Impact of climate change on the hydrologic cycle and implications
... phases (Huybers, 2006). These glaciations ended during the Holocene epoch resulting in a more stable climatic state. Hence, the Earth’s climate has never been the same since its formation. However, the changes that occurred during different geological periods were natural, progressive and took thous ...
... phases (Huybers, 2006). These glaciations ended during the Holocene epoch resulting in a more stable climatic state. Hence, the Earth’s climate has never been the same since its formation. However, the changes that occurred during different geological periods were natural, progressive and took thous ...
Comments on “A Unified
... Figure 1 (in [Palmer’s] paper) illustrates schematically some of the implications of such nonlinearity— in our view it is key to explaining the relevance of seamless prediction for studies of climate change. The figure shows a chain. One end of this chain represents humanity’s forcing of climate thr ...
... Figure 1 (in [Palmer’s] paper) illustrates schematically some of the implications of such nonlinearity— in our view it is key to explaining the relevance of seamless prediction for studies of climate change. The figure shows a chain. One end of this chain represents humanity’s forcing of climate thr ...
Efficiently Constraining Climate Sensitivity with Ensembles
... project produced a gridded SST data set which indicated an average cooling of 0.8°C in the tropics, a value which is now widely regarded as too small. The alkenone data set of Harrison (2000) has been widely used in recent years for comparison with models (Houghton et al. 2001), and so we focus prim ...
... project produced a gridded SST data set which indicated an average cooling of 0.8°C in the tropics, a value which is now widely regarded as too small. The alkenone data set of Harrison (2000) has been widely used in recent years for comparison with models (Houghton et al. 2001), and so we focus prim ...
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... The intuition underlying the wage-hedonic measurement of the value of a non-marketed local attribute like climate proceeds as follows. Each individual chooses a place to live that maximizes her utility, given the bundles of attributes that define the locations in her choice set. Ceteris paribus, an ...
... The intuition underlying the wage-hedonic measurement of the value of a non-marketed local attribute like climate proceeds as follows. Each individual chooses a place to live that maximizes her utility, given the bundles of attributes that define the locations in her choice set. Ceteris paribus, an ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
Impact of Climate Change Heating and Cooling Energy Use in
... aspects of the environment and human activities in buildings. One area directly affected by climate change is the energy consumption for heating and cooling. To quantify the impact, this study used the HadCM3 Global Circulation Model (GCM) to generate weather data for future typical meteorological y ...
... aspects of the environment and human activities in buildings. One area directly affected by climate change is the energy consumption for heating and cooling. To quantify the impact, this study used the HadCM3 Global Circulation Model (GCM) to generate weather data for future typical meteorological y ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on the Coral Reefs of the Caribbean
... Global climate change has emerged over the past decade as one of the major environmental issues facing countries worldwide. The Caribbean, with its small islands and lowlying states, is facing serious challenges as they seek to grapple with the impacts of a changing climate. Global temperatures hav ...
... Global climate change has emerged over the past decade as one of the major environmental issues facing countries worldwide. The Caribbean, with its small islands and lowlying states, is facing serious challenges as they seek to grapple with the impacts of a changing climate. Global temperatures hav ...
Climatic Change, Land Use and Food Security
... extraction grass burning and tree cutting were observed. As regards interviewing, the researchers interviewed some officials from the National Environment Management authority (NEMA) a body responsible for overseeing environment protection from some districts in western Uganda. Some elders and promi ...
... extraction grass burning and tree cutting were observed. As regards interviewing, the researchers interviewed some officials from the National Environment Management authority (NEMA) a body responsible for overseeing environment protection from some districts in western Uganda. Some elders and promi ...
Forests and Climate Change
... and some models also include land-use change. Tropical Forests Climate model simulations show that tropical forests maintain high rates of evapotranspiration, decrease surface air temperature, and increase precipitation compared with pastureland (SOM). The most studied region is Amazonia, where larg ...
