Hydrologic Implications of Climate Change for the Western US
... between the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin. It apportioned **in perpetuity** to the Upper and Lower Basin, respectively, the beneficial consumptive use of 7.5 million acre feet (maf) of water per annum. It also provided that the Upper Basin will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to ...
... between the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin. It apportioned **in perpetuity** to the Upper and Lower Basin, respectively, the beneficial consumptive use of 7.5 million acre feet (maf) of water per annum. It also provided that the Upper Basin will not cause the flow of the river at Lee Ferry to ...
global-climate-change-2
... • Sea level will rise 1-4 feet by 2100 Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet by 2100. • Arctic likely to become ice-free ...
... • Sea level will rise 1-4 feet by 2100 Global sea level has risen by about 8 inches since reliable record keeping began in 1880. It is projected to rise another 1 to 4 feet by 2100. • Arctic likely to become ice-free ...
Long-term climate change
... What observed changes over the past decades can be attributed to human factors? ...
... What observed changes over the past decades can be attributed to human factors? ...
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... over the first decade of the 21st century was significantly warmer than any preceding decade in the series of records stretching back over 160 years. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the m ...
... over the first decade of the 21st century was significantly warmer than any preceding decade in the series of records stretching back over 160 years. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the m ...
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... We still don’t know •What caused it in the past •Why the glacial state is more prone to large changes than the interglacial Some promising lines of enquiry have emerged •Arctic fresh water budget •Mixing/convection in the high-latitude seas •relation to atmospheric forcing, NAO etc. ...
... We still don’t know •What caused it in the past •Why the glacial state is more prone to large changes than the interglacial Some promising lines of enquiry have emerged •Arctic fresh water budget •Mixing/convection in the high-latitude seas •relation to atmospheric forcing, NAO etc. ...
Exploring Climate Change
... temperatures. The reality is somewhere in between and is much more complex than either extreme would like it to be. The scientific consensus is that warming of ocean surface waters is likely to lead to an increase in the intensity of tropical storms, with higher peak wind speeds and heavier rainfall ...
... temperatures. The reality is somewhere in between and is much more complex than either extreme would like it to be. The scientific consensus is that warming of ocean surface waters is likely to lead to an increase in the intensity of tropical storms, with higher peak wind speeds and heavier rainfall ...
Introduction - Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
... events over a longer time period. Meteorology and Climatology represent the study of weather and climate respectively, but are each components of Atmospheric Science and are dealt with in this course MET 112 Global Climate Change ...
... events over a longer time period. Meteorology and Climatology represent the study of weather and climate respectively, but are each components of Atmospheric Science and are dealt with in this course MET 112 Global Climate Change ...
The Extremes Become the Norm
... the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. As more carbon dioxide (along with other greenhouse gases) enters the atmosphere, it contributes to a phenomenon known as the “greenhouse effect,” in which the gas absorbs heat and reflects it back to the earth’s surface, causing the planet ...
... the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. As more carbon dioxide (along with other greenhouse gases) enters the atmosphere, it contributes to a phenomenon known as the “greenhouse effect,” in which the gas absorbs heat and reflects it back to the earth’s surface, causing the planet ...
AMAP Efforts on Short-Lived Climate Forcing Agents
... • Conduct studies on non-carbon dioxide climate forcers to improve understanding of their role in Arctic climate and develop recommendations for national and international follow-up action ...
... • Conduct studies on non-carbon dioxide climate forcers to improve understanding of their role in Arctic climate and develop recommendations for national and international follow-up action ...
Terrorism
... community, reduces the vulnerability to single-point failures. Interactions between members of the same group or social framework, while enhancing communication and simplifying information transfer, can have disastrous consequences if the jointly held information is wrong. Selection deals with choos ...
... community, reduces the vulnerability to single-point failures. Interactions between members of the same group or social framework, while enhancing communication and simplifying information transfer, can have disastrous consequences if the jointly held information is wrong. Selection deals with choos ...
SDVISION 15-05.indd
... Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. During the last century, the Earth’s average surface temperature rose by around 0.6°C (1.08° F). Warming occurred in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and over the oceans. Most of the global ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet. During the last century, the Earth’s average surface temperature rose by around 0.6°C (1.08° F). Warming occurred in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and over the oceans. Most of the global ...
