Does extreme precipitation intensity depend on the emissions
... using epoch differences between the last ten years of the historical simulations and the last ten years of the RCP scenarios and defining extreme precipitation as the 99.9th percentile precipitation rate (following Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in an ...
... using epoch differences between the last ten years of the historical simulations and the last ten years of the RCP scenarios and defining extreme precipitation as the 99.9th percentile precipitation rate (following Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in an ...
- Student Organizations
... of people around the globe. With the predicted dangers of climate change displacement, the existing international legal framework and its laws and institutions do not adequately address the emerging crisis. There is no legally binding mechanism of protection or support for persons displaced due to e ...
... of people around the globe. With the predicted dangers of climate change displacement, the existing international legal framework and its laws and institutions do not adequately address the emerging crisis. There is no legally binding mechanism of protection or support for persons displaced due to e ...
Earth Day – Special Virtual Issue from Berghahn Journals
... (COP15) in Copenhagen suggested, “In order to say something about adaptation, you need to have lived for 10,000 years.” In the emerging mainstream climate change literature on adaptation, recognition of the power of so-called autonomous adaptation has often been neglected in favor of what may be ter ...
... (COP15) in Copenhagen suggested, “In order to say something about adaptation, you need to have lived for 10,000 years.” In the emerging mainstream climate change literature on adaptation, recognition of the power of so-called autonomous adaptation has often been neglected in favor of what may be ter ...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF AKKAD BY A COSMIC
... Holocene sediments make up the top 20 meters, advance, as approaching comet, 15 days before Pliocene sediments start in 170 m depth. Sediments impacting Earth [7]. The bolide disintegrated into are filling a gap between 2 large ...
... Holocene sediments make up the top 20 meters, advance, as approaching comet, 15 days before Pliocene sediments start in 170 m depth. Sediments impacting Earth [7]. The bolide disintegrated into are filling a gap between 2 large ...
Effects of Global Climate Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve
... report, we have sought to address how VCR conservation resources will be altered by Effects of Global Climate Change at VCR ...
... report, we have sought to address how VCR conservation resources will be altered by Effects of Global Climate Change at VCR ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... land than ocean (Held and Soden 2006), and recent studies have found that it fails to capture simulated changes in P−E over land (Roderick et al. 2014) and is not confirmed by historical observations over land (Greve et al. 2014). As we will show, simulations of global warming exhibit only weak incr ...
... land than ocean (Held and Soden 2006), and recent studies have found that it fails to capture simulated changes in P−E over land (Roderick et al. 2014) and is not confirmed by historical observations over land (Greve et al. 2014). As we will show, simulations of global warming exhibit only weak incr ...
The Effect of Climate Change on the Variability of the Northern
... One noteworthy point is that HadGEM2-CC does not include interactive ozone chemistry because of limitations in computation time. A disadvantage of this is that CCMs tend to reproduce a better stratospheric mean state and variability than non-CCMs, as well as better tropospheric interannual variabili ...
... One noteworthy point is that HadGEM2-CC does not include interactive ozone chemistry because of limitations in computation time. A disadvantage of this is that CCMs tend to reproduce a better stratospheric mean state and variability than non-CCMs, as well as better tropospheric interannual variabili ...
Climate Change Law in Latin America
... Climate Change Law,9 and its regulatory Decree,10 provide a leading example of climate change law in Latin America given that they design a complete architecture for climate change regulation for Brazil. They establish institutional arrangements and legal mechanisms to fulfil mitigation and adaptati ...
... Climate Change Law,9 and its regulatory Decree,10 provide a leading example of climate change law in Latin America given that they design a complete architecture for climate change regulation for Brazil. They establish institutional arrangements and legal mechanisms to fulfil mitigation and adaptati ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
Recent observed climate change over the Arabian Peninsula
... Peninsula (AP) during the last 2 to 3 decades. The data set has been carefully quality controlled and checked for homogeneity. Although of low density (21 stations) and relatively short time period, a clear picture of climate change in the region has emerged. The general pattern of the AP mean annua ...
... Peninsula (AP) during the last 2 to 3 decades. The data set has been carefully quality controlled and checked for homogeneity. Although of low density (21 stations) and relatively short time period, a clear picture of climate change in the region has emerged. The general pattern of the AP mean annua ...
Trillion Dollar Transformation: Fiduciary Duty, Divestment and Fossil
... primary governing law is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Public pension funds are exempt from ERISA and are governed by state law. State law, however, is often very similar to ERISA as the majority of states have adopted an ERISA-like statute, the 1994 Unifor ...
... primary governing law is the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). Public pension funds are exempt from ERISA and are governed by state law. State law, however, is often very similar to ERISA as the majority of states have adopted an ERISA-like statute, the 1994 Unifor ...
Who`s holding us back?
... When it comes to lobbying on climate change many sectors in the US have more than trebled their numbers of lobbyists between 2003 and 2008.26 ...
