Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change
... — double the pre-industrial levels — the average warming expected would likely be in the range of 24.5°C, with the best estimate of 3°C, or 5.4°F. A warming of 0.2°C per decade is expected for each of the next two decades for a range of scenarios that do not include deliberate reductions in greenho ...
... — double the pre-industrial levels — the average warming expected would likely be in the range of 24.5°C, with the best estimate of 3°C, or 5.4°F. A warming of 0.2°C per decade is expected for each of the next two decades for a range of scenarios that do not include deliberate reductions in greenho ...
Modes of the wintertime Arctic temperature variability Report No. 343
... exceed 0.25. This third mode is highly correlated (0.79) with the averaged SAT anomalies over the Arctic, perfectly describing the early century warming episode (Figure 2). The mode has its strongest positive SAT anomalies over the Kara and Barents Seas, the northern part of the Greenland Sea, and B ...
... exceed 0.25. This third mode is highly correlated (0.79) with the averaged SAT anomalies over the Arctic, perfectly describing the early century warming episode (Figure 2). The mode has its strongest positive SAT anomalies over the Kara and Barents Seas, the northern part of the Greenland Sea, and B ...
Climate Change as a Risk Multiplier in a World of
... of climate change to prevent dangerous instabilities and facilitate necessary system changes. In order to achieve the goals agreed in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilize the climate system to a non‐dangerous level, a better scientific understanding of the underlying interac ...
... of climate change to prevent dangerous instabilities and facilitate necessary system changes. In order to achieve the goals agreed in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilize the climate system to a non‐dangerous level, a better scientific understanding of the underlying interac ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop
... and P over a 50-year period (2040–2060 versus 1990– 2010) from 16 climate models. Results from each climate model are averaged across crop areas in five continents. The average model-projected rates of warming are similar to the mean observed rates since 1980 of roughly 0.3°C per decade (Fig. 2). The ...
... and P over a 50-year period (2040–2060 versus 1990– 2010) from 16 climate models. Results from each climate model are averaged across crop areas in five continents. The average model-projected rates of warming are similar to the mean observed rates since 1980 of roughly 0.3°C per decade (Fig. 2). The ...
teacher`s guide - Earth Day Network
... Literacy: Essential Principles of Climate Science that each chapter addresses. The lists are not meant to be all-inclusive, as other standards may be identified. Standards alignment has been identified for both the general chapter as well as the chapter’s associated activity. ...
... Literacy: Essential Principles of Climate Science that each chapter addresses. The lists are not meant to be all-inclusive, as other standards may be identified. Standards alignment has been identified for both the general chapter as well as the chapter’s associated activity. ...
Probabilistic projections of climate change over China - HAL-Insu
... Probabilistic projection of climate change consists of formulating the climate change information in a probabilistic manner at either global or regional scale. This can produce useful results for studies of the impact of climate change impact and change mitigation. In the present study, a simple yet ...
... Probabilistic projection of climate change consists of formulating the climate change information in a probabilistic manner at either global or regional scale. This can produce useful results for studies of the impact of climate change impact and change mitigation. In the present study, a simple yet ...
Environmental Justice and Climate Change in Latin America
... that may produce positive changes. First, impacts and adaptations provide an analysis of the different ways in which global climate change become rooted in particular places. While climate change is a global phenomenon, it is always ...
... that may produce positive changes. First, impacts and adaptations provide an analysis of the different ways in which global climate change become rooted in particular places. While climate change is a global phenomenon, it is always ...
Addressing Climate Change Impacts through Disaster Planning
... In Puget Sound counties, structures having a value of about $29 billion are located in flood hazard areas. ...
... In Puget Sound counties, structures having a value of about $29 billion are located in flood hazard areas. ...
A 400-year Tree-ring Chronology from the Tropical Treeline of North
... Forecasting the low-frequency likelihood of hydrological extremes benefits from a knowledge of climate variability at global and regional scales. World averages indicate that recent years have been the warmest since the beginning of instrumental records, about two centuries ago (5), and since the st ...
... Forecasting the low-frequency likelihood of hydrological extremes benefits from a knowledge of climate variability at global and regional scales. World averages indicate that recent years have been the warmest since the beginning of instrumental records, about two centuries ago (5), and since the st ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... CO2 that would have the same global warming potential (GWP), when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years). Carbon dioxide equivalency thus reflects the time-integrated radiative forcing, rather than the instantaneous value described by CO2e. Capacity Building Workshop for House of ...
... CO2 that would have the same global warming potential (GWP), when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years). Carbon dioxide equivalency thus reflects the time-integrated radiative forcing, rather than the instantaneous value described by CO2e. Capacity Building Workshop for House of ...
Ideological cultures and media discourses on
... 2. Science, ideology and the media Studies of the relation of science and the media were for long dominated by a “transmissional” notion of communication. The “canonical view,” typically conceptualizing science communication as “popularization,” was centered on issues of quantity and rigor: how much ...
... 2. Science, ideology and the media Studies of the relation of science and the media were for long dominated by a “transmissional” notion of communication. The “canonical view,” typically conceptualizing science communication as “popularization,” was centered on issues of quantity and rigor: how much ...
1851–2004 annual heat budget of the continental
... meteorological records are available in the CRU database, and the greater the uncertainty of a regional mean is [Jones and Moberg, 2003]. [11] The smallest cumulative change in the heat content over the 1851 – 2004 period is estimated for Australia. Meteorological record shows a long-term weak cooli ...
... meteorological records are available in the CRU database, and the greater the uncertainty of a regional mean is [Jones and Moberg, 2003]. [11] The smallest cumulative change in the heat content over the 1851 – 2004 period is estimated for Australia. Meteorological record shows a long-term weak cooli ...
