skepticism-ce-footnotes
... required by any principle for decision making under uncertainty whatsoever. Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific pol ...
... required by any principle for decision making under uncertainty whatsoever. Accepting the limits of probabilistic methods and refusing to make probabilistic forecasts where those limits are exceeded, originates, ultimately, from the virtue of truthfulness, and from the requirements of scientific pol ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... Then, an Associated Press piece took a different view, noting that since a high point in 1998, global atmospheric temperatures “have dipped, soared, fallen again and are now rising once more.” Author Seth Borenstein (2009) quoted climate scientist Ken Caldeira, who asserted, “To talk about global co ...
... Then, an Associated Press piece took a different view, noting that since a high point in 1998, global atmospheric temperatures “have dipped, soared, fallen again and are now rising once more.” Author Seth Borenstein (2009) quoted climate scientist Ken Caldeira, who asserted, “To talk about global co ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
EE 1202 Lecture #4, Technology and the World
... (environmental) interactions is global warming. • This is a two-way street: – Older technology may be leading to a serious increase in “greenhouse gases,” which may in turn lead to a dangerous increase in the surface temperature of our planet. – And yet, the application of newer and “greener” techno ...
... (environmental) interactions is global warming. • This is a two-way street: – Older technology may be leading to a serious increase in “greenhouse gases,” which may in turn lead to a dangerous increase in the surface temperature of our planet. – And yet, the application of newer and “greener” techno ...
Sustainable Claims Management
... - Definition of clear responsibilities across public and private actors - Standardisation risk assessment approaches - Targets and indicators i.e. - reducing risk in building stock by a determined factor - No. increase in absolute poverty levels in a year of disaster - No. of measures introduced at ...
... - Definition of clear responsibilities across public and private actors - Standardisation risk assessment approaches - Targets and indicators i.e. - reducing risk in building stock by a determined factor - No. increase in absolute poverty levels in a year of disaster - No. of measures introduced at ...
An Overview On the Complexity of Humans Within It
... has some important limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also ...
... has some important limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also ...
Fine-grain modeling of species` response to climate change
... Correlative species distribution models (SDM) can be implemented at high spatial resolutions, if species occurrence data required as inputs are georeferenced with precision measured in meters or tens of meters and high resolution climatologies are available. The advent of Global Positioning System ( ...
... Correlative species distribution models (SDM) can be implemented at high spatial resolutions, if species occurrence data required as inputs are georeferenced with precision measured in meters or tens of meters and high resolution climatologies are available. The advent of Global Positioning System ( ...
Are cultures endangered by climate change? Yes, but
... on a local level. The jackpot certainly goes to whoever figures this one out. To empower ‘them’ to do something, however, suggests that we know how climate will actually change at a local level, and can convey this information effectively. The reality of the state of climate modeling at this point i ...
... on a local level. The jackpot certainly goes to whoever figures this one out. To empower ‘them’ to do something, however, suggests that we know how climate will actually change at a local level, and can convey this information effectively. The reality of the state of climate modeling at this point i ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrology and Water Resources
... Climate change may also impact water supplies on the watershed level. Watersheds that located at high elevations may not be impacted by modest changes in temperature, as most precipitation will continue to fall as snow. Watersheds at low elevation will likewise likely be unaffected, as precipitation ...
... Climate change may also impact water supplies on the watershed level. Watersheds that located at high elevations may not be impacted by modest changes in temperature, as most precipitation will continue to fall as snow. Watersheds at low elevation will likewise likely be unaffected, as precipitation ...
SPONSORING “GREEN” SUBJECTS: THE WORLD BANK’S 2009 YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST CHAPTER 14.
... motivating their participation. Incentives like these can be powerful for writers, regardless of their ideological perspective. The finalist from Cameroon, for example, writes movingly about his financial struggles: “It costs a lot to obtain a college education in my country. I have had to struggle ...
... motivating their participation. Incentives like these can be powerful for writers, regardless of their ideological perspective. The finalist from Cameroon, for example, writes movingly about his financial struggles: “It costs a lot to obtain a college education in my country. I have had to struggle ...
Human Induced Climate Change: The IPCC Fourth Assessment
... on Climate Change1 (IPCC) Fourth Assessment report (AR4)2 was concluded in Paris in February of 2007. In this short paper I will outline some of its key findings and offer a perspective on its sea level rise projections. First though some context and background on the IPCC and how the assessment rep ...
... on Climate Change1 (IPCC) Fourth Assessment report (AR4)2 was concluded in Paris in February of 2007. In this short paper I will outline some of its key findings and offer a perspective on its sea level rise projections. First though some context and background on the IPCC and how the assessment rep ...
Cities, Climate Change, and The Big Opportunity
... One such project included six dense slums in the Yerwadaarea of Pune. Mahila Milan, a Pune-based collective of women’s savings groups from the slums, was chosen to administer a city contract to rebuild 700 houses across these slums. We helped the collective and its community plan, design, and rebuil ...
... One such project included six dense slums in the Yerwadaarea of Pune. Mahila Milan, a Pune-based collective of women’s savings groups from the slums, was chosen to administer a city contract to rebuild 700 houses across these slums. We helped the collective and its community plan, design, and rebuil ...
How Is Pacific Northwest Climate Projected to Change? (PDF)
... become more severe. Regionally, sea level will continue to rise in concert with global sea level. Locally, sea level is projected to rise in most locations, with the amount of rise varying by location and over time. Natural variability will continue to influence shorter-term (up to several decades) ...
