Udall - Western State Colorado University
... •Rainfall is the ‘inverse’ of moisture holding ability – when atmosphere cools it rains and loses moisture at this higher rate –But because our new evap rate is much less than this new rainfall rate, there will be decreases in number of rainfall events. –And the increased evaporation means increased ...
... •Rainfall is the ‘inverse’ of moisture holding ability – when atmosphere cools it rains and loses moisture at this higher rate –But because our new evap rate is much less than this new rainfall rate, there will be decreases in number of rainfall events. –And the increased evaporation means increased ...
Observed and Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on New
... Principal Conclusions: Climate Change and New Mexico’s Water Resources • Significant warming trends are already clearly observed across the state. We can confidently predict that additional warming will continue, probably at an accelerated rate of change. • Warmer temperatures will lead to higher r ...
... Principal Conclusions: Climate Change and New Mexico’s Water Resources • Significant warming trends are already clearly observed across the state. We can confidently predict that additional warming will continue, probably at an accelerated rate of change. • Warmer temperatures will lead to higher r ...
Geo XXXX Earth Systems: Geosphere
... This project gives you the opportunity to learn more about the workings of earth system models (ESMs) and how climatologists use them to test hypotheses about the mechanisms governing past and potential future climates. We will use a model called EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applicat ...
... This project gives you the opportunity to learn more about the workings of earth system models (ESMs) and how climatologists use them to test hypotheses about the mechanisms governing past and potential future climates. We will use a model called EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applicat ...
Policy Update on 2°C Warming
... This is important because it means that a global average temperature rise of 2°C will lead, on average, to higher levels of warming in Europe: EU countries are therefore likely to experience more than 2°C of warming even if the global goal is achieved. ...
... This is important because it means that a global average temperature rise of 2°C will lead, on average, to higher levels of warming in Europe: EU countries are therefore likely to experience more than 2°C of warming even if the global goal is achieved. ...
587_7 - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... Ozone (O3) occurs in two places in the atmosphere In the ozone layer very high up ...
... Ozone (O3) occurs in two places in the atmosphere In the ozone layer very high up ...
Climate Change Implications for the Quileute and Hoh Tribes
... Give examples of mitigation and adaptation practices the tribes could be doing. What adaptation strategies have the tribes pursued thus far? ...
... Give examples of mitigation and adaptation practices the tribes could be doing. What adaptation strategies have the tribes pursued thus far? ...
Our Environment: an Uncertain Future
... • The rise in carbon dioxide is due to our activities, mainly burning of fossil fuels • For every 100t of CO2 emitted now, 15-40t will remain in the atmosphere in 1000y • Adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere warms the climate for the next 1000y ...
... • The rise in carbon dioxide is due to our activities, mainly burning of fossil fuels • For every 100t of CO2 emitted now, 15-40t will remain in the atmosphere in 1000y • Adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere warms the climate for the next 1000y ...
UNIT 10_Chapters 18 and 19
... 10. Describe how each of the following might contribute to projected atmospheric warming and resulting global climate disruption: (a) CO2 emissions, (b) a hotter sun, (c) the oceans, (d) cloud cover and (e) air pollution. What are three effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels on the oceans? 11. ...
... 10. Describe how each of the following might contribute to projected atmospheric warming and resulting global climate disruption: (a) CO2 emissions, (b) a hotter sun, (c) the oceans, (d) cloud cover and (e) air pollution. What are three effects of increasing atmospheric CO2 levels on the oceans? 11. ...
Evidence for climate change - University at Albany Atmospheric
... ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” ...
... ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” ...
Climate risks, uncertainty and ethics
... cycles from the Vostok ice core record. The presentday values and estimates for the year 2100 are also shown. Adapted from Petit et al. (1999) Nature 399, 429-436 and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Third Assessment Report by the PAGES (Past Global Changes) International Project ...
... cycles from the Vostok ice core record. The presentday values and estimates for the year 2100 are also shown. Adapted from Petit et al. (1999) Nature 399, 429-436 and the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Third Assessment Report by the PAGES (Past Global Changes) International Project ...
the big picture chapter 19 global change
... similar to how the gases on our planet keep Earth warm. 2. Explain the natural greenhouse effect and why it is important to our planet. Incoming radiation is UV and visible light. 1/3 of this is reflected back into space while the remaining is absorbed by clouds and the surface of the planet. Both b ...
