Water and Climate in the Pacific Northwest
... Cascade mountain snowpacks are projected to be less than half of what they are today by mid-century with lower elevation snowpacks being the most vulnerable. Through the end of the 21st century, April 1 snow water equivalent is projected to decrease in the Willamette River Basin in two emissions sc ...
... Cascade mountain snowpacks are projected to be less than half of what they are today by mid-century with lower elevation snowpacks being the most vulnerable. Through the end of the 21st century, April 1 snow water equivalent is projected to decrease in the Willamette River Basin in two emissions sc ...
WSCC Community Awareness Survey
... Ozone hole vs. global warming There is a stark contrast between the participants’ attitudes to the two top-of-mind concepts, “global warming” and “hole in the ozone layer”. Global warming, as discussed above, is generally seen as a tendentious reading of some quite confusing statistics. The hole in ...
... Ozone hole vs. global warming There is a stark contrast between the participants’ attitudes to the two top-of-mind concepts, “global warming” and “hole in the ozone layer”. Global warming, as discussed above, is generally seen as a tendentious reading of some quite confusing statistics. The hole in ...
Climate Change Changers
... the hydrological cycle- droughts and floods and heavy precipitation” James E. Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies “We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now” Prin ...
... the hydrological cycle- droughts and floods and heavy precipitation” James E. Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies “We should be treating, I think, the whole issue of climate change and global warming with a far greater degree of priority than I think is happening now” Prin ...
NUMSA submission - Amazon Web Services
... In our 2009 submission NUMSA argued that the debate on climate change was not going to be neutral and that the formulation of policy remains a site for serious engagement amongst contesting parties. At an International Seminar on Energy, Work, Crisis and Resistance: Experiences from the South 22-24 ...
... In our 2009 submission NUMSA argued that the debate on climate change was not going to be neutral and that the formulation of policy remains a site for serious engagement amongst contesting parties. At an International Seminar on Energy, Work, Crisis and Resistance: Experiences from the South 22-24 ...
COMB-Commission on Mediterranean Basin is part of the IGU
... change for Europe and Mediterranean and ISSC ‘Transformative Cornerstones’. We looked for research dealing with climate change and its effects on integrated perspective natural environment and humanity in the Mediterranean region. The complexity of climate change, impacts and adaptation needs to un ...
... change for Europe and Mediterranean and ISSC ‘Transformative Cornerstones’. We looked for research dealing with climate change and its effects on integrated perspective natural environment and humanity in the Mediterranean region. The complexity of climate change, impacts and adaptation needs to un ...
Movements and Moments for Climate Justice
... considered a failure by all but the masters of spin; a small group of nations pushed through an ineffective non-binding accord that ultimately was only ‘noted’ by the UNFCCC, a level of recognition so low within the UN’s bureaucratic terminology that it’s not even referred to as ‘an agreement’. The ...
... considered a failure by all but the masters of spin; a small group of nations pushed through an ineffective non-binding accord that ultimately was only ‘noted’ by the UNFCCC, a level of recognition so low within the UN’s bureaucratic terminology that it’s not even referred to as ‘an agreement’. The ...
Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe
... because of incomplete scientific methodologies and data gaps. For this reason, the assessment must account for the many sources of uncertainty, including future climate, demographic change, economic development, and technological change. Most studies (e.g., 10–15) have focused on climate damage funct ...
... because of incomplete scientific methodologies and data gaps. For this reason, the assessment must account for the many sources of uncertainty, including future climate, demographic change, economic development, and technological change. Most studies (e.g., 10–15) have focused on climate damage funct ...
A Physician*s Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity
... the planet, the earth’s average global temperature cannot rise more than 1.5oC above preIndustrial levels. Currently, the planet is on track for a 4oC rise, making the earth uninhabitable. To stay below 1.5oC, we must remain within our carbon budget, or the total amount of carbon-equivalent emission ...
