Do now! - MrSimonPorter
... The facts have emerged, in recent years and months, from research into past ice ages. They imply that the threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind. (Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist, in International Wildlif ...
... The facts have emerged, in recent years and months, from research into past ice ages. They imply that the threat of a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for mankind. (Nigel Calder, former editor of New Scientist, in International Wildlif ...
Climate Change and Security Threats, Opportunities and
... Security Implications Plausible – But certain? Security consequences from climate change are plausible, but questions remaining are: When, where and what to expect and hopefully predict? ...
... Security Implications Plausible – But certain? Security consequences from climate change are plausible, but questions remaining are: When, where and what to expect and hopefully predict? ...
The White Continent Overview
... place on earth but it is also may be the continent that is most affected by human activity. The reality of climate change is everywhere. Over the last 50 years scientists from over 30 countries have studied the continent and its’ eco system. This has been a period of warming and melting, of stress o ...
... place on earth but it is also may be the continent that is most affected by human activity. The reality of climate change is everywhere. Over the last 50 years scientists from over 30 countries have studied the continent and its’ eco system. This has been a period of warming and melting, of stress o ...
Maslowski powerpoint presentation (Dec. 2007)
... • What have been the main ocean / sea ice / atmosphere processes and Arctic system feedbacks that have led to the observed retreat of Arctic sea ice cover over the past 50 years? • What effect will the retreat of sea ice cover and warming of the upper ocean through 2007 have on atmospheric circulati ...
... • What have been the main ocean / sea ice / atmosphere processes and Arctic system feedbacks that have led to the observed retreat of Arctic sea ice cover over the past 50 years? • What effect will the retreat of sea ice cover and warming of the upper ocean through 2007 have on atmospheric circulati ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... Health Impacts • Requires using climate scenarios • Can use top-down or bottom-up approaches – Models can be complex spatial models or be based on a simple exposure-response relationship ...
... Health Impacts • Requires using climate scenarios • Can use top-down or bottom-up approaches – Models can be complex spatial models or be based on a simple exposure-response relationship ...
From local perception to global perspective
... and a fair number of months with >3σ, something that should only occur about one month in every 30 years. This indicates that the climate on these continents is clearly outside its 1951–1980 reference variability envelope. Considering the entire world population, for which short-term trends and regi ...
... and a fair number of months with >3σ, something that should only occur about one month in every 30 years. This indicates that the climate on these continents is clearly outside its 1951–1980 reference variability envelope. Considering the entire world population, for which short-term trends and regi ...
Climate change and cities
... for many hours, which depends in particular on volume. These areas contribute in this way to warming up the air during nights. Bright colours and glittering surfaces should be used on facades as they reflect radiation generally better than dark colours. In case of dark colours there is larger absorp ...
... for many hours, which depends in particular on volume. These areas contribute in this way to warming up the air during nights. Bright colours and glittering surfaces should be used on facades as they reflect radiation generally better than dark colours. In case of dark colours there is larger absorp ...
Listen A Minute.com - ESL Listening
... Climate change is one of the most worrying things for our planet. Many politicians and scientists say it is the biggest danger we face. I read almost every day that climate change is changing the Earth forever. Many species of animal, fish, insect, frog, etc. are dying. The ice caps in the Arctic an ...
... Climate change is one of the most worrying things for our planet. Many politicians and scientists say it is the biggest danger we face. I read almost every day that climate change is changing the Earth forever. Many species of animal, fish, insect, frog, etc. are dying. The ice caps in the Arctic an ...
How Do We Know that Humans Are the Major Cause of Global
... surface, which then gives off energy as infrared radiation, the heat you feel from asphalt on a sunny day. Greenhouse gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide (CO2), absorb this radiating energy, heating the atmosphere and the surface. This process results in the Earth’s temperature being warmer ...
... surface, which then gives off energy as infrared radiation, the heat you feel from asphalt on a sunny day. Greenhouse gases such as water vapor and carbon dioxide (CO2), absorb this radiating energy, heating the atmosphere and the surface. This process results in the Earth’s temperature being warmer ...
climate summit achievements
... action. This was complemented by a Compact of States and Regions with similar objectives. ...
... action. This was complemented by a Compact of States and Regions with similar objectives. ...
Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the
... (documentation required for both—no nurse slips, include a letter from a doctor, as well as email/phone number) and university sponsored event (documentation from coach or professor required; include phone number/email). Notify before exam that you are unable to take exam; the makeup exam must be ta ...
