- Climate Voices
... • We’ve tracked 10 inches of sea-level rise historically • We best estimate of 1.3 feet of sea-level rise by 2050 • So climate change is an additional hazard on our coasts that we can prepare for ...
... • We’ve tracked 10 inches of sea-level rise historically • We best estimate of 1.3 feet of sea-level rise by 2050 • So climate change is an additional hazard on our coasts that we can prepare for ...
ch18_lecture - La Habra High School
... How does the Earth’s climate fluctuate What factors affect climate What are the possible effects of global warming What can humans do about potential climate change How are human activities affecting the ozone layer ...
... How does the Earth’s climate fluctuate What factors affect climate What are the possible effects of global warming What can humans do about potential climate change How are human activities affecting the ozone layer ...
Legal Imperative of Climate Change Action
... A Sea-level rise of 0.5m as projected by the IPCC by mid-century could result in losses equivalent to more than 10% of the current GDP of affected countries; Wide spread poverty is a dominant structural vulnerability; The spread of malaria and other infectious diseases will put women, infants, and c ...
... A Sea-level rise of 0.5m as projected by the IPCC by mid-century could result in losses equivalent to more than 10% of the current GDP of affected countries; Wide spread poverty is a dominant structural vulnerability; The spread of malaria and other infectious diseases will put women, infants, and c ...
Integration Across Social and Natural Sciences
... used to project climate change and shape global climate policy underestimate the rate of arctic sea ice loss. Example 3. A new model projection suggests that black carbon and sulfate aerosols emitted in the northern temperate zone may explain half or more of arctic warming in the past 30 years. Exam ...
... used to project climate change and shape global climate policy underestimate the rate of arctic sea ice loss. Example 3. A new model projection suggests that black carbon and sulfate aerosols emitted in the northern temperate zone may explain half or more of arctic warming in the past 30 years. Exam ...
Climate Volatility and the Poor - Tanzania -
... warming – despite recent cold weather in N. Hemisphere - Rise in atmospheric CO2 also unambiguous, as are man-made contributions ...
... warming – despite recent cold weather in N. Hemisphere - Rise in atmospheric CO2 also unambiguous, as are man-made contributions ...
PPT file - Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory
... Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001 Report ...
... Source: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2001 Report ...
Climate Change – Can science teachers play a part
... few days after Bolt’s article. 5 out of 6 support Bolt’s denier-ism ...
... few days after Bolt’s article. 5 out of 6 support Bolt’s denier-ism ...
Open Government Act of 2010 - Council of the District of Columbia
... changes in the jet stream that are bringing more extreme weather to the U.S. (7) Climate change is affecting food security by reducing the growth and yields of important crops; droughts, floods, and changes in snowpack are altering water supplies; as of October 2, 2012, 64.6 % of the contiguous U.S. ...
... changes in the jet stream that are bringing more extreme weather to the U.S. (7) Climate change is affecting food security by reducing the growth and yields of important crops; droughts, floods, and changes in snowpack are altering water supplies; as of October 2, 2012, 64.6 % of the contiguous U.S. ...
Climate and Climate Change
... ◊ The Earth actually reflects much of the sunlight it receives ◊ The reflected light DOES NOT warm the Earth ◊ The percent of sunlight the earth reflects is called the albedo (~ ...
... ◊ The Earth actually reflects much of the sunlight it receives ◊ The reflected light DOES NOT warm the Earth ◊ The percent of sunlight the earth reflects is called the albedo (~ ...
Global Warming
... • decreases solubility of CO2 in water, decreasing the ocean uptake rate • possibly increases the rate of photosynthesis and plant growth • increases the rate of decomposition ...
... • decreases solubility of CO2 in water, decreasing the ocean uptake rate • possibly increases the rate of photosynthesis and plant growth • increases the rate of decomposition ...
Climate change
... Earth’s climate varies naturally – because of a variety of cosmological and geological processes. ...
... Earth’s climate varies naturally – because of a variety of cosmological and geological processes. ...
A recent study published in Nature Climate Change
... rapid temperature rise in the near future highlights the need for both mitigation and adaptation. The report, as summarised in the Carbon Brief (see http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/earthentering-new-era-of-rapid-temperature-change-study-warns/), has been the subject of some comments on socia ...
... rapid temperature rise in the near future highlights the need for both mitigation and adaptation. The report, as summarised in the Carbon Brief (see http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2015/03/earthentering-new-era-of-rapid-temperature-change-study-warns/), has been the subject of some comments on socia ...
