Greenland
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
... The Pliocene (about 3 million years ago) was the most recent time in Earth’s history when mean global temperatures were substantially warmer (about 2°C to 3°C warmer). On the other hand, temperatures during most of the most recent 1 million years (the Pleistocene) have been colder than at present. L ...
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... excuse to put climate on the back burner. On average, a financial crisis lasts less than two years and results in a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) that is later offset by more than 20 percent growth over eight years of recovery and prosperity.12 So for all the harm they cause, financ ...
... excuse to put climate on the back burner. On average, a financial crisis lasts less than two years and results in a 3 percent loss in gross domestic product (GDP) that is later offset by more than 20 percent growth over eight years of recovery and prosperity.12 So for all the harm they cause, financ ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
A Review of The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
... theory that lie behind cost–benefit analysis under uncertainty, but I will cross that bridge when I come to it later and the take-away message will turn out to be similar anyway. Of course such an incredible oversimplification of the economics of climate change ignores or distorts truly monumental c ...
... theory that lie behind cost–benefit analysis under uncertainty, but I will cross that bridge when I come to it later and the take-away message will turn out to be similar anyway. Of course such an incredible oversimplification of the economics of climate change ignores or distorts truly monumental c ...
Global Warming or Not: The Global Climate Is Changing and the
... low-lying coastal regions everywhere might disappear under rising seas. These ecological shifts would trigger outbreaks of infectious diseases, as they have already begun to do. 3 Increased temperatures would be particularly pronounced in mid-latitudes. 4 Agriculture, forests, grasslands, and water ...
... low-lying coastal regions everywhere might disappear under rising seas. These ecological shifts would trigger outbreaks of infectious diseases, as they have already begun to do. 3 Increased temperatures would be particularly pronounced in mid-latitudes. 4 Agriculture, forests, grasslands, and water ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... They Knew It The fundamentals of global warming have been well established for generations. The idea that heat-trapping emissions could alter our climate dates back to the late 1800s (Weart 2015). By the 1950s, scientists knew that climate change could present significant risks to people and places ...
... They Knew It The fundamentals of global warming have been well established for generations. The idea that heat-trapping emissions could alter our climate dates back to the late 1800s (Weart 2015). By the 1950s, scientists knew that climate change could present significant risks to people and places ...
aapg-san-antonio-peterson
... Models with and without human produced climate forcings reveal: • “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations” (IPCC 2007). ...
... Models with and without human produced climate forcings reveal: • “Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations” (IPCC 2007). ...
Climatic warming strengthens a positive feedback between alpine
... warmer temperatures may lead to more frequent and severe fire, which in turn, may increase recruitment opportunities (i.e. more bare ground) for woody species and increase shrub thickening both within and beyond shrub boundaries (Racine et al., 2004; Lantz et al., 2013). If this effect is coupled wi ...
... warmer temperatures may lead to more frequent and severe fire, which in turn, may increase recruitment opportunities (i.e. more bare ground) for woody species and increase shrub thickening both within and beyond shrub boundaries (Racine et al., 2004; Lantz et al., 2013). If this effect is coupled wi ...
Chapter 3: Climate observations and projections
... summarizes the process of translating global climate information into localized risk factors. Sources of uncertainty Climate change projections are characterized by large uncertainties. At the global scale, these uncertainties can be divided into two main categories: • Uncertainties in future GHG co ...
... summarizes the process of translating global climate information into localized risk factors. Sources of uncertainty Climate change projections are characterized by large uncertainties. At the global scale, these uncertainties can be divided into two main categories: • Uncertainties in future GHG co ...
Climate Change
... ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, available free of charge, unlike those of many other standards bodies, fora or consortium that claim to produce global and open standards. Publicly available database of products and services meeting ITU standards Organizing interoperability ...
... ITU standards are therefore truly global, open standards, available free of charge, unlike those of many other standards bodies, fora or consortium that claim to produce global and open standards. Publicly available database of products and services meeting ITU standards Organizing interoperability ...
Climate Change: what do we know about the IPCC?
... concluded his commentary by noting: “Of particular concern is whether the IPCC can make its knowledge more socially relevant and trusted by bridging the gulf which exists between scientific experts and on-the-ground decision-makers and members of the public” (Shackley, 1997: 174). These questions re ...
