Science and Technology
... 26 January, 2005 Global warming may be twice as bad as expected, according to a new assessment of a commonly-used yardstick of possible carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. Until now, most computer models of climate change predict that if atmospheric levels of CO2 reach double of the pre-industrial age, ...
... 26 January, 2005 Global warming may be twice as bad as expected, according to a new assessment of a commonly-used yardstick of possible carbon dioxide (CO2) pollution. Until now, most computer models of climate change predict that if atmospheric levels of CO2 reach double of the pre-industrial age, ...
Hazard Summary of Climate Trends and Projections
... century. The projections illustrate two scenarios. The red lines (Representative Concentration Pathway RCP - 8.5), represent a scenario that assumes we continue to consuming fossil fuels at the accelerating rate we have exhibited to date, resulting in an accelerating pattern of greenhouse gas emissi ...
... century. The projections illustrate two scenarios. The red lines (Representative Concentration Pathway RCP - 8.5), represent a scenario that assumes we continue to consuming fossil fuels at the accelerating rate we have exhibited to date, resulting in an accelerating pattern of greenhouse gas emissi ...
Green infrastructure and the urban heat island
... LUCID is developing more localised tools for quantifying the effects of building structure and form, climate, energy use and effects on human health. Further details can be found on the project website at www.lucid-project.org.uk. The effects of vegetation on urban climate have been looked at in a n ...
... LUCID is developing more localised tools for quantifying the effects of building structure and form, climate, energy use and effects on human health. Further details can be found on the project website at www.lucid-project.org.uk. The effects of vegetation on urban climate have been looked at in a n ...
Climate Change Impacts on Northeast Agriculture: Overview
... products. In upstate New York alone the total farm cash receipts approach $3 billion on an annual basis, and the state usually ranks within the top three in the nation for production of apples, grapes, fresh market sweet corn, snap beans, cabbage, milk, cottage cheese, and several other commodities. ...
... products. In upstate New York alone the total farm cash receipts approach $3 billion on an annual basis, and the state usually ranks within the top three in the nation for production of apples, grapes, fresh market sweet corn, snap beans, cabbage, milk, cottage cheese, and several other commodities. ...
Assessing the Vulnerability of Fish Stocks in a Changing Climate
... The methodology will provide fishery managers, scientists, and others with information they can use as they consider what additional scientific information is needed and how to adapt management strategies for those fish stocks. This will include information about which species in the region are most ...
... The methodology will provide fishery managers, scientists, and others with information they can use as they consider what additional scientific information is needed and how to adapt management strategies for those fish stocks. This will include information about which species in the region are most ...
pdf Do We Understand What Is Driving Climate Change?
... Analysis of such ice cores, together with more recent direct measurements, shows that the concentrations of some key greenhouse gases that are emitted by human activities, namely CO2, methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), have risen significantly since large-scale industrialisation (also known as ...
... Analysis of such ice cores, together with more recent direct measurements, shows that the concentrations of some key greenhouse gases that are emitted by human activities, namely CO2, methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), have risen significantly since large-scale industrialisation (also known as ...
andes mountains and human dimensions of
... hydrosphere with lack or rain-fed snow, erratic precipitation, diminishing water bodies and minimized aquifers. It is just recently, however, that the human dimension has been incorporated as a major pillar for our understanding of landscape change and the recent emphasis for funded research. In the ...
... hydrosphere with lack or rain-fed snow, erratic precipitation, diminishing water bodies and minimized aquifers. It is just recently, however, that the human dimension has been incorporated as a major pillar for our understanding of landscape change and the recent emphasis for funded research. In the ...
SES Research in Alaska Comparing marine mammal co
... IPY: Impacts of High-Latitude Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Society explores the societal consequences of recent and projected changes in ecosystem services, the benefits that society derives from ecosystems. The research goals are to (1) document the current status and trends in ecosyste ...
... IPY: Impacts of High-Latitude Climate Change on Ecosystem Services and Society explores the societal consequences of recent and projected changes in ecosystem services, the benefits that society derives from ecosystems. The research goals are to (1) document the current status and trends in ecosyste ...
Feeling the Heat - Phillippines Case Study
... As population rates grow, people are increasingly constrained to living and farming in areas not suitable for settlement and agriculture such as on riverbanks and mountain slopes, thereby exacerbating the damage caused by extreme weather events and climate change.31 The Philippines has always been s ...
... As population rates grow, people are increasingly constrained to living and farming in areas not suitable for settlement and agriculture such as on riverbanks and mountain slopes, thereby exacerbating the damage caused by extreme weather events and climate change.31 The Philippines has always been s ...
IPCC estimates for emissions from land
... (Fischlin et al, 2007, p. 229) as follows: "Compared to the TAR (Gitay et al., 2001), the net global loss due to land-use change in forest cover appears to have slowed further". However, one must not overlook the fact over such slight improvements, that the deforestation rates are still very disturb ...
... (Fischlin et al, 2007, p. 229) as follows: "Compared to the TAR (Gitay et al., 2001), the net global loss due to land-use change in forest cover appears to have slowed further". However, one must not overlook the fact over such slight improvements, that the deforestation rates are still very disturb ...
