Photo Album - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... Note: Although only Kyoto-GHG emissions are shown, deforestation CO2 emissions are included in the climate model calculations. Deforestation related scenarios using the EQW method, and are turning negative in the 2020’s. ...
... Note: Although only Kyoto-GHG emissions are shown, deforestation CO2 emissions are included in the climate model calculations. Deforestation related scenarios using the EQW method, and are turning negative in the 2020’s. ...
Climate Change and Agriculture in Latin America
... A general circulation model is a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean and based on equations for a rotating sphere with thermodynamic terms for various energy sources (radiation, latent heat). These equations are the basis for simulating the atmosphere or ...
... A general circulation model is a mathematical model of the general circulation of a planetary atmosphere or ocean and based on equations for a rotating sphere with thermodynamic terms for various energy sources (radiation, latent heat). These equations are the basis for simulating the atmosphere or ...
ICTs in Japan for Climate Change Issues Eiji Ishida
... Ø An analysis using AMeDAS* data shows the long-term trend of the heavy rainfall in Japan (* Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System) Ø Frequency of an hour rainfall over 50 mm shows increment in 40 years, indicating significance at 95% confidence level ...
... Ø An analysis using AMeDAS* data shows the long-term trend of the heavy rainfall in Japan (* Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System) Ø Frequency of an hour rainfall over 50 mm shows increment in 40 years, indicating significance at 95% confidence level ...
Climate Change: Is Carbon Dioxide the Culprit?
... radiation back into the atmosphere where it is absorbed by the greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide. The net effect is that the average temperature of the earth and atmosphere increases with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This conclusion must be rejected because it is asymmetric and ...
... radiation back into the atmosphere where it is absorbed by the greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide. The net effect is that the average temperature of the earth and atmosphere increases with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. This conclusion must be rejected because it is asymmetric and ...
IPCC estimates for emissions from land
... (Fischlin et al, 2007, p. 229) as follows: "Compared to the TAR (Gitay et al., 2001), the net global loss due to land-use change in forest cover appears to have slowed further". However, one must not overlook the fact over such slight improvements, that the deforestation rates are still very disturb ...
... (Fischlin et al, 2007, p. 229) as follows: "Compared to the TAR (Gitay et al., 2001), the net global loss due to land-use change in forest cover appears to have slowed further". However, one must not overlook the fact over such slight improvements, that the deforestation rates are still very disturb ...
Fisheries and Climate Change: the IPCC Second Assessment
... • Proj. is +11 - 77 cm by 2100; from thermal expansion & melting of ice. USNA*: +19” by 2100 • Regional variations due to wind and atmospheric pressure, ocean density, land motion, currents • Wetlands will decrease; sharply where there is shore protection • Higher wave energy; faster erosion *USNA= ...
... • Proj. is +11 - 77 cm by 2100; from thermal expansion & melting of ice. USNA*: +19” by 2100 • Regional variations due to wind and atmospheric pressure, ocean density, land motion, currents • Wetlands will decrease; sharply where there is shore protection • Higher wave energy; faster erosion *USNA= ...
mechanisms and consequences of climate change
... Seas suffer as a climate change buffer Seas have slowed down earth’s temperature increase by taking up a lot of heat that would have warmed the atmosphere. Seas play a major role in the carbon cycle by storing and dissolving a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere. Until saturation, the more CO2 that is re ...
... Seas suffer as a climate change buffer Seas have slowed down earth’s temperature increase by taking up a lot of heat that would have warmed the atmosphere. Seas play a major role in the carbon cycle by storing and dissolving a lot of CO2 from the atmosphere. Until saturation, the more CO2 that is re ...
Emissions Budget - UNFCCC Newsroom
... Washington D.C., 19 November 2014 – In order to limit global temperature rise to 2oC and head off the worst impacts of climate change, global carbon neutrality should be attained by mid-to-late century. This would also keep in check what the UN refers to as the global climate budget — or the maximum ...
... Washington D.C., 19 November 2014 – In order to limit global temperature rise to 2oC and head off the worst impacts of climate change, global carbon neutrality should be attained by mid-to-late century. This would also keep in check what the UN refers to as the global climate budget — or the maximum ...
Abstract - Tree Canada
... will respond differently to changes in the different climatic parameters. Some species such as white spruce may not be able to adapt to future climates, whereas other species such as honey locust may prefer future climatic conditions. ...
... will respond differently to changes in the different climatic parameters. Some species such as white spruce may not be able to adapt to future climates, whereas other species such as honey locust may prefer future climatic conditions. ...
Read Ollinger Report
... than those typically generated for the entire globe. Their goal is to provide regionspecific information that can be used to educate the public and inform policy makers. As a related activity, they have asked me to conduct an analysis concerning the potential impacts of predicted changes in temperat ...
... than those typically generated for the entire globe. Their goal is to provide regionspecific information that can be used to educate the public and inform policy makers. As a related activity, they have asked me to conduct an analysis concerning the potential impacts of predicted changes in temperat ...
Powerpoint - Sara Parr Syswerda
... Content Statements/Standards Covered: E5.4 Climate Change Atmospheric gases trap solar energy that has been reradiated from the Earth’s surface (the greenhouse effect). The Earth’s climate has changed both gradually and catastrophically over geological and historical time frames due to complex inter ...
... Content Statements/Standards Covered: E5.4 Climate Change Atmospheric gases trap solar energy that has been reradiated from the Earth’s surface (the greenhouse effect). The Earth’s climate has changed both gradually and catastrophically over geological and historical time frames due to complex inter ...