Climate Change and Ecosystems - CLU-IN
... interacting with one another and with their physical environment. An ecosystem can be as large as the Mojave Desert or as small as a local pond. Ecosystems provide people with food, goods, medicines, and many other products. They also play a vital role in nutrient cycling, water purification, and cl ...
... interacting with one another and with their physical environment. An ecosystem can be as large as the Mojave Desert or as small as a local pond. Ecosystems provide people with food, goods, medicines, and many other products. They also play a vital role in nutrient cycling, water purification, and cl ...
No Slide Title
... garbage dumps, and the destruction of natural wildlife habitats. Landsat and ASTER images provide important long-term records of urban growth, and can help us make decisions about the most effective use of space and resources for the future. Landsat image credit: U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Cen ...
... garbage dumps, and the destruction of natural wildlife habitats. Landsat and ASTER images provide important long-term records of urban growth, and can help us make decisions about the most effective use of space and resources for the future. Landsat image credit: U.S. Geological Survey EROS Data Cen ...
PowerPoint Presentation - No Slide Title
... Note the seasonal oscillation and the steady upward trend ...
... Note the seasonal oscillation and the steady upward trend ...
Ice cap meltdown to cause 22ft floods
... However, Dr Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia, believes the risk are far greater than the IPCC suggests. Speaking at a meeting in Cambridge organised by the British Antarctic Survey, Dr Lenton said: "We are close to being committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't thi ...
... However, Dr Tim Lenton of the University of East Anglia, believes the risk are far greater than the IPCC suggests. Speaking at a meeting in Cambridge organised by the British Antarctic Survey, Dr Lenton said: "We are close to being committed to a collapse of the Greenland ice sheet. But we don't thi ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... Activity (groups of two) – clicker Imagine that the global temperature were to increase significantly for some reason. 1. How would the silicate-to-carbonate conversion process change during this warming period. Explain. 2. How would this affect atmospheric CO2 levels and as a result, global temper ...
... Activity (groups of two) – clicker Imagine that the global temperature were to increase significantly for some reason. 1. How would the silicate-to-carbonate conversion process change during this warming period. Explain. 2. How would this affect atmospheric CO2 levels and as a result, global temper ...
Climate change alters the environment in complex ways. The Andes
... dynamically, and often in ways hard to foresee. 3. despite global warming, and despite increasing numbers of events in industrialised countries, on aggregate, the frequency of severe insults to health of extreme weather has declined 4. so far, in the industrial world, relatively modest, targeted pub ...
... dynamically, and often in ways hard to foresee. 3. despite global warming, and despite increasing numbers of events in industrialised countries, on aggregate, the frequency of severe insults to health of extreme weather has declined 4. so far, in the industrial world, relatively modest, targeted pub ...
Global Warming and Climate Change
... Carbon dioxide build up is particularly serious because it remains in the atmosphere for decades to centuries. Build up of aerosols, anthropogenic or natural, inhibit incoming solar radiation and thus tends to offset global warming by cooling. The Earth’s surface has warmed on the average by o ...
... Carbon dioxide build up is particularly serious because it remains in the atmosphere for decades to centuries. Build up of aerosols, anthropogenic or natural, inhibit incoming solar radiation and thus tends to offset global warming by cooling. The Earth’s surface has warmed on the average by o ...
On the Issue of Increasing Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and
... CH4 and N2O) became steadily more important than natural climate drivers. Crowley’s model indicates that only about 25% of the 20thcentury temperature increase can be attributed to natural variability. Working Group 1 [4]: The Physical Science Basis - of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report states that ...
... CH4 and N2O) became steadily more important than natural climate drivers. Crowley’s model indicates that only about 25% of the 20thcentury temperature increase can be attributed to natural variability. Working Group 1 [4]: The Physical Science Basis - of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report states that ...
Climate Change Adaptation in the North East…
... "I was pleased to see the strength of the Climate Change Partnership in the North East, particularly the quality of the North East Adaptation Study. "The study tells us what we need to do to adapt in the face of dangerous climate change. This work and the commitment from many groups and sectors, in ...
... "I was pleased to see the strength of the Climate Change Partnership in the North East, particularly the quality of the North East Adaptation Study. "The study tells us what we need to do to adapt in the face of dangerous climate change. This work and the commitment from many groups and sectors, in ...
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).