A Guide to Kyoto: Climate Change and What it Means to Canadians
... trading under the Kyoto Protocol. Both firms say they benefit from the deal: Suncor is planning to expand its oil sands operations at Fort McMurray, Alta., by 64 percent in the next two years. Even after reducing its own emissions on a per unit basis by a third, this will still result in a net 12 pe ...
... trading under the Kyoto Protocol. Both firms say they benefit from the deal: Suncor is planning to expand its oil sands operations at Fort McMurray, Alta., by 64 percent in the next two years. Even after reducing its own emissions on a per unit basis by a third, this will still result in a net 12 pe ...
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... areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity over short horizontal distances. Human societies – not only within the mountains but also beyond them – exploit t ...
... areas and generate essential and often complementary natural resources, of which water is only the most obvious. Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity over short horizontal distances. Human societies – not only within the mountains but also beyond them – exploit t ...
Th1 Ch4 Weblinks - Dynamic Learning
... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/weather-view-photos-readers-aroundworld ...
... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/weather-view-photos-readers-aroundworld ...
using big data, scenarios development, and game theory to monitor
... and governments for the circumpolar Arctic. Vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptations will differ across the circum-Arctic given such factors as geographical location, heritage and ethnicity, socio-economic status, occupation and business, and prosperity. Local, national and regional decision-making ...
... and governments for the circumpolar Arctic. Vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptations will differ across the circum-Arctic given such factors as geographical location, heritage and ethnicity, socio-economic status, occupation and business, and prosperity. Local, national and regional decision-making ...
The role of nitrogen in climate change and the impacts of nitrogen
... energy for seven billion people has led to large and widespread increases in the use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers and fossil fuel combustion, resulting in a leakage of N into the environment as various forms of air and water pollution. The global N cycle is more severely altered by human ac ...
... energy for seven billion people has led to large and widespread increases in the use of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizers and fossil fuel combustion, resulting in a leakage of N into the environment as various forms of air and water pollution. The global N cycle is more severely altered by human ac ...
LG/15/21
... accounts, has the potential to bring together in one consistent analytical framework all relevant information with regard to the relationships between the economy and climate change, that can be used for climate change assessment, policy and decision making. • The accounts are very useful to assess ...
... accounts, has the potential to bring together in one consistent analytical framework all relevant information with regard to the relationships between the economy and climate change, that can be used for climate change assessment, policy and decision making. • The accounts are very useful to assess ...
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... temperature changes that do not appear to be directly related to land-cover change. Although statistically significant, these changes are relatively small as compared to the projected atmospheric forcing changes. For example, in western Russia there is reforestation in both scenarios, which should l ...
... temperature changes that do not appear to be directly related to land-cover change. Although statistically significant, these changes are relatively small as compared to the projected atmospheric forcing changes. For example, in western Russia there is reforestation in both scenarios, which should l ...
Impacts of global environmental change on future health and health
... freshwater aquifers on every continent, and global dispersion of nonbiodegradable chemical pollutants1"2. Further, we are altering the composition of the lower atmosphere and stratosphere. According to climatologists, the former has begun to cause global climate change3; meanwhile, the latter is inc ...
... freshwater aquifers on every continent, and global dispersion of nonbiodegradable chemical pollutants1"2. Further, we are altering the composition of the lower atmosphere and stratosphere. According to climatologists, the former has begun to cause global climate change3; meanwhile, the latter is inc ...
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... aggregated at regional level (NUTS2) using regional statistics on crop areas. For non-EU regions, climate induced changes on crop yields were based on the work done for the 2010 World Development Report (Müller et al. 2010). Crop yield changes are simulated for the period 2000-2050 using the LPJmL m ...
... aggregated at regional level (NUTS2) using regional statistics on crop areas. For non-EU regions, climate induced changes on crop yields were based on the work done for the 2010 World Development Report (Müller et al. 2010). Crop yield changes are simulated for the period 2000-2050 using the LPJmL m ...
Climate and Culture Change in Archaeology
... offer valuable alternative strategies for today’s challenges. With the rapid development of paleo-climatic sciences over the past few decades, archaeologists have become confronted with a wealth of new data unprecedented both quantitatively and qualitatively (Alley 2000; Birks 2008; Mayewski and Whi ...
... offer valuable alternative strategies for today’s challenges. With the rapid development of paleo-climatic sciences over the past few decades, archaeologists have become confronted with a wealth of new data unprecedented both quantitatively and qualitatively (Alley 2000; Birks 2008; Mayewski and Whi ...
Confronting the Climate–Energy Challenge
... change over the last century. However, the last century may not be a good predictor of climate sensitivity in the future as CO2 rises to levels far beyond the calibration range. This is where the geologic record of past climate change is especially useful. From both cold climates of the Pleistocene ...
... change over the last century. However, the last century may not be a good predictor of climate sensitivity in the future as CO2 rises to levels far beyond the calibration range. This is where the geologic record of past climate change is especially useful. From both cold climates of the Pleistocene ...
Why Should We Care about Sustainability?
... to) climate change, natural resource depletion, water and air pollution, land management, agriculture and energy issues.” ...
... to) climate change, natural resource depletion, water and air pollution, land management, agriculture and energy issues.” ...
emerging issues in international and transnational law related to
... Conference of the Parties (COP) 20 in Lima, albeit expanded, including references to human rights as proposed by Chile. The key expectation is that developed countries such as Canada will be bringing forward their INDCs by March 31, 2015. Between now and June there will be informal subsidiary body m ...