... and some models also include land-use change. Tropical Forests Climate model simulations show that tropical forests maintain high rates of evapotranspiration, decrease surface air temperature, and increase precipitation compared with pastureland (SOM). The most studied region is Amazonia, where larg ...
Impacts of Climate Change on London`s Transport Systems
... London moving – flooding, heat waves and storms have all brought about delays and increased costs that have affected London’s economy and the well being of Londoners. Predicted climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather on top of a general trend towards hotter, drier ...
... London moving – flooding, heat waves and storms have all brought about delays and increased costs that have affected London’s economy and the well being of Londoners. Predicted climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather on top of a general trend towards hotter, drier ...
Climate Change, Climate Justice 2 Resources for Post Primary
... Ireland has seen a rise in surface air temperature of approximately 0.8°C over the last century. The number of days on which frost occurs has decreased, while annual rainfall and the amount of warm days have increased. We are contributing to these changes through our emissions. Since 2001, emissions ...
... Ireland has seen a rise in surface air temperature of approximately 0.8°C over the last century. The number of days on which frost occurs has decreased, while annual rainfall and the amount of warm days have increased. We are contributing to these changes through our emissions. Since 2001, emissions ...
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... water resource changes associated with each climate model are introduced into the economic models through modifications in (a) regional crop yields, (b) crop water use coefficients, and (c) regional water supply levels. The subsequent model runs then translate the physical and biological effects int ...
... water resource changes associated with each climate model are introduced into the economic models through modifications in (a) regional crop yields, (b) crop water use coefficients, and (c) regional water supply levels. The subsequent model runs then translate the physical and biological effects int ...
Neymar, Serena Williams and Kolo Touré join
... “It would be wonderful if all teachers could make sure the World’s Largest Lesson is taught at their school. By making the Global Goals famous we can give them the best chance of working around the world – and help make us the first generation to end extreme poverty, the most determined generation i ...
... “It would be wonderful if all teachers could make sure the World’s Largest Lesson is taught at their school. By making the Global Goals famous we can give them the best chance of working around the world – and help make us the first generation to end extreme poverty, the most determined generation i ...
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
Global Change and Coral Reefs
... in the atmosphere. This chart illustrates the main ways that this affects coral reefs. The best-known effect is global warming, which is the main problem behind the phenomenon of coral bleaching; and also the driver behind sea level rise, which is likely to help some reefs and to harm others. Anothe ...
... in the atmosphere. This chart illustrates the main ways that this affects coral reefs. The best-known effect is global warming, which is the main problem behind the phenomenon of coral bleaching; and also the driver behind sea level rise, which is likely to help some reefs and to harm others. Anothe ...
Climate Change Communication Guide
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
... The Disengaged generally does not know much about climate change or whether it is happening, and does not give the issue much thought. This segment typically has received less formal education and is less financially well off than other segments of the population. While the Disengaged are typically ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... The likelihood of occurrence of these low probability, high impact, events (“tipping points”) is greatly diminished under the new ECS findings. The average 95th percentile value of the new literature survey is only 3.5°C indicating a very low probability of a warming reaching 3-5°C by 2100 as indic ...
... The likelihood of occurrence of these low probability, high impact, events (“tipping points”) is greatly diminished under the new ECS findings. The average 95th percentile value of the new literature survey is only 3.5°C indicating a very low probability of a warming reaching 3-5°C by 2100 as indic ...
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... scenario” except for small dips during two global recessions.18 Their observation shows that fossil fuels have generated almost an excessive quantity of carbon in the atmosphere. This calls for an affirmative action geared towards reducing the use of fossil fuels and thus reducing atmospheric concen ...
... scenario” except for small dips during two global recessions.18 Their observation shows that fossil fuels have generated almost an excessive quantity of carbon in the atmosphere. This calls for an affirmative action geared towards reducing the use of fossil fuels and thus reducing atmospheric concen ...
