Read the complete document. - The Carbon Sense Coalition
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
... 13. CO2 in the atmosphere has increased during most of the 20th century at a fairly constant rate. However, we had a period of GC from 1940 to 1975 (even while CO2 concentrations increased) as well as a GW period from 1975 to the early part of this century. 14. High concentrations of CO2 have been d ...
CO2 short - Digging in the Clay
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
CLIMATE CHANGE - Canadian Public Health Association
... How does the ozone hole affect health? The ozone layer protects us from sunburn, skin cancer and eye damage. Less ozone means there will be increases in these serious health problems. CFCs that were used in products such as refrigerators and air conditioners have been replaced by substitutes that ar ...
... How does the ozone hole affect health? The ozone layer protects us from sunburn, skin cancer and eye damage. Less ozone means there will be increases in these serious health problems. CFCs that were used in products such as refrigerators and air conditioners have been replaced by substitutes that ar ...
S`pore to get hotter, more extreme weather in future
... High Court, its lawyer, Senior Counsel Thio Shen Yi, has described the claims as frivolous. ...
... High Court, its lawyer, Senior Counsel Thio Shen Yi, has described the claims as frivolous. ...
The Yin and Yang of Climate Change
... work of more than 2500 scientific expert reviewers, over 800 contributing authors and more than 450 lead authors from over 130 countries. It found that there is almost universal scientific consensus (greater than 99 per cent) that the planet is warming significantly and rapidly due to the actions of ...
... work of more than 2500 scientific expert reviewers, over 800 contributing authors and more than 450 lead authors from over 130 countries. It found that there is almost universal scientific consensus (greater than 99 per cent) that the planet is warming significantly and rapidly due to the actions of ...
Outlook 2013 PowerPoint Presentation
... Incorporates 2020 emissions reduction targets G20 nations made at the 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (i.e. Copenhagen pledges) and further specified in Cancun in 2010, showing how far these pledges take us, and what is at risk if we fail to push beyond these goals. Reports results fo ...
... Incorporates 2020 emissions reduction targets G20 nations made at the 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (i.e. Copenhagen pledges) and further specified in Cancun in 2010, showing how far these pledges take us, and what is at risk if we fail to push beyond these goals. Reports results fo ...
Downscaling climate model projections of coral bleaching
... and projected climate change suggest the future holds for coral reefs in my jurisdiction? The objective of our collaborative work with PICCC: To produce ensemble-based projections for all four RCP scenarios for both thermal coral bleaching and ocean acidification and to make projections available as ...
... and projected climate change suggest the future holds for coral reefs in my jurisdiction? The objective of our collaborative work with PICCC: To produce ensemble-based projections for all four RCP scenarios for both thermal coral bleaching and ocean acidification and to make projections available as ...
Annual Average Temperature Rise: Global Average
... System Dynamics (published October 4, 2016), pg. 10; http://goo.gl/gxmPCy For additional details, see GISTEMP Team, 2016: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP). NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dataset accessed 2016-10-05 at http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/; for method of calculatio ...
... System Dynamics (published October 4, 2016), pg. 10; http://goo.gl/gxmPCy For additional details, see GISTEMP Team, 2016: GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP). NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dataset accessed 2016-10-05 at http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/; for method of calculatio ...
Biological and Ecological Dimensions of Global Environmental
... but not until the last few centuries have they played a major role in influencing the structure and metabolism of the global biosphere. Human-induced changes have today reached such an extent that, in some cases, they are as important or even more important than those caused by the geological and cl ...
... but not until the last few centuries have they played a major role in influencing the structure and metabolism of the global biosphere. Human-induced changes have today reached such an extent that, in some cases, they are as important or even more important than those caused by the geological and cl ...
Unit 12 : Earth`s Changing Climate
... 3. Climate Change: What the Past Tells Us Throughout much of its 4.5 billion year history, Earth's climate has alternated between periods of warmth and relative cold, each lasting for tens to hundreds of millions of years. During the warmest periods, the polar regions of the world were completely fr ...
... 3. Climate Change: What the Past Tells Us Throughout much of its 4.5 billion year history, Earth's climate has alternated between periods of warmth and relative cold, each lasting for tens to hundreds of millions of years. During the warmest periods, the polar regions of the world were completely fr ...
FFESCconfkeymessages121122 - Ministry of Forests, Lands
... 5. Strong governance and leadership, and a willingness to transform institutions, are essential to successful adaptation to climate change Successful adaptation to climate change will require the BC Government to: 1. Provide leadership and resources to build adaptive capacity and enable adaptation ...
... 5. Strong governance and leadership, and a willingness to transform institutions, are essential to successful adaptation to climate change Successful adaptation to climate change will require the BC Government to: 1. Provide leadership and resources to build adaptive capacity and enable adaptation ...
Blowin` in the wind: Short-term weather and belief in anthropogenic
... (USHCN) station records. The surveys carry a question designed around scientific consensus statements that climate change is happening now, caused mainly by human activities. Alternatively, respondents can state that climate change is not happening, or that it is happening but mainly for natural rea ...
