The Psychology of Global Warming - American Meteorological Society
... it is simply the by-product of most human activities. We measure the impact of increasing CO2 in terms of radiative forcing. The increase in radiative forcing to date has been about 1.6 W m−2 because of all forcing and an increase of about 2.64 W m−2 from the long-lived greenhouse gases. This small ...
... it is simply the by-product of most human activities. We measure the impact of increasing CO2 in terms of radiative forcing. The increase in radiative forcing to date has been about 1.6 W m−2 because of all forcing and an increase of about 2.64 W m−2 from the long-lived greenhouse gases. This small ...
Knowledge Horizons - Economics Tackling Climate Change in the
... Ukraine signed the UNFCCC and ratified the Kyoto Protocol which provides a basis for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission, efficient use of energy, and the implementation of measures to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Combating climate change is not considered to be a top priority ...
... Ukraine signed the UNFCCC and ratified the Kyoto Protocol which provides a basis for the reduction of greenhouse gas emission, efficient use of energy, and the implementation of measures to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Combating climate change is not considered to be a top priority ...
Interpretation of Climate Change Scenarios
... GCMs (CCCSNc). This technique, associated with Regional Climate Models (RCM), which are introduced in the next section, enables results to be obtained in the form of variables that are physically consistent in time and space, as well as among themselves. Statistical downscaling relates to the quanti ...
... GCMs (CCCSNc). This technique, associated with Regional Climate Models (RCM), which are introduced in the next section, enables results to be obtained in the form of variables that are physically consistent in time and space, as well as among themselves. Statistical downscaling relates to the quanti ...
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... Each poses unique research challenges and has been the subject of research effort. These will be discussed sequentially. Effects of climate change Climate change has its main effects (as covered in IPCC, 2007a ) in terms of altered temperature (generally higher), precipitation (generally higher but ...
... Each poses unique research challenges and has been the subject of research effort. These will be discussed sequentially. Effects of climate change Climate change has its main effects (as covered in IPCC, 2007a ) in terms of altered temperature (generally higher), precipitation (generally higher but ...
Why Analyze Mental Models of Local Climate Change?
... (Manuscript received 1 October 2010, in final form 2 September 2011) ABSTRACT People construct mental models of local climate change based on their observations and experiences of past climate events and changes. These mental models offer critical insight into locally important factors that trigger ...
... (Manuscript received 1 October 2010, in final form 2 September 2011) ABSTRACT People construct mental models of local climate change based on their observations and experiences of past climate events and changes. These mental models offer critical insight into locally important factors that trigger ...
The impact of climate change on the global economy
... this function would be progressive whereby no tipping point is reached and the world’s population has the greatest amount of time to offset any negative effects of global warming. It can be seen that by the year in which the world is 4°C warmer, annual economic output will be just 4% lower than a ba ...
... this function would be progressive whereby no tipping point is reached and the world’s population has the greatest amount of time to offset any negative effects of global warming. It can be seen that by the year in which the world is 4°C warmer, annual economic output will be just 4% lower than a ba ...
Publication - European Commission
... Searing heat and a lack of water are a disastrous mix for crops and for world food supplies. Plants need water to survive, and without plants to eat, livestock such as cattle starve too. When the top layer of soil in a farmer’s field dries out it becomes dusty and blows away, taking with it vital nu ...
... Searing heat and a lack of water are a disastrous mix for crops and for world food supplies. Plants need water to survive, and without plants to eat, livestock such as cattle starve too. When the top layer of soil in a farmer’s field dries out it becomes dusty and blows away, taking with it vital nu ...
Climate Change, Upwelling, and California`s Coastal
... We can go back reliably roughly sixty years in our area to get fairly reliable estimates of what the upwelling has done. We don’t have direct measurements because it’s very difficult to measure these vertical motions of water they are quite small, but we use other m ...
... We can go back reliably roughly sixty years in our area to get fairly reliable estimates of what the upwelling has done. We don’t have direct measurements because it’s very difficult to measure these vertical motions of water they are quite small, but we use other m ...
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... C02 and other greenhouse gases, Since the Industrial Revolution, the level of C02 in the atmosphere has increased a little over 23%, from 285 ppm to 350 ppm. However, while C02 is emitted in larger quantities, the other greenhouse gases also contribute significantly to global warming, This is due to ...
... C02 and other greenhouse gases, Since the Industrial Revolution, the level of C02 in the atmosphere has increased a little over 23%, from 285 ppm to 350 ppm. However, while C02 is emitted in larger quantities, the other greenhouse gases also contribute significantly to global warming, This is due to ...
eastern US - American Meteorological Society
... relationships, nonlinear relationships with precipitation were most commonly included at sites in the Southwest (SW) and West North Central (WNC) regions. Nonlinear relationships with temperature were most common in the NW region. There was no obvious commonality, however, among sites and/or species ...
... relationships, nonlinear relationships with precipitation were most commonly included at sites in the Southwest (SW) and West North Central (WNC) regions. Nonlinear relationships with temperature were most common in the NW region. There was no obvious commonality, however, among sites and/or species ...
Researchers study fluctuations in solar radiation
... of the heavy carbon isotope 14C, or of the beryllium irradiance for the past 11,000 years since the last isotope 10Be, as proxies. These two radioactive ice age. Compared with the models of other isotopes are produced in the atmosphere by research groups, Krivova's simulation tool proved to bombardm ...
