Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
... interaction with the Earth system for the benefit of society. As the world’s largest non-profit oceanographic research institution with more than 1000 employees and 150 graduate students, WHOI achieves its leadership position in ocean science research and higher education by nurturing inventive minds ...
... interaction with the Earth system for the benefit of society. As the world’s largest non-profit oceanographic research institution with more than 1000 employees and 150 graduate students, WHOI achieves its leadership position in ocean science research and higher education by nurturing inventive minds ...
IEAGHG Information Paper 2016-IP41: 1.5 Degrees – Meeting the
... temperature, or the other way round. We also need to consider we might cross some tipping points irreversibly, especially when allowing for an overshoot. A second fact check reveals we have achieved no decarbonisation of the electricity sector at all because the growth in energy demand completely o ...
... temperature, or the other way round. We also need to consider we might cross some tipping points irreversibly, especially when allowing for an overshoot. A second fact check reveals we have achieved no decarbonisation of the electricity sector at all because the growth in energy demand completely o ...
Climate Change Effects and Assessment of Adaptation Potential in
... Due to its vast territory and variety of geographical conditions, climate change effects have considerable spatial and seasonal variations in Russia. ...
... Due to its vast territory and variety of geographical conditions, climate change effects have considerable spatial and seasonal variations in Russia. ...
File - Down the Rabbit Hole
... influence on many physical and biological systems Continued GHG emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.” ...
... influence on many physical and biological systems Continued GHG emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.” ...
Survey on Global Climate Change - MicroBytes
... to wake up and smell the melting asphalt! Polar bears and Alaskan Brown bears have already started to create a new, more tolerant breed of bear. We may have to come up with new, more tolerant attitudes as the temperatures rise.” “The effects are obvious. Denial is futile!” “To the doubters: Why risk ...
... to wake up and smell the melting asphalt! Polar bears and Alaskan Brown bears have already started to create a new, more tolerant breed of bear. We may have to come up with new, more tolerant attitudes as the temperatures rise.” “The effects are obvious. Denial is futile!” “To the doubters: Why risk ...
Global Observations: One perspective on the future Berrien Moore III
... observational systems can account for the growth rate and inter-annual variations of atmospheric CO2. The variability of the year-to-year growth in atmospheric CO2 cannot be explained by the variability in fossil fuel use; rather it appears to reflect primarily changes in terrestrial ecosystems that ...
... observational systems can account for the growth rate and inter-annual variations of atmospheric CO2. The variability of the year-to-year growth in atmospheric CO2 cannot be explained by the variability in fossil fuel use; rather it appears to reflect primarily changes in terrestrial ecosystems that ...
New York Times - City Tech OpenLab
... Union of Concerned Scientists, 2008, “Rapidly Rising Seas: What the Science Tells Us,” http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/global_warming/Causes-of-Sea-Level-Rise.pdf ...
... Union of Concerned Scientists, 2008, “Rapidly Rising Seas: What the Science Tells Us,” http://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/global_warming/Causes-of-Sea-Level-Rise.pdf ...
Morning Plenary Presentation - Martin Todd: CC impacts on recharge
... extreme rainfall is greater than for the mean • This may favour GW recharge Spread of projected percentage change in mean (left) and 90th percentile rainfall (right) in IPCC AR5 models Taylor et al. (2013) Nature Climate Change 3: 374-378. ...
... extreme rainfall is greater than for the mean • This may favour GW recharge Spread of projected percentage change in mean (left) and 90th percentile rainfall (right) in IPCC AR5 models Taylor et al. (2013) Nature Climate Change 3: 374-378. ...
Document
... • The political impact can be delayed by denial - but the military may want to apply the precautionary principle! ...
... • The political impact can be delayed by denial - but the military may want to apply the precautionary principle! ...
local news from capenews.net
... place, but also that humans are causing at least some of it. The criticism that scientists do not agree on global warming has been a primary concern of those who do not accept arguments about the human effect on climate change. “ Very few reputable scientists at this point would disagree with the st ...
... place, but also that humans are causing at least some of it. The criticism that scientists do not agree on global warming has been a primary concern of those who do not accept arguments about the human effect on climate change. “ Very few reputable scientists at this point would disagree with the st ...
Indicators and Effects of Climate Change File
... 3. Rising Sea Levels In the past 100 years, sea levels on earth have risen 10-15 cm. This effect has been attributed to a combination of melting ice and thermal expansion as the temperature of the sea-water has increased as well. ...
... 3. Rising Sea Levels In the past 100 years, sea levels on earth have risen 10-15 cm. This effect has been attributed to a combination of melting ice and thermal expansion as the temperature of the sea-water has increased as well. ...
Impact of climate change
... more humans means more use of “fossil fuels” which produce carbon dioxide More people means more demand for oil, gas, coal and other fuels mined or drilled from below the Earth’s surface therefore prices will rise and CO2 contents will also. According to the Worldwatch Institute “reversing the d ...
