FOOD, ENERGY, WATER AND THE CLIMATE: A PERFECT STORM OF
... CO2 released into the atmosphere has been taken up by the oceans, a process known as ‘ocean acidification’. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, the pH of the ocean could decrease by another 0.2 to 0.4 pH units by 2100, which would be a hundred times faster than any natural change over the ...
... CO2 released into the atmosphere has been taken up by the oceans, a process known as ‘ocean acidification’. If greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, the pH of the ocean could decrease by another 0.2 to 0.4 pH units by 2100, which would be a hundred times faster than any natural change over the ...
climate change and its impact on the management of
... less vegetation being available to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The level of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is regarded as a key driver of climate warming, has increased from a pre-industrial value of 270 parts per million (ppm) to about 360 ppm at present, and is projected to rise ...
... less vegetation being available to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The level of atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is regarded as a key driver of climate warming, has increased from a pre-industrial value of 270 parts per million (ppm) to about 360 ppm at present, and is projected to rise ...
INT 500 - IGERT - Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change
... 6:40-8:00 Panelist discussion 6:40-7:20 Panelist comments 7:20-8:00 Discussion with panel Seminar Focus: Earth is projected to host at least 9 billion people by 2050 in the midst of rising global temperatures. Increased population growth, greater affluence, and changing diets demand an equivalent gr ...
... 6:40-8:00 Panelist discussion 6:40-7:20 Panelist comments 7:20-8:00 Discussion with panel Seminar Focus: Earth is projected to host at least 9 billion people by 2050 in the midst of rising global temperatures. Increased population growth, greater affluence, and changing diets demand an equivalent gr ...
Climate Change in Cyprus: Impacts and Adaptation Policies 1
... located in a hot spot and is projected to face significant temperature increases and decline in rainfall levels. As a result, serious negative effects of climate change should be expected in the coming decades in various ...
... located in a hot spot and is projected to face significant temperature increases and decline in rainfall levels. As a result, serious negative effects of climate change should be expected in the coming decades in various ...
Making land-use climate
... land-use map as of 2014. The second step, risk assessment, aimed to quantify the damage arising from floods due to typhoons and long periods of rain by identifying the areas, population, and structures such as infrastructure, buildings, and facilities, exposed to flood risks. Geographical informatio ...
... land-use map as of 2014. The second step, risk assessment, aimed to quantify the damage arising from floods due to typhoons and long periods of rain by identifying the areas, population, and structures such as infrastructure, buildings, and facilities, exposed to flood risks. Geographical informatio ...
Expanding the Concept of Human - Caused Climate
... Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, re ...
... Policy Statement on Climate Variability and Change by the American Association of State Climatologists 1. Past climate is a useful guide to the future - Assessing past climate conditions provides a very effective analysis tool to assess societal and environmental vulnerability to future climate, re ...
Meetings
... The Indian Ocean is taking an ever more important place in Earth’s climate system, climatologists are finding. For one, the seesaw in the east-west sea surface temperature (SST) contrast may affect not only rainfall in regions bordering the Indian Ocean but in regions as far away as North America. For ...
... The Indian Ocean is taking an ever more important place in Earth’s climate system, climatologists are finding. For one, the seesaw in the east-west sea surface temperature (SST) contrast may affect not only rainfall in regions bordering the Indian Ocean but in regions as far away as North America. For ...
Predicting Climate Change Impacts: Regional
... Future research and influences on policy Professor Laprise describes his current research as ‘strongly focussed on methodological aspects of Regional Climate Modelling’, including identifying the most optimal conditions for the application of RCMs with respect both to the size and the location of th ...
... Future research and influences on policy Professor Laprise describes his current research as ‘strongly focussed on methodological aspects of Regional Climate Modelling’, including identifying the most optimal conditions for the application of RCMs with respect both to the size and the location of th ...
Representing Uncertainties & Selecting Scenarios
... Singular or unique event An event likely to occur once only. Probability refers to the chance of an event occurring, or to a particular state of that event when it occurs. Eg. Climate change, collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, hell freezing over ...
... Singular or unique event An event likely to occur once only. Probability refers to the chance of an event occurring, or to a particular state of that event when it occurs. Eg. Climate change, collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, hell freezing over ...
1 CATASTROPHE TRENDS Lloyd’s
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their third assessment of the impact of climate change in 20012. In this report, we refer to it as ‘the IPCC report’. Since then, later scientific evidence has emerged in a number of areas, which generally suggests that the pace of chang ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published their third assessment of the impact of climate change in 20012. In this report, we refer to it as ‘the IPCC report’. Since then, later scientific evidence has emerged in a number of areas, which generally suggests that the pace of chang ...
The impact of climate change on the global economy
... In table 2 we summarize some additional benchmark studies in the literature aiming to address the economic impacts of climate change. Similar to the damage functions described above and aside from the Stern review and upper estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the con ...
... In table 2 we summarize some additional benchmark studies in the literature aiming to address the economic impacts of climate change. Similar to the damage functions described above and aside from the Stern review and upper estimates from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the con ...
- EdShare - University of Southampton
... These were weather events. Weather occurs on the synoptic scale, which is roughly the scale of planetary waves in the atmosphere (of order 1000 km). Weather systems are very large eddies. Therefore, weather is intrinsically: Transitory – decay and transit of eddies Unpredictable – chaos, which we wi ...
... These were weather events. Weather occurs on the synoptic scale, which is roughly the scale of planetary waves in the atmosphere (of order 1000 km). Weather systems are very large eddies. Therefore, weather is intrinsically: Transitory – decay and transit of eddies Unpredictable – chaos, which we wi ...
