The Weather Makers - Eastern Washington University
... Drawing on the ideas from his groundbreaking new book, Tim Flannery presents a straightforward and powerful exploration of the connection between climate change, global warming, and human activity. He has a gift for making complex science understandable for a lay audience, through a deft use of imag ...
... Drawing on the ideas from his groundbreaking new book, Tim Flannery presents a straightforward and powerful exploration of the connection between climate change, global warming, and human activity. He has a gift for making complex science understandable for a lay audience, through a deft use of imag ...
Slide 1
... All these occur regularly anyway, so these are about increased likelihood, which is more uncertain “No clear trend in … tropical cyclones” (IPPC, 2007). “Insufficient evidence to determine whether trends exist ...
... All these occur regularly anyway, so these are about increased likelihood, which is more uncertain “No clear trend in … tropical cyclones” (IPPC, 2007). “Insufficient evidence to determine whether trends exist ...
Data in developing countries
... • An extreme weather event is an event that is rare within its statistical reference distribution at a particular place. • Definitions of “rare” vary, but an extreme weather event would normally be as rare as or rarer than the 10th or 90th percentile. By definition, my rare is not necessarily your r ...
... • An extreme weather event is an event that is rare within its statistical reference distribution at a particular place. • Definitions of “rare” vary, but an extreme weather event would normally be as rare as or rarer than the 10th or 90th percentile. By definition, my rare is not necessarily your r ...
1/8 An experimental model to understand
... The problem with this experiment is that the temperature under the container(s) takes time to stabilise (more than 50 minutes). This means that is either necessary to wait for stabilisation in order to obtain comparable temperatures, or to start the experiments with the same initial temperature cond ...
... The problem with this experiment is that the temperature under the container(s) takes time to stabilise (more than 50 minutes). This means that is either necessary to wait for stabilisation in order to obtain comparable temperatures, or to start the experiments with the same initial temperature cond ...
General Overview of Climate Change Science
... Shorter-term cycles like El Nino. The oceans and atmosphere work together to influence climate. Natural oscillations in ocean currents, the location of the warmest or coldest ocean temperatures, etc. can influence atmospheric circulation patterns. El Nino is an example. In this case the pool of warm ...
... Shorter-term cycles like El Nino. The oceans and atmosphere work together to influence climate. Natural oscillations in ocean currents, the location of the warmest or coldest ocean temperatures, etc. can influence atmospheric circulation patterns. El Nino is an example. In this case the pool of warm ...
discov5_lecppt_Ch25
... Some Predicted Consequences of Climate Change Are Now Being Seen • Long-term and large-scale changes in the state of Earth’s climate are broadly known as climate change • As a result of climate change, satellite images show that Arctic sea ice has been declining by 2.7 percent per decade since 19 ...
... Some Predicted Consequences of Climate Change Are Now Being Seen • Long-term and large-scale changes in the state of Earth’s climate are broadly known as climate change • As a result of climate change, satellite images show that Arctic sea ice has been declining by 2.7 percent per decade since 19 ...
7. Global Warming Phenomenon, An Impending Catastrophe?
... 1oF) in the last century (Parker, 2005). Scientific opinion on climate change is that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is traceable to the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentration in the lower atmosphere as a result of agricul ...
... 1oF) in the last century (Parker, 2005). Scientific opinion on climate change is that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-twentieth century is traceable to the increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentration in the lower atmosphere as a result of agricul ...
Climate change and mountain environments
... natural systems and for human uses. Earlier melting leads to drier conditions with increased fire frequency and intensity. Glaciers around the world have been shrinking. In equatorial areas this has been particularly rapid. For example, Glacier Ururashraju, in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, has rece ...
... natural systems and for human uses. Earlier melting leads to drier conditions with increased fire frequency and intensity. Glaciers around the world have been shrinking. In equatorial areas this has been particularly rapid. For example, Glacier Ururashraju, in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru, has rece ...
Slide 1
... If we continue to produce greenhouse gases at or above current rates, it is more than 90 percent certain that climate change will accelerate in the 21st century. ...
... If we continue to produce greenhouse gases at or above current rates, it is more than 90 percent certain that climate change will accelerate in the 21st century. ...
Requires the lieutenant governor to develop a strategic plan for directing statewide growth and development that takes into account a predicted sea level rise in 2050 to 1 foot above the current sea level and any resultant climate change.
... inches by 2030, relative to the 2000 level, 7 to 19 inches by 2050, and 20 to 55 inches by 2100. In 2013 they published a report indicating that greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than ...
... inches by 2030, relative to the 2000 level, 7 to 19 inches by 2050, and 20 to 55 inches by 2100. In 2013 they published a report indicating that greenhouse gases emitted today will cause sea level to rise for centuries to come. Each degree of global warming is likely to raise sea level by more than ...
