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 ...
Hurricanes and Global Warming—Potential Linkages
... et al. 2001; Meehl et al. 2005). Even without the projected increase in hurricane winds, the higher sea level will result in greatly increased coastal erosion, shrinking protective beaches and wetlands. In addition, storm-induced flooding and storm surges will reach farther inland, and damage can be ...
... et al. 2001; Meehl et al. 2005). Even without the projected increase in hurricane winds, the higher sea level will result in greatly increased coastal erosion, shrinking protective beaches and wetlands. In addition, storm-induced flooding and storm surges will reach farther inland, and damage can be ...
SESSION 16: Adaptation Planning II - International
... the LDCs. This research examined the Jujuy Province, a semi‐arid agricultural community in northwest Argentina. This research measured and compared seventy‐two climate change scenarios over a five‐ decadal period, based on eight Global Circulation Models (GCMs), three emission scenarios and three ...
... the LDCs. This research examined the Jujuy Province, a semi‐arid agricultural community in northwest Argentina. This research measured and compared seventy‐two climate change scenarios over a five‐ decadal period, based on eight Global Circulation Models (GCMs), three emission scenarios and three ...
Updating Climate Metrics: The Need for Consistency with
... • IPCC aggregates the forcing of all aerosols, including black carbon, to assess a net ERF (effective radiative forcing) of -0.9 W/m2 that factors the indirect negative forcing from cloud formation. However, this assignment has a low confidence level and depends upon assumptions about the radiative ...
... • IPCC aggregates the forcing of all aerosols, including black carbon, to assess a net ERF (effective radiative forcing) of -0.9 W/m2 that factors the indirect negative forcing from cloud formation. However, this assignment has a low confidence level and depends upon assumptions about the radiative ...
A Hybrid Symbolic-Numerical Method for
... Conclusion and future work • The hybrid method can be used to find how many parameters can be estimated in a model. • Hybrid method is much simpler to use than extended symbolic method. • Can be added to standard software packages. For ecological models it is available in M-surge and E-surge. • It ...
... Conclusion and future work • The hybrid method can be used to find how many parameters can be estimated in a model. • Hybrid method is much simpler to use than extended symbolic method. • Can be added to standard software packages. For ecological models it is available in M-surge and E-surge. • It ...
Climate change, the environment, and enterprise
... in countries that are vulnerable to significant environmental events, whether those be earthquakes, typhoons, droughts, and even massive flooding. Curiously, climate change is often denied as something real, or ...
... in countries that are vulnerable to significant environmental events, whether those be earthquakes, typhoons, droughts, and even massive flooding. Curiously, climate change is often denied as something real, or ...
Agenda, UNISDR Bali Media Training
... Programme Officer for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) said climate change is not a hopeless situation and journalists need to understand climate change and the risks and start communicating it to the other. "Journalists need to inform and educate their audie ...
... Programme Officer for the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) said climate change is not a hopeless situation and journalists need to understand climate change and the risks and start communicating it to the other. "Journalists need to inform and educate their audie ...
Climate Change
... Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ranging from decades ...
... Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” that a given region experiences. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ranging from decades ...
RomaN EmPIRE?
... and culture are not “the only things that change society”. Climate is at least one driver in human history and human adaptations to its variability, he says. But most of today’s society is not agrarian-based, he argues. Modern responses will be different than those of the Middle Ages, for example. S ...
... and culture are not “the only things that change society”. Climate is at least one driver in human history and human adaptations to its variability, he says. But most of today’s society is not agrarian-based, he argues. Modern responses will be different than those of the Middle Ages, for example. S ...
INTERDYNAMIK thematic workshop on vegetation dynamics
... whether the models should be compared to the data at the species, PFT or biome level, but the workshop did not arrive at a conclusive answer. Most DGVMs were developed with the modern climate in mind, and in this context the main question is whether carbon fluxes are represented correctly. For palae ...
... whether the models should be compared to the data at the species, PFT or biome level, but the workshop did not arrive at a conclusive answer. Most DGVMs were developed with the modern climate in mind, and in this context the main question is whether carbon fluxes are represented correctly. For palae ...
How I Know - Astronomy Notes
... physics described at www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/s3c.htm shows that any planet’s atmosphere will affect a planet’s surface temperature. Atmospheric physicists are now employing the wellunderstood greenhouse effect along with other gas physics to make estimates of plausible surface temperatures o ...
... physics described at www.astronomynotes.com/solarsys/s3c.htm shows that any planet’s atmosphere will affect a planet’s surface temperature. Atmospheric physicists are now employing the wellunderstood greenhouse effect along with other gas physics to make estimates of plausible surface temperatures o ...
naked-2005-03-16
... ozone depletion is not strong. Global warming from CO2 radiative forcing is expected (perhaps somewhat surprisingly) to cool the stratosphere. This, in turn, would lead to a relative increase in ozone depletion and the frequency of ozone holes. Conversely, ozone depletion represents a radiative forc ...
... ozone depletion is not strong. Global warming from CO2 radiative forcing is expected (perhaps somewhat surprisingly) to cool the stratosphere. This, in turn, would lead to a relative increase in ozone depletion and the frequency of ozone holes. Conversely, ozone depletion represents a radiative forc ...
naked-2005-03-16-nobg
... ozone depletion is not strong. Global warming from CO2 radiative forcing is expected (perhaps somewhat surprisingly) to cool the stratosphere. This, in turn, would lead to a relative increase in ozone depletion and the frequency of ozone holes. Conversely, ozone depletion represents a radiative forc ...
