The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... Predicting the weather is like predicting how a particular eddy will move and evolve in a turbulent river: it is possible over short time scales by extrapolating the previous path of the eddy, but eventually the eddy is influenced by neighbouring eddies and currents to the extent that predicting its ...
... Predicting the weather is like predicting how a particular eddy will move and evolve in a turbulent river: it is possible over short time scales by extrapolating the previous path of the eddy, but eventually the eddy is influenced by neighbouring eddies and currents to the extent that predicting its ...
Curriculum Vitae
... Academy of Sciences Co-curator, Climate Change: The threat to life and our energy future, American Museum of Natural History Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to ...
... Academy of Sciences Co-curator, Climate Change: The threat to life and our energy future, American Museum of Natural History Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to ...
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... abatement costs vary between sources of GHGs as well as between countries, as shown in sectoral modelling of abatement actions (Weyant 1999, Matysek et al. 2005). Reducing coal combustion, which has the highest GHG emissions per unit of energy, in many instances is among the least costly abatement o ...
... abatement costs vary between sources of GHGs as well as between countries, as shown in sectoral modelling of abatement actions (Weyant 1999, Matysek et al. 2005). Reducing coal combustion, which has the highest GHG emissions per unit of energy, in many instances is among the least costly abatement o ...
FROM THE HARPOON TO THE HEATEAT
... cetaceans from climate change through a research program that began in 1996. However, this program is under funded and the prospects for additional funding from the parties are not good. Moreover, even if the research initiatives of the IWC and other organizations improve our understanding of the im ...
... cetaceans from climate change through a research program that began in 1996. However, this program is under funded and the prospects for additional funding from the parties are not good. Moreover, even if the research initiatives of the IWC and other organizations improve our understanding of the im ...
2. arctic warming and its consequences have major implications for
... A second pathway by which Arctic processes can amplify changes in global climate is through alterations in ocean circulation patterns. One of the ways the Sun's energy is transported from the equator toward the poles is through the globally interconnected movement of ocean waters known as the thermo ...
... A second pathway by which Arctic processes can amplify changes in global climate is through alterations in ocean circulation patterns. One of the ways the Sun's energy is transported from the equator toward the poles is through the globally interconnected movement of ocean waters known as the thermo ...
A Rocha Eco-Congregation (USA) module 13
... what is necessarily a complicated scientific, economic, and political discussion. Ethical questions lie at the heart of the challenges facing us. John Paul II insists, "We face a fundamental question which can be described as both ethical and ecological. How can accelerated development be prevented ...
... what is necessarily a complicated scientific, economic, and political discussion. Ethical questions lie at the heart of the challenges facing us. John Paul II insists, "We face a fundamental question which can be described as both ethical and ecological. How can accelerated development be prevented ...
Figure 1 - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... approximate available development time given that wind gusts and radiation spikes are relatively rare [15]. We estimated the LDT from rearing data using the relationship D(t 2 LDT) ¼ degree days, where D is the development time (days) from hatching to adulthood and t is the rearing temperature [16]. ...
... approximate available development time given that wind gusts and radiation spikes are relatively rare [15]. We estimated the LDT from rearing data using the relationship D(t 2 LDT) ¼ degree days, where D is the development time (days) from hatching to adulthood and t is the rearing temperature [16]. ...
Climate change, land use patterns and deforestation in Brazil
... gases in the atmosphere will lead to higher global mean temperatures and changing precipitation patterns. At a regional level, general circulation models suggest that Brazil will warm less rapidly than the global average and that warming will vary by season. Temperature increases will likely be grea ...
... gases in the atmosphere will lead to higher global mean temperatures and changing precipitation patterns. At a regional level, general circulation models suggest that Brazil will warm less rapidly than the global average and that warming will vary by season. Temperature increases will likely be grea ...
October 6, 2007 Ecological Debt Day
... According to current calculations, humanity’s first Ecological Debt Day was December 19, 1987. By 1995 it had jumped back a month to November 21. Just over ten years later it had pushed back over six weeks more to October 6, 2007. Humanity’s use of nature (in terms of natural resources and services) ...
... According to current calculations, humanity’s first Ecological Debt Day was December 19, 1987. By 1995 it had jumped back a month to November 21. Just over ten years later it had pushed back over six weeks more to October 6, 2007. Humanity’s use of nature (in terms of natural resources and services) ...
Climate Impacts on the Newport News Shipyard
... statistics. These statistics generally follow the form of the single largest value out of an observed set of values – i.e., the extreme value of the set, such as the highest tide of the month or year. ...
... statistics. These statistics generally follow the form of the single largest value out of an observed set of values – i.e., the extreme value of the set, such as the highest tide of the month or year. ...
Threats to ecosystems in the Wet Tropics due to climate change and
... This report summarises recent research that suggests several likely changes and threats to biodiversity and ecosystem processes in the Wet Tropics Bioregion and briefly discuses the implication of these changes for management. We used the artificial neural network classifier (Hilbert and van den Muy ...
... This report summarises recent research that suggests several likely changes and threats to biodiversity and ecosystem processes in the Wet Tropics Bioregion and briefly discuses the implication of these changes for management. We used the artificial neural network classifier (Hilbert and van den Muy ...
Regional temperature and precipitation changes under high
... are located over much of the Arctic for both high-end and non-high-end models (figure 1a,b) and have very similar magnitudes. These changes are much greater than those for JJA (figure 2a,b). The largest increases in DJF occur over Canada and the northern half of Asia and are about 4◦ C per 1◦ C of glo ...
