Terrestrial Ecosystem Response to Climate
... Northeast monsoons (Oct. – Feb) – bring heavy rains to Eastern side of the islands Southwest monsoons (April – Aug) – more powerful of the two seasons – brings heavy rainfall to the western side of the islands – Eastern side of islands dry – but windy (due to rain shadow) ...
... Northeast monsoons (Oct. – Feb) – bring heavy rains to Eastern side of the islands Southwest monsoons (April – Aug) – more powerful of the two seasons – brings heavy rainfall to the western side of the islands – Eastern side of islands dry – but windy (due to rain shadow) ...
DDW11 Warming - Open Evidence Archive
... Most of atmospheric gases are generated in the inner layers of the Earth (mostly in the mantle) over geologic history and are transferred to the upper systems (atmosphere and hydrosphere) by outgassing. Outgassing is a process of upward migration of various gases generated in the mantle and the Eart ...
... Most of atmospheric gases are generated in the inner layers of the Earth (mostly in the mantle) over geologic history and are transferred to the upper systems (atmosphere and hydrosphere) by outgassing. Outgassing is a process of upward migration of various gases generated in the mantle and the Eart ...
I was interested to gauge what the Environmental NGO community... recent release of the IPCC AR5 Exec Summary and in... IEAGHG Information Paper 2014-21: NGO and Media response to IPCC...
... One different item I found was a blog by Carbon Finance on Nov. 4th that quoted the International Business’ Times as UN Climate Report 2014: the End of the IPCC? The main focus of this article is the time and effort it takes to produce these report and there is a suggestion that the IPCC should cons ...
... One different item I found was a blog by Carbon Finance on Nov. 4th that quoted the International Business’ Times as UN Climate Report 2014: the End of the IPCC? The main focus of this article is the time and effort it takes to produce these report and there is a suggestion that the IPCC should cons ...
Scientific Shortcomings in the EPA`s Endangerment
... As we will also show, there were multiple instances where both the United Nations’ AR4 and the United States’ CCSP missed, omitted, ignored, or unfairly dismissed relevant portions of the refereed scientific literature that are highly germane to Proposed Endangerment. This is an additive to the prob ...
... As we will also show, there were multiple instances where both the United Nations’ AR4 and the United States’ CCSP missed, omitted, ignored, or unfairly dismissed relevant portions of the refereed scientific literature that are highly germane to Proposed Endangerment. This is an additive to the prob ...
R eports
... probability of occurrence of a particular ant species based on current and future (2080) climate derived from MaxEnt models (future minus current, such that positive values indicate increased probability of occurrence under climate warming) were considered continuous fixed effects. The calculation of ...
... probability of occurrence of a particular ant species based on current and future (2080) climate derived from MaxEnt models (future minus current, such that positive values indicate increased probability of occurrence under climate warming) were considered continuous fixed effects. The calculation of ...
Overlooked and Neglected Issues in Climate Change Studies: The Need for a
... war. We will have regional conflicts and use of force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict. ...
... war. We will have regional conflicts and use of force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict. ...
Template - Agriculture v11.indd - Business for Social Responsibility
... continue as temperatures rise further. Crops affected include staples such as wheat, maize and rice. Climate change is projected to increase price volatility for agricultural commodities, and reduce food quality. Farmers can adapt to some changes, but there is a limit to what can be managed. Adaptiv ...
... continue as temperatures rise further. Crops affected include staples such as wheat, maize and rice. Climate change is projected to increase price volatility for agricultural commodities, and reduce food quality. Farmers can adapt to some changes, but there is a limit to what can be managed. Adaptiv ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Organisms and Ecosystems
... Timescales of Temperature Change Earth’s climate has changed [30], and will likely continue to change [31], over multiple time scales (Table 1). Temperature change is apparent in the existing instrument record, and numerous proxies enable past temperature variations to be reconstructed [32]. Tempera ...
... Timescales of Temperature Change Earth’s climate has changed [30], and will likely continue to change [31], over multiple time scales (Table 1). Temperature change is apparent in the existing instrument record, and numerous proxies enable past temperature variations to be reconstructed [32]. Tempera ...
1 - QUBES Hub
... (University of Florida IFAS Extension), although this interaction is not mutualistic as the dogwood receives no benefit. Given your knowledge of flowering shifts with temperature in A. canadensis and C. florida as well as arrival time shifts with temperature in A. colubris and C. ladon, speculate on ...
... (University of Florida IFAS Extension), although this interaction is not mutualistic as the dogwood receives no benefit. Given your knowledge of flowering shifts with temperature in A. canadensis and C. florida as well as arrival time shifts with temperature in A. colubris and C. ladon, speculate on ...
The Earth`s atmosphere and climate.
... Variation in Greenhouse Gases (GHG) accounts for 51% of the recorded variation in temperature. Variation in Solar Radiation accounts for 71% of the recorded variation in temperature. Combined Solar Radiation and GHG explain 92% of the variation in temperature. ...
