Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
Global Warming Is A Hoax!
... highly qualified nongovernmental, non-industry, nonlobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. "Climate experts" is the operative term here. Why? Because what Gore's "majority of scientists" think ...
... highly qualified nongovernmental, non-industry, nonlobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. "Climate experts" is the operative term here. Why? Because what Gore's "majority of scientists" think ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979. One of the organizing foci for the Budapest 1974 event was to reflect on the Club of Rome’s report Limits to Growth. A key contribution of that event and re ...
... 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1979. One of the organizing foci for the Budapest 1974 event was to reflect on the Club of Rome’s report Limits to Growth. A key contribution of that event and re ...
Pattern scaling using ClimGen: monthly
... For most scenarios of future climate change (e.g. Christensen et al. 2013), the detailed patterns (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not a ...
... For most scenarios of future climate change (e.g. Christensen et al. 2013), the detailed patterns (geographical, seasonal and multi-variable structure) are commonly derived from simulations with general circulation models (GCMs) or regional climate models (RCMs). The magnitude of the change is not a ...
Potentials for Adaptation to Climate Change in Human
... settlements (e.g., AIACC: see www.aiaccproject.org). A relevant historical study of effects of an urban heat wave in the U.S. is Klinenberg, 2003. Vulnerabilities of settlements to impacts of climate change vary regionally (see Box and Vignettes below), but they generally include some or many of the ...
... settlements (e.g., AIACC: see www.aiaccproject.org). A relevant historical study of effects of an urban heat wave in the U.S. is Klinenberg, 2003. Vulnerabilities of settlements to impacts of climate change vary regionally (see Box and Vignettes below), but they generally include some or many of the ...
McCarty, 2001. Ecological consequences of recent climate change.
... has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global change may be a current and future conservation threat. Changes in recent decades are apparent at all levels of ...
... has already warmed by 0.5⬚ C over the past century, and recent studies show that it is possible to detect the effects of a changing climate on ecological systems. This suggests that global change may be a current and future conservation threat. Changes in recent decades are apparent at all levels of ...
The Abrahamic Religions and Climate Change - e
... rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world’s population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the pri ...
... rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world’s population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the pri ...
Aghion_et_al_policy_paper_Nov2014 (opens in new window)
... most climate models treat innovation, climate impacts and mitigation effort in terms of deviations from a predetermined trend, they miss out this compounding effect which renders long-term projections nearly useless. Climate change can, in principle, be addressed by severely limiting production that ...
... most climate models treat innovation, climate impacts and mitigation effort in terms of deviations from a predetermined trend, they miss out this compounding effect which renders long-term projections nearly useless. Climate change can, in principle, be addressed by severely limiting production that ...
Author`s personal copy
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
... Summary completely ignored satellite data, since they showed no warming. The 1995 IPCC report was notorious for the significant alterations made to the text after it was approved by the scientists – in order to convey the impression of a human influence. The 2001 IPCC report claimed the twentieth ce ...
... Summary completely ignored satellite data, since they showed no warming. The 1995 IPCC report was notorious for the significant alterations made to the text after it was approved by the scientists – in order to convey the impression of a human influence. The 2001 IPCC report claimed the twentieth ce ...
Economics ethics climate change (opens in new window)
... capabilities, as well as outcomes, is relevant to climate-change policy and economics. While we do not pursue the capabilities approach here, we nevertheless consider it to have substantial potential as an ethical framework for climate change policy evaluation. The lists of dimensions of human well- ...
... capabilities, as well as outcomes, is relevant to climate-change policy and economics. While we do not pursue the capabilities approach here, we nevertheless consider it to have substantial potential as an ethical framework for climate change policy evaluation. The lists of dimensions of human well- ...
Economics, ethics and climate change
... capabilities, as well as outcomes, is relevant to climate-change policy and economics. While we do not pursue the capabilities approach here, we nevertheless consider it to have substantial potential as an ethical framework for climate change policy evaluation. The lists of dimensions of human well- ...
... capabilities, as well as outcomes, is relevant to climate-change policy and economics. While we do not pursue the capabilities approach here, we nevertheless consider it to have substantial potential as an ethical framework for climate change policy evaluation. The lists of dimensions of human well- ...
ClimateChange11 - Stand
... news, and it’s all going to happen on its own (invisible hand). p4-5: Story #2: Environmental impact p4-5: The other story is the environmental impact of all this development, especially climate change. This is something that the invisible hand is not going to address, and it’s what this book is abo ...
... news, and it’s all going to happen on its own (invisible hand). p4-5: Story #2: Environmental impact p4-5: The other story is the environmental impact of all this development, especially climate change. This is something that the invisible hand is not going to address, and it’s what this book is abo ...
An Economic Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol
... The Kyoto Protocol will become effective once 55 participating parties, representing at least 55% of CO2 emissions, ratify the treaty (Rao, 2000) III. Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol Despite the treaty’s many flaws, the Kyoto Protocol allows several innovative, theoretically costeffectiv ...
... The Kyoto Protocol will become effective once 55 participating parties, representing at least 55% of CO2 emissions, ratify the treaty (Rao, 2000) III. Benefit-Cost Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol Despite the treaty’s many flaws, the Kyoto Protocol allows several innovative, theoretically costeffectiv ...
Phenology: Step Together Step
... A flower may escape its predator by blooming earlier than normal, or it may lose advantage by being off-synchronous with its pollinator, who has not changed its timing to keep up with the flower’s. Population crashes have been reported throughout the world as co-dependent plant and pollinators becom ...