... the planet, the earth’s average global temperature cannot rise more than 1.5oC above preIndustrial levels. Currently, the planet is on track for a 4oC rise, making the earth uninhabitable. To stay below 1.5oC, we must remain within our carbon budget, or the total amount of carbon-equivalent emission ...
Communicating climate change to mass public audiences
... While narratives about the future impacts of climate change may highlight the loss of much that we currently hold to be dear, narratives about climate solutions frequently ignore the question of loss. If the two are not addressed concurrently, fear of loss may be ‘split off’ and projected into the f ...
... While narratives about the future impacts of climate change may highlight the loss of much that we currently hold to be dear, narratives about climate solutions frequently ignore the question of loss. If the two are not addressed concurrently, fear of loss may be ‘split off’ and projected into the f ...
Improving predictions and management of hydrological extremes
... general resilience studies. However, in the end it is not a statistical distribution that will represent a particular extreme highimpact situation. It is the observed individual event within that distribution that will put to the test society’s capacity to cope with extremes. A better understanding ...
... general resilience studies. However, in the end it is not a statistical distribution that will represent a particular extreme highimpact situation. It is the observed individual event within that distribution that will put to the test society’s capacity to cope with extremes. A better understanding ...
Midterm review - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... At the top of the atmosphere, in the global average and for a steady climate: • IR emitted balances incoming solar. Global warming involves a slight imbalance: • a change in the greenhouse effect slightly less IR emitted from the top (chap. 6). • small imbalance slow warming. Three roles f ...
... At the top of the atmosphere, in the global average and for a steady climate: • IR emitted balances incoming solar. Global warming involves a slight imbalance: • a change in the greenhouse effect slightly less IR emitted from the top (chap. 6). • small imbalance slow warming. Three roles f ...
Climate Change, Health and Future Well
... 2012). Despite the perception of global economic growth and rising prosperity, 45 % of the world’s poor people (living at or below $2 a day) reside in South Asia; over one third of the world’s poor lives in India alone (Sumner 2012). Scenarios describing the effects of climate change are detailed el ...
... 2012). Despite the perception of global economic growth and rising prosperity, 45 % of the world’s poor people (living at or below $2 a day) reside in South Asia; over one third of the world’s poor lives in India alone (Sumner 2012). Scenarios describing the effects of climate change are detailed el ...
Annex 5: Changes to the Atlantic Ocean circulation (Gulf Stream)
... conclusion of Bryden et al. (2005), citing the recent warming seen in the North Atlantic as indication of a stronger MOC during the 1990s (e.g. Latif et al. 2006; Knight et al. 2005), although this indirect observational method is based on links identified in climate models rather than directly from ...
... conclusion of Bryden et al. (2005), citing the recent warming seen in the North Atlantic as indication of a stronger MOC during the 1990s (e.g. Latif et al. 2006; Knight et al. 2005), although this indirect observational method is based on links identified in climate models rather than directly from ...
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
... and other agencies to "ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans." 2. A 2015 Obama executive order requiring agencies to take steps to reduce their energy consumption fossil fuels, with a goal of a 40% reduct ...
... and other agencies to "ensure that climate change-related impacts are fully considered in the development of national security doctrine, policies, and plans." 2. A 2015 Obama executive order requiring agencies to take steps to reduce their energy consumption fossil fuels, with a goal of a 40% reduct ...
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions
... (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996). However, to look only at Nordhaus’ own studies with DICE is to hugely understate its contribution, because, by virtue of its simple and transparent unification of growth theory with climate science (not to mention Nordhaus’ considerable efforts to make the model code publi ...
... (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996). However, to look only at Nordhaus’ own studies with DICE is to hugely understate its contribution, because, by virtue of its simple and transparent unification of growth theory with climate science (not to mention Nordhaus’ considerable efforts to make the model code publi ...
NRW letter to LPA`s re TAN15
... Section 6 of TAN15 sets out the tests that should be considered in order to justify the location of development within a flood risk area. The CPO letter affirms that highly vulnerable development (e.g. housing) should not be permitted or allocated in Zone C2. The CPO letter also states that your aut ...
