Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final
... particularly temperature increases. • Some adaptation is occurring now, but on a limited basis. • Adaptation will be necessary to address impacts resulting from the warming which is already unavoidable due to past emissions. • A wide array of adaptation options is available, but more extensive adapt ...
... particularly temperature increases. • Some adaptation is occurring now, but on a limited basis. • Adaptation will be necessary to address impacts resulting from the warming which is already unavoidable due to past emissions. • A wide array of adaptation options is available, but more extensive adapt ...
Climate change - Shana M. McDermott, PhD
... Who is Responsible? “Many of the world’s poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emissions largely responsible for climate change — yet these places will bear most of the consequences of climate change, like extreme coastal flooding. It’s a discrepancy that held up recent United Nati ...
... Who is Responsible? “Many of the world’s poorest nations contribute the least to the fossil fuel emissions largely responsible for climate change — yet these places will bear most of the consequences of climate change, like extreme coastal flooding. It’s a discrepancy that held up recent United Nati ...
SWAN_workshop_overview_v2
... Uncertainty and variability are inevitable Climate change presents significant risks ...
... Uncertainty and variability are inevitable Climate change presents significant risks ...
Climate and Health in Missouri - Natural Resources Defense Council
... Adapted from Luber, G., et al. Human Health. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. J.M. Melillo, Terse (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, (2014): 220-256, http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/human-health ...
... Adapted from Luber, G., et al. Human Health. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. J.M. Melillo, Terse (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds. U.S. Global Change Research Program, (2014): 220-256, http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/human-health ...
Week4_orbital
... insolation was a primary driver of climate change on earth. • At the time his theory was not taken too seriously, but as climate records improved, there was clear evidence that orbital variations in solar insolation are an important component of climate change. ...
... insolation was a primary driver of climate change on earth. • At the time his theory was not taken too seriously, but as climate records improved, there was clear evidence that orbital variations in solar insolation are an important component of climate change. ...
The ocean is not a glass of water
... Abendblatt”, we have developed a series in which scientists from the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP report on their work. Ten of these articles appear in this booklet – without technical jargon and easy to understand. Did you know, for example, that sea level is not rising at the same rate all over th ...
... Abendblatt”, we have developed a series in which scientists from the Cluster of Excellence CliSAP report on their work. Ten of these articles appear in this booklet – without technical jargon and easy to understand. Did you know, for example, that sea level is not rising at the same rate all over th ...
Speaker 10
... Major tropical storms both in the Atlantic and the Pacific region have already increased since the 1970s in duration and intensity by about 50 percent (Emanuel, Nature 2005; Webster, Science 2005). Due to climate change the sea surface temperatures have increased already by 0.5°C (Barnett, Pierce, 2 ...
... Major tropical storms both in the Atlantic and the Pacific region have already increased since the 1970s in duration and intensity by about 50 percent (Emanuel, Nature 2005; Webster, Science 2005). Due to climate change the sea surface temperatures have increased already by 0.5°C (Barnett, Pierce, 2 ...
Blowin` in the wind: Short-term weather and belief in anthropogenic
... a significant effect of daily temperature on expressed beliefs about the evidence for global warming (not necessarily anthropogenic). This effect appears short lived for normal temperature variations, being strongest when just a 2-day window before the interview is considered. Exceptional heat waves ...
... a significant effect of daily temperature on expressed beliefs about the evidence for global warming (not necessarily anthropogenic). This effect appears short lived for normal temperature variations, being strongest when just a 2-day window before the interview is considered. Exceptional heat waves ...
program
... #97 Assessment of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak (Quercus suber L.) Woodlands Loss. Consequence of climate changes effects? A case study at South‐Western Portugal ‐ Augusta Costa, Manuel Madeira ...
... #97 Assessment of Mediterranean Evergreen Oak (Quercus suber L.) Woodlands Loss. Consequence of climate changes effects? A case study at South‐Western Portugal ‐ Augusta Costa, Manuel Madeira ...
Meteorology - Chariho Regional School District
... In this unit students will be introduced to the field of meteorology. They will explore the technologies that have helped make weather forecasting more accurate over time. Students will review the basic organization of the earth’s spheres and the more detailed structure of the atmosphere. Students w ...
