Talking about a revolution: climate change and the media
... turn bad news into good. But the media does have a role to play in empowering people to make informed choices. Yet public, private and political reactions to climate change are still small relative to what powerful scientific, economic and moral arguments demand. It has been said that the most impor ...
... turn bad news into good. But the media does have a role to play in empowering people to make informed choices. Yet public, private and political reactions to climate change are still small relative to what powerful scientific, economic and moral arguments demand. It has been said that the most impor ...
LWC4.3 - Pittwater Council
... finite resources of our planet. Human activities (in particular the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing and agriculture) have produced substantial quantities of greenhouse gases which have significantly enhanced the natural atmospheric greenhouse effect and increased global warming to such an ext ...
... finite resources of our planet. Human activities (in particular the burning of fossil fuels, land clearing and agriculture) have produced substantial quantities of greenhouse gases which have significantly enhanced the natural atmospheric greenhouse effect and increased global warming to such an ext ...
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... A central issue in the economics of climate change is understanding and dealing with the vast array of uncertainties. These range from those regarding economic and population growth, emissions intensities and new technologies, to the carbon cycle, climate response, and damages, and cascade to the co ...
... A central issue in the economics of climate change is understanding and dealing with the vast array of uncertainties. These range from those regarding economic and population growth, emissions intensities and new technologies, to the carbon cycle, climate response, and damages, and cascade to the co ...
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... This paper evaluates the effects of annual fluctuations in temperature and precipitation on labor allocation in rural Mexico. We use a 28-year panel of individuals to investigate how people adjust their sector and location of work in response to year-to-year variation in weather. Controlling for sta ...
... This paper evaluates the effects of annual fluctuations in temperature and precipitation on labor allocation in rural Mexico. We use a 28-year panel of individuals to investigate how people adjust their sector and location of work in response to year-to-year variation in weather. Controlling for sta ...
Diagnosing atmosphere--land feedbacks in CMIP5 climate models
... than validation role; ERA-Interim, in particular, should be considered as a model that is constrained by the assimilation of observations to varying degrees, depending upon the variable that is considered (for example atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles are constrained by satellite retriev ...
... than validation role; ERA-Interim, in particular, should be considered as a model that is constrained by the assimilation of observations to varying degrees, depending upon the variable that is considered (for example atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles are constrained by satellite retriev ...
01-Long Report-cover
... from 1906 to 2005. {WGI 3.2, SPM} The temperature increase is widespread over the globe and is greater at higher northern latitudes (Figure 1.2). Average Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100 years. Land regions have warmed faster than the oceans ...
... from 1906 to 2005. {WGI 3.2, SPM} The temperature increase is widespread over the globe and is greater at higher northern latitudes (Figure 1.2). Average Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate in the past 100 years. Land regions have warmed faster than the oceans ...
The Changing Climate and Adaptation Strategies for the Mississippi
... also explains it, while the manufacturing jobs that did exist in the region, like the Schwinn Bicycle plant in Greenville, left the area like this plant did in the early 1990s (Schwinn, 1991). Furthermore, the low education levels in the region leave many entrepreneurs and large businesses weary of ...
... also explains it, while the manufacturing jobs that did exist in the region, like the Schwinn Bicycle plant in Greenville, left the area like this plant did in the early 1990s (Schwinn, 1991). Furthermore, the low education levels in the region leave many entrepreneurs and large businesses weary of ...
Responding to Threats of Climate Change Mega
... The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) or Greenland ice sheets could lead to sea level rise great enough to be considered a mega-catastrophe: on the order of 4 to 7 m. Current scientific judgment, however, generally holds that sea level increases of this magnitude are likely to occur on ...
