Trenberth Italy0708-moved
... A consequence of these findings is that what were once 500 year flood events are now more like 30 or 50 year events. A particular example has been seen in the central U.S in the first 6 months of 2008 as record heavy rains have occurred in Iowa, Ohio, and Missouri, with associated flooding through o ...
... A consequence of these findings is that what were once 500 year flood events are now more like 30 or 50 year events. A particular example has been seen in the central U.S in the first 6 months of 2008 as record heavy rains have occurred in Iowa, Ohio, and Missouri, with associated flooding through o ...
February 18, 2017 2016 shattered Earth`s heat record
... 5. Based on the graphic titled “Temperature difference in 2016 compared with 1891–2010 average” on Page 9 (also on Blackline Master 2), what possible reason can you imagine to explain the distribution of areas that are colder than normal? Explain. [Melting ice, long-frozen in glaciers, is adding co ...
... 5. Based on the graphic titled “Temperature difference in 2016 compared with 1891–2010 average” on Page 9 (also on Blackline Master 2), what possible reason can you imagine to explain the distribution of areas that are colder than normal? Explain. [Melting ice, long-frozen in glaciers, is adding co ...
Impacts_L12_2011_post
... Global Warming and Sea Level Rise (SLR) Major variations in geological history (-150 to +40 meters) Sources in future: - Thermal expansion (up to 2 meters in next 500 years) ...
... Global Warming and Sea Level Rise (SLR) Major variations in geological history (-150 to +40 meters) Sources in future: - Thermal expansion (up to 2 meters in next 500 years) ...
Urban Climate
... • Thin layer of atmosphere traps some of the Sun’s energy and heat • Problem = Thickening layer (“Greenhouse gases”) • Average global temperatures are rising ...
... • Thin layer of atmosphere traps some of the Sun’s energy and heat • Problem = Thickening layer (“Greenhouse gases”) • Average global temperatures are rising ...
GLOBAL WARMING: IT*S EFFECT TO THE PORT
... • Climate change will affect ports and port-based economies, depending on their geographic location and the adaptive capacities of the ports and the communities in which they are located. • The complexity and potential risks require both the scientific community and the port authorities to take an a ...
... • Climate change will affect ports and port-based economies, depending on their geographic location and the adaptive capacities of the ports and the communities in which they are located. • The complexity and potential risks require both the scientific community and the port authorities to take an a ...
f(x) - Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
... What we don’t know • Given an emissions history, what will global CO2 concentrations will be? • How much global warming we get for a specific CO2 concentration? • Magnitude of regional temperature change • Magnitude of global and regional sea level rises • Magnitude of global and regional precipita ...
... What we don’t know • Given an emissions history, what will global CO2 concentrations will be? • How much global warming we get for a specific CO2 concentration? • Magnitude of regional temperature change • Magnitude of global and regional sea level rises • Magnitude of global and regional precipita ...
Climate Change
... Is the climate becoming warmer and warmer? • According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades. There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming o ...
... Is the climate becoming warmer and warmer? • According to the National Academy of Sciences, the Earth's surface temperature has risen by about 1 degree Fahrenheit in the past century, with accelerated warming during the past two decades. There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming o ...
Il' INSTITUTE LOCAL GOVERNMENT California Climate Action Network (CalifomiaCAN!)
... patterns, seasonal temperature variations, and rising sea levels. ...
... patterns, seasonal temperature variations, and rising sea levels. ...
CATO HANDBOOK CONGRESS FOR
... Figure 45.5 shows the number of hurricanes striking the United States per decade. It is obvious that, if anything, recent decades are notable for their lack of storms. Of even more interest is the fact that the maximum wind velocity measured in Atlantic and Caribbean Basin storms has actually declin ...
... Figure 45.5 shows the number of hurricanes striking the United States per decade. It is obvious that, if anything, recent decades are notable for their lack of storms. Of even more interest is the fact that the maximum wind velocity measured in Atlantic and Caribbean Basin storms has actually declin ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, “this book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for humanity to act to tackle the problem”. ...
... Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, “this book will serve as more than a record of another conference or event. It will provide an invaluable resource for all people wishing to enhance global understanding of the science of climate change and the need for humanity to act to tackle the problem”. ...
lecture 13 for 351 - Department of Atmospheric Science
... • Climate change is real – the climate has changed in the past, it is changing now, and it will change even more in the future • It is extremely likely that the current warming trend has been brought about by human activity • The effects of the warming will not be felt uniformly across the globe – s ...
