Climate Models for the Layman - The Global Warming Policy
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
An overview of climate change impacts on European viticulture
... Received: 9 November 2012; Revised: 14 December 2012; Accepted: 18 January 2013 ...
... Received: 9 November 2012; Revised: 14 December 2012; Accepted: 18 January 2013 ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... nor the variability of the climate are fully captured in some climate-change projections, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policymakers. Because larger, faster and less-expected climate changes can cause more problems for economies and ecosystems, the palaeocl ...
... nor the variability of the climate are fully captured in some climate-change projections, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policymakers. Because larger, faster and less-expected climate changes can cause more problems for economies and ecosystems, the palaeocl ...
Preparing for Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
... The Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1992 and subsequently signed and ratified by some 160 Parties, including the Community and its Member States. In December 1997 in Kyoto, the Parties agreed upon a Protocol, which is now open for ratification. This Communication outli ...
... The Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted in 1992 and subsequently signed and ratified by some 160 Parties, including the Community and its Member States. In December 1997 in Kyoto, the Parties agreed upon a Protocol, which is now open for ratification. This Communication outli ...
- CReaTE - Canterbury Christ Church University
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
... Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been rising since pre-industrial times, and by an average of 1.6% per year for the last 30 years (Rogner et al., 2007). Without policy interventions, they are expected to continue to rise in the future, with the likely effect of increased average glo ...
NSW and ACT Regional Climate Model: Project scope
... The NARCliM ensemble has been designed to develop 12 regional climate model outputs or runs. Twelve RCM runs were selected as a minimum number of runs to improve the probability of capturing the range of possible future climates. The process of developing the 12 RCMs first includes the selection of ...
... The NARCliM ensemble has been designed to develop 12 regional climate model outputs or runs. Twelve RCM runs were selected as a minimum number of runs to improve the probability of capturing the range of possible future climates. The process of developing the 12 RCMs first includes the selection of ...
3592_espaldon_Knowledge_Systems_paper
... 2004) show human footprints into the increase in the average global temperature. In the Philippines, increasing trends in the temperature observations for period 1951-2006 are very apparent. Temperature projections for the Philippines yielded an increasing scenario based on two projections: low and ...
... 2004) show human footprints into the increase in the average global temperature. In the Philippines, increasing trends in the temperature observations for period 1951-2006 are very apparent. Temperature projections for the Philippines yielded an increasing scenario based on two projections: low and ...
Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... B. Is the climate changing? How do we know? Yes. The world has warmed over the last 150 years, and that warming has triggered many other changes to the Earth’s climate. Evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans. Changes in surface, atmospheri ...
... B. Is the climate changing? How do we know? Yes. The world has warmed over the last 150 years, and that warming has triggered many other changes to the Earth’s climate. Evidence for a changing climate abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans. Changes in surface, atmospheri ...
Integrated science and art education for creative climate change
... others.” A third commented: “The artists really look at the world in a different way.” An art student wrote: “I had no idea climate change would have such an impact...really opened my eyes.” Both science and art students noted that it was the most interesting activity in which they had participated ...
... others.” A third commented: “The artists really look at the world in a different way.” An art student wrote: “I had no idea climate change would have such an impact...really opened my eyes.” Both science and art students noted that it was the most interesting activity in which they had participated ...
A simple formula predicts the social costs of carbon with remarkable precision
... from large-scale computational Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that consolidate interdisciplinary climate research inputs to obtain a number relevant for policy-making. 1 However, the climate-economy interactions of IAMs remain inaccessible to scientists in general. Here we develop a closed-form ...
... from large-scale computational Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) that consolidate interdisciplinary climate research inputs to obtain a number relevant for policy-making. 1 However, the climate-economy interactions of IAMs remain inaccessible to scientists in general. Here we develop a closed-form ...
Ethics and Global Climate Change* Stephen M
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
... agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing factors identified above are relevant for physical systems such as snowpack (and related water resources) and for biological resources such as forests (and their related ecosystem services). Implementation of the conceptual tool involves two steps ...
... agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing factors identified above are relevant for physical systems such as snowpack (and related water resources) and for biological resources such as forests (and their related ecosystem services). Implementation of the conceptual tool involves two steps ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... The climate varies naturally, but the current changes in the climate system result from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (Mitchell et al. 2001). As a whole, the atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen and oxygen (78% and 21% by volume, respectively), while argon (0.93% ...
... The climate varies naturally, but the current changes in the climate system result from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (Mitchell et al. 2001). As a whole, the atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen and oxygen (78% and 21% by volume, respectively), while argon (0.93% ...
Florida Governor Charlie Crist | Governor Crist Opens Florida
... But these experts are not merely talkers. They are achievers – people of action – working hard to explore and experiment, envision and imagine. They are developing new ways to power our homes, our businesses, our vehicles – while also preserving our natural resources for generations to come. I, too, ...
