ES Digest Climate Change News_2011.02.04
... plan to defer, for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources. The agency intends to use this time to seek further independent scientific analysis of this complex issue and then to develop a rulemaking on ...
... plan to defer, for three years, greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from biomass-fired and other biogenic sources. The agency intends to use this time to seek further independent scientific analysis of this complex issue and then to develop a rulemaking on ...
SEARCH Science Brief: Effects of the Arctic Meltdown on U.S.
... and thousands of disrupted lives each year. The frequency of these events is increasing, and certain types have clear links to climate change. Rapid Arctic warming is expected to cause more persistent weather regimes that can lead to devastating drought, heat waves, fire seasons, stormy winters, and ...
... and thousands of disrupted lives each year. The frequency of these events is increasing, and certain types have clear links to climate change. Rapid Arctic warming is expected to cause more persistent weather regimes that can lead to devastating drought, heat waves, fire seasons, stormy winters, and ...
Combatting Climate Change and Energy Crisis
... CLIMATE CHANGE Nearly 60 per cent of the world’s remaining reefs are at significant risk of being lost in the next three decades. The major causes of coral reef decline are coastal development, sedimentation, destructive fishing practices, pollution, tourism and global warming. Climate change threa ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE Nearly 60 per cent of the world’s remaining reefs are at significant risk of being lost in the next three decades. The major causes of coral reef decline are coastal development, sedimentation, destructive fishing practices, pollution, tourism and global warming. Climate change threa ...
Battle for the Climate Friday, 10.4.2015 5pm â 6pm
... In this workshop, we want to juxtapose our own ideas for a socio-ecological transformation with those market-based or techno-utopian solutions pushed from above, to which there are supposedly no alternatives. We also want to make the point that the COP21 in Paris should not be the focus of our polit ...
... In this workshop, we want to juxtapose our own ideas for a socio-ecological transformation with those market-based or techno-utopian solutions pushed from above, to which there are supposedly no alternatives. We also want to make the point that the COP21 in Paris should not be the focus of our polit ...
- adaptation
... All this under the governance of Namibian Climate Change Committee are aiming for integrated shaker holder participation with regard to CBA and CCA in Namibian. ...
... All this under the governance of Namibian Climate Change Committee are aiming for integrated shaker holder participation with regard to CBA and CCA in Namibian. ...
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
... Given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5°C compared to 1850 to 1900 for all but one scenario. The world’s oceans will warm and ice melt will continue. Average sea level ri ...
... Given current concentrations and on-going emissions of greenhouse gases, it is likely that by the end of this century, the increase in global temperature will exceed 1.5°C compared to 1850 to 1900 for all but one scenario. The world’s oceans will warm and ice melt will continue. Average sea level ri ...
Effects of global climate change on freshwater biota: A review with
... Observational records and projections provide an increasing amount of evidence that at global scale climate is rapidly changing (IPCC 2007). Although the climate of our planet varies naturally in response to differences in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and aerosol concentrations, our climate i ...
... Observational records and projections provide an increasing amount of evidence that at global scale climate is rapidly changing (IPCC 2007). Although the climate of our planet varies naturally in response to differences in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions and aerosol concentrations, our climate i ...
CCS Summer School Developing countries Context July 6-11, 2014, Austin, Texas
... • In 1992, UN member countries joined hands in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to enact and adopt an international treaty – United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
... • In 1992, UN member countries joined hands in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to enact and adopt an international treaty – United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC). ...
Executive Summary (PDF)
... knowledge about the causes and consequences of climate change. (Sections 1 and 2) Human activities have increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) to levels unprecedented in at least the Human influence on the climate past 800,000 years. The Earth’s ...
... knowledge about the causes and consequences of climate change. (Sections 1 and 2) Human activities have increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) to levels unprecedented in at least the Human influence on the climate past 800,000 years. The Earth’s ...
Climate change impacts on Sydney`s water supply
... INTRODUCTION The drinking water for Sydney’s 4 Million residents is primarily supplied by surface water sources in the Nepean Hawkesbury river system. Sydney, as well as many parts of Australia and many other countries, is exposed to high rainfall variability and multiyear droughts. A recent study b ...
... INTRODUCTION The drinking water for Sydney’s 4 Million residents is primarily supplied by surface water sources in the Nepean Hawkesbury river system. Sydney, as well as many parts of Australia and many other countries, is exposed to high rainfall variability and multiyear droughts. A recent study b ...
Michael Dettinger - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
... Great Basin bedrock and alluvial aquifers; District Groundwater Specialist, including program review, and representation of USGS to public, Legislature and State Engineer. 1990-96: Research Hydrologist, California District, USGS, San Diego, CA: Hydroclimatology Studies of sensitivity of water resour ...
... Great Basin bedrock and alluvial aquifers; District Groundwater Specialist, including program review, and representation of USGS to public, Legislature and State Engineer. 1990-96: Research Hydrologist, California District, USGS, San Diego, CA: Hydroclimatology Studies of sensitivity of water resour ...
