The Serengeti strategy: How special interests try to intimidate
... researchÕs implications to the public. This strategy falls under the umbrella of a larger, overall conception, which some researchers refer to as the Òtobacco strategyÓ because it characterizes the way that tobacco interests sought to discredit research that linked their products to lung cancer (Ore ...
... researchÕs implications to the public. This strategy falls under the umbrella of a larger, overall conception, which some researchers refer to as the Òtobacco strategyÓ because it characterizes the way that tobacco interests sought to discredit research that linked their products to lung cancer (Ore ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... PA3: What happens to this CO2 • A “new” political argument: CO2 from fossil fuels is small compared to what comes from trees and ocean. True. But a lot goes into trees and oceans as well. So it is the excess CO2, the CO2 on the margin that comes from fossil fuel burning. Not all of this goes into t ...
... PA3: What happens to this CO2 • A “new” political argument: CO2 from fossil fuels is small compared to what comes from trees and ocean. True. But a lot goes into trees and oceans as well. So it is the excess CO2, the CO2 on the margin that comes from fossil fuel burning. Not all of this goes into t ...
adaptation and climate change impacts: the role of icts
... problem, solutions and their implications- are the important needed aspects of the adaptation process ...
... problem, solutions and their implications- are the important needed aspects of the adaptation process ...
DENIAL101x
... The DENIAL101x team is made up of scientists, researchers, professors and experts from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada who are passionate about climate science. In a truly collaborative effort, we have developed lectures and activities to engage students with the science ...
... The DENIAL101x team is made up of scientists, researchers, professors and experts from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada who are passionate about climate science. In a truly collaborative effort, we have developed lectures and activities to engage students with the science ...
Framing Science
... and "conflict/strategy" (seeing an issue as a game among elites or a battle of groups or personalities). (For an overview, see Nisbet's Web site.) Like nuclear energy Nisbet suggested, "framing can be used for very bad purposes … but scientists can use it very effectively while remaining true to the ...
... and "conflict/strategy" (seeing an issue as a game among elites or a battle of groups or personalities). (For an overview, see Nisbet's Web site.) Like nuclear energy Nisbet suggested, "framing can be used for very bad purposes … but scientists can use it very effectively while remaining true to the ...
Brief Overview of Climate Change
... Greenhouse gases are necessary to live as we know it, because they keep the planet's surface warmer than it otherwise would be. But, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature is climbing above past levels. According to NOAA and NASA data, th ...
... Greenhouse gases are necessary to live as we know it, because they keep the planet's surface warmer than it otherwise would be. But, as the concentrations of these gases continue to increase in the atmosphere, the Earth's temperature is climbing above past levels. According to NOAA and NASA data, th ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Sustainability – A Global Assessment
... – Int’l Food Policy Res. Inst. (IFPRI): “Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security.” “Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation” – IPC ...
... – Int’l Food Policy Res. Inst. (IFPRI): “Although there will be gains in some crops in some regions of the world, the overall impacts of climate change on agriculture are expected to be negative, threatening global food security.” “Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation” – IPC ...
Geo XXXX Earth Systems: Geosphere
... EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applications. EdGCM is based on a NASA model called GISS (for the Goddard Institute of Space Science). NASA-GISS was developed in the 1980’s, and became famous because it was used to provide some of the earliest quantitative estimates of 20th-and 21st-cen ...
... EdGCM, specifically designed for educational applications. EdGCM is based on a NASA model called GISS (for the Goddard Institute of Space Science). NASA-GISS was developed in the 1980’s, and became famous because it was used to provide some of the earliest quantitative estimates of 20th-and 21st-cen ...
Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice
... “They were not for the most part evil people… but they were simply preoccupied with their own comfort and convenience, not very imaginative about human history over the long run, and not particularly sensitive to the plight of strangers distant in time (Shue, 279).” ...
... “They were not for the most part evil people… but they were simply preoccupied with their own comfort and convenience, not very imaginative about human history over the long run, and not particularly sensitive to the plight of strangers distant in time (Shue, 279).” ...
PPT file - Regional Climate Modeling Laboratory
... other changes in the climate system Emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate ...
... other changes in the climate system Emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities continue to alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate ...
Chapter 7 Key Terms
... 19. Besides Atmospheric Gasses, what are 4 other factors that influence Earth’s climate? 20. Describe the Milankovitch cycles and explain their significance to global climate change. 21. Describe the ENSO system and explain its significance to global climate change. 22. What environmental harms are ...
... 19. Besides Atmospheric Gasses, what are 4 other factors that influence Earth’s climate? 20. Describe the Milankovitch cycles and explain their significance to global climate change. 21. Describe the ENSO system and explain its significance to global climate change. 22. What environmental harms are ...
Application of Performance Indicators in Monitoring Capacity
... Launched the CDM procedural guidelines; Project on building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), website:www.nigeriaclimatechange.org ...
... Launched the CDM procedural guidelines; Project on building Nigeria’s Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), website:www.nigeriaclimatechange.org ...
Slide