... similar to how the gases on our planet keep Earth warm. 2. Explain the natural greenhouse effect and why it is important to our planet. Incoming radiation is UV and visible light. 1/3 of this is reflected back into space while the remaining is absorbed by clouds and the surface of the planet. Both b ...
A CITIZEN’S PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE Dick Smith
... • Most Republicans under 35 say deniers are “out-of-touch, ignorant or crazy.” • Most Republican voters support action on climate change (2:1 margin) • Most Republican Members of Congress (MOCs) aren’t deniers. ...
... • Most Republicans under 35 say deniers are “out-of-touch, ignorant or crazy.” • Most Republican voters support action on climate change (2:1 margin) • Most Republican Members of Congress (MOCs) aren’t deniers. ...
THE ROAD BACK TO 1750
... emisions and the IPCC’s conclusions make it clear that the still unattained stabilization of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere brings hazards and risks, which already affect the water, food and physical security. Osvaldo F. Canziani, Doctor of Meteorology and former Co-Chairman of IPCC ...
... emisions and the IPCC’s conclusions make it clear that the still unattained stabilization of greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere brings hazards and risks, which already affect the water, food and physical security. Osvaldo F. Canziani, Doctor of Meteorology and former Co-Chairman of IPCC ...
6 and 7 - Climate Change Institute
... Most of the heat energy emitted from Earth’s surface is absorbed by greenhouse gases, which radiate some of it back down to warm the lower atmosphere and the surface. This “greenhouse effect” naturally warms Earth enough to sustain life. Increasing the concentrations of greenhouse gases increases th ...
... Most of the heat energy emitted from Earth’s surface is absorbed by greenhouse gases, which radiate some of it back down to warm the lower atmosphere and the surface. This “greenhouse effect” naturally warms Earth enough to sustain life. Increasing the concentrations of greenhouse gases increases th ...
Earth planet climatography in the geological time scale
... had many very warm "greenhouse" period and little or no glaciers in both polar regions. For this period was [1] characterized by an increased content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Due to the warm climate in the polar regions are also able to create large dry areas around the equator and bro ...
... had many very warm "greenhouse" period and little or no glaciers in both polar regions. For this period was [1] characterized by an increased content of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Due to the warm climate in the polar regions are also able to create large dry areas around the equator and bro ...
paleoclimatology
... to disappear. We are at a unique period in our planet’s history, where slight changes in ocean levels and temperatures might soon return us to a global environment too inhospitable to preserve the abundance of life we know and depend on. In my new book, I thoroughly investigate the science behind th ...
... to disappear. We are at a unique period in our planet’s history, where slight changes in ocean levels and temperatures might soon return us to a global environment too inhospitable to preserve the abundance of life we know and depend on. In my new book, I thoroughly investigate the science behind th ...
Stratospheric and tropospheric SSU/MSU temperature
... years in a “historical” climate simulation will rarely (and only by chance) coincide with years when El Niños have actually occurred. This is because the historical runs are initiated from an arbitrary point of a quasi-equilibrium control run, so internal variations (even if they were perfectly pred ...
... years in a “historical” climate simulation will rarely (and only by chance) coincide with years when El Niños have actually occurred. This is because the historical runs are initiated from an arbitrary point of a quasi-equilibrium control run, so internal variations (even if they were perfectly pred ...
Notes on Garvey, "Climate Change and Moral Outrage"
... Notes on James Garvey, “Climate Change and Moral Outrage” This article is available at James Garvey’s ...
... Notes on James Garvey, “Climate Change and Moral Outrage” This article is available at James Garvey’s ...
Introduction - Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
... – Venus would be somewhat warmer than Earth Average surface temperatures would be as follows if the planets absorbed all of the incoming sunlight: – Earth: 5°C – Venus: 55°C ...
... – Venus would be somewhat warmer than Earth Average surface temperatures would be as follows if the planets absorbed all of the incoming sunlight: – Earth: 5°C – Venus: 55°C ...
BRIEFING NOTES ON CLIMATE SCIENCE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
... It will get warmer, but the exact climatic effects of the recent dramatic increase in CO2 are not certain. - So far we have seen an increase of 0.8C in the average surface temperature of the Earth since 1900, with melting in the Polar Regions and more frequent extreme weather. Simple calculations an ...
... It will get warmer, but the exact climatic effects of the recent dramatic increase in CO2 are not certain. - So far we have seen an increase of 0.8C in the average surface temperature of the Earth since 1900, with melting in the Polar Regions and more frequent extreme weather. Simple calculations an ...
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.