Entering Uncharted Waters
... started an urgent response by allocating the equivalent of around $35m for food and nonfood items, while calling on donors for additional support. Oxfam is responding in the following areas: in Siti in Somali region, where 76 percent of the inhabitants – 414,000 people – have been identified as bein ...
... started an urgent response by allocating the equivalent of around $35m for food and nonfood items, while calling on donors for additional support. Oxfam is responding in the following areas: in Siti in Somali region, where 76 percent of the inhabitants – 414,000 people – have been identified as bein ...
Climate change impacts on North African countries and on some
... Accordingly, water scarcity related to climate change is expected to have negative consequences on North Africa’s agriculture (El-Shaer et al., 1997). Water and land resources in North Africa are primarily used for agriculture. North Africa accounts for more than 41% (about 6 million hectares) of to ...
... Accordingly, water scarcity related to climate change is expected to have negative consequences on North Africa’s agriculture (El-Shaer et al., 1997). Water and land resources in North Africa are primarily used for agriculture. North Africa accounts for more than 41% (about 6 million hectares) of to ...
Equilibrium Response of an Atmosphere–Mixed Layer Ocean Model
... forcing agent separately. Realistic spatial patterns of forcing constituents are applied but the magnitude of the forcing is adjusted so that each forcing constituent yields approximately the same strength of radiative forcing. It is demonstrated that the global mean temperature response depends on ...
... forcing agent separately. Realistic spatial patterns of forcing constituents are applied but the magnitude of the forcing is adjusted so that each forcing constituent yields approximately the same strength of radiative forcing. It is demonstrated that the global mean temperature response depends on ...
- FUND - Climate Framework for Uncertainty, Negotiation
... reduction costs. The parameters γ determine which part of the knowledge is kept within the region, and which part spills over to other regions as well. In the base case, γR=0.9 and γG=0.1. The model is similar in structure and numbers to that of Goulder and Schneider (1999) and Goulder and Mathai (2 ...
... reduction costs. The parameters γ determine which part of the knowledge is kept within the region, and which part spills over to other regions as well. In the base case, γR=0.9 and γG=0.1. The model is similar in structure and numbers to that of Goulder and Schneider (1999) and Goulder and Mathai (2 ...
Safe climate memes - Green Innovations
... These memes will be powerful when they are supported by high quality validating proofs. For each meme, I have indicated where I think the validation process is up to at present. I believe that in the absence of proofs and widespread knowledge of these proofs, success with a safe climate program will ...
... These memes will be powerful when they are supported by high quality validating proofs. For each meme, I have indicated where I think the validation process is up to at present. I believe that in the absence of proofs and widespread knowledge of these proofs, success with a safe climate program will ...
NSW and ACT Regional Climate Model: Project scope
... through the NSW Climate Impact Profile. These projections are based on a small number of dynamical global climate models (GCMs) that were selected because of their skill in modelling major climate variables for this region of the globe1. GCMs are based on physical processes (e.g. how solar radiation ...
... through the NSW Climate Impact Profile. These projections are based on a small number of dynamical global climate models (GCMs) that were selected because of their skill in modelling major climate variables for this region of the globe1. GCMs are based on physical processes (e.g. how solar radiation ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments
... throughout the troposphere. Observations are consistent with these predictions. Furthermore, new hot spot) is missing. measurements in the tropics suggest greater warming in the upper troposphere than at the surface, as predicted by the models. Although the tropospheric hot spot (signature) is not u ...
... throughout the troposphere. Observations are consistent with these predictions. Furthermore, new hot spot) is missing. measurements in the tropics suggest greater warming in the upper troposphere than at the surface, as predicted by the models. Although the tropospheric hot spot (signature) is not u ...
airpps.pps - Knockhardy
... THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT What can chemists do to minimise climate change from global warming? • provide scientific evidence to governments to confirm it is taking place • monitor progress against initiatives such as the Kyoto protocol • investigate solutions to environmental problems ...
... THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT What can chemists do to minimise climate change from global warming? • provide scientific evidence to governments to confirm it is taking place • monitor progress against initiatives such as the Kyoto protocol • investigate solutions to environmental problems ...
