Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science
... The “Problem” of Anthropogenic Global Warming The casting of the “greenhouse effect” as a policy issue in the late 1970s was an event long in the making. In the 1930s, Guy Stewart Callendar developed the first sustained argument that burning fossil fuels was changing the chemistry of the Earth’s atm ...
... The “Problem” of Anthropogenic Global Warming The casting of the “greenhouse effect” as a policy issue in the late 1970s was an event long in the making. In the 1930s, Guy Stewart Callendar developed the first sustained argument that burning fossil fuels was changing the chemistry of the Earth’s atm ...
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... decomposes a time-dependent periodic phenomenon into a series of sinusoidal functions, each defined by unique amplitude and phase values. The proportion of variance in the original time-series data set accounted for by each term of the harmonic analysis can also be calculated [25,26]. The first orde ...
... decomposes a time-dependent periodic phenomenon into a series of sinusoidal functions, each defined by unique amplitude and phase values. The proportion of variance in the original time-series data set accounted for by each term of the harmonic analysis can also be calculated [25,26]. The first orde ...
Which early works are cited most frequently in climate change
... Climate change has gained strongly increasing attention in the natural sciences and more recently also in the social and political sciences. Scientists actively work to understand past climate and to predict future climate by using observations and theoretical models. Various subfields from physics, ...
... Climate change has gained strongly increasing attention in the natural sciences and more recently also in the social and political sciences. Scientists actively work to understand past climate and to predict future climate by using observations and theoretical models. Various subfields from physics, ...
A history of climate activities
... Figure 1 — The emergence of climate as an international scientific and policy issue: the five major scientific, technological and geopolitical developments on the left converged to inspire UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 1721 (XVI) which triggered the establishment of the WMO World Weather Wat ...
... Figure 1 — The emergence of climate as an international scientific and policy issue: the five major scientific, technological and geopolitical developments on the left converged to inspire UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 1721 (XVI) which triggered the establishment of the WMO World Weather Wat ...
New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law
... and Vulnerability (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2014). For an excellent summary of recent science see Clive Hamilton Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010). 12 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Change 2014: Synthesis ...
... and Vulnerability (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2014). For an excellent summary of recent science see Clive Hamilton Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth about Climate Change (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010). 12 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Change 2014: Synthesis ...
NSW and ACT Regional Climate Model: Project scope
... downscaled. The project will be run using four independent GCMs to provide the boundary conditions for three RCM simulations for four separate global climate models (GCMs) for a total of 12 runs. The GCM selection process will be based on a combined evaluation of GCM performance in simulating actual ...
... downscaled. The project will be run using four independent GCMs to provide the boundary conditions for three RCM simulations for four separate global climate models (GCMs) for a total of 12 runs. The GCM selection process will be based on a combined evaluation of GCM performance in simulating actual ...
Understanding complexity in savannas: climate, biodiversity and
... Savannas are effectively sub-climax ecosystems maintained due to edaphic, fire and/or herbivore influence (Plate 1). Edaphic savannas, for example, the grass savanna of the Serengeti, form on free-draining substrates that inhibit the growth of hydrophilous trees. The influence of fire, both from nat ...
... Savannas are effectively sub-climax ecosystems maintained due to edaphic, fire and/or herbivore influence (Plate 1). Edaphic savannas, for example, the grass savanna of the Serengeti, form on free-draining substrates that inhibit the growth of hydrophilous trees. The influence of fire, both from nat ...
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... core and other paleo-climatic data. Readers will also learn that global warming cannot easily be avoided by reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in rich countries. Not only is emissions reduction extremely difficult in rich countries, but demands such as the UN mandate to improve the live ...
... core and other paleo-climatic data. Readers will also learn that global warming cannot easily be avoided by reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in rich countries. Not only is emissions reduction extremely difficult in rich countries, but demands such as the UN mandate to improve the live ...
LNG FUEL CYCLE: IMPACTS Report Number PH3/5 January 1999
... (IEA GHG) is to assess the costs and benefits of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. There are many ways of responding to the possibility of climate change and, in order to compare the various options on a consistent basis, a methodology is needed which takes account of their various attributes ...
... (IEA GHG) is to assess the costs and benefits of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. There are many ways of responding to the possibility of climate change and, in order to compare the various options on a consistent basis, a methodology is needed which takes account of their various attributes ...
Extreme Events - International Research Institute for Climate and
... cycle over the contiguous United States: Trends derived from in situ observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5 (1): 64-85. Groisman, PY, WE Knight and TR Karl, 2001. Heavy precipitation and high streamflow in the contiguous United States: Trends in the twentieth century. Journal of Climate, 82 (2 ...
... cycle over the contiguous United States: Trends derived from in situ observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5 (1): 64-85. Groisman, PY, WE Knight and TR Karl, 2001. Heavy precipitation and high streamflow in the contiguous United States: Trends in the twentieth century. Journal of Climate, 82 (2 ...
The conquering of climate
... This paper suggests that to understand the present post-modern anxiety about climate change (Ross, 1991; Glover, 2006) we need a deeper cultural and historical reading of climate and its meaning for human society (e.g. Rayner & Malone, 1998) than is usually offered by scientific assessments such as ...
... This paper suggests that to understand the present post-modern anxiety about climate change (Ross, 1991; Glover, 2006) we need a deeper cultural and historical reading of climate and its meaning for human society (e.g. Rayner & Malone, 1998) than is usually offered by scientific assessments such as ...
LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE
... fact that conservatives have largely opposed changes in policy that would have the potential to alleviate climate change (McCright & Dunlap, 2003; 2010), perhaps due to the fact that many deny the reality of climate change itself (McCright & Dunlap, 2011a). According to recent media reports, however ...
... fact that conservatives have largely opposed changes in policy that would have the potential to alleviate climate change (McCright & Dunlap, 2003; 2010), perhaps due to the fact that many deny the reality of climate change itself (McCright & Dunlap, 2011a). According to recent media reports, however ...
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... whether or not a particular actor contributes. If many individuals decide to “free ride” on the actions of others, the “others” may stop contributing to the collective good. If more and more actors pull out, eventually no one contributes. Basically, Olson laid out a theory of collective inaction. Wh ...
... whether or not a particular actor contributes. If many individuals decide to “free ride” on the actions of others, the “others” may stop contributing to the collective good. If more and more actors pull out, eventually no one contributes. Basically, Olson laid out a theory of collective inaction. Wh ...
Impacts of climate change on a grassland catchment
... driven in part by human-induced changes in atmospheric composition. Eleven of the warmest years in the instrumental record have occurred between 1995 and 2006, while changing trends in precipitation have also been observed in many regions, with wetter conditions in Northern Europe and an increase in ...
... driven in part by human-induced changes in atmospheric composition. Eleven of the warmest years in the instrumental record have occurred between 1995 and 2006, while changing trends in precipitation have also been observed in many regions, with wetter conditions in Northern Europe and an increase in ...
Interactive comment on “Was the Little Ice Age more or less El Niño
... error >=60 years is somewhat arbitrary but chosen as it is twice the averaging period of 30 years. We apologise if it was not clear how this dating error was then determined for individual proxies. We took the dating error from the original publications where it was reported, and else referred to ag ...
... error >=60 years is somewhat arbitrary but chosen as it is twice the averaging period of 30 years. We apologise if it was not clear how this dating error was then determined for individual proxies. We took the dating error from the original publications where it was reported, and else referred to ag ...
Policymaker Summary
... Scientific Assessment of Climate Change the same period global sea level has increased by 1020 c m . These increases have not been smooth with time, nor uniform over the globe. The size o f this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude a ...
... Scientific Assessment of Climate Change the same period global sea level has increased by 1020 c m . These increases have not been smooth with time, nor uniform over the globe. The size o f this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude a ...
Workshop report, 22-23 April 2010
... Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both resilience and providing favourable options for people and ecosystems. They also have significant mitigation potential, particularly ...
... Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both resilience and providing favourable options for people and ecosystems. They also have significant mitigation potential, particularly ...
Field Project 4—Integration of Climate Information from Multiple
... variability), which can influence the time horizon framing. The second is ownership of land in areas influenced by glacier-related hazard risk and glacier-related hydrology, which can affect reference point and status quo framing. The third is patterns of movement that affect visits to glacier edges ...
... variability), which can influence the time horizon framing. The second is ownership of land in areas influenced by glacier-related hazard risk and glacier-related hydrology, which can affect reference point and status quo framing. The third is patterns of movement that affect visits to glacier edges ...
Adapting to drought in the Sahel: Lessons for
... Production decisions are made within this time frame. Strategies for managing a deficit are formulated with a view to the following harvest. At the community level, however, aggregate behavior by many individuals or households over several years describes an adaptive trend. This may be driven predom ...
... Production decisions are made within this time frame. Strategies for managing a deficit are formulated with a view to the following harvest. At the community level, however, aggregate behavior by many individuals or households over several years describes an adaptive trend. This may be driven predom ...
Ethics and Global Climate Change* Stephen M
... Recent scientific evidence shows that major and widespread climate changes have occurred with startling speed. . . . Climate models typically underestimate the size, speed, and extent of those changes. . . . Climate surprises are to be expected. (U.S. National Research Council 2002, p. 1) What do we ...
... Recent scientific evidence shows that major and widespread climate changes have occurred with startling speed. . . . Climate models typically underestimate the size, speed, and extent of those changes. . . . Climate surprises are to be expected. (U.S. National Research Council 2002, p. 1) What do we ...
HRM Climate SMART Community Action Guide to Climate Change
... However, while the greenhouse effect occurs naturally, carbon dioxide and other gases generated by human activity (called Greenhouse Gases or GHGs) have thickened this “blanket” of gases so that the Earth is warming up. This is Global Warming. The warming of the atmosphere is projected to drive othe ...
... However, while the greenhouse effect occurs naturally, carbon dioxide and other gases generated by human activity (called Greenhouse Gases or GHGs) have thickened this “blanket” of gases so that the Earth is warming up. This is Global Warming. The warming of the atmosphere is projected to drive othe ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop Productivity
... atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and ozone (O3), and changes in temperature (T) and precipitation (P) conditions. This Update focuses on changes in weather, CO2, and O3 in agricultural areas and how that has affected and will affect crop productivity. In doing so, we recognize that this is only par ...
... atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and ozone (O3), and changes in temperature (T) and precipitation (P) conditions. This Update focuses on changes in weather, CO2, and O3 in agricultural areas and how that has affected and will affect crop productivity. In doing so, we recognize that this is only par ...