... are located over much of the Arctic for both high-end and non-high-end models (figure 1a,b) and have very similar magnitudes. These changes are much greater than those for JJA (figure 2a,b). The largest increases in DJF occur over Canada and the northern half of Asia and are about 4◦ C per 1◦ C of glo ...
Cultural Circuits of Climate Change in U.K. Broadsheet Newspapers
... Cultural Circuits of Climate Change particular social and political contexts in which it takes place (e.g., Fairclough, 1995; van Dijk, 1988; Wodak et al., 1999). Discourse is viewed as a form of social practice and each discursive event is both influenced by social life and constitutive of new for ...
... Cultural Circuits of Climate Change particular social and political contexts in which it takes place (e.g., Fairclough, 1995; van Dijk, 1988; Wodak et al., 1999). Discourse is viewed as a form of social practice and each discursive event is both influenced by social life and constitutive of new for ...
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... instance, the emissions corridors presented in detail in Toth et al., 2003a), as well as reachable state domains (like the reachable climate domains discussed in this paper) of the coupled anthroposphere-climate system are considered to be the most important results that can be derived by applying t ...
... instance, the emissions corridors presented in detail in Toth et al., 2003a), as well as reachable state domains (like the reachable climate domains discussed in this paper) of the coupled anthroposphere-climate system are considered to be the most important results that can be derived by applying t ...
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... change on the vine and wine sector. The challenge lies in evaluating the cost of transition from one system to another through an integration of the direct and indirect effects of climate change. This adaptation, whether reactive or anticipatory, combines technical and organisational innovations wit ...
... change on the vine and wine sector. The challenge lies in evaluating the cost of transition from one system to another through an integration of the direct and indirect effects of climate change. This adaptation, whether reactive or anticipatory, combines technical and organisational innovations wit ...
Climate Change Country Risk Assessment
... withstand impacts of natural disasters, such as earthquakes. Instead, Bhutan draws upon the codal provisions of Indian Standards. The Government of Bhutan made the relevant seismic codes mandatory in 1997. Bhutan Building Rules 2002 has a section on fire safety (7.8), and structural design of buildi ...
... withstand impacts of natural disasters, such as earthquakes. Instead, Bhutan draws upon the codal provisions of Indian Standards. The Government of Bhutan made the relevant seismic codes mandatory in 1997. Bhutan Building Rules 2002 has a section on fire safety (7.8), and structural design of buildi ...
Protecting Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
... (Abramovitz et al., undated). There are a number of modeling tools now available for assessing climate change impacts to biodiversity, including regional climate models, dynamic and equilibrium vegetation models, species bioclimatic envelope models, and others. After vulnerabilities are assessed, ad ...
... (Abramovitz et al., undated). There are a number of modeling tools now available for assessing climate change impacts to biodiversity, including regional climate models, dynamic and equilibrium vegetation models, species bioclimatic envelope models, and others. After vulnerabilities are assessed, ad ...
Climate Change Policy: What Do the Models Tell Us?†
... What about η, the IRRA? The SCC that comes out of almost any IAM is also very sensitive to this parameter. Generally, a higher value of η will imply a lower value of the SCC.11 So what value for η should be used for climate policy? Here, too, economists disagree. The macroeconomics and finance liter ...
... What about η, the IRRA? The SCC that comes out of almost any IAM is also very sensitive to this parameter. Generally, a higher value of η will imply a lower value of the SCC.11 So what value for η should be used for climate policy? Here, too, economists disagree. The macroeconomics and finance liter ...
Selected articles by Martin Khor on Climate Change, 2005-2007
... precisely, and to set targets for what needs to be done. This target setting is proceeding along the following lines. Firstly, a figure is set as to the rate of temperature increase the world can take, beyond which a disastrous chain of events will be triggered. A report of the International Climate ...
... precisely, and to set targets for what needs to be done. This target setting is proceeding along the following lines. Firstly, a figure is set as to the rate of temperature increase the world can take, beyond which a disastrous chain of events will be triggered. A report of the International Climate ...
Do not ask for morality
... successful response can come only from social organizations of many people together. In practice it will have to come from nations. How can we get nations to act on climate change? Again, we could ask for a moral response. Morality applies to nations as much as to individuals. Just as there are mora ...
... successful response can come only from social organizations of many people together. In practice it will have to come from nations. How can we get nations to act on climate change? Again, we could ask for a moral response. Morality applies to nations as much as to individuals. Just as there are mora ...
Climate change - Description
... The nation’s per capita emissions of greenhouse gases are already among the lowest in the industrialized world. France also works closely with developing countries to encourage the transition to a low-carbon economy. Within the European Union, France has taken an ambitious position centered on a goa ...
... The nation’s per capita emissions of greenhouse gases are already among the lowest in the industrialized world. France also works closely with developing countries to encourage the transition to a low-carbon economy. Within the European Union, France has taken an ambitious position centered on a goa ...
Healing Troubled Waters: Preparing Trout and
... populations will be pushed to the brink of extinction. Unless immediate action is taken to restore habitats and increase populations, it is likely that trout and salmon will be eliminated from large areas. For example, U.S. Forest Service scientists predict that over half of the wild trout populatio ...
... populations will be pushed to the brink of extinction. Unless immediate action is taken to restore habitats and increase populations, it is likely that trout and salmon will be eliminated from large areas. For example, U.S. Forest Service scientists predict that over half of the wild trout populatio ...
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.