The world just took another huge step forward on fighting climate
... Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a statement about the deal. McCarthy led a U.S. delegation to Kigali, Rwanda, where the deal was struck early Saturday after negotiations that ran through the night. President Obama also hailed the accord in a statement Saturday morning. “Today’s ...
... Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a statement about the deal. McCarthy led a U.S. delegation to Kigali, Rwanda, where the deal was struck early Saturday after negotiations that ran through the night. President Obama also hailed the accord in a statement Saturday morning. “Today’s ...
Global_climate_Change-wiki - MM
... nitrogen oxides, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Greenhouse gases trap heat much as panes of glass do in a greenhouse • A small amount of gas has a big effect on temperature ...
... nitrogen oxides, ozone and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) • Greenhouse gases trap heat much as panes of glass do in a greenhouse • A small amount of gas has a big effect on temperature ...
Climate Change in Tennessee - Southern Climate Impacts Planning
... another 3-12 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 (IPCC). Projections for the U.S. Southeast show a temperature increase of 4-8 degrees by 2100, with projected increases for interior states 1-2 degrees higher than coastal areas (NCA). Major consequences of warming include a significant increase in the number ...
... another 3-12 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100 (IPCC). Projections for the U.S. Southeast show a temperature increase of 4-8 degrees by 2100, with projected increases for interior states 1-2 degrees higher than coastal areas (NCA). Major consequences of warming include a significant increase in the number ...
PPT 5.1MB - Climate Science Program
... Regional Climate Modeling to Improve Climate Variability and Change Projections at the Local Scale ...
... Regional Climate Modeling to Improve Climate Variability and Change Projections at the Local Scale ...
Glacial `climate control` - British Geological Survey
... Numerical climate models are increasingly used to reconstruct past, and predict future, climate change. The successful application of these climate models depends on accurate knowledge of the amount of the Earth’s surface covered by ice (the cryosphere) and the input of boundary conditions for forme ...
... Numerical climate models are increasingly used to reconstruct past, and predict future, climate change. The successful application of these climate models depends on accurate knowledge of the amount of the Earth’s surface covered by ice (the cryosphere) and the input of boundary conditions for forme ...
COOL HEADS NEEDED ON GLOBAL WARMING
... that we have only one planet to observe … With only one Earth, we are reduced to complex computer models of questionable value, and a lot of guesswork.”10 Indeed, scientists have also stated that “widespread climate changes in the distant past were larger and more rapid than those experienced durin ...
... that we have only one planet to observe … With only one Earth, we are reduced to complex computer models of questionable value, and a lot of guesswork.”10 Indeed, scientists have also stated that “widespread climate changes in the distant past were larger and more rapid than those experienced durin ...
United Nations Fact Sheet on Climate Change
... in Africa’s meteorological and hydrological services and weather tracking stations, both to ensure complete global coverage of weather and climate and to provide local data to plan for climate risks. Other regional indicators of climate change that need to be monitored include the shrinking of glaci ...
... in Africa’s meteorological and hydrological services and weather tracking stations, both to ensure complete global coverage of weather and climate and to provide local data to plan for climate risks. Other regional indicators of climate change that need to be monitored include the shrinking of glaci ...
Under 2 Degrees Celsius: Fast Action Policies to Protect People and
... will hinder economic progress; however, real world examples from California and Sweden since 2005 prove that economic growth can be decoupled from carbon emissions. The third building blocks consist of pulling on two levers as hard as we can: one for drastically reducing emissions of short-lived cli ...
... will hinder economic progress; however, real world examples from California and Sweden since 2005 prove that economic growth can be decoupled from carbon emissions. The third building blocks consist of pulling on two levers as hard as we can: one for drastically reducing emissions of short-lived cli ...
Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. This is an advance since the TAR’s conclusion that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations”. Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, incl ...
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. This is an advance since the TAR’s conclusion that “most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations”. Discernible human influences now extend to other aspects of climate, incl ...
Global warming: predictions versus reality
... always either warming or cooling. The notion of constant climate is incorrect. All observed changes in climate over the past 100 years have been well within the range of natural climatic variation. Recent research suggests that climate change may be related to variability in the sun’s energy output. ...
... always either warming or cooling. The notion of constant climate is incorrect. All observed changes in climate over the past 100 years have been well within the range of natural climatic variation. Recent research suggests that climate change may be related to variability in the sun’s energy output. ...
Are pattern scaling methods useful to inform about adaptation strategies?