... • Climate change is real – the climate has changed in the past, it is changing now, and it will change even more in the future • It is extremely likely that the current warming trend has been brought about by human activity • The effects of the warming will not be felt uniformly across the globe – s ...
Creating a weather-smart nation
... Government in 2015 to monitor the evolution and to respond to the risks posed by the 2015/16 drought to various national sectors. The NJDCC is hosted by the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) in the Department of Cooperative Governance; o At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, SAWS was invi ...
... Government in 2015 to monitor the evolution and to respond to the risks posed by the 2015/16 drought to various national sectors. The NJDCC is hosted by the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) in the Department of Cooperative Governance; o At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, SAWS was invi ...
CARICOM Declaration For Climate Action
... Further recognising that extreme weather and slow onset events and their adverse impacts including sea-level rise, coastal erosion, coral bleaching, flooding, ocean acidification, sea temperature rise, mangrove degradation, inundation and salinisation of coastal agricultural soils and residential ar ...
... Further recognising that extreme weather and slow onset events and their adverse impacts including sea-level rise, coastal erosion, coral bleaching, flooding, ocean acidification, sea temperature rise, mangrove degradation, inundation and salinisation of coastal agricultural soils and residential ar ...
Does cold weather disprove global warming?
... Nevertheless over the last decade, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows. This tendency towards hotter days is expected to increase as global warming continues into the 21st Century. ...
... Nevertheless over the last decade, daily record high temperatures occurred twice as often as record lows. This tendency towards hotter days is expected to increase as global warming continues into the 21st Century. ...
Slide 1
... • Are humans the cause? – Our use of energy is increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and this is very likely the reason for recent warming ...
... • Are humans the cause? – Our use of energy is increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and this is very likely the reason for recent warming ...
Climate Change and The Common Good
... and public funds to meet the energy needs of the poorest 3 billion in a way that does not contribute to global warming but would allow them to prepare better for the challenges of unavoidable climate change. The case for prioritizing climate-change mitigation depends crucially on accepting the fact ...
... and public funds to meet the energy needs of the poorest 3 billion in a way that does not contribute to global warming but would allow them to prepare better for the challenges of unavoidable climate change. The case for prioritizing climate-change mitigation depends crucially on accepting the fact ...
English
... It should be noted that some definitions of geo-enigineering suggest that only activities that aim to reduce historical emissions should be considered geoengineering whereas those actions that intend to offset present emissions would not be considered as geo-engineering as they don’t result in a net ...
... It should be noted that some definitions of geo-enigineering suggest that only activities that aim to reduce historical emissions should be considered geoengineering whereas those actions that intend to offset present emissions would not be considered as geo-engineering as they don’t result in a net ...
The IPCC - hvonstorch.de
... (cf. blog “Klimazwiebel”) and has instead requested. “Trust us, we are scientists”. • The problem is that the scientific knowledge is confronted on the „explanation marked“ with other forms of knowledge (prescientific, outdated; traditional, morphed by different interests). Scientific knowledge does ...
... (cf. blog “Klimazwiebel”) and has instead requested. “Trust us, we are scientists”. • The problem is that the scientific knowledge is confronted on the „explanation marked“ with other forms of knowledge (prescientific, outdated; traditional, morphed by different interests). Scientific knowledge does ...
observed climate change in the caribbean
... Department of Physics University of the West Indies, Mona ...
... Department of Physics University of the West Indies, Mona ...
Media Packet for Earth Day 2017
... responsible, bipartisan way going forward, but today that is clearly not the case.” While GOP members of the Climate Solutions Caucus have not yet backed a revenueneutral carbon fee, with enough support in their districts from constituents, community leaders and local newspapers, Republicans on the ...
... responsible, bipartisan way going forward, but today that is clearly not the case.” While GOP members of the Climate Solutions Caucus have not yet backed a revenueneutral carbon fee, with enough support in their districts from constituents, community leaders and local newspapers, Republicans on the ...
Transcript (in Word format)
... That, however, is not to say that the United States is a lost cause. In fact, I would argue that, odd as it might seem, the United States is much further along in addressing this issue than it was the day President Bush took office. Climate change is getting more attention than ever – in the press, ...
... That, however, is not to say that the United States is a lost cause. In fact, I would argue that, odd as it might seem, the United States is much further along in addressing this issue than it was the day President Bush took office. Climate change is getting more attention than ever – in the press, ...
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.