Climate During the Past 1000 Years
... The Maunder Minimum was not unique. Increased medieval activity – correlated with climate change. ...
... The Maunder Minimum was not unique. Increased medieval activity – correlated with climate change. ...
Adaptation to Global Warming: do climate models tell us what we need to know?
... climate “sentence” (Solomon et al. 2007, 5; Ramanathan and Feng 2008).6 Even had greenhouse gas concentrations been stabilized at year 2000 levels, existing atmospheric greenhouse gases would have produced temperature changes and concomitant environmental effects of a magnitude requiring significant ...
... climate “sentence” (Solomon et al. 2007, 5; Ramanathan and Feng 2008).6 Even had greenhouse gas concentrations been stabilized at year 2000 levels, existing atmospheric greenhouse gases would have produced temperature changes and concomitant environmental effects of a magnitude requiring significant ...
Phytoplankton regime shifts and climate change
... we show that the pronounced multi-decadal variability of the Southern California Current System (SCCS) does not represent fundamental changes in ecosystem functioning, but a linear response to key environmental drivers channelled through bottom-up and physical control. Furthermore, we show strong te ...
... we show that the pronounced multi-decadal variability of the Southern California Current System (SCCS) does not represent fundamental changes in ecosystem functioning, but a linear response to key environmental drivers channelled through bottom-up and physical control. Furthermore, we show strong te ...
Climate Change Policy Summary
... All FLNRO regions and branches, including BCTS, will develop climate action plans to address these goals and objectives by March 31, 2015. To provide the context for creating Climate Action Plans and to outline the key steps in the process CIB Climate Solutions Team is a connection point for FLNRO s ...
... All FLNRO regions and branches, including BCTS, will develop climate action plans to address these goals and objectives by March 31, 2015. To provide the context for creating Climate Action Plans and to outline the key steps in the process CIB Climate Solutions Team is a connection point for FLNRO s ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative heating. Long-term forcing: Over several weeks to months, a global cloud of dust obscures the Sun, cooling the Earth’s surface, effectively eliminating photosynthesis and stabilizing the atmosphe ...
... The ejecta that are thrown up by the impact return to Earth over several days to weeks produce radiative heating. Long-term forcing: Over several weeks to months, a global cloud of dust obscures the Sun, cooling the Earth’s surface, effectively eliminating photosynthesis and stabilizing the atmosphe ...
Climate change risk
... • As climate changes statistics of natural phenomena change in ways that are neither stationary or independent • Regulations themselves pose a risk • It is critical that both the insurance industry and the regulators become better informed about climate change science • Climate change will stress cu ...
... • As climate changes statistics of natural phenomena change in ways that are neither stationary or independent • Regulations themselves pose a risk • It is critical that both the insurance industry and the regulators become better informed about climate change science • Climate change will stress cu ...
8 Things We Hate About Summer are Getting Worse with Climate
... Today, about 350,000 cases of poison ivy-induced contact dermatitis are reported each year. This will get worse with climate change because poison ivy grows faster and is more toxic as carbon dioxide pollution increases. Even now, the plant can be found in forests, roadsides, and even backyards in e ...
... Today, about 350,000 cases of poison ivy-induced contact dermatitis are reported each year. This will get worse with climate change because poison ivy grows faster and is more toxic as carbon dioxide pollution increases. Even now, the plant can be found in forests, roadsides, and even backyards in e ...
922722-comunication - Regional Policy Briefings
... 2020. It is expected that agricultural output and access to food will be seriously affected in many countries, with serious consequences for food security and malnutrition; According to a number of climate scenarios, the area of arid and semi-arid land could increase by from 5 to 8% by 2080 ...
... 2020. It is expected that agricultural output and access to food will be seriously affected in many countries, with serious consequences for food security and malnutrition; According to a number of climate scenarios, the area of arid and semi-arid land could increase by from 5 to 8% by 2080 ...
Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final
... Conclusions • Climate change is real, human induced and is changing ...
... Conclusions • Climate change is real, human induced and is changing ...
two degrees, one chance
... past few decades, more intense droughts that last longer have been experienced in the semi-arid sub-tropics, and over wider areas than before. As a result of current climate change, the timing of supply is being altered in many rivers that are fed by glaciers and snow because of accelerated melting. ...
... past few decades, more intense droughts that last longer have been experienced in the semi-arid sub-tropics, and over wider areas than before. As a result of current climate change, the timing of supply is being altered in many rivers that are fed by glaciers and snow because of accelerated melting. ...
Document
... • Different assumptions can lead to radically different outcomes; • These start at the top of the model chain – some GCMs give a substantial increase in rainfall by 2050 when downscaled to this catchment; • The SRES Scenarios are looking a bit dated – need an “Energy Security” scenario? • Better con ...
... • Different assumptions can lead to radically different outcomes; • These start at the top of the model chain – some GCMs give a substantial increase in rainfall by 2050 when downscaled to this catchment; • The SRES Scenarios are looking a bit dated – need an “Energy Security” scenario? • Better con ...
Communicating climate change and health in the media
... A 2015 study by Maibach et al. highlights the “clear need to better inform on the health threats associated with climate change” [7]. The frequency of studies relating to the health impacts due to climate change in peer-reviewed scientific publications has also increased over the past 25 years [9]. ...
... A 2015 study by Maibach et al. highlights the “clear need to better inform on the health threats associated with climate change” [7]. The frequency of studies relating to the health impacts due to climate change in peer-reviewed scientific publications has also increased over the past 25 years [9]. ...
- EducaPoles
... called meteorology. Meteorology examines variations in the weather (clouds, depressions, precipitation, etc.) by using accurate data recorded in the field, such as temperature, humidity, etc. Climatology, on the other hand, studies the pattern of weather conditions over the long term, using statisti ...