... ozone depletion is not strong. Global warming from CO2 radiative forcing is expected (perhaps somewhat surprisingly) to cool the stratosphere. This, in turn, would lead to a relative increase in ozone depletion and the frequency of ozone holes. Conversely, ozone depletion represents a radiative forc ...
Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... he latest, most reliable projections of future climate change combine 100 years of historical data for Ohio with the most up-to-date general circulation models of the Earth’s climate system. In general, Ohio’s climate will grow considerably warmer and probably drier during this century, especially i ...
... he latest, most reliable projections of future climate change combine 100 years of historical data for Ohio with the most up-to-date general circulation models of the Earth’s climate system. In general, Ohio’s climate will grow considerably warmer and probably drier during this century, especially i ...
article global warming
... of Greenland and Antarctica melting or sliding into the oceans. Rising sea levels result in coastal erosion, coastal flooding, increased salinity of rivers, bays, and aquifers, and shoreline retreat.Melting ice caps will desalinize the ocean and disrupt natural ocean currents. Since ocean currents r ...
... of Greenland and Antarctica melting or sliding into the oceans. Rising sea levels result in coastal erosion, coastal flooding, increased salinity of rivers, bays, and aquifers, and shoreline retreat.Melting ice caps will desalinize the ocean and disrupt natural ocean currents. Since ocean currents r ...
Nestlé Commitment on Climate Change
... causing changes to the climate and thereby the ecosystems and processes upon which human prosperity is based. Of particular concern are changes to the weather patterns, water availability, and agricultural productivity, as well as the loss of biodiversity upon which much of the resilience of natural ...
... causing changes to the climate and thereby the ecosystems and processes upon which human prosperity is based. Of particular concern are changes to the weather patterns, water availability, and agricultural productivity, as well as the loss of biodiversity upon which much of the resilience of natural ...
Opportunities for China-US Cooperation on Climate Change Policy
... • Good design: trading, comprehensive scope • Targets: too brief, not based on BCA • Key flaw: omission of China, India, Brazil et al., whose ...
... • Good design: trading, comprehensive scope • Targets: too brief, not based on BCA • Key flaw: omission of China, India, Brazil et al., whose ...
Slide 1
... Contribution of each sector to Scottish GHG Emissions of GHGs in 2003 Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013: Strategic Environmental Assessment - Environmental Report ...
... Contribution of each sector to Scottish GHG Emissions of GHGs in 2003 Scotland Rural Development Programme 2007 - 2013: Strategic Environmental Assessment - Environmental Report ...
Climate Change in Mongolia
... Japan. This dataset is composed of two types of model output: global climate model outputs and regional climate model outputs. The global climate model outputs (hereinafter referred to as “GCM data” ) are the results of calculations using an atmospheric model covering the entire world with an image ...
... Japan. This dataset is composed of two types of model output: global climate model outputs and regional climate model outputs. The global climate model outputs (hereinafter referred to as “GCM data” ) are the results of calculations using an atmospheric model covering the entire world with an image ...
Priorities Slovenian EU-Presidenc
... reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm). Costs of EU climate policy amounts to 55 milliard a year. Anyway, present and/or future generation has to sacrifice prosperity. On the other hand, scientists and technicians are working on new inventions and technologies. One of t ...
... reviews/stern_review_economics_climate_change/sternreview_index.cfm). Costs of EU climate policy amounts to 55 milliard a year. Anyway, present and/or future generation has to sacrifice prosperity. On the other hand, scientists and technicians are working on new inventions and technologies. One of t ...
14. human influences on heat-related health indicators during the
... scenario). The natural simulations employ solar and volcanic forcings fixed at 2015 levels with all other forcings set to preindustrial values. However, the actual scenarios employ all forcings at 2015 levels, which include the aforementioned natural forcings as well as greenhouse gases, aerosols, a ...
... scenario). The natural simulations employ solar and volcanic forcings fixed at 2015 levels with all other forcings set to preindustrial values. However, the actual scenarios employ all forcings at 2015 levels, which include the aforementioned natural forcings as well as greenhouse gases, aerosols, a ...
Implementation Plan for the AMY modeling activity
... – Extreme event projection and evaluation and reduction of uncertainty in global warming projection – Prediction and evaluatation of disaster environment – Assessment climate-change impacts on flood risk and its reduction measures on global and local scales ...
... – Extreme event projection and evaluation and reduction of uncertainty in global warming projection – Prediction and evaluatation of disaster environment – Assessment climate-change impacts on flood risk and its reduction measures on global and local scales ...
Global Warming and the IPCC Gordon J. Aubrecht, II Physics
... projected for a range of SRES emission scenarios. Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1 °C per decade would be expected.” “There is now higher confidence in projected patterns of warming and other re ...
... projected for a range of SRES emission scenarios. Even if the concentrations of all greenhouse gases and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1 °C per decade would be expected.” “There is now higher confidence in projected patterns of warming and other re ...
Climate Change
... • Since the UNFCCC entered into force, the parties have been meeting annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to red ...
... • Since the UNFCCC entered into force, the parties have been meeting annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to red ...