18512004 annual heat budget of the continental landmasses
... meteorological records are available in the CRU database, and the greater the uncertainty of a regional mean is [Jones and Moberg, 2003]. [11] The smallest cumulative change in the heat content over the 1851 – 2004 period is estimated for Australia. Meteorological record shows a long-term weak cooli ...
... meteorological records are available in the CRU database, and the greater the uncertainty of a regional mean is [Jones and Moberg, 2003]. [11] The smallest cumulative change in the heat content over the 1851 – 2004 period is estimated for Australia. Meteorological record shows a long-term weak cooli ...
Nonstate Actors in the Climate Arena
... 800,000 years (Freedman 2013). With some climate change now inevitable, concern has shifted to containing the expected increase and minimizing the consequences. Political leaders have previously committed to restraining global temperatures to no more than a 2 degrees Celsius increase above pre-indus ...
... 800,000 years (Freedman 2013). With some climate change now inevitable, concern has shifted to containing the expected increase and minimizing the consequences. Political leaders have previously committed to restraining global temperatures to no more than a 2 degrees Celsius increase above pre-indus ...
Post-1_SYRCL_TechnicalEvlalofClimateChangeData_02-24-14
... Further, it found that: “The impacts of global warming are already being felt in California. The Sierra snowpack, an important source of water supply for the state, has shrunk 10 percent in the last 100 years. It is expected to continue to decrease by as much as 25 percent by 2050. World-wide change ...
... Further, it found that: “The impacts of global warming are already being felt in California. The Sierra snowpack, an important source of water supply for the state, has shrunk 10 percent in the last 100 years. It is expected to continue to decrease by as much as 25 percent by 2050. World-wide change ...
Dealing with Climate Change: Palaeoclimate Research in Australia
... nations (e.g. Japan, Germany, France, US), which have several national research vessels each, support ~300 days ship time and link funding for ship time and research to ensure success. Palaeoclimate research is largely a university-driven research field with heavily restricted opportunities for coll ...
... nations (e.g. Japan, Germany, France, US), which have several national research vessels each, support ~300 days ship time and link funding for ship time and research to ensure success. Palaeoclimate research is largely a university-driven research field with heavily restricted opportunities for coll ...
9 Holocene rapid land-cover changes – evidence and theory
... Schrag 2002). Likewise, a rapid onset of the last glacial was simulated by Calov et al. (2005), again, based on earlier theories of the atmosphere–cryosphere feedback by Budyko (1969) and Sellers (1969). Ecosystems, when exposed to gradual changes in climate, nutrient loading, or habitat fragmentati ...
... Schrag 2002). Likewise, a rapid onset of the last glacial was simulated by Calov et al. (2005), again, based on earlier theories of the atmosphere–cryosphere feedback by Budyko (1969) and Sellers (1969). Ecosystems, when exposed to gradual changes in climate, nutrient loading, or habitat fragmentati ...
Center for Policy Research
... Although "scientific consensus" is often cited in support of opposing views on global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked freque ...
... Although "scientific consensus" is often cited in support of opposing views on global climate change, there has been little systematic study of prevailing opinion within the scientific community. Scientists are well aware that scientific consensus can be wrong, but, nonetheless, it is invoked freque ...
Climate Change Makes Success in U.S. Strategy Harder to Achieve
... What is Climate Change? Climate change is the technical term for the effect of greenhouse gases altering the climate. Greenhouse gases are important to the world—without them, no life would exist on the planet. They trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere, preventing our planet from being a giant b ...
... What is Climate Change? Climate change is the technical term for the effect of greenhouse gases altering the climate. Greenhouse gases are important to the world—without them, no life would exist on the planet. They trap heat from the sun in the atmosphere, preventing our planet from being a giant b ...
Potential Impact of Climate Change on Geographic Distribution of
... with plant pathogens. It seems therefore possible to meet any predicted harmful effects. However, in spite of the fact that plant diseases are crucial constrain on plant productivity, the effects of changing weather systems on plant health are difficult to show conclusively. Climate change is likely ...
... with plant pathogens. It seems therefore possible to meet any predicted harmful effects. However, in spite of the fact that plant diseases are crucial constrain on plant productivity, the effects of changing weather systems on plant health are difficult to show conclusively. Climate change is likely ...
Climatic Drivers of Change and the Future of African Ocean Assets
... oceans are degrading under human pressure due to population growth, industrialisation, coastal development, intensive agriculture, over exploitation, and resource extraction. In addition, increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations pose a major threat to the oceans. According to the Intergo ...
... oceans are degrading under human pressure due to population growth, industrialisation, coastal development, intensive agriculture, over exploitation, and resource extraction. In addition, increasing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations pose a major threat to the oceans. According to the Intergo ...
Diapositiva 1
... What could be done now to reduce current vulnerability?. What are the main barriers to implementation (such as technology or political will)? ...
... What could be done now to reduce current vulnerability?. What are the main barriers to implementation (such as technology or political will)? ...
Communication and Marketing As Climate Change–Intervention
... The limited availability and higher up-front costs of compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) have, until recently, depressed demand for the product.50 Prior to 2007, retail shelf space and marketing promotion for CFLs was severely limited, and prices were exorbitantly high by comparison.51 Each of these ...
... The limited availability and higher up-front costs of compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) have, until recently, depressed demand for the product.50 Prior to 2007, retail shelf space and marketing promotion for CFLs was severely limited, and prices were exorbitantly high by comparison.51 Each of these ...
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).