Presentation Part 2
... • Recognizing the vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and climate variability on the economic development and social needs of the region: – The Heads of Governments of CARICOM member states in July 2002, endorsed the creation of a permanent capacity in the region to address climate change ...
... • Recognizing the vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and climate variability on the economic development and social needs of the region: – The Heads of Governments of CARICOM member states in July 2002, endorsed the creation of a permanent capacity in the region to address climate change ...
What we do not know in terms of adaptation
... A recent paper by Oreskes et al. in the journal Philosophy of Science asserts that “there is a gap between the scale on which models produce consistent information and the scale on which humans act”. While the large scales, such as the global mean, provide the best indicators of the state of earth’s ...
... A recent paper by Oreskes et al. in the journal Philosophy of Science asserts that “there is a gap between the scale on which models produce consistent information and the scale on which humans act”. While the large scales, such as the global mean, provide the best indicators of the state of earth’s ...
Global Warming - Year 10 Life Science
... 1993 to 2012. Rates of sea level rise are not uniform around the globe and vary from year to year. Since 1993, the rates of sea level rise to Australia’s north and northwest have been 7 to 11 millimetres per year, with rates of sea level rise on the central east and southern coasts between 2 to 5 mi ...
... 1993 to 2012. Rates of sea level rise are not uniform around the globe and vary from year to year. Since 1993, the rates of sea level rise to Australia’s north and northwest have been 7 to 11 millimetres per year, with rates of sea level rise on the central east and southern coasts between 2 to 5 mi ...
Extreme weather events and climate change
... This year the World Metrological Organisation published a report called ‘The Global Climate 20012010: a decade of climate extremes’1. In it they pointed to a twenty per cent increase in lives lost in extreme weather events compared to a decade earlier. Over 350,000 lives were lost globally due to ex ...
... This year the World Metrological Organisation published a report called ‘The Global Climate 20012010: a decade of climate extremes’1. In it they pointed to a twenty per cent increase in lives lost in extreme weather events compared to a decade earlier. Over 350,000 lives were lost globally due to ex ...
Costs and Benefits of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... The Economics of Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of Reducing GHG Emissions Maureen Cropper University of Maryland and Resources for the Future August 26th 2010 ...
... The Economics of Climate Change: Costs and Benefits of Reducing GHG Emissions Maureen Cropper University of Maryland and Resources for the Future August 26th 2010 ...
Climate Change - Western Kentucky University
... Islands damage in 2004 possible harbinger of future INNOVATIVE ADAPTION NEEDED ...
... Islands damage in 2004 possible harbinger of future INNOVATIVE ADAPTION NEEDED ...
Spring 2005
... Week 6. March 7, 2005. Linkages between energy choices, air pollution and climate change and health – science and policy Environmental protection has traditionally addressed specific environmental issues in isolation. A better understanding of the linkages among different issues can help us avoid im ...
... Week 6. March 7, 2005. Linkages between energy choices, air pollution and climate change and health – science and policy Environmental protection has traditionally addressed specific environmental issues in isolation. A better understanding of the linkages among different issues can help us avoid im ...
Climate Change `Not a Distant Threat,` White House Warns
... Every region of the country will be affected by climate change differently, and the effects are already evident, according to the report. Coastal areas of the United States — such as Florida and New York — face threats from sea level rise. In 2000, scientists projected that sea levels would rise by ...
... Every region of the country will be affected by climate change differently, and the effects are already evident, according to the report. Coastal areas of the United States — such as Florida and New York — face threats from sea level rise. In 2000, scientists projected that sea levels would rise by ...
Greenhouse effects
... increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations". Over the past 800,000 years,ice core data shows unambiguously that carbon dioxide has varied from values as low as 180 parts per million (ppm) to the pre-industrial level of 270ppm.Paleoclimatologists consider variations in carbon dioxide t ...
... increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations". Over the past 800,000 years,ice core data shows unambiguously that carbon dioxide has varied from values as low as 180 parts per million (ppm) to the pre-industrial level of 270ppm.Paleoclimatologists consider variations in carbon dioxide t ...
The Fossil Fuel Industry`s Role in Hindering
... In May 1996, two leading IPCC scientists – Dr. Benjamin Santer and Dr. Tom M. L. Wigley – explained the pivotal findings of a new IPCC report to a packed Congressional office in Washington, DC. These results, published one month later in Nature22, were described by the journal as “the clearest evide ...
... In May 1996, two leading IPCC scientists – Dr. Benjamin Santer and Dr. Tom M. L. Wigley – explained the pivotal findings of a new IPCC report to a packed Congressional office in Washington, DC. These results, published one month later in Nature22, were described by the journal as “the clearest evide ...
