Climate Science, the Public and the News Media
... 2) Effective communication of climate science needs new ways of engaging with the public. Key findings from the focus groups and a review of the relevant literature on how communication of climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public a ...
... 2) Effective communication of climate science needs new ways of engaging with the public. Key findings from the focus groups and a review of the relevant literature on how communication of climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public a ...
From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of
... understood that in the long term adaptation will not suffice. The atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses will have to be stabilised eventually at some tolerable level. More recently, however, the interest in adaptation as a legitimate policy response has increased, led by developing country ...
... understood that in the long term adaptation will not suffice. The atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses will have to be stabilised eventually at some tolerable level. More recently, however, the interest in adaptation as a legitimate policy response has increased, led by developing country ...
Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should Humanity Aim?
... except for the specified CO2 change, were also fixed, not responding to climate change. The Charney problem thus provides a measure of climate sensitivity including only the effect of ‘fast’ feedback processes, such as changes of water vapor, clouds and sea ice. Classification of climate change mech ...
... except for the specified CO2 change, were also fixed, not responding to climate change. The Charney problem thus provides a measure of climate sensitivity including only the effect of ‘fast’ feedback processes, such as changes of water vapor, clouds and sea ice. Classification of climate change mech ...
studies
... Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Policy, 2 Degrees C target, Durban Platform, Integrated Assessment ...
... Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Policy, 2 Degrees C target, Durban Platform, Integrated Assessment ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
Theme3_summary_Strong
... BrO + ClO cycle estimated to contribute up to half chemical loss How will the polar stratosphere respond to climate perturbations? Particularly while Cl and Br loading is high How will changes in atmospheric circulation affect polar ozone? Cooling (more ozone depletion) or warming (less)? ...
... BrO + ClO cycle estimated to contribute up to half chemical loss How will the polar stratosphere respond to climate perturbations? Particularly while Cl and Br loading is high How will changes in atmospheric circulation affect polar ozone? Cooling (more ozone depletion) or warming (less)? ...
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
... the public and informing policy, for example, through the media or awarenessraising, and can work as advocates of climate change initiatives. Acknowledging this potential, NGOs should be integrated and utilised. Climate mitigation and adaptation calls for new state, economic and civil society struct ...
... the public and informing policy, for example, through the media or awarenessraising, and can work as advocates of climate change initiatives. Acknowledging this potential, NGOs should be integrated and utilised. Climate mitigation and adaptation calls for new state, economic and civil society struct ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... researchers working on climate change and water resources as well as to elicit views of the participants on the need for a regional network on climate change, human health, water and food security. Notwithstanding these efforts to identify all institutions and researchers working on climate change a ...
... researchers working on climate change and water resources as well as to elicit views of the participants on the need for a regional network on climate change, human health, water and food security. Notwithstanding these efforts to identify all institutions and researchers working on climate change a ...
The social cost of carbon: Valuation estimates and
... and the marginal damage costs of emissions, known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). In 2002, the UK Government recommended an SCC for policy appraisal. A recent review of this SCC was commissioned and summarised in this paper. The authors conclude that SCC estimates span at least three orders of m ...
... and the marginal damage costs of emissions, known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). In 2002, the UK Government recommended an SCC for policy appraisal. A recent review of this SCC was commissioned and summarised in this paper. The authors conclude that SCC estimates span at least three orders of m ...
CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... sectors or regions. Indeed, impacts that are the result of a climate impact on another sector, region or population can be as important as the direct effects of climate change. For example, as clearly demonstrated in chapter 6, irrigated agriculture could be more sensitive to reduced deliveries of w ...
... sectors or regions. Indeed, impacts that are the result of a climate impact on another sector, region or population can be as important as the direct effects of climate change. For example, as clearly demonstrated in chapter 6, irrigated agriculture could be more sensitive to reduced deliveries of w ...
GEOGRAPHY
... GEOG 320 Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climate change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, an ...
... GEOG 320 Global Climate Change 3 Credit Hours This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climate change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, an ...
Climate Risk and Adaptation Strategy Discussion Paper (DOCX, 6.9
... Over the past 20 years, Maroondah has experienced many climate events that have affected things that the community values. Many of the risks we face are not new, but their duration, frequency and severity will change. ...
... Over the past 20 years, Maroondah has experienced many climate events that have affected things that the community values. Many of the risks we face are not new, but their duration, frequency and severity will change. ...
THE MIGHTY OPERATIONS OF NATURE
... challenged both science and superstition. Theories that the cold summer was caused by sunspots were hotly debated, and though most expert opinion held that sunspots were not the cause, the public could not quite seem to shake the suspicion that they were somehow involved. Other theories of causatio ...
... challenged both science and superstition. Theories that the cold summer was caused by sunspots were hotly debated, and though most expert opinion held that sunspots were not the cause, the public could not quite seem to shake the suspicion that they were somehow involved. Other theories of causatio ...
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
... “Nature's regulatory instrument is water vapor: more carbon dioxide leads to less moisture in the air, keeping the overall GHG content in accord with the necessary balance conditions.” – Prominent Hungarian Physicist and environmental researcher Dr. Miklós Zágoni reversed his view of man-made warmi ...