... concluded his commentary by noting: “Of particular concern is whether the IPCC can make its knowledge more socially relevant and trusted by bridging the gulf which exists between scientific experts and on-the-ground decision-makers and members of the public” (Shackley, 1997: 174). These questions re ...
concluded
... warming of 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] °C3, over the period 1880 to 2012, when multiple independently produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period is 0.78 [0.72 to 0.85] °C, based on the single longest dataset available 4 (see Figure SPM.1) ...
... warming of 0.85 [0.65 to 1.06] °C3, over the period 1880 to 2012, when multiple independently produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period is 0.78 [0.72 to 0.85] °C, based on the single longest dataset available 4 (see Figure SPM.1) ...
IJTK 10(1) 57-70
... Indigenous peoples, including First Nations and Inuit communities around the world are more vulnerable to the risks associated with global warming. In this synthesis, examples of direct and indirect impacts and vulnerabilities on First Nations and Inuit people inhabiting Canada have been provided. E ...
... Indigenous peoples, including First Nations and Inuit communities around the world are more vulnerable to the risks associated with global warming. In this synthesis, examples of direct and indirect impacts and vulnerabilities on First Nations and Inuit people inhabiting Canada have been provided. E ...
Parmesan
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
... (reviewed in Badeck et al. 2004; Hoegh-Guldberg 1999, 2005b; Hughes 2000; IPCC 2001a; Parmesan 2005b; Parmesan & Galbraith 2004; Parmesan & Yohe 2003; Peñuelas & Filella 2001; Pounds et al. 2005; Root & Hughes 2005; Root et al. 2003; Sparks & Menzel 2002; Thomas 2005; Walther et al. 2002, 2005). Th ...
CIDSE_encyclical_press_release
... on Care for our Common Home, whose open tone and bottom-up approach paves the way for dialogue with all the people of goodwill to identify solutions to the current ecological crisis and address inequalities. The work carried out so far by many civil society organizations to fight for justice was not ...
... on Care for our Common Home, whose open tone and bottom-up approach paves the way for dialogue with all the people of goodwill to identify solutions to the current ecological crisis and address inequalities. The work carried out so far by many civil society organizations to fight for justice was not ...
C - Morey Publishing
... U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Kyoto treaty, in large part because of concerns that limits on emissions would unfairly harm the American economy. President George W. Bush withdrew from it altogether. Tellingly, the United States still releases more greenhouse gases than any other nation except fo ...
... U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Kyoto treaty, in large part because of concerns that limits on emissions would unfairly harm the American economy. President George W. Bush withdrew from it altogether. Tellingly, the United States still releases more greenhouse gases than any other nation except fo ...
Warm Words II
... The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national communications, and from the less compelling local examples that were simply local imitations of the national. The most significant difference was in their means of addressing the individual. He or s ...
... The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite distinct from both national communications, and from the less compelling local examples that were simply local imitations of the national. The most significant difference was in their means of addressing the individual. He or s ...
... members of the business communities from Asia, Europe, South Asia, and the United States to look at plausible future scenarios and consider the national security and foreign policy implications of global climate change. The consortium of ten partners agreed that the timing was right to hold a climat ...
climate change risks
... increased faster than the global average. Sea-surface temperatures have increased by about 0.8oC since 1910. Fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions have increased over the last decade - the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past ...
... increased faster than the global average. Sea-surface temperatures have increased by about 0.8oC since 1910. Fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions have increased over the last decade - the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere in 2011 was 390 parts per million – higher than at any time for the past ...
Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... Description of the research programme .............................................................................................. 1 Problem definition, aim and central research questions ..................................................................... 1 Programme outline and research approac ...
... Description of the research programme .............................................................................................. 1 Problem definition, aim and central research questions ..................................................................... 1 Programme outline and research approac ...
Temperature Variability over Africa - Weather Center
... with concrete, likely accounts for some warming. Hulme et al. (2001) note that, much like other climate change studies/projections have shown, the Sahara (interior) and central-southern Africa will experience the greatest warming, while equatorial and coastal regions of Africa will experience the le ...
... with concrete, likely accounts for some warming. Hulme et al. (2001) note that, much like other climate change studies/projections have shown, the Sahara (interior) and central-southern Africa will experience the greatest warming, while equatorial and coastal regions of Africa will experience the le ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.