ATM306-Lecture
... • How rapidly is climate changing compared to earlier changes? • Have precipitation and atmospheric moisture changed? • Are atmospheric/oceanic circulations changing? • Has climate variability (e.g., extremes) changed? ...
... • How rapidly is climate changing compared to earlier changes? • Have precipitation and atmospheric moisture changed? • Are atmospheric/oceanic circulations changing? • Has climate variability (e.g., extremes) changed? ...
Climate Change & Agriculture - Agricultural Marketing Policy Center
... Hypotheses • Observed changes are anthropogenic (caused by human GHG emissions) • Impacts (costs) of CC will be sufficient to warrant mitigation or adaptation • Mitigation actions can reduce climate change and are more cost effective than adaptation ...
... Hypotheses • Observed changes are anthropogenic (caused by human GHG emissions) • Impacts (costs) of CC will be sufficient to warrant mitigation or adaptation • Mitigation actions can reduce climate change and are more cost effective than adaptation ...
The Forest Service Climate Change Performance Scorecard
... The Forest Service Climate Change Performance Scorecard Each national forest and grassland is expected to do seven of the following by 2015: ...
... The Forest Service Climate Change Performance Scorecard Each national forest and grassland is expected to do seven of the following by 2015: ...
LØGMÁLARÁÐIÐ
... • Cross-sector group mandated to propose emission reduction targets and climate action plan • Public hearing of all major stakeholders • Political consultation of all political parties on target and policy • Emission cuts unanimously resolved by Parliament • Climate action plan to be implemented by ...
... • Cross-sector group mandated to propose emission reduction targets and climate action plan • Public hearing of all major stakeholders • Political consultation of all political parties on target and policy • Emission cuts unanimously resolved by Parliament • Climate action plan to be implemented by ...
The science debate behind climate change
... the new crystal structure that forms when water molecules are under high pressure. Each layer of ice is observable using spectroscopic techniques, but in some cases, when there was a volcanic eruption, for example, the layers are even discernible to the naked eye. The snow that forms glacial ice hol ...
... the new crystal structure that forms when water molecules are under high pressure. Each layer of ice is observable using spectroscopic techniques, but in some cases, when there was a volcanic eruption, for example, the layers are even discernible to the naked eye. The snow that forms glacial ice hol ...
The Future
... About: ABRUBT CLIMATE CHANGE • Some large natural climate changes have occurred abruptly. • In some instances, the average global temperature has risen or fallen >8º C in less than 10 years, and at least one in as little as 5 years. An increase of 6° C in this century would be considered an abrupt c ...
... About: ABRUBT CLIMATE CHANGE • Some large natural climate changes have occurred abruptly. • In some instances, the average global temperature has risen or fallen >8º C in less than 10 years, and at least one in as little as 5 years. An increase of 6° C in this century would be considered an abrupt c ...
Derivation of the temperature increase equation: ΔT = 1.66 ln (C/Co)
... heating only occurs at the Earth’s surface (Grey atmosphere). There is no convection and scattering can be neglected. Finally, we assume local thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that in a localised atmospheric volume below 40kms we consider it to be isotropic (emission is non- directional) with a ...
... heating only occurs at the Earth’s surface (Grey atmosphere). There is no convection and scattering can be neglected. Finally, we assume local thermodynamic equilibrium. This means that in a localised atmospheric volume below 40kms we consider it to be isotropic (emission is non- directional) with a ...
Climate Change Misconceptions
... The climate is always changing or it has changed many times in the past before humans began burning coal and oil. So there is no reason to believe humans are causing global warming today. Confusion about the anthropogenic contributions to atmospheric warming due to a general misunderstanding of the ...
... The climate is always changing or it has changed many times in the past before humans began burning coal and oil. So there is no reason to believe humans are causing global warming today. Confusion about the anthropogenic contributions to atmospheric warming due to a general misunderstanding of the ...
Slide 1
... Outline – past, present and future of climate in the Sahel 1. oceanic forcing dominant in late 20th century droughts - what role for land-atmosphere interaction? 2. late 20th century response to anthropogenic forcings - roles of GreenHouse Gases and (sulfate) aerosols 3. why the uncertainty in proj ...
... Outline – past, present and future of climate in the Sahel 1. oceanic forcing dominant in late 20th century droughts - what role for land-atmosphere interaction? 2. late 20th century response to anthropogenic forcings - roles of GreenHouse Gases and (sulfate) aerosols 3. why the uncertainty in proj ...
