2009 Climate Change - The Bush School of Government and Public
... certainty; the validity of climate models; the role of human causes; climate change's likely effects; relevant timelines; importance of mitigation and adaptation strategies; and preferred policy solutions. We examine each of these dimensions below. 3.1 Understanding of Climate Change Due to the impo ...
... certainty; the validity of climate models; the role of human causes; climate change's likely effects; relevant timelines; importance of mitigation and adaptation strategies; and preferred policy solutions. We examine each of these dimensions below. 3.1 Understanding of Climate Change Due to the impo ...
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... Research findings from five major areas are consistent with an increase in the rate of annual actual ...
... Research findings from five major areas are consistent with an increase in the rate of annual actual ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... illustrates the huge magnitude of natural climate change. The early Cenozoic was very warm – indeed, polar regions had tropical-like conditions with alligators in Alaska (Markwick, 1998). There were no large ice sheets on the planet, so sea level was about 70 meters higher than today. Fig. 1 shows e ...
... illustrates the huge magnitude of natural climate change. The early Cenozoic was very warm – indeed, polar regions had tropical-like conditions with alligators in Alaska (Markwick, 1998). There were no large ice sheets on the planet, so sea level was about 70 meters higher than today. Fig. 1 shows e ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... illustrates the huge magnitude of natural climate change. The early Cenozoic was very warm – indeed, polar regions had tropical-like conditions with alligators in Alaska (Markwick, 1998). There were no large ice sheets on the planet, so sea level was about 70 meters higher than today. Fig. 1 shows e ...
... illustrates the huge magnitude of natural climate change. The early Cenozoic was very warm – indeed, polar regions had tropical-like conditions with alligators in Alaska (Markwick, 1998). There were no large ice sheets on the planet, so sea level was about 70 meters higher than today. Fig. 1 shows e ...
Project Summary
... 0.67 inches per decade in Delaware46, a range that is consistent with other estimates (Brown, 1978; Anderson et al., 1984; Kirshen et al., 2008; Koohzare et al., 2008). The combined effects of thermal expansion, increases in meltwater, a subsiding coast, and potential changes in ocean circulation ma ...
... 0.67 inches per decade in Delaware46, a range that is consistent with other estimates (Brown, 1978; Anderson et al., 1984; Kirshen et al., 2008; Koohzare et al., 2008). The combined effects of thermal expansion, increases in meltwater, a subsiding coast, and potential changes in ocean circulation ma ...
Climate Change and Doom Tourism
... Over the last thirty years, several events have supported the contention by the ‘green movement’ that economic development and growth may be inconsistent with the world’s environmental carrying capacity. These events included a series of high-profile environmental disasters, escalation in human indu ...
... Over the last thirty years, several events have supported the contention by the ‘green movement’ that economic development and growth may be inconsistent with the world’s environmental carrying capacity. These events included a series of high-profile environmental disasters, escalation in human indu ...
Climate change scenarios for Peru and Ecuador
... The ECHAM climate model has been developed from the ECMWF atmospheric model (therefore the first part of its name: EC) and a comprehensive parameterisation package developed at Hamburg therefore the abbreviation HAM) which allows the model to be used for climate simulations. The model is a spectral ...
... The ECHAM climate model has been developed from the ECMWF atmospheric model (therefore the first part of its name: EC) and a comprehensive parameterisation package developed at Hamburg therefore the abbreviation HAM) which allows the model to be used for climate simulations. The model is a spectral ...
Radiative forcing of climate by historical land cover change
... of land cover change does not carry with it a large oceanic cooling commitment. This is in contrast to the effect of greenhouse gas forcing where the large thermal memory of the ocean has resulted in differences as large as 0.61!C in the UVic model between transient and equilibrium simulations of th ...
... of land cover change does not carry with it a large oceanic cooling commitment. This is in contrast to the effect of greenhouse gas forcing where the large thermal memory of the ocean has resulted in differences as large as 0.61!C in the UVic model between transient and equilibrium simulations of th ...
Training Your People How to Think About Climate Change
... be extended. Climate researchers extend the data backward by using surrogate data from river flow records, tree-ring data, ice-core sampling, and other sources. This methodology requires very sophisticated statistical analysis to cope with the uneven geographical distribution of such data sources. A ...
... be extended. Climate researchers extend the data backward by using surrogate data from river flow records, tree-ring data, ice-core sampling, and other sources. This methodology requires very sophisticated statistical analysis to cope with the uneven geographical distribution of such data sources. A ...
Midterms are about motivated voters
... Congress has a major election coming up in November. Every single member of the House of Representatives is up for election and 36 of the Senate seats up for election as well. This is an important part of the democratic process because obviously President Obama can get more things done if there are ...
... Congress has a major election coming up in November. Every single member of the House of Representatives is up for election and 36 of the Senate seats up for election as well. This is an important part of the democratic process because obviously President Obama can get more things done if there are ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
Climate Change Impacts on South American Rangelands
... projected to occur over tropical South America and, generally, in the most continental regions such as inner Amazonia (Fig. 2). However, all of South America is very likely to warm during this century. Seasonal variations in warming are relatively modest. The projected warming trends indicate larger ...
