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... companies continued to deny the existence of evidence showing that cigarettes cause cancer, ExxonMobil not only continued to deny that oil and gas emissions cause climate change but also paid tens of millions to hire others, such as Fred Singer, to support this denial. ...
... companies continued to deny the existence of evidence showing that cigarettes cause cancer, ExxonMobil not only continued to deny that oil and gas emissions cause climate change but also paid tens of millions to hire others, such as Fred Singer, to support this denial. ...
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources in the Rio
... change scenarios generated using PRECIS (Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies) model (Ambrizzi et al., 2007; Marengo, 2007). Two emission scenarios were considered; A2 (high emission) and B2 (low emission) although the PRECIS projections draw from just one GCM (HadCM3). It was concluded t ...
... change scenarios generated using PRECIS (Providing REgional Climates for Impacts Studies) model (Ambrizzi et al., 2007; Marengo, 2007). Two emission scenarios were considered; A2 (high emission) and B2 (low emission) although the PRECIS projections draw from just one GCM (HadCM3). It was concluded t ...
Here - EcoPeace Middle East
... the media, must realize that the climate crisis is therefore a new and real threat to the Middle East with severe environmental, economic, political and security implications. When people lack adequate safe, clean drinking water, and water resources are shared across political boundaries, the risk o ...
... the media, must realize that the climate crisis is therefore a new and real threat to the Middle East with severe environmental, economic, political and security implications. When people lack adequate safe, clean drinking water, and water resources are shared across political boundaries, the risk o ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
... tundra. Second, southern latitudes will become increasingly sensitive to drought stress, which is likely to be an important impact on tropical forests (in addition to anthropogenic exploitation). The modelling of actual vegetation change, taking into account land use changes and other human manageme ...
PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
... clouds dominate planetary albedo (see entry on Albedo feedback), the surface is the dominant absorber of solar energy, responsible for 65% of the total absorbed solar radiation and for transferring energy to the atmosphere through longwave radiation, and fluxes of sensible and latent heat. Conseque ...
... clouds dominate planetary albedo (see entry on Albedo feedback), the surface is the dominant absorber of solar energy, responsible for 65% of the total absorbed solar radiation and for transferring energy to the atmosphere through longwave radiation, and fluxes of sensible and latent heat. Conseque ...
Presentation Slides - Association for the Advancement of
... Fact: “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities and poses significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
... Fact: “Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities and poses significant risks for – and in many cases is already affecting – a broad range of human and natural systems.” ...
A simple formula predicts the social costs of carbon with remarkable precision
... from large-scale computational Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that consolidate interdisciplinary climate research inputs to obtain a number relevant for policy-making. 1 However, the climate-economy interactions of IAMs remain inaccessible to scientists in general. Here we develop a closed-form ...
... from large-scale computational Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that consolidate interdisciplinary climate research inputs to obtain a number relevant for policy-making. 1 However, the climate-economy interactions of IAMs remain inaccessible to scientists in general. Here we develop a closed-form ...
Peak Oil - Centre for Alternative Technology
... Oil is a supply side limited resource. As such the CO2 in the atmosphere from oil is not effected by addressing the demand side – the only possible way is supply side actions. ...
... Oil is a supply side limited resource. As such the CO2 in the atmosphere from oil is not effected by addressing the demand side – the only possible way is supply side actions. ...
Changes in species` distributions during and after environmental
... remaining. This fraction becomes the probability of producing an additional offspring. So, an adult with a G2 of 0.5 that acquires 1.6 units of resource, has a 0.8 survival probability and 0.8 units of resource ((1 – G2) 1.6) available to invest in offspring. It will always have at least one offsp ...
... remaining. This fraction becomes the probability of producing an additional offspring. So, an adult with a G2 of 0.5 that acquires 1.6 units of resource, has a 0.8 survival probability and 0.8 units of resource ((1 – G2) 1.6) available to invest in offspring. It will always have at least one offsp ...
What to talk about
... • Use Polluter (of the past) Pays Principle; • Provide resources for adaptation as much as the EU is responsible for the crisis; • Consider this not as charity or aid. ...
... • Use Polluter (of the past) Pays Principle; • Provide resources for adaptation as much as the EU is responsible for the crisis; • Consider this not as charity or aid. ...
LPAA focus on Buildings
... LPAA Buildings Action Session 03 December 2015 15:00-18:15 Hall 4 -- Observer Room 12, Le Bourget Overall narrative for session: The building sector has an oversized environmental footprint, yet significant opportunities exist to change and to meet the challenges of climate change. How can building ...
... LPAA Buildings Action Session 03 December 2015 15:00-18:15 Hall 4 -- Observer Room 12, Le Bourget Overall narrative for session: The building sector has an oversized environmental footprint, yet significant opportunities exist to change and to meet the challenges of climate change. How can building ...
Innovation in the realm of institutional complexity
... the average temperature in most parts of the world (IPCC 2014). The increased temperature leads to changes in precipitation – some areas of the world face major increase in precipitation, while other areas face major decrease in precipitation. In the Northern hemisphere, the climate is becoming warm ...
... the average temperature in most parts of the world (IPCC 2014). The increased temperature leads to changes in precipitation – some areas of the world face major increase in precipitation, while other areas face major decrease in precipitation. In the Northern hemisphere, the climate is becoming warm ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and WATER IN THE SOUTHWEST AND NEW
... however, that the models are less certain about summer monsoon predictions. He observes that the problems of reduced precipitation and decreased water supply are compounded by a longer, more intensive demand for water during the summer. Dr. Overpeck notes that the models’ predictions are borne out b ...