A Guide for Letters to the Editor and Op-‐Eds
... newspaper. Keep your letter short and to the point and you will more likely be published. Each paper has different length limits, usually around 150 words; you should aim for 100 or fewer. With bot ...
... newspaper. Keep your letter short and to the point and you will more likely be published. Each paper has different length limits, usually around 150 words; you should aim for 100 or fewer. With bot ...
Carbon Budgets Positioning - Policy Background
... This area is known in the context of the UNFCCC negotiations as the “long-term goal”. It is extremely important from a climate justice perspective because developing countries and poor communities – those who have done the least to cause the problem of climate change – are likely to bear the brunt o ...
... This area is known in the context of the UNFCCC negotiations as the “long-term goal”. It is extremely important from a climate justice perspective because developing countries and poor communities – those who have done the least to cause the problem of climate change – are likely to bear the brunt o ...
20080102-Karl-ESIP-Winter-Mtg-Climate
... Making Assessments Relevant for Key Users “Extreme precipitation episodes (heavy downpours) have become more frequent and intense in recent decades over most of North America” “It is likely that that increasing temperatures (and associated increasing evaporation potential) are already contributing t ...
... Making Assessments Relevant for Key Users “Extreme precipitation episodes (heavy downpours) have become more frequent and intense in recent decades over most of North America” “It is likely that that increasing temperatures (and associated increasing evaporation potential) are already contributing t ...
ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE Should We Be Worried? www.whoi.edu Robert B. Gagosian
... Here is a simplified description of some basic ocean-atmosphere dynamics that regulate Earth’s climate: The equatorial sun warms the ocean surface and enhances evaporation in the tropics. This leaves the tropical ocean saltier. The Gulf Stream, a limb of the Ocean Conveyor, carries an enormous volum ...
... Here is a simplified description of some basic ocean-atmosphere dynamics that regulate Earth’s climate: The equatorial sun warms the ocean surface and enhances evaporation in the tropics. This leaves the tropical ocean saltier. The Gulf Stream, a limb of the Ocean Conveyor, carries an enormous volum ...
1. Introduction
... Once these questions above are addressed, it is then appropriate to consider alternative approaches to conduct the analysis. The choice of approach or models should be based in part on which ones best answer the questions being asked and can be used within available constraints. ...
... Once these questions above are addressed, it is then appropriate to consider alternative approaches to conduct the analysis. The choice of approach or models should be based in part on which ones best answer the questions being asked and can be used within available constraints. ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Warming is specified relative to the reference period, 1986–2005, and the figures represent ensemble-mean results of the ESMs. ...
... Group I to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Warming is specified relative to the reference period, 1986–2005, and the figures represent ensemble-mean results of the ESMs. ...
Chapter Overview Earth`s Climate System Earth`s Climate System
... Change • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Global group of scientists – Published assessments since 1990 – Predict global temperature changes of 1.4–5.8°C (2.5–10.4°F) ...
... Change • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Global group of scientists – Published assessments since 1990 – Predict global temperature changes of 1.4–5.8°C (2.5–10.4°F) ...
Mann, ME, Emanuel, KA, Atlantic Hurricane Trends linked to Climate
... •AMO does not significantly project onto tropical North Atlantic SST •Apparent multidecadal oscillation in tropical Aug-Oct Atlantic SST an artifact of late 20th century aerosol forcing •Anthropogenic climate change (including tropospheric aerosol trends) appears primary factor influencing tropical ...
... •AMO does not significantly project onto tropical North Atlantic SST •Apparent multidecadal oscillation in tropical Aug-Oct Atlantic SST an artifact of late 20th century aerosol forcing •Anthropogenic climate change (including tropospheric aerosol trends) appears primary factor influencing tropical ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... issues at the global level, has been historic in realizing and accepting the very fact that man has built a suicidal living system out of this world, that man is responsible for this environmental imbalance. The earth is stricken by a fever-that of Global Warming, and the cause of the fever is human ...
... issues at the global level, has been historic in realizing and accepting the very fact that man has built a suicidal living system out of this world, that man is responsible for this environmental imbalance. The earth is stricken by a fever-that of Global Warming, and the cause of the fever is human ...
Four out of five SMEs fear impact of climate change on their
... were most concerned about extreme weather. Downpours and heavy rain were the leading cause of worry for over a third (36%) of SMEs in Latin America; 43% expected material damage would be the most significant result of such risks. Responses from SMEs surveyed in Latin America found that more than one ...
... were most concerned about extreme weather. Downpours and heavy rain were the leading cause of worry for over a third (36%) of SMEs in Latin America; 43% expected material damage would be the most significant result of such risks. Responses from SMEs surveyed in Latin America found that more than one ...
Management of Network Change
... For predictions of a season to a year or so, the upper ocean heat content is most critical; soil moisture and state of surface vegetation over land are also important. The mass, extent, thickness and state of sea ice and snow cover are vital along with other aspects of the land surface. On longer ti ...
... For predictions of a season to a year or so, the upper ocean heat content is most critical; soil moisture and state of surface vegetation over land are also important. The mass, extent, thickness and state of sea ice and snow cover are vital along with other aspects of the land surface. On longer ti ...
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).