World Bank Document
... eiperts agree thanhe earth's averag~Jemperature is rising as a result of human mall, . heating, ~ricitygenera~n, and so on. Awarmer earth can disrupt rainfall patterns, causing a rise in . . sand leadij1gtG'a liost of other harmful effects on plants, animals, and humans. According to experts, av.tra ...
... eiperts agree thanhe earth's averag~Jemperature is rising as a result of human mall, . heating, ~ricitygenera~n, and so on. Awarmer earth can disrupt rainfall patterns, causing a rise in . . sand leadij1gtG'a liost of other harmful effects on plants, animals, and humans. According to experts, av.tra ...
Climate Change Importance and Implication on Conservation
... is increased atmospheric temperature. The solar radiation passes through atmosphere and reaches earth. On the way, a part of the radiation is reflected back from the atmosphere and earth out into space. Approximately half of the solar radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface. The absorbed radiat ...
... is increased atmospheric temperature. The solar radiation passes through atmosphere and reaches earth. On the way, a part of the radiation is reflected back from the atmosphere and earth out into space. Approximately half of the solar radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface. The absorbed radiat ...
Breaking the partisan impasse in Congress on climate change
... effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.” Though the resolution is non-binding, its significance is huge in that it turns down the heat, so to speak, on the climate is ...
... effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.” Though the resolution is non-binding, its significance is huge in that it turns down the heat, so to speak, on the climate is ...
Climate Sensitivity - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... from observed record over past 130 years. Use simple model to extrapolate into future. Problems: Need to know: • Climate forcing - uncertain, especially solar and aerosol forcing. • Heat storage - somewhat uncertain. • Climate sensitivity - also uncertain. No two of these are known with enough preci ...
... from observed record over past 130 years. Use simple model to extrapolate into future. Problems: Need to know: • Climate forcing - uncertain, especially solar and aerosol forcing. • Heat storage - somewhat uncertain. • Climate sensitivity - also uncertain. No two of these are known with enough preci ...
Additional Reading Notes (WORD document)
... At no point are these two the same thing. This does not mean the models are worthless or should not be considered, but one should not think that the model is capable of reproducing or predicting the real climates found on the Earth. i. Modelers have done the following exercise. Initialize the atmosp ...
... At no point are these two the same thing. This does not mean the models are worthless or should not be considered, but one should not think that the model is capable of reproducing or predicting the real climates found on the Earth. i. Modelers have done the following exercise. Initialize the atmosp ...
What Climate Change Means for Buffalo
... Buffalo region are daunting enough. But the indirect effects will be greater. Buffalo will not do well if the nation as a whole is reeling, and, in today’s global economy, the United States will not do well if the world is reeling. If the world has to devote a huge portion of its resources to protec ...
... Buffalo region are daunting enough. But the indirect effects will be greater. Buffalo will not do well if the nation as a whole is reeling, and, in today’s global economy, the United States will not do well if the world is reeling. If the world has to devote a huge portion of its resources to protec ...
Meetings
... westward phase speed that turned out to correspond to mixed-Rossby gravity waves, consistent with Matsuno’s theory of equatorial waves. Later, Kelvin waves, also predicted by this theory, were identified. Analyzing the Line Island data, Madden and Julian noted disparate results in the 60- and 120-day ...
... westward phase speed that turned out to correspond to mixed-Rossby gravity waves, consistent with Matsuno’s theory of equatorial waves. Later, Kelvin waves, also predicted by this theory, were identified. Analyzing the Line Island data, Madden and Julian noted disparate results in the 60- and 120-day ...
Climate Change and Hawaii - Maui Tomorrow Foundation
... snow capped peaks more than 12,000 feet high. The remote and unpopulated outer islands are home to some of the largest seabird colonies in the world — up to 10 million albatrosses, frigatebirds, shearwaters, boobies, sooty and fairy terns, and petrels breed here. The diversity of environments and th ...
... snow capped peaks more than 12,000 feet high. The remote and unpopulated outer islands are home to some of the largest seabird colonies in the world — up to 10 million albatrosses, frigatebirds, shearwaters, boobies, sooty and fairy terns, and petrels breed here. The diversity of environments and th ...
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... Named New Zealand contributor to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC (shared with Al Gore). Adjunct Professor with the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington. Recipient of the Edward Kidson Medal, The Meteorological Society of New Zealand, ...
... Named New Zealand contributor to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC (shared with Al Gore). Adjunct Professor with the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington. Recipient of the Edward Kidson Medal, The Meteorological Society of New Zealand, ...
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.