... (USHCN) station records. The surveys carry a question designed around scientific consensus statements that climate change is happening now, caused mainly by human activities. Alternatively, respondents can state that climate change is not happening, or that it is happening but mainly for natural rea ...
Lecture 12: Natural Climate Forcing
... Orbital forcing on climate change Coupled orbital variation and snow-albedo feedback to explain and predict ice age He suggested that when orbital eccentricity is high, then winters will tend to be colder when earth is farther from the sun in that season. During the periods of high orbital eccentri ...
... Orbital forcing on climate change Coupled orbital variation and snow-albedo feedback to explain and predict ice age He suggested that when orbital eccentricity is high, then winters will tend to be colder when earth is farther from the sun in that season. During the periods of high orbital eccentri ...
Current and future climate of Tuvalu
... per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. ...
... per year since 1993 (a total of 9 cm over this period). This is larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year. This higher rate of rise may be partly related to natural fluctuations that take place year to year or decade to decade caused by phenomena such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation. ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Commercial Fishing in the
... The Northern North Sea responds to changes from the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (Box 4). It is an important weather phenomenon for the northern hemisphere the effects of which are predominantly observed during the winter. Variations in the NAO index can mean changes in wind speed and direction ...
... The Northern North Sea responds to changes from the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) (Box 4). It is an important weather phenomenon for the northern hemisphere the effects of which are predominantly observed during the winter. Variations in the NAO index can mean changes in wind speed and direction ...
Post-2012 Issues under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
... of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures - includes actions related to funding, insurance and technology transfer; • Art. 4.9: Parties are to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of LDCs in their actions with regard to funding and trans ...
... of climate change and/or the impact of the implementation of response measures - includes actions related to funding, insurance and technology transfer; • Art. 4.9: Parties are to take full account of the specific needs and special situations of LDCs in their actions with regard to funding and trans ...
2007 A R Message from the OCCI Director Terry Joyce
... directed towards determining the data such as air temperature, humiddifference between human-induced ity, and barometric pressure are and natural climate change. ingested into numerical models, Before the end of the winter of which generate weather forecasts. 2006/2007, we hope to complete a The best ...
... directed towards determining the data such as air temperature, humiddifference between human-induced ity, and barometric pressure are and natural climate change. ingested into numerical models, Before the end of the winter of which generate weather forecasts. 2006/2007, we hope to complete a The best ...
Collected Climate Quotes
... How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don’t have much time left. - James Hansen, NASA Huge temperature swings and a doubling of precipitation have occurred “in periods as short as decades to yea ...
... How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree... We don’t have much time left. - James Hansen, NASA Huge temperature swings and a doubling of precipitation have occurred “in periods as short as decades to yea ...
Submission to: Ad Hoc Working Group on Long
... Under the Kyoto Protocol there is no mandatory accounting system available to report the greenhouse gas savings and emissions over the life cycle of biomass production for Annex 1 countries. This system regards the production of biofuels that mostly occurs in developing countries, as carbon neutral. ...
... Under the Kyoto Protocol there is no mandatory accounting system available to report the greenhouse gas savings and emissions over the life cycle of biomass production for Annex 1 countries. This system regards the production of biofuels that mostly occurs in developing countries, as carbon neutral. ...
8 Things We Hate About Summer are Getting Worse with Climate
... Temperatures in cities are already higher due to the urban heat island, and rising global temperatures from heattrapping carbon pollution will make heat waves longer, hotter, and more frequent. Eight of the nine warmest years since record-keeping began in 1880 have occurred since 2000. May 2014 was ...
... Temperatures in cities are already higher due to the urban heat island, and rising global temperatures from heattrapping carbon pollution will make heat waves longer, hotter, and more frequent. Eight of the nine warmest years since record-keeping began in 1880 have occurred since 2000. May 2014 was ...
Draft Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Report
... Decadal Oscillation and solar activity) may be the primary cause for global warming and that some scientists feel that cloud formation and other cooling mechanisms may lessen the impact of a global temperature increase (4, 5, 6). 15. The report does not adequately provide alternative views as to the ...
... Decadal Oscillation and solar activity) may be the primary cause for global warming and that some scientists feel that cloud formation and other cooling mechanisms may lessen the impact of a global temperature increase (4, 5, 6). 15. The report does not adequately provide alternative views as to the ...
Pests and Climate Change - Wageningen UR E
... Figure 1: Oak processionary caterpillar (OPC) distribution maps of the periods 1991/1993 and 2006/2007 in The Netherlands. The darker dots represent the more recent years. Since the OPC’s first appearance in 1991 its distribution area has moved in north-eastern direction, expanded rapidly as well. T ...
... Figure 1: Oak processionary caterpillar (OPC) distribution maps of the periods 1991/1993 and 2006/2007 in The Netherlands. The darker dots represent the more recent years. Since the OPC’s first appearance in 1991 its distribution area has moved in north-eastern direction, expanded rapidly as well. T ...
Presentation: Synergies - CMS - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... behavior of a large number of species are the consequence of shifts in local or regional climate, weather patterns and resulting changes of vegetation and habitat quality ...
... behavior of a large number of species are the consequence of shifts in local or regional climate, weather patterns and resulting changes of vegetation and habitat quality ...
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.