Speaker 10
... between global warming and increasing frequencies and intensities of natural catastrophes The insurance industry has to consider climate change in its risk models We have to mitigate global warming and adapt to the changing risks in respect to the regionally specific risk patterns ...
... between global warming and increasing frequencies and intensities of natural catastrophes The insurance industry has to consider climate change in its risk models We have to mitigate global warming and adapt to the changing risks in respect to the regionally specific risk patterns ...
lettenmaier_egs_hydro_extremes_apr_2003
... • More floods in second half of 20th century than in first half; statistically significant even accounting for record differences • Detectability consistent with GFDL GCM for very large rivers given observed 20th century CO2 increase and associated warming ...
... • More floods in second half of 20th century than in first half; statistically significant even accounting for record differences • Detectability consistent with GFDL GCM for very large rivers given observed 20th century CO2 increase and associated warming ...
Why negative CO2 emission technologies should not be classified
... Of current anthropogenic CO2 emissions, about 30% is absorbed by the oceans, in response to the higher CO2 concentration of the atmosphere. The net absorption of CO2 by the oceans – and hence ocean acidification - will stop when the equilibrium is restored at the ocean’s surface. This will only occu ...
... Of current anthropogenic CO2 emissions, about 30% is absorbed by the oceans, in response to the higher CO2 concentration of the atmosphere. The net absorption of CO2 by the oceans – and hence ocean acidification - will stop when the equilibrium is restored at the ocean’s surface. This will only occu ...
User-driven downscaling: advances in data apportioning and
... • Little advantage to weighting GCMs according to skill • Most important to have “ensembles of runs with enough realizations to reduce the effects of natural internal climate variability” [Pierce et al., 2009] • Maybe 10-14 GCMs is enough? ...
... • Little advantage to weighting GCMs according to skill • Most important to have “ensembles of runs with enough realizations to reduce the effects of natural internal climate variability” [Pierce et al., 2009] • Maybe 10-14 GCMs is enough? ...
Carbon sequestration
... amusing oxymoron. All fossil fuels contain carbon, but coal is by far the most carbon-intensive. This is troubling, since global warming seems to be driven by an increase in the level of atmospheric greenhouse gases, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most worrisome. Coal is also the most abundant ...
... amusing oxymoron. All fossil fuels contain carbon, but coal is by far the most carbon-intensive. This is troubling, since global warming seems to be driven by an increase in the level of atmospheric greenhouse gases, of which carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most worrisome. Coal is also the most abundant ...
Listen A Minute.com - ESL Listening
... Climate change is one of the most worrying things for our planet. Many politicians and scientists say it is the biggest danger we face. I read almost every day that climate change is changing the Earth forever. Many species of animal, fish, insect, frog, etc. are dying. The ice caps in the Arctic an ...
... Climate change is one of the most worrying things for our planet. Many politicians and scientists say it is the biggest danger we face. I read almost every day that climate change is changing the Earth forever. Many species of animal, fish, insect, frog, etc. are dying. The ice caps in the Arctic an ...
News and New IPRC Staff
... IPRC Senior Researcher Tangdong Qu is participating as co-principal investigator on another part of the Aquarius Mission that is being led by Ichiro Fukumori at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Under this contract, Qu will be assessing the quality of Aquarius sea surface salinity measurements usi ...
... IPRC Senior Researcher Tangdong Qu is participating as co-principal investigator on another part of the Aquarius Mission that is being led by Ichiro Fukumori at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Under this contract, Qu will be assessing the quality of Aquarius sea surface salinity measurements usi ...
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... because of the cross compliance regulations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). However, in a decade or two this restriction could be lifted due to increasing food prices. On the other hand, in the interpretation of the results one has to consider that natural site conditions, especially slope ...
... because of the cross compliance regulations of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). However, in a decade or two this restriction could be lifted due to increasing food prices. On the other hand, in the interpretation of the results one has to consider that natural site conditions, especially slope ...
