Review Sheet - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons: ozone depleting gases) and HFCs (replacement after CFCs) 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse effect (almost all CFCs) (from textbook) CFC concentrations are decreasing (due to recognition of ozone hole problem) Some HFCs are strong greenhouse gases through (currently the ...
... CFCs (Chlorofluorocarbons: ozone depleting gases) and HFCs (replacement after CFCs) 12% of anthropogenic greenhouse effect (almost all CFCs) (from textbook) CFC concentrations are decreasing (due to recognition of ozone hole problem) Some HFCs are strong greenhouse gases through (currently the ...
Global scale climate–crop yield relationships and the impacts of
... suggest global CO2 benefits will exceed temperature related losses up to ∼2◦ warming (1). Potential impacts of temperature increases may have also been countered by adaptation measures taken by farmers, such as changes in planting dates or use of different cultivars. Any such gradual changes would n ...
... suggest global CO2 benefits will exceed temperature related losses up to ∼2◦ warming (1). Potential impacts of temperature increases may have also been countered by adaptation measures taken by farmers, such as changes in planting dates or use of different cultivars. Any such gradual changes would n ...
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 ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments: Working Paper 51 (556 kB) (opens in new window)
... nature of the uncertainty and aims to facilitate robust decision making using the information that is available today. The framework is populated with projections taken from the recent literature to develop a set of scenarios of long-term hurricane hazard. Hazard scenarios are then used to generate ...
... nature of the uncertainty and aims to facilitate robust decision making using the information that is available today. The framework is populated with projections taken from the recent literature to develop a set of scenarios of long-term hurricane hazard. Hazard scenarios are then used to generate ...
Predicting species distribution of Sierra Nevada butterflies in
... Modeling: Models were made using BIOCLIM and MAXENT. BIOCLIM (Nix, 1986) is a commonly used modeling program which relates climatic parameters (i.e. temperature, precipitation, moisture, etc.) to species presence data to predict areas within which an organism can survive (Beaumont et al. 2005). BIOC ...
... Modeling: Models were made using BIOCLIM and MAXENT. BIOCLIM (Nix, 1986) is a commonly used modeling program which relates climatic parameters (i.e. temperature, precipitation, moisture, etc.) to species presence data to predict areas within which an organism can survive (Beaumont et al. 2005). BIOC ...
Conservation Ecology: Uncertainty, Climate Change, and Adaptive
... Novelty and uncertainty The ecological, social, and economic dynamics of the changing Earth all encompass uncertainties that can be categorized as statistical uncertainty, model uncertainty, or fundamental uncertainty (Hilborn 1987). Statistical uncertainty is the uncertainty that surrounds a variab ...
... Novelty and uncertainty The ecological, social, and economic dynamics of the changing Earth all encompass uncertainties that can be categorized as statistical uncertainty, model uncertainty, or fundamental uncertainty (Hilborn 1987). Statistical uncertainty is the uncertainty that surrounds a variab ...
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to
... The possible responses of ecosystem processes to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate change are illustrated using six dynamic global vegetation models that explicitly represent the interactions of ecosystem carbon and water exchanges with vegetation dynamics. The models are driven by th ...
... The possible responses of ecosystem processes to rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate change are illustrated using six dynamic global vegetation models that explicitly represent the interactions of ecosystem carbon and water exchanges with vegetation dynamics. The models are driven by th ...
global climate change triggered by global warming
... in its equilibrium state: We cannot assert that the Younger Dryas scenario would necessarily be repeated if global warming causes much of the Greenland ice sheet to melt. There are too many other factors that would need to be considered. One such factor is the rate of melting, since the release of c ...
... in its equilibrium state: We cannot assert that the Younger Dryas scenario would necessarily be repeated if global warming causes much of the Greenland ice sheet to melt. There are too many other factors that would need to be considered. One such factor is the rate of melting, since the release of c ...
PRESS RELEASE
... Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, emphasized that it was important for government to lead this dialogue with business on clean energy partnerships, “Government and business everywhere need to work together in public-private partnerships to cut emissions and be on the forefront of clean ...
... Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, emphasized that it was important for government to lead this dialogue with business on clean energy partnerships, “Government and business everywhere need to work together in public-private partnerships to cut emissions and be on the forefront of clean ...
- Wiley Online Library
... [18] Histograms of ToE for S/N > 2 for three equal area land regions (as indicated in Figure 3) are shown in Figure 4, for half-years, using the SRES A1B scenario. Note that because the noise variance decreases with averaging, the ToE for an area mean is not the same, and will generally be earlier, ...
... [18] Histograms of ToE for S/N > 2 for three equal area land regions (as indicated in Figure 3) are shown in Figure 4, for half-years, using the SRES A1B scenario. Note that because the noise variance decreases with averaging, the ToE for an area mean is not the same, and will generally be earlier, ...
Mountain weather and climate: A general overview and a focus on
... (ecotones) in vegetation sequences, and equally rapid changes from vegetation and soil to snow and ice. In addition, mountains ecosystems are often endemic, because many species remain isolated at high elevations compared to lowland vegetation communities that can occupy climatic niches spread over ...
... (ecotones) in vegetation sequences, and equally rapid changes from vegetation and soil to snow and ice. In addition, mountains ecosystems are often endemic, because many species remain isolated at high elevations compared to lowland vegetation communities that can occupy climatic niches spread over ...
The Political Economy of Climate Change Science
... stimulation of hatred and envy, and the promotion of excessive hopes” (op cit. pp.63-4)5 . In as much as the emission of carbon dioxide is linked to climate change (and this is still a contentious issue), it affects everyone on the planet, however most individuals are not, nor can they be, directly ...
