Community and ecosystem responses to recent climate change
... (Jensen 2003). Furthermore, a threshold in the response in spring phenology, e.g. for plants (Zheng et al. 2006), suggests that present trends of species responses to changes in climatic conditions should not be linearly extrapolated to future warming, but may level off at a certain point and effect ...
... (Jensen 2003). Furthermore, a threshold in the response in spring phenology, e.g. for plants (Zheng et al. 2006), suggests that present trends of species responses to changes in climatic conditions should not be linearly extrapolated to future warming, but may level off at a certain point and effect ...
Methane as a Greenhouse Gas: Why the EPA Should Regulate Emissions
... today clearly contributes more than its share of greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps more striking is that these emissions rose by 11.7 percent since 1990 and show no signs of slowing.41 A question that often arises is why are methane emissions from this industry growing disproportionately fast? Are w ...
... today clearly contributes more than its share of greenhouse gas emissions. Perhaps more striking is that these emissions rose by 11.7 percent since 1990 and show no signs of slowing.41 A question that often arises is why are methane emissions from this industry growing disproportionately fast? Are w ...
twelve things we´ve learned on the road to paris
... from the editors In July 2014, the International Council for Science launched Road to Paris, an experiment by the scientific community to create an independent media project around climate change and sustainable development. Looking ahead at the pivotal year of 2015 that was to bring new internation ...
... from the editors In July 2014, the International Council for Science launched Road to Paris, an experiment by the scientific community to create an independent media project around climate change and sustainable development. Looking ahead at the pivotal year of 2015 that was to bring new internation ...
Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
... over different spatial and temporal scales, such as fluvial valleys and cryogenic landslides. Whereas fluvial landscapes are dominant west of the Urals, cryogenic landslides are the leading landscapeforming process in the continuous permafrost zone of northwestern Siberia18 . Cryogenic landslides ar ...
Psychological research and global climate change
... idea of climate change were asked to read two articles, one presenting mainstream climate science, and the other a climate sceptic view. The rejecters perceived the sceptical article as more reliable than the non-sceptical article, whereas the reverse was found for the accepters; importantly, both g ...
... idea of climate change were asked to read two articles, one presenting mainstream climate science, and the other a climate sceptic view. The rejecters perceived the sceptical article as more reliable than the non-sceptical article, whereas the reverse was found for the accepters; importantly, both g ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... 2010; Pielke Jr. et al., 2007]. There are several reasons why top-down IPCC-type multidecadal global climate change model predictions are not able to accurately predict changes in the climate system over this time period. First, as a necessary condition for an accurate prediction, the multidecadal G ...
... 2010; Pielke Jr. et al., 2007]. There are several reasons why top-down IPCC-type multidecadal global climate change model predictions are not able to accurately predict changes in the climate system over this time period. First, as a necessary condition for an accurate prediction, the multidecadal G ...
Pramod
... Canada, during decade long drought of late 1700s • In Idaho , drought period (1845-56) dropped the high lake level and supplied sediment for the construction of linear and parabolic dunes ...
... Canada, during decade long drought of late 1700s • In Idaho , drought period (1845-56) dropped the high lake level and supplied sediment for the construction of linear and parabolic dunes ...
document Lee Presentation
... •and a Synthesis Report in 2022 –Attention on cities in the AR6 including a conference and special report on cities in the AR7 ...
... •and a Synthesis Report in 2022 –Attention on cities in the AR6 including a conference and special report on cities in the AR7 ...
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on
... Definitions of terms used in the Convention, namely "adverse effects of climate change", "climate change", "climate system", "emissions", "greenhouse gases", "regional economic integration organization", "reservoir", "sink" and "source", shall apply to Kyoto Protocol. Meanings of "Conference of the ...
... Definitions of terms used in the Convention, namely "adverse effects of climate change", "climate change", "climate system", "emissions", "greenhouse gases", "regional economic integration organization", "reservoir", "sink" and "source", shall apply to Kyoto Protocol. Meanings of "Conference of the ...
Slides with background notes
... understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reduction in net global greenhouse gas emissions.” American Meteorologica ...
... understanding of climate change is now sufficiently clear to justify nations taking prompt action. It is vital that all nations identify cost-effective steps that they can take now, to contribute to substantial and long-term reduction in net global greenhouse gas emissions.” American Meteorologica ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
... The rightward shift in U.S. political culture that paralleled the Republican Revolution increased opportunities for the conservative movement to oppose climate science and policy via mainstream media. Conservative think tanks and their allied climate change contrarians successfully exploited America ...
The Impact of Animal Agriculture on Global Warming and Climate
... Global Warming and Climate Change Global warming refers to an increase in average global temperatures, which in turn causes climate change, such as changes in seasonal temperatures and wind velocity, and the amount of precipitation and humidity for a given area or region.1 Climate change can involve ...
... Global Warming and Climate Change Global warming refers to an increase in average global temperatures, which in turn causes climate change, such as changes in seasonal temperatures and wind velocity, and the amount of precipitation and humidity for a given area or region.1 Climate change can involve ...