Presentation - AC Reynolds High
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
New Study Outlines Range of Climate
... implications for the future are substantially more serious. They already appear to be changing productivity, shifting populations, and damaging the carbonate shells of plankton and shellfish. To date, however, fishery managers have faced challenges in incorporating these anticipated changes into the ...
... implications for the future are substantially more serious. They already appear to be changing productivity, shifting populations, and damaging the carbonate shells of plankton and shellfish. To date, however, fishery managers have faced challenges in incorporating these anticipated changes into the ...
ch19 climate change ppt
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
ch 19 ppt new
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
Climate change and indigenous peoples
... In North America, some indigenous groups are striving to cope with climate change by focusing on the economic opportunities that it may create. For example, the increased demand for renewable energy using wind and solar power could make tribal lands an important resource for such energy, replacing f ...
... In North America, some indigenous groups are striving to cope with climate change by focusing on the economic opportunities that it may create. For example, the increased demand for renewable energy using wind and solar power could make tribal lands an important resource for such energy, replacing f ...
TCC_activities
... available from TCC’s Web Site 1. Global Climate and Extreme Climate Events global temperature anomalies, global precipitation ratios, etc. ...
... available from TCC’s Web Site 1. Global Climate and Extreme Climate Events global temperature anomalies, global precipitation ratios, etc. ...
The Development Perspective of the ECE Region
... Extreme weather events, especially increased risks of inland flash floods and coastal flooding and increased erosion would have economy-wide effects Heat waves and more wildfires will increase health risks Mountainous areas will face reduced snow cover with implications for winter tourism and extens ...
... Extreme weather events, especially increased risks of inland flash floods and coastal flooding and increased erosion would have economy-wide effects Heat waves and more wildfires will increase health risks Mountainous areas will face reduced snow cover with implications for winter tourism and extens ...
The Realization of Global Warming The Realization of Global Warming
... grows with consistent independent interpretation of multiple data sources. Yet without a wellsupported theory to explain this 20,000 year relationship, scientists are not satisfied. This illustrates the importance of theories in science. Theories provide an explanation for regularities in the natura ...
... grows with consistent independent interpretation of multiple data sources. Yet without a wellsupported theory to explain this 20,000 year relationship, scientists are not satisfied. This illustrates the importance of theories in science. Theories provide an explanation for regularities in the natura ...
Draft Climate change in the North Queensland region
... Average temperatures across the state are currently 1°C higher than they were 100 years ago. Recent decades have shown a clear warming trend. Our climate is already highly variable but climate change is leading to shifts beyond this natural variability. ...
... Average temperatures across the state are currently 1°C higher than they were 100 years ago. Recent decades have shown a clear warming trend. Our climate is already highly variable but climate change is leading to shifts beyond this natural variability. ...
Fall 2013
... other global environmental problems. One key lesson – formalized method for feedback between scientific evaluation and policy response is effective for adapting environmental policy to evolving scientific situation. The Montreal Protocol, an international treaty to protect stratospheric ozone, has r ...
... other global environmental problems. One key lesson – formalized method for feedback between scientific evaluation and policy response is effective for adapting environmental policy to evolving scientific situation. The Montreal Protocol, an international treaty to protect stratospheric ozone, has r ...
PDF
... Global temperatures have risen by about 0.75 degrees C relative to the period 1860-1900, with about 0.5 degrees of this increase occurring since 1970. Temperature changes reflect a combination of natural variation and the effects of anthropogenic global warming. The IPCC states that ‘Most of the obs ...
... Global temperatures have risen by about 0.75 degrees C relative to the period 1860-1900, with about 0.5 degrees of this increase occurring since 1970. Temperature changes reflect a combination of natural variation and the effects of anthropogenic global warming. The IPCC states that ‘Most of the obs ...
TEMPERATURE CHANGE (over past 22000 years)
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
... • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • Especially since 1960 • Mostly from human-caused increases in greenhouse gases • Earth’s climate is now changing from increased greenhouse gases ...
increase - WordPress.com
... “Would the Queensland floods have occurred if humans were not warming the climate through greenhouse-gas emissions?” • Climate change will affect the overall number and strength of extreme weather events. • Two slightly easier and much more useful questions: “Will floods in Queensland become more fr ...
... “Would the Queensland floods have occurred if humans were not warming the climate through greenhouse-gas emissions?” • Climate change will affect the overall number and strength of extreme weather events. • Two slightly easier and much more useful questions: “Will floods in Queensland become more fr ...
Global Warming Resources to Sustain a Collection
... vice president Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘‘for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.’’1 The IPCC, in their April 2007 report, stated that there is a 90 percent probability that the measured inc ...
... vice president Al Gore and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ‘‘for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change.’’1 The IPCC, in their April 2007 report, stated that there is a 90 percent probability that the measured inc ...
Predictions of Future Climate Change
... that lie behind the climate change models will vary enormously, and as a consequence the change in the earth’s climate could be quite minimal if appropriate long term action is taken immediately, or severe if humanity adopts a ‘business-as-usual’ approach. The report notes that: “The most important ...
... that lie behind the climate change models will vary enormously, and as a consequence the change in the earth’s climate could be quite minimal if appropriate long term action is taken immediately, or severe if humanity adopts a ‘business-as-usual’ approach. The report notes that: “The most important ...
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).