Climate, Energy, and Earth Process
... from digestive processes of animals like cattle and termites; and from landfills. Excess methane stays in the atmosphere for only about 15 years, but traps much more heat than CO2. Synthetic industrial gases (such as CFC’s) have accumulated in the past 50 years. They are beginning to have a signific ...
... from digestive processes of animals like cattle and termites; and from landfills. Excess methane stays in the atmosphere for only about 15 years, but traps much more heat than CO2. Synthetic industrial gases (such as CFC’s) have accumulated in the past 50 years. They are beginning to have a signific ...
Climate_change_oceans
... • Possibly correlated with global warming. ENSO frequency does appear to show multidecadal cycles. ...
... • Possibly correlated with global warming. ENSO frequency does appear to show multidecadal cycles. ...
Climate change projections and adaptation
... For example the lowest temperature ever recorded in the UK (-27.2oC) has been equalled three times, twice at Braemar 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 and once at Altnahara 20 December 1995. January 1982 was actually a very unusual month. The first half of the month was unusually cold (about 4 de ...
... For example the lowest temperature ever recorded in the UK (-27.2oC) has been equalled three times, twice at Braemar 11 February 1895 and 10 January 1982 and once at Altnahara 20 December 1995. January 1982 was actually a very unusual month. The first half of the month was unusually cold (about 4 de ...
Five TV weathermen present a primer on climate change
... temperatures worldwide, but decades is insufficient for any conclusions regarding a long-term accounting. Indeed, satellites indicate a cooling over the past decade. Proxies and History: Tree rings, ice cores, glaciers, sea sediments, and other “proxies” can adequately estimate general trends in the ...
... temperatures worldwide, but decades is insufficient for any conclusions regarding a long-term accounting. Indeed, satellites indicate a cooling over the past decade. Proxies and History: Tree rings, ice cores, glaciers, sea sediments, and other “proxies” can adequately estimate general trends in the ...
Climate Change
... • It is global in it’s origin and effects • The effect is NOT marginal – potential impacts are extremely large and lethal • The risk and uncertainty associated are extremely large – the variance of the effect dominates the average effect • The impact is to be felt over the long run (hundreds if not ...
... • It is global in it’s origin and effects • The effect is NOT marginal – potential impacts are extremely large and lethal • The risk and uncertainty associated are extremely large – the variance of the effect dominates the average effect • The impact is to be felt over the long run (hundreds if not ...
NCCR CLIMATE UPDATE 15
... normals are used as a reference period for direct comparisons but for applications where deviations from the normal are quantified without quoting the reference period, the recent temperature trends make an interpretation difficult. (International Journal of Climatology, 26, 2006) Coupling climate a ...
... normals are used as a reference period for direct comparisons but for applications where deviations from the normal are quantified without quoting the reference period, the recent temperature trends make an interpretation difficult. (International Journal of Climatology, 26, 2006) Coupling climate a ...
Climate Change by Garfield Barnwell
... • The Caribbean consists of 28 insular and coastal states and ten territories; • The World Bank in a May 2009 Report on Climate Change in the Hemispheric indicated that from a list of the 25 vulnerable countries to sea level rise 6 CARICOM (Suriname,Bahamas,Guyana,Belize,Jamaica,Haiti) are among the ...
... • The Caribbean consists of 28 insular and coastal states and ten territories; • The World Bank in a May 2009 Report on Climate Change in the Hemispheric indicated that from a list of the 25 vulnerable countries to sea level rise 6 CARICOM (Suriname,Bahamas,Guyana,Belize,Jamaica,Haiti) are among the ...
GGJ Durban Report-back - Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
... GGJ Goals • Call on the U.S. State Department to: Set binding targets of 50% carbon emission reduction by 2017 (Cochabamba People’s Agreement) Drop carbon-market false solutions and adopt Cochabamba People’s Agreement and the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth Reject, don't rer ...
... GGJ Goals • Call on the U.S. State Department to: Set binding targets of 50% carbon emission reduction by 2017 (Cochabamba People’s Agreement) Drop carbon-market false solutions and adopt Cochabamba People’s Agreement and the Universal Declaration on the Rights of Mother Earth Reject, don't rer ...
2 - Curtin University
... http://www.denmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C41B62AB-4688-4ACE-BB7BF6D2C8AAEC20/0/copenhagen_accord.pdf ...
... http://www.denmark.dk/NR/rdonlyres/C41B62AB-4688-4ACE-BB7BF6D2C8AAEC20/0/copenhagen_accord.pdf ...
Presentation to the Manitoba Climate Change Task Force
... longer summers and warmer winters to Manitoba ...
... longer summers and warmer winters to Manitoba ...
COC-McBean Climate Change - Canadians for Action on Climate
... of air pollution. 2. By 2031, almost 90,000 people will have died from the acute effects of air pollution. The number of deaths due to long-term exposure to air pollution will be 710,000. … 10. 11. In 2008, economic costs of air pollution will top $8 billion. By 2031, these costs will have accumulat ...
... of air pollution. 2. By 2031, almost 90,000 people will have died from the acute effects of air pollution. The number of deaths due to long-term exposure to air pollution will be 710,000. … 10. 11. In 2008, economic costs of air pollution will top $8 billion. By 2031, these costs will have accumulat ...
6g_CCNet-coach-training-presentation
... water, etc. may often be worse than if the ecosystem was left to adjust naturally. Thus, it is absolutely critical to understand how human systems (social, infrastructure, etc.) will be affected so that the team can start to understand the full range of threats to natural systems. ...
