UCU environmental news 43, Nov 15
... Welcome to the Paris Climate Talks special edition. In December, 2015, the United Nations meet for one of the most important international conferences since the end of the 2nd world war. We urgently need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius compar ...
... Welcome to the Paris Climate Talks special edition. In December, 2015, the United Nations meet for one of the most important international conferences since the end of the 2nd world war. We urgently need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius compar ...
IJRSP 42(6) 391-396
... Sun is the ultimate source of energy. It has been, therefore, examined if there was any anomaly in the solar characteristics during this period. The sunspot number data has been used for this purpose. This parameter has an 11-year solar activity cycle and the same is found in the global temperature. ...
... Sun is the ultimate source of energy. It has been, therefore, examined if there was any anomaly in the solar characteristics during this period. The sunspot number data has been used for this purpose. This parameter has an 11-year solar activity cycle and the same is found in the global temperature. ...
ANPR Comments- Endangerment
... Increased concentrations of tropospheric O3 are causing a significant anthropogenic warming effect, but, unlike the long-lived six GHGs, tropospheric O3 has a short atmospheric lifetime (hours to weeks), and therefore its concentrations are more variable over space and time. For these reasons, its g ...
... Increased concentrations of tropospheric O3 are causing a significant anthropogenic warming effect, but, unlike the long-lived six GHGs, tropospheric O3 has a short atmospheric lifetime (hours to weeks), and therefore its concentrations are more variable over space and time. For these reasons, its g ...
Projected GS signal
... precipitation changes are several times larger than the projected response to GS forcing. The most striking inconsistency, however, is the contradiction between projected drying and the observed increase in precipitation in late summer and autumn ...
... precipitation changes are several times larger than the projected response to GS forcing. The most striking inconsistency, however, is the contradiction between projected drying and the observed increase in precipitation in late summer and autumn ...
Methane and climate change - Environmental Change Institute
... events leading to flooding have become more commonplace. The IPCC’s Third Assessment Report2 attributes ‘most’ of the observed warming over the last 50 years to human activity (anthropogenic emissions) and increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (Figure 3), leading to an enhanced gr ...
... events leading to flooding have become more commonplace. The IPCC’s Third Assessment Report2 attributes ‘most’ of the observed warming over the last 50 years to human activity (anthropogenic emissions) and increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (Figure 3), leading to an enhanced gr ...
Link to PDF-file
... The risks of climate change policies in the post-Paris world The focus of this presentation is how markets may respond to the governmental responses to climate change. Financial impacts of climate policies will likely exceed financial impacts of unabated climate change itself over the next two decad ...
... The risks of climate change policies in the post-Paris world The focus of this presentation is how markets may respond to the governmental responses to climate change. Financial impacts of climate policies will likely exceed financial impacts of unabated climate change itself over the next two decad ...
Presentation (power point file)
... • Not all impacts covered in economic assessment (livestock, possible loss of life) • Considerable uncertainty in the estimates. If the upper bound turns out to be right the figures could be 2-3 times higher. Key source of uncertainty is Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) • The process for making ...
... • Not all impacts covered in economic assessment (livestock, possible loss of life) • Considerable uncertainty in the estimates. If the upper bound turns out to be right the figures could be 2-3 times higher. Key source of uncertainty is Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity (ECS) • The process for making ...
– Joint International Conference Climate change and adaptation
... Joint International Conference – Climate Change ...
... Joint International Conference – Climate Change ...
Multicentury Changes to the Global Climate and Carbon Cycle
... Mathews et al. (2005) investigated the climate– carbon feedbacks in the University of Victoria (Uvic) climate–carbon cycle model. Several results from their modeling study are complimentary to the results from the work by Govindasamy et al. (2005), notably the increase in carbon–climate feedback wit ...
... Mathews et al. (2005) investigated the climate– carbon feedbacks in the University of Victoria (Uvic) climate–carbon cycle model. Several results from their modeling study are complimentary to the results from the work by Govindasamy et al. (2005), notably the increase in carbon–climate feedback wit ...
The Norwegian Earth System Model, NorESM1
... to temperature increases when other elements are kept unchanged, the feedback factors we present (e.g., for clouds) are termed gross feedback factors (Andrews et al., 2012). These factors can be influenced by simultaneous changes in other elements than the temperature (e.g., snow cover). See Gettelm ...
... to temperature increases when other elements are kept unchanged, the feedback factors we present (e.g., for clouds) are termed gross feedback factors (Andrews et al., 2012). These factors can be influenced by simultaneous changes in other elements than the temperature (e.g., snow cover). See Gettelm ...
Climate Change Communication Guide
... harming people, and there is scientific consensus. (An effective way to phrase the consensus is: Based on the evidence, more than 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening.) 2) Use visual media and real examples in the park; gradually expand to other area ...
... harming people, and there is scientific consensus. (An effective way to phrase the consensus is: Based on the evidence, more than 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening.) 2) Use visual media and real examples in the park; gradually expand to other area ...
I - University of Montana
... broad understanding of the global climate system, its many components, and how this system undergoes change. While the material in this course has important social and economic implications, we will examine only the science of climate change and will generally avoid policy and solution issues. Furth ...
