Written Testimony - The National Academies of Sciences
... My comments today will highlight the key findings of our committee’s recent report on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, which was prepared in response to a request from Chairman Boehlert of the House Committee on Science. Our task was to assess the state of scientific eff ...
... My comments today will highlight the key findings of our committee’s recent report on Surface Temperature Reconstructions for the Last 2,000 Years, which was prepared in response to a request from Chairman Boehlert of the House Committee on Science. Our task was to assess the state of scientific eff ...
Klimaschankungen seit 1700.
... been put forward already in the 18th century by Benjamin Franklin, who envisaged a northward diversion of the Gulf Stream as a powerful weapon against the British Empire. A perceived attack using climate as a weapon is a purported Soviet plan in the 1950s to build a „jetty 50 miles or more long out ...
... been put forward already in the 18th century by Benjamin Franklin, who envisaged a northward diversion of the Gulf Stream as a powerful weapon against the British Empire. A perceived attack using climate as a weapon is a purported Soviet plan in the 1950s to build a „jetty 50 miles or more long out ...
Dr Heleen de Coninck
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
... A helpful analogy is a car accident on a wet road. Was the car accident caused by the rainy conditions and wet road? Not exactly—there were other factors at play, including the curviness of the road, the speed of the car, visibility, the driver’s level of fatigue, and others. However, we can look a ...
... A helpful analogy is a car accident on a wet road. Was the car accident caused by the rainy conditions and wet road? Not exactly—there were other factors at play, including the curviness of the road, the speed of the car, visibility, the driver’s level of fatigue, and others. However, we can look a ...
Atmósfera ISSN: 0187-6236
... the increases in marine temperatures and sea level rise, as well as the changes in river flows that reach coastal zones. The human settlements study, which was based on the heat island effect and human comfort indices, indicates that cities will suffer severe impacts including important increases in ...
... the increases in marine temperatures and sea level rise, as well as the changes in river flows that reach coastal zones. The human settlements study, which was based on the heat island effect and human comfort indices, indicates that cities will suffer severe impacts including important increases in ...
Glimpsing Western Australia`s future climate
... By 2030, annual rainfall across most of Western Australia is projected to decrease by 2–5 per cent relative to the climate around 1990 (Figure 1). By 2070 a decrease of 5–10 per cent is most likely under a low greenhouse gas emission scenario, or a 10–20 per cent decrease under a high-emission scena ...
... By 2030, annual rainfall across most of Western Australia is projected to decrease by 2–5 per cent relative to the climate around 1990 (Figure 1). By 2070 a decrease of 5–10 per cent is most likely under a low greenhouse gas emission scenario, or a 10–20 per cent decrease under a high-emission scena ...
Climate Change and the Color Line
... year, most of which are “due to hunger and communicable diseases that affect above all children in developing countries” (DARA 2012). If the people of developing nations are most vulnerable to climate change, as Roberts and Parks (2007) assert, then this necessarily means that globally people of col ...
... year, most of which are “due to hunger and communicable diseases that affect above all children in developing countries” (DARA 2012). If the people of developing nations are most vulnerable to climate change, as Roberts and Parks (2007) assert, then this necessarily means that globally people of col ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... issues and helped catalyze awareness of climate change issues The INC was the first point of reference for many development partners to support CC mitigation and adaptation activities in a country ...
... issues and helped catalyze awareness of climate change issues The INC was the first point of reference for many development partners to support CC mitigation and adaptation activities in a country ...
Summary of climate change relevant legislation and climate change
... J&E has always looked at the problem of climate change as something that requires a complex solution, including regulatory measures and legal tools. Most of the Member States of the EU have National Climate Strategies with either narrower or general scope; however, these policy documents have no imm ...
... J&E has always looked at the problem of climate change as something that requires a complex solution, including regulatory measures and legal tools. Most of the Member States of the EU have National Climate Strategies with either narrower or general scope; however, these policy documents have no imm ...
PDF - The Property and Environment Research Center
... of carbon dioxide has increased. For more than half a century, a nearly linear time trend in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations has been observed. Given that the planet’s population and per capita incomes will continue to grow, greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising. And in a world with mo ...
... of carbon dioxide has increased. For more than half a century, a nearly linear time trend in atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations has been observed. Given that the planet’s population and per capita incomes will continue to grow, greenhouse gas emissions will keep rising. And in a world with mo ...
SNC2D Word document
... activities missed during ANY absences from class. If you miss a test or quiz, it is up to YOU to go out of your way to find the teacher to “make up” for the missed opportunity. Missed activities will be written/performed dependent on teacher availability. Where it is known that the student will be a ...
