University of Edinburgh
... The list of examples is a very long one. While we can think of great academics of the past (Joseph Black, Joseph Lister, David Hume, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin…), it isn’t just a historical. Think of Ian Wilmut, Peter Higgs, Steve Jones; Universities are still, often controversially, influencing our ...
... The list of examples is a very long one. While we can think of great academics of the past (Joseph Black, Joseph Lister, David Hume, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin…), it isn’t just a historical. Think of Ian Wilmut, Peter Higgs, Steve Jones; Universities are still, often controversially, influencing our ...
WhitelyBinder_AdaptToClimateChg_w_notes
... What does this mean? Taking steps to avoid or minimize the climate change impacts we can address while increasing the ability of human and natural systems to “bounce back” from the impacts that cannot be ...
... What does this mean? Taking steps to avoid or minimize the climate change impacts we can address while increasing the ability of human and natural systems to “bounce back” from the impacts that cannot be ...
Wednesday Group 2
... o Resilience of Target (and non-target) Species: Some species (target or non-target) may have more resiliency to climate-driven changes than others; would be good to identify the response potential of different ecosystem components. o Time Scales of Advective-Life History Processes: The relative ti ...
... o Resilience of Target (and non-target) Species: Some species (target or non-target) may have more resiliency to climate-driven changes than others; would be good to identify the response potential of different ecosystem components. o Time Scales of Advective-Life History Processes: The relative ti ...
On the feedback of stratospheric clouds on polar climate
... for terrestrial radiation. In the runs described here, surface static stability is set by requiring the isentrope leaving the equator to intersect the polar tropopause. Thus, polar static stability tends to decrease with decreasing EPTD. This is important, because additional model runs show that the ...
... for terrestrial radiation. In the runs described here, surface static stability is set by requiring the isentrope leaving the equator to intersect the polar tropopause. Thus, polar static stability tends to decrease with decreasing EPTD. This is important, because additional model runs show that the ...
natural causes of climate change
... position of the continents and the oceans. This shift causes changes in physical geography (mountain building, change in landmass size, etc.), global wind patterns, and ocean currents, all of which have an effect on climate. ...
... position of the continents and the oceans. This shift causes changes in physical geography (mountain building, change in landmass size, etc.), global wind patterns, and ocean currents, all of which have an effect on climate. ...
Slide 1
... position of the continents and the oceans. This shift causes changes in physical geography (mountain building, change in landmass size, etc.), global wind patterns, and ocean currents, all of which have an effect on climate. ...
... position of the continents and the oceans. This shift causes changes in physical geography (mountain building, change in landmass size, etc.), global wind patterns, and ocean currents, all of which have an effect on climate. ...
The Change, the Challenge, the Responsibility
... 2.2 The new challenges of the responsibility Facing climate change, China undertake "common but differentiated responsibilities" .How to further analysis international climate change treaty, how to make more rights of saying etc, these are all universities as the base of philosophy must to be facing ...
... 2.2 The new challenges of the responsibility Facing climate change, China undertake "common but differentiated responsibilities" .How to further analysis international climate change treaty, how to make more rights of saying etc, these are all universities as the base of philosophy must to be facing ...
public misperceptions of human
... lines are discussed. It is concluded that natural climate change is a hazard that - like other similar natural hazards - should be dealt with by adaptation. Attempting to mitigate climate change is an expensive exercise in futility. Introduction – the three realities of climate change Climate chang ...
... lines are discussed. It is concluded that natural climate change is a hazard that - like other similar natural hazards - should be dealt with by adaptation. Attempting to mitigate climate change is an expensive exercise in futility. Introduction – the three realities of climate change Climate chang ...
PowerPoint Presentation - Global Change Curricula and
... decision-making tools, Translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains Use high-volume customized delivery and feedback through the county level extension service network ...
... decision-making tools, Translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains Use high-volume customized delivery and feedback through the county level extension service network ...
lecture25 - The University of Arizona Department of Atmospheric
... Bottom line: After about two weeks, can’t rely on NWP to provide an accurate and skillful weather forecast. Sometimes called the “butterfly effect” ...
... Bottom line: After about two weeks, can’t rely on NWP to provide an accurate and skillful weather forecast. Sometimes called the “butterfly effect” ...
GoldenKKiwanis - Department of Geological & Atmospheric
... decision-making tools, Translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains Use high-volume customized delivery and feedback through the county level extension service network ...
... decision-making tools, Translate and enhance the latest NOAA climate forecast products to maximize economic gains Use high-volume customized delivery and feedback through the county level extension service network ...
L18.ppt - University of Iowa Physics
... Effect of greenhouse gases: H2O, CO2, CH4, . . . • the sun’s visible light can penetrate through the atmosphere to the earth’s surface and heat it • the visible light energy is converted to thermal light energy • the thermal radiation is reflected from the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere • CO2 c ...