... Section 6 of TAN15 sets out the tests that should be considered in order to justify the location of development within a flood risk area. The CPO letter affirms that highly vulnerable development (e.g. housing) should not be permitted or allocated in Zone C2. The CPO letter also states that your aut ...
Climate Change 2014 2015
... • An increase in global temperature leads to an increase in evaporation, which leads to…. • Additional condensation (energy release) in the atmosphere causing the frequency and severity of storms to increase. • Every aspect of the water cycle changes. Evaporation, ...
... • An increase in global temperature leads to an increase in evaporation, which leads to…. • Additional condensation (energy release) in the atmosphere causing the frequency and severity of storms to increase. • Every aspect of the water cycle changes. Evaporation, ...
Global Warming - Web of Creation
... coast will cause flooding, erosion, and saltwater intrusion into aquifers and freshwater habitats. 7) Global Warming could Create Abrupt Warming. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises, said “Large, abrupt climate changes have repeatedly affe ...
... coast will cause flooding, erosion, and saltwater intrusion into aquifers and freshwater habitats. 7) Global Warming could Create Abrupt Warming. A recent report by the National Academy of Sciences, Abrupt Climate Change: Inevitable Surprises, said “Large, abrupt climate changes have repeatedly affe ...
Climate Change: The 21st Century`s Most Urgent Environmental
... The Bad. For other climate-sensitive indicators matters have, indeed, worsened, but so far human-caused warming has had little to do with these declines. Consider sea level rise. Mean sea level is rising at a rate of about 0.1 to 0.2 mm per year.10 While it is not known what fraction, if any, might ...
... The Bad. For other climate-sensitive indicators matters have, indeed, worsened, but so far human-caused warming has had little to do with these declines. Consider sea level rise. Mean sea level is rising at a rate of about 0.1 to 0.2 mm per year.10 While it is not known what fraction, if any, might ...
PPT
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
A Climate Change Act – Comments from a Finnish legal
... Due to the fact that about half of Finnish greenhouse gas emissions are covered by the EU ETS, it is an important question to decide, whether a Finnish climate change act would somehow attempt to set emission reduction targets for the sectors covered by the EU ETS or exclude the EU ETS sector altoge ...
... Due to the fact that about half of Finnish greenhouse gas emissions are covered by the EU ETS, it is an important question to decide, whether a Finnish climate change act would somehow attempt to set emission reduction targets for the sectors covered by the EU ETS or exclude the EU ETS sector altoge ...
Scale-dependent regional climate predictability over North America
... We form estimates of the internal variability in the climate means of summertime precipitation and surface air temperature during the period 1979–2004 using the multimodel ensemble of 38 CMIP5 historical simulations (Fig. S1 in electronic supplementary material). The mean difference between any two m ...
... We form estimates of the internal variability in the climate means of summertime precipitation and surface air temperature during the period 1979–2004 using the multimodel ensemble of 38 CMIP5 historical simulations (Fig. S1 in electronic supplementary material). The mean difference between any two m ...
Pluviothermal Conditions in Poland in Light of Contemporary
... emission scenarios that have been upon elaborated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and were subsequently used by climate forecast centers as an integral component that will determine the future variability of the climate of the Earth. Emission scenarios describe the alternati ...
... emission scenarios that have been upon elaborated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and were subsequently used by climate forecast centers as an integral component that will determine the future variability of the climate of the Earth. Emission scenarios describe the alternati ...
No Regrets Charter
... The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) world climate report emphasises the likelihood of global temperature increases in excess of two degrees. It states that sea levels are rising more rapidly than had previously been predicted. Even if we can stay within the threshold of a two ...
... The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) world climate report emphasises the likelihood of global temperature increases in excess of two degrees. It states that sea levels are rising more rapidly than had previously been predicted. Even if we can stay within the threshold of a two ...