... The collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) or Greenland ice sheets could lead to sea level rise great enough to be considered a mega-catastrophe: on the order of 4 to 7 m. Current scientific judgment, however, generally holds that sea level increases of this magnitude are likely to occur on ...
ocean acidification`s potential to alter Global Marine ecosystem
... the calcification rates of mollusks, corals, and echinoderms decline with decreasing CO 32– ion concentrations in seawater (reviewed in Kleypas et al., 2006; Fabry et al., 2008; Doney et al., 2009a). Crustacean calcification also changes (Ries et al., 2008), and the mass and calcification of plankto ...
... the calcification rates of mollusks, corals, and echinoderms decline with decreasing CO 32– ion concentrations in seawater (reviewed in Kleypas et al., 2006; Fabry et al., 2008; Doney et al., 2009a). Crustacean calcification also changes (Ries et al., 2008), and the mass and calcification of plankto ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... indicate that the general spatial patterns of warming and precipitation are similar for the other SRES scenarios, with a 30% difference in warming relative to A1B depending on the scenario (B1 coolest, A2 warmest). The trends are roughly linear in time, so that the results in Fig. 3 can be interpol ...
... indicate that the general spatial patterns of warming and precipitation are similar for the other SRES scenarios, with a 30% difference in warming relative to A1B depending on the scenario (B1 coolest, A2 warmest). The trends are roughly linear in time, so that the results in Fig. 3 can be interpol ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... indicate that the general spatial patterns of warming and precipitation are similar for the other SRES scenarios, with a 30% difference in warming relative to A1B depending on the scenario (B1 coolest, A2 warmest). The trends are roughly linear in time, so that the results in Fig. 3 can be interpol ...
... indicate that the general spatial patterns of warming and precipitation are similar for the other SRES scenarios, with a 30% difference in warming relative to A1B depending on the scenario (B1 coolest, A2 warmest). The trends are roughly linear in time, so that the results in Fig. 3 can be interpol ...
Background papers
... This motion is a not a “wordy “we are concerned about climate change”” as Stephen Lingwood says in his article in the Inquirer (The Inquirer, 14 March 2015). But it is also not Stephen’s “disinvestment from fossil fuels” suggestion, which is a complex issue. The motion is a simple, practical motion ...
... This motion is a not a “wordy “we are concerned about climate change”” as Stephen Lingwood says in his article in the Inquirer (The Inquirer, 14 March 2015). But it is also not Stephen’s “disinvestment from fossil fuels” suggestion, which is a complex issue. The motion is a simple, practical motion ...
ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States AD
... There are two periods of warming in the 20th century that are statistically indistinguishable in magnitude. The first had little if any relation to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, while the second has characteristics that are consistent in part with a changed greenhouse effect. (p. 17) 2. Cli ...
... There are two periods of warming in the 20th century that are statistically indistinguishable in magnitude. The first had little if any relation to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, while the second has characteristics that are consistent in part with a changed greenhouse effect. (p. 17) 2. Cli ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, and Uruguay, leading to loss of coastal land, infrastructure, and biodiversity, as well as the intrusion of soil-contaminating saltwater. Sixty of Latin America’s seventy-seven largest cities are located on the coast.11 Snow and rainfall patterns are changing, ...
... Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, and Uruguay, leading to loss of coastal land, infrastructure, and biodiversity, as well as the intrusion of soil-contaminating saltwater. Sixty of Latin America’s seventy-seven largest cities are located on the coast.11 Snow and rainfall patterns are changing, ...
Case Study Presentation - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... Forensic Climate-Engineering Studies • Learn from infrastructure failures under climate/weather events • Helps to identify climate & infrastructure failure thresholds • Joint engineering and climate analyses – Assess climate risk ...
... Forensic Climate-Engineering Studies • Learn from infrastructure failures under climate/weather events • Helps to identify climate & infrastructure failure thresholds • Joint engineering and climate analyses – Assess climate risk ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, and Uruguay, leading to loss of coastal land, infrastructure, and biodiversity, as well as the intrusion of soil-contaminating saltwater. Sixty of Latin America’s seventy-seven largest cities are located on the coast.11 Snow and rainfall patterns are changing, ...
... Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, and Uruguay, leading to loss of coastal land, infrastructure, and biodiversity, as well as the intrusion of soil-contaminating saltwater. Sixty of Latin America’s seventy-seven largest cities are located on the coast.11 Snow and rainfall patterns are changing, ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... maximum canopy photosynthetic capacity and base respiration). Interannual variability in biotic responses was regarded as functional change. Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time s ...
... maximum canopy photosynthetic capacity and base respiration). Interannual variability in biotic responses was regarded as functional change. Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time s ...
Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century
... used to drive the model in order to achieve an equilibrium state (i.e., the interannual variation of net fluxes less than 0.1 g C m 2 yr 1 for carbon, 0.1 g Nm 2 yr 1 for nitrogen, and 0.1 mm m 2 yr 1 for water within a 50 year simulation cycle). For the equilibrium run, the climate conditions were t ...
... used to drive the model in order to achieve an equilibrium state (i.e., the interannual variation of net fluxes less than 0.1 g C m 2 yr 1 for carbon, 0.1 g Nm 2 yr 1 for nitrogen, and 0.1 mm m 2 yr 1 for water within a 50 year simulation cycle). For the equilibrium run, the climate conditions were t ...
ICARUS IV ABSTRACTS
... Although the relationship between access to modern energy services and development is well established, efforts to address Africa's energy poverty are shaped by the imperative to do so without increasing gl ...
... Although the relationship between access to modern energy services and development is well established, efforts to address Africa's energy poverty are shaped by the imperative to do so without increasing gl ...
Introductory e-Course on Climate Change
... The interactive lessons are provided with the purpose of achieving the 4 to 5 specific learning objectives of each module, and contain 40-70 slides of content supported by case studies, videos, external links and exercises. The lessons take around 2-3 hours to complete. All modules are also availab ...
... The interactive lessons are provided with the purpose of achieving the 4 to 5 specific learning objectives of each module, and contain 40-70 slides of content supported by case studies, videos, external links and exercises. The lessons take around 2-3 hours to complete. All modules are also availab ...
Dynamical downscaling from climate
... includes downdrafts and detrainment. CCAM may be employed in quasi-uniform mode, or in stretched mode by utilising the Schmidt (1977) transformation. For this simulation, CCAM is first set up on a quasi-uniform grid having a resolution of about 200 km over the whole globe (Figure 1, top). It is run ...
... includes downdrafts and detrainment. CCAM may be employed in quasi-uniform mode, or in stretched mode by utilising the Schmidt (1977) transformation. For this simulation, CCAM is first set up on a quasi-uniform grid having a resolution of about 200 km over the whole globe (Figure 1, top). It is run ...
Argentina - Met Office
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
Paper - Department of Economics
... well as global mean temperatures are non-stationary time series invalidating the use of standard statistical inference procedures (Pretis & Hendry 2013, Kaufmann et al. 2013, Kaufmann & Stern 2002, D. I. Stern & Kaufmann 2000). Econometric cointegration analysis can be used to overcome the inferenti ...
... well as global mean temperatures are non-stationary time series invalidating the use of standard statistical inference procedures (Pretis & Hendry 2013, Kaufmann et al. 2013, Kaufmann & Stern 2002, D. I. Stern & Kaufmann 2000). Econometric cointegration analysis can be used to overcome the inferenti ...
Climate Science: An Empirical Example of Postnormal Science
... uncertainty regarding baseline and empirical data in regard to global warming and to the fact that climate science, at the same time, is at risk of distortion by political power plays, ideological conflicts, and differences both internal and external to the scientific community. They suggest that re ...
... uncertainty regarding baseline and empirical data in regard to global warming and to the fact that climate science, at the same time, is at risk of distortion by political power plays, ideological conflicts, and differences both internal and external to the scientific community. They suggest that re ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.