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front of brochure
... societal habits have added large amounts of GHGs to the atmosphere. The GHGs include: water vapour (H20), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), halocarbons (HC), ozone (O3). ...
... societal habits have added large amounts of GHGs to the atmosphere. The GHGs include: water vapour (H20), carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), halocarbons (HC), ozone (O3). ...
Climate Change L6 - Nicole
... • The climate of the Earth is constantly altering over time, but the more recent changes are not considered natural changes in the climate. The ice age is an example of a natural change in climate over time. Today's changes are occurring faster and with greater magnitude than previous climate change ...
... • The climate of the Earth is constantly altering over time, but the more recent changes are not considered natural changes in the climate. The ice age is an example of a natural change in climate over time. Today's changes are occurring faster and with greater magnitude than previous climate change ...
PPT
... • “Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability…’” – 1995 IPPC Summary, cited by 2001 EPA global warming web site • “In the light of new evidence . . . most of the observed warmi ...
... • “Our ability to quantify the human influence on global climate is currently limited because the expected signal is still emerging from the noise of natural variability…’” – 1995 IPPC Summary, cited by 2001 EPA global warming web site • “In the light of new evidence . . . most of the observed warmi ...
Putting global warming into perspective
... Also, the Late Carboniferous is the only period in the past 600 million years when both atmospheric CO2 and temperatures were as low as now. During the Jurassic Period average CO2 were about 1800 ppm and during the Cambrian Period they were nearly 7000 ppm. “Today at 370 ppm our atmosphere is CO2imp ...
... Also, the Late Carboniferous is the only period in the past 600 million years when both atmospheric CO2 and temperatures were as low as now. During the Jurassic Period average CO2 were about 1800 ppm and during the Cambrian Period they were nearly 7000 ppm. “Today at 370 ppm our atmosphere is CO2imp ...
Theme 2 – Climate Change
... • Main agricultural regions will shift north. With some areas turning into deserts. One area to be affected is south east of USA (cereal grains) • Reduction of crops produced in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to result in severe famine. ...
... • Main agricultural regions will shift north. With some areas turning into deserts. One area to be affected is south east of USA (cereal grains) • Reduction of crops produced in sub-Saharan Africa is likely to result in severe famine. ...
Lord Lawson`s incredible complacency on climate change
... He claimed that climate scientists were unwilling to debate him, leaving him alone to perform a one-man show. And indeed the audience did not challenge Lord Lawson about the numbers that he cited with apparent authority in support his arguments. Among his many remarkable claims was that “the extent ...
... He claimed that climate scientists were unwilling to debate him, leaving him alone to perform a one-man show. And indeed the audience did not challenge Lord Lawson about the numbers that he cited with apparent authority in support his arguments. Among his many remarkable claims was that “the extent ...
The future under global warming – impacts on Australia
... rainfall, increased nutrient and sediment loading and increased erosion. There are much greater pressures on wetlands than climate change, however climate change could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. ...
... rainfall, increased nutrient and sediment loading and increased erosion. There are much greater pressures on wetlands than climate change, however climate change could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. ...
Powerpoint - Akron Roundtable
... Weather and climate are very different. Changes in the climate system are driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors. Global Climate Change (GCC) involves many changes - not just temperature. (precipitation, sea level, ocean acidification, ecosystems, glaciers are melting) Human activities tha ...
... Weather and climate are very different. Changes in the climate system are driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors. Global Climate Change (GCC) involves many changes - not just temperature. (precipitation, sea level, ocean acidification, ecosystems, glaciers are melting) Human activities tha ...
Global Climate Change: New Timelines
... the area covered by snow and sea ice will decrease the subtropics will be drier (less precip/more evaporation) the sea level will rise the ocean will become more acidic ...
... the area covered by snow and sea ice will decrease the subtropics will be drier (less precip/more evaporation) the sea level will rise the ocean will become more acidic ...
climate change - International Presentation Association
... Canada is funding relocation of parts of Vanuatu. Australia has so far refused to accept ...
... Canada is funding relocation of parts of Vanuatu. Australia has so far refused to accept ...
Donner on climate science for CONS449C
... according to science… with a view to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels… action to meet this long-term goal, consistent with science and on the basis of equity… strengthening the long-term global goa ...