... Effect of greenhouse gases: H2O, CO2, CH4, . . . • the sun’s visible light can penetrate through the atmosphere to the earth’s surface and heat it • the visible light energy is converted to thermal light energy • the thermal radiation is reflected from the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere • CO2 c ...
Traveling in Time through Climate History - Max-Planck
... The precise data generated by mathematical and statistical analysis enables ...
... The precise data generated by mathematical and statistical analysis enables ...
Bibliographies of Library Resources
... Kyoto protocol -- Doubters and sceptics -- What can we do? Individuals, governments, and international bodies -- Nuclear power and renewables -What can we do? Carbon offsetting and carbon trading -- What can we do? Fuel efficiency -- Changing our lives -- It can be done! repairing the ozone hole -- ...
... Kyoto protocol -- Doubters and sceptics -- What can we do? Individuals, governments, and international bodies -- Nuclear power and renewables -What can we do? Carbon offsetting and carbon trading -- What can we do? Fuel efficiency -- Changing our lives -- It can be done! repairing the ozone hole -- ...
"Scientists tell policymakers...." (Science, 9 Feb 2007)
... Climate, for example, modeler Gabriele Hegerl of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues reconstructed past Northern Hemisphere temperature from records such as tree rings and then apportioned the warming using a simple climate model. They found that rising levels of greenhouse gas ...
... Climate, for example, modeler Gabriele Hegerl of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and colleagues reconstructed past Northern Hemisphere temperature from records such as tree rings and then apportioned the warming using a simple climate model. They found that rising levels of greenhouse gas ...
3. International Response to Climate Change
... • To peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible and achieve a balance between sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century. • To keep global temperature increase "well below" 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C (2.7° Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial level ...
... • To peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible and achieve a balance between sources and sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century. • To keep global temperature increase "well below" 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5°C (2.7° Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial level ...
Overview
... • mainstreaming climate change adaptation into all FAO development activities • brings together climate change adaptation work across FAO • enhances coordination, capacity development and sharing of experiences ...
... • mainstreaming climate change adaptation into all FAO development activities • brings together climate change adaptation work across FAO • enhances coordination, capacity development and sharing of experiences ...
The Trillion-Ton Cap: Allocating the World`s Carbon Emissions by
... the first time, sets a cap on the amount of carbon emissions we can allow into the atmosphere, before calling a complete and permanent halt — if, that is, we are serious about keeping global warming below 2°C. That cap was set last month at a trillion tons of carbon. We are something over half way t ...
... the first time, sets a cap on the amount of carbon emissions we can allow into the atmosphere, before calling a complete and permanent halt — if, that is, we are serious about keeping global warming below 2°C. That cap was set last month at a trillion tons of carbon. We are something over half way t ...
Detection and attribution
... The analysis, to what extent the observed 15-year trend is consistent with the ensemble of 15 year trends generated in the A1B and RCP4.5 scenarios does not constitute a statistical test The ensemble can not be framed as realizations of a random variable, because the population of “valid” A1B or RCP ...
... The analysis, to what extent the observed 15-year trend is consistent with the ensemble of 15 year trends generated in the A1B and RCP4.5 scenarios does not constitute a statistical test The ensemble can not be framed as realizations of a random variable, because the population of “valid” A1B or RCP ...
Impact of climate change on road infrastructure
... – base case: falls by 3% due to high water tables, shift from pasture to cropping – with climate change: falls by 11% due to reduced surface water flows, switching from irrigated to dryland activities – less demand for road transport ...
... – base case: falls by 3% due to high water tables, shift from pasture to cropping – with climate change: falls by 11% due to reduced surface water flows, switching from irrigated to dryland activities – less demand for road transport ...
ABTP Air Quality Modelling Study
... We want to see how these “drivers” change in future [based on IPCC based (GCM & RCM) model output] We want to understand what future forces & factors will “drive” Toronto’s future weather and what the weather extremes will be – soon enough for us to adapt to such changes ahead of time. ...
... We want to see how these “drivers” change in future [based on IPCC based (GCM & RCM) model output] We want to understand what future forces & factors will “drive” Toronto’s future weather and what the weather extremes will be – soon enough for us to adapt to such changes ahead of time. ...
Impact of climate change on road infrastructure
... – base case: falls by 3% due to high water tables, shift from pasture to cropping – with climate change: falls by 11% due to reduced surface water flows, switching from irrigated to dryland activities – less demand for road transport ...
... – base case: falls by 3% due to high water tables, shift from pasture to cropping – with climate change: falls by 11% due to reduced surface water flows, switching from irrigated to dryland activities – less demand for road transport ...