... broad understanding of the global climate system, its many components, and how this system undergoes change. While the material in this course has important social and economic implications, we will examine only the science of climate change and will generally avoid policy and solution issues. Furth ...
Southern California Regional Adaptation Efforts to Climate Change
... Public Health Impacts and Vector-Borne Diseases In addition to the aforementioned health impacts, hot temperatures and drought conditions can contribute to the spread of diseases by aiding development and spread of the vectors that transmit them (Drechsler et al. 2006). A vector-borne disease (VBD) ...
... Public Health Impacts and Vector-Borne Diseases In addition to the aforementioned health impacts, hot temperatures and drought conditions can contribute to the spread of diseases by aiding development and spread of the vectors that transmit them (Drechsler et al. 2006). A vector-borne disease (VBD) ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Tourism in the Mediterranean
... from northern Europe will be unused to temperatures as high as 40C and may be more at risk than local people, who are used to long hot summers .Gawith,Downing and Karacotas (1999) have shown that at Thessaloniki in northern Greece the temperaturehumidity index (THI) which assesses the impact of high ...
... from northern Europe will be unused to temperatures as high as 40C and may be more at risk than local people, who are used to long hot summers .Gawith,Downing and Karacotas (1999) have shown that at Thessaloniki in northern Greece the temperaturehumidity index (THI) which assesses the impact of high ...
National Plan on Climate Change
... Global warming due to human interference, despite uncertainty about its magnitude, is now a fact accepted by the scientific community. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2007, contributed to this acceptance, which was reinforced by subsequent scie ...
... Global warming due to human interference, despite uncertainty about its magnitude, is now a fact accepted by the scientific community. The Fourth Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2007, contributed to this acceptance, which was reinforced by subsequent scie ...
Environmental Justice and Sustainability at Diverse Scales: A
... • Adaptation is (usually) purposive action • Adaptation is ‘adjustment in ecological, social or economic systems in response to actual or expected climate stimuli and their effects or impacts. … to moderate damages or to benefit from opportunities associated with climate change’ ...
... • Adaptation is (usually) purposive action • Adaptation is ‘adjustment in ecological, social or economic systems in response to actual or expected climate stimuli and their effects or impacts. … to moderate damages or to benefit from opportunities associated with climate change’ ...
View/Open
... … climate change is happening faster than expected, with the four key global indicators (greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, global temperature and sea-level rise) all at or above the ‘worst case’ scenario developed by the IPCC about a decade ago. ...
... … climate change is happening faster than expected, with the four key global indicators (greenhouse gas emissions, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, global temperature and sea-level rise) all at or above the ‘worst case’ scenario developed by the IPCC about a decade ago. ...
PowerPoint Presentation - VTechWorks
... (USDA Technical Bulletin 1935), a USDA report that serves as a technical reference for the National Climate Assessment (NCA), was published in 2012. The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a mandated report produced approximately every 4-5 years that provides the U.S. Congress and the President of ...
... (USDA Technical Bulletin 1935), a USDA report that serves as a technical reference for the National Climate Assessment (NCA), was published in 2012. The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is a mandated report produced approximately every 4-5 years that provides the U.S. Congress and the President of ...
Chapter 2 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... •The upward IR from the surface is mostly trapped in the atmosphere, rather than escaping directly to space, so it tends to heat the atmosphere. •The atmosphere warms to a temperature where it emits sufficient radiation to balance the heat budget, but it emits both upward and downward, so part of th ...
... •The upward IR from the surface is mostly trapped in the atmosphere, rather than escaping directly to space, so it tends to heat the atmosphere. •The atmosphere warms to a temperature where it emits sufficient radiation to balance the heat budget, but it emits both upward and downward, so part of th ...
Features
... ocean–atmospheric model study, published in Nature in 1989. From 1989 through 1992, we had several articles that used coupled ocean–atmosphere GCMs, and showed how the climate responds to a gradual increase in CO2. We analyzed very carefully the results from coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations and ...
... ocean–atmospheric model study, published in Nature in 1989. From 1989 through 1992, we had several articles that used coupled ocean–atmosphere GCMs, and showed how the climate responds to a gradual increase in CO2. We analyzed very carefully the results from coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations and ...
PDF
... While these studies suggest only modest losses (or gains) to the agricultural sector from climate change, predicted shifts in crop production and expansion in irrigated acreage imply demands or pressure on environmental and natural resources, including water quantity and quality, wetlands, soil, fis ...
... While these studies suggest only modest losses (or gains) to the agricultural sector from climate change, predicted shifts in crop production and expansion in irrigated acreage imply demands or pressure on environmental and natural resources, including water quantity and quality, wetlands, soil, fis ...
View Document - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford
... yet cheaper than unclean technologies. Nevertheless, the local benefits from reduced emissions and pollution are now unequivocal, creating substantial value for many emerging economies and they do not depend on bilateral or international agreements. As noted above, IMF research in 2014 concluded tha ...
... yet cheaper than unclean technologies. Nevertheless, the local benefits from reduced emissions and pollution are now unequivocal, creating substantial value for many emerging economies and they do not depend on bilateral or international agreements. As noted above, IMF research in 2014 concluded tha ...
