Integrating multi-disciplinary models to evaluate the impact of climate change on agriculture: the example of MOSAICC
... Climate change poses a great challenge to agricultural productions systems, potentially threatening those who particularly depend on local food production for their livelihood. Information on the impacts of climate change forms a primary tool for policy makers to cope with climate change. The impact ...
... Climate change poses a great challenge to agricultural productions systems, potentially threatening those who particularly depend on local food production for their livelihood. Information on the impacts of climate change forms a primary tool for policy makers to cope with climate change. The impact ...
Millions at risk
... schematic form, the approximate locations of 450, 650 and 1000 ppmv stabilisation pathways and their effect on millions at risk (6). Although impact analyses have not yet been conducted for these stabilisation levels, it appears that the 450 ppmv pathway would achieve very great reductions in millio ...
... schematic form, the approximate locations of 450, 650 and 1000 ppmv stabilisation pathways and their effect on millions at risk (6). Although impact analyses have not yet been conducted for these stabilisation levels, it appears that the 450 ppmv pathway would achieve very great reductions in millio ...
1998 – 1999 – 2000
... OUTLINE 1.Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have significantly contributed to a rise in global average temperatures of 0.6 degrees over the past century. The international consensus is that this trend will lead to a rise of global temperature of between ...
... OUTLINE 1.Increasing levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have significantly contributed to a rise in global average temperatures of 0.6 degrees over the past century. The international consensus is that this trend will lead to a rise of global temperature of between ...
Rethinking Climate Change Governance IISD Side Event Facilitator
... • Extremely difficult to separate CC from other sectors and institutions • CC the de facto proxy for the implementation of SD goals What is the best role for the UNFCCC as greater emphasis is placed on implementation? What are possible ways to link the various policy priorities that impact climate c ...
... • Extremely difficult to separate CC from other sectors and institutions • CC the de facto proxy for the implementation of SD goals What is the best role for the UNFCCC as greater emphasis is placed on implementation? What are possible ways to link the various policy priorities that impact climate c ...
Can`t we agree to do something about climate change?
... starting now to do something about it. The science, endorsed by NASA and the NOAA, among other credible scientific groups, clearly shows that the climate is changing and that humans, while not the sole reason, certainly have a hand in it. The average global temperature has risen by more than 1.4 deg ...
... starting now to do something about it. The science, endorsed by NASA and the NOAA, among other credible scientific groups, clearly shows that the climate is changing and that humans, while not the sole reason, certainly have a hand in it. The average global temperature has risen by more than 1.4 deg ...
Now - The High Arcal School
... Ice cores from the Antarctic- these give us records going back over 400,000 years of temperature and composition of the air. Direct measurements – scientists have been measuring the climate now for over 300 years in some place. Sediment analysis – looking in lakes and bogs scientist can use things l ...
... Ice cores from the Antarctic- these give us records going back over 400,000 years of temperature and composition of the air. Direct measurements – scientists have been measuring the climate now for over 300 years in some place. Sediment analysis – looking in lakes and bogs scientist can use things l ...
Global & Regional Climate Change Science a presentation from the
... because climate can be defined for a globe, a continent, a region, or a city. 2. Time because climate must be defined over a specified interval. NOAA typically uses 30-year averages, whereas studying Earth’s history often involves averages of a century or longer. 3. Averages and extremes of variable ...
... because climate can be defined for a globe, a continent, a region, or a city. 2. Time because climate must be defined over a specified interval. NOAA typically uses 30-year averages, whereas studying Earth’s history often involves averages of a century or longer. 3. Averages and extremes of variable ...
Climate Changes
... Earth has been free of permanent ice for most of its life Warm times persists for hundreds of millions of years to billions of years Ice ages last on the order of tens of millions to perhaps a hundred million ...
... Earth has been free of permanent ice for most of its life Warm times persists for hundreds of millions of years to billions of years Ice ages last on the order of tens of millions to perhaps a hundred million ...
Lectures Chap 11-13 - Saint Leo University Faculty
... The rate of CO2 emission has grown rather than decline Kyoto Protocol due to expire in 2012 “Only two things are clear after the climate meeting in Doha, Qatar: a weak Kyoto Protocol will remain in place for a few more years and more negotiations are needed” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article ...
... The rate of CO2 emission has grown rather than decline Kyoto Protocol due to expire in 2012 “Only two things are clear after the climate meeting in Doha, Qatar: a weak Kyoto Protocol will remain in place for a few more years and more negotiations are needed” http://www.scientificamerican.com/article ...
PPT
... more water vapor. As a greenhouse gas, the higher concentration of water vapor is then able to absorb more thermal IR energy radiated from the Earth, thus further warming the atmosphere. The warmer atmosphere can then hold more water vapor and so on and so on. This is referred to as a 'positive feed ...
... more water vapor. As a greenhouse gas, the higher concentration of water vapor is then able to absorb more thermal IR energy radiated from the Earth, thus further warming the atmosphere. The warmer atmosphere can then hold more water vapor and so on and so on. This is referred to as a 'positive feed ...
AGU - Global Heat Flow Database
... measurements at multi-year intervals spanning time periods when solar radiation, soil temperatures, and SAT have been recorded should enable comparison of the thermal energy stored in the ground to these quantities. If coherence between energy storage, solar radiation, GST, SAT and multi-proxy tempe ...
