Global Climatic Mayhem
... Public health institutions and infrastructure will be increasingly challenged as environmental systems are impacted by diseases, as for example, those spread by flood-affected sewage systems or the explosive growth of algae blooms in public water supplies. Milwaukee recently saw a major epidemic of ...
... Public health institutions and infrastructure will be increasingly challenged as environmental systems are impacted by diseases, as for example, those spread by flood-affected sewage systems or the explosive growth of algae blooms in public water supplies. Milwaukee recently saw a major epidemic of ...
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... Surface temperature and O3 are correlated on daily to inter-annual time scales in polluted regions [e.g., Bloomer et al., 2009; Camalier et al., 2007; Cardelino and Chameides, 1990; Clark and Karl, 1982; Korsog and Wolff, 1991] ...
... Surface temperature and O3 are correlated on daily to inter-annual time scales in polluted regions [e.g., Bloomer et al., 2009; Camalier et al., 2007; Cardelino and Chameides, 1990; Clark and Karl, 1982; Korsog and Wolff, 1991] ...
The Impacts of global Warming
... Carbon dioxide emission exceeds the normal range and is rising, together with global temperature The impacts are visible, cannot be stopped and the situation is getting worse We are causing global warming and we have to act on saving our planet earth! ...
... Carbon dioxide emission exceeds the normal range and is rising, together with global temperature The impacts are visible, cannot be stopped and the situation is getting worse We are causing global warming and we have to act on saving our planet earth! ...
10584_2012_414_MOESM1_ESM
... uncertainties. The advantage of the model approach used in this study is that it treats important uncertain climate assumptions, like climate sensitivity, in a probabilistic way. This is a significant advantage over a deterministic approach. However, it does not remove model dependency. The paramete ...
... uncertainties. The advantage of the model approach used in this study is that it treats important uncertain climate assumptions, like climate sensitivity, in a probabilistic way. This is a significant advantage over a deterministic approach. However, it does not remove model dependency. The paramete ...
Are Scientists Underestimating Climate Change
... (i) The climate sensitivity may be larger than has been traditionally estimated In its Third Assessment Report (IPCC, 2001) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assumed that the climate sensitivity (the global warming after a doubling of the preindustrial carbon dioxide concentration ...
... (i) The climate sensitivity may be larger than has been traditionally estimated In its Third Assessment Report (IPCC, 2001) the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assumed that the climate sensitivity (the global warming after a doubling of the preindustrial carbon dioxide concentration ...
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... A number of studies have attempted to estimate the impact of global warming on agricultural output and on aggregate returns to the agricultural sector. Fischer et al. (2002) estimate that, under a ‘business as usual’ projection, global output of cereals will decline by between 0.7 per cent and 2.0 p ...
... A number of studies have attempted to estimate the impact of global warming on agricultural output and on aggregate returns to the agricultural sector. Fischer et al. (2002) estimate that, under a ‘business as usual’ projection, global output of cereals will decline by between 0.7 per cent and 2.0 p ...
Changing US Extreme Temperature Statistics
... expected in a stationary climate. We find that λ < 1 at the 5.0σ level. The mean maximum index η is consistent with unity (as in the null hypothesis of no climate change) All-time temperature minimum records are being set far less frequently than in a stationary climate, while maximum records are se ...
... expected in a stationary climate. We find that λ < 1 at the 5.0σ level. The mean maximum index η is consistent with unity (as in the null hypothesis of no climate change) All-time temperature minimum records are being set far less frequently than in a stationary climate, while maximum records are se ...
Climate change in Russia`s Arctic tundra
... drained away after a landslide. While landslides can occur naturally, scientists say there is unmistakable evidence that Yamal’s ancient permafrost is melting. The Nenets report other curious changes – fewer mosquitoes and a puzzling increase in gadflies. ...
... drained away after a landslide. While landslides can occur naturally, scientists say there is unmistakable evidence that Yamal’s ancient permafrost is melting. The Nenets report other curious changes – fewer mosquitoes and a puzzling increase in gadflies. ...
UNFCCC Negotiating Process
... permafrost and in sea-beds in a warming ocean, and, if some or all of that methane is released, what effect will it have on the global temperature and climate? If the ice cover in the poles keeps shrinking so that there is less bright white surface and more dark liquid sea surface, how much more hea ...
... permafrost and in sea-beds in a warming ocean, and, if some or all of that methane is released, what effect will it have on the global temperature and climate? If the ice cover in the poles keeps shrinking so that there is less bright white surface and more dark liquid sea surface, how much more hea ...
Climate CHANGE ADAPTATION
... of 2.6 to 3.1°C by the end of the century, The Paris Agreement was a historical achievement for the world's response to climate change, aiming at limiting warming to well 2°C. furthermore agreed that they should strive to limit temperature rise even further, to 1.5°C. Pledges made for the Paris agre ...