... of the heavy carbon isotope 14C, or of the beryllium irradiance for the past 11,000 years since the last isotope 10Be, as proxies. These two radioactive ice age. Compared with the models of other isotopes are produced in the atmosphere by research groups, Krivova's simulation tool proved to bombardm ...
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... approximately one-third of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere by human activities each year. NOAA, 20051 In the past 200 years the oceans have absorbed approximately half of the CO2 produced by fossil fuel burning and cement production. Royal Society 20052 Over the next millennium, oceans ar ...
... approximately one-third of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere by human activities each year. NOAA, 20051 In the past 200 years the oceans have absorbed approximately half of the CO2 produced by fossil fuel burning and cement production. Royal Society 20052 Over the next millennium, oceans ar ...
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... Global warming and climate change is one of the most extensively researched and discussed topical issues affecting the environment. Although there are enough historical evidence to support the theory that climate change is a natural phenomenon, many research scientists are widely in agreement that t ...
... Global warming and climate change is one of the most extensively researched and discussed topical issues affecting the environment. Although there are enough historical evidence to support the theory that climate change is a natural phenomenon, many research scientists are widely in agreement that t ...
Climate, economics, and statistical thermodynamics
... Information theory explanation of the fluctuation theorem, maximum entropy production and self-organized criticality in non-equilibrium stationary states. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 36:631–641, 2003. ...
... Information theory explanation of the fluctuation theorem, maximum entropy production and self-organized criticality in non-equilibrium stationary states. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General, 36:631–641, 2003. ...
Evaluation of Climate Change Impact on Blue Nile Basin Cascade
... future inflow volume to the reservoirs.The performances of the model was assessed through calibration and validation process and resulted NSE from 0.74 to 0.88 during calibration and from 0.71 to 0.84 during validation at the four gauge stations. The projected future climate variable shows an increa ...
... future inflow volume to the reservoirs.The performances of the model was assessed through calibration and validation process and resulted NSE from 0.74 to 0.88 during calibration and from 0.71 to 0.84 during validation at the four gauge stations. The projected future climate variable shows an increa ...
The Ivory Lighthouse: communicating climate change
... Both Hoggan and Hulme view their books as illuminating the hidden and dangerous rocky waters around climate change. Both books end by presenting the need to move beyond this confusion and disagreement. How do we do this? How do we, as interdisciplinary researchers, foster this desperately needed edu ...
... Both Hoggan and Hulme view their books as illuminating the hidden and dangerous rocky waters around climate change. Both books end by presenting the need to move beyond this confusion and disagreement. How do we do this? How do we, as interdisciplinary researchers, foster this desperately needed edu ...
Baltic Sea catchment
... - Statistics of ΔT(m,L) which is the difference of two m-year NH temperature means, separated by L years. - Temperature variations are modeled as Gaussian long-memory process, fitted to Workshop on added vales of regional climate models and detection and attribution studies in the Baltic Basin, 24-2 ...
... - Statistics of ΔT(m,L) which is the difference of two m-year NH temperature means, separated by L years. - Temperature variations are modeled as Gaussian long-memory process, fitted to Workshop on added vales of regional climate models and detection and attribution studies in the Baltic Basin, 24-2 ...
Climate change, threat multiplier and internal conflicts in Northeast
... Threat multipliers and internal conflicts In its 2007 Strategic Survey, IISS suggested that ‘the security dimension [of climate change] will come increasingly to the forefront as countries begin to see falls in available resources and economic vitality, increased stress on their armed forces, greate ...
... Threat multipliers and internal conflicts In its 2007 Strategic Survey, IISS suggested that ‘the security dimension [of climate change] will come increasingly to the forefront as countries begin to see falls in available resources and economic vitality, increased stress on their armed forces, greate ...
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... during the twentieth century, the Earth’s surface has warmed by 0.4-0.8°C; land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with northern, mid-high latitudes warming more than most other parts (Fig. 2). The mean annual continental precipitation has increased by 5-10% over the twentieth century in the No ...
... during the twentieth century, the Earth’s surface has warmed by 0.4-0.8°C; land areas have warmed more than the oceans, with northern, mid-high latitudes warming more than most other parts (Fig. 2). The mean annual continental precipitation has increased by 5-10% over the twentieth century in the No ...
Partnerships For Sustainable Change: Community Based Climate
... 1. Helping poor people and local authorities in the five provinces to better understand the impacts of climate change and what practical measures they could take to adapt. Local authorities were also supported to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation issues into their loca ...
... 1. Helping poor people and local authorities in the five provinces to better understand the impacts of climate change and what practical measures they could take to adapt. Local authorities were also supported to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation issues into their loca ...
Burlando-Rosso_Extreme storm rainfall and climatic change
... to investigate hydrological impact of global change. GCMs' outputs also include large-scale hydrological predictions: for instance, Manabe and Wetherald (1987) reported large-scale changes of soil wetness induced by an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and Mitchell and Warrilow (1987) investig ...
... to investigate hydrological impact of global change. GCMs' outputs also include large-scale hydrological predictions: for instance, Manabe and Wetherald (1987) reported large-scale changes of soil wetness induced by an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and Mitchell and Warrilow (1987) investig ...
Contact information of the Chairs/Coordinators of regional
... Contact Information for the Chairs and Coordinators of Regional Groups and other Constituencies as of 1 February 2013 ...
... Contact Information for the Chairs and Coordinators of Regional Groups and other Constituencies as of 1 February 2013 ...