Climate change imprinting on stable isotopic compositions of high
... is offset to higher altitudes relative to the maximum ΔT. The net effect of warming then is to increase troposphere δ18Ov and to decrease the near-surface to upper level δ18Ov gradient throughout low and middle latitudes (Fig. 2B). In polar regions, surface warming is sufficiently large that increas ...
... is offset to higher altitudes relative to the maximum ΔT. The net effect of warming then is to increase troposphere δ18Ov and to decrease the near-surface to upper level δ18Ov gradient throughout low and middle latitudes (Fig. 2B). In polar regions, surface warming is sufficiently large that increas ...
A brief assessment of the impact of large
... ability to make reliable statements about the true physical meaning and significance of observed changes in tornado intensity and frequency. Given these limitations of the observational data, it is important to ask whether numerical models of the climate system can help us to understand the physical ...
... ability to make reliable statements about the true physical meaning and significance of observed changes in tornado intensity and frequency. Given these limitations of the observational data, it is important to ask whether numerical models of the climate system can help us to understand the physical ...
From the Washington Post, 10-12-09
... Rather, engineers and policymakers say, it may be easier and less costly to capture the carbon dioxide at oil refineries, chemical plants, cement factories and ethanol plants, which emit a far purer stream of it than a coal smokestack does. Carbon dioxide typically makes up only 10 percent to 12 pe ...
... Rather, engineers and policymakers say, it may be easier and less costly to capture the carbon dioxide at oil refineries, chemical plants, cement factories and ethanol plants, which emit a far purer stream of it than a coal smokestack does. Carbon dioxide typically makes up only 10 percent to 12 pe ...
Projected GS signal
... deconstructing a given record with the intention to identify „predictable“ components. „Predictable“ -- either natural processes, which are known of having limited life times, -- or man-made processes, which are subject to decisions (e.g., GHG, urban effect) Differently understood in different socia ...
... deconstructing a given record with the intention to identify „predictable“ components. „Predictable“ -- either natural processes, which are known of having limited life times, -- or man-made processes, which are subject to decisions (e.g., GHG, urban effect) Differently understood in different socia ...
AIR POLLUTION CLIMATE CHANGE
... The atmosphere is one of the largest waste disposal units for modern society. For thousands of years it has handled gaseous and particulate waste from combustion and other human activities. It has also been found to have great self-cleaning capacity. Most air pollutants disappear from the atmosphere ...
... The atmosphere is one of the largest waste disposal units for modern society. For thousands of years it has handled gaseous and particulate waste from combustion and other human activities. It has also been found to have great self-cleaning capacity. Most air pollutants disappear from the atmosphere ...
Here - Christians for an Ethical Society
... is weather averaged over time • Climate responds to ‘forcings’. These can be solar radiation, orbital changes, aerosols, or greenhouse gases • CO2, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour are key greenhouse gases • Humanity has increased all these greenhouse gases, with a 40% increase in CO2 since p ...
... is weather averaged over time • Climate responds to ‘forcings’. These can be solar radiation, orbital changes, aerosols, or greenhouse gases • CO2, methane, nitrous oxide and water vapour are key greenhouse gases • Humanity has increased all these greenhouse gases, with a 40% increase in CO2 since p ...
Jesuit Lenten series 2008
... While climate change is now firmly on the political agenda, high costs are currently being paid by those already affected. Arguably these people, while resilient in spirit, are the least resourced to meet the costs of climate change. Tonight there are four points I want to conclude with: 1. It is im ...
... While climate change is now firmly on the political agenda, high costs are currently being paid by those already affected. Arguably these people, while resilient in spirit, are the least resourced to meet the costs of climate change. Tonight there are four points I want to conclude with: 1. It is im ...
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... This report aims both to fill in the gap in our awareness of the psychological impacts of climate change, and by exposing the emotional side of the issue, to find the place in our hearts that mobilizes us to fly into action, forewarned, determined, relentless. It also is a call for professionals in ...
... This report aims both to fill in the gap in our awareness of the psychological impacts of climate change, and by exposing the emotional side of the issue, to find the place in our hearts that mobilizes us to fly into action, forewarned, determined, relentless. It also is a call for professionals in ...