... But these experts are not merely talkers. They are achievers – people of action – working hard to explore and experiment, envision and imagine. They are developing new ways to power our homes, our businesses, our vehicles – while also preserving our natural resources for generations to come. I, too, ...
Advent Light
... climate]. Their wisdom is not working in the changed situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – ...
... climate]. Their wisdom is not working in the changed situation and that is putting them in a serious struggle to survive. The worst impacts of climate changes are now a reality Mitigating it or adapting are a big challenge for Bangladesh-like countries but they are not the creators of the problem – ...
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
... Abstract. Perhaps no subject is more intriguing and complex than climate change and its effects on ecosystems and their biological communities. Changes in precipitation and snowmelt patterns, sea level rise, increased intensity of storms and wet-weather events, thawing permafrost, changes in vegetat ...
... Abstract. Perhaps no subject is more intriguing and complex than climate change and its effects on ecosystems and their biological communities. Changes in precipitation and snowmelt patterns, sea level rise, increased intensity of storms and wet-weather events, thawing permafrost, changes in vegetat ...
MC1113 Hope in God`s Future - The Methodist Church in Britain
... populations and mass extinctions of many plant and animal species. 1.1 The Christian doctrine of creation The foundation of the Christian doctrine of creation, and therefore the starting point for theological reflection on the issue of climate change, is the great affirmation of Genesis 1.31: ‘God s ...
... populations and mass extinctions of many plant and animal species. 1.1 The Christian doctrine of creation The foundation of the Christian doctrine of creation, and therefore the starting point for theological reflection on the issue of climate change, is the great affirmation of Genesis 1.31: ‘God s ...
Rapporteurs Report - Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
... collaboration to address climate change. This effort could be further consolidated under the framework of Sustainable Development, which is spearheaded by the Economic Planning Unit. In order to be effective, national policies must be adopted and implemented by the state authorities without amendme ...
... collaboration to address climate change. This effort could be further consolidated under the framework of Sustainable Development, which is spearheaded by the Economic Planning Unit. In order to be effective, national policies must be adopted and implemented by the state authorities without amendme ...
June 2012 - International Association for Urban Climate
... will have to adapt,” said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every seaso ...
... will have to adapt,” said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every seaso ...
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... Scientists predict a global climate change on a scale unprecedented in human history with the potential for great impacts, both beneficial and hannful to food security. One issue receiving increased attention recently is the possible impact on agricultural production of a global climate change caus ...
... Scientists predict a global climate change on a scale unprecedented in human history with the potential for great impacts, both beneficial and hannful to food security. One issue receiving increased attention recently is the possible impact on agricultural production of a global climate change caus ...
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... Abstract: Increasingly, empirical evidences are substantiating the effects of climate change on agricultural production is a reality. In the early part of the 20th century many were skeptical about the so-called climate change that is due to global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha ...
... Abstract: Increasingly, empirical evidences are substantiating the effects of climate change on agricultural production is a reality. In the early part of the 20th century many were skeptical about the so-called climate change that is due to global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha ...
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... There is emerging evidence that the Earth’s climate might be changing more rapidly than expected and there are warnings that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faste ...
... There is emerging evidence that the Earth’s climate might be changing more rapidly than expected and there are warnings that the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change target of limiting global warming to 2°C has become unrealistic. If mitigation targets can’t be met and the climate changes faste ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... Woodward et al., 2001), but the effect on the overall mortality rate is likely to be small. However, agespecific mortality rates will be differentially affected, with heat-related deaths likely to be concentrated among older New Zealanders, particularly older women (Stafoggia et al., 2006), but eve ...
... Woodward et al., 2001), but the effect on the overall mortality rate is likely to be small. However, agespecific mortality rates will be differentially affected, with heat-related deaths likely to be concentrated among older New Zealanders, particularly older women (Stafoggia et al., 2006), but eve ...
Climate Change News 10 February 10
... This policy brief, published by the research network NCCR North-South, argues that good natural resource management can benefit poor farmers and help developing countries mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects. In Ethiopia, farmers have increased their yields by rehabilitating degraded soi ...
... This policy brief, published by the research network NCCR North-South, argues that good natural resource management can benefit poor farmers and help developing countries mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects. In Ethiopia, farmers have increased their yields by rehabilitating degraded soi ...
Climate Change and Forest Disturbances
... of the humid regions east of the Mississippi River and in the superhumid Pacific Northwest. Droughts occur annually at the end of the growing season in forests at the midcontinental prairie–forest border, where annual precipitation ranges from 600–1000 mm, or within humid regions that have shallow o ...
... of the humid regions east of the Mississippi River and in the superhumid Pacific Northwest. Droughts occur annually at the end of the growing season in forests at the midcontinental prairie–forest border, where annual precipitation ranges from 600–1000 mm, or within humid regions that have shallow o ...
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.