full text ( 360kb) - USF College of Marine Science
... the St. Lawrence River and other eastern outlets may have influenced North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation and hence regional to global climate. In particular, low-density meltwater may have inhibited deep convection in the North Atlantic and reduced northward heat transport, leading to regiona ...
... the St. Lawrence River and other eastern outlets may have influenced North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation and hence regional to global climate. In particular, low-density meltwater may have inhibited deep convection in the North Atlantic and reduced northward heat transport, leading to regiona ...
A guide to climate change and adaptation in agriculture in South
... and now far exceed pre-industrial values determined from ice cores spanning many thousands of years. The global increases in carbon dioxide concentration are due primarily to fossil fuel use and land-use change, while those of methane and nitrous oxide are primarily due to agriculture. The underst ...
... and now far exceed pre-industrial values determined from ice cores spanning many thousands of years. The global increases in carbon dioxide concentration are due primarily to fossil fuel use and land-use change, while those of methane and nitrous oxide are primarily due to agriculture. The underst ...
Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... mass balance component in the Karakoram due to the steep and rugged terrain (Hewitt, 2011). The spatial heterogeneity in mass balance is therefore likely to be partly linked to spatial variation in climate change and variability, the short length of observational mass balance data available and the ...
... mass balance component in the Karakoram due to the steep and rugged terrain (Hewitt, 2011). The spatial heterogeneity in mass balance is therefore likely to be partly linked to spatial variation in climate change and variability, the short length of observational mass balance data available and the ...
Mission Report Downscalling - Global Climate Change Alliance
... et al., 2000) and, although only about 26% of the world’s population resides within mountains or in the foothills of mountains (Meybeck et al., 2001), mountain-based resources indirectly provide sustenance for over half. Additionally, 40% of world’s population lives in watersheds of rivers originati ...
... et al., 2000) and, although only about 26% of the world’s population resides within mountains or in the foothills of mountains (Meybeck et al., 2001), mountain-based resources indirectly provide sustenance for over half. Additionally, 40% of world’s population lives in watersheds of rivers originati ...
On development, demography and climate change: The end of the
... It is important to stress that, contrary to popular impressions, these key conclusions are accepted by virtually all of the world’s climate scientists; there is no substantive disagreement on the matter (see Oreskes 2004). The most recent IPCC assessment concluded that during the final two decades o ...
... It is important to stress that, contrary to popular impressions, these key conclusions are accepted by virtually all of the world’s climate scientists; there is no substantive disagreement on the matter (see Oreskes 2004). The most recent IPCC assessment concluded that during the final two decades o ...
Obj 5 - Neighbourhood Planning v0.6 CR logox
... community to respond to weather and climate risks? — What were the main risks (flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence) for your area following question 1? — What actions are available to deal with these risks? — Which actions do you think could work in your community / area? Con ...
... community to respond to weather and climate risks? — What were the main risks (flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence) for your area following question 1? — What actions are available to deal with these risks? — Which actions do you think could work in your community / area? Con ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... times (Diamond, 1997). The key difference is that current patterns of global climate change, i.e. those occurring since the industrial revolution, are different from those observed in the past, and are generally accepted as caused by human activity (Hegerl et al., 2007). For instance, the Fourth Ass ...
... times (Diamond, 1997). The key difference is that current patterns of global climate change, i.e. those occurring since the industrial revolution, are different from those observed in the past, and are generally accepted as caused by human activity (Hegerl et al., 2007). For instance, the Fourth Ass ...
Working Paper Series - Griffith University
... would be ‘severe, far reaching, and…affect the most physically and economically vulnerable disproportionately’ (Semenza, 2011) and humans are critically responsible (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Barker, Ekins and Johnstone, 2013; Hansen et al., 2013; Stenhouse, 2013). These devel ...
... would be ‘severe, far reaching, and…affect the most physically and economically vulnerable disproportionately’ (Semenza, 2011) and humans are critically responsible (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Barker, Ekins and Johnstone, 2013; Hansen et al., 2013; Stenhouse, 2013). These devel ...
Slide 1
... The Arctic ocean is predicted to be ice free by the end of summer 2012, causing catastrophic climate change with increased severity and frequency. The most devastating effect of rising temperatures is the release of 400 billion tonnes of methane gas from the melting permafrost and the ocean seab ...
... The Arctic ocean is predicted to be ice free by the end of summer 2012, causing catastrophic climate change with increased severity and frequency. The most devastating effect of rising temperatures is the release of 400 billion tonnes of methane gas from the melting permafrost and the ocean seab ...
Report
... Because adaptation plans are voluntary and not mandated by the federal government, states are given a high degree of flexibility in developing plans that are customized for their specific problems. Grants help states to invest money in adaptation in the present to save money from damages in the futu ...
... Because adaptation plans are voluntary and not mandated by the federal government, states are given a high degree of flexibility in developing plans that are customized for their specific problems. Grants help states to invest money in adaptation in the present to save money from damages in the futu ...
6 Climate impacts on sectors and policies
... season (Minguez et al., 2007), which in these areas can offset some of the negative impacts of heatwaves and droughts during summer. Other areas of Europe such as Western France and parts of South-Eastern Europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, etc.) will experience yield reductions from hot and ...
... season (Minguez et al., 2007), which in these areas can offset some of the negative impacts of heatwaves and droughts during summer. Other areas of Europe such as Western France and parts of South-Eastern Europe (Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, etc.) will experience yield reductions from hot and ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
Slide 1
... Noting that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow, Aware o ...
