Inquiry into The Kyoto Protocol
... It is important to note that not all areas of the globe have warmed over the past few decades and these include parts of the Southern Hemisphere oceans and parts of Antarctica. Key conclusions from the TAR with regard to projected warming are: • The globally averaged surface temperature is projected ...
... It is important to note that not all areas of the globe have warmed over the past few decades and these include parts of the Southern Hemisphere oceans and parts of Antarctica. Key conclusions from the TAR with regard to projected warming are: • The globally averaged surface temperature is projected ...
U.K. Rolls Out Carbon Trading for Businesses
... One estimate is that the scheme will result in savings of about ₤1 billion (~ $1.5 billion USD) and a reduction of 4.4 million tons of CO2 per year by 2020. The U.K. seems to be on the forefront of carbon trading programs, first with its own Emissions Trading Scheme that predated the EU's and now wi ...
... One estimate is that the scheme will result in savings of about ₤1 billion (~ $1.5 billion USD) and a reduction of 4.4 million tons of CO2 per year by 2020. The U.K. seems to be on the forefront of carbon trading programs, first with its own Emissions Trading Scheme that predated the EU's and now wi ...
Hot, Flat & Dangerous
... ◦ Melting permafrost releases methane, 21x>CO2 ◦ Snow & ice melts = less reflection = raising ocean temp’s ◦ Ocean absorbs more CO2, raising acidity, harming food chain ...
... ◦ Melting permafrost releases methane, 21x>CO2 ◦ Snow & ice melts = less reflection = raising ocean temp’s ◦ Ocean absorbs more CO2, raising acidity, harming food chain ...
Download the paper
... temperature changes over the past 120 years (Figure 4). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assembled a group of hundreds of climate scientists to assess the causes of the recent warming trends. Using a variety of tools, including well documented global circulation models, they ...
... temperature changes over the past 120 years (Figure 4). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has assembled a group of hundreds of climate scientists to assess the causes of the recent warming trends. Using a variety of tools, including well documented global circulation models, they ...
Pacific Northwest Climate Variability and Change
... – Appear to be higher than any time in past ~ 23 million yrs • The human footprint – Human activities altering the climate system – Human systems based on expectation of certain climate conditions – Population growth, political boundaries, resource dependency/depletion, habitat fragmentation limit a ...
... – Appear to be higher than any time in past ~ 23 million yrs • The human footprint – Human activities altering the climate system – Human systems based on expectation of certain climate conditions – Population growth, political boundaries, resource dependency/depletion, habitat fragmentation limit a ...
28. 24 April
... 24 April 2014 – Geog 3601 Lecture Summary 1. Paleoclimatology Datasets Continued our discussion of this web site: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets and the handouts Tables 1.1 and 1.2. My expectation is that you become educated on any two datasets. Specifically: - Summary ...
... 24 April 2014 – Geog 3601 Lecture Summary 1. Paleoclimatology Datasets Continued our discussion of this web site: www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/paleoclimatology-data/datasets and the handouts Tables 1.1 and 1.2. My expectation is that you become educated on any two datasets. Specifically: - Summary ...
Global Warming and Climate Impacts in Southern Africa
... therefore, becomes imperative to study present and future trends associated with irrigation practices, that is, the depletion of surface and underground water. In addition, irrigation of large tracts of land may lead to the uprooting of local people from their traditional lands in addition to adver ...
... therefore, becomes imperative to study present and future trends associated with irrigation practices, that is, the depletion of surface and underground water. In addition, irrigation of large tracts of land may lead to the uprooting of local people from their traditional lands in addition to adver ...
FACTS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE
... Earth’s climate changes naturally. Changes in the intensity of sunlight reaching the earth cause cycles of warming and cooling that have been a regular feature of the Earth's climatic history. Some of these solar cycles - like the four glacial-interglacial swings during the past 400,000 years - exte ...
... Earth’s climate changes naturally. Changes in the intensity of sunlight reaching the earth cause cycles of warming and cooling that have been a regular feature of the Earth's climatic history. Some of these solar cycles - like the four glacial-interglacial swings during the past 400,000 years - exte ...
Extracts from: Impact of climate change on agriculture in Africa by
... Concerns about climate change are global and real. As all communities try to get adapted to the challenges of their local climate, they are today sensitive to its variations. Third World countries, particularly Africa are threatened by the predicted effects of climate change because of their economi ...
... Concerns about climate change are global and real. As all communities try to get adapted to the challenges of their local climate, they are today sensitive to its variations. Third World countries, particularly Africa are threatened by the predicted effects of climate change because of their economi ...
Racing Extinction – The Warming Planet
... • Provide evidence to support your example, relating the example to extinctions today. ...
... • Provide evidence to support your example, relating the example to extinctions today. ...
Dynamics of Climate Change slides
... Change: Adults' Mental Models of Climate Change Violate Conservation of Matter. ...
... Change: Adults' Mental Models of Climate Change Violate Conservation of Matter. ...
Mr Philippe OMONDI
... Projections of Future Changes in Climate • For the next two decades, a warming of about 0.2°C per decade is projected for a range of possible emission scenarios. • Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about ...