... water, etc. may often be worse than if the ecosystem was left to adjust naturally. Thus, it is absolutely critical to understand how human systems (social, infrastructure, etc.) will be affected so that the team can start to understand the full range of threats to natural systems. ...
Gillian-Cambers - Regional Policy Briefings
... surface is projected to make the surface ocean less dense compared to the deep ocean, so there is less vertical mixing • Regional sea level rise is projected to be similar to the global average, but improved understanding of the processes responsible for ice-sheet changes are needed to improve estim ...
... surface is projected to make the surface ocean less dense compared to the deep ocean, so there is less vertical mixing • Regional sea level rise is projected to be similar to the global average, but improved understanding of the processes responsible for ice-sheet changes are needed to improve estim ...
Mitigations, Human Impact, Climate Characteristics
... bit of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere With the increased amount of CO2 in the air, the oceans cannot absorb any more than it can hold Too much CO2 in the ocean will cause the shells of clams and the coral reefs to be fragile and not support the life that exist in and around it Sea life will ...
... bit of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere With the increased amount of CO2 in the air, the oceans cannot absorb any more than it can hold Too much CO2 in the ocean will cause the shells of clams and the coral reefs to be fragile and not support the life that exist in and around it Sea life will ...
Slide 1
... • “a condition in which we are confused about what it takes to live a worthwhile life” Hamilton and Denniss (2005): Affluence: When too much is never enough ...
... • “a condition in which we are confused about what it takes to live a worthwhile life” Hamilton and Denniss (2005): Affluence: When too much is never enough ...
Concluding summary - International Research Institute for Climate
... 1. Using previous El Niño events as analogues is increasingly challenging, as the climate in which these events are occurring is changing, e.g. rising sea temperatures, decreasing ice extent, decreasing temperature gradient from equator to poles, etc. Therefore, although analogs are an important veh ...
... 1. Using previous El Niño events as analogues is increasingly challenging, as the climate in which these events are occurring is changing, e.g. rising sea temperatures, decreasing ice extent, decreasing temperature gradient from equator to poles, etc. Therefore, although analogs are an important veh ...
2007 Methodist Conference Resolution `Caring for creation in the
... the most serious threat to long term development. The current UK government aspiration is to achieve a 60% cut in carbon emissions from the 1990 level by 2050. This requires an average reduction of around 3% per year. This is clearly not being achieved with present policies and even this level of re ...
... the most serious threat to long term development. The current UK government aspiration is to achieve a 60% cut in carbon emissions from the 1990 level by 2050. This requires an average reduction of around 3% per year. This is clearly not being achieved with present policies and even this level of re ...
Climate Change Talk
... But what about the “Polar Vortex?” A number of global climate change critics say that with record cold temperatures in the US during January how could there be such a thing as global warming? ...
... But what about the “Polar Vortex?” A number of global climate change critics say that with record cold temperatures in the US during January how could there be such a thing as global warming? ...
document
... - ice streams (flow from acc. to abl. zone m/year, transient 4 km/y) - calving (floating and breaking the ice sheet) - dust loading (reduces albedo 0.7-> 0.1-0.4, 2-3 times more radiation) Temperature – precipitation feedback (higher T, more moisture, stronger hydrological cycle, larger accumulation ...
... - ice streams (flow from acc. to abl. zone m/year, transient 4 km/y) - calving (floating and breaking the ice sheet) - dust loading (reduces albedo 0.7-> 0.1-0.4, 2-3 times more radiation) Temperature – precipitation feedback (higher T, more moisture, stronger hydrological cycle, larger accumulation ...
Breaking the partisan impasse in Congress on climate change
... “Any efforts to mitigate the risks of, prepare for, or otherwise address our changing climate and its effects should not constrain the United States economy, especially in regards to global competitiveness.” Rather than constrain the economy, the approach known as Carbon Fee and Dividend would actua ...
... “Any efforts to mitigate the risks of, prepare for, or otherwise address our changing climate and its effects should not constrain the United States economy, especially in regards to global competitiveness.” Rather than constrain the economy, the approach known as Carbon Fee and Dividend would actua ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... there a change in the fresh water in the ocean? Is there a release of gas stored in something that is frozen? • It is also possible to define rapid changes in ocean (land?) ecosystems, that leads to composition changes in the atmosphere. Biology – sensitive to temperature, water, salinity, ph, etc. ...
... there a change in the fresh water in the ocean? Is there a release of gas stored in something that is frozen? • It is also possible to define rapid changes in ocean (land?) ecosystems, that leads to composition changes in the atmosphere. Biology – sensitive to temperature, water, salinity, ph, etc. ...
Slide 1 - GLISAclimate.org
... there a change in the fresh water in the ocean? Is there a release of gas stored in something that is frozen? • It is also possible to define rapid changes in ocean (land?) ecosystems, that leads to composition changes in the atmosphere. Biology – sensitive to temperature, water, salinity, ph, etc. ...
... there a change in the fresh water in the ocean? Is there a release of gas stored in something that is frozen? • It is also possible to define rapid changes in ocean (land?) ecosystems, that leads to composition changes in the atmosphere. Biology – sensitive to temperature, water, salinity, ph, etc. ...
draft decision - Meetings
... Article 7, “Strengthening scientific knowledge on climate, including research, systematic observation of the climate system and early warning systems, in a manner that informs climate services and supports decision-making”, ...
... Article 7, “Strengthening scientific knowledge on climate, including research, systematic observation of the climate system and early warning systems, in a manner that informs climate services and supports decision-making”, ...
Document
... Miner’s Canary of Climate Change “Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere…” Felix Cohen (1953) ...
... Miner’s Canary of Climate Change “Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere…” Felix Cohen (1953) ...