and Government Office Region (NUTS1) areas for the year 2003 now updated for 2004 • Makes use of DTI local gas and electricity consumption data (electricity data are experimental) – DTI’s commitment to “collect an ...
... set of experimental statistics of carbon dioxide emissions for local authority (NUTS4) and Government Office Region (NUTS1) areas for the year 2003 now updated for 2004 • Makes use of DTI local gas and electricity consumption data (electricity data are experimental) – DTI’s commitment to “collect an ...
Changing Climate Changing Understanding
... •Annual Carbon footprint is 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide •1 barrel of oil releases 6 X 10-11 ppm of new CO2 into the ...
... •Annual Carbon footprint is 40 million tonnes of carbon dioxide •1 barrel of oil releases 6 X 10-11 ppm of new CO2 into the ...
Carbon, climate change, and controversy
... humans, and animals, through respiration, consume carbohydrates for metabolism, and this releases carbon dioxide (i.e., a source) to the atmosphere. Decomposition of organic matter also cycles carbon to the lithosphere and the atmosphere. Figure 3 is an illustration of a Keeling curve, where the sea ...
... humans, and animals, through respiration, consume carbohydrates for metabolism, and this releases carbon dioxide (i.e., a source) to the atmosphere. Decomposition of organic matter also cycles carbon to the lithosphere and the atmosphere. Figure 3 is an illustration of a Keeling curve, where the sea ...
Gore Shares Peace Prize for Climate Change Work
... justice, poverty remediation and environmentalism. But in a telephone interview, Berge Furre, one of the four, said, “I hope this will have an effect on the attitudes of Americans as well as people in other countries.” In its formal citation, the Nobel committee called Mr. Gore “probably the single ...
... justice, poverty remediation and environmentalism. But in a telephone interview, Berge Furre, one of the four, said, “I hope this will have an effect on the attitudes of Americans as well as people in other countries.” In its formal citation, the Nobel committee called Mr. Gore “probably the single ...
Atmosphere and Wind - Cabarrus County Schools
... time periods and within small geographic areas • Climate = patterns of atmospheric conditions across large geographic regions over long periods of time • Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get” ...
... time periods and within small geographic areas • Climate = patterns of atmospheric conditions across large geographic regions over long periods of time • Mark Twain said, “Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get” ...
Citizens Climate Lobby - 2017-18 Pre-Budget
... The economic levers that past governments have used to maintain a healthy economy and balance the budget appear not to be working and it is increasingly difficult to find much support, let alone consensus for policy measures to keep the economy on track. And Australia has committed to the Paris Agre ...
... The economic levers that past governments have used to maintain a healthy economy and balance the budget appear not to be working and it is increasingly difficult to find much support, let alone consensus for policy measures to keep the economy on track. And Australia has committed to the Paris Agre ...
Climate Change
... Flooding, Increased 100-Year storm frequency (every 20 years), Power Loss, Traffic Disruptions Sea-level Rise Inundation of Coastal areas ...
... Flooding, Increased 100-Year storm frequency (every 20 years), Power Loss, Traffic Disruptions Sea-level Rise Inundation of Coastal areas ...
Exponential growth
... Global warming refers to the increase in the Earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect, which can cause changes in climate. However, the term “global warming” is being used now to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other human ac ...
... Global warming refers to the increase in the Earth’s temperature due to the greenhouse effect, which can cause changes in climate. However, the term “global warming” is being used now to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other human ac ...
Chemical Relationships between Greenhouse Gases
... (Azar 49). The incineration of woody debris collected off the forest floor that already is beginning the decomposition process, or would have been burned as part of forest management, is considered to be carbon neutral. However burning debris, while effectively carbon neutral, still releases CO2 int ...
... (Azar 49). The incineration of woody debris collected off the forest floor that already is beginning the decomposition process, or would have been burned as part of forest management, is considered to be carbon neutral. However burning debris, while effectively carbon neutral, still releases CO2 int ...
Factors to be considered in choosing metrics
... • “GHG” metrics are types of conversion factors to express the effect of different gases on climate change in terms of a common accounting unit, tonnes of CO2-equivalent. • More research needs to be done to inform the Parties of the implications of the choice of effect for comparison, the time frame ...
... • “GHG” metrics are types of conversion factors to express the effect of different gases on climate change in terms of a common accounting unit, tonnes of CO2-equivalent. • More research needs to be done to inform the Parties of the implications of the choice of effect for comparison, the time frame ...
Arnaud - Ev-K2-CNR
... Main objectives of PAPRIKA-Nepal • To contribute to a more accurate assessment of glacier retreat and snow cover changes in the HKH region and a better understanding of the surface processes governing glacier and snow melt • To evaluate the distribution and variability of absorbing aerosol particle ...
... Main objectives of PAPRIKA-Nepal • To contribute to a more accurate assessment of glacier retreat and snow cover changes in the HKH region and a better understanding of the surface processes governing glacier and snow melt • To evaluate the distribution and variability of absorbing aerosol particle ...
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.""