... “Nature's regulatory instrument is water vapor: more carbon dioxide leads to less moisture in the air, keeping the overall GHG content in accord with the necessary balance conditions.” – Prominent Hungarian Physicist and environmental researcher Dr. Miklós Zágoni reversed his view of man-made warmi ...
Review of the White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to
... In the area of climate, the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) represents one such partnership. The GFCS provides a worldwide mechanism for coordinated actions to enhance the quality, quantity and application of climate services. There is a risk-based element to the achievement of all of t ...
... In the area of climate, the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) represents one such partnership. The GFCS provides a worldwide mechanism for coordinated actions to enhance the quality, quantity and application of climate services. There is a risk-based element to the achievement of all of t ...
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... agriculture. First, increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations can have a direct effect on the growth rate of crop plants and weeds. Secondly, CO2-induced changes of climate may alter levels and variability of temperature, rainfall and sunshine that can influence plant productivity. An extensive liter ...
... agriculture. First, increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations can have a direct effect on the growth rate of crop plants and weeds. Secondly, CO2-induced changes of climate may alter levels and variability of temperature, rainfall and sunshine that can influence plant productivity. An extensive liter ...
Contrasting responses of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration
... model prediction of climate-carbon (C) feedback. We conducted a manipulation experiment by warming and clipping in a prairie dominated by invasive winter annual Bromus japonicas in Southern Great Plains, USA. Infrared radiators were used to simulate climate warming by 3 °C and clipping was used to m ...
... model prediction of climate-carbon (C) feedback. We conducted a manipulation experiment by warming and clipping in a prairie dominated by invasive winter annual Bromus japonicas in Southern Great Plains, USA. Infrared radiators were used to simulate climate warming by 3 °C and clipping was used to m ...
Current and future vulnerabilities to climate change in Ireland Report Series No. 29
... thank her for reviewing and commenting on earlier versions of this report. The authors would very much like to thank all of those in government departments and agencies, non-governmental organisations and other groups who contributed to this work (a list of workshop participants is supplied in Appen ...
... thank her for reviewing and commenting on earlier versions of this report. The authors would very much like to thank all of those in government departments and agencies, non-governmental organisations and other groups who contributed to this work (a list of workshop participants is supplied in Appen ...
Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross
... Climate Change Integrated Methodology for Cross-Sectoral Adaptation and Vulnerability in Europe ...
... Climate Change Integrated Methodology for Cross-Sectoral Adaptation and Vulnerability in Europe ...
Recent developments on the South American monsoon system
... The SAMS is part of the monsoon system of the Americas. In the upper troposphere, the wet summer season is characterised by an anticyclonic circulation over Bolivia and a trough over the tropical and sub-tropical South Atlantic, near the coast of Northeast Brazil (Figure 1A). Prominent low-level fea ...
... The SAMS is part of the monsoon system of the Americas. In the upper troposphere, the wet summer season is characterised by an anticyclonic circulation over Bolivia and a trough over the tropical and sub-tropical South Atlantic, near the coast of Northeast Brazil (Figure 1A). Prominent low-level fea ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... Changes in climatic conditions – in the form of increased climate variability, longer-term averages, altered rainfall distributions, increased frequency and/ or intensity of extreme weather-related events – are likely to have broadranging implications for the Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA). A comp ...
... Changes in climatic conditions – in the form of increased climate variability, longer-term averages, altered rainfall distributions, increased frequency and/ or intensity of extreme weather-related events – are likely to have broadranging implications for the Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA). A comp ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Security Strategy of the U.K. (2008) stated “Climate change is potentially the greatest challenge to global stability and security, and therefore to national security.” That same month, the High Representative and ...
... climate change on peace and security in April 2007. The following March, the National Security Strategy of the U.K. (2008) stated “Climate change is potentially the greatest challenge to global stability and security, and therefore to national security.” That same month, the High Representative and ...
NRDC: Clean Power – The Case for Carbon Pollution Limits
... Either way, the Clean Power Plan will move America toward a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations while ensuring an ongoing supply of the reliable, affordable power needed for economic growth. The plan will reduce not only carbon pollution but hundreds of thousands of tons of other h ...
... Either way, the Clean Power Plan will move America toward a cleaner, healthier environment for future generations while ensuring an ongoing supply of the reliable, affordable power needed for economic growth. The plan will reduce not only carbon pollution but hundreds of thousands of tons of other h ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... global public good of climate protection. While the breakdown in cooperation on climate change is a possibility, US-China policy coordination in the lead up to the 2015 Paris climate negotiations suggest this is not destiny. At the same time, even as climate change demands more attention, US policym ...
... global public good of climate protection. While the breakdown in cooperation on climate change is a possibility, US-China policy coordination in the lead up to the 2015 Paris climate negotiations suggest this is not destiny. At the same time, even as climate change demands more attention, US policym ...
Selection of Climate Models for Developing - hi
... forcing for dynamical downscaling. This report discusses the statistical downscaling component. There are two fundamentally different methods for selecting appropriate GCMs/RCMs. The first approach aims to cover the full envelope of possible futures ranging from dry and cold projections to wet and w ...
... forcing for dynamical downscaling. This report discusses the statistical downscaling component. There are two fundamentally different methods for selecting appropriate GCMs/RCMs. The first approach aims to cover the full envelope of possible futures ranging from dry and cold projections to wet and w ...
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.