Cascading uncertainty in climate change models and its implications
... assessment as some models have greater spatial resolution while others do not. Moreover, as discussed by Palmer (2012), we understand uncertainty within a single model but the notion of quantifying uncertainty from many models currently lacks any real theoretical background or basis. The outputs fro ...
... assessment as some models have greater spatial resolution while others do not. Moreover, as discussed by Palmer (2012), we understand uncertainty within a single model but the notion of quantifying uncertainty from many models currently lacks any real theoretical background or basis. The outputs fro ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on BC Hydro`s Water Resources
... The recent warming trend associated with rising concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) that trap heat in the atmosphere is, however, taking place at an unprecedented rate. The scientific evidence that this trend is at least partially caused by the emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, and is ...
... The recent warming trend associated with rising concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) that trap heat in the atmosphere is, however, taking place at an unprecedented rate. The scientific evidence that this trend is at least partially caused by the emissions produced by burning fossil fuels, and is ...
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... Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) family of crop models, hydrology and water supply-demand models, and a multi-market economic model, the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT). These models are linked in order to estimate fut ...
... Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) family of crop models, hydrology and water supply-demand models, and a multi-market economic model, the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT). These models are linked in order to estimate fut ...
Canada Federal Statutes - Faculte de droit
... (ii) market-based mechanisms such as emissions trading or offsets, (iii) spending or fiscal measures or incentives, (iii.1) a just transition for workers affected by greenhouse gas emission reductions, and (iv) cooperative measures or agreements with provinces, territories or other governments; (b) ...
... (ii) market-based mechanisms such as emissions trading or offsets, (iii) spending or fiscal measures or incentives, (iii.1) a just transition for workers affected by greenhouse gas emission reductions, and (iv) cooperative measures or agreements with provinces, territories or other governments; (b) ...
Science of Climate Change
... warming is higher than previously assessed in many cases. For a number of regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the small island states, projected effects on food production, water supply and ecosystems are substantial to severe at warming levels above 1.5°C higher than preindustrial33. 9 ...
... warming is higher than previously assessed in many cases. For a number of regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the small island states, projected effects on food production, water supply and ecosystems are substantial to severe at warming levels above 1.5°C higher than preindustrial33. 9 ...
44. Global Warming Congress should
... haze that reflects away solar radiation (thereby mitigating warming), and they also brighten existing clouds, reflecting away even more of the sun’s rays. Sulfates are almost all produced in the industrial Northern Hemisphere, and they last in the atmosphere only a few days; there are relatively few ...
... haze that reflects away solar radiation (thereby mitigating warming), and they also brighten existing clouds, reflecting away even more of the sun’s rays. Sulfates are almost all produced in the industrial Northern Hemisphere, and they last in the atmosphere only a few days; there are relatively few ...
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... shifting of temperatures and precipitating belts, especially if changes are rapid and not planned for (NEST, 2004). The crucial issue in this study is whether agricultural output supply can keep pace with population increase under this climate variability. This will actually depends; both on the sco ...
... shifting of temperatures and precipitating belts, especially if changes are rapid and not planned for (NEST, 2004). The crucial issue in this study is whether agricultural output supply can keep pace with population increase under this climate variability. This will actually depends; both on the sco ...
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... change in relation to science and government credibility. A preparatory assessment of Delta State rural communities’ understanding of climate change and insights into potential barriers to communication were given by influences on their attitudes. Average of 60.46% of the farmers reported that clima ...
... change in relation to science and government credibility. A preparatory assessment of Delta State rural communities’ understanding of climate change and insights into potential barriers to communication were given by influences on their attitudes. Average of 60.46% of the farmers reported that clima ...
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Intorduction to Climate Change [ENG]
... The term “climate change” refers to the global climate change, including temperature, precipitation, winds and other characteristics. They can be different for the different regions. The term “global warming” specifically refers to eventual change in the Earth's global mean surface temperature – i.e ...
... The term “climate change” refers to the global climate change, including temperature, precipitation, winds and other characteristics. They can be different for the different regions. The term “global warming” specifically refers to eventual change in the Earth's global mean surface temperature – i.e ...
Why should health be a central argument in
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
... want. The latter include studies on the costs and effectiveness of adaptation measures for example. Furthermore, the topics that interest researchers are often not in sync with the imputed size of climate-related health problems. For example, research on the effect of heat waves abound, from Götebor ...
Researchers say habitat loss and tropical cooling were to
... explained by a significant gap in the fossil record, also related to glaciation. After all, if sea levels fell and continents were no longer flooded, sedimentary rocks with fossils would not accumulate. Therefore, the last record of any species that went extinct during the gap would show up immediat ...
... explained by a significant gap in the fossil record, also related to glaciation. After all, if sea levels fell and continents were no longer flooded, sedimentary rocks with fossils would not accumulate. Therefore, the last record of any species that went extinct during the gap would show up immediat ...
A glacier is a slow-moving, extended mass of ice
... the Tasman Sea. It is one of the few glaciers in New Zealand that is still growing, due to strong snowfall. Most other glaciers in New Zealand, especially those east of the Southern Alps, are retreating heavily, a process that has commonly been attributed to global warming. Fed by four alpine glacie ...
... the Tasman Sea. It is one of the few glaciers in New Zealand that is still growing, due to strong snowfall. Most other glaciers in New Zealand, especially those east of the Southern Alps, are retreating heavily, a process that has commonly been attributed to global warming. Fed by four alpine glacie ...
Concerns On The IPCC Report: The Actual State Of Climate Science
... emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the most important of which is carbon dioxide. The impact of these gases on regional and global climate constitutes the primary climate issue for the coming decades ...
... emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the most important of which is carbon dioxide. The impact of these gases on regional and global climate constitutes the primary climate issue for the coming decades ...
Climate Trends in the Casco Bay Region
... In 2012, Casco Bay was subject to an “ocean heat wave”—the largest and most intense such event that the Northwest Atlantic has experienced in three decades—which stretched from North Carolina to Iceland (with especially marked warming in the Gulf of Maine) (Mills et al. 2013). In response to a 1-3°C ...
... In 2012, Casco Bay was subject to an “ocean heat wave”—the largest and most intense such event that the Northwest Atlantic has experienced in three decades—which stretched from North Carolina to Iceland (with especially marked warming in the Gulf of Maine) (Mills et al. 2013). In response to a 1-3°C ...
Climate Change Diplomacy: The Next Step
... ing economies. With those rules remaining in doubt, no major ing countries. The Kyoto text promises to facilitate the transfer industrial country has yet ratified Kyoto. Supporters of the treaty, of clean technologies to them and to provide aid to help them especially in Europe, had hoped that this ...
... ing economies. With those rules remaining in doubt, no major ing countries. The Kyoto text promises to facilitate the transfer industrial country has yet ratified Kyoto. Supporters of the treaty, of clean technologies to them and to provide aid to help them especially in Europe, had hoped that this ...
- It works! - San Francisco State University
... circulation. Their model projection has been confirmed by the observed and recently identified SLR acceleration along the northeast coast of the United States10,11. Adding the global ocean thermal expansion component significantly moves up the time and enlarges the area of signal emergence. When all ...
... circulation. Their model projection has been confirmed by the observed and recently identified SLR acceleration along the northeast coast of the United States10,11. Adding the global ocean thermal expansion component significantly moves up the time and enlarges the area of signal emergence. When all ...
040521_Cloud_Feeback_Presentation_Wood
... b. when positive water vapor feedback is included, λ is increased to 0.5 Km2W-1 (this feedback does not include the effect of clouds) 4. Cloud-climate feedbacks a. Considerably more complex: i.e. a reduction in clouds increases IR emission at TOA, but also increases absorption of solar radiation due ...
... b. when positive water vapor feedback is included, λ is increased to 0.5 Km2W-1 (this feedback does not include the effect of clouds) 4. Cloud-climate feedbacks a. Considerably more complex: i.e. a reduction in clouds increases IR emission at TOA, but also increases absorption of solar radiation due ...
Atmospheric Water Vapour in the Climate System: Climate Models 1
... Surface processes – the exchange of heat, moisture and momentum between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere Sub-surface processes and vegetation – soil and vegetation can store heat and moisture with significant impacts upon weather Boundary layer processes – the vertical transfer of heat, moistu ...
... Surface processes – the exchange of heat, moisture and momentum between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere Sub-surface processes and vegetation – soil and vegetation can store heat and moisture with significant impacts upon weather Boundary layer processes – the vertical transfer of heat, moistu ...
Guide One
... monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950s. The undisturbed air, remote location, and minimal influences of vegetation and human activity at MLO are ideal for monitoring constituents in the atmosphere that can cause climate change. ...
... monitoring and collecting data related to atmospheric change since the 1950s. The undisturbed air, remote location, and minimal influences of vegetation and human activity at MLO are ideal for monitoring constituents in the atmosphere that can cause climate change. ...
8.1 Lesson
... Earth’s albedo (the ability to reflect solar radiation) is most influenced by cloud cover, snow, and ice. Changes in these factors can produce a change in the amount of energy in the atmosphere. Less ice cover results in a lower albedo or less ...
... Earth’s albedo (the ability to reflect solar radiation) is most influenced by cloud cover, snow, and ice. Changes in these factors can produce a change in the amount of energy in the atmosphere. Less ice cover results in a lower albedo or less ...
Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and Shared Climate Policy
... Radiative forcing pathways that provide climate outputs Not designed as reference or policy scenarios – intended to supply climate data that can be combined with SSPs What is the climate (radiative forcing) goal? ...
... Radiative forcing pathways that provide climate outputs Not designed as reference or policy scenarios – intended to supply climate data that can be combined with SSPs What is the climate (radiative forcing) goal? ...
Parallels in reactionary argumentation in the US congressional
... oil consumption (EIA 2004). Reducing the risks of climate change may demand substantial reductions in combustion of fossil fuels, however, implying substantial changes in longcherished ways of life and consumption patterns. There is no cheap ‘technological fix,’ as there has been for many other envi ...
... oil consumption (EIA 2004). Reducing the risks of climate change may demand substantial reductions in combustion of fossil fuels, however, implying substantial changes in longcherished ways of life and consumption patterns. There is no cheap ‘technological fix,’ as there has been for many other envi ...
1_ArgumentBasics - Willamette University
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
... Case • A case, simply defined, is one or more arguments offered to support a proposition. ...
Global temperature change 2006;103;14288-14293; originally published online Sep 25, 2006;
... stronger if averages are taken over Niño 3 or a 5° ⫻ 10° box. Nevertheless, ‘‘super El Niños’’ clearly were more abundant in the last quarter of the 20th century than earlier in the century. Global warming is expected to slow the mean tropical circulation (24–26), including the Walker cell. Sea leve ...
... stronger if averages are taken over Niño 3 or a 5° ⫻ 10° box. Nevertheless, ‘‘super El Niños’’ clearly were more abundant in the last quarter of the 20th century than earlier in the century. Global warming is expected to slow the mean tropical circulation (24–26), including the Walker cell. Sea leve ...