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emissions - Alan Robock
... -4backscattered insolation will cool Earth. The amount of cooling depends on the amount of aerosols and how long the aerosol cloud is maintained in the stratosphere. Many negative impacts of global warming are strongly correlated with global average surface air temperature, so it would in theory be ...
... -4backscattered insolation will cool Earth. The amount of cooling depends on the amount of aerosols and how long the aerosol cloud is maintained in the stratosphere. Many negative impacts of global warming are strongly correlated with global average surface air temperature, so it would in theory be ...
Carbon-climate coupling in the Northern High Latitudes
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
University of Szczecin Maritime University of Szczecin CHANGES
... in the world ocean. The objective of this study is to analyse the variability of water levels in the Baltic on the basis of long-term series of maximum sea levels on the Polish and Swedish coast at selected gauge stations. As proposed in the current climatological literature, the global climate is r ...
... in the world ocean. The objective of this study is to analyse the variability of water levels in the Baltic on the basis of long-term series of maximum sea levels on the Polish and Swedish coast at selected gauge stations. As proposed in the current climatological literature, the global climate is r ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... Changes in heavy precipitation have been shown to be influenced by things other than AGW. Influences include among other things, anthropogenic aerosol emissions (e.g., Rosenfeld and Bell, 2011; Li et al., 2011; Koren et al., 2012; Heiblum et al. 2012; Fan et al., 2012), changes in irrigation (e.g., ...
... Changes in heavy precipitation have been shown to be influenced by things other than AGW. Influences include among other things, anthropogenic aerosol emissions (e.g., Rosenfeld and Bell, 2011; Li et al., 2011; Koren et al., 2012; Heiblum et al. 2012; Fan et al., 2012), changes in irrigation (e.g., ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: March, 2016
... 3.1. Four in ten Americans think people in the U.S. are currently being harmed by global warming. The impacts of global warming are starting to be felt in the United States. According to the 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment:4 “Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regula ...
... 3.1. Four in ten Americans think people in the U.S. are currently being harmed by global warming. The impacts of global warming are starting to be felt in the United States. According to the 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment:4 “Residents of some coastal cities see their streets flood more regula ...
Boiling Point: The Impact of Climate Change on Sea Turtles and the
... concentrations that have increased from approximately 280 to 385 parts per million (ppm). The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is now higher than experienced on Earth for at least the last 800,000 years and probably over 20 million ...
... concentrations that have increased from approximately 280 to 385 parts per million (ppm). The atmospheric concentration of CO2 is now higher than experienced on Earth for at least the last 800,000 years and probably over 20 million ...
The Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle in the 21st Century
... the outcomes and likelihood of a number of scenarios. Such approaches are most often used when dealing with systems whose dynamics cannot be captured with differential equations, and hence not encapsulated into numerical or analytical models. In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to ...
... the outcomes and likelihood of a number of scenarios. Such approaches are most often used when dealing with systems whose dynamics cannot be captured with differential equations, and hence not encapsulated into numerical or analytical models. In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to ...
THE ROLE OF LAND - SURFACE PROCESSES IN LOCAL, REGIONAL AND
... kinetic energy to the middle and higher latitudes, which alter the ridge and trough patterns associated with the polar jet stream (Hou 1998). ¾ El Niños have such a major effect on weather due to their large magnitude, long persistence, and spatial coherence (Wu and Newell 1998). ¾ Tropical thunders ...
... kinetic energy to the middle and higher latitudes, which alter the ridge and trough patterns associated with the polar jet stream (Hou 1998). ¾ El Niños have such a major effect on weather due to their large magnitude, long persistence, and spatial coherence (Wu and Newell 1998). ¾ Tropical thunders ...
Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5
... in plants increases; this effect is observed in nature and included in VIC’s parameterizations. Under high relative humidity conditions the model includes the possibility of condensation and dew formation on the ground, which increases the soil moisture, but this is a small term and in most places r ...
... in plants increases; this effect is observed in nature and included in VIC’s parameterizations. Under high relative humidity conditions the model includes the possibility of condensation and dew formation on the ground, which increases the soil moisture, but this is a small term and in most places r ...
Sediment transport rates of major floods in glacial and non
... The globally averaged surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8ºC over the period 1990–2100. Water vapour concentration and precipitation are also projected to increase (WMO, 2001). RegClim (Regional Climate Development) is a research project that converts the results from global ci ...
... The globally averaged surface temperature is projected to increase by 1.4 to 5.8ºC over the period 1990–2100. Water vapour concentration and precipitation are also projected to increase (WMO, 2001). RegClim (Regional Climate Development) is a research project that converts the results from global ci ...
