The ocean`s role in polar climate change: asymmetric Arctic and
... models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects phase 5 (CMIP5, [59]). In such experiments, coupled models were integrated out to (quasi-) equilibrium forced with preindustrial GHG concentrations. The CO2 concentration was then abruptly quadrupled to study how the coupled climate ...
... models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects phase 5 (CMIP5, [59]). In such experiments, coupled models were integrated out to (quasi-) equilibrium forced with preindustrial GHG concentrations. The CO2 concentration was then abruptly quadrupled to study how the coupled climate ...
The ocean`s role in polar climate change: asymmetric Arctic and
... models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects phase 5 (CMIP5, [59]). In such experiments, coupled models were integrated out to (quasi-) equilibrium forced with preindustrial GHG concentrations. The CO2 concentration was then abruptly quadrupled to study how the coupled climate ...
... models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projects phase 5 (CMIP5, [59]). In such experiments, coupled models were integrated out to (quasi-) equilibrium forced with preindustrial GHG concentrations. The CO2 concentration was then abruptly quadrupled to study how the coupled climate ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driven by SRES emissions scenarios. River runoff was simulated at a spatial resolution of 0.5 0.5 under current and future climates u ...
... population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driven by SRES emissions scenarios. River runoff was simulated at a spatial resolution of 0.5 0.5 under current and future climates u ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... challenge of climate change. Global efforts have so far tended to concentrate on the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The first legally binding national commitment to GHG emissions reduction was through the Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005. In this article, ...
... challenge of climate change. Global efforts have so far tended to concentrate on the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The first legally binding national commitment to GHG emissions reduction was through the Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 and entered into force in 2005. In this article, ...
Altai Sayan Ecoregion
... m/sec. Even in May and sometimes June night frosts are common. In summer the FrontAsian thermal depression is formed to the south of the region, and more vividly expressed cyclone activity begins. Summer in the mountains is short and cool; in July the average temperature at a height of 1,000 meters ...
... m/sec. Even in May and sometimes June night frosts are common. In summer the FrontAsian thermal depression is formed to the south of the region, and more vividly expressed cyclone activity begins. Summer in the mountains is short and cool; in July the average temperature at a height of 1,000 meters ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface energy balance and carbon sequestration22,23 and generate predictions for areas beyond the monitored regions. The vast geographic distribution of the present data set yielded poor replicati ...
... snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface energy balance and carbon sequestration22,23 and generate predictions for areas beyond the monitored regions. The vast geographic distribution of the present data set yielded poor replicati ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... the Philippines erupted in 1991, a gaseous plume containing an estimated 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide enveloped the planet. The Earth’s average temperature fell by a remarkable 0.5 degrees Celsius for 18 months.14 The trick, for geoengineers, would be to reproduce something like the Pinatubo ef ...
... the Philippines erupted in 1991, a gaseous plume containing an estimated 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide enveloped the planet. The Earth’s average temperature fell by a remarkable 0.5 degrees Celsius for 18 months.14 The trick, for geoengineers, would be to reproduce something like the Pinatubo ef ...
2.2 Climate Change Impacts in Ghana
... and nations as a result of disasters. Again, the development of a National Climate Change Adaptation Stragegy has been agreed on as a trigger under the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Programme in Ghana. Secondly, Ghana’s economy relies heavily on climate sensitive sectors mainly on a ...
... and nations as a result of disasters. Again, the development of a National Climate Change Adaptation Stragegy has been agreed on as a trigger under the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Programme in Ghana. Secondly, Ghana’s economy relies heavily on climate sensitive sectors mainly on a ...
case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... company recognizes that forest resources will increase in importance in the future as a critical source of materials, shelter, and energy, and each of its businesses is creating products and services to meet this vision. The timberlands business is expanding its scope to embrace the Weyerhaeuser Sol ...
... company recognizes that forest resources will increase in importance in the future as a critical source of materials, shelter, and energy, and each of its businesses is creating products and services to meet this vision. The timberlands business is expanding its scope to embrace the Weyerhaeuser Sol ...
Robust Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of Climate System Properties
... forcing scale parameters are derived from the assumption that the uncertainties given by IPCC in the Third Assessment Report (Houghton et al. 2001) represent a range of ⫾1 standard deviation. A Gaussian prior distribution is assumed where the uncertainties are given in percent, and a lognormal distr ...
... forcing scale parameters are derived from the assumption that the uncertainties given by IPCC in the Third Assessment Report (Houghton et al. 2001) represent a range of ⫾1 standard deviation. A Gaussian prior distribution is assumed where the uncertainties are given in percent, and a lognormal distr ...
Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
... humidity, precipitation (a general term that includes rain, snow, sleet and hail), and wind. Weather conditions tend to be organized into distinct features known as weather systems. Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and s ...
Behavioral dimensions of climate change
... Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ...
... Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada ...
(2012), Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide
... probably occurred in the areas affected by the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets9,17, this result provides additional support for our inference that the proxy network under-represents the regional impact of the ice sheets. Each hemispheric stack also shows a two-step warming as seen in the global stack ...
