“CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS,” (Re)Imagining Humane Global Governance
... 2009 sessions in Copenhagen that aim to put forward a global climate change framework treaty, which is supposed to set the stage for the unprecedented levels of future cooperation that will be needed to deal with such a fundamental threat to the global commons. It was also expected that a fund would ...
... 2009 sessions in Copenhagen that aim to put forward a global climate change framework treaty, which is supposed to set the stage for the unprecedented levels of future cooperation that will be needed to deal with such a fundamental threat to the global commons. It was also expected that a fund would ...
USCC factsheet: Composting, Global Climate Change and Carbon
... 6.3 million metric tons of methane (equivalent to 132 million metric tons of carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. This represents 34% of all methane released and about 1.8% of the U.S. total annual anthropogenic1 greenhouse gas emissions (EPA, 2007). Waste prevention and recycling (including compost ...
... 6.3 million metric tons of methane (equivalent to 132 million metric tons of carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere. This represents 34% of all methane released and about 1.8% of the U.S. total annual anthropogenic1 greenhouse gas emissions (EPA, 2007). Waste prevention and recycling (including compost ...
The global warming hiatus: Slowdown or redistribution?
... estimating temperature and OHC change in historically data-sparse ocean regions. While this does cause uncertainty in the estimation of OHC change, it does not obviate the use of global OHC integrals as a measure of global warming [Lyman et al., 2010; Boyer et al., 2016; Cheng et al., 2016]. Note th ...
... estimating temperature and OHC change in historically data-sparse ocean regions. While this does cause uncertainty in the estimation of OHC change, it does not obviate the use of global OHC integrals as a measure of global warming [Lyman et al., 2010; Boyer et al., 2016; Cheng et al., 2016]. Note th ...
Climatic Drivers of Change and the Future of African Ocean Assets
... increased due to thermal expansion and the contribution of water from the increased melting of glaciers and landlocked ice sheets. As a result, the sea level has risen by ~20 cm since the late 1800s (IPCC 2013). Sea level rise is very likely to increase during the 21st century (relative to 1971– 201 ...
... increased due to thermal expansion and the contribution of water from the increased melting of glaciers and landlocked ice sheets. As a result, the sea level has risen by ~20 cm since the late 1800s (IPCC 2013). Sea level rise is very likely to increase during the 21st century (relative to 1971– 201 ...
File - Galena High School Library
... Description: Increase in CO2 and other GHG over the last 2000 years. Source: FAQ 2.1, Figure 1 in: Forster, P., V. Ramaswamy, P. Artaxo, T. Berntsen, R. Betts, D.W. Fahey, J. Haywood, J. Lean, D.C. Lowe, G. Myhre, J. Nganga, R. Prinn, G. Raga, M. Schulz and R. Van Dorland, 2007: Changes in Atmospher ...
... Description: Increase in CO2 and other GHG over the last 2000 years. Source: FAQ 2.1, Figure 1 in: Forster, P., V. Ramaswamy, P. Artaxo, T. Berntsen, R. Betts, D.W. Fahey, J. Haywood, J. Lean, D.C. Lowe, G. Myhre, J. Nganga, R. Prinn, G. Raga, M. Schulz and R. Van Dorland, 2007: Changes in Atmospher ...
Climate Change Risk and Uncertainty Exercise 1: Temperature
... questions denoted with a *, which give you extra points. Feel free to ask us any question during the tutorials or by email. For many of the questions dierent possible solutions exist. Hence, it is important that you explain and reason your solution process. ...
... questions denoted with a *, which give you extra points. Feel free to ask us any question during the tutorials or by email. For many of the questions dierent possible solutions exist. Hence, it is important that you explain and reason your solution process. ...
Lecture on climate model 1
... There is a thin line between forcing and response (or feedback). A certain degree of response is needed to evaluate the indirect effects of aerosols since they need to affect the clouds, the radiative properties and their lifetime. So is this a forcing or a response or feedback?? The debate on this ...