Climate, Carbon and Coral Reefs
... sea level rise. This factor, referred to as thermal expansion, has contributed approximately 1.6 mm per year to global average sea level since 1990 (see Figure 7a). Perhaps of greater concern than the change in atmospheric CO2 and temperature are the rates at which change is occurring. Recent increa ...
... sea level rise. This factor, referred to as thermal expansion, has contributed approximately 1.6 mm per year to global average sea level since 1990 (see Figure 7a). Perhaps of greater concern than the change in atmospheric CO2 and temperature are the rates at which change is occurring. Recent increa ...
`Future` climate and impacts - Climatic Research Unit
... (Giannakopoulos et al., 2009). It showed that mean air temperature exhibits a tendency towards warmer years, with significantly warmer summer maximum temperatures of about 1.8 °C since the late 19th century. The number of hot days/nights shows a ‘virtually certain’ increasing trend, especially in th ...
... (Giannakopoulos et al., 2009). It showed that mean air temperature exhibits a tendency towards warmer years, with significantly warmer summer maximum temperatures of about 1.8 °C since the late 19th century. The number of hot days/nights shows a ‘virtually certain’ increasing trend, especially in th ...
Hurricanes - EnviroEcon
... Can it be said that global warming made an individual hurricane like Katrina stronger than it would have otherwise been? Perhaps. It is believed that warmer oceans supply more energy to hurricanes and thus lead to stronger hurricanes. Also, a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, potenti ...
... Can it be said that global warming made an individual hurricane like Katrina stronger than it would have otherwise been? Perhaps. It is believed that warmer oceans supply more energy to hurricanes and thus lead to stronger hurricanes. Also, a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture, potenti ...
Climate change - The Open University
... As a dam built across a river causes a local deepening of the stream, so our atmosphere, thrown as a barrier across the terrestrial rays, produces a local heightening of the temperature at the Earth's surface. (Tyndall, 1862, quoted in Weart, 2004) Thus, writing in 1862, John Tyndall (Figure 6) desc ...
... As a dam built across a river causes a local deepening of the stream, so our atmosphere, thrown as a barrier across the terrestrial rays, produces a local heightening of the temperature at the Earth's surface. (Tyndall, 1862, quoted in Weart, 2004) Thus, writing in 1862, John Tyndall (Figure 6) desc ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Cross
... mass coral bleaching and mortality) began to become widespread (Glynn, 1984). Concern about the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs developed over the same period, primarily over the implications of ocean acidification for the building and maintenance of the calcium carbonate reef framework ...
... mass coral bleaching and mortality) began to become widespread (Glynn, 1984). Concern about the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs developed over the same period, primarily over the implications of ocean acidification for the building and maintenance of the calcium carbonate reef framework ...
COMMUNITIES AT RISK? Tool 2, Activity 8 Greenland Defends
... unhappy with their job options: “A lot of them would like to be traveling. None of them really say [so]; they just often talk about how much they hate their jobs.” Nunavut’s relative poverty and general lack of opportunity, as well as high rates of substance addiction, contribute to the province’s h ...
... unhappy with their job options: “A lot of them would like to be traveling. None of them really say [so]; they just often talk about how much they hate their jobs.” Nunavut’s relative poverty and general lack of opportunity, as well as high rates of substance addiction, contribute to the province’s h ...
Responses to Changing Atmosphere and Climate
... that escape containment in regions of California that have large amounts of grass or brush fuels. Since the 1850s, fire patterns in California have been altered by human suppression, climate change, and land use changes. The history of fire suppression and changes in land use will play an important r ...
... that escape containment in regions of California that have large amounts of grass or brush fuels. Since the 1850s, fire patterns in California have been altered by human suppression, climate change, and land use changes. The history of fire suppression and changes in land use will play an important r ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... timing could be related to the PDO, whereas Regonda et al. (2005) speculate that trends in SMR timing could be a response to the increased frequency of El Nino events in recent decades, or to general global warming. The first PC resulting from the PCA of the CMD data is not well correlated with eith ...
... timing could be related to the PDO, whereas Regonda et al. (2005) speculate that trends in SMR timing could be a response to the increased frequency of El Nino events in recent decades, or to general global warming. The first PC resulting from the PCA of the CMD data is not well correlated with eith ...
Extreme Weather Events
... complexities, intricacies, and nuances associated with a multifaceted subject that spans several academic disciplines, yet they have been effectively used to communicate a desired message and to shape both public opinion and policy. The term “global warming” originated from computer model studies co ...
... complexities, intricacies, and nuances associated with a multifaceted subject that spans several academic disciplines, yet they have been effectively used to communicate a desired message and to shape both public opinion and policy. The term “global warming” originated from computer model studies co ...
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.