CLIMATE SCIENCE SURVEY
... impacts and mitigation, responded to the questionnaire. Certain results were selected from this survey, namely those pertaining to the causes of recent global warming (attribution), and have since been published in Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) 1. This document presents the responses t ...
... impacts and mitigation, responded to the questionnaire. Certain results were selected from this survey, namely those pertaining to the causes of recent global warming (attribution), and have since been published in Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) 1. This document presents the responses t ...
A Student`s Guide to Global Climate Change
... Climate helps you decide what clothes to buy, and weather helps you decide what clothes to wear each day. If last summer was much hotter than usual where you live, is this a sign of climate change? No. The weather naturally varies from year to year, and some years are hotter than others. If almost e ...
... Climate helps you decide what clothes to buy, and weather helps you decide what clothes to wear each day. If last summer was much hotter than usual where you live, is this a sign of climate change? No. The weather naturally varies from year to year, and some years are hotter than others. If almost e ...
Earth System Modeling—An Integrated Assessment Tool for Environmental Studies R. A. P
... involves much more than accurate knowledge of the level of carbon dioxide (or any other subset of climate forcing) in the future and its influence on the atmospheric radiative budget. This perspective has received confirmation even from proponents of the IPCC perspective. Trenberth (1999) stated tha ...
... involves much more than accurate knowledge of the level of carbon dioxide (or any other subset of climate forcing) in the future and its influence on the atmospheric radiative budget. This perspective has received confirmation even from proponents of the IPCC perspective. Trenberth (1999) stated tha ...
Climate Change. A Global Threat to Cardiopulmonary Health
... electrical energy use for cooling. There is evidence that high temperatures and particulate matter interact to cause greater mortality than would be expected for the same level of particulate matter at cooler temperatures, even in developed countries where particulate levels are relatively low (44–4 ...
... electrical energy use for cooling. There is evidence that high temperatures and particulate matter interact to cause greater mortality than would be expected for the same level of particulate matter at cooler temperatures, even in developed countries where particulate levels are relatively low (44–4 ...
Climate Dynamics and Global Change
... observation. WhatFigure 1 showsis a global temperature that rose noticeably bctween 1915 and 1940, remained relatively steady until the early 1970s, and rose again in the late 1970s. The change over the past century is estimated to be 0.45°C + 0.15°C. The temperature increase in the late 1970s is la ...
... observation. WhatFigure 1 showsis a global temperature that rose noticeably bctween 1915 and 1940, remained relatively steady until the early 1970s, and rose again in the late 1970s. The change over the past century is estimated to be 0.45°C + 0.15°C. The temperature increase in the late 1970s is la ...
Clues of Climates of the Past
... Differences in Oxygen Isotope Concentrations Reveal Past Climates y The ratio of these two types of oxygen in water changes with the climate. y To understand paleoclimate, scientists examine the ratio of heavy and light oxygen in many ways including looking at: y Ice sheets y Corals and fossils y T ...
... Differences in Oxygen Isotope Concentrations Reveal Past Climates y The ratio of these two types of oxygen in water changes with the climate. y To understand paleoclimate, scientists examine the ratio of heavy and light oxygen in many ways including looking at: y Ice sheets y Corals and fossils y T ...
THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... used in connection with global change and is encompassed within the Earth System. Climate usually refers to the aggregation of all components of weather—precipitation, temperature, and cloudiness, for example—averaged over a long period of time (usually decades, centuries, or longer). The processes ...
... used in connection with global change and is encompassed within the Earth System. Climate usually refers to the aggregation of all components of weather—precipitation, temperature, and cloudiness, for example—averaged over a long period of time (usually decades, centuries, or longer). The processes ...
Surveying the impact. The day after tomorrow
... toward global warming. Some commentators feared that the catastrophic plotline of The Day After Tomorrow would be so extreme that the public would subsequently dismiss the entire issue of global warming as fantasy. At the other end of the spectrum, others spun a scenario in which, panicked by the mo ...
