Multi-Model Projection of July–August Climate Extreme Changes
... study focuses on the potential changes of July–August temperature extremes over China. The pattern correlation coefficients of the simulated temperature with the observations are 0.6–0.9, which are higher than the results for precipitation. However, most models have cold bias compared to observation ...
... study focuses on the potential changes of July–August temperature extremes over China. The pattern correlation coefficients of the simulated temperature with the observations are 0.6–0.9, which are higher than the results for precipitation. However, most models have cold bias compared to observation ...
An Open Letter from Oregon Climate Change Scientists -
... As scientists from Oregon with expertise in many disciplines relevant to the understanding of climate change, its impacts, and its solutions, we are deeply concerned that climate change compromises our quality of life and threatens our state’s future. We need your leadership now more than ever to re ...
... As scientists from Oregon with expertise in many disciplines relevant to the understanding of climate change, its impacts, and its solutions, we are deeply concerned that climate change compromises our quality of life and threatens our state’s future. We need your leadership now more than ever to re ...
The impacts of climate change on the abundance and
... management strategy. We parameterized a temperature-driven D. suzukii population dynamics model using temperature data derived from several Global Circulation Models (CMIP5) with a range of relative concentration pathway (RCP) predictions. Mean consensus between the models suggest that without adapt ...
... management strategy. We parameterized a temperature-driven D. suzukii population dynamics model using temperature data derived from several Global Circulation Models (CMIP5) with a range of relative concentration pathway (RCP) predictions. Mean consensus between the models suggest that without adapt ...
climate change: social science perspectives
... issues addressed in the course. While the paper can draw on some of the weekly readings, it must also reference additional academic sources. It should be approximately 12-15 double-spaced pages. Papers will be graded on the quality of your research and writing, strength of your analysis and argument ...
... issues addressed in the course. While the paper can draw on some of the weekly readings, it must also reference additional academic sources. It should be approximately 12-15 double-spaced pages. Papers will be graded on the quality of your research and writing, strength of your analysis and argument ...
Full poll results
... waste, the option that would cost nothing! Overall analysis of important points Awareness about global warming is high-with most Britons asked (81%) saying they knew a lot or a little about the subject. 90% of respondents think that the UK climate will be affected by global warming. Most Britons hav ...
... waste, the option that would cost nothing! Overall analysis of important points Awareness about global warming is high-with most Britons asked (81%) saying they knew a lot or a little about the subject. 90% of respondents think that the UK climate will be affected by global warming. Most Britons hav ...
Climate Change Impacts in the Context of Economic
... Double Exposure: Regions, sectors, ecosystems, and social groups will be confronted by both the impacts of climate change and consequences of globalization. New patterns of winners and losers will emerge. What does exposure to multiple stressors mean for vulnerability? Vulnerability is dynamic. In t ...
... Double Exposure: Regions, sectors, ecosystems, and social groups will be confronted by both the impacts of climate change and consequences of globalization. New patterns of winners and losers will emerge. What does exposure to multiple stressors mean for vulnerability? Vulnerability is dynamic. In t ...
Global warming - Faculty Websites
... The earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 °C (1°F) during last century, and human activities are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases which tends to warm the planet. How much and how fast temperatures will continue to rise remains uncertain, and the exact impacts of c ...
... The earth's average surface temperature has increased by about 0.6 °C (1°F) during last century, and human activities are increasing the levels of greenhouse gases which tends to warm the planet. How much and how fast temperatures will continue to rise remains uncertain, and the exact impacts of c ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate
... It is predicted that at the end of this century there will be large scale shifts in the global distribution of vegetation in response to anthropogenic climate change. ...
... It is predicted that at the end of this century there will be large scale shifts in the global distribution of vegetation in response to anthropogenic climate change. ...