... of 2.6 to 3.1°C by the end of the century, The Paris Agreement was a historical achievement for the world's response to climate change, aiming at limiting warming to well 2°C. furthermore agreed that they should strive to limit temperature rise even further, to 1.5°C. Pledges made for the Paris agre ...
Our climate out of order?
... also those who would dispute that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and anthropogenic climate change arises. This has now been accomplished through compa ...
... also those who would dispute that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and anthropogenic climate change arises. This has now been accomplished through compa ...
Climate Threats: A More Inclusive Assessment Is Needed By
... Ben Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Gavin Schmidt, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA Leonard A. Smith, London School of Economics ...
... Ben Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Gavin Schmidt, Goddard Institute for Space Studies, NASA Leonard A. Smith, London School of Economics ...
Managing the Arctic in times of rapid change for a
... ”absorb dramatic changes without collapse” • combines ecosystems and social systems to a socio-ecological approach, also considering ...
... ”absorb dramatic changes without collapse” • combines ecosystems and social systems to a socio-ecological approach, also considering ...
Presently
... than 10 kilometers from the nearest depth sounding, ecosystem function in the deep sea still a mystery, and no first-order baseline for many globally important ocean processes, the current pace of exploration is woefully inadequate to address this daunting task, especially as the planet responds to ...
... than 10 kilometers from the nearest depth sounding, ecosystem function in the deep sea still a mystery, and no first-order baseline for many globally important ocean processes, the current pace of exploration is woefully inadequate to address this daunting task, especially as the planet responds to ...
Current state of climate science
... co-benefits for health and land carbon storage (which implies a positive impact on “permissible” emissions). The observed year-to-year variability in CO2 constrains the sensitivity of tropical land carbon to climate – suggesting that tropical forests are less vulnerable than previously feared (..s ...
... co-benefits for health and land carbon storage (which implies a positive impact on “permissible” emissions). The observed year-to-year variability in CO2 constrains the sensitivity of tropical land carbon to climate – suggesting that tropical forests are less vulnerable than previously feared (..s ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Mitigation: The notion of limiting or controlling emissions of greenhouse gases so that the total accumulation is limited. • Adaptation: The notion of making changes in the way we do things to adapt to changes in climate. • Resilience: The ability to adapt. • Geo-engineering: The notion that we ca ...
... • Mitigation: The notion of limiting or controlling emissions of greenhouse gases so that the total accumulation is limited. • Adaptation: The notion of making changes in the way we do things to adapt to changes in climate. • Resilience: The ability to adapt. • Geo-engineering: The notion that we ca ...
A Guide to Understanding Global Temperature Data
... and climate change originates from a United Nations-sponsored organization of scientists and policy experts called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The UN IPCC releases new reports every few years summarizing the state of climate science, and surveys the results of climate model ...
... and climate change originates from a United Nations-sponsored organization of scientists and policy experts called the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The UN IPCC releases new reports every few years summarizing the state of climate science, and surveys the results of climate model ...
latest!climate!science!mean! - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate
... This!report!consolidates!all!available!scientific!information!on!the!“physical!science!basis”!–!what!we!know! about!what!is!changing!in!the!atmosphere!and!oceans,!as!well!as!ice!sheets!and!glaciers.! The"Working"Group"I"contribution"to"the"IPCC's"Fifth"Assessment"Report"considers"new"evidence"of"pas ...
... This!report!consolidates!all!available!scientific!information!on!the!“physical!science!basis”!–!what!we!know! about!what!is!changing!in!the!atmosphere!and!oceans,!as!well!as!ice!sheets!and!glaciers.! The"Working"Group"I"contribution"to"the"IPCC's"Fifth"Assessment"Report"considers"new"evidence"of"pas ...
LIFE presentation
... Intention to increase the proportion of climate related expenditure to at least 20% in the next EU budget (2014-2020) ...
... Intention to increase the proportion of climate related expenditure to at least 20% in the next EU budget (2014-2020) ...
Jeanine Townsend, Clerk to the Board State Water Resources Control Board
... the San Joaquin River Basin from California Water Resources. The report cites evidence from recent climate change modelling and the historical record which indicate that precipitation and runoff patterns in the basin may have begun to shift to a more arid state. In particular, dry periods in the San ...
... the San Joaquin River Basin from California Water Resources. The report cites evidence from recent climate change modelling and the historical record which indicate that precipitation and runoff patterns in the basin may have begun to shift to a more arid state. In particular, dry periods in the San ...
... differences of people and places’ exposition to risks and disasters, including differences of responses and adaptive capacities. The author analyses the Baixada Santista case (on the Coast of São Paulo) and highlights that the climate change issue has not yet been covered in the regional planning ag ...
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.