On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immedia ...
... required to motivate action. While additional factors such as values and worldviews, discussed below, play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immedia ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
A values-based approach to vulnerability and adaptation to climate
... values—change over time, often gradually and over generations,31 but also within the lifespan of an individual.32,33 Empirical studies based on selfdetermination theory suggest that value changes, particularly a shift from extrinsic to intrinsic values, can take place in individuals.34 Intrinsic val ...
... values—change over time, often gradually and over generations,31 but also within the lifespan of an individual.32,33 Empirical studies based on selfdetermination theory suggest that value changes, particularly a shift from extrinsic to intrinsic values, can take place in individuals.34 Intrinsic val ...
Elizabeth Marino - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... Foucault 1969, 1977; Woolgar, 1986). Who controls this discourse, who is considered a ‘victim of climate change’, which communities subsidize costs for reducing green house gas emissions or sinking carbon, how political leverage is levied, among many, many other questions have yet to be resolved and ...
... Foucault 1969, 1977; Woolgar, 1986). Who controls this discourse, who is considered a ‘victim of climate change’, which communities subsidize costs for reducing green house gas emissions or sinking carbon, how political leverage is levied, among many, many other questions have yet to be resolved and ...
Vulnerability and Feedbacks of Permafrost to Climate Change
... B.P., depending on region) were up to several degrees Celsius warmer than present in many northern regions [Reyes et al., 2010]. The thermal inertia of ice-rich ground; rapidly evolving topography and drainage networks that prevent water impoundment; and development of thick organic soils, mosses, a ...
... B.P., depending on region) were up to several degrees Celsius warmer than present in many northern regions [Reyes et al., 2010]. The thermal inertia of ice-rich ground; rapidly evolving topography and drainage networks that prevent water impoundment; and development of thick organic soils, mosses, a ...
Carbon dioxide and climate impulse response functions for the
... major carbon reservoirs in the Earth System depends on previous emissions and on climate. In addition, radiative forcing of CO2 depends logarithmically on its own concentration. The response functions are calculated by modelling the response to a pulse emission added to a given concentration and cli ...
... major carbon reservoirs in the Earth System depends on previous emissions and on climate. In addition, radiative forcing of CO2 depends logarithmically on its own concentration. The response functions are calculated by modelling the response to a pulse emission added to a given concentration and cli ...
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS - CAR-SPAW-RAC
... – provide numerous benefits (also called ecosystem services) that contribute to people’s ability to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Many of these ecosystem services are essential for adaptation along coasts, including protection from storms and sea level rise, prevention of shor ...
... – provide numerous benefits (also called ecosystem services) that contribute to people’s ability to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. Many of these ecosystem services are essential for adaptation along coasts, including protection from storms and sea level rise, prevention of shor ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Presentation #1 Topic: Introduction to Climate and Community-Based Adaptation ...
... Presentation #1 Topic: Introduction to Climate and Community-Based Adaptation ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... is a barrier to understanding of key phenomena. He further mentioned on the sea level risks in the Southeast Asia (SEA). Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El ...
... is a barrier to understanding of key phenomena. He further mentioned on the sea level risks in the Southeast Asia (SEA). Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El ...
The dynamics of vulnerability: why adapting to climate variability climate change
... growing.11 Furthermore, in the time since many of the studies of the dynamics of vulnerability were first conducted, the notions of ‘low regrets’ and even no regrets measures, many of which are aimed at existing climate variability, have gained currency in policy circles as a means of approaching ad ...
... growing.11 Furthermore, in the time since many of the studies of the dynamics of vulnerability were first conducted, the notions of ‘low regrets’ and even no regrets measures, many of which are aimed at existing climate variability, have gained currency in policy circles as a means of approaching ad ...
Marine Net Primary Production
... and ocean pH and reduction of ozone over the poles. Climate change is expected to cause changes in the magnitude and temporal and spatial patterns in NPP, but over the short term may be difficult to detect over natural variability. Statistical analyses indicate an NPP time series of 40 years durati ...
... and ocean pH and reduction of ozone over the poles. Climate change is expected to cause changes in the magnitude and temporal and spatial patterns in NPP, but over the short term may be difficult to detect over natural variability. Statistical analyses indicate an NPP time series of 40 years durati ...