... measurements at multi-year intervals spanning time periods when solar radiation, soil temperatures, and SAT have been recorded should enable comparison of the thermal energy stored in the ground to these quantities. If coherence between energy storage, solar radiation, GST, SAT and multi-proxy tempe ...
Aalborg Universitet
... Number of days with frost (days/year with Tmin under 0C) Growth season’s length (days in a row over 5C) Annual longest heat wave (days in a row, Tmax more than 5C over normal) Hot summer nights (% days Tmin over normal 90 percentile) Number of days with >= 10mm rainfall (days/year) Annual largest ...
... Number of days with frost (days/year with Tmin under 0C) Growth season’s length (days in a row over 5C) Annual longest heat wave (days in a row, Tmax more than 5C over normal) Hot summer nights (% days Tmin over normal 90 percentile) Number of days with >= 10mm rainfall (days/year) Annual largest ...
Princeton Talk
... atmosphere (CO2, methane, etc.). Humans also cause emissions of items that tend to cool the planet (sulfate aerosols for example). • Climate models using estimates of past forcings (GHG, aerosols, solar, volcanoes) can simulate much of the past climate variations at the global scale and many regiona ...
... atmosphere (CO2, methane, etc.). Humans also cause emissions of items that tend to cool the planet (sulfate aerosols for example). • Climate models using estimates of past forcings (GHG, aerosols, solar, volcanoes) can simulate much of the past climate variations at the global scale and many regiona ...
Oil, Water, and Climate: An Introduction
... Role of Population and Economic Development in Oil and Water Use 5 Effects of Energy Demand and Use on Global Warming 6 Climate Change Can Exacerbate Water Scarcity 7 Oil and Water Resource Issues Share Many Features 7 Exhaustion of Easily Accessible Resources 7 Realization of Finiteness of Resource ...
... Role of Population and Economic Development in Oil and Water Use 5 Effects of Energy Demand and Use on Global Warming 6 Climate Change Can Exacerbate Water Scarcity 7 Oil and Water Resource Issues Share Many Features 7 Exhaustion of Easily Accessible Resources 7 Realization of Finiteness of Resource ...
PPT File - Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory
... and may produce more floods and droughts – Possible changed seasonality – Possible changed diurnal patterns -> changes in soil moisture ...
... and may produce more floods and droughts – Possible changed seasonality – Possible changed diurnal patterns -> changes in soil moisture ...
Modelling the impact of climate change and weather related events
... 8cm Hail? 8cm footprint for the April ...
... 8cm Hail? 8cm footprint for the April ...
History of the big ask
... • David Cameron adds his support to the campaign and calls for a Climate Change Bill to be included in the next Queen's Speech. • The Conservatives publish their own Climate Change Bill. • 15 September 2006 MPs tackled by Big Ask Big Lobby • A month of lobbying by constituents means 620 (out of 646) ...
... • David Cameron adds his support to the campaign and calls for a Climate Change Bill to be included in the next Queen's Speech. • The Conservatives publish their own Climate Change Bill. • 15 September 2006 MPs tackled by Big Ask Big Lobby • A month of lobbying by constituents means 620 (out of 646) ...
April 7, 2015 Dear Premier - Canadian Union of Public Employees
... and diverse range of working people. Our members see the effects of climate change where they live and work. They want action taken at all levels of Canadian government to put Canada on the right ...
... and diverse range of working people. Our members see the effects of climate change where they live and work. They want action taken at all levels of Canadian government to put Canada on the right ...
Managing coral reefs in the face of climate change: Is
... Reducing nutrients increases bleaching threshold ...
... Reducing nutrients increases bleaching threshold ...
CANet-ers:
... The Montreal Climate Change Summit on Kyoto and Beyond The nations of the world will be coming to Montreal in 2005 to talk about how to prevent dangerous climate change. But we need more than talk, and Canada must lead the way. Human communities and ecosystems around the world are already suffering ...
... The Montreal Climate Change Summit on Kyoto and Beyond The nations of the world will be coming to Montreal in 2005 to talk about how to prevent dangerous climate change. But we need more than talk, and Canada must lead the way. Human communities and ecosystems around the world are already suffering ...
poverty_climate_change
... Bolivia • In January 2008, catastrophic floods hit Bolivia's Amazonian lowlands for a second straight year, rendering much of Trinidad, a city of around 95,000, essentially uninhabitable. • Flooding and severe rainstorms (which, due to climate change, are now commonplace) have displaced nearly 50,0 ...
... Bolivia • In January 2008, catastrophic floods hit Bolivia's Amazonian lowlands for a second straight year, rendering much of Trinidad, a city of around 95,000, essentially uninhabitable. • Flooding and severe rainstorms (which, due to climate change, are now commonplace) have displaced nearly 50,0 ...
Background on Key Scientists Appearing in Climate Hustle
... Scientist Dr. John Theon - Former Chief of the Climate Processes Research Program at NASA Headquarters and former Chief of the Atmospheric Dynamics & Radiation Branch. Theon was elected a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, given the NASA Exceptional Performance Award twice and awarded th ...
... Scientist Dr. John Theon - Former Chief of the Climate Processes Research Program at NASA Headquarters and former Chief of the Atmospheric Dynamics & Radiation Branch. Theon was elected a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, given the NASA Exceptional Performance Award twice and awarded th ...