... projected to occur over tropical South America and, generally, in the most continental regions such as inner Amazonia (Fig. 2). However, all of South America is very likely to warm during this century. Seasonal variations in warming are relatively modest. The projected warming trends indicate larger ...
Appealed to ITU and its Administrations to ensure the absolute
... surface (including ocean surface) from all parts of the globe and from outer space. GOS mainly relays on remote sensing equipment placed on satellites, aircrafts, radiosondes, as well as meteorological radars on the Earth and at sea. The system ensures that critical information is available to every ...
... surface (including ocean surface) from all parts of the globe and from outer space. GOS mainly relays on remote sensing equipment placed on satellites, aircrafts, radiosondes, as well as meteorological radars on the Earth and at sea. The system ensures that critical information is available to every ...
HOAPS potential improvements and studies
... changed the mixed-phase cloud parametrisation. A number of studies have shown that models underestimate the amount of cloud water in Arctic and Antarctic mixed-phase clouds (Beesley et al 2000 and Klein et. al. 2009). The ECMWF model was found to have a large underestimate of LWP in a model inter-co ...
... changed the mixed-phase cloud parametrisation. A number of studies have shown that models underestimate the amount of cloud water in Arctic and Antarctic mixed-phase clouds (Beesley et al 2000 and Klein et. al. 2009). The ECMWF model was found to have a large underestimate of LWP in a model inter-co ...
- b2match
... ERANET: Cross-sector impact assessments Topics identified and proposed for CRA at BF 1. Cross-sectoral and/or cross-scale climate change impact assessments 2. Integration of biophysical impact estimates with economic models 3. Developing pathways to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agr ...
... ERANET: Cross-sector impact assessments Topics identified and proposed for CRA at BF 1. Cross-sectoral and/or cross-scale climate change impact assessments 2. Integration of biophysical impact estimates with economic models 3. Developing pathways to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agr ...
Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions in
... The precise details of the externally forced signal used are unimportant, since the magnitude of this signal is changing over time: our aim here is simply to provide an indication of its importance for predictability relative to initial condition information. Figure 2 shows B, the measure of predict ...
... The precise details of the externally forced signal used are unimportant, since the magnitude of this signal is changing over time: our aim here is simply to provide an indication of its importance for predictability relative to initial condition information. Figure 2 shows B, the measure of predict ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
8-Impacts_climate_variabilitychange
... Africa is one of the most vulnerable region to the negative impacts of present and any future climate variability and change. Availability of long-term, hiqh quality data with good spatial coverage that is represantative of all climatological zones , is critical for understanding past and present cl ...
... Africa is one of the most vulnerable region to the negative impacts of present and any future climate variability and change. Availability of long-term, hiqh quality data with good spatial coverage that is represantative of all climatological zones , is critical for understanding past and present cl ...
Atmospheric moisture transport: the bridge between ocean
... fact that the sea ice cover is decreasing. Such an increment is consistent and is more dependent on the transport of moisture from the extratropical regions to the Arctic that has increased in recent decades and is expected to increase within a warming climate. This increase could be due either to c ...
... fact that the sea ice cover is decreasing. Such an increment is consistent and is more dependent on the transport of moisture from the extratropical regions to the Arctic that has increased in recent decades and is expected to increase within a warming climate. This increase could be due either to c ...
Challenge of Weather and Climate
... Highest sunshine hours are recorded over Snowdonia. There is generally more sunshine in the east than the west. The North Atlantic Drift has a warming effect in winter. The prevailing winds blow from the east. Built up areas such as London produce a heat island effect. Upland areas tend to record lo ...
... Highest sunshine hours are recorded over Snowdonia. There is generally more sunshine in the east than the west. The North Atlantic Drift has a warming effect in winter. The prevailing winds blow from the east. Built up areas such as London produce a heat island effect. Upland areas tend to record lo ...
Health & Safety – risk assessment
... averages and extremes. Temperature changes affect urban dwellers in many ways, influencing their health and comfort, energy costs, air quality and visibility levels, water availability and quality, ecological services, recreation, and overall quality of life. Source: Arizona State University http:// ...
... averages and extremes. Temperature changes affect urban dwellers in many ways, influencing their health and comfort, energy costs, air quality and visibility levels, water availability and quality, ecological services, recreation, and overall quality of life. Source: Arizona State University http:// ...
Climate Services - American Meteorological Society
... • 9 billion people by 2050 (50% increase) • Increasing urbanization into mega-cities – 4 billion new city dwellers, aging populations, overdevelopment in coastal regions, and regions with limited water supply • Income inequality growing within nations and between nations ...
... • 9 billion people by 2050 (50% increase) • Increasing urbanization into mega-cities – 4 billion new city dwellers, aging populations, overdevelopment in coastal regions, and regions with limited water supply • Income inequality growing within nations and between nations ...
Costs of Climate Change in Developed Countries
... line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue lines show the full range. Yield changes were based on monthly temperature and rainfall data from the Hadley Centre climate model. Using other climate models produces a greater increase in yield at low l ...
... line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue lines show the full range. Yield changes were based on monthly temperature and rainfall data from the Hadley Centre climate model. Using other climate models produces a greater increase in yield at low l ...
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.