THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... Societies may be lulled into believing that an anthropogenic forcing is having little or no effect on the global environment when in fact a dangerous threshold is being approached. The paleo-record gives unequivocal evidence of abrupt change in the recent past.8 The significance of abrupt changes su ...
... Societies may be lulled into believing that an anthropogenic forcing is having little or no effect on the global environment when in fact a dangerous threshold is being approached. The paleo-record gives unequivocal evidence of abrupt change in the recent past.8 The significance of abrupt changes su ...
Deputy Secretary-General
... earthquakes. As can been seen, the NMHSs are central to arrangements related to early warnings in all countries for a wide range of natural and human-induced disasters. ...
... earthquakes. As can been seen, the NMHSs are central to arrangements related to early warnings in all countries for a wide range of natural and human-induced disasters. ...
LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET CONSECTETUER
... • Develop and validate algorithms to meet GCOS ECV requirements for (consistent, stable, error-characterized) global satellite data products from multi-sensor data archives • Optimize impact of ESA EO missions data on climate data records • Produce, within R&D context, most complete and consistent p ...
... • Develop and validate algorithms to meet GCOS ECV requirements for (consistent, stable, error-characterized) global satellite data products from multi-sensor data archives • Optimize impact of ESA EO missions data on climate data records • Produce, within R&D context, most complete and consistent p ...
A decade of success in ocean remote sensing and a vision for the
... phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of the annual net primary production on Earth [1] and that the globally-integrated response of the phytoplankton to climate variations can be notably stronger than parallel changes in terrestrial plants [2]. In the last decade, it has been further shown ...
... phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of the annual net primary production on Earth [1] and that the globally-integrated response of the phytoplankton to climate variations can be notably stronger than parallel changes in terrestrial plants [2]. In the last decade, it has been further shown ...
Expected changes in future temperature extremes
... Immerzeel et al., 2010; Maskey et al., 2011; Shrestha and Aryal, 2011). In line with global climate projection, this warming is expected to continue into the future under enhanced greenhouse gas forcing (IPCC, 2007). A primary concern in estimating impacts from climate changes are the potential chan ...
... Immerzeel et al., 2010; Maskey et al., 2011; Shrestha and Aryal, 2011). In line with global climate projection, this warming is expected to continue into the future under enhanced greenhouse gas forcing (IPCC, 2007). A primary concern in estimating impacts from climate changes are the potential chan ...
Educator Guide - The Field Museum
... begins with a description or statement indicating the focus of the gallery. We then outline the main stories told within the gallery. • We also provide Guiding Questions that can be answered through exploration in each gallery. Guiding questions are a great way to focus your students’ learning. The ...
... begins with a description or statement indicating the focus of the gallery. We then outline the main stories told within the gallery. • We also provide Guiding Questions that can be answered through exploration in each gallery. Guiding questions are a great way to focus your students’ learning. The ...
Global Climatic Variation and Energy Use
... for every 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature. The sea level currently rises by about 3 mm or 0.1 in per year on average. High clouds are effective at absorbing infrared radiation then reradiating it, further heating the Earth. On the other hand, low lying stratocumulus clouds reflect some radi ...
... for every 1 degree Celsius increase in temperature. The sea level currently rises by about 3 mm or 0.1 in per year on average. High clouds are effective at absorbing infrared radiation then reradiating it, further heating the Earth. On the other hand, low lying stratocumulus clouds reflect some radi ...
WATCH: Current Knowledge of the Terrestrial Global Water Cycle
... satellite data. At the global scale the precipitation datasets do differ in their totals, although their interannual variability and trends are largely similar. The mean annual land precipitation estimates vary from 96 286 to 118 006 km3 yr21 (743–926 mm yr21) for the years 1979– 99 (Biemans et al. ...
... satellite data. At the global scale the precipitation datasets do differ in their totals, although their interannual variability and trends are largely similar. The mean annual land precipitation estimates vary from 96 286 to 118 006 km3 yr21 (743–926 mm yr21) for the years 1979– 99 (Biemans et al. ...
Global and Climate Change
... than previously estimated • Global CO2 emissions since 2000 have been higher than even the highest predictions • Arctic sea ice has been melting at rates much faster than predicted • Sea level rise has become more rapid • Feedbacks in the climate system might lead to much more rapid climate changes ...
... than previously estimated • Global CO2 emissions since 2000 have been higher than even the highest predictions • Arctic sea ice has been melting at rates much faster than predicted • Sea level rise has become more rapid • Feedbacks in the climate system might lead to much more rapid climate changes ...
Impacts of Europe`s changing climate
... Various adaptation measures are available to reduce these risks. But there are limits to adaptation: due to the thermal inertia of the oceans, sea‑level rise would not stop by 2100 even if greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilised. Over a period of centuries and millennia, a very large SLR could ...
... Various adaptation measures are available to reduce these risks. But there are limits to adaptation: due to the thermal inertia of the oceans, sea‑level rise would not stop by 2100 even if greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilised. Over a period of centuries and millennia, a very large SLR could ...