Climate Change and Politics
... across borders and continents, are hugely destabilizing events – for the nations being evacuated and those being populated. ( Refer to Sahel Region and Mediterranean ...
... across borders and continents, are hugely destabilizing events – for the nations being evacuated and those being populated. ( Refer to Sahel Region and Mediterranean ...
2. Observed climatology and sensitivity of runoff
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
carbon dioxide (co2) - cools the earth!
... latent heat. The greenhouse gas effect based on carbon dioxide is completely bogus. It does not exist! Alarmists are often heard to say that this recent year or that recent year is the hottest on record. However they refer only to the instrument era which is only about 130 years old. However the ear ...
... latent heat. The greenhouse gas effect based on carbon dioxide is completely bogus. It does not exist! Alarmists are often heard to say that this recent year or that recent year is the hottest on record. However they refer only to the instrument era which is only about 130 years old. However the ear ...
PowerPoint - Princeton University
... Present-day radiative forcing due to aerosols over the eastern US is comparable in magnitude, but opposite in sign, to global forcing due to CO2. Due to short lifetime, forcing due to aerosols is not uniform across globe. Over the US, radiative forcing due to sulfate aerosols is -2 Wm-2. ...
... Present-day radiative forcing due to aerosols over the eastern US is comparable in magnitude, but opposite in sign, to global forcing due to CO2. Due to short lifetime, forcing due to aerosols is not uniform across globe. Over the US, radiative forcing due to sulfate aerosols is -2 Wm-2. ...
Effect of Global Warming and Climate Changes on Sugarcane
... through the sedimentation of carbon, ultimately causing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to increase. • Also, by clearing forests to support agriculture, we are transferring carbon from living biomass into the atmosphere (dry wood is about 50 percent carbon). • The result is that humans are ...
... through the sedimentation of carbon, ultimately causing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to increase. • Also, by clearing forests to support agriculture, we are transferring carbon from living biomass into the atmosphere (dry wood is about 50 percent carbon). • The result is that humans are ...
1 The footprints of climate change throughout geologic history show
... 6. The greatest depletion of stratospheric ozone observed since records began in 1927 was in 1992 and 1993 following the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines, the largest volcanic eruption since 1912. When the ozone layer is depleted, less ultraviolet-B radiation is absorbed in the ozone ...
... 6. The greatest depletion of stratospheric ozone observed since records began in 1927 was in 1992 and 1993 following the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines, the largest volcanic eruption since 1912. When the ozone layer is depleted, less ultraviolet-B radiation is absorbed in the ozone ...
Climate Change Impacts and Responses
... temperatures. Nature, vol 403(6771), 756–758 Jansen, E., J.Overpeck, K.R. Briffa, J.-C. Duplessy, F. Joos, V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Olago, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, S. Rahmstorm, R.Ramesh, D. Raynaud, D. Rind, O. Solomina, R. Vilalba and D. Zhang (2007). Palaeoclimate. In: Climate Change 2007: T ...
... temperatures. Nature, vol 403(6771), 756–758 Jansen, E., J.Overpeck, K.R. Briffa, J.-C. Duplessy, F. Joos, V. Masson-Delmotte, D. Olago, B. Otto-Bliesner, W.R. Peltier, S. Rahmstorm, R.Ramesh, D. Raynaud, D. Rind, O. Solomina, R. Vilalba and D. Zhang (2007). Palaeoclimate. In: Climate Change 2007: T ...
Bez tytułu slajdu - Warsaw University of Technology
... between lower regions and coordinating their functions. Decision are taking, information is stored in cerebral cortex, B.Macukow ...
... between lower regions and coordinating their functions. Decision are taking, information is stored in cerebral cortex, B.Macukow ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: MYTHS AND REALITIES
... drive new technology and innovation; or how businesses will respond to changes in policy. The models also have a difficult time weighing the near-term costs of emission reduction against the long-term benefits of avoiding climate change impacts. Some projections look only at the cost side and don’t ...
... drive new technology and innovation; or how businesses will respond to changes in policy. The models also have a difficult time weighing the near-term costs of emission reduction against the long-term benefits of avoiding climate change impacts. Some projections look only at the cost side and don’t ...
Planning meeting
... peninsular climate gradient. This change is driven by regional warming, which is modulated by regional hydrography, sea ice processes and global teleconnections to lower latitude atmospheric variability…we seek to understand the full ecological implications of climate migration in the WAP, and uncov ...
... peninsular climate gradient. This change is driven by regional warming, which is modulated by regional hydrography, sea ice processes and global teleconnections to lower latitude atmospheric variability…we seek to understand the full ecological implications of climate migration in the WAP, and uncov ...
Progress in Modeling the Impact of Land Cover Change on the Global Climate (PiPG - December 2006 Issue)
... climate over the period 1860-2000 show that the closest agreement between observed and simulated climate is obtained when the simulations include both natural and human factors. The simulations include the effects of the anthropogenic increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as well as a rudim ...
... climate over the period 1860-2000 show that the closest agreement between observed and simulated climate is obtained when the simulations include both natural and human factors. The simulations include the effects of the anthropogenic increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere as well as a rudim ...
Software Engineering for the Planet
... Sea level rise is the simplest impact to assess. The IPCC forecasts a rise of 2170cm by the end of the century, again depending on emission scenarios. However, these forecasts assume there will be no substantial melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets this century. If both of these melt en ...
... Sea level rise is the simplest impact to assess. The IPCC forecasts a rise of 2170cm by the end of the century, again depending on emission scenarios. However, these forecasts assume there will be no substantial melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets this century. If both of these melt en ...