Global Climate Change Lesson Plans By Summer Scarlatelli
... project. I actually think that this is kind of pathetic because I teach ninth grade earth science and eleventh grade environmental science. I have always been hesitant to talk about the topic because of my severe lack of knowledge and over the past three years I have found myself relying on the movi ...
... project. I actually think that this is kind of pathetic because I teach ninth grade earth science and eleventh grade environmental science. I have always been hesitant to talk about the topic because of my severe lack of knowledge and over the past three years I have found myself relying on the movi ...
Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in
... statistics are used to derive the relative weights assigned to each member in the multimodel ensemble. There is substantial evidence in support of a positive shift of the whole rainfall distribution in East Africa during the wet seasons. The models give indications for an increase in mean precipitat ...
... statistics are used to derive the relative weights assigned to each member in the multimodel ensemble. There is substantial evidence in support of a positive shift of the whole rainfall distribution in East Africa during the wet seasons. The models give indications for an increase in mean precipitat ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... Social Cost of Carbon 2010 (hereafter, IWG2010) report as “the long-term increase in the annual global-average surface temperature from a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration relative to pre-industrial levels (or stabilization at a concentration of approximately 550 parts per million (ppm))” an ...
... Social Cost of Carbon 2010 (hereafter, IWG2010) report as “the long-term increase in the annual global-average surface temperature from a doubling of atmospheric CO2 concentration relative to pre-industrial levels (or stabilization at a concentration of approximately 550 parts per million (ppm))” an ...
Predicting habitat suitability with machine learning models: The
... the models. Many different models are currently available. Among these, classical statistical models such as linear regression (Augustin et al., 2001), generalized linear models (Guisan et al., 1999), generalized additive models (Seoane et al., 2004; Luoto et al., 2005) and GRASP (generalized regres ...
... the models. Many different models are currently available. Among these, classical statistical models such as linear regression (Augustin et al., 2001), generalized linear models (Guisan et al., 1999), generalized additive models (Seoane et al., 2004; Luoto et al., 2005) and GRASP (generalized regres ...
Climate Change and the Economic Recession: Should
... long wave radiation. However, this energy becomes trapped within the Earth’s atmosphere by the carbon dioxide contained in it. This natural process has been occurring for thousands of years with carbon dioxide levels changing in the atmosphere; this process creating both the Ice Age and the Earth’s ...
... long wave radiation. However, this energy becomes trapped within the Earth’s atmosphere by the carbon dioxide contained in it. This natural process has been occurring for thousands of years with carbon dioxide levels changing in the atmosphere; this process creating both the Ice Age and the Earth’s ...
Review National Climate Assessment First Draft 2013 Report
... • Global climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. The climate change of the past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. • Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and ...
... • Global climate is changing, and this is apparent across the U.S. in a wide range of observations. The climate change of the past 50 years is due primarily to human activities, predominantly the burning of fossil fuels. • Some extreme weather and climate events have increased in recent decades, and ...
Day 2 Bulletin - World Sustainable Development Summit
... TERI in collaboration with the ISET (Institute for Social and Environmental Transition) organized a seminar on ‘Building climate change resilience in urban areas: perspectives from cities in India’. The event, part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network programme supported by the Rock ...
... TERI in collaboration with the ISET (Institute for Social and Environmental Transition) organized a seminar on ‘Building climate change resilience in urban areas: perspectives from cities in India’. The event, part of the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network programme supported by the Rock ...
LCCARL418_en.pdf
... mathematical point of view, they are large non-linear systems of equations, to be solved with general mathematical packages or specialized software (e.g., GEMPACK, PATH/GAMS). Optimization models on the other hand, are typically much aggregated models, solved by means of non linear programming algor ...
... mathematical point of view, they are large non-linear systems of equations, to be solved with general mathematical packages or specialized software (e.g., GEMPACK, PATH/GAMS). Optimization models on the other hand, are typically much aggregated models, solved by means of non linear programming algor ...