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
Understanding Our Environment
... increasing. This effects the water cycle: Higher rate of evaporation (from land and sea both) Warmer atmosphere is capable of holding more water vapor. - Higher likelihood of heavy precipitation (both rain and snow) weather events. Ocean temperatures are also increasing. ...
... increasing. This effects the water cycle: Higher rate of evaporation (from land and sea both) Warmer atmosphere is capable of holding more water vapor. - Higher likelihood of heavy precipitation (both rain and snow) weather events. Ocean temperatures are also increasing. ...
Comparison of glacierinferred temperatures with observations and
... [14] Except for the NWAme, the observed 90-yr trends are larger (0.063– 0.12°C per decade) than the upper bound of the trends due to natural variability (90% critical value bounds, shown as down-pointing arrows) as shown in Figure 3, but are consistent with the trends from the 20C3M ensemble runs. O ...
... [14] Except for the NWAme, the observed 90-yr trends are larger (0.063– 0.12°C per decade) than the upper bound of the trends due to natural variability (90% critical value bounds, shown as down-pointing arrows) as shown in Figure 3, but are consistent with the trends from the 20C3M ensemble runs. O ...
A Broader Perspective on Climate Change is Needed.
... by the model forecasts, is very much dominated by population growth. Another example is the comparison of the risk from damage due to tropical cyclones based on GCM predictions, to the risk from coastal population and infrastructure growth [16]. As with the potable water situation, the larger risk i ...
... by the model forecasts, is very much dominated by population growth. Another example is the comparison of the risk from damage due to tropical cyclones based on GCM predictions, to the risk from coastal population and infrastructure growth [16]. As with the potable water situation, the larger risk i ...
No Slide Title - ForestFires.ba
... Main sources of uncertainties: * Natural: internal variability of climate system (unpredictable!) - natural fluctuation can mask future (weak) climate changes * Scientific and technical: imperfections in climate modelling - our limited knowledge of climate system - inadequacies of computer models (a ...
... Main sources of uncertainties: * Natural: internal variability of climate system (unpredictable!) - natural fluctuation can mask future (weak) climate changes * Scientific and technical: imperfections in climate modelling - our limited knowledge of climate system - inadequacies of computer models (a ...
Integration of Ocean Observations into an Ecosystem Approach to
... EAP. 2009. Ecosystem Status Report. NEFSC Lab. Ref. Doc. 09-11 ...
... EAP. 2009. Ecosystem Status Report. NEFSC Lab. Ref. Doc. 09-11 ...
IPCC101
... Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident from the increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing, observed warming, and understanding of the climate system. ...
... Human influence on the climate system is clear. This is evident from the increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, positive radiative forcing, observed warming, and understanding of the climate system. ...
08-06
... and oceanic GCMs. These models integrate multiple equations, typically including surface pressure; horizontal layered components of fluid velocity and temperature; solar short wave radiation and terrestrial infra-red and long wave radiation; convection; land surface processes; albedo; hydrology; clo ...
... and oceanic GCMs. These models integrate multiple equations, typically including surface pressure; horizontal layered components of fluid velocity and temperature; solar short wave radiation and terrestrial infra-red and long wave radiation; convection; land surface processes; albedo; hydrology; clo ...
Slide 1
... Orbital eccentricity- changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit (over about 100,000 and 400,000 years) The combinations of these orbital changes are thought to determine the global growth and retreat of ice sheets. ...
... Orbital eccentricity- changes in the shape of Earth’s orbit (over about 100,000 and 400,000 years) The combinations of these orbital changes are thought to determine the global growth and retreat of ice sheets. ...
Act and Adapt: Climate Change in Scotland, Scottish
... •Without action on greenhouse gases, global temperature will rise 2-4°C, and maybe 6°C, this century. •Significant risk that global warming will accelerate, leading to sudden or irreversible climate change. •Rising temperature, rising sea level, melting ice sheets, ocean acidification, extreme clima ...
... •Without action on greenhouse gases, global temperature will rise 2-4°C, and maybe 6°C, this century. •Significant risk that global warming will accelerate, leading to sudden or irreversible climate change. •Rising temperature, rising sea level, melting ice sheets, ocean acidification, extreme clima ...
Climate Change Science Update
... Water vapour is another major greenhouse gas but human activity doesn’t directly influence its level. However, as the planet warms due to the influence of increases in the other gases produced by our activity, then water vapour also increases more rapidly in the atmosphere. This is a form of positiv ...
... Water vapour is another major greenhouse gas but human activity doesn’t directly influence its level. However, as the planet warms due to the influence of increases in the other gases produced by our activity, then water vapour also increases more rapidly in the atmosphere. This is a form of positiv ...