... more humans means more use of “fossil fuels” which produce carbon dioxide More people means more demand for oil, gas, coal and other fuels mined or drilled from below the Earth’s surface therefore prices will rise and CO2 contents will also. According to the Worldwatch Institute “reversing the d ...
3. The Politics of Climate Change
... • Climate Change Levy – A small levy on energy use for businesses; recycled as a tax relief – Likely to be changed to become a tax on emissions ...
... • Climate Change Levy – A small levy on energy use for businesses; recycled as a tax relief – Likely to be changed to become a tax on emissions ...
International Center for El Niño Research (CIIFEN)
... 4. Communitarian capacity building through educational campaigns to promote the balanced combination between traditional climate knowledge and new climate information provided by National Meteorological Services and other operational agencies(fig. 4). The activities of CIIFEN contribute directly to ...
... 4. Communitarian capacity building through educational campaigns to promote the balanced combination between traditional climate knowledge and new climate information provided by National Meteorological Services and other operational agencies(fig. 4). The activities of CIIFEN contribute directly to ...
Exam1_Key - Gamon Lab
... Specifically, what satellite index (or metric) is being used, what have been the trends in this index in recent years, what independent field evidence supports these trends, and what are the implications of these trends for changing ecosystem function and feedback effects? (Discuss at 2 alternate sc ...
... Specifically, what satellite index (or metric) is being used, what have been the trends in this index in recent years, what independent field evidence supports these trends, and what are the implications of these trends for changing ecosystem function and feedback effects? (Discuss at 2 alternate sc ...
Global warming and poverty
... world needs to keep global average warming well below 2°C in comparison to pre-industrial levels. Emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by industrialized countries must be cut on the order of 60– 80 per cent (relative to 1990 levels) by the middle of this century. Industrialized countries have ...
... world needs to keep global average warming well below 2°C in comparison to pre-industrial levels. Emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by industrialized countries must be cut on the order of 60– 80 per cent (relative to 1990 levels) by the middle of this century. Industrialized countries have ...
The “Known” Projections of human drivers
... The Unknowns (and why) Forcings: 1. Feedbacks of clouds on climate 2. Temporal and spatial variance in all physical variables 3. Tropical cyclone effects on ventilation (reduction of the “dead zone”) 4. Effects of human behavior on climate change forcing (CO2, land use, etc.) Biodiversity: 1. Relat ...
... The Unknowns (and why) Forcings: 1. Feedbacks of clouds on climate 2. Temporal and spatial variance in all physical variables 3. Tropical cyclone effects on ventilation (reduction of the “dead zone”) 4. Effects of human behavior on climate change forcing (CO2, land use, etc.) Biodiversity: 1. Relat ...
Using Model Output: Uncertainties and Probabilities
... extreme precipitation, drought, and snow. This regional assessment is based upon AOGCM based studies, Regional Climate Models, statistical downscaling and process understanding. More detail on these findings may be found in the notes below, and their full description, including sources is given in t ...
... extreme precipitation, drought, and snow. This regional assessment is based upon AOGCM based studies, Regional Climate Models, statistical downscaling and process understanding. More detail on these findings may be found in the notes below, and their full description, including sources is given in t ...
Climate Change and Climate Modeling
... A global-average energy balance model with a one-layer atmosphere Infrared emissions from a layer The greenhouse effect: example with a completely IR-absorbing atmosphere The greenhouse effect in a one-layer atmosphere, global average model Temperatures from the one-layer energy balance model ...
... A global-average energy balance model with a one-layer atmosphere Infrared emissions from a layer The greenhouse effect: example with a completely IR-absorbing atmosphere The greenhouse effect in a one-layer atmosphere, global average model Temperatures from the one-layer energy balance model ...
Climatic constraints on wintering bird distributions are modified by
... Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA ...
... Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA ...
Climate change impacts in Belize - Eco
... WHMSI III - Asunción 2008 C. Drews, L. Hawkes, N. Bood and J. Hoffman WWF - Programa Marino y de Especies para Latinoamérica y el Caribe ...
... WHMSI III - Asunción 2008 C. Drews, L. Hawkes, N. Bood and J. Hoffman WWF - Programa Marino y de Especies para Latinoamérica y el Caribe ...
No Slide Title
... and Delaware. The values used in these plots were derived from data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on board NASA’s Nimbus 7 satellite and from the Special Sensor Microwave Imagers (SSMIs) on satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Plot credits: Claire ...
... and Delaware. The values used in these plots were derived from data from the Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) on board NASA’s Nimbus 7 satellite and from the Special Sensor Microwave Imagers (SSMIs) on satellites of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Plot credits: Claire ...
Slide 1
... Typical climate conditions for the 20th century may not provide the full range of temperature, precipitation and humidity extremes that likely will be encountered for the built environment of the 21st century. The conventional practice in the engineering community for incorporating climate data into ...
... Typical climate conditions for the 20th century may not provide the full range of temperature, precipitation and humidity extremes that likely will be encountered for the built environment of the 21st century. The conventional practice in the engineering community for incorporating climate data into ...