Climate change scenarios in Europe and their potential
... Conclusions • Climate is changing and will continue to change • Europe will be affected by the changing climate • Expected changes in temperature (Max and Min), precipitation and extreme events • Our understanding of the climate system and its prediction (better models, new physics, higher resolutio ...
... Conclusions • Climate is changing and will continue to change • Europe will be affected by the changing climate • Expected changes in temperature (Max and Min), precipitation and extreme events • Our understanding of the climate system and its prediction (better models, new physics, higher resolutio ...
AllanRP_DEEP-C_201603-MetOffice
... O1. Combine satellite radiation budget measurements with atmospheric reanalyses, providing improved 2D estimates of surface heat fluxes across the ocean surface (WP1) O2. Calculate global 3D ocean heat content and its changes since 2003 using ARGO and ship-based observations, leading to improved und ...
... O1. Combine satellite radiation budget measurements with atmospheric reanalyses, providing improved 2D estimates of surface heat fluxes across the ocean surface (WP1) O2. Calculate global 3D ocean heat content and its changes since 2003 using ARGO and ship-based observations, leading to improved und ...
Earth`s Climate System
... Recent climate has been dominated by an ice age. The ice age is divisible into short warm interglacials, and longer colder glacials. Carbon dioxide concentrations are greater during warm periods. Civilization arose during the most recent warm interglacial interval, the Holocene. ...
... Recent climate has been dominated by an ice age. The ice age is divisible into short warm interglacials, and longer colder glacials. Carbon dioxide concentrations are greater during warm periods. Civilization arose during the most recent warm interglacial interval, the Holocene. ...
Improving Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions of Africa Through
... to starvation among the most acutely affected communities and robbing the world of productive land (Pender et al. 2009). In addition, many policy makers in governments are unaware of this long-term climatic impact, often leading to land use changes. Governments have low or no adaptive strategies or ...
... to starvation among the most acutely affected communities and robbing the world of productive land (Pender et al. 2009). In addition, many policy makers in governments are unaware of this long-term climatic impact, often leading to land use changes. Governments have low or no adaptive strategies or ...
Publication - European Commission
... However, this fine balance is being upset by human activities that either release CO2 faster than it can be removed naturally or reduce natural stores of carbon, such as through deforestation of tropical rainforests. ...
... However, this fine balance is being upset by human activities that either release CO2 faster than it can be removed naturally or reduce natural stores of carbon, such as through deforestation of tropical rainforests. ...
RACP Climate Change and Health Position Statement
... vegetable-based diet, and reduced energy generation from fossil fuels17,18. There will be benefits to the medical profession and the health sector from taking steps to mitigate climate change, including public health, financial, health equity, reputational and environmental benefits. For example, ma ...
... vegetable-based diet, and reduced energy generation from fossil fuels17,18. There will be benefits to the medical profession and the health sector from taking steps to mitigate climate change, including public health, financial, health equity, reputational and environmental benefits. For example, ma ...
Climate Change and Plankton Food Webs
... be predicted, but others which at this time cannot. It is predictable with a large degree of certainty that temperature and environmental (nutrient, salinity, CO2) changes will result in an altered plankton community, and that this change will likely degrade the socioeconomic “return” from the estua ...
... be predicted, but others which at this time cannot. It is predictable with a large degree of certainty that temperature and environmental (nutrient, salinity, CO2) changes will result in an altered plankton community, and that this change will likely degrade the socioeconomic “return” from the estua ...
as a PDF - International Scholars Journals
... at the edge of the so-called poverty line (El Quosy, 1999). River Nile, provides more than 95% of all water to Egypt and the annual rainfall varies from a maximum of 180 mm/year on the North coast, to an average of 20 mm near the city of Cairo and diminishes to as little as 2 mm close to the city of ...
... at the edge of the so-called poverty line (El Quosy, 1999). River Nile, provides more than 95% of all water to Egypt and the annual rainfall varies from a maximum of 180 mm/year on the North coast, to an average of 20 mm near the city of Cairo and diminishes to as little as 2 mm close to the city of ...
