MASC 432 - UNC Marine Sciences
... Overview: How will major river systems respond to global changes in climate and human impacts on the Earth’s surface? Rivers are the active interface between the continents and the oceans. This course examines the hydrological, geological and biogeochemical processes that control the flux of materia ...
... Overview: How will major river systems respond to global changes in climate and human impacts on the Earth’s surface? Rivers are the active interface between the continents and the oceans. This course examines the hydrological, geological and biogeochemical processes that control the flux of materia ...
Assessing Human Health Vulnerability and Public Health Adaptation
... (such as technology or political will)? • What measures should begin to be implemented to increase the range of ...
... (such as technology or political will)? • What measures should begin to be implemented to increase the range of ...
Climate Forcing
... • Heat arrives from the sun at nearly a constant rate. If the Earth system’s ability to absorb and emit heat remains unchanged for long periods, the Earth will come to a state whereby we emit as much energy to outer space as we get from the sun • We are then said to be in “Radiative ...
... • Heat arrives from the sun at nearly a constant rate. If the Earth system’s ability to absorb and emit heat remains unchanged for long periods, the Earth will come to a state whereby we emit as much energy to outer space as we get from the sun • We are then said to be in “Radiative ...
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... Outlook for climate change Climate change constitutes a challenge for the entire humanity, particularly at a time when increasingly stronger pressure is exerted upon the Conference of the Parties (COP) to reach global and binding agreements that supersede the Kyoto Protocol, determine differentiated ...
... Outlook for climate change Climate change constitutes a challenge for the entire humanity, particularly at a time when increasingly stronger pressure is exerted upon the Conference of the Parties (COP) to reach global and binding agreements that supersede the Kyoto Protocol, determine differentiated ...
Impacts of Europe`s changing climate
... threats to human health, and damage to economic sectors such as energy, transport, forestry, agriculture, and tourism; ...
... threats to human health, and damage to economic sectors such as energy, transport, forestry, agriculture, and tourism; ...
Ideas 2016 Ideas submitted as potential strategic programme areas
... been slower than hoped due to many factors, including the economic climate for large-scale investment but also uncertainty about the environmental impacts of large scale developments. There are still significant unanswered questions about these potential effects, which leads to uncertainty in consen ...
... been slower than hoped due to many factors, including the economic climate for large-scale investment but also uncertainty about the environmental impacts of large scale developments. There are still significant unanswered questions about these potential effects, which leads to uncertainty in consen ...
Global investor groups publish guidance on investing in solutions to
... The four investor groups on climate change have today published a guide outlining a range of strategies and solutions investors can use to address climate change, including low carbon investment, managing and reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, and engagement, as investors around the world work ...
... The four investor groups on climate change have today published a guide outlining a range of strategies and solutions investors can use to address climate change, including low carbon investment, managing and reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, and engagement, as investors around the world work ...
Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate: high-res (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... and atmosphere, while the extent of snow and ice cover has also decreased and sea level has risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. The IPCC report notes that the rate of increase in global average surface temperature has ...
... and atmosphere, while the extent of snow and ice cover has also decreased and sea level has risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. The IPCC report notes that the rate of increase in global average surface temperature has ...
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources in the Rio
... MPI ECHAM5, NCAR CCSM30, UKMO HadGEM1) and HadCM3 as baseline, for a +2◦ C increase in global mean temperature. Pattern-scaled GCM-outputs are applied to a large-scale hydrological model (MGB-IPH) of Rio Grande Basin. Based on simulations using HadCM3, mean annual river discharge increases, relative ...
... MPI ECHAM5, NCAR CCSM30, UKMO HadGEM1) and HadCM3 as baseline, for a +2◦ C increase in global mean temperature. Pattern-scaled GCM-outputs are applied to a large-scale hydrological model (MGB-IPH) of Rio Grande Basin. Based on simulations using HadCM3, mean annual river discharge increases, relative ...