... Noting that the largest share of historical and current global emissions of greenhouse gases has originated in developed countries, that per capita emissions in developing countries are still relatively low and that the share of global emissions originating in developing countries will grow, Aware o ...
Important data of cloud properties for assessing the response of
... Problems of Current GCMs:Δx~ 20km at best & hydrostatic, cloud parameterization Horizontal resolution: up to dx=3.5km ...
... Problems of Current GCMs:Δx~ 20km at best & hydrostatic, cloud parameterization Horizontal resolution: up to dx=3.5km ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... in the observed climate record and assessing the roles of various possible contributors to those observed changes (Hegerl et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anthropogenic climate change, as evidenced by a dedicated chapter in every assessment report of the Intergovernmental ...
... in the observed climate record and assessing the roles of various possible contributors to those observed changes (Hegerl et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anthropogenic climate change, as evidenced by a dedicated chapter in every assessment report of the Intergovernmental ...
gender and climate change issues in agriculture and food
... Responding to the challenge of climate change has become a global priority. At the international policy level, the major response has been institutionalized in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Within the UNFCCC, two major approaches to addressing climate change hav ...
... Responding to the challenge of climate change has become a global priority. At the international policy level, the major response has been institutionalized in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Within the UNFCCC, two major approaches to addressing climate change hav ...
A Mathematical Analysis of Heat Transfer in an Earth
... Scientists then began using models not to predict a static climate but instead to anticipate how changes in an initial condition, such as the amount of radiation the planet receives, would change climate components, such as global temperature. In 1967, Manabe and Richard Wetherald created a one-dime ...
... Scientists then began using models not to predict a static climate but instead to anticipate how changes in an initial condition, such as the amount of radiation the planet receives, would change climate components, such as global temperature. In 1967, Manabe and Richard Wetherald created a one-dime ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... regional climate change signals (Kusunoki et al., 2006). In particular, it has shown high skill to reproduce present climate features over the tropical Americas (Perez et al., 2007), which makes it a valuable tool to interpret climate change simulations based on physical principles. Therefore, the m ...
... regional climate change signals (Kusunoki et al., 2006). In particular, it has shown high skill to reproduce present climate features over the tropical Americas (Perez et al., 2007), which makes it a valuable tool to interpret climate change simulations based on physical principles. Therefore, the m ...
June 2012 - International Association for Urban Climate
... Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every season of the year in every part of the county will be warmer,” Hall s ...
... Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every season of the year in every part of the county will be warmer,” Hall s ...
2015 NGPR Leadership Symposium
... Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/melanieharsch/ My research addresses the consequences of human-caused global changes (e.g., climate change, biological invasions, altered disturbance regimes, etc.) on communities and species. I am particularly interested in understanding species’ response to c ...
... Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/melanieharsch/ My research addresses the consequences of human-caused global changes (e.g., climate change, biological invasions, altered disturbance regimes, etc.) on communities and species. I am particularly interested in understanding species’ response to c ...
Climate change as the `new` security threat: implications for Africa
... fisheries depletion, and even ozone depletion.1 When the research community began to uncover worrying evidence of human-induced climate change in the 1970s and 1980s, the emerging problem of ‘global warming’ was seen by policymakers, when it was not ignored altogether, as an environmental issue of pe ...
... fisheries depletion, and even ozone depletion.1 When the research community began to uncover worrying evidence of human-induced climate change in the 1970s and 1980s, the emerging problem of ‘global warming’ was seen by policymakers, when it was not ignored altogether, as an environmental issue of pe ...
SAP Highlevel presentation
... Flip-side: Ozone layer change issue has influences on climate change • Most ozone-depleting substances are also potent greenhouse gases. • MP avoided their build up and is reducing their abundance; thus, it helped reduce climate forcing. Warming emissions avoided by Ozone-Layer agreement (Montreal ...
... Flip-side: Ozone layer change issue has influences on climate change • Most ozone-depleting substances are also potent greenhouse gases. • MP avoided their build up and is reducing their abundance; thus, it helped reduce climate forcing. Warming emissions avoided by Ozone-Layer agreement (Montreal ...
1 - weADAPT
... MAGICC and SCENGEN (www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/wigley/magic/) are coupled, user-friendly interactive software suites that allow users to investigate future climate change and its uncertainties at both the globalmean and regional levels. MAGICC carries through calculations at the global-mean level using th ...
... MAGICC and SCENGEN (www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/wigley/magic/) are coupled, user-friendly interactive software suites that allow users to investigate future climate change and its uncertainties at both the globalmean and regional levels. MAGICC carries through calculations at the global-mean level using th ...
an inconvenient burden of proof? co2 nuisance plaintiffs will face
... until 1979 that mankind was able to take the temperature of the entire globe Regular direct measurement and monitoring of CO2 using satellites.16 concentrations in the atmosphere did not begin until 1958.17 Later, scientists developed proxies for measuring CO2 concentration and prepared “reconstruct ...
... until 1979 that mankind was able to take the temperature of the entire globe Regular direct measurement and monitoring of CO2 using satellites.16 concentrations in the atmosphere did not begin until 1958.17 Later, scientists developed proxies for measuring CO2 concentration and prepared “reconstruct ...
Future Climate Impact on the Desertification in the Dry Land Asia
... respectively. Our study also confirms that temperature and precipitation simulations through SMA and BMA both improve the simulation accuracy over single-model simulations, as shown in Figure 2a. In particular, the BMA method has a better performance in our research area than the SMA and the single- ...
... respectively. Our study also confirms that temperature and precipitation simulations through SMA and BMA both improve the simulation accuracy over single-model simulations, as shown in Figure 2a. In particular, the BMA method has a better performance in our research area than the SMA and the single- ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).