... however, that the models are less certain about summer monsoon predictions. He observes that the problems of reduced precipitation and decreased water supply are compounded by a longer, more intensive demand for water during the summer. Dr. Overpeck notes that the models’ predictions are borne out b ...
Climate Change - Homepages Web Server
... understanding of basic physics, comparing observations with models, and fingerprinting the detailed patterns of climate change caused by different human and natural influences. Since the mid-1800s, scientists have known that CO2 is one of the main greenhouse gases of importance to Earth’s energy bal ...
... understanding of basic physics, comparing observations with models, and fingerprinting the detailed patterns of climate change caused by different human and natural influences. Since the mid-1800s, scientists have known that CO2 is one of the main greenhouse gases of importance to Earth’s energy bal ...
Brussels, 21 September 2007 Participants: MEPs: Vittorio Agnoletto
... Colorado and Nicolas Cullen from University of Innsbruck, located at Swiss Camp, the annual mean temperature rose from -14.7ºC to -10.8ºC between 1991 and 2003. C. Impacts Sea level rise All these new findings are important for many reasons. Maybe the most important one is that as more ice moves fro ...
... Colorado and Nicolas Cullen from University of Innsbruck, located at Swiss Camp, the annual mean temperature rose from -14.7ºC to -10.8ºC between 1991 and 2003. C. Impacts Sea level rise All these new findings are important for many reasons. Maybe the most important one is that as more ice moves fro ...
Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the
... over the following century5. With most likely values of key parameters in this model (including an Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity, or ECS, of 2.8 uC for doubling atmospheric CO2) these emissions cause a warming of 2.2 uC above pre-industrial by 2500, but much higher responses (shown by the shaded b ...
... over the following century5. With most likely values of key parameters in this model (including an Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity, or ECS, of 2.8 uC for doubling atmospheric CO2) these emissions cause a warming of 2.2 uC above pre-industrial by 2500, but much higher responses (shown by the shaded b ...
Climate Change and Forests in the Great Plains
... at both the farm (e.g., Kaiser et a1. 1992) and the regional (e.g., Easterling et a1. 1.993) levels; however, climate change may also have significant impacts on the populations of native plants and animals in Great Plains agroecosystems. Anticipated agricultural strategies to cope with a changing c ...
... at both the farm (e.g., Kaiser et a1. 1992) and the regional (e.g., Easterling et a1. 1.993) levels; however, climate change may also have significant impacts on the populations of native plants and animals in Great Plains agroecosystems. Anticipated agricultural strategies to cope with a changing c ...
Humanists For Revolutionary Socialism
... insecure parameters of the blind market. Human beings are just commodities on the labor market and in the social scene. Behind the façade of the social commodity, everybody feels alone. The only way to escape this deep feeling of loneliness and separateness is by turning on the TV or the computer w ...
... insecure parameters of the blind market. Human beings are just commodities on the labor market and in the social scene. Behind the façade of the social commodity, everybody feels alone. The only way to escape this deep feeling of loneliness and separateness is by turning on the TV or the computer w ...
Human Population Dynamics
... THE CENSUS COUNTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD ACROSS THE NATION. DO THIS. Narrator: THE CENSUS BUREAU ALSO CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ON SUCH TOPICS AS ECONOMICS, HOUSING, AND HEALTH. DEMOGRAPHERS USE DATA COMPILED THROUGH THE CENSUS AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS TO STUDY POPULATION DYN ...
... THE CENSUS COUNTS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD ACROSS THE NATION. DO THIS. Narrator: THE CENSUS BUREAU ALSO CONDUCTS ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ON SUCH TOPICS AS ECONOMICS, HOUSING, AND HEALTH. DEMOGRAPHERS USE DATA COMPILED THROUGH THE CENSUS AND ADDITIONAL SURVEYS TO STUDY POPULATION DYN ...
pdf version - Geophysical Institute
... and velocity.10 The CCSM modeling suite can run in various configurations, from fully coupled (all model components are interactive) to specified ocean and ice as a lower boundary forcing for the atmospheric model. CCSM3 is one of the primary tools used to predict future climate. In fact, NCAR condu ...
... and velocity.10 The CCSM modeling suite can run in various configurations, from fully coupled (all model components are interactive) to specified ocean and ice as a lower boundary forcing for the atmospheric model. CCSM3 is one of the primary tools used to predict future climate. In fact, NCAR condu ...
Uganda Climate Change Profile General Climate
... The implications of such rainfall variability are serious for agriculture and food security. Drought in 2008 caused an average reduction in yield of 50 percent of simsim, sorghum, groundnuts, cassava and maize (Ocowunb, 2009). The resulting increase in cereal prices and famine affected Uganda into ...
... The implications of such rainfall variability are serious for agriculture and food security. Drought in 2008 caused an average reduction in yield of 50 percent of simsim, sorghum, groundnuts, cassava and maize (Ocowunb, 2009). The resulting increase in cereal prices and famine affected Uganda into ...
Running to stand still: adaptation and the response of
... Interannual variability in climate is a normal occurrence, even in the absence of long-term climatic changes. Most species tolerate such short-term variability through phenotypic plasticity. However, beyond the point at which individuals (and therefore species) are able to tolerate changes in climat ...
... Interannual variability in climate is a normal occurrence, even in the absence of long-term climatic changes. Most species tolerate such short-term variability through phenotypic plasticity. However, beyond the point at which individuals (and therefore species) are able to tolerate changes in climat ...