ZONAL FOREST TYPES, CLIMATIC VARIABLES AND EFFECT OF
... Northern Mountains (Figure 3b). At higher elevations sessile oak becomes rare, which is primarily caused by the dominance of the very competitive beech. Although human intervention altered the species composition of beech forests, they were in general not replaced by stands of other species such as ...
... Northern Mountains (Figure 3b). At higher elevations sessile oak becomes rare, which is primarily caused by the dominance of the very competitive beech. Although human intervention altered the species composition of beech forests, they were in general not replaced by stands of other species such as ...
Earth 104 Activity: Modeling the Economics of Climate Change
... 1 reflecting a policy where we do the maximum possible. Note that when ECR = 1, then the whole Emissions equation above gives a result of 0 — that is, no human emissions of carbon to the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. In our model, the ECR is initially set to 0.005, but it can be alter ...
... 1 reflecting a policy where we do the maximum possible. Note that when ECR = 1, then the whole Emissions equation above gives a result of 0 — that is, no human emissions of carbon to the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. In our model, the ECR is initially set to 0.005, but it can be alter ...
Abrupt Climate Change - University of California San Diego
... Attention has recently focused on the Ecological and Economic Systems possibility of solar forcing contributing to Although there is a substantial body of reabrupt climate change. Moderate climate search on the ecological and societal impacts oscillations during the Holocene, such as of climate chan ...
... Attention has recently focused on the Ecological and Economic Systems possibility of solar forcing contributing to Although there is a substantial body of reabrupt climate change. Moderate climate search on the ecological and societal impacts oscillations during the Holocene, such as of climate chan ...
File - Climatelinks
... McSweeney, C., New, M., and Lizcano, G. UNDP Country Climate Profi les: Kenya. 2008. [cited 10 July 2011]. Available from: http://country-profi les.geog.ox.ac.uk/index.html?country=Kenya&d1=Reports. McSweeney, C., New, M., and Lizcano, G. UNDP Country Climate Profiles: Kenya. 2008. [cited 10 July 201 ...
... McSweeney, C., New, M., and Lizcano, G. UNDP Country Climate Profi les: Kenya. 2008. [cited 10 July 2011]. Available from: http://country-profi les.geog.ox.ac.uk/index.html?country=Kenya&d1=Reports. McSweeney, C., New, M., and Lizcano, G. UNDP Country Climate Profiles: Kenya. 2008. [cited 10 July 201 ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... We begin our analysis with a discussion of the changes in large scale circulation patterns over our full domain as described by sea level pressure (SLP) and 500 hPa geopotential height fields. Figure 2 shows the change in average SLP and 500 hPa height between the A2 and reference simulations. Result ...
... We begin our analysis with a discussion of the changes in large scale circulation patterns over our full domain as described by sea level pressure (SLP) and 500 hPa geopotential height fields. Figure 2 shows the change in average SLP and 500 hPa height between the A2 and reference simulations. Result ...
Expert Judgment for Climate Change Adaptation
... (GCMs), which simulate the whole climate system at a coarse resolution; then use one or more downscaling methods, which interpolate the GCM output to give finer details over the region of interest; finally, downscaled projections may be combined with local historical data. Methods diverge in their sel ...
... (GCMs), which simulate the whole climate system at a coarse resolution; then use one or more downscaling methods, which interpolate the GCM output to give finer details over the region of interest; finally, downscaled projections may be combined with local historical data. Methods diverge in their sel ...
Lead time = 3
... ENSO - large single signal Other tropical ocean SST - difficult Remote tropical atmospheric teleconnections Climate change - largest for temperature Local land surface conditions - soil moisture, snow Atmospheric composition - difficult Volcanic eruptions - important for large events Mid-latitude oc ...
... ENSO - large single signal Other tropical ocean SST - difficult Remote tropical atmospheric teleconnections Climate change - largest for temperature Local land surface conditions - soil moisture, snow Atmospheric composition - difficult Volcanic eruptions - important for large events Mid-latitude oc ...
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.