Non-Aerospace Research Quests of a Designer/Flight Test
... Warming/Cooling Controls • The important climate thermostats are too chaotic to model: – Precipitation and Cloud formation; A <2% precipitation change more than offsets a doubling of CO2, but it cannot be predicted, even short term. – The Pacific heat vent; observed and powerful, but cannot be model ...
... Warming/Cooling Controls • The important climate thermostats are too chaotic to model: – Precipitation and Cloud formation; A <2% precipitation change more than offsets a doubling of CO2, but it cannot be predicted, even short term. – The Pacific heat vent; observed and powerful, but cannot be model ...
Slide 1
... Conducted at Request of the United States House of Representatives as part of its “Greening the Capitol Initiative” (Chicago – November 5, 2007) Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX®), which launched its greenhouse gas trading operations in 2003, today announced the results of its auction of Carbon Financ ...
... Conducted at Request of the United States House of Representatives as part of its “Greening the Capitol Initiative” (Chicago – November 5, 2007) Chicago Climate Exchange® (CCX®), which launched its greenhouse gas trading operations in 2003, today announced the results of its auction of Carbon Financ ...
0404GHGBROWN (State Best Practices: Energy Policy Panel)
... West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative • September 2003 announcement by Governors of Oregon, Washington and California • Tri-state effort to address global warming through both individual and regional actions • Direction to three Staffs to develop joint recommendations by September 2004 ...
... West Coast Governors’ Global Warming Initiative • September 2003 announcement by Governors of Oregon, Washington and California • Tri-state effort to address global warming through both individual and regional actions • Direction to three Staffs to develop joint recommendations by September 2004 ...
44. Global Warming Congress should
... failure of the FCCC models. The explanation often given is that another human emission—sulfate aerosol (the main precursor of acid rain)—is responsible for the lack of warming. Sulfates form a finely divided white haze that reflects away solar radiation (thereby mitigating warming), and they also br ...
... failure of the FCCC models. The explanation often given is that another human emission—sulfate aerosol (the main precursor of acid rain)—is responsible for the lack of warming. Sulfates form a finely divided white haze that reflects away solar radiation (thereby mitigating warming), and they also br ...
TRillion Tonnes A4 proof 9.indd
... (ii) The IPCC reports that if we are aiming to limit the warming caused by anthropogenic CO2 emissions alone, with a probability of more than 66%, to less than 2°C, the cumulative CO2 emissions from manmade sources will need to stay between 0 and about 1000GtC (3670Gt CO2). It is important to note t ...
... (ii) The IPCC reports that if we are aiming to limit the warming caused by anthropogenic CO2 emissions alone, with a probability of more than 66%, to less than 2°C, the cumulative CO2 emissions from manmade sources will need to stay between 0 and about 1000GtC (3670Gt CO2). It is important to note t ...
Read the letter from the government to Clearcast in full
... to weather patterns. Indeed, there is now absolutely no doubt that some future change is inevitable. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative source of information on the subject of climate change, issued its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Its conclusion ...
... to weather patterns. Indeed, there is now absolutely no doubt that some future change is inevitable. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative source of information on the subject of climate change, issued its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Its conclusion ...
Advocacy Writing - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the facts hinder the legitimate evaluation of policy options. The rhetoric has driven some policymakers toward costly regulations and policies that will harm hardworking American families and do little to decrease global carbon emissions. The Obama adm ...
... objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the facts hinder the legitimate evaluation of policy options. The rhetoric has driven some policymakers toward costly regulations and policies that will harm hardworking American families and do little to decrease global carbon emissions. The Obama adm ...
Durban Climate Treaty Where are we now?
... • A new "road map" (the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) will guide countries towards a legal deal to cut carbon in 2015, but it will only come into affect after 2020. • EU and a few other developed countries have signed on to an extension of Kyoto that will cover until new treaty takes hold in ...
... • A new "road map" (the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action) will guide countries towards a legal deal to cut carbon in 2015, but it will only come into affect after 2020. • EU and a few other developed countries have signed on to an extension of Kyoto that will cover until new treaty takes hold in ...
Prof. Wescott (Part I) ( )
... WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY •“Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise…The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the in ...
... WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY •“Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise…The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the in ...
Slide 1
... WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY •“Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise…The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the in ...
... WHAT SCIENTISTS SAY •“Greenhouse gases are accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activities, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise…The IPCC’s conclusion that most of the observed warming of the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the in ...
ATM S 211 Final Examination June 4, 2007 Name This examination
... Is the warming caused by humans? Cite evidence to support your answer. ...