... Conference of the Parties (COP) 20 in Lima, albeit expanded, including references to human rights as proposed by Chile. The key expectation is that developed countries such as Canada will be bringing forward their INDCs by March 31, 2015. Between now and June there will be informal subsidiary body m ...
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Intorduction to Climate Change [ENG]
... Joint efforts of the governments During the 1980s, the climate change related proofs were accumulated and the issue was raised at a series of international conferences worldwide. The governments came to realize what a big threat the climate change was, as well as the need for actions in this field. ...
... Joint efforts of the governments During the 1980s, the climate change related proofs were accumulated and the issue was raised at a series of international conferences worldwide. The governments came to realize what a big threat the climate change was, as well as the need for actions in this field. ...
What`s on the 5th IPCC Report for West Africa?
... Climate projections for the period until 2100 are performed with global climate models. Applying the models for that time frame requires assumptions about the atmospheric composition, i.e., the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The development of future atmospheric composition depends o ...
... Climate projections for the period until 2100 are performed with global climate models. Applying the models for that time frame requires assumptions about the atmospheric composition, i.e., the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The development of future atmospheric composition depends o ...
Climate change, drought and pastoralism in the Sahel
... Studies of past environmental change and the northern African archaeological record indicate just how variable climatic and environmental conditions are in the Sahel-Sahara zone on timescales of centuries to millennia. Such studies also illustrate the sensitivity of rainfall in this region to hemisp ...
... Studies of past environmental change and the northern African archaeological record indicate just how variable climatic and environmental conditions are in the Sahel-Sahara zone on timescales of centuries to millennia. Such studies also illustrate the sensitivity of rainfall in this region to hemisp ...
Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... In recent decades, historians and sociologists of science have been largely concerned with the social construction of scientific knowledge. This paper examines an important historical episode in the social deconstruction of scientific knowledge. In the early 1980s, a consensus emerged among climate ...
... In recent decades, historians and sociologists of science have been largely concerned with the social construction of scientific knowledge. This paper examines an important historical episode in the social deconstruction of scientific knowledge. In the early 1980s, a consensus emerged among climate ...
About the Guide - American Chemical Society
... Remember that this process has gone on for centuries. It is a natural process. The heat trapped in the atmosphere by gases we now call greenhouse gases—mainly carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide referenced above—is a natural part of the Earth’s energy budget. In fact, without the ...
... Remember that this process has gone on for centuries. It is a natural process. The heat trapped in the atmosphere by gases we now call greenhouse gases—mainly carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and nitrous oxide referenced above—is a natural part of the Earth’s energy budget. In fact, without the ...
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... irrigation will then be dependent on increases in real commodity prices sufficient to offset energy cost increases. Agriculture itself generates various greenhouse gases. Methane from flooded rice fields, livestock and deforestation, nitrous oxide from fertilizer use, carbon dioxide from fossil fuel ...
... irrigation will then be dependent on increases in real commodity prices sufficient to offset energy cost increases. Agriculture itself generates various greenhouse gases. Methane from flooded rice fields, livestock and deforestation, nitrous oxide from fertilizer use, carbon dioxide from fossil fuel ...
teacher`s guide - Earth Day Network
... questions. The purpose of these questions is to check that students are following the content of the chapter and encourage them to think about the ideas for that unit. Discussion questions are open-ended, and can be used to guide dialogue in large or small groups. These questions focus on helping st ...
... questions. The purpose of these questions is to check that students are following the content of the chapter and encourage them to think about the ideas for that unit. Discussion questions are open-ended, and can be used to guide dialogue in large or small groups. These questions focus on helping st ...
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... of the quite divergent literature on induced innovation, Popp (2006) concludes that earlier claims about the extent of innovation induced through emission pricing may have been over-optimistic, that support of R&D expenditure via subsidies or direct government financing will also be necessary, and t ...
... of the quite divergent literature on induced innovation, Popp (2006) concludes that earlier claims about the extent of innovation induced through emission pricing may have been over-optimistic, that support of R&D expenditure via subsidies or direct government financing will also be necessary, and t ...
Elizabeth G. Ferris
... 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus seems to have emerged in the scientific community that human-induced climate change is, in fact, underway. According to the Intergov ...
... 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus seems to have emerged in the scientific community that human-induced climate change is, in fact, underway. According to the Intergov ...
Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C
... More than 100 countries have adopted a global warming limit of 2 6C or below (relative to pre-industrial levels) as a guiding principle for mitigation efforts to reduce climate change risks, impacts and damages1,2. However, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions corresponding to a specified maximum warm ...
... More than 100 countries have adopted a global warming limit of 2 6C or below (relative to pre-industrial levels) as a guiding principle for mitigation efforts to reduce climate change risks, impacts and damages1,2. However, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions corresponding to a specified maximum warm ...
Terrestrial environmental Observatories: a new instrument for
... Combination of real-time process observations (e.g. soil moisture, hydrology, vegetation) and evaluation of geoarchives (seaborne, colluvials, peats, soils) ...
... Combination of real-time process observations (e.g. soil moisture, hydrology, vegetation) and evaluation of geoarchives (seaborne, colluvials, peats, soils) ...
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.