Climate and economics
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) affects the global energy balance (difference between inflow to and outflow from earth) CO2 passes easily high frequency electromagnetic energy (sun light) but less easily low frequency heat radiation. More CO2 acts like the roof of a greenhouse, reducing outflow and leads t ...
... Carbon dioxide (CO2) affects the global energy balance (difference between inflow to and outflow from earth) CO2 passes easily high frequency electromagnetic energy (sun light) but less easily low frequency heat radiation. More CO2 acts like the roof of a greenhouse, reducing outflow and leads t ...
Marine Plankton Food Webs and Climate Change
... be predicted, but others which at this time cannot. It is predictable with a large degree of certainty that temperature and environmental (nutrient, salinity, CO2) changes will result in an altered plankton community, and that this change will likely degrade the socioeconomic “return” from the estu ...
... be predicted, but others which at this time cannot. It is predictable with a large degree of certainty that temperature and environmental (nutrient, salinity, CO2) changes will result in an altered plankton community, and that this change will likely degrade the socioeconomic “return” from the estu ...
Economists and Climate Change: Consensus and Open Questions
... Dean of NYU School of Law and expert on the economics of environmental regulation and policy. Dean Richard L. Revesz noticed a recurring problem at EPA meetings on the economics of environmental regulation—a lot of empty chairs. While industry was always present to push their view, green groups were ...
... Dean of NYU School of Law and expert on the economics of environmental regulation and policy. Dean Richard L. Revesz noticed a recurring problem at EPA meetings on the economics of environmental regulation—a lot of empty chairs. While industry was always present to push their view, green groups were ...
PhD Earth Science and Fluid Mechanics Course: Glaciology (past
... The course aims to give a current review of modern research into processes and dynamics of the global cryosphere (Glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost) and their connections with climate. Lectures will cover arguments linked to glacial dynamics both in the temperate (e.g. the European Alps) and the cold ...
... The course aims to give a current review of modern research into processes and dynamics of the global cryosphere (Glaciers, ice sheets, permafrost) and their connections with climate. Lectures will cover arguments linked to glacial dynamics both in the temperate (e.g. the European Alps) and the cold ...
European Science Fondation Global Change, Energy Issues
... The notion of the boundary is thus an important element: 4 indeed, to say what is “scientific” defines, from the outset, the domain of the “political”, and vice versa. On a first level, the climate regime is coproduced in the sense that the scientific framing of the question through general circulat ...
... The notion of the boundary is thus an important element: 4 indeed, to say what is “scientific” defines, from the outset, the domain of the “political”, and vice versa. On a first level, the climate regime is coproduced in the sense that the scientific framing of the question through general circulat ...
Executive Summary - Northeast Climate Science Center
... o Winter maximum lake ice extent is shrinking. o Lake evaporation rates are increasing. ...
... o Winter maximum lake ice extent is shrinking. o Lake evaporation rates are increasing. ...
INTRODUCTION
... that the release of fossil fuels will prevent increasing percentages of outgoing thermal energy from permanently leaving the surface of the earth. (ALLEN 2001) In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that the earth will continue to warm over the course of the next 100 yea ...
... that the release of fossil fuels will prevent increasing percentages of outgoing thermal energy from permanently leaving the surface of the earth. (ALLEN 2001) In 2001, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that the earth will continue to warm over the course of the next 100 yea ...
Activity 2.1: Historical Climate Cycles
... change in the future, primarily due to changes in the amount of light reaching places on the Earth and the composition of the atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels in the last century has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which has contributed to Earth's warming. Guiding ...
... change in the future, primarily due to changes in the amount of light reaching places on the Earth and the composition of the atmosphere. The burning of fossil fuels in the last century has increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which has contributed to Earth's warming. Guiding ...
INGOS Atmospheric Data Center
... How climate change itself will affect the concentrations of these gases, for example as a result of variations in land use, is currently unclear. Mitigation efforts, for which NCGHGs offer ample scope, and increasing human activity will also affect their concentrations. InGOS aims to secure the data ...