... In this unit students will be introduced to the field of meteorology. They will explore the technologies that have helped make weather forecasting more accurate over time. Students will review the basic organization of the earth’s spheres and the more detailed structure of the atmosphere. Students w ...
Biosphere
... experienced warming and cooling lately. The question is the cause of the warming – is it caused by people releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or by natural forces such as the sun and water vapor? ...
... experienced warming and cooling lately. The question is the cause of the warming – is it caused by people releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere or by natural forces such as the sun and water vapor? ...
Earth System Processes
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
Carbon Cycle Feedbacks - QUEST
... CO2. The release of carbon due to ocean warming has produced an equivalent emission that has recently increased to 0.2 Pg C per year (Figure 2). • Peatlands, which act as a terrestrial store of carbon, accumulate faster under warm conditions, and northern peatland growth slowed during the Little Ice ...
... CO2. The release of carbon due to ocean warming has produced an equivalent emission that has recently increased to 0.2 Pg C per year (Figure 2). • Peatlands, which act as a terrestrial store of carbon, accumulate faster under warm conditions, and northern peatland growth slowed during the Little Ice ...
Helping SE Communities Think about Climate Change and Adaptation
... account for future sea-level rise. • The planners assessed what could be easily and inexpensively changed later, vs those things that would be more difficult and expensive to change later. So increased the plant’s height, but will build protective barriers when ...
... account for future sea-level rise. • The planners assessed what could be easily and inexpensively changed later, vs those things that would be more difficult and expensive to change later. So increased the plant’s height, but will build protective barriers when ...
Climate change scenarios for impact assessment in Cuba
... Climatic anomalies have always occurred in Cuba; however, during the last 4 decades important climatic variations have been observed. Naranjo & Centella (1998) have shown that the climate of Cuba is becoming warmer. Mean annual temperature has increased almost 0.5°C, with the warmest periods being i ...
... Climatic anomalies have always occurred in Cuba; however, during the last 4 decades important climatic variations have been observed. Naranjo & Centella (1998) have shown that the climate of Cuba is becoming warmer. Mean annual temperature has increased almost 0.5°C, with the warmest periods being i ...
A comprehensive approach for reducing anthropogenic climate
... Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106:20616. See also Lenton T. et al. (2008) Tipping Points in the Earth climate system, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:1786; Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (2011) Snow,Water, Ice and Permafrost i ...
... Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106:20616. See also Lenton T. et al. (2008) Tipping Points in the Earth climate system, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 105:1786; Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (2011) Snow,Water, Ice and Permafrost i ...
New UBS report highlights the high cost of climate change to global
... Research has shown that as temperatures rise beyond 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), humans can struggle to adapt to their surroundings, and mortality rates rise. As of 2015, nearly 25 percent of the cities analyzed already have median annual temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius (68 degr ...
... Research has shown that as temperatures rise beyond 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), humans can struggle to adapt to their surroundings, and mortality rates rise. As of 2015, nearly 25 percent of the cities analyzed already have median annual temperatures above 20 degrees Celsius (68 degr ...
The Consequences of a Warmer Earth
... other greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. • Millions of tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere each year from power plants that burn coal or oil, and cars that burn gasoline. Millions of trees are burned in tropical rainforest to clear the land for farming. • The amount of greenhous ...
... other greenhouse gas into the atmosphere. • Millions of tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere each year from power plants that burn coal or oil, and cars that burn gasoline. Millions of trees are burned in tropical rainforest to clear the land for farming. • The amount of greenhous ...
Effects of Global Warming on the Hydrologic Cycle
... Literature on CRB Water Supply • Global Change Research Act of 1990 called for determining the effects of climate change on national resources • Multiple studies have found that human induced increases in temperature of 2-4oC result in a runoff reduction of 10-30% over the next 30-50 years • More p ...
... Literature on CRB Water Supply • Global Change Research Act of 1990 called for determining the effects of climate change on national resources • Multiple studies have found that human induced increases in temperature of 2-4oC result in a runoff reduction of 10-30% over the next 30-50 years • More p ...
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.