Ecosystems
... carbon sequestration in what is known as the ‘biological pump’. Without this, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would be much higher than they currently are. Global sea level rise is largely a result of thermal expansion of the world’s oceans and ice-melt contributions from land-based glaciers. T ...
... carbon sequestration in what is known as the ‘biological pump’. Without this, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere would be much higher than they currently are. Global sea level rise is largely a result of thermal expansion of the world’s oceans and ice-melt contributions from land-based glaciers. T ...
Ecology3e Ch25 Lecture KEY
... Northern Hemisphere has increased, but weather has been drier in the subtropics and tropics. There is also a trend of increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and heat waves. ...
... Northern Hemisphere has increased, but weather has been drier in the subtropics and tropics. There is also a trend of increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as hurricanes and heat waves. ...
Mediterranean climate change scenarios: Impacts on the north
... resolution model are smaller • The effects on sea level are opposite. Thermosteric and halosteric changes could compensate each other, thus keeping the steric sea level component (average for the whole Mediterranean Sea) in the range -22 to +31 • It is necessary the development of high resolution re ...
... resolution model are smaller • The effects on sea level are opposite. Thermosteric and halosteric changes could compensate each other, thus keeping the steric sea level component (average for the whole Mediterranean Sea) in the range -22 to +31 • It is necessary the development of high resolution re ...
Land Cover and Land Use Changes and their Impacts on
... relatively poor in the areas with little in-situ observations. Basic observational networks on the ground are critically indispensable for proper monitoring and modeling of global hydrology; however, it is also required to utilize remotely sensed information in order to fill the gaps of in-situ obse ...
... relatively poor in the areas with little in-situ observations. Basic observational networks on the ground are critically indispensable for proper monitoring and modeling of global hydrology; however, it is also required to utilize remotely sensed information in order to fill the gaps of in-situ obse ...
Climate Change Policy Process, Consultative Structures and Key
... provinces as well as civil society through this is key theme ...
... provinces as well as civil society through this is key theme ...
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... Global warming refers to the increasing temperature of the Earth. Scientists think it is mainly caused by gases ___1___ when fuels such as coal and oil are burned. ___2___ the world burning more fuel than ever, global warming could mean big trouble for humans. It already has caused glaciers to melt, ...
... Global warming refers to the increasing temperature of the Earth. Scientists think it is mainly caused by gases ___1___ when fuels such as coal and oil are burned. ___2___ the world burning more fuel than ever, global warming could mean big trouble for humans. It already has caused glaciers to melt, ...
Adapting to Climate Change in the Caribbean
... To build capacity for integrating adaptation to climate change risks into the physical planning process, in the private sector and governments, using a risk management approach. Status: A series of workshops were conducted in 2002 to look at risk management in the tourism, financial, water and agric ...
... To build capacity for integrating adaptation to climate change risks into the physical planning process, in the private sector and governments, using a risk management approach. Status: A series of workshops were conducted in 2002 to look at risk management in the tourism, financial, water and agric ...
Health and Climate Change in International Negotiations THE
... Kyoto Protocol inadequate to meaningfully reduce climate change, so far Possible mitigation measures have very different health implications No obligations for developing nations tat will become large emitters in near future Problems with adaptation Funding from rich nations is voluntary a ...
... Kyoto Protocol inadequate to meaningfully reduce climate change, so far Possible mitigation measures have very different health implications No obligations for developing nations tat will become large emitters in near future Problems with adaptation Funding from rich nations is voluntary a ...
ORIGINAL ARTICLE GLOBAL WARMING: ITS IMPLICATIONS
... warming.Less than 50% of the students were willing to contribute through one or the other means of stopping global warming. Only around 50% of the students were ready to convey the message to others. INTRODUCTION: Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from the observations ...
... warming.Less than 50% of the students were willing to contribute through one or the other means of stopping global warming. Only around 50% of the students were ready to convey the message to others. INTRODUCTION: Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from the observations ...
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.