... How climate change itself will affect the concentrations of these gases, for example as a result of variations in land use, is currently unclear. Mitigation efforts, for which NCGHGs offer ample scope, and increasing human activity will also affect their concentrations. InGOS aims to secure the data ...
The Latest on Volcanic Eruptions and Climate
... into some of these topics in much greater detail. It is well known that large volcanic eruptions inject sulfur gases into the stratosphere, which convert to sulfate aerosols with a lifetime of several months to about 2 years. The radiative effects of these aerosol clouds produce global cooling and a ...
... into some of these topics in much greater detail. It is well known that large volcanic eruptions inject sulfur gases into the stratosphere, which convert to sulfate aerosols with a lifetime of several months to about 2 years. The radiative effects of these aerosol clouds produce global cooling and a ...
Geography Specification B - Unit 1
... Investigating how wave action erodes cliffs, and how wave type influences beach profile; how longshore drift forms characteristic landforms. Investigating how sub-aerial processes of weathering and mass movement influence landforms, and how rising sea levels and increased storm activity may affect c ...
... Investigating how wave action erodes cliffs, and how wave type influences beach profile; how longshore drift forms characteristic landforms. Investigating how sub-aerial processes of weathering and mass movement influence landforms, and how rising sea levels and increased storm activity may affect c ...
Increasing Variability of River Discharge in Northern Canada
... Modifications in snowpack characteristics also affect ecological processes such as the duration of the growing season (Vaganov et al., 1999), and on plant productivity, density, and distribution. Changes in snowpack accumulation influence prey-predator relationships (Stenseth et al., 2004) and the f ...
... Modifications in snowpack characteristics also affect ecological processes such as the duration of the growing season (Vaganov et al., 1999), and on plant productivity, density, and distribution. Changes in snowpack accumulation influence prey-predator relationships (Stenseth et al., 2004) and the f ...
PDF
... scenarios of climate change, water availability, and population and income growth (among other factors). The result is a powerful simulation tool to assess the potential impact of selected promising technologies on some of the world’s most important agricultural commodities. The results suggest that ...
... scenarios of climate change, water availability, and population and income growth (among other factors). The result is a powerful simulation tool to assess the potential impact of selected promising technologies on some of the world’s most important agricultural commodities. The results suggest that ...
Climate Change and impact assessment
... practices which contributed to outcome three of enhancing community capacity for climate change adaptation. The inclusion of climate risks in the methodology also led to one of the main impact assessment recommendations incorporated in the project: to consider the cumulative impacts of the project a ...
... practices which contributed to outcome three of enhancing community capacity for climate change adaptation. The inclusion of climate risks in the methodology also led to one of the main impact assessment recommendations incorporated in the project: to consider the cumulative impacts of the project a ...
Ecosystems
... Oceans control Earth’s climate over decades to centuries – understanding how they are changing is key to choosing appropriate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. Abrupt climate changes in the past, linked to change in the overturning circulation, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overt ...
... Oceans control Earth’s climate over decades to centuries – understanding how they are changing is key to choosing appropriate climate change mitigation and adaptation measures. Abrupt climate changes in the past, linked to change in the overturning circulation, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overt ...
Agriculture and Climate Change: Real problems, false solutions
... into carbon markets are a diversion from what is really required. In most cases the effectiveness and the possible negative impacts of the proposed measures are not yet assessed, and the plants are in the early stages of development. In general there simply is not enough land to account for the prop ...
... into carbon markets are a diversion from what is really required. In most cases the effectiveness and the possible negative impacts of the proposed measures are not yet assessed, and the plants are in the early stages of development. In general there simply is not enough land to account for the prop ...
Abrupt Climate Change: The Next Major Challenge
... abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glaciochemical records show that both onset and termination of the YD occurred within 10-20 year ...
... abrupt climate change event observed in marine and ice core records is the Younger Dryas (YD), a return to near-glacial conditions that punctuated the last deglaciation. GISP2 high-resolution, continuous glaciochemical records show that both onset and termination of the YD occurred within 10-20 year ...
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).