... probably occurred in the areas affected by the Northern Hemisphere ice sheets9,17, this result provides additional support for our inference that the proxy network under-represents the regional impact of the ice sheets. Each hemispheric stack also shows a two-step warming as seen in the global stack ...
A strategic approach to adaptation in Europe (628 kB) (opens in new window)
... international development and political economy to establish a world-leading centre for policyrelevant research, teaching and training in climate change and the environment. It is funded by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, which also funds the Grantham Institute for Cli ...
... international development and political economy to establish a world-leading centre for policyrelevant research, teaching and training in climate change and the environment. It is funded by the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, which also funds the Grantham Institute for Cli ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes cluster report
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 25 Mar. Arellano, A.F., (2013), Towards Seamless Prediction of Chemical Weather, 2013 Alaska Weather Symposium, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 12-13 Mar (Keynote). Arellano, A.F., and D.P. Edwards (2012), GEOCAPE CO, Atmospheri ...
... Program in Applied Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 25 Mar. Arellano, A.F., (2013), Towards Seamless Prediction of Chemical Weather, 2013 Alaska Weather Symposium, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, 12-13 Mar (Keynote). Arellano, A.F., and D.P. Edwards (2012), GEOCAPE CO, Atmospheri ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... Received: 30 January 2012 – Published in Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.: Revised: 15 November 2012 – Accepted: 26 November 2012 – Published: 27 March 2013 ...
... Received: 30 January 2012 – Published in Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.: Revised: 15 November 2012 – Accepted: 26 November 2012 – Published: 27 March 2013 ...
6. Earth radiation balance under present day conditions Radiation
... for Radiation Budget). The objective was to determine the components of the Earth Radiation Budget and to provide a continuity of the NASA ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) mission ...
... for Radiation Budget). The objective was to determine the components of the Earth Radiation Budget and to provide a continuity of the NASA ERBE (Earth Radiation Budget Experiment) mission ...
LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE
... 2007; Markoe, 2011). Smith and Leiserowitz (2013) find those who self-identify as Evangelical are less likely to believe global warming is happening, that it is caused by human activity, and are less worried about it. For instance, they find 61% of Evangelicals think global warming is happening, whi ...
... 2007; Markoe, 2011). Smith and Leiserowitz (2013) find those who self-identify as Evangelical are less likely to believe global warming is happening, that it is caused by human activity, and are less worried about it. For instance, they find 61% of Evangelicals think global warming is happening, whi ...
A bitter cup: climate change profile of global production of Arabica
... may reduce yields of C. arabica, while C. canephora could suffer from increasing variability of intra-seasonal temperatures. Climate change will reduce the global area suitable for coffee by about 50 % across emission scenarios. Impacts are highest at low latitudes and low altitudes. Impacts at high ...
... may reduce yields of C. arabica, while C. canephora could suffer from increasing variability of intra-seasonal temperatures. Climate change will reduce the global area suitable for coffee by about 50 % across emission scenarios. Impacts are highest at low latitudes and low altitudes. Impacts at high ...
Climate variability over the last 2000 years
... years (e.g., Mann and Jones, 2003; Moberg et al., 2005). However, the association between change in temperature and change in atmospheric circulation under natural conditions has not been examined as vigorously. This association is perhaps most critical to investigate in the polar latitudes, where f ...
... years (e.g., Mann and Jones, 2003; Moberg et al., 2005). However, the association between change in temperature and change in atmospheric circulation under natural conditions has not been examined as vigorously. This association is perhaps most critical to investigate in the polar latitudes, where f ...
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change
... phenological changes that can accompany rapid shifts in climate; however, new techniques based on change point analysis [44], and Bayesian techniques [45] enable a quantitative representation of non-linear phenological responses and associated rates of change. Ecosystem- and global-scale phenology: ...
... phenological changes that can accompany rapid shifts in climate; however, new techniques based on change point analysis [44], and Bayesian techniques [45] enable a quantitative representation of non-linear phenological responses and associated rates of change. Ecosystem- and global-scale phenology: ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... also were analyzed using a principal components analysis (PCA) to identify the primary modes of SMR timing in the western United States (Johnston 1980). The scores of the resultant principal components were plotted and analyzed. In addition to the streamflow data, monthly temperature data for the we ...
... also were analyzed using a principal components analysis (PCA) to identify the primary modes of SMR timing in the western United States (Johnston 1980). The scores of the resultant principal components were plotted and analyzed. In addition to the streamflow data, monthly temperature data for the we ...
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... These middle school lesson plans are designed to help young students understand climate and weather basics and explore climate change related issues close to home in the Hudson River Valley. Most of the lessons have been adapted for use from existing peer reviewed plans. The original source material ...
... These middle school lesson plans are designed to help young students understand climate and weather basics and explore climate change related issues close to home in the Hudson River Valley. Most of the lessons have been adapted for use from existing peer reviewed plans. The original source material ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.