... Projections of Future Changes in Climate • For the next two decades, a warming of about 0.2°C per decade is projected for a range of possible emission scenarios. • Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about ...
Gould - University of Hartford`s Academic Web Server
... Carbon Dioxide The decision, which most likely would play out in stages over a period of months, would have a profound impact ...
... Carbon Dioxide The decision, which most likely would play out in stages over a period of months, would have a profound impact ...
PPT
... Construction of a 0.1ox0.1o monthly gridded version of the EPA national bottom-up inventory • Use monthly state/county/GGRP/algorithm info from EPA, further distribute with data from other sources (USDA, EIA, DrillingInfo,…) • Done as collaboration between Harvard and EPA Climate Change Division • ...
... Construction of a 0.1ox0.1o monthly gridded version of the EPA national bottom-up inventory • Use monthly state/county/GGRP/algorithm info from EPA, further distribute with data from other sources (USDA, EIA, DrillingInfo,…) • Done as collaboration between Harvard and EPA Climate Change Division • ...
Anthropogenic Climate Change_What Science tells About
... Feedbacks as solar forcing warms Earth: Decomposition releases greenhouse gasses: melting permafrost releases huge amounts of CO2 and methane. ...
... Feedbacks as solar forcing warms Earth: Decomposition releases greenhouse gasses: melting permafrost releases huge amounts of CO2 and methane. ...
Videoconference Protocol
... This semester we have discussed many of the issues that currently afflict our world and that make our current use of global resources unsustainable. We have learned that truly sustainable solutions address the complexity of these problems by considering the environmental, sociological, and economic ...
... This semester we have discussed many of the issues that currently afflict our world and that make our current use of global resources unsustainable. We have learned that truly sustainable solutions address the complexity of these problems by considering the environmental, sociological, and economic ...
climate change and the greenhouse effect
... easier not to think about climate change or take action, what would you say to them? I agree that it is an overwhelming topic but climate change affects all our lives from our water resources and public ...
... easier not to think about climate change or take action, what would you say to them? I agree that it is an overwhelming topic but climate change affects all our lives from our water resources and public ...
Chapter 2 Climate Change: Scientific Basis
... electricity. Coal accounts for 70% of electricity generation in Israel and 20% from natural gas, diesel fuel and fuel oil (2007 data). A wider use of natural gas is planned in the next couple of years, with an expected 35-40% of the electricity economy by 2025.15 In addition, the National Infrastruc ...
... electricity. Coal accounts for 70% of electricity generation in Israel and 20% from natural gas, diesel fuel and fuel oil (2007 data). A wider use of natural gas is planned in the next couple of years, with an expected 35-40% of the electricity economy by 2025.15 In addition, the National Infrastruc ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: MYTHS AND REALITIES
... to warm the planet for many decades if not centuries. Right now, there is about 40 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there was at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The CO2 concentration is projected to reach twice the preindustrial level by the middle of this century. This doub ...
... to warm the planet for many decades if not centuries. Right now, there is about 40 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there was at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The CO2 concentration is projected to reach twice the preindustrial level by the middle of this century. This doub ...
A Temperate Empire - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and
... least of all in terms of the weather. Farmers learned to cope with such differences by adapting to local conditions. For local and imperial elites, however, the environment proved to be more problematic and a persistent source of anxiety. They worried that widespread reports about its harshness woul ...
... least of all in terms of the weather. Farmers learned to cope with such differences by adapting to local conditions. For local and imperial elites, however, the environment proved to be more problematic and a persistent source of anxiety. They worried that widespread reports about its harshness woul ...
Climate Change in New York Recent Trends and Future
... Key Climate and Impacts Findings • Changes consistent with global warming are already evident across New York • Over next few decades, changes similar under both emissions scenarios • By mid-century, most changes are greater under the higher scenario • By late-century, under the higher scenario man ...
... Key Climate and Impacts Findings • Changes consistent with global warming are already evident across New York • Over next few decades, changes similar under both emissions scenarios • By mid-century, most changes are greater under the higher scenario • By late-century, under the higher scenario man ...
ppt - Department of Statistics | Rajshahi University
... global tropical storm days (1965–2008”).Geophysical Research Letters, 37, analyses the impact of the rising sea surface temperature (SST) on tropical cyclone (TC) activity is one of the great societal and scientific concerns. With the observed warming of the tropics of around 0.5°C over the past 4 t ...
... global tropical storm days (1965–2008”).Geophysical Research Letters, 37, analyses the impact of the rising sea surface temperature (SST) on tropical cyclone (TC) activity is one of the great societal and scientific concerns. With the observed warming of the tropics of around 0.5°C over the past 4 t ...
Professor Neville Nicholls Presentation from the March
... • In the last nine years, annual rainfall in the Murray Darling Basin (the “breadbowl” of Australia) the rainfall has been below 500mm. Prior to the current dry period, the longest period of below 500mm was six years. ...
... • In the last nine years, annual rainfall in the Murray Darling Basin (the “breadbowl” of Australia) the rainfall has been below 500mm. Prior to the current dry period, the longest period of below 500mm was six years. ...
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.""