... stimulation of hatred and envy, and the promotion of excessive hopes” (op cit. pp.63-4)5 . In as much as the emission of carbon dioxide is linked to climate change (and this is still a contentious issue), it affects everyone on the planet, however most individuals are not, nor can they be, directly ...
Scenari_Uncert_Impac.. - The Global Change Program at the
... are called a scenario family. • Each scenario family includes a storyline and a number of alternative interpretations and quantifications of each storyline to explore variations of global and regional developments and their implications for GHG and sulfur emissions. • Storylines were formulated in a ...
... are called a scenario family. • Each scenario family includes a storyline and a number of alternative interpretations and quantifications of each storyline to explore variations of global and regional developments and their implications for GHG and sulfur emissions. • Storylines were formulated in a ...
REVISED Syllabus for MSL F216 - The Oceans and Global Change
... Prerequisite: MSL F111X, MSL F211, ATM F101X, ENVI F101, or GEOG F111X 3 credits Course Description: Explores how global environmental changes are affecting Earth’s oceans. Topics include climate change and ocean warming, sea level rise, coastal erosion, declining sea ice, changes in ocean circulati ...
... Prerequisite: MSL F111X, MSL F211, ATM F101X, ENVI F101, or GEOG F111X 3 credits Course Description: Explores how global environmental changes are affecting Earth’s oceans. Topics include climate change and ocean warming, sea level rise, coastal erosion, declining sea ice, changes in ocean circulati ...
Factors affecting sea level rise
... Past changes in sea level (From IPCC Analysis, 1998, 2001; Pugh, 2004) • Since the Last Glacial Maximum (~20,000 years BP) MSL has risen by over 120 m at locations far from present and former ice sheets • Between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago MSL rose rapidly at an average rate of 10 mm/yr. • Following ...
... Past changes in sea level (From IPCC Analysis, 1998, 2001; Pugh, 2004) • Since the Last Glacial Maximum (~20,000 years BP) MSL has risen by over 120 m at locations far from present and former ice sheets • Between 15,000 and 6,000 years ago MSL rose rapidly at an average rate of 10 mm/yr. • Following ...
Implications of the 1.5°C limit in the Paris
... risks led many vulnerable countries to express concern that the former 2°C limit was too unsafe. These and other concerns led the world to adopt the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal, which includes a 1.5°C limit, as opposed to the earlier 2°C goal adopted by the international communit ...
... risks led many vulnerable countries to express concern that the former 2°C limit was too unsafe. These and other concerns led the world to adopt the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal, which includes a 1.5°C limit, as opposed to the earlier 2°C goal adopted by the international communit ...
QUESTIONS - Climate Reality Project
... Forum, climate change is already contributing to over 400,000 deaths and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion each year (PDF). How? Just look at the devastation of the New Jersey shore in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Witness the homes turned to splinters in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan. I ...
... Forum, climate change is already contributing to over 400,000 deaths and costing the world more than $1.2 trillion each year (PDF). How? Just look at the devastation of the New Jersey shore in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. Witness the homes turned to splinters in the Philippines by Typhoon Haiyan. I ...
Climate Change Effects on Sri Lankan Paddy Yield
... production shocks, including weather and input choices based on sequentially updated information sets of history of realised shocks and observed changes in crop growth. • research was focused on a detailed partial equilibrium analysis of the effects of climate change on yields at the cropplot level ...
... production shocks, including weather and input choices based on sequentially updated information sets of history of realised shocks and observed changes in crop growth. • research was focused on a detailed partial equilibrium analysis of the effects of climate change on yields at the cropplot level ...
The effects of resource extraction from tropical rainforests and their
... has increased because ….. e.g. wealthier people (1) process – trapping heat (1) allow development of process – e.g. outgoing radiation (1) Any four points If chosen factor not stated and not clear from text limit to two i.e a generic greenhouse gas answer. 4- The negative impacts (effects) of climat ...
... has increased because ….. e.g. wealthier people (1) process – trapping heat (1) allow development of process – e.g. outgoing radiation (1) Any four points If chosen factor not stated and not clear from text limit to two i.e a generic greenhouse gas answer. 4- The negative impacts (effects) of climat ...
View/Open
... when there was a big increase in the resources applied to the international agriculture research system and a strengthening of its institutional base. It is well recognised that that increase in resources and that strengthening of the institutional base was very productive. We have become complacent ...
... when there was a big increase in the resources applied to the international agriculture research system and a strengthening of its institutional base. It is well recognised that that increase in resources and that strengthening of the institutional base was very productive. We have become complacent ...
white paper - CommunityViz
... transit stops (from the palette in the lower right) onto the map and find out how many people they will serve. Other symbols on the map give planners Scenario 360-provided information about where the greatest needs are, and the Scenario 360 charts give real-time feedback on the results of any propos ...
... transit stops (from the palette in the lower right) onto the map and find out how many people they will serve. Other symbols on the map give planners Scenario 360-provided information about where the greatest needs are, and the Scenario 360 charts give real-time feedback on the results of any propos ...
Working Paper 202 - Heal and Millner (opens in new window)
... There are several sources of empirical uncertainty in climate economics: at the coarsest level we can classify them into scientific uncertainties – how will increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations affect climate variables over time – and socio-economic uncertainty – what will the consequenc ...
... There are several sources of empirical uncertainty in climate economics: at the coarsest level we can classify them into scientific uncertainties – how will increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations affect climate variables over time – and socio-economic uncertainty – what will the consequenc ...