97% Consensus? No! Global Warming Math
... None of these studies indicate any agreement with a catastrophic view of human-caused global warming. Further, global warming stopped 16 years ago. The global average temperature rise during the 20th century of 0.75 °C was largely a natural recovery from the Little Ice Age, 1400 to 1900 AD, that cor ...
... None of these studies indicate any agreement with a catastrophic view of human-caused global warming. Further, global warming stopped 16 years ago. The global average temperature rise during the 20th century of 0.75 °C was largely a natural recovery from the Little Ice Age, 1400 to 1900 AD, that cor ...
The 2002 Version of SAMS - Civil, Environmental and Architectural
... Hoerling and Eischeid, 2006, “Past Peak Water?” Seager et al, 2007, “Imminent Transition to more arid climate state..” IPCC, 2007 (Regional Assessments) Barnett and Pierce, 2008, “When will Lake Mead Go Dry?” ...
... Hoerling and Eischeid, 2006, “Past Peak Water?” Seager et al, 2007, “Imminent Transition to more arid climate state..” IPCC, 2007 (Regional Assessments) Barnett and Pierce, 2008, “When will Lake Mead Go Dry?” ...
climate change risks
... increased faster than the global average. Sea-surface temperatures have increased by about 0.8oC since 1910. Fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions have increased over the last decade - the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past ...
... increased faster than the global average. Sea-surface temperatures have increased by about 0.8oC since 1910. Fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions have increased over the last decade - the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past ...
How the Local Effects of Climate Change Could Affect Crabs in the
... that for many crab species — including Dungeness crab — calcium content in freshly molted crab exoskeletons is higher in acidified water than those molting in standard sea water. Long suggests this is most likely due to the ability of many crab species to increase their internal pH during a molt cyc ...
... that for many crab species — including Dungeness crab — calcium content in freshly molted crab exoskeletons is higher in acidified water than those molting in standard sea water. Long suggests this is most likely due to the ability of many crab species to increase their internal pH during a molt cyc ...
Document
... Climate change is an extraordinarily complex problem about which many uncertainties (in the Knightian sense of the term13) persist. The international community is endeavoring to resolve a global-cost problem (i.e., a social-cost problem affecting the entire world) that is not yet, and may never be, ...
... Climate change is an extraordinarily complex problem about which many uncertainties (in the Knightian sense of the term13) persist. The international community is endeavoring to resolve a global-cost problem (i.e., a social-cost problem affecting the entire world) that is not yet, and may never be, ...
2. Taking stock of the recommendations of the 2005 Communication
... EU climate policies and sets out key elements for the EU's future climate strategy, i.e. to build on the market-based mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol; broaden participation; include more sectors and gases; foster deployment and development of technologies, and strengthen work on adaptation. The Eur ...
... EU climate policies and sets out key elements for the EU's future climate strategy, i.e. to build on the market-based mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol; broaden participation; include more sectors and gases; foster deployment and development of technologies, and strengthen work on adaptation. The Eur ...
cyngor cefn gwlad cymru ccw p 08 02
... means certain that climate change will result in increased methane emissions from wetlands, particularly in any locality experiencing seasonal decreases in rainfall – as projected for the summer in Wales. vi) Wetland methane emissions in the context of their restoration and management Changes in la ...
... means certain that climate change will result in increased methane emissions from wetlands, particularly in any locality experiencing seasonal decreases in rainfall – as projected for the summer in Wales. vi) Wetland methane emissions in the context of their restoration and management Changes in la ...
Moving Forward in the Climate Negotiations
... rule in the final session to avoid a repetition of Copenhagen. There was no effort made by the major emitters to raise the level of ambition on mitigation to levels that would keep warming below the politically agreed threshold of two degrees Celsius. The draft treaty on long-term cooperative action ...
... rule in the final session to avoid a repetition of Copenhagen. There was no effort made by the major emitters to raise the level of ambition on mitigation to levels that would keep warming below the politically agreed threshold of two degrees Celsius. The draft treaty on long-term cooperative action ...
2015 NGPR Leadership Symposium
... My research aims to provide climate-related variables from satellite microwave observations over snow-covered regions including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, sea ice in both hemispheres, and subarctic land. To that end, I develop, assess, and refine satellite algorithms. These activities r ...
... My research aims to provide climate-related variables from satellite microwave observations over snow-covered regions including the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, sea ice in both hemispheres, and subarctic land. To that end, I develop, assess, and refine satellite algorithms. These activities r ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 113th Congress
... In the 113th Congress, Members have introduced multiple bills that include provisions that would directly or indirectly address climate change. This report describes and compares the bills and provisions that directly address climate change, as opposed to those that primarily address other issues (e ...
... In the 113th Congress, Members have introduced multiple bills that include provisions that would directly or indirectly address climate change. This report describes and compares the bills and provisions that directly address climate change, as opposed to those that primarily address other issues (e ...
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.