AFRICA`S BEST READ - Department of Environmental Affairs
... he’s the man who swam one kilometre at the North Pole in water of minus 1.7°C to illustrate climate change. The point being you should not be able to swim at the North Pole because it should be frozen over. Pugh is an ocean advocate who made his first long-distance swim from Robben Island to Cape To ...
... he’s the man who swam one kilometre at the North Pole in water of minus 1.7°C to illustrate climate change. The point being you should not be able to swim at the North Pole because it should be frozen over. Pugh is an ocean advocate who made his first long-distance swim from Robben Island to Cape To ...
Construction of abatement cost curves
... manufacture or the use of SF6 as an insulating gas in various electrical systems. The full set of fluorinated gases (CFC, PCFC, HFC, PFC, and SF6) comprised almost 25% of the added anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate in 1980 and 1990 (IPCC, 1990). The main responsibility for this percenta ...
... manufacture or the use of SF6 as an insulating gas in various electrical systems. The full set of fluorinated gases (CFC, PCFC, HFC, PFC, and SF6) comprised almost 25% of the added anthropogenic radiative forcing of the climate in 1980 and 1990 (IPCC, 1990). The main responsibility for this percenta ...
Indonesia puts forest compensation at top of Bali climate meet
... It calculated the economic benefits derived from different types of land uses, such as oil palm, rubber, coffee, and mixed agro-forestry. "The provinces emit 400 megatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from the conversion of forests and peatland," Noordwijk said, "We found that less than 2 percent ...
... It calculated the economic benefits derived from different types of land uses, such as oil palm, rubber, coffee, and mixed agro-forestry. "The provinces emit 400 megatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year from the conversion of forests and peatland," Noordwijk said, "We found that less than 2 percent ...
Thermophilic Fungi to Dominate Aflatoxigenic/Mycotoxigenic Fungi
... Global warming due to climate change is becoming more certain and accepted. It is likely being exacerbated by human industrial activities, which at least offers the hope that it can be reduced by humans, in contrast to natural phenomena. The recent Paris agreement on climate change restricts increas ...
... Global warming due to climate change is becoming more certain and accepted. It is likely being exacerbated by human industrial activities, which at least offers the hope that it can be reduced by humans, in contrast to natural phenomena. The recent Paris agreement on climate change restricts increas ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
... Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global ocean has absorbed 93% of the extra energy arising from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in an increase in average global sea surface temperatures since the beginning of the twentieth century, that approaches 1◦ C (0.89◦ ...
... Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global ocean has absorbed 93% of the extra energy arising from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in an increase in average global sea surface temperatures since the beginning of the twentieth century, that approaches 1◦ C (0.89◦ ...
Effects of land use/land cover and climate changes on surface runoff
... water quantity and quality (Gassman et al., 2007). The hydrological responses to LULC and climate changes are often investigated through scenario simulations using the SWAT model. Although substantial progress has been made in assessing the impacts of LULC and climate changes on water resources (Kry ...
... water quantity and quality (Gassman et al., 2007). The hydrological responses to LULC and climate changes are often investigated through scenario simulations using the SWAT model. Although substantial progress has been made in assessing the impacts of LULC and climate changes on water resources (Kry ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change
... Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global ocean has absorbed 93% of the extra energy arising from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in an increase in average global sea surface temperatures since the beginning of the twentieth century, that approaches 1◦ C (0.89◦ ...
... Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global ocean has absorbed 93% of the extra energy arising from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in an increase in average global sea surface temperatures since the beginning of the twentieth century, that approaches 1◦ C (0.89◦ ...
Exploring high-end scenarios for local sea level rise to
... In the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, Meehl et al, 2007a), a global mean sea level rise of 0.18-0.59 m for 20902100 with respect to 1990 was projected in response to various scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions. These results are based on detai ...
... In the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, Meehl et al, 2007a), a global mean sea level rise of 0.18-0.59 m for 20902100 with respect to 1990 was projected in response to various scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions. These results are based on detai ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
View/Open
... states that ‘most of the observed increase in the globally averaged temperature since the mid20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations’. The IPCC climate model projections from 2001 suggest an increase in global average surface temperatur ...
... states that ‘most of the observed increase in the globally averaged temperature since the mid20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations’. The IPCC climate model projections from 2001 suggest an increase in global average surface temperatur ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.