Topic 1 – An Introduction to the Climate System and Climate Change
... components to give an overall impact. This tool is called radiative forcing (RF), and it is the effect that the change has on the amount of energy the Earth radiates back to space. Positive radiative forcing has a warming effect; negative radiative forcing has a cooling effect. Figure 8 shows the cu ...
... components to give an overall impact. This tool is called radiative forcing (RF), and it is the effect that the change has on the amount of energy the Earth radiates back to space. Positive radiative forcing has a warming effect; negative radiative forcing has a cooling effect. Figure 8 shows the cu ...
12659799_NZSkepticsConference2
... • Having gained this expertise, one will then be in a position to make an authoritative judgment about whether mainstream AGW science is credible, or not. ...
... • Having gained this expertise, one will then be in a position to make an authoritative judgment about whether mainstream AGW science is credible, or not. ...
Klimaschankungen seit 1700.
... In those dry years around 1830 and 1860 shipping problems increased and soon a lot of speculation began about the possible cause of the lower river-water levels. In most cases the increasing practice of deforestation was found to be the source. Now we know better: it is because of climatic changes. ...
... In those dry years around 1830 and 1860 shipping problems increased and soon a lot of speculation began about the possible cause of the lower river-water levels. In most cases the increasing practice of deforestation was found to be the source. Now we know better: it is because of climatic changes. ...
Climate Change in the Pacific | Volume 1: Regional Overview
... • Year-to-year climatic variability is very strongly affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). • Global climate models do not have sufficiently fine resolution to represent the small islands and very little work has been done to represent important island effects resulting from island s ...
... • Year-to-year climatic variability is very strongly affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). • Global climate models do not have sufficiently fine resolution to represent the small islands and very little work has been done to represent important island effects resulting from island s ...
Introduction and Oveview - World Health Organization
... Most predict a small benefit, little change, or slight harm to the North Most predict varying degrees of harm in the South Most thus predict increased global inequality ...
... Most predict a small benefit, little change, or slight harm to the North Most predict varying degrees of harm in the South Most thus predict increased global inequality ...
ITU activities associated with climate change
... – Developing multiple power modes eg for xDSL equipment ...
... – Developing multiple power modes eg for xDSL equipment ...
... that seem “reasonable” (e.g., 1 or 2 percent of GDP) from moderate temperature increases (e.g., 2° or 3°C). Furthermore, once we consider larger increases in temperatures (e.g., 5°C or higher), determining the economic loss becomes pure guesswork. One can plug high temperatures into IAM loss functio ...
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... In breakout groups, identify activities for future collaboration that may add value to teams and the initiative as a whole. In two groups, one will explore topics 1&2 and the other 3&4. Both groups will discuss topic #5. Following the discussion, each group will present potential ideas for follow-up ...
... In breakout groups, identify activities for future collaboration that may add value to teams and the initiative as a whole. In two groups, one will explore topics 1&2 and the other 3&4. Both groups will discuss topic #5. Following the discussion, each group will present potential ideas for follow-up ...
Dear Al - Friends of Science
... equivalent to 1.4C. This less than half the 3C mentioned by Gore as the “consensus” value. However, if the UN’s current “climate feedback factor” of 2.7 is included, then the climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2 is not the 3C mentioned by Gore but 3.75C. The UN’s new projected climate sensitivit ...
... equivalent to 1.4C. This less than half the 3C mentioned by Gore as the “consensus” value. However, if the UN’s current “climate feedback factor” of 2.7 is included, then the climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2 is not the 3C mentioned by Gore but 3.75C. The UN’s new projected climate sensitivit ...
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... in the average temperature of the world within the range 1·4–5·8ºC by 2100. Research carried out by four independent institutions analyzed that the decade (2000–2009) was the warmest on record. Since 1750 there has been an observed increase of 31% in the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Fo ...
... in the average temperature of the world within the range 1·4–5·8ºC by 2100. Research carried out by four independent institutions analyzed that the decade (2000–2009) was the warmest on record. Since 1750 there has been an observed increase of 31% in the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Fo ...