... Variation in Greenhouse Gases (GHG) accounts for 51% of the recorded variation in temperature. Variation in Solar Radiation accounts for 71% of the recorded variation in temperature. Combined Solar Radiation and GHG explain 92% of the variation in temperature. ...
NOAA Climate Services Portal Prototype
... Earth’s climate system in historical context. The Dashboard is designed for people seeking a synoptic view about what we know about climate variability and change, particularly policy leaders. Adjustable sliders up top allow users to focus on the time period of interest. Hover cursor over graphs to ...
... Earth’s climate system in historical context. The Dashboard is designed for people seeking a synoptic view about what we know about climate variability and change, particularly policy leaders. Adjustable sliders up top allow users to focus on the time period of interest. Hover cursor over graphs to ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the
... some observational data sets show the opposite behavior. Almost all model simulations show more warming in the troposphere than at the surface. This difference between models and observations may arise from errors that are common to all models, from errors in the observational data sets, or from a c ...
... some observational data sets show the opposite behavior. Almost all model simulations show more warming in the troposphere than at the surface. This difference between models and observations may arise from errors that are common to all models, from errors in the observational data sets, or from a c ...
Climate change and food production: Pakistan (Arif Goheer)
... Kathmandu-Nepal, June 27-30, 2006 ...
... Kathmandu-Nepal, June 27-30, 2006 ...
Chapter 4 The Ocean`s Role in the Hydrological Cycle
... The spatial distributions of these freshwater fluxes drive important patterns in regional and global ocean circulation, which are discussed in Chapter 5. The Southern Ocean (defined as all ocean area south of 60°S) deserves special mention due to its role in the storage of heat (and carbon) for the ...
... The spatial distributions of these freshwater fluxes drive important patterns in regional and global ocean circulation, which are discussed in Chapter 5. The Southern Ocean (defined as all ocean area south of 60°S) deserves special mention due to its role in the storage of heat (and carbon) for the ...
77% 20% PIPA/KN 6/2004 - WorldPublicOpinion.org
... countries will be meeting in Scotland, July 6-8 at what is called the G-8 Summit. One of the major topics for discussion will be climate change or global warming. Do you think that if the leaders of these other countries are willing to act to limit the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, Pre ...
... countries will be meeting in Scotland, July 6-8 at what is called the G-8 Summit. One of the major topics for discussion will be climate change or global warming. Do you think that if the leaders of these other countries are willing to act to limit the greenhouse gases that cause climate change, Pre ...
The ECO-ACTIVE guide to the Science and Impacts of Climate
... Even when all the cycles favour the formation of glaciers, the increase in winter snowfall and decrease in summer melt is barely sufficient to trigger glaciation, and not sufficient to develop large ice sheets. The growth of ice sheets requires the support of a positive feedback loop. One such ’loop ...
... Even when all the cycles favour the formation of glaciers, the increase in winter snowfall and decrease in summer melt is barely sufficient to trigger glaciation, and not sufficient to develop large ice sheets. The growth of ice sheets requires the support of a positive feedback loop. One such ’loop ...
Global systems
... arrive within 3 to 22 centuries. While this may seem like a long timeframe, compared with all but one of the other five mass extinctions it is considered by palaeobiologists to be fast. The most abrupt mass extinction, in which an estimated 76 per cent of species (including dinosaurs) were wiped out ...
... arrive within 3 to 22 centuries. While this may seem like a long timeframe, compared with all but one of the other five mass extinctions it is considered by palaeobiologists to be fast. The most abrupt mass extinction, in which an estimated 76 per cent of species (including dinosaurs) were wiped out ...
Penny Whetton
... Greater risks to major infrastructure due to increases in extreme weather events, including bush fire More damage to buildings, transport services, energy services, telecommunications and water services ...
... Greater risks to major infrastructure due to increases in extreme weather events, including bush fire More damage to buildings, transport services, energy services, telecommunications and water services ...
Policy Makers Versus People
... key values of democratic governance: inclusiveness, or equal consideration of everyone’s preferences; and deliberation, a process of discussion in which people weigh competing arguments based on their merits. The idea was to create an atmosphere of mutual respect in which the participants avoided po ...
... key values of democratic governance: inclusiveness, or equal consideration of everyone’s preferences; and deliberation, a process of discussion in which people weigh competing arguments based on their merits. The idea was to create an atmosphere of mutual respect in which the participants avoided po ...
Carbon cycle changes in the North Pacific
... at the workshop, suggesting that great progress had been made since June. The synthesis manuscripts generated from this workshop are being assembled into a special journal volume on the North Pacific carbon cycle, and should be published in 2005. Air-sea fluxes Many new ideas were introduced and exa ...
... at the workshop, suggesting that great progress had been made since June. The synthesis manuscripts generated from this workshop are being assembled into a special journal volume on the North Pacific carbon cycle, and should be published in 2005. Air-sea fluxes Many new ideas were introduced and exa ...
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.