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... •Models now being used in applications by major climate modeling groups better simulate seasonally varying patterns of precipitation, mean sea level pressure and surface air temperature than the models relied on by these same groups at the time of the IPCC Third Assessment Repport (TAR). •Model glob ...
... •Models now being used in applications by major climate modeling groups better simulate seasonally varying patterns of precipitation, mean sea level pressure and surface air temperature than the models relied on by these same groups at the time of the IPCC Third Assessment Repport (TAR). •Model glob ...
Maslowski powerpoint presentation (Dec. 2007)
... • What have been the main ocean / sea ice / atmosphere processes and Arctic system feedbacks that have led to the observed retreat of Arctic sea ice cover over the past 50 years? • What effect will the retreat of sea ice cover and warming of the upper ocean through 2007 have on atmospheric circulati ...
... • What have been the main ocean / sea ice / atmosphere processes and Arctic system feedbacks that have led to the observed retreat of Arctic sea ice cover over the past 50 years? • What effect will the retreat of sea ice cover and warming of the upper ocean through 2007 have on atmospheric circulati ...
Climate Change Streamflow Scenarios for Critical Period Water
... streamflow scenarios deriving from different climate model scenarios, different downscaling methods, or different hydrologic ...
... streamflow scenarios deriving from different climate model scenarios, different downscaling methods, or different hydrologic ...
Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris
... Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris The annual climate talks are under way in Paris, France. The event is titled Conference of the Parties (COP) and, because this is 21st time for these specific world meetings, this time it has the short form COP 21. The “Parties” include almost all of the Eart ...
... Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris The annual climate talks are under way in Paris, France. The event is titled Conference of the Parties (COP) and, because this is 21st time for these specific world meetings, this time it has the short form COP 21. The “Parties” include almost all of the Eart ...
DISAT contribution: Development of a methodology for probabilistic
... impacts on the following sectors: health, forestry, flood risk, property damage, agriculture. Month 48 (Aug. 2008) – D6.16: Joint WP 6.2 paper: Impacts of projected changes in climate extremes over Europe to 2100: a review of key sectors. Month 54 (Feb. ...
... impacts on the following sectors: health, forestry, flood risk, property damage, agriculture. Month 48 (Aug. 2008) – D6.16: Joint WP 6.2 paper: Impacts of projected changes in climate extremes over Europe to 2100: a review of key sectors. Month 54 (Feb. ...
Climate Change Observed and Projected
... 41 et al., Journal of Climate (2004) as presented by Ben Santer, Portland 2009 Meehl ...
... 41 et al., Journal of Climate (2004) as presented by Ben Santer, Portland 2009 Meehl ...
Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know
... Ultimately, the question of greatest interest to most water managers is how will runoff values change in the future? While the difficulty of combining known temperature‐induced losses with unknown precipitation changes makes this a difficult question, it is increasingly evident that the strong war ...
... Ultimately, the question of greatest interest to most water managers is how will runoff values change in the future? While the difficulty of combining known temperature‐induced losses with unknown precipitation changes makes this a difficult question, it is increasingly evident that the strong war ...
IPCCreport - World Water Council
... Water at the Heart of Future Climate Change The recently released IPCC report1 presents both a thorough diagnosis and a prognostic of the future of the climate on Earth. It basically confirms and qualifies previously reported predictions, especially those in the third IPCC assessment released in 200 ...
... Water at the Heart of Future Climate Change The recently released IPCC report1 presents both a thorough diagnosis and a prognostic of the future of the climate on Earth. It basically confirms and qualifies previously reported predictions, especially those in the third IPCC assessment released in 200 ...
RCP8.5 - Climasouth
... • It is applicable for downscaling in all regions of the world and of most of the Global Climate ...
... • It is applicable for downscaling in all regions of the world and of most of the Global Climate ...
help - Alice Ferguson Foundation
... WasteWise Projects o To both reduce Waste and GHGs, EPA is working with Partners & Stakeholders through existing and new projects… such as ...
... WasteWise Projects o To both reduce Waste and GHGs, EPA is working with Partners & Stakeholders through existing and new projects… such as ...
Opening remarks to the NELA conference
... 10. Today’s NELA conference, with its focus on planning, climate, and environmental law, highlights not only the multidisciplinary nature of any solution to anthropogenic climate change but, also, the central role that the law will play at all levels, from the international stage down to the local c ...
... 10. Today’s NELA conference, with its focus on planning, climate, and environmental law, highlights not only the multidisciplinary nature of any solution to anthropogenic climate change but, also, the central role that the law will play at all levels, from the international stage down to the local c ...