Atmosphere Revision Booklet
... the sky and therefore more incoming short wave radiation is received in the south. This is due to the warming influence of the North Atlantic Drift bringing warm water from the Gulf of Mexico close the UK western shores. This is because the higher altitude land here causes more relief rain as the ai ...
... the sky and therefore more incoming short wave radiation is received in the south. This is due to the warming influence of the North Atlantic Drift bringing warm water from the Gulf of Mexico close the UK western shores. This is because the higher altitude land here causes more relief rain as the ai ...
Climate Change - Section 3.1 and 3.2
... • Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850 ...
... • Each of the last three decades has been successively warmer at the Earth’s surface than any preceding decade since 1850 ...
Global Warming - Michigan Department of Education Technology
... findings, and report the results to multiple audiences. Michigan High School Content Expectations Connections: E5.4 Climate Change Atmospheric gases trap solar energy that has been reradiated from the Earth’s surface (the greenhouse effect). The Earth’s climate has changed both gradually and catastr ...
... findings, and report the results to multiple audiences. Michigan High School Content Expectations Connections: E5.4 Climate Change Atmospheric gases trap solar energy that has been reradiated from the Earth’s surface (the greenhouse effect). The Earth’s climate has changed both gradually and catastr ...
Slide 1
... Greenland (right hand side) and from Antarctica (left hand side). The isotope measurements can be interpreted to yield the global sea surface temperatures to ~160,000 years ago (colder temperatures to the left). The two traces are consistent with each other and depict the most recent glacial period, ...
... Greenland (right hand side) and from Antarctica (left hand side). The isotope measurements can be interpreted to yield the global sea surface temperatures to ~160,000 years ago (colder temperatures to the left). The two traces are consistent with each other and depict the most recent glacial period, ...
Diagnosis of Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Areas
... Impacts on Cities and Towns Due to high population growth rates urban encroachment in agricultural land and landfilling of coastal areas have been progressing at high rates. Also, coastal cities and coastal towns, in particular, ...
... Impacts on Cities and Towns Due to high population growth rates urban encroachment in agricultural land and landfilling of coastal areas have been progressing at high rates. Also, coastal cities and coastal towns, in particular, ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming
... miles altitude—the lower troposphere—must occur with the presence of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Records from NASA’s microwave sounder units aboard satellites [Chart 3], and validated independently by balloon radiosondes, show an absence of the forecast human-made warming tre ...
... miles altitude—the lower troposphere—must occur with the presence of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. Records from NASA’s microwave sounder units aboard satellites [Chart 3], and validated independently by balloon radiosondes, show an absence of the forecast human-made warming tre ...
Belanger - Denver Climate Study Group
... • Will cite coral bleaching recovery cases, the few there are – and that’s true • Natural cycles of not? Time will tell. • Temperatures rises are also a factor in coral bleaching and subsequent temporary cooling of affected areas can result it recovery ...
... • Will cite coral bleaching recovery cases, the few there are – and that’s true • Natural cycles of not? Time will tell. • Temperatures rises are also a factor in coral bleaching and subsequent temporary cooling of affected areas can result it recovery ...
FACT SHEET #4: Historic and Projected Climate Change
... per year, but since 2000, this rate has jumped to 3.3 percent per year. Data from the Mauna Loa Observatory, located on the island of Hawaii, indicates that current atmospheric CO2 levels have risen approximately 138 percent above those of the pre-industrial period (Tans, 2010). ...
... per year, but since 2000, this rate has jumped to 3.3 percent per year. Data from the Mauna Loa Observatory, located on the island of Hawaii, indicates that current atmospheric CO2 levels have risen approximately 138 percent above those of the pre-industrial period (Tans, 2010). ...
What is Kelvin? A Sample Problem Solution * Flux on an angled
... Clouds are also fairly efficient absorbers/emitters of terrestrial radiation and so contribute to the greenhouse effect ...
... Clouds are also fairly efficient absorbers/emitters of terrestrial radiation and so contribute to the greenhouse effect ...
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... 4 – CLIMATE CHANGE The average global temperature has been steadily increasing for more than a century, particularly since the 1850s. In Earth’s long history there have been many such periods of global warming, often followed by centuries of cold. ...
... 4 – CLIMATE CHANGE The average global temperature has been steadily increasing for more than a century, particularly since the 1850s. In Earth’s long history there have been many such periods of global warming, often followed by centuries of cold. ...
WFSC 420 Chapter 21 - Streetsboro City Schools
... – Deep water spreads southward to south Africa and joined by cold Antarctic waters – Spread northward into Indian and Pacific oceans as deep currents – Current slows down, warms up, becomes less dense, rises to the surface and moves back to North Atlantic – Produces a warm climate in Europe ...
... – Deep water spreads southward to south Africa and joined by cold Antarctic waters – Spread northward into Indian and Pacific oceans as deep currents – Current slows down, warms up, becomes less dense, rises to the surface and moves back to North Atlantic – Produces a warm climate in Europe ...
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.