Evaluation of Climate Change Impact on Blue Nile Basin Cascade
... estimated to be more than 90% .The resilience of the reservoirs is below 50% and their vulnerability is less than 50%. Therefore, these performance indices reveals good performance of the reservoirs except the speed of recovery of the reservoir from failure because the reservoir will not able to rec ...
... estimated to be more than 90% .The resilience of the reservoirs is below 50% and their vulnerability is less than 50%. Therefore, these performance indices reveals good performance of the reservoirs except the speed of recovery of the reservoir from failure because the reservoir will not able to rec ...
Heat capacity, time constant, and sensitivity of Earth`s climate system
... [2] Changes in Earth’s radiation budget due to human influences are of major current concern [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007]. Of principal concern is the change in climate due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide because of the long lifetime of excess CO2 in the atm ...
... [2] Changes in Earth’s radiation budget due to human influences are of major current concern [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007]. Of principal concern is the change in climate due to increased concentrations of carbon dioxide because of the long lifetime of excess CO2 in the atm ...
Global Climate Change Policy Update (2007) DRAFT
... Democrat, raised questions about the possible design of a domestic mandatory cap-andtrade scheme for reducing greenhouse gases. The Senate Committee solicited response to the questions raised within the White Paper, which were due in late March 2006. The Committee held a day-long conference on April ...
... Democrat, raised questions about the possible design of a domestic mandatory cap-andtrade scheme for reducing greenhouse gases. The Senate Committee solicited response to the questions raised within the White Paper, which were due in late March 2006. The Committee held a day-long conference on April ...
Reducing Global Carbon: Creating an American Policy
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first assessment report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume ...
... The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first assessment report, released in 1990, calculated that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions had been responsible for more than half of the greenhouse gas effect. As of 2006, the United States, China, and European Union (EU) consume ...
Climate Change Negative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... not done so already). Emissions growth will likely be slow. With high levels of excess capacity already blighting the steel, cement and coal industries, we expect the shift away from energy-intensive industries to continue to put downward pressure on energy consumption growth. And we expect China’s ...
... not done so already). Emissions growth will likely be slow. With high levels of excess capacity already blighting the steel, cement and coal industries, we expect the shift away from energy-intensive industries to continue to put downward pressure on energy consumption growth. And we expect China’s ...
Manyatsi, AM - IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
... Climate change has emerged as one of the main challenges humankind will have to face for many years to come. It could become a major threat to world food security, as it has a strong impact on food production, access and distribution. Abnormal changes in temperature and rainfall, and the increasing ...
... Climate change has emerged as one of the main challenges humankind will have to face for many years to come. It could become a major threat to world food security, as it has a strong impact on food production, access and distribution. Abnormal changes in temperature and rainfall, and the increasing ...
Feng et al (2009)
... people’s preference to live in cooler places increases as temperatures rise, then we would expect emigration to increase even without crop yield changes. If another channel through which climate might affect emigration operates in the same direction as through crop yields changes, we would expect ou ...
... people’s preference to live in cooler places increases as temperatures rise, then we would expect emigration to increase even without crop yield changes. If another channel through which climate might affect emigration operates in the same direction as through crop yields changes, we would expect ou ...
Analysis of Existing Weather and Climate Information for Malawi
... information in Malawi. For example, the World Bank funded a major “training of trainers” initiative based on a capacity building needs assessment led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2013 (Daron, 2013). UCT is also providing on-going support to DCCMS in the development of their climate atlas, ...
... information in Malawi. For example, the World Bank funded a major “training of trainers” initiative based on a capacity building needs assessment led by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 2013 (Daron, 2013). UCT is also providing on-going support to DCCMS in the development of their climate atlas, ...
Projecting australian climate change
... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology (2007) have undertaken major work projecting Australia’s future climate. The Review commissioned the CSIRO to extend its projections for a number of variables out to 2100 on the basis of the Review ...
... The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology (2007) have undertaken major work projecting Australia’s future climate. The Review commissioned the CSIRO to extend its projections for a number of variables out to 2100 on the basis of the Review ...
acadia national park in peril - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... more damaging than described in this report. As a key U.S. government report pointed out last year, in recent years emissions of heat-trapping pollutants have been actually climbing faster than assumed in even the highest-emission scenarios developed by scientists. If we continue on our current cour ...
... more damaging than described in this report. As a key U.S. government report pointed out last year, in recent years emissions of heat-trapping pollutants have been actually climbing faster than assumed in even the highest-emission scenarios developed by scientists. If we continue on our current cour ...
The EPA & Climate Change Responsibilities, challenges and opportunities 2011 Update
... Change (UNFCCC). However, whilst significant progress has been made we still do not have a truly global legal agreement that commits all parties to preventing climate change. It is hoped that the COP 17 in Durban in December of this year will further the progress made at the previous two COPs in Cop ...