... according to science… with a view to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above pre-industrial levels… action to meet this long-term goal, consistent with science and on the basis of equity… strengthening the long-term global goa ...
Doris Beaver`s Newsletters
... AD, based on oxygen isotope ratios from the GISP2 Greenland ice core. The results: “Alternating climatic warming and cooling has occurred every 27 years since 1470 AD, well before atmospheric CO2 began to increase.” Comparison was made by Easterbrook of global warming in the past century to “at leas ...
... AD, based on oxygen isotope ratios from the GISP2 Greenland ice core. The results: “Alternating climatic warming and cooling has occurred every 27 years since 1470 AD, well before atmospheric CO2 began to increase.” Comparison was made by Easterbrook of global warming in the past century to “at leas ...
Global warming
... • Species that depend on one another may become out of sync. • For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active ...
... • Species that depend on one another may become out of sync. • For example, plants could bloom earlier than their pollinating insects become active ...
Hockey Sticks or Boomerangs? The Global Warming Debate as an
... Are we being told exaggerated information? Lindzen exposes one such occurrence where CNN to reported that it is unanimous among scientists that global warming is happening and being caused by human activity. The document was issued by the National Academy of Sciences and was intended only to resp ...
... Are we being told exaggerated information? Lindzen exposes one such occurrence where CNN to reported that it is unanimous among scientists that global warming is happening and being caused by human activity. The document was issued by the National Academy of Sciences and was intended only to resp ...
PowerPoint - Susan Schwinning
... ability to hindcast, putting together the most highly supported scenario *IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change ...
... ability to hindcast, putting together the most highly supported scenario *IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change ...
The Haitian Scientific Society (HSS)
... Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century. This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as ...
... Climate model projections summarized by the IPCC indicate that average global surface temperature will likely rise a further 1.1 to 6.4 °C (2.0 to 11.5 °F) during the twenty-first century. This range of values results from the use of differing scenarios of future greenhouse gas emissions as well as ...
PowerPoint slides
... 1,000 years after emissions stop. Following cessation of emissions, removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases radiative forcing, but is largely compensated by slower loss of heat to the ocean, so that atmospheric temperatures do not drop significantly for at least 1,000 years. Among illustrati ...
... 1,000 years after emissions stop. Following cessation of emissions, removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide decreases radiative forcing, but is largely compensated by slower loss of heat to the ocean, so that atmospheric temperatures do not drop significantly for at least 1,000 years. Among illustrati ...
- Cirencester Science and Technology Society
... Increasing levels of CO2 contribute not only to global warming (2010 proved to be equal to the warmest average global temperature on record), but also result in an increase in the acidity of the oceans. Uncertainties arise from the interpretation of data from a range of sources, particularly those f ...
... Increasing levels of CO2 contribute not only to global warming (2010 proved to be equal to the warmest average global temperature on record), but also result in an increase in the acidity of the oceans. Uncertainties arise from the interpretation of data from a range of sources, particularly those f ...
Chapter 18: Global Climate Change
... CO2 is soluble in ocean water but as temperature increases solubility decreases phytoplankton absorbs some in photosynthesis but not enough to compensate the extra CO2 ...
... CO2 is soluble in ocean water but as temperature increases solubility decreases phytoplankton absorbs some in photosynthesis but not enough to compensate the extra CO2 ...
Climate Health Impact introductory presentation
... Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18°C during the 100 years ending in 2005 due to an enhanced greenhouse effect. Climate model ...
... Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-20th century, and its projected continuation. Global surface temperature increased 0.74 ± 0.18°C during the 100 years ending in 2005 due to an enhanced greenhouse effect. Climate model ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
... weakened by pollution and loss of habitat, are not expected to survive the next 100 years. Human beings, while not threatened in this way, are likely to face mounting difficulties. Recent severe storms, floods, and droughts, for example, appear to show that computer models predicting more frequent " ...
... weakened by pollution and loss of habitat, are not expected to survive the next 100 years. Human beings, while not threatened in this way, are likely to face mounting difficulties. Recent severe storms, floods, and droughts, for example, appear to show that computer models predicting more frequent " ...
Physical impacts of climate change
This article is about the physical impacts of climate change. For some of these physical impacts, their effect on social and economic systems are also described.