... Is the warming caused by humans? Cite evidence to support your answer. ...
How reliable are climate models? By Laure Montandon 3/19/07 ATOC7500
... are taken as data and their results taken as facts, when the accuracy of the models in predicting even shortterm effects is poor and the fundamental validity for most climate models is opaque” ...
... are taken as data and their results taken as facts, when the accuracy of the models in predicting even shortterm effects is poor and the fundamental validity for most climate models is opaque” ...
Climate
... industrial origin, severe depletion of ozone layer • 1987 Montreal Protocol: complete elimination of CFC’s by 2000, gone from developing countries by ...
... industrial origin, severe depletion of ozone layer • 1987 Montreal Protocol: complete elimination of CFC’s by 2000, gone from developing countries by ...
Slide 1
... – costs of action, for the USA and the world, will be far smaller than costs of inaction – we can reduce costly and risky oil imports and dangerous air pollution with the same measures we employ to reduce climate-disrupting emissions – the surge of innovation we need in clean-energy technologies and ...
... – costs of action, for the USA and the world, will be far smaller than costs of inaction – we can reduce costly and risky oil imports and dangerous air pollution with the same measures we employ to reduce climate-disrupting emissions – the surge of innovation we need in clean-energy technologies and ...
Climate Physics and the Problem of Abrupt Climate Change
... • Geothermal heating at the base of the Laurentide ice sheet caused a periodic collapse of the portion of ice above Hudson Bay. • Ice bergs would flood the North Atlantic, depositing ice rafted debris and shutting down the ocean’s meridional overturning circulation • Timing of 1) ice sheet recovery ...
... • Geothermal heating at the base of the Laurentide ice sheet caused a periodic collapse of the portion of ice above Hudson Bay. • Ice bergs would flood the North Atlantic, depositing ice rafted debris and shutting down the ocean’s meridional overturning circulation • Timing of 1) ice sheet recovery ...
Media Packet for Earth Day 2017
... and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.” Climate Solutions Caucus co-chair Curb ...
... and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.” Climate Solutions Caucus co-chair Curb ...
S E Asia presentation - Climate Change and Food Security
... changes in water resources available for irrigation increased surface ozone levels increased flood frequencies extremely high temperatures sustained droughts year-to-year variability ...
... changes in water resources available for irrigation increased surface ozone levels increased flood frequencies extremely high temperatures sustained droughts year-to-year variability ...
Climate Change in New York
... • Heavy rainfall events are becoming more frequent across the Northeast • Under both emissions scenarios – rainfall is expected to become more intense. – periods of heavy rainfall are expected to become more frequent. ...
... • Heavy rainfall events are becoming more frequent across the Northeast • Under both emissions scenarios – rainfall is expected to become more intense. – periods of heavy rainfall are expected to become more frequent. ...
Chapter 20
... produced by human activities can warm or cool the atmosphere, but such effects will decrease with any decline in outdoor air pollution. Warmer air can release methane gas stored in bogs, wetlands, and tundra soils and accelerate global warming. ...
... produced by human activities can warm or cool the atmosphere, but such effects will decrease with any decline in outdoor air pollution. Warmer air can release methane gas stored in bogs, wetlands, and tundra soils and accelerate global warming. ...
Deforestation - Binghamton City School District
... Climate change is any substantial change in Earth’s climate that lasts for an extended period of time. Global warming refers to climate change that causes an increase in the average temperature of the lower atmosphere. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated ...
... Climate change is any substantial change in Earth’s climate that lasts for an extended period of time. Global warming refers to climate change that causes an increase in the average temperature of the lower atmosphere. Global warming can have many different causes, but it is most commonly associated ...
Forest Service needs for GHG modeling
... Draft CEQ guidance: federal land management agencies should consider greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change effects as part of their NEPA procedures. Consider GHG emissions resulting from their proposed projects and programs in NEPA documents. Determine whether GHG emissions resulting ...
... Draft CEQ guidance: federal land management agencies should consider greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change effects as part of their NEPA procedures. Consider GHG emissions resulting from their proposed projects and programs in NEPA documents. Determine whether GHG emissions resulting ...
Powerpoints - Paws.wcu.edu.
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol Created at the Rio Summit in 1992, this was not an agreement on emissions limitations, but specified a process for arriving at an agreement. The UNFCCC stated 2 principles that are extremely important in t ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol Created at the Rio Summit in 1992, this was not an agreement on emissions limitations, but specified a process for arriving at an agreement. The UNFCCC stated 2 principles that are extremely important in t ...
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.""