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... THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT What can chemists do to minimise climate change from global warming? • provide scientific evidence to governments to confirm it is taking place • monitor progress against initiatives such as the Kyoto protocol • investigate solutions to environmental problems ...
... THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT What can chemists do to minimise climate change from global warming? • provide scientific evidence to governments to confirm it is taking place • monitor progress against initiatives such as the Kyoto protocol • investigate solutions to environmental problems ...
Geography Specification B - Unit 1
... Examine the impact of a short-term historical event on people and the environment, e.g. the ‘Little Ice Age’. Consider the impact of major climatic changes in geological time, e.g. the mass extinction of megafauna at the end of the Quaternary Period. ...
... Examine the impact of a short-term historical event on people and the environment, e.g. the ‘Little Ice Age’. Consider the impact of major climatic changes in geological time, e.g. the mass extinction of megafauna at the end of the Quaternary Period. ...
Singapore`s Second National Climate Change Study Climate
... The regional climate model used for downscaling was configured to have a 12 km horizontal resolution grid centred on Singapore, and covers much of Southeast Asia. For each of the nine selected global climate models, two future simulations were carried out based on different greenhouse gas Representa ...
... The regional climate model used for downscaling was configured to have a 12 km horizontal resolution grid centred on Singapore, and covers much of Southeast Asia. For each of the nine selected global climate models, two future simulations were carried out based on different greenhouse gas Representa ...
Stratospheric Ozone
... of global warming caused by a substance The GWP is the ratio of the warming caused by a substance to the warming caused by a similar mass of carbon dioxide. Thus, the GWP of CO2 is defined to be 1.0 . Methane is 21. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is 310. CFC-12 has a GWP of 8,500, while CFC-11 has a GWP of 5,0 ...
... of global warming caused by a substance The GWP is the ratio of the warming caused by a substance to the warming caused by a similar mass of carbon dioxide. Thus, the GWP of CO2 is defined to be 1.0 . Methane is 21. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) is 310. CFC-12 has a GWP of 8,500, while CFC-11 has a GWP of 5,0 ...
GEOS
... Key concepts and generalizations of global environmental issues within an Earth systems science framework including climate change, air pollution, land and coastal degradation, water resources and pollution, and habitat loss; environmental ethics, economics and politics; environmental issues in Texa ...
... Key concepts and generalizations of global environmental issues within an Earth systems science framework including climate change, air pollution, land and coastal degradation, water resources and pollution, and habitat loss; environmental ethics, economics and politics; environmental issues in Texa ...
Observed changes of cryosphere in China over the second half of
... There are 119 meteorological stations in the QTP, of which 7 are located within permafrost regions with elevations higher than 4500 m and mean annual air temperatures lower than –2.88C. Three of the seven stations are free of permafrost (Maduo, Tuotuohe and Zhongxinzhan) due to the influences of hig ...
... There are 119 meteorological stations in the QTP, of which 7 are located within permafrost regions with elevations higher than 4500 m and mean annual air temperatures lower than –2.88C. Three of the seven stations are free of permafrost (Maduo, Tuotuohe and Zhongxinzhan) due to the influences of hig ...
Casino-21: Public Participation in Climate Simulation of the 21st
... from ~240W/m2 by ~4W/m2 Climate system adjusts to restore balance. www.climateprediction.com ...
... from ~240W/m2 by ~4W/m2 Climate system adjusts to restore balance. www.climateprediction.com ...
The Changing Himalayas
... Himalayan and inner Asian ranges have the most highly glaciated areas outside the polar regions (Owen et al., 2002; Dyurgerov and Meier, 2005). Glaciated areas in the greater Himalayan region cover an area of more than 112,000 km2 (Table 2). The Himalayan Range alone (a sub-region) has a total area ...
... Himalayan and inner Asian ranges have the most highly glaciated areas outside the polar regions (Owen et al., 2002; Dyurgerov and Meier, 2005). Glaciated areas in the greater Himalayan region cover an area of more than 112,000 km2 (Table 2). The Himalayan Range alone (a sub-region) has a total area ...
