Is climate change the number one threat to
... This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming’s impact on k ...
... This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming’s impact on k ...
Copernicus the EU`s Earth Observation Programme
... CAMS air quality forecasts provide quantitative information on episodes daily and up to 4 days in advance. They support a wide range of applications (apps, press, city-scale downscaling, emissions reduction scenarios…). Longrange transported plumes (volcanoes, desert dust, fires...) are captured by ...
... CAMS air quality forecasts provide quantitative information on episodes daily and up to 4 days in advance. They support a wide range of applications (apps, press, city-scale downscaling, emissions reduction scenarios…). Longrange transported plumes (volcanoes, desert dust, fires...) are captured by ...
The Role of CCS as a Mitigation Option within the IPCC
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
Observed Strengthening of the Zonal Sea Surface Temperature Gradient
... Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York (Manuscript received 17 November 2008, in final form 28 February 2009) ABSTRACT Decadal variations of very small amplitude [;0.38C in sea surface temperature (SST)] in the tropical Pacific Ocean, the genesis region of the int ...
... Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York (Manuscript received 17 November 2008, in final form 28 February 2009) ABSTRACT Decadal variations of very small amplitude [;0.38C in sea surface temperature (SST)] in the tropical Pacific Ocean, the genesis region of the int ...
Climate-ready agriculture - a situation statement for Western Australia
... climate will depend on location, soil type and management. These changes will affect profitability and financial risk associated with farming enterprises, particularly in areas at the margins of enterprise suitability. Decreased annual rainfall will likely continue to decrease surface water run-off ...
... climate will depend on location, soil type and management. These changes will affect profitability and financial risk associated with farming enterprises, particularly in areas at the margins of enterprise suitability. Decreased annual rainfall will likely continue to decrease surface water run-off ...
Climate change from Poles to Tropics
... perform protective functions. Some areas wich are relatively flood-free may become flood-prone due to increased precipitation associated with more intense storm events. Physical and biological impacts on coral reefs from rising sea temperatures and tropical storms can have deleterious affects on cer ...
... perform protective functions. Some areas wich are relatively flood-free may become flood-prone due to increased precipitation associated with more intense storm events. Physical and biological impacts on coral reefs from rising sea temperatures and tropical storms can have deleterious affects on cer ...
THE CLIMATE SEVERITY INDEX FOR CANADA
... The CSI and Future Climate • CSI calculated on the model grid using model outputs from one run of the Canadian CGCM for one scenario of increasing GHGs and aerosols for – 1961-1995 (present climate) – 2010-2039 (the 2020s) – 2040-2069 (the 2050s) – 2070-2099 (the 2080s) ...
... The CSI and Future Climate • CSI calculated on the model grid using model outputs from one run of the Canadian CGCM for one scenario of increasing GHGs and aerosols for – 1961-1995 (present climate) – 2010-2039 (the 2020s) – 2040-2069 (the 2050s) – 2070-2099 (the 2080s) ...
Climate change and Sea-level rise
... shown that human carbon emissions are capable of causing (and the most likely reason for) the observed warming of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This work is summarized in a series of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that began in 1990.5 Researchers, additiona ...
... shown that human carbon emissions are capable of causing (and the most likely reason for) the observed warming of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. This work is summarized in a series of reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that began in 1990.5 Researchers, additiona ...
Research Project Final Report
... Project Approach and Completion Phase 1Collection and Collation of materialThe purpose of the project was to draft the Climate Change assessment using published sources and material, no new analysis or review were to be made, the initial set of source material is shown in Table 1. Table 1- Sources a ...
... Project Approach and Completion Phase 1Collection and Collation of materialThe purpose of the project was to draft the Climate Change assessment using published sources and material, no new analysis or review were to be made, the initial set of source material is shown in Table 1. Table 1- Sources a ...
Climate Deception Dossier #7: Global Climate Coalition Primer on
... Have human activities over the last 120 years affected climate, i.e. has the change been greater than natural variability? Given the limitations of climate models and other information on this question, current claims that a human impact on climate has already been detected, are unjustified. However ...
... Have human activities over the last 120 years affected climate, i.e. has the change been greater than natural variability? Given the limitations of climate models and other information on this question, current claims that a human impact on climate has already been detected, are unjustified. However ...
Death by Degrees: New York - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), average temperatures in the state of New York could increase by approximately 4º F during the next century (2). Very recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revised its previous temperature projections upwards and now projects ...
... According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), average temperatures in the state of New York could increase by approximately 4º F during the next century (2). Very recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change revised its previous temperature projections upwards and now projects ...
7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
... Water, being a renewable resource, is affected by rainfall and severe weather events. Water supply is influenced by the unpredictable weather events brought on by climate change. Problems related to water supply in Africa and southern Africa include: the unpredictability of rainfall; the seasonality ...
... Water, being a renewable resource, is affected by rainfall and severe weather events. Water supply is influenced by the unpredictable weather events brought on by climate change. Problems related to water supply in Africa and southern Africa include: the unpredictability of rainfall; the seasonality ...
Protecting Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
... Scott, D. 2003. Climate Change and Canada’s National Parks. Ottawa: Environment Canada. On-line at www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/ie-ei/cc/index_E.asp. SBSTA [Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice], UNFCCC. 2004. Application of Methods and Tools for Assessing Impacts and Vulnerability, and ...
... Scott, D. 2003. Climate Change and Canada’s National Parks. Ottawa: Environment Canada. On-line at www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/ie-ei/cc/index_E.asp. SBSTA [Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice], UNFCCC. 2004. Application of Methods and Tools for Assessing Impacts and Vulnerability, and ...