... toward global warming. Some commentators feared that the catastrophic plotline of The Day After Tomorrow would be so extreme that the public would subsequently dismiss the entire issue of global warming as fantasy. At the other end of the spectrum, others spun a scenario in which, panicked by the mo ...
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... Answer: Weather describes short-term atmospheric conditions such as temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, barometric pressure, solar radiation, and other characteristics. Climate is an area's long-term pattern of atmospheric conditions. Weather can cause annual changes in population si ...
... Answer: Weather describes short-term atmospheric conditions such as temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, barometric pressure, solar radiation, and other characteristics. Climate is an area's long-term pattern of atmospheric conditions. Weather can cause annual changes in population si ...
When can we expect extremely high surface temperatures?
... climate [IPCC, 2007]. Many urgent questions raised by policy makers are concerned with changes in the probability of extreme events, such as extremely hot summers and heavy rainfall, over the next decades. For example, very high temperatures can be fatal and are therefore much more important than av ...
... climate [IPCC, 2007]. Many urgent questions raised by policy makers are concerned with changes in the probability of extreme events, such as extremely hot summers and heavy rainfall, over the next decades. For example, very high temperatures can be fatal and are therefore much more important than av ...
ASSESSING THE COASTAL POPULATION AT RISK TO SEA LEVEL
... Sea-level rise as a result of global warming has posed a serious threat to the coastal communities, especially those located in the low-lying coastal areas. The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documents a global average rate of sea-level rise of 1.8±0.5 mm per year from 1961 to ...
... Sea-level rise as a result of global warming has posed a serious threat to the coastal communities, especially those located in the low-lying coastal areas. The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) documents a global average rate of sea-level rise of 1.8±0.5 mm per year from 1961 to ...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
... Summary completely ignored satellite data, since they showed no warming. The 1995 IPCC report was notorious for the significant alterations made to the text after it was approved by the scientists – in order to convey the impression of a human influence. The 2001 IPCC report claimed the twentieth ce ...
... Summary completely ignored satellite data, since they showed no warming. The 1995 IPCC report was notorious for the significant alterations made to the text after it was approved by the scientists – in order to convey the impression of a human influence. The 2001 IPCC report claimed the twentieth ce ...
Course Syllabus - School of Arts and Sciences
... Regina S. Axelrod, Stacy D. VanDeveer, eds., The Global Environment – Institutions, Laws and Policy (4th Edition, Sage 2015) James Gustave Speth, “Red Sky at Morning” (Yale University Press, 2005) David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy (4th Edition, F ...
... Regina S. Axelrod, Stacy D. VanDeveer, eds., The Global Environment – Institutions, Laws and Policy (4th Edition, Sage 2015) James Gustave Speth, “Red Sky at Morning” (Yale University Press, 2005) David Hunter, James Salzman, Durwood Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy (4th Edition, F ...
Climate Change
... nasa climate official site - vital signs of the planet global climate change and global warming current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from nasa, climate change us epa - how does climate change affect our health see our new fact sheets about the health impacts of clima ...
... nasa climate official site - vital signs of the planet global climate change and global warming current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from nasa, climate change us epa - how does climate change affect our health see our new fact sheets about the health impacts of clima ...
Document
... (globally), and discuss climate change At the end of the semester, you should have a basic understanding of how the atmosphere functions, what factors control day-to-day weather patterns, and the nature of climate change and global warming. ...
... (globally), and discuss climate change At the end of the semester, you should have a basic understanding of how the atmosphere functions, what factors control day-to-day weather patterns, and the nature of climate change and global warming. ...
Slide 1
... discontinuities, abrupt climate change, tipping points, catastrophic impacts. How can we deal with thresholds in our economic analysis? A very tough problem on the frontier. ...
... discontinuities, abrupt climate change, tipping points, catastrophic impacts. How can we deal with thresholds in our economic analysis? A very tough problem on the frontier. ...
Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change A Guide for Policymakers
... preindustrial levels) by around mid-century. The globally averaged surface temperature is estimated to have risen by about 0.75° C since 1900, with most of this warming due to rising GHG concentrations. If CO2equivalent concentrations were stabilized at 450, 550, and 650 ppm, mean projected warming ...
... preindustrial levels) by around mid-century. The globally averaged surface temperature is estimated to have risen by about 0.75° C since 1900, with most of this warming due to rising GHG concentrations. If CO2equivalent concentrations were stabilized at 450, 550, and 650 ppm, mean projected warming ...
climate change, causation, and delayed harm
... in the present moment, leading to the initiation of regulation, does not necessarily mean that their arguments will be stilled forever more. In fact, the passage of any climate change legislation might only be the first round in a longer struggle over the connections between human activity and clima ...
... in the present moment, leading to the initiation of regulation, does not necessarily mean that their arguments will be stilled forever more. In fact, the passage of any climate change legislation might only be the first round in a longer struggle over the connections between human activity and clima ...
EU RESEARCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE:Present and Future
... Aviation emission impacts on cirrus clouds three times larger than that from CO2 emissions alone on climate AICSEX (Arctic Ice Cover Simulation Experiment): The Arctic warming in 1920-1930 and the subsequent cooling in 1950-1970 are due to natural fluctuations in the climate system. PRUDENCE (Pr ...
... Aviation emission impacts on cirrus clouds three times larger than that from CO2 emissions alone on climate AICSEX (Arctic Ice Cover Simulation Experiment): The Arctic warming in 1920-1930 and the subsequent cooling in 1950-1970 are due to natural fluctuations in the climate system. PRUDENCE (Pr ...
2.David Lusher (Vice Consul-General)
... China’s largest provincial consumer of energy. Serious about energy efficiency target (16%) and diversifying its energy mix. Climate change awareness has increased. The media understand the issues and want to write about climate change. Strong academic base for Carbon Capture and Storage, marine cli ...
... China’s largest provincial consumer of energy. Serious about energy efficiency target (16%) and diversifying its energy mix. Climate change awareness has increased. The media understand the issues and want to write about climate change. Strong academic base for Carbon Capture and Storage, marine cli ...
What is Human Dimensions Research? - arcus
... In system analysis the structure of the variables gives rise to the behavior of the system (Allison and Hobbs 2004). Understanding impacts on and feedbacks from the human dimension requires the integrated use of qualitative and quantitative datasets. For example analyses of linkages among the climat ...
... In system analysis the structure of the variables gives rise to the behavior of the system (Allison and Hobbs 2004). Understanding impacts on and feedbacks from the human dimension requires the integrated use of qualitative and quantitative datasets. For example analyses of linkages among the climat ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Strategy for Ecological
... Decreasing agricultural production, deforestation, desertification, sand deposition on farm land and growing incidence of various diseases as well as poverty are found major vulnerable impacts of climate change which further aggravated by the Laxmanpur Dam, the marginal afflux dam of Suryu Canal of ...
... Decreasing agricultural production, deforestation, desertification, sand deposition on farm land and growing incidence of various diseases as well as poverty are found major vulnerable impacts of climate change which further aggravated by the Laxmanpur Dam, the marginal afflux dam of Suryu Canal of ...
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Oregon (12/14)
... Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change (2010) The Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program (a second collaborative effort between ODOT and DLCD) released a handbook for communities trying to reduce GHG emissions. The premise of the handbook is that local comm ...
... Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change (2010) The Oregon Transportation and Growth Management Program (a second collaborative effort between ODOT and DLCD) released a handbook for communities trying to reduce GHG emissions. The premise of the handbook is that local comm ...
(2009-2011) in public attitude towards climate change
... change, see it as less uncertain and feel more confident that their actions will have an effect on climate change. Importantly, these perceptual differences also translate into a greater willingness to save energy to mitigate climate change. Highlighting links between local weather events and climat ...
... change, see it as less uncertain and feel more confident that their actions will have an effect on climate change. Importantly, these perceptual differences also translate into a greater willingness to save energy to mitigate climate change. Highlighting links between local weather events and climat ...
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.