New project-based instructional modules improve climate change
... Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Introduction The scientific community now recognizes with a very high degree of confidence that industrial and agricultural activities have had and continue to have a profound impact on Earth’s climate. 1 The anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphe ...
... Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Introduction The scientific community now recognizes with a very high degree of confidence that industrial and agricultural activities have had and continue to have a profound impact on Earth’s climate. 1 The anthropogenic release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphe ...
is global warming the number one threat to humanity?
... to emphasize that, from the perspective of those enamored with the “consensus”, the provenance of my estimates ought to be impeccable. Net GDP per capita for each IPCC SRES scenario is estimated by subtracting from the GDP per capita in the absence of any global warming the equivalent losses in GDP ...
... to emphasize that, from the perspective of those enamored with the “consensus”, the provenance of my estimates ought to be impeccable. Net GDP per capita for each IPCC SRES scenario is estimated by subtracting from the GDP per capita in the absence of any global warming the equivalent losses in GDP ...
Climate Change Communication Guide
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
ClimateBC: Your Access to Interpolated Climate Data for BC
... the wet cool Sub-Boreal Spruce unit (SBSwk1) in the Central Interior of BC on the west side of the Quesnel Highlands and on the MacGregor Plateau. Conditions vary within a unit for any one variable, with precipitation showing the greatest range. Most of this variability is to be expected, but some m ...
... the wet cool Sub-Boreal Spruce unit (SBSwk1) in the Central Interior of BC on the west side of the Quesnel Highlands and on the MacGregor Plateau. Conditions vary within a unit for any one variable, with precipitation showing the greatest range. Most of this variability is to be expected, but some m ...
Climate change and conflict
... economic factors Balance negative and positive effects (e.g. food) Integrate consequences of climate changes with other economic and social changes Calculate costs of reversing climate change vs. mitigation Focus on the most important consequences ...
... economic factors Balance negative and positive effects (e.g. food) Integrate consequences of climate changes with other economic and social changes Calculate costs of reversing climate change vs. mitigation Focus on the most important consequences ...
Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the United Nations
... Confident that the work begun as part of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition will continue and will be prioritized during and after COP22, and recalling that at this stage that one of the most important issues of that Conference is to consolidate the accountability and transparency mechanisms re ...
... Confident that the work begun as part of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition will continue and will be prioritized during and after COP22, and recalling that at this stage that one of the most important issues of that Conference is to consolidate the accountability and transparency mechanisms re ...
IMPACT2C – Policy Brief 3
... Some of the largest future risks arise from potential changes in the water cycle and water resources in sub-Saharan Africa, increasing variability and changes in patterns of extremes (including floods and droughts). The IMPACT2C project set out to investigate these issues, focusing on two major rive ...
... Some of the largest future risks arise from potential changes in the water cycle and water resources in sub-Saharan Africa, increasing variability and changes in patterns of extremes (including floods and droughts). The IMPACT2C project set out to investigate these issues, focusing on two major rive ...
- Wiley Online Library
... temperatures come to dominate by the end of the century (24.5–32.9 °C on average). Our results focus on the warmest temperatures in the North Pacific as these temperatures cover the largest area. However, it is important to note that there is a similar distributional shift in the coolest temperature ...
... temperatures come to dominate by the end of the century (24.5–32.9 °C on average). Our results focus on the warmest temperatures in the North Pacific as these temperatures cover the largest area. However, it is important to note that there is a similar distributional shift in the coolest temperature ...
IPRC News
... University of Colorado, have expanded their rainfall stations from 150 to more than 1000 stations, covering the seven major Hawaiian Islands. This large data set allowed them for the first time to zoom in on the spatial details of the projected rainfall changes. Using the 40-member ensemble simulati ...
... University of Colorado, have expanded their rainfall stations from 150 to more than 1000 stations, covering the seven major Hawaiian Islands. This large data set allowed them for the first time to zoom in on the spatial details of the projected rainfall changes. Using the 40-member ensemble simulati ...
Biogeophysical Effects of Sea Level Rise
... Assessment Report of the IPCC Working Group (currently, the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC Working Group, January 2001). The vertical change predicted by the current model between the years of 2000 and 2100 is 0.38 m. A multiplier of 100, based on the Bruun Rule shall be used and gives a value ...
... Assessment Report of the IPCC Working Group (currently, the Third Assessment Report of the IPCC Working Group, January 2001). The vertical change predicted by the current model between the years of 2000 and 2100 is 0.38 m. A multiplier of 100, based on the Bruun Rule shall be used and gives a value ...
Wiensczykposterabstract - Ministry of Forests, Lands and
... Gayton 2012). Where and when feasible it is also recommended that some areas should be left unaltered to allow for the ecological role of natural disturbance to run its course. Maintaining forest ecosystems as a carbon sink is one of the current strategies suggested to help mitigate the impacts of c ...
... Gayton 2012). Where and when feasible it is also recommended that some areas should be left unaltered to allow for the ecological role of natural disturbance to run its course. Maintaining forest ecosystems as a carbon sink is one of the current strategies suggested to help mitigate the impacts of c ...
Effects of global warming
The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.Future effects of climate change will vary depending on climate change policies and social development. The two main policies to address climate change are reducing human greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Geoengineering is another policy option.Near-term climate change policies could significantly affect long-term climate change impacts. Stringent mitigation policies might be able to limit global warming (in 2100) to around 2 °C or below, relative to pre-industrial levels. Without mitigation, increased energy demand and extensive use of fossil fuels might lead to global warming of around 4 °C. Higher magnitudes of global warming would be more difficult to adapt to, and would increase the risk of negative impacts.