... Change (UNFCCC). However, whilst significant progress has been made we still do not have a truly global legal agreement that commits all parties to preventing climate change. It is hoped that the COP 17 in Durban in December of this year will further the progress made at the previous two COPs in Cop ...
Radiative forcing of climate by historical land cover change
... a cooling associated with land cover change, both in global averages, and as amplified locally by positive feedbacks. In the equilibrium runs, global cooling was in the range of 0.10!C to 0.22!C, depending on which vegetation field was used to represent ‘‘present day’’ vegetation. In the transient c ...
... a cooling associated with land cover change, both in global averages, and as amplified locally by positive feedbacks. In the equilibrium runs, global cooling was in the range of 0.10!C to 0.22!C, depending on which vegetation field was used to represent ‘‘present day’’ vegetation. In the transient c ...
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
... • World primary energy demand expected to increase by 33% between 2011 & 2035 (IEA) • Energy production and consumption contributes over 80% of global GHG emissions (IIASA) ...
... • World primary energy demand expected to increase by 33% between 2011 & 2035 (IEA) • Energy production and consumption contributes over 80% of global GHG emissions (IIASA) ...
References
... Dansgaard W, Johnsen SJ, Clausen HB, Dahljensen D, Gundestrup NS, Hammer CU, Hvidberg CS, Steffensen JP, Sveinbjornsdottir AE, Jouzel J, Bond G (1993) Evidence for General Instability of Past Climate from a 250-Kyr Ice-Core Record. Nature 364 (6434):218-220 ...
... Dansgaard W, Johnsen SJ, Clausen HB, Dahljensen D, Gundestrup NS, Hammer CU, Hvidberg CS, Steffensen JP, Sveinbjornsdottir AE, Jouzel J, Bond G (1993) Evidence for General Instability of Past Climate from a 250-Kyr Ice-Core Record. Nature 364 (6434):218-220 ...
Chapter 2 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses into clouds. Wherever there is precipitation, latent heat remains in atmosphere. Cloud formation is most often associated with overturning motions, known as moist convection transfers heat through a deep layer. Overall effect con ...
... Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses into clouds. Wherever there is precipitation, latent heat remains in atmosphere. Cloud formation is most often associated with overturning motions, known as moist convection transfers heat through a deep layer. Overall effect con ...
Chapter 3 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... 3.8 Overview (equals shortcut/level of “need to know”) Neelin, 2011. Climate Change and Climate Modeling, Cambridge UP ...
... 3.8 Overview (equals shortcut/level of “need to know”) Neelin, 2011. Climate Change and Climate Modeling, Cambridge UP ...
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... Farrow, 1998). This is fine if in a national context (if compensation indeed works). It is fine in the case of many sovereign actors, with compensation and if the baseline/no policy case is agreeable. In climate change, neither of these conditions are met. Essentially, the Pareto superiority criteri ...
... Farrow, 1998). This is fine if in a national context (if compensation indeed works). It is fine in the case of many sovereign actors, with compensation and if the baseline/no policy case is agreeable. In climate change, neither of these conditions are met. Essentially, the Pareto superiority criteri ...
Multi-Model Projection of July–August Climate Extreme Changes
... dataset was developed by National Climate Center of the China Meteorological Administration. In our analysis, the data was quality controlled using the method of Alexander et al. (2006). Details of WCRP CMIP3 models were described in the first part of the study (Li et al., 2010a) and also the CMIP3 ...
... dataset was developed by National Climate Center of the China Meteorological Administration. In our analysis, the data was quality controlled using the method of Alexander et al. (2006). Details of WCRP CMIP3 models were described in the first part of the study (Li et al., 2010a) and also the CMIP3 ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: March, 2016
... Public misunderstanding of the scientific consensus—which has been found in each of our surveys since 2008—has significant consequences. Other research has identified public understanding of the scientific consensus as a critical “gateway belief” that influences other important beliefs (i.e., global ...
... Public misunderstanding of the scientific consensus—which has been found in each of our surveys since 2008—has significant consequences. Other research has identified public understanding of the scientific consensus as a critical “gateway belief” that influences other important beliefs (i.e., global ...
Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave
... the phenomenon of quasi-resonant amplification (QRA) of synoptic-scale waves with that wavenumber range becoming trapped within an effective mid-latitude atmospheric waveguide. Recent work suggests an increase in recent decades in the occurrence of QRA-favorable conditions and associated extreme wea ...
... the phenomenon of quasi-resonant amplification (QRA) of synoptic-scale waves with that wavenumber range becoming trapped within an effective mid-latitude atmospheric waveguide. Recent work suggests an increase in recent decades in the occurrence of QRA-favorable conditions and associated extreme wea ...
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.