Notable scientific and societal landmarks: 1985
... satellite observations that was responsible for most of the apparent inconsistency between the surface and atmospheric temperature trends). [Christy was one of the authors of the 2000 NRC report that concluded the (ie, his) satellite data were in error and the surface and atmospheric trends both sho ...
... satellite observations that was responsible for most of the apparent inconsistency between the surface and atmospheric temperature trends). [Christy was one of the authors of the 2000 NRC report that concluded the (ie, his) satellite data were in error and the surface and atmospheric trends both sho ...
The real climate change scandal
... When George W Bush was president, White House staffers collaborated with the oil industry to fix government policies on climate change. In 2004, Harper’s magazine published a leaked memo from Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to Phil Cooney, the chief of staff of the White House Co ...
... When George W Bush was president, White House staffers collaborated with the oil industry to fix government policies on climate change. In 2004, Harper’s magazine published a leaked memo from Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute to Phil Cooney, the chief of staff of the White House Co ...
Earth`s Energy Out of Balance: The Smoking
... “The fundamental question is: how much more global warming can we afford before we reach the level of ‘dangerous anthropogenic interference’ with climate, which all countries agreed to avoid in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” says Hansen. “Based on the history of the Earth ...
... “The fundamental question is: how much more global warming can we afford before we reach the level of ‘dangerous anthropogenic interference’ with climate, which all countries agreed to avoid in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change” says Hansen. “Based on the history of the Earth ...
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
... Seas are rising globally due to climate change and will continue to rise at an accelerating rate for the remainder of the 21st century. As a consequence of rising sea level, San Francisco will experience more frequent and severe coastal flooding than in the past. Areas that currently experience infr ...
... Seas are rising globally due to climate change and will continue to rise at an accelerating rate for the remainder of the 21st century. As a consequence of rising sea level, San Francisco will experience more frequent and severe coastal flooding than in the past. Areas that currently experience infr ...
COUNTDOWN TO COPENHAGEN Understanding the negotiations
... in the global climate system and with growing concern about the environment. • The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide policy makers with authoritative scientific infor ...
... in the global climate system and with growing concern about the environment. • The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to provide policy makers with authoritative scientific infor ...
Southeast Asia Climate Analysis and Modelling
... warming throughout the seasons. Regional surface air temperature is typically expected to rise by 2 °C by ...
... warming throughout the seasons. Regional surface air temperature is typically expected to rise by 2 °C by ...
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... workplaces. At a national level, the UK needs to become more energy efficient to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions which risk dangerous climate change The Climate Change Act 2008 legislated for a reduction in our carbon emissions, and set legally-binding carbon budgets across all sectors of the UK ...
... workplaces. At a national level, the UK needs to become more energy efficient to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions which risk dangerous climate change The Climate Change Act 2008 legislated for a reduction in our carbon emissions, and set legally-binding carbon budgets across all sectors of the UK ...
Climate Change Impacts on Northeast Agriculture: Overview
... duration of the grain-filling period is reduced (Mitchell et al. 1993). Farmers can adapt to this problem by switching to longer growing season varieties when available, but suitable new varieties may not always be available, or there may be problems marketing the new varieties. Some important crops ...
... duration of the grain-filling period is reduced (Mitchell et al. 1993). Farmers can adapt to this problem by switching to longer growing season varieties when available, but suitable new varieties may not always be available, or there may be problems marketing the new varieties. Some important crops ...
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... Macquarie University and BMRC AMIP-2 result analysis Using CHASM (captures various levels of surface energy balance [SEB] complexity) See Pitman et al., GRL, 2004, in press ...
... Macquarie University and BMRC AMIP-2 result analysis Using CHASM (captures various levels of surface energy balance [SEB] complexity) See Pitman et al., GRL, 2004, in press ...
MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube
... assessment is the first and very critical step in risk analysis (NDMF, 2005). ...
... assessment is the first and very critical step in risk analysis (NDMF, 2005). ...
Cuba Confronts Climate Change
... also address health’s social determinants, as well as the possibilities of actively influencing them, to obtain and sustain the best possible population health indicators. In general, climate change makes actions on social determinants of health more urgent, especially to protect vulnerable populati ...
... also address health’s social determinants, as well as the possibilities of actively influencing them, to obtain and sustain the best possible population health indicators. In general, climate change makes actions on social determinants of health more urgent, especially to protect vulnerable populati ...
IPCC Factsheet: Timeline – highlights of IPCC history
... Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses; Working Group III – Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change; IPCC Second Assessment: Climate Change 1995 (includes Synthesis Report)). 1996 - The IPCC issues the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines fo ...
... Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses; Working Group III – Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change; IPCC Second Assessment: Climate Change 1995 (includes Synthesis Report)). 1996 - The IPCC issues the Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines fo ...
Guianas Amazon Northeast Conservation Alliance Created at COP
... The formation of GANECA comes as leaders from around the world are gathered in Paris to negotiate a deal on climate change. The Guianas Amazon Northeast region spans 250 million hectares across Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, and parts of Venezuela, Colombia and the Brazilian States of Amapa and Pa ...
... The formation of GANECA comes as leaders from around the world are gathered in Paris to negotiate a deal on climate change. The Guianas Amazon Northeast region spans 250 million hectares across Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, and parts of Venezuela, Colombia and the Brazilian States of Amapa and Pa ...
Impact of Climate Change on the beaches of Puerto Rico
... Furthermore, tropical storms and hurricanes cause significant beach erosion and may also damage sand dunes and infrastructure behind the beach. Sand is moved inland by the very high waves or is lost to deep water offshore where it cannot return to the beach system. The IPCC 2007 report has predicted ...