... become more severe. Regionally, sea level will continue to rise in concert with global sea level. Locally, sea level is projected to rise in most locations, with the amount of rise varying by location and over time. Natural variability will continue to influence shorter-term (up to several decades) ...
submission for the carbon tax bill
... with science. Climate prediction is not science, it is pseudo-science, and sooner or later more real scientists are going to wake up to this fact.”…..“If the IPCC were a pharmaceutical company it could face fraud charges for doing this. This is a good analogy. The IPCC claims to have diagnosed a pla ...
... with science. Climate prediction is not science, it is pseudo-science, and sooner or later more real scientists are going to wake up to this fact.”…..“If the IPCC were a pharmaceutical company it could face fraud charges for doing this. This is a good analogy. The IPCC claims to have diagnosed a pla ...
Climate Policy and Interest Groups - a Public
... increasingly relevant. Economists often note that its instruments have not been designed using the results of economic theory. Inefficient instruments such as subsidies or voluntary agreements are used instead of trade in emissions or taxes. On the one hand a single instrument is often directed towa ...
... increasingly relevant. Economists often note that its instruments have not been designed using the results of economic theory. Inefficient instruments such as subsidies or voluntary agreements are used instead of trade in emissions or taxes. On the one hand a single instrument is often directed towa ...
Climate Change and its Effects on Humans
... efforts estimate a global sea level rise of between 50 cm and 190 cm from 1990 to 2100 (see Vermeer and Rahmstorf 2009). There are several parts of the Gulf of Maine coast line that are classified as highly sensitive to the impacts of sea level rise because of risks associated with storm events. The ...
... efforts estimate a global sea level rise of between 50 cm and 190 cm from 1990 to 2100 (see Vermeer and Rahmstorf 2009). There are several parts of the Gulf of Maine coast line that are classified as highly sensitive to the impacts of sea level rise because of risks associated with storm events. The ...
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... harvest has been destroyed, exacerbating issues of food security. According to the (North American) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) the abnormal increase in the monsoon rain in Pakistan and the rest of the subcontinent originated from the warming of the Indian Ocean’s surface waters ...
... harvest has been destroyed, exacerbating issues of food security. According to the (North American) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) the abnormal increase in the monsoon rain in Pakistan and the rest of the subcontinent originated from the warming of the Indian Ocean’s surface waters ...
World Meteorological Organization
... brought together more than 80 scientists mainly from Asia and the Pacific, members of two CAgM Expert Teams (1.2 ET on Content and Use of Agrometeorological Products by Farmers and Extension Services - OPAG 1; 2.3 ET on Communication of Agrometeorological Products and Services -OPAG 2), and represen ...
... brought together more than 80 scientists mainly from Asia and the Pacific, members of two CAgM Expert Teams (1.2 ET on Content and Use of Agrometeorological Products by Farmers and Extension Services - OPAG 1; 2.3 ET on Communication of Agrometeorological Products and Services -OPAG 2), and represen ...
Effect of Green House Gases and Human Population in Global
... Naturally occurring GHGs contributes a mean warming effect of about 330 C [7]. The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which cause about 36-70 percent of the greenhouse effect; and ozone, which cause 3-7 percent [8], [9] & [10]. Effects of clouds are also their but ultimately they are building u ...
... Naturally occurring GHGs contributes a mean warming effect of about 330 C [7]. The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which cause about 36-70 percent of the greenhouse effect; and ozone, which cause 3-7 percent [8], [9] & [10]. Effects of clouds are also their but ultimately they are building u ...
Presentation
... 2009 COP-15 meets and expected to conclude Agreement Bonn (29 March-8 April) Bonn (1-12 June) Three further sessions will be held prior to Copenhagen: 10-14 August in Bonn (informal meeting); 28 September-9 October in Bangkok and 2-6 November in Barcelona. Copenhagen (7-18 December) July 200 ...
... 2009 COP-15 meets and expected to conclude Agreement Bonn (29 March-8 April) Bonn (1-12 June) Three further sessions will be held prior to Copenhagen: 10-14 August in Bonn (informal meeting); 28 September-9 October in Bangkok and 2-6 November in Barcelona. Copenhagen (7-18 December) July 200 ...
Russia`s Reluctance to Ratify Kyoto: an Economic
... be negatively affected by the greenhouse effect, since desertification in southern parts of the country and droughts and floods due to extreme weather occurrences may increase. However, it seems that in the perception of Russian political leaders the possible positive effects of global warming more th ...
... be negatively affected by the greenhouse effect, since desertification in southern parts of the country and droughts and floods due to extreme weather occurrences may increase. However, it seems that in the perception of Russian political leaders the possible positive effects of global warming more th ...
Detection of a Human Influence on North American Climate
... †Present address: Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. ...
... †Present address: Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA. ...
teacher pages - Lab Aids | Store
... students are likely to still have difficulties with visualizing Earth’s processes in three dimensions and understanding that small, incremental changes over millions of years can have dramatic effects. They also are likely to continue to struggle with conceptualizing complex, dynamic systems involvi ...
... students are likely to still have difficulties with visualizing Earth’s processes in three dimensions and understanding that small, incremental changes over millions of years can have dramatic effects. They also are likely to continue to struggle with conceptualizing complex, dynamic systems involvi ...
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.