Climate Change and Children - Nemours Children`s Health System
... CO2 is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. CO2 is not destroyed chemically; its removal from the atmosphere occurs through multiple processes that store the carbon transiently in land and ocean reservoirs and ultimately in mineral deposits [1]. Natural processes currently remove about h ...
... CO2 is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas. CO2 is not destroyed chemically; its removal from the atmosphere occurs through multiple processes that store the carbon transiently in land and ocean reservoirs and ultimately in mineral deposits [1]. Natural processes currently remove about h ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... TMT records, significant global-scale tropospheric warming has occurred within the last 18 years. Finally, longstanding concerns are examined regarding discrepancies in modeled and observed vertical profiles of warming in the tropical atmosphere. It is shown that amplification of tropical warming be ...
... TMT records, significant global-scale tropospheric warming has occurred within the last 18 years. Finally, longstanding concerns are examined regarding discrepancies in modeled and observed vertical profiles of warming in the tropical atmosphere. It is shown that amplification of tropical warming be ...
Document
... They are not new or special and have been recorded for over a thousand years and have been very well known to the British navy for a long time and available in the Met Office library**. The Antarctic has been cooling for decades & the Arctic has started to cool in the last year or two. Ice break-up ...
... They are not new or special and have been recorded for over a thousand years and have been very well known to the British navy for a long time and available in the Met Office library**. The Antarctic has been cooling for decades & the Arctic has started to cool in the last year or two. Ice break-up ...
Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data
... one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important effect on this temperature sensitivity, but have often been neglected. Here we use a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circu ...
... one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important effect on this temperature sensitivity, but have often been neglected. Here we use a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circu ...
Speech by Mark Carney at Lloyd`s of London
... In the Northern Hemisphere the last 30 years have been the warmest since Anglo-Saxon times; indeed, eight of the ten warmest years on record in the UK have occurred since 2002; ...
... In the Northern Hemisphere the last 30 years have been the warmest since Anglo-Saxon times; indeed, eight of the ten warmest years on record in the UK have occurred since 2002; ...
Simulated Global-Mean Sea Level Changes over
... reproduction of historical surface air temperature changes does not guarantee that simulated sea level changes will be realistic, for instance because it could depend on compensating errors in climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake efficiency, in which case the sea level rise due to thermal expan ...
... reproduction of historical surface air temperature changes does not guarantee that simulated sea level changes will be realistic, for instance because it could depend on compensating errors in climate sensitivity and ocean heat uptake efficiency, in which case the sea level rise due to thermal expan ...
Valuing the Ocean: Draft Executive Summary
... research pointing to the multiple threats being faced and growing evidence of the causes behind them. Rather than benefiting from economies of scale, the ocean is the victim of a global market failure, as we continue to largely ignore the true worth of its ecosystems, services and functions, and ext ...
... research pointing to the multiple threats being faced and growing evidence of the causes behind them. Rather than benefiting from economies of scale, the ocean is the victim of a global market failure, as we continue to largely ignore the true worth of its ecosystems, services and functions, and ext ...
Greenhouse Effect - Scientist in Residence
... This simulation illustrates how the temperature of the Earth depends on the balance between the sunlight energy coming in, and the infra-red energy going out. (Just like the total amount of money in your bank account depends on the balance between how much you save and how much you spend.) This comp ...
... This simulation illustrates how the temperature of the Earth depends on the balance between the sunlight energy coming in, and the infra-red energy going out. (Just like the total amount of money in your bank account depends on the balance between how much you save and how much you spend.) This comp ...
PRESS RELEASE
... Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, emphasized that it was important for government to lead this dialogue with business on clean energy partnerships, “Government and business everywhere need to work together in public-private partnerships to cut emissions and be on the forefront of clean ...
... Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, emphasized that it was important for government to lead this dialogue with business on clean energy partnerships, “Government and business everywhere need to work together in public-private partnerships to cut emissions and be on the forefront of clean ...
3. Causes Of Beach Erosion
... Our knowledge on these processes is still incomplete and, thus, predictions are characterised by a large uncertainty ...
... Our knowledge on these processes is still incomplete and, thus, predictions are characterised by a large uncertainty ...
Climate Then & Now Lesson Plan
... In groups, have the students prepare a paper or presentation on any differences between the results of their oral history surveys and the Common Sense Climate Change Index. The paper or presentation should incorporate answers to the following questions: What were the results of the resident survey? ...
... In groups, have the students prepare a paper or presentation on any differences between the results of their oral history surveys and the Common Sense Climate Change Index. The paper or presentation should incorporate answers to the following questions: What were the results of the resident survey? ...
Topic: This module considers how climate affects our lives and
... Share the results of the climate change question with the class – what percentage thought that climate change was happening? Discuss why some might think so and others not, including lifestyle (for example, how much time do they spend outdoors?) and media consumption habits (e.g., Do they believe Al ...
... Share the results of the climate change question with the class – what percentage thought that climate change was happening? Discuss why some might think so and others not, including lifestyle (for example, how much time do they spend outdoors?) and media consumption habits (e.g., Do they believe Al ...
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.