Document
... Historical with eustatic increased to 0.12 in/yr (3mm/yr) Historical with eustatic increased to 0.20 in/yr (5mm/yr) by 2099 Historical with eustatic increased to 0.43 in/yr (11mm/yr) by 2099 (estimated max. rate from last deglaciation) ...
... Historical with eustatic increased to 0.12 in/yr (3mm/yr) Historical with eustatic increased to 0.20 in/yr (5mm/yr) by 2099 Historical with eustatic increased to 0.43 in/yr (11mm/yr) by 2099 (estimated max. rate from last deglaciation) ...
Is Climate Change a Reality? - European Capacity Building Initiative
... Responsibility for Climate Change and Role of North Is it new for Environmental Colonialism? Capacity Building” Who will pay? Role of Government ...
... Responsibility for Climate Change and Role of North Is it new for Environmental Colonialism? Capacity Building” Who will pay? Role of Government ...
Broad range of 2050 warming from an observationally constrained large climate model ensemble
... ensembles of intermediate-complexity models1,2 and estimates of the strength of carbon-cycle feedbacks13 . From this evidence it is clear that the CMIP-3 ensemble, which represents a valuable expression of plausible responses consistent with our limited ability to explore model structural uncertaint ...
... ensembles of intermediate-complexity models1,2 and estimates of the strength of carbon-cycle feedbacks13 . From this evidence it is clear that the CMIP-3 ensemble, which represents a valuable expression of plausible responses consistent with our limited ability to explore model structural uncertaint ...
: Global Climatic Disruption Risks and Opportunities John P. Holdren
... • It calls for “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. • But there was no formal consensus in 1992 as to what constitutes “dangerous anthropogenic interference” or what level of GHG ...
... • It calls for “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. • But there was no formal consensus in 1992 as to what constitutes “dangerous anthropogenic interference” or what level of GHG ...
global warming - Teachers TryScience
... being studied. In this activity, the continuous average of a cluster of data (a 10-year span of temperature records) yields more meaningful information about temperature trends than a single data set (a one-year span of monthly temperature records) provides. A single data set is more likely to conta ...
... being studied. In this activity, the continuous average of a cluster of data (a 10-year span of temperature records) yields more meaningful information about temperature trends than a single data set (a one-year span of monthly temperature records) provides. A single data set is more likely to conta ...
Arctic Meltdown Poses Global Threat 0309 - Global Warming
... has added a huge amount of fresh water already. Meanwhile, rivers are pouring up to 10 per cent more water into the ocean than they did half a century ago. This is partly the result of rising precipitation as the air warms - warmer air can hold more moisture - and partly the result of melting permaf ...
... has added a huge amount of fresh water already. Meanwhile, rivers are pouring up to 10 per cent more water into the ocean than they did half a century ago. This is partly the result of rising precipitation as the air warms - warmer air can hold more moisture - and partly the result of melting permaf ...
Global Warming`s Increasingly Visible Impacts
... direct causal link to global warming has been established for some observed changes, such as sea-level rise and worldwide glacial retreat, such a link is difficult to definitively establish for other changes, such as the increased incidence of droughts or the migration of a particular species. Howev ...
... direct causal link to global warming has been established for some observed changes, such as sea-level rise and worldwide glacial retreat, such a link is difficult to definitively establish for other changes, such as the increased incidence of droughts or the migration of a particular species. Howev ...
environmental engineering newsletter 18 may. 2015
... Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005,[4] set a much more ambitious ultimate goal as well: an 80% reduction from 1990 levels, to be achieved by 2050. The 2050 target remains the policy of the state but has not been codified to date. With the 2020 standard in sight as well as in reach, the 2050 standard ha ...
... Governor Schwarzenegger in 2005,[4] set a much more ambitious ultimate goal as well: an 80% reduction from 1990 levels, to be achieved by 2050. The 2050 target remains the policy of the state but has not been codified to date. With the 2020 standard in sight as well as in reach, the 2050 standard ha ...
REVISED Syllabus for MSL F216 - The Oceans and Global Change
... Current Event Presentations: Each student will be responsible for making TWO short presentations about current events of relevance to the course material. The presentation should draw from a news article or recent scientific finding. Schedule your presentation with the instructor 1 week in advance, ...
... Current Event Presentations: Each student will be responsible for making TWO short presentations about current events of relevance to the course material. The presentation should draw from a news article or recent scientific finding. Schedule your presentation with the instructor 1 week in advance, ...
Clouds` Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters
... temperature, the earth has to return the energy it receives back to space, primarily as heat. Clouds alter the energy flow in both directions. On balance, in today’s climate, clouds cool the earth. Dense, low-lying clouds are responsible for most of that effect, because they reflect considerable sun ...
... temperature, the earth has to return the energy it receives back to space, primarily as heat. Clouds alter the energy flow in both directions. On balance, in today’s climate, clouds cool the earth. Dense, low-lying clouds are responsible for most of that effect, because they reflect considerable sun ...
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.