Casino-21: Public Participation in Climate Simulation of
... from ~240W/m2 by ~4W/m2 Climate system adjusts to restore balance. www.climateprediction.com ...
... from ~240W/m2 by ~4W/m2 Climate system adjusts to restore balance. www.climateprediction.com ...
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?
... 433–477 ppm CO2-eq) in 2005.27 However, the cooling effects of aerosols and landuse changes reduce radiative forcing so that the net forcing of human activities was in the range of 311 to 435 ppm CO2-eq, with a central estimate of about 375 ppm CO2-eq for 2005.28 The current growth in CO2 emissions ...
... 433–477 ppm CO2-eq) in 2005.27 However, the cooling effects of aerosols and landuse changes reduce radiative forcing so that the net forcing of human activities was in the range of 311 to 435 ppm CO2-eq, with a central estimate of about 375 ppm CO2-eq for 2005.28 The current growth in CO2 emissions ...
Irish Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Status Report 2009
... emissions and there is growing concern as to the impact of this rapid change in ocean chemistry on species and ecosystems, especially on calcifying organisms such as deep sea corals. Acidification might be relevant in the highly productive coastal ocean as a consequence of manmade and local discharg ...
... emissions and there is growing concern as to the impact of this rapid change in ocean chemistry on species and ecosystems, especially on calcifying organisms such as deep sea corals. Acidification might be relevant in the highly productive coastal ocean as a consequence of manmade and local discharg ...
arctic experience: middle years program
... atmosphere and create the greenhouse effect which is essential for life on our planet. The greenhouse effect traps the heat from the sun close to the Earth’s surface, increasing global temperatures to a livable level. Without these gases, Earth would be -18C year-round. Current human practices of fo ...
... atmosphere and create the greenhouse effect which is essential for life on our planet. The greenhouse effect traps the heat from the sun close to the Earth’s surface, increasing global temperatures to a livable level. Without these gases, Earth would be -18C year-round. Current human practices of fo ...
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... Last August I discussed findings by German and British scientists “that more than 250 plumes of bubbles of methane gas are rising from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin in the Arctic, in a depth range of 150 to 400 metres” (see “So many amplifying methane feedbacks, so little ti ...
... Last August I discussed findings by German and British scientists “that more than 250 plumes of bubbles of methane gas are rising from the seabed of the West Spitsbergen continental margin in the Arctic, in a depth range of 150 to 400 metres” (see “So many amplifying methane feedbacks, so little ti ...
Extreme Weather Events
... could be trumpeted and heralded before the public as additional proofs of so-called “climate change.” It allowed them to take a parameter such as Arctic ice volume, for example, and claim something like “its downward trend over the past three decades is clear evidence of climate change.” As explicit ...
... could be trumpeted and heralded before the public as additional proofs of so-called “climate change.” It allowed them to take a parameter such as Arctic ice volume, for example, and claim something like “its downward trend over the past three decades is clear evidence of climate change.” As explicit ...
Extended Abstract
... based on interviews with ski area managers. A complete record of daily temperature (maximum, minimum and mean), precipitation (rain and snowfall) and snow depth data for 1961 to 1996 (the last year the rehabilitated snow data set was available) was obtained from the Meteorological Service of Canada ...
... based on interviews with ski area managers. A complete record of daily temperature (maximum, minimum and mean), precipitation (rain and snowfall) and snow depth data for 1961 to 1996 (the last year the rehabilitated snow data set was available) was obtained from the Meteorological Service of Canada ...
Risks of Climate Change on the Singapore
... infrastructure or other assets-need to occur in a way which ensures that the outcomes of those decisions are robust enough to cope with, or adapt to, changing climatic conditions in the future’ [4]. Although climate change adaptation measures have been proposed to respond to extreme events at a high ...
... infrastructure or other assets-need to occur in a way which ensures that the outcomes of those decisions are robust enough to cope with, or adapt to, changing climatic conditions in the future’ [4]. Although climate change adaptation measures have been proposed to respond to extreme events at a high ...
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.