... A flower may escape its predator by blooming earlier than normal, or it may lose advantage by being off-synchronous with its pollinator, who has not changed its timing to keep up with the flower’s. Population crashes have been reported throughout the world as co-dependent plant and pollinators becom ...
international, national, and state responses to climate change
... Washington contributes to climate change no differently than a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Mumbai, India. There is growing scientific, political, and legal acknowledgment that successfully mitigating climate change’s worst effects and adapting to inevitable environmental changes will require co ...
... Washington contributes to climate change no differently than a ton of carbon dioxide emitted in Mumbai, India. There is growing scientific, political, and legal acknowledgment that successfully mitigating climate change’s worst effects and adapting to inevitable environmental changes will require co ...
THAILAND`S NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... Concerning the use of the term “climate change” as opposed to the other frequently used “global warming”, UNESCO clarified their meaning difference in Media as Partners in ESD: A Training and Resource Kit. “Climate change” is a more accurate term than “global warming”, because although the average g ...
... Concerning the use of the term “climate change” as opposed to the other frequently used “global warming”, UNESCO clarified their meaning difference in Media as Partners in ESD: A Training and Resource Kit. “Climate change” is a more accurate term than “global warming”, because although the average g ...
Toward Climate Resilience - Union of Concerned Scientists
... Some climate adaptation measures provide multiple benefits within a system, while others exacerbate or even create new risks. In coastal areas, for example, improving natural ...
... Some climate adaptation measures provide multiple benefits within a system, while others exacerbate or even create new risks. In coastal areas, for example, improving natural ...
Motivated for Action and Collaboration
... rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world’s population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the pri ...
... rise in the sea level, for example, can create extremely serious situations, if we consider that a quarter of the world’s population lives on the coast or nearby, and that the majority of our megacities are situated in coastal areas (§24). For Pope Francis, climate change persists as “one of the pri ...
Globalization, Climate Change, and Human Health
... northern latitudes.33,34 Additional warming of another 0.7°C is locked in from the extra radiative energy already absorbed by the lower atmosphere and, in turn, by the oceans, though not yet manifested as surface warming. An average rise of 4°C would return Earth’s temperature to a level not experie ...
... northern latitudes.33,34 Additional warming of another 0.7°C is locked in from the extra radiative energy already absorbed by the lower atmosphere and, in turn, by the oceans, though not yet manifested as surface warming. An average rise of 4°C would return Earth’s temperature to a level not experie ...
Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change
... ranges are based not on measures of uplift ofthe Earth's surface, but on estimates either of uplift of rocks or of exhumation 28 . Furthermore, some of the phenomena used as indicators of uplift could in fact be caused by climate change. An abrupt change in climate, as seems to have occurred at -15 ...
... ranges are based not on measures of uplift ofthe Earth's surface, but on estimates either of uplift of rocks or of exhumation 28 . Furthermore, some of the phenomena used as indicators of uplift could in fact be caused by climate change. An abrupt change in climate, as seems to have occurred at -15 ...
Coupled Simulations of the 20th-Century including External Forcing
... events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events produce large enough clouds (Dutton and Bodhaine, 2001) and because their lifetime is generally short, a climate effect is limited to a few years. But an extension of cooling ...
... events that spread the aerosol over both hemispheres are able to influence the global climate. Only a small number of events produce large enough clouds (Dutton and Bodhaine, 2001) and because their lifetime is generally short, a climate effect is limited to a few years. But an extension of cooling ...
S1_Ammann_WIPS_Modeling – ppt
... "Human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of a kind that could not have happened in the past nor be reproduced in the future.” Roger Revelle Golden, Mar 14, 2009 ...
... "Human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of a kind that could not have happened in the past nor be reproduced in the future.” Roger Revelle Golden, Mar 14, 2009 ...
Cooperation Studies of Catastrophe Avoidance: Implications for
... many countries, international climate negotiations are crucial so that emission reduction targets can be set and countries can establish that they are not acting in isolation. However, despite more than twenty years of international climate negotiations following the establishment of the United Nati ...
... many countries, international climate negotiations are crucial so that emission reduction targets can be set and countries can establish that they are not acting in isolation. However, despite more than twenty years of international climate negotiations following the establishment of the United Nati ...
Evolutionary response of the egg hatching date of LETTERS *
... in elevation and to a lesser extent in slope (Fig. 1b). Whereas the quantitative genetic model predicts the largest shift at high temperatures, making the reaction norm slope shallower (Fig. 1a), the data from the repeated split-brood design experiment show that the largest delay in egg hatching occ ...
... in elevation and to a lesser extent in slope (Fig. 1b). Whereas the quantitative genetic model predicts the largest shift at high temperatures, making the reaction norm slope shallower (Fig. 1a), the data from the repeated split-brood design experiment show that the largest delay in egg hatching occ ...
Climate change in the United States
Because of global warming, there has been concern in the United States and internationally, that the country should reduce total greenhouse gas which is relatively high per capita.In 2012, the United States experienced its warmest year on record. As of 2012, the thirteen warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, transcending those from 1880.From 1950 to 2009, the American government's surface temperature record shows an increase by 1 °F (0.56 °C), approximately. Global warming has caused many changes in the U.S. According to a 2009 statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), trends include lake and river ice melting earlier in the spring, plants blooming earlier, multiple animal species shifting their habitat ranges northward, and reductions in the size of glaciers.Predicting future climate changes are fraught with difficultly. Some research has warned against possible problems due to American climate changes such as the spread of invasive species and possibilities of floods as well as droughts. Changes in climate in the regions of the United States appear significant. Drought conditions appear to be worsening in the southwest while improving in the northeast for example.President Barack Obama committed in the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the range of 17% below 2005 levels by 2020, 42% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. In an address towards the U.S. Congress in June 2013, Obama detailed a specific action plan to achieve the 17% carbon emissions cut from 2005 by 2020. He included such measures as shifting from coal-based power generation to solar and natural gas production.