... activities missed during ANY absences from class. If you miss a test or quiz, it is up to YOU to go out of your way to find the teacher to “make up” for the missed opportunity. Missed activities will be written/performed dependent on teacher availability. Where it is known that the student will be a ...
24.7 Climate - Madison Local Schools
... Global Warming Human activities may also change climate over time. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air. • Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases that absorb radiation from Earth’s surface. • This process, known as the greenhouse effect, ...
... Global Warming Human activities may also change climate over time. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal releases large quantities of carbon dioxide into the air. • Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases that absorb radiation from Earth’s surface. • This process, known as the greenhouse effect, ...
aerosols,clouds,and trace gases research infrastructure - ACTRiS-2
... potential and the readiness transfer level of prototype instruments in close association with private companies that are clearly interested in the technological innovation potential brought by the ACTRIS partnership. Overall, it is expected that ACTRIS research infrastructure will provide direct hig ...
... potential and the readiness transfer level of prototype instruments in close association with private companies that are clearly interested in the technological innovation potential brought by the ACTRIS partnership. Overall, it is expected that ACTRIS research infrastructure will provide direct hig ...
Title
... observed hydrologic trends from 1950-99 across the western US are a consequence of human-caused global warming (Barnett et al. 2008: Science) ...
... observed hydrologic trends from 1950-99 across the western US are a consequence of human-caused global warming (Barnett et al. 2008: Science) ...
Global Warming: Separating Fact from Fiction
... • 48% of Americans think most climate scientists do not agree that the Earth has been warming in recent years • 53% of Americans think climate scientists do not agree that human activities are a major cause of that warming • 2008 poll of 3,146 Earth scientists showed 96.2% of climatologists who are ...
... • 48% of Americans think most climate scientists do not agree that the Earth has been warming in recent years • 53% of Americans think climate scientists do not agree that human activities are a major cause of that warming • 2008 poll of 3,146 Earth scientists showed 96.2% of climatologists who are ...
Climate change and the distribution and intensity of infectious
... overview of recent criticisms, emphasizing three major categories: (1) In many cases, we should expect diseases to shift geographically without net expansion under climate change; (2) non-climatic factors are more important than climate; and (3) models that predict increasing disease transmission wi ...
... overview of recent criticisms, emphasizing three major categories: (1) In many cases, we should expect diseases to shift geographically without net expansion under climate change; (2) non-climatic factors are more important than climate; and (3) models that predict increasing disease transmission wi ...
climate changes, possible impacts and mitigation options
... dN[%] Decrease of number of days with snow cover at increase of mean temperature by 1 °C ...
... dN[%] Decrease of number of days with snow cover at increase of mean temperature by 1 °C ...
Earth system and Climate Change
... Can be thought of as the “prevailing” weather, which includes the mean but also the range of variations The wide range of natural variability associated with daily weather means small climate changes are difficult to detect Intimate link between weather and climate provides a basis for underst ...
... Can be thought of as the “prevailing” weather, which includes the mean but also the range of variations The wide range of natural variability associated with daily weather means small climate changes are difficult to detect Intimate link between weather and climate provides a basis for underst ...
No Slide Title
... simulations with various forcings and scenarios Understand model response to changes of forcing a. single model--sensitivity experiments with CCSM ...
... simulations with various forcings and scenarios Understand model response to changes of forcing a. single model--sensitivity experiments with CCSM ...
Climate and Cropping Systems - Crop and Soil Science
... have seen much less in the way of warming and in some cases no change or even reductions in temperature. ...
... have seen much less in the way of warming and in some cases no change or even reductions in temperature. ...
Past, Present and Future Mean Temperatures for Earth`s
... due to the amount of emissions that human beings issue, there are other sources including natural events that contribute to this event year by year. One of these events is called ENSO [El Niño Southern Oscillation] or El Niño, in which “El Niño events are large climate disturbances which are rooted ...
... due to the amount of emissions that human beings issue, there are other sources including natural events that contribute to this event year by year. One of these events is called ENSO [El Niño Southern Oscillation] or El Niño, in which “El Niño events are large climate disturbances which are rooted ...
The Futile Quest for Climate Control
... which was used extensively in the IPCC third Assessment Report but discarded from the fourth. An earlier problem of the same type surfaced during the preparation of the second Assessment Report, when a reviewer of part of the draft requested that he be supplied with some of the raw data on which the ...
... which was used extensively in the IPCC third Assessment Report but discarded from the fourth. An earlier problem of the same type surfaced during the preparation of the second Assessment Report, when a reviewer of part of the draft requested that he be supplied with some of the raw data on which the ...