... There is a thin line between forcing and response (or feedback). A certain degree of response is needed to evaluate the indirect effects of aerosols since they need to affect the clouds, the radiative properties and their lifetime. So is this a forcing or a response or feedback?? The debate on this ...
Effect of Global Warming and Climate Change on Coastal Zones
... before doing anything drastic and by the same token, sea gives us a good many years to protect our landmass from her transgression. As sea level rise accelerates due to global warming coastal India faces inundation. Although sea level rise is inevitable, the inundation of coastal India is not, and c ...
... before doing anything drastic and by the same token, sea gives us a good many years to protect our landmass from her transgression. As sea level rise accelerates due to global warming coastal India faces inundation. Although sea level rise is inevitable, the inundation of coastal India is not, and c ...
Death by Degrees: New York - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... warming of tropical oceans since at least 1950. The authors, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and NOAA, say this supports other evidence for human-induced climate change (16). The researchers also found a correlation between the warming oceans and climate changes in Northern Hemisph ...
... warming of tropical oceans since at least 1950. The authors, from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and NOAA, say this supports other evidence for human-induced climate change (16). The researchers also found a correlation between the warming oceans and climate changes in Northern Hemisph ...
Presentation - Copernicus.org
... set Full Data Daily (FDD) by the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Highest values are established for Peru for RX1day (536 mm/day), Taiwan for RX5day (1238 mm/(5days)) and Colombia for the number of days with (GPCC). The extremes are analysed using the precipitation related ETCCDI greater pre ...
... set Full Data Daily (FDD) by the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Highest values are established for Peru for RX1day (536 mm/day), Taiwan for RX5day (1238 mm/(5days)) and Colombia for the number of days with (GPCC). The extremes are analysed using the precipitation related ETCCDI greater pre ...
Present and future climate change in the semi
... values. Projected palmer drought severity index indicates more drought conditions in the western part of WA (Senegal, Mauritania). Future projections are quite uncertain, with some models predicting a significant increase in rainfall, others a decrease, yet others no significant change. Part of the ...
... values. Projected palmer drought severity index indicates more drought conditions in the western part of WA (Senegal, Mauritania). Future projections are quite uncertain, with some models predicting a significant increase in rainfall, others a decrease, yet others no significant change. Part of the ...
Effects of Global Warming Lesson Plan
... get more pollen per plant, which means more allergies. Even worse, it seems that the weediest species seem to thrive disproportionately in high CO2 environments. The wave of urbanization in America and much of the world doesn't help — the urban environment, often hotter and with more CO2than rural a ...
... get more pollen per plant, which means more allergies. Even worse, it seems that the weediest species seem to thrive disproportionately in high CO2 environments. The wave of urbanization in America and much of the world doesn't help — the urban environment, often hotter and with more CO2than rural a ...
Letter from Bob Ward to Peter Lilley, 22 February 2013
... You then go on to explain the reasoning behind your Parliamentary Question of 29 November 2012, but merely demonstrate your lack of knowledge of modern public economics. The purpose behind a price on carbon is to create a charge on greenhouse gas pollution. The intention is that an appropriate price ...
... You then go on to explain the reasoning behind your Parliamentary Question of 29 November 2012, but merely demonstrate your lack of knowledge of modern public economics. The purpose behind a price on carbon is to create a charge on greenhouse gas pollution. The intention is that an appropriate price ...
U.S. Global Climate Change Policy: Evolving Views on Cost, Competitiveness, and Comprehensiveness
... China—shifting the competitiveness concern to countries that have been absolved from mandatory reduction requirements while they grow their economies. And third, the UNFCCC was approved at a time when the developed nations dominated GHG emissions, and it was assumed comprehensiveness could be subord ...
... China—shifting the competitiveness concern to countries that have been absolved from mandatory reduction requirements while they grow their economies. And third, the UNFCCC was approved at a time when the developed nations dominated GHG emissions, and it was assumed comprehensiveness could be subord ...