... (documentation required for both—no nurse slips, include a letter from a doctor, as well as email/phone number) and university sponsored event (documentation from coach or professor required; include phone number/email). Notify before exam that you are unable to take exam; the makeup exam must be ta ...
SorceMeetingNotes
... National Lab, Washington; University of Washington, The Radiation Budget of an Atmospheric Column in the Tropical Western Pacific good rough MODEL Background: Climate model sensitivities to forcing changes vary by factorx3 or more Mostly due to clouds and water vapor Because cloud models vary ...
... National Lab, Washington; University of Washington, The Radiation Budget of an Atmospheric Column in the Tropical Western Pacific good rough MODEL Background: Climate model sensitivities to forcing changes vary by factorx3 or more Mostly due to clouds and water vapor Because cloud models vary ...
Supplementary Material - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... (www.ipcc.ch). Given the likelihood of currently unmodelled slow feedbacks in the climate system (Hansen et al. 2007), it is plausible that future climate change will be more extreme than that used here, so we consider our simulations to be a mid-range projection. ...
... (www.ipcc.ch). Given the likelihood of currently unmodelled slow feedbacks in the climate system (Hansen et al. 2007), it is plausible that future climate change will be more extreme than that used here, so we consider our simulations to be a mid-range projection. ...
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... – Particles, in particular black carbon. The recently (May 2012) revised Gothenburg Protocol under CLRTAP is for the first time including control of primary particles and it put particular emphasis to black carbon. – Particles will probably be further considered in the revision of the EU thematic ...
... – Particles, in particular black carbon. The recently (May 2012) revised Gothenburg Protocol under CLRTAP is for the first time including control of primary particles and it put particular emphasis to black carbon. – Particles will probably be further considered in the revision of the EU thematic ...
How the IPCC invented a new calculus in 2010. http
... linear rates should not compare with each other because the time scales are not the same'. Well done to the Chinese Government for spotting that. Too bad their valid comment was ignored by the IPCC. ...
... linear rates should not compare with each other because the time scales are not the same'. Well done to the Chinese Government for spotting that. Too bad their valid comment was ignored by the IPCC. ...
www.stanford.edu/group/MERGE/GERAD1.pdf
... terms of the damages avoided. There are a number of arbitrary assumptions about the damages associated with climate change. We stress the rudimentary nature of the state of the art of damage assessment. These assumptions should be interpreted as purely illustrative. They are adopted to illustrate ho ...
... terms of the damages avoided. There are a number of arbitrary assumptions about the damages associated with climate change. We stress the rudimentary nature of the state of the art of damage assessment. These assumptions should be interpreted as purely illustrative. They are adopted to illustrate ho ...
Speech at the
... to note that at the Future Climate Conference of Engineering Solutions held this September in Copenhagen, a message was clearly heard, which excludes any major obstacles in addressing climate change in terms of technical capabilities. Hence, more attention needs to be paid on how to distribute the c ...
... to note that at the Future Climate Conference of Engineering Solutions held this September in Copenhagen, a message was clearly heard, which excludes any major obstacles in addressing climate change in terms of technical capabilities. Hence, more attention needs to be paid on how to distribute the c ...
Global Fingerprints of Greenhouse Warming
... In the past two years the science attributing global warming to human enhancement of the greenhouse effect has progressed dramatically. New measurements show that climate change and its impacts have occurred globally, rather than regionally, which is readily explained by global warming, and not by n ...
... In the past two years the science attributing global warming to human enhancement of the greenhouse effect has progressed dramatically. New measurements show that climate change and its impacts have occurred globally, rather than regionally, which is readily explained by global warming, and not by n ...
module 2: what causes climate change
... radiation that is reflected. Material (particles) from violent volcanic eruptions can be projected far above the highest cloud, and into the stratosphere where they can significantly increase how much incoming solar energy is reflected. Major volcanic eruptions can reduce average global surface temp ...
... radiation that is reflected. Material (particles) from violent volcanic eruptions can be projected far above the highest cloud, and into the stratosphere where they can significantly increase how much incoming solar energy is reflected. Major volcanic eruptions can reduce average global surface temp ...
module 2: what causes climate change
... radiation that is reflected. Material (particles) from violent volcanic eruptions can be projected far above the highest cloud, and into the stratosphere where they can significantly increase how much incoming solar energy is reflected. Major volcanic eruptions can reduce average global surface temp ...
... radiation that is reflected. Material (particles) from violent volcanic eruptions can be projected far above the highest cloud, and into the stratosphere where they can significantly increase how much incoming solar energy is reflected. Major volcanic eruptions can reduce average global surface temp ...