Chapter 15
... Air near surface warms and becomes less dense than the air above it; rises above cool air creating vertical convection currents. - Low pressure - air is rising - High pressure - air is sinking Pressure differences cause winds. Winds move from High to Low ...
... Air near surface warms and becomes less dense than the air above it; rises above cool air creating vertical convection currents. - Low pressure - air is rising - High pressure - air is sinking Pressure differences cause winds. Winds move from High to Low ...
A DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODEL OF CARBON CIRCULATION
... scale of our activities puts pressure on evermore basic planetary-scale processes. Climate change presents a classical dynamic systems problem. The effects of changes in emission and absorption processes of greenhouse gases can only be observed with very long time delays. There are uncertain destabi ...
... scale of our activities puts pressure on evermore basic planetary-scale processes. Climate change presents a classical dynamic systems problem. The effects of changes in emission and absorption processes of greenhouse gases can only be observed with very long time delays. There are uncertain destabi ...
Global Warming and Health Hazards
... gases that have caused global temperature to rise dramatically since 1950. Warming in the last 100 years has caused about a 0.74° C increase in global average temperature. According to their most recent projections, the global mean temperature will increase by 1.1 – 6.4° C (best estimate between 1.8 ...
... gases that have caused global temperature to rise dramatically since 1950. Warming in the last 100 years has caused about a 0.74° C increase in global average temperature. According to their most recent projections, the global mean temperature will increase by 1.1 – 6.4° C (best estimate between 1.8 ...
A. Global Warming Project - University of Wisconsin
... markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now far exceed pre-industrial values determined from ice cores spanning many thousands of years.” ...
... markedly as a result of human activities since 1750 and now far exceed pre-industrial values determined from ice cores spanning many thousands of years.” ...
1_ArgumentBasics - Willamette University
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Volume FAQs Volume-Wide Frequently Asked Questions
... FAQ 4: What are the timeframes for mitigation and adaptation benefits? [Chapters 1, 2, 16, 19, 20, and 21; TS] Adaptation can reduce damage from impacts that cannot be avoided. Mitigation strategies can decrease the amount of climate change that occurs, as summarized in the WGIII AR5. But the conseq ...
... FAQ 4: What are the timeframes for mitigation and adaptation benefits? [Chapters 1, 2, 16, 19, 20, and 21; TS] Adaptation can reduce damage from impacts that cannot be avoided. Mitigation strategies can decrease the amount of climate change that occurs, as summarized in the WGIII AR5. But the conseq ...
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... adaptive capacity. The functional forms for each region represent the realistic water limited and potential conditions for the mix of crops, management alternatives, and endogenous adaptation to climate characteristic of each area. Here we take the changes in crop under several climate and socio-eco ...
... adaptive capacity. The functional forms for each region represent the realistic water limited and potential conditions for the mix of crops, management alternatives, and endogenous adaptation to climate characteristic of each area. Here we take the changes in crop under several climate and socio-eco ...
Are volcanic eruptions causing the current global warming?
... CO2 emissions and weathering should be considered. The average volcanic CO2 flux is ~0.1 PgC (Peta grams of carbon) per year, while the current anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are about 10 PgC per year 3. Thus, the volcanic flux is two orders of magnitude smaller a ...
... CO2 emissions and weathering should be considered. The average volcanic CO2 flux is ~0.1 PgC (Peta grams of carbon) per year, while the current anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are about 10 PgC per year 3. Thus, the volcanic flux is two orders of magnitude smaller a ...
The role of meteorological processes in the
... GCMs are composed of multiple coupled sub-models that simulate the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land surface processes. The spatial resolution of the GCMs range from over one to at most five degrees latitude/ longitude, where one degree latitude is equivalent to roughly 100 km. Models of this res ...
... GCMs are composed of multiple coupled sub-models that simulate the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land surface processes. The spatial resolution of the GCMs range from over one to at most five degrees latitude/ longitude, where one degree latitude is equivalent to roughly 100 km. Models of this res ...