Uncertainties of Climate Change in Arid Environments of Central Asia
... Based on palaeoanalogous scenarios, Central Asian deserts are often predicted to become moister as a result of global warming because they are located north of 30◦ latitude and are expected to benefit from the southward shift and probable intensification of the westerly cyclones similar to the early ...
... Based on palaeoanalogous scenarios, Central Asian deserts are often predicted to become moister as a result of global warming because they are located north of 30◦ latitude and are expected to benefit from the southward shift and probable intensification of the westerly cyclones similar to the early ...
Presentation
... States, Cities and Climate Change States not so smart because of sovereignty States not so smart because of lack of legally binding rules States not so smart because international climate change rules cannot be enforced properly…. ...
... States, Cities and Climate Change States not so smart because of sovereignty States not so smart because of lack of legally binding rules States not so smart because international climate change rules cannot be enforced properly…. ...
Effects of future climate change on regional air pollution episodes in
... replacing it with clean high-latitude air behind the front [Cooper et al., 2001]. The fronts generally do not reach into the southeastern United States, and ventilation there is mostly driven by deep convection and inflow from the Gulf of Mexico (Q. Li et al., Outflow pathways for North American pol ...
... replacing it with clean high-latitude air behind the front [Cooper et al., 2001]. The fronts generally do not reach into the southeastern United States, and ventilation there is mostly driven by deep convection and inflow from the Gulf of Mexico (Q. Li et al., Outflow pathways for North American pol ...
Climate Change and its impact on Australias
... timber and iron vernacular rural buildings not strengthened to resist high winds. The risk of tree-fall damage and localised flash flooding is also increased. In South Eastern Australia Cultural heritage places are likely to be at risk both from environmental changes and from associated shifts in la ...
... timber and iron vernacular rural buildings not strengthened to resist high winds. The risk of tree-fall damage and localised flash flooding is also increased. In South Eastern Australia Cultural heritage places are likely to be at risk both from environmental changes and from associated shifts in la ...
Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity, and International Law
... generations and among communities in the present and the future. More than twenty years ago I wrote an article entitled Climate Change, IntergenerationalEquity and InternationalLaw. The basic issues and the analysis remain the same, though a number of international agreements relevant to climate cha ...
... generations and among communities in the present and the future. More than twenty years ago I wrote an article entitled Climate Change, IntergenerationalEquity and InternationalLaw. The basic issues and the analysis remain the same, though a number of international agreements relevant to climate cha ...
Climate Impacts on the Newport News Shipyard
... Extreme Value Theory* offers a distributional model of the tail of a distribution of specific types of 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 ye ...
... Extreme Value Theory* offers a distributional model of the tail of a distribution of specific types of 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 ye ...
Document
... environmental changes involving interactions between land, atmosphere, water, ice, biosphere, societies, technologies, and economies. Humans – by decoupling their life cycle from natural conditions – have altered “natural” biogeochemical cycles. The Russian geochemist, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, ...
... environmental changes involving interactions between land, atmosphere, water, ice, biosphere, societies, technologies, and economies. Humans – by decoupling their life cycle from natural conditions – have altered “natural” biogeochemical cycles. The Russian geochemist, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky, ...
July 2012 Ireland’s Climate Strategy to 2020 and beyond
... and Legislation as announced by Minister Hogan in January 2012. A key step in this programme is the independent analysis to be carried out by the Secretariat of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), which will inform the policy development process. The EPA welcomes the analysis and will c ...
... and Legislation as announced by Minister Hogan in January 2012. A key step in this programme is the independent analysis to be carried out by the Secretariat of the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), which will inform the policy development process. The EPA welcomes the analysis and will c ...
NAFTA and Climate Change
... approach. As we showed in chapters 2 and 3, the states and provinces that have successfully mobilized political momentum toward stringent climate change policies are mostly those that had relatively little carbon-intensive production to begin with. Getting states and provinces that depend on coal, ...
... approach. As we showed in chapters 2 and 3, the states and provinces that have successfully mobilized political momentum toward stringent climate change policies are mostly those that had relatively little carbon-intensive production to begin with. Getting states and provinces that depend on coal, ...
Download country chapter
... from the 2009 establishment of the 25-member Climate Change Council, headed by the Prime Minister. In addition, to co-ordinate and implement collaborative programmes, a multi-stakeholder Climate Change Initiatives Co-ordination Committee has been formed with representation from relevant ministries a ...
... from the 2009 establishment of the 25-member Climate Change Council, headed by the Prime Minister. In addition, to co-ordinate and implement collaborative programmes, a multi-stakeholder Climate Change Initiatives Co-ordination Committee has been formed with representation from relevant ministries a ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and 17 experiments (involving more than 44 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
... in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and 17 experiments (involving more than 44 researchers) examining the ECS, each lowering the best estimate and tightening the error distribution about that estimate. Instead, the IWG wrote in it ...
Addressing the Leadership Challenge of Climate Change
... The problem we now face is that since the start of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago our emissions of greenhouse gases have been making this blanket thicker at an unprecedented speed. This has caused the most dramatic change in the atmosphere’s composition for at least 650,000 years. Unle ...
... The problem we now face is that since the start of the industrial revolution some 250 years ago our emissions of greenhouse gases have been making this blanket thicker at an unprecedented speed. This has caused the most dramatic change in the atmosphere’s composition for at least 650,000 years. Unle ...
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.