... called meteorology. Meteorology examines variations in the weather (clouds, depressions, precipitation, etc.) by using accurate data recorded in the field, such as temperature, humidity, etc. Climatology, on the other hand, studies the pattern of weather conditions over the long term, using statisti ...
Summary Sheet - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
... storms and droughts), increases in illness an deaths due to poor air quality, food- and water-borne illnesses and the expansion of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. Vulnerability to the health risks associated with climate change are influenced by exposure to the hazards, sensitivity to the effect ...
Climate Change: Impacts and Responses
... therefore a difference between what meteorological data shows and some widely held perceptions. This is quite important and has implications. A possible explanation for this difference between perceptions and meteorological data is that because most farmers don’t record and measure rainfall, they re ...
... therefore a difference between what meteorological data shows and some widely held perceptions. This is quite important and has implications. A possible explanation for this difference between perceptions and meteorological data is that because most farmers don’t record and measure rainfall, they re ...
Slide 1
... • The next chart shows how the IPCC has shifted its carbon emissions reduction goals, mainly because nations throughout the world simply refuse to reduce their emissions. • In 2001, the IPCC goal included a safety factor. • By 2004, their goal had no safety factor at all and there was a 50 % chance ...
... • The next chart shows how the IPCC has shifted its carbon emissions reduction goals, mainly because nations throughout the world simply refuse to reduce their emissions. • In 2001, the IPCC goal included a safety factor. • By 2004, their goal had no safety factor at all and there was a 50 % chance ...
How do carbon cycle uncertainties affect IPCC temperature
... the 20th century observations. The second part of Table 1 presents our results. One set is with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks switched off (MAGICC CC-off), then a set with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks on (MAGICC CC-on). These results use the same reference periods as the AR5, with ...
... the 20th century observations. The second part of Table 1 presents our results. One set is with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks switched off (MAGICC CC-off), then a set with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks on (MAGICC CC-on). These results use the same reference periods as the AR5, with ...
Climate Change and impact assessment
... project’s scope of improving vulnerable communities’ resilience to climate risks and proceeded with an environmental impact assessment. This included a full assessment of environmental impacts and an environmental management plan. Climate change in impact assessment In 2010 the OECD suggested that t ...
... project’s scope of improving vulnerable communities’ resilience to climate risks and proceeded with an environmental impact assessment. This included a full assessment of environmental impacts and an environmental management plan. Climate change in impact assessment In 2010 the OECD suggested that t ...
Lessons learned and best practices with conducting the
... Formulation of country mitigation policy concept - Armenia has stated its willingness to take voluntary GHG limitation obligations in case the corresponding assistance for that measures will be provided” V&A – first attempt to develop in country capacity for assessment of countries economy and nat ...
... Formulation of country mitigation policy concept - Armenia has stated its willingness to take voluntary GHG limitation obligations in case the corresponding assistance for that measures will be provided” V&A – first attempt to develop in country capacity for assessment of countries economy and nat ...
RADIATIVE AND CLIMATE EFFECTS OF AEROSOLS OVER THE
... regions with important aerosol sources. A quasi-hemispheric simulation will be needed to provide initial and boundary conditions to smaller domain simulations. During the first of the inter-comparison, this simulation was not available. As a first approximation, we initialized the model with 5 aeros ...
... regions with important aerosol sources. A quasi-hemispheric simulation will be needed to provide initial and boundary conditions to smaller domain simulations. During the first of the inter-comparison, this simulation was not available. As a first approximation, we initialized the model with 5 aeros ...
Day 2 Bulletin - World Sustainable Development Summit
... areas: perspectives from cities in India’. The event, part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network programme supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, saw a good gathering of professionals and researchers. Welcoming the gathering Dr R K Pachauri stressed the need for addressing climate ...
... areas: perspectives from cities in India’. The event, part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network programme supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, saw a good gathering of professionals and researchers. Welcoming the gathering Dr R K Pachauri stressed the need for addressing climate ...
Atmospheric science: Extreme La Niña events to increase
... colleagues3 find a robust agreement among climate models concerning changes in La Niña — extreme events will become more frequent with global warming. Usually, the eastern tropical Pacific is dry and cool, whereas the western Pacific is characterized by the warmest waters of the world ocean, accompa ...
... colleagues3 find a robust agreement among climate models concerning changes in La Niña — extreme events will become more frequent with global warming. Usually, the eastern tropical Pacific is dry and cool, whereas the western Pacific is characterized by the warmest waters of the world ocean, accompa ...
Austrian Assessment Report Climate Change 2014 (AAR14)
... movements will occur16. This is due to changes in rainfall, thawing permafrost and retreating glaciers, but also to changes in land use17. Mountain flanks will be vulnerable to events such as rock fall18 and landslides19. Climate-induced decrease in permafrost and the shrinking of glaciers could lea ...
... movements will occur16. This is due to changes in rainfall, thawing permafrost and retreating glaciers, but also to changes in land use17. Mountain flanks will be vulnerable to events such as rock fall18 and landslides19. Climate-induced decrease in permafrost and the shrinking of glaciers could lea ...
Ice Ages - ReadingtonScience
... an ice cap. But 80 million years ago, Greenland had a warm, moist climate. Fossils of magnolias and palm trees found in Greenland provide evidence for this climate change. Today magnolia and palm trees grow only in warm, moist climates. Scientists assume that the ancestors of these trees required si ...
... an ice cap. But 80 million years ago, Greenland had a warm, moist climate. Fossils of magnolias and palm trees found in Greenland provide evidence for this climate change. Today magnolia and palm trees grow only in warm, moist climates. Scientists assume that the ancestors of these trees required si ...