Parliamentary Meeting on the occasion of the United Nations
... Enhancing adaptation: ensure that substantial efforts are made in terms of adaptation activities, through needs assessment, increased resource allocation and enhanced capacity-building; Promoting measures to support economic growth in countries where climate change results in serious humanitaria ...
... Enhancing adaptation: ensure that substantial efforts are made in terms of adaptation activities, through needs assessment, increased resource allocation and enhanced capacity-building; Promoting measures to support economic growth in countries where climate change results in serious humanitaria ...
New York`s New Sea Level Rise Projections Will Affect Land Use
... have increased in recent years. The by DEC shows that the greenhouse high projections are associated with gases in the atmosphere today have high rates of melting in Greenland already committed the planet to and Antarctica and are depicted as more than six feet of sea level rise, very unlikely, thou ...
... have increased in recent years. The by DEC shows that the greenhouse high projections are associated with gases in the atmosphere today have high rates of melting in Greenland already committed the planet to and Antarctica and are depicted as more than six feet of sea level rise, very unlikely, thou ...
Climate change in the North Atlantic has become a reality which we
... Climate change in the North Atlantic has become a reality which we each experience in different ways and I believe that the effects will be increasingly apparent in the future. One of the areas where I feel we need to adjust our practices in order to meet the challenges caused by climate change is i ...
... Climate change in the North Atlantic has become a reality which we each experience in different ways and I believe that the effects will be increasingly apparent in the future. One of the areas where I feel we need to adjust our practices in order to meet the challenges caused by climate change is i ...
A comment on “Economy-wide estimates of the
... problem is particularly severe for China and India, but affects the worldwide estimates of Bosello et al. Martens does not produce worldwide estimates, but projects the effect on cardio-vascular and respiratory mortality from a 1.2 °C warming in 20 major cities located in 17 countries. Assuming that ...
... problem is particularly severe for China and India, but affects the worldwide estimates of Bosello et al. Martens does not produce worldwide estimates, but projects the effect on cardio-vascular and respiratory mortality from a 1.2 °C warming in 20 major cities located in 17 countries. Assuming that ...
Bending the Curve - UC Carbon Neutrality Summit
... 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and by the University of California’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2025. What is taking place in California today is exactly the sort of large-scale demonstration project the planet needs. And this statewide demonstration project is composed of many of the ...
... 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and by the University of California’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2025. What is taking place in California today is exactly the sort of large-scale demonstration project the planet needs. And this statewide demonstration project is composed of many of the ...
Brussels, 21 September 2007 Participants: MEPs: Vittorio Agnoletto
... Perhaps the greatest injustice associated with climate change lies in the fact that the people most affected by it are the people who have contributed the least to the causes of the current situation. Both Greenland and the North Pole are situated far from the epicentre of emissions. Still, the temp ...
... Perhaps the greatest injustice associated with climate change lies in the fact that the people most affected by it are the people who have contributed the least to the causes of the current situation. Both Greenland and the North Pole are situated far from the epicentre of emissions. Still, the temp ...
Science Sample Items
... Many scientists accept the theory that excess emission of carbon dioxide from cars and industry causes a layer of gas in the upper atmosphere that traps heat. This in turn causes the average temperature on Earth to rise. Which of the following observations supports that theory? A. The summer of 1998 ...
... Many scientists accept the theory that excess emission of carbon dioxide from cars and industry causes a layer of gas in the upper atmosphere that traps heat. This in turn causes the average temperature on Earth to rise. Which of the following observations supports that theory? A. The summer of 1998 ...
Bending the Curve - University of California
... For example, a value of 2 degrees Celsius in the report is the central value with a 95 percent range of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius. That is, there is a 95 percent probability the true value will be within that range. ...
... For example, a value of 2 degrees Celsius in the report is the central value with a 95 percent range of 1 to 4 degrees Celsius. That is, there is a 95 percent probability the true value will be within that range. ...
The role of the Arctic and Antarctic and their impact on global climate
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... * Corresponding author (email: [email protected]) ...
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.