... When it comes to lobbying on climate change many sectors in the US have more than trebled their numbers of lobbyists between 2003 and 2008.26 ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... duration, and frequency of droughts, floods, and other extreme conditions, which will have serious implications for agriculture, human health, and many other human activities. Though GCMs can satisfactorily simulate the atmospheric general circulation at the continental scale, they are not necessari ...
... duration, and frequency of droughts, floods, and other extreme conditions, which will have serious implications for agriculture, human health, and many other human activities. Though GCMs can satisfactorily simulate the atmospheric general circulation at the continental scale, they are not necessari ...
The Critical Decade 2013
... The Climate Commission brings together internationally renowned climate scientists, as well as policy and business leaders, to provide an independent and reliable source of information about climate change to the Australian public. This is the Climate Commission’s 26th publication and follows a seri ...
... The Climate Commission brings together internationally renowned climate scientists, as well as policy and business leaders, to provide an independent and reliable source of information about climate change to the Australian public. This is the Climate Commission’s 26th publication and follows a seri ...
Responses of runoff to historical and future climate variability over
... Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA. ...
... Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA. ...
Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and the International Climate Change Policy Agenda
... economic progress. As a framework convention, the UNFCCC is designed to evolve with new and updated information that enables Parties to incrementally develop policies and strategies to address climate change. UNFCCC Party groupings: Annex I Parties include industrialized countries (original members ...
... economic progress. As a framework convention, the UNFCCC is designed to evolve with new and updated information that enables Parties to incrementally develop policies and strategies to address climate change. UNFCCC Party groupings: Annex I Parties include industrialized countries (original members ...
Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County, NY
... 1,049 in Poughkeepsie during 2005. Similarly, the number of heating degree days has decreased over the same period. In 2006, there was a record low of just 5,406 heating degree days in Poughkeepsie (NRCC, “CLIMOD System,” 2008). Another type of degree day is the growing degree day. Growing Degree Da ...
... 1,049 in Poughkeepsie during 2005. Similarly, the number of heating degree days has decreased over the same period. In 2006, there was a record low of just 5,406 heating degree days in Poughkeepsie (NRCC, “CLIMOD System,” 2008). Another type of degree day is the growing degree day. Growing Degree Da ...
A comparison of structural and behavioural adaptations to future
... The result of the various adaptation strategies are presented in terms of the change to the base case (indicated by lw, or light weight) the adaptations make to the mean and maximal (building averaged) internal temperatures, and to the number of occupied hours over 25 and 28°C as shown by figures 5 ...
... The result of the various adaptation strategies are presented in terms of the change to the base case (indicated by lw, or light weight) the adaptations make to the mean and maximal (building averaged) internal temperatures, and to the number of occupied hours over 25 and 28°C as shown by figures 5 ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... mutually reinforcing (e.g. planting trees to provide additional shade in warming regions) but they can also work against each other (e.g. increasing air-conditioning powered by fossil fuels to cope with rising temperatures). There has recently been much political interest in integrating the two opti ...
... mutually reinforcing (e.g. planting trees to provide additional shade in warming regions) but they can also work against each other (e.g. increasing air-conditioning powered by fossil fuels to cope with rising temperatures). There has recently been much political interest in integrating the two opti ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... nested RCM simulations are generally consistent with each other at the broad scale. However, significant differences in the simulated surface climate changes are found between the two models in the summer, when local physics processes are more important. In addition, substantial fine scale detail in t ...
... nested RCM simulations are generally consistent with each other at the broad scale. However, significant differences in the simulated surface climate changes are found between the two models in the summer, when local physics processes are more important. In addition, substantial fine scale detail in t ...
Special Climate Change Program 2014-2018
... Message from the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources ...
... Message from the Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources ...
Environics Climate Change Mitigation Messaging
... action (self-efficacy) and the overall value of such efforts (response efficacy). It is also critical that individuals see action on the part of governments and businesses, so they don’t feel they are shouldering the burden on their own. There is a gap in understanding of the connection between home ...
... action (self-efficacy) and the overall value of such efforts (response efficacy). It is also critical that individuals see action on the part of governments and businesses, so they don’t feel they are shouldering the burden on their own. There is a gap in understanding of the connection between home ...
Climate Change in Prince George - Canadian Institute of Planners
... (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). ENSO influences climate variability on the scale of seasons to years, while the PDO occurs over 20 to 30 years. These two patterns are described further in section 5. Climate change refers to any change in climate over an extended period, such as sev ...
... (ENSO) and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). ENSO influences climate variability on the scale of seasons to years, while the PDO occurs over 20 to 30 years. These two patterns are described further in section 5. Climate change refers to any change in climate over an extended period, such as sev ...
Maintaining Stability
... programs were reduced by much more than the average. The Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA), for instance, experienced a budget cut of 71 percent with respect to originally approved funding, and of 46 percent compared to 1998. There are also indications that ...
... programs were reduced by much more than the average. The Brazilian Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (IBAMA), for instance, experienced a budget cut of 71 percent with respect to originally approved funding, and of 46 percent compared to 1998. There are also indications that ...
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.