Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... 6. The UK climate has also changed over the same period, and many of these changes are consistent with the warming of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 16 ...
... 6. The UK climate has also changed over the same period, and many of these changes are consistent with the warming of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 16 ...
Climate Satellites Affirmative - NDI - 2011
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
Glantz 2004 - Ilan Kelman
... Societies worldwide have increasingly come to realize the extent to which their activities (e.g., industrialization processes and land-use practices) can affect the chemical composition and workings of the atmosphere, from the local to the global level. As a result, an increasing number of governmen ...
... Societies worldwide have increasingly come to realize the extent to which their activities (e.g., industrialization processes and land-use practices) can affect the chemical composition and workings of the atmosphere, from the local to the global level. As a result, an increasing number of governmen ...
Global Catastrophic Risks - The Global Priorities Project
... of the population at risk), intensity (how badly this population would be affected), and probability (how likely the disaster is to occur).4 A fatal car crash is a personal catastrophe: a small number of unfortunate victims suffer a severe harm. Most genocides are examples of local catastrophes: tho ...
... of the population at risk), intensity (how badly this population would be affected), and probability (how likely the disaster is to occur).4 A fatal car crash is a personal catastrophe: a small number of unfortunate victims suffer a severe harm. Most genocides are examples of local catastrophes: tho ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... The existing literature also highlights the characteristics and attitudes that are associated with different WTP for mitigating climate change. Cameron (2005) used a convenience sample of college students and found that respondents who are more certain about a given increase in average temperatures ...
... The existing literature also highlights the characteristics and attitudes that are associated with different WTP for mitigating climate change. Cameron (2005) used a convenience sample of college students and found that respondents who are more certain about a given increase in average temperatures ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... with which we work as long as they stand up to tests, and of which we are never justified in saying that we know they are ‘true’. . . .”3 Nonetheless, the idea that there is such a thing as climate change is as close to established scientific fact as one can get. At its last meeting in February 20 ...
... with which we work as long as they stand up to tests, and of which we are never justified in saying that we know they are ‘true’. . . .”3 Nonetheless, the idea that there is such a thing as climate change is as close to established scientific fact as one can get. At its last meeting in February 20 ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on
... development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It follows that research attempting to assess the future availability of regional water resources would incorporate both aspects into their modeling methods. The ...
... development. Changes in either or both of these factors can significantly alter the volume and timing of runoff throughout the watershed. It follows that research attempting to assess the future availability of regional water resources would incorporate both aspects into their modeling methods. The ...
Predicting the impact of ocean acidification on coral reefs
... 2014). Photosynthetic rate of a reef community changes with available irradiance and other factors such as community composition, nutrient, water motion, herbivore grazing, etc. If Gnet is measured using the alkalinity depletion method (Kinsey 1978; Smith and Kinsey 1978) the result is greatly modif ...
... 2014). Photosynthetic rate of a reef community changes with available irradiance and other factors such as community composition, nutrient, water motion, herbivore grazing, etc. If Gnet is measured using the alkalinity depletion method (Kinsey 1978; Smith and Kinsey 1978) the result is greatly modif ...
Glacial Variability Over the Last Two Million Years: An Extended
... obliquity is anomalously large. During the early Pleistocene deglaciations occur nearly every obliquity cycle giving a 40 Ka timescale, while late Pleistocene deglaciations more often skip one or two obliquity beats, corresponding to 80 or 120 Ka glacial cycles which, on average, give the "100 Ka va ...
... obliquity is anomalously large. During the early Pleistocene deglaciations occur nearly every obliquity cycle giving a 40 Ka timescale, while late Pleistocene deglaciations more often skip one or two obliquity beats, corresponding to 80 or 120 Ka glacial cycles which, on average, give the "100 Ka va ...
solas 2015-2025 - Surface Ocean
... Research (SCOR), Future Earth, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP). The human biogeochemical footprint on the planet is now so large that future quality and sustainability of environmental resources will ...
... Research (SCOR), Future Earth, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), and the International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP). The human biogeochemical footprint on the planet is now so large that future quality and sustainability of environmental resources will ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... acting as watchdogs and campaigning on social issues — are especially relevant. Media coverage will also provide a vital link between the science and the service providers upon which much will depend. For African journalists, coverage of climate change means several things. At home, it can save live ...
... acting as watchdogs and campaigning on social issues — are especially relevant. Media coverage will also provide a vital link between the science and the service providers upon which much will depend. For African journalists, coverage of climate change means several things. At home, it can save live ...
Carbon cycle implications of terrestrial weathering changes since
... steady decrease in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Although the model used rudimentary parameterizations derived from early general circulation models and experimental data, it built a foundation for future long-term carbon cycle model studies. Berner et al. (1983) (commonly referred to a ...
... steady decrease in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. Although the model used rudimentary parameterizations derived from early general circulation models and experimental data, it built a foundation for future long-term carbon cycle model studies. Berner et al. (1983) (commonly referred to a ...
Is Ocean Fertilization a Good Carbon Sequestration Option?