... Furthermore, tropical storms and hurricanes cause significant beach erosion and may also damage sand dunes and infrastructure behind the beach. Sand is moved inland by the very high waves or is lost to deep water offshore where it cannot return to the beach system. The IPCC 2007 report has predicted ...
Understanding the impacts of climate change on economic behavior
... Kansas). The MINK study concluded that climate impacts were too small to generate important interaction effects across sectors and thus require a general equilibrium approach. One must be cautious not to over-generalize from the MINK study, because sectors in some regions, though not MINK, may be clo ...
... Kansas). The MINK study concluded that climate impacts were too small to generate important interaction effects across sectors and thus require a general equilibrium approach. One must be cautious not to over-generalize from the MINK study, because sectors in some regions, though not MINK, may be clo ...
Climate change impact in a shallow coastal Mediterranean
... main effect of the climate change in the Saïdia aquifer will be a decrease in renewable resources of up to 48%, considering only the variation of recharge; if changes in contribution for the Triffa aquifer is considered, renewable resources could decrease by up to 60%; water quality will be affec ...
... main effect of the climate change in the Saïdia aquifer will be a decrease in renewable resources of up to 48%, considering only the variation of recharge; if changes in contribution for the Triffa aquifer is considered, renewable resources could decrease by up to 60%; water quality will be affec ...
Climate Access Roundtable Friday, April 11, 2014
... What is new about the Third NCA? • It is a sustained scientific process, rather than a one-time periodic report-writing activity; • The NCA includes climate impacts and projections, but also assesses progress in response activities such as adaptation (preparedness) and mitigation (managing emission ...
... What is new about the Third NCA? • It is a sustained scientific process, rather than a one-time periodic report-writing activity; • The NCA includes climate impacts and projections, but also assesses progress in response activities such as adaptation (preparedness) and mitigation (managing emission ...
Topic 12A: Climate Change, Part III Online Lecture: The Earth`s
... The Atmosphere & the Earth’s Climate II ○ Dust particles (“aerosols”): – reflect sunlight or absorb sunlight (keeping heat from reaching the surface) – encourage cloud formation Human activities have significantly increased the amount of dust in the atmosphere – this is the second major way which w ...
... The Atmosphere & the Earth’s Climate II ○ Dust particles (“aerosols”): – reflect sunlight or absorb sunlight (keeping heat from reaching the surface) – encourage cloud formation Human activities have significantly increased the amount of dust in the atmosphere – this is the second major way which w ...
What is Ozone Depletion?
... Scientists have warned that the world's climate has changed a lot, and has affected many living and nonliving things. Many places that were warmer are now getting colder, and many colder regions are getting much more colder or even warmer (know as Global Warming). For example, between 1901 and 2012, ...
... Scientists have warned that the world's climate has changed a lot, and has affected many living and nonliving things. Many places that were warmer are now getting colder, and many colder regions are getting much more colder or even warmer (know as Global Warming). For example, between 1901 and 2012, ...
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... CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES AND PROJECTIONS The Earth’s climate changes continually under the influence of a range of natural forces. Currently, however, observed significant and rapid changes in climate patterns worldwide are being driven by global warming caused by human activities that emit heat-tra ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE PROCESSES AND PROJECTIONS The Earth’s climate changes continually under the influence of a range of natural forces. Currently, however, observed significant and rapid changes in climate patterns worldwide are being driven by global warming caused by human activities that emit heat-tra ...
Global Ocean Acidification and Ecosystem Response Observing
... "A business-as-usual scenario…will likely increase global mean temperature by 3⁰C by 2100, with a 65 cm rise in global sea level" Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment ...
... "A business-as-usual scenario…will likely increase global mean temperature by 3⁰C by 2100, with a 65 cm rise in global sea level" Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment ...
B51C-‐0569 -‐ Clima`c controls on aboveground net primary produc
... drier and warmer. Therefore interannual climate variaMons such as El Niño Southern OscillaMon (ENSO) have been used to assess potenMal responses of tropical ANPP to projected climate change. ...
... drier and warmer. Therefore interannual climate variaMons such as El Niño Southern OscillaMon (ENSO) have been used to assess potenMal responses of tropical ANPP to projected climate change. ...
PPT File - Department of Geological & Atmospheric
... Intergenerational Inequities Sustainable Development: “To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” Energy sources? Non-renewable earth resources? Agricultural productivity? Fresh water supplies? Heavy metal contamination of ...
... Intergenerational Inequities Sustainable Development: “To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.” Energy sources? Non-renewable earth resources? Agricultural productivity? Fresh water supplies? Heavy metal contamination of ...
2017_EC1_1_1
... Deeply concerned with the fact that in 1988, ice that survived for four years took up 26% of sea ice territory but in 2013, only 7% of the ice lasted after 4 years, and the Arctic has increased at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and will increase by another 8°C (14°F) by the end of this cen ...
... Deeply concerned with the fact that in 1988, ice that survived for four years took up 26% of sea ice territory but in 2013, only 7% of the ice lasted after 4 years, and the Arctic has increased at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and will increase by another 8°C (14°F) by the end of this cen ...
Draft Cochabamba Synthesis 9.29.10
... it is the collective experiences, analysis, voices, and action of people from impacted communities like ours, around the world, that have the ability to create real solutions to the climate crisis. This is exactly what Bolivian President Evo Morales had in mind when he called for the People’s World ...
... it is the collective experiences, analysis, voices, and action of people from impacted communities like ours, around the world, that have the ability to create real solutions to the climate crisis. This is exactly what Bolivian President Evo Morales had in mind when he called for the People’s World ...