... There is remarkable agreement among results of computer simulations by different research groups, all showing that iron-fertilization in HNLC ocean regions would not consistently “zero out” global CO2 output under any realistic global CO2 emissions scenario. The Southern Ocean is generally held as t ...
... There is remarkable agreement among results of computer simulations by different research groups, all showing that iron-fertilization in HNLC ocean regions would not consistently “zero out” global CO2 output under any realistic global CO2 emissions scenario. The Southern Ocean is generally held as t ...
Distributions and climate effects of atmospheric aerosols from the
... which leads to a decrease in the total cloud water (Lohmann and Feichter, 2005). There is also a semi-direct effect, in which aerosols, such as black carbon (BC) and soil dust particles, absorb solar radiation and warm the surrounding atmosphere, resulting in a change in liquid/ice water content due ...
... which leads to a decrease in the total cloud water (Lohmann and Feichter, 2005). There is also a semi-direct effect, in which aerosols, such as black carbon (BC) and soil dust particles, absorb solar radiation and warm the surrounding atmosphere, resulting in a change in liquid/ice water content due ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
CSC Report_Laura Roth_geändert 07.04
... Climate change is one of the most tremendous environmental problems that the world is facing nowadays. Scientific evidence shows unequivocally that the climate system is warming (IPCC, 2007a). The impacts of climate change are already beginning to be experienced and no country or region of the world ...
... Climate change is one of the most tremendous environmental problems that the world is facing nowadays. Scientific evidence shows unequivocally that the climate system is warming (IPCC, 2007a). The impacts of climate change are already beginning to be experienced and no country or region of the world ...
the age of alaskan wildfires
... The number of large western wildfires burning every year, on average, across the western U.S. has been on the rise since the 1970s. In a 42-year analysis of large wildfires (larger than 1,000 acres) on U.S. Forest Service land, Climate Central found that the number of wildfires burning now is at lea ...
... The number of large western wildfires burning every year, on average, across the western U.S. has been on the rise since the 1970s. In a 42-year analysis of large wildfires (larger than 1,000 acres) on U.S. Forest Service land, Climate Central found that the number of wildfires burning now is at lea ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... work several years ago, some of the the old school geopolitical theoreticians from the first half of the 20th century. They actually emphasized climate factors in a way that perhaps could be fruitful in a context of global climate change analysis. However, the basic climate argument of geopolitical ...
... work several years ago, some of the the old school geopolitical theoreticians from the first half of the 20th century. They actually emphasized climate factors in a way that perhaps could be fruitful in a context of global climate change analysis. However, the basic climate argument of geopolitical ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... included new scenarios for future concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. The IPCC’s AR5 also ushered in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), providing new output from a suite of General Circulation Models running standardized simulation experiments. This ...
... included new scenarios for future concentrations of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere. The IPCC’s AR5 also ushered in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), providing new output from a suite of General Circulation Models running standardized simulation experiments. This ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... in the Lower Mekong Basin. Our approach deviates from policy-oriented studies on climate change and transboundary water governance, which tend to focus on climate scenarios and normative policies aimed at increasing resilience (Easthamet al. 2008; Cooley et al. 2009; Goulden et al. 2009; TKK and RC ...
... in the Lower Mekong Basin. Our approach deviates from policy-oriented studies on climate change and transboundary water governance, which tend to focus on climate scenarios and normative policies aimed at increasing resilience (Easthamet al. 2008; Cooley et al. 2009; Goulden et al. 2009; TKK and RC ...
Global warming hiatus
A global warming hiatus, also sometimes referred to as a global warming pause or a global warming slowdown, is a period of relatively little change in globally averaged surface temperatures. In the current episode of global warming many such periods are evident in the surface temperature record, along with robust evidence of the long term warming trend.The exceptionally warm El Niño year of 1998 was an outlier from the continuing temperature trend, and so gave the appearance of a hiatus: by January 2006 assertions had been made that this showed that global warming had stopped. A 2009 study showed that decades without warming were not exceptional, and in 2011 a study showed that if allowances were made for known variability, the rising temperature trend continued unabated. There was increased public interest in 2013 in the run-up to publication of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and despite concerns that a 15-year period was too short to determine a meaningful trend, the IPCC included a section on a hiatus, which it defined as a much smaller increasing linear trend over the 15 years from 1998 to 2012, than over the 60 years from 1951 to 2012. Various studies examined possible causes of the short term slowdown. Even though the overall climate system had continued to accumulate energy due to Earth's positive energy budget, the available temperature readings at the earth's surface indicated slower rates of increase in surface warming than in the prior decade. Since measurements at the top of the atmosphere show that Earth is receiving more energy than it is radiating back into space, the retained energy should be producing warming in at least one of the five parts of Earth's climate system.A July 2015 paper on the updated NOAA dataset cast doubt on the existence of this supposed hiatus, and found no indication of a slowdown. This analysis incorporated the latest corrections for known biases in ocean temperature measurements, and new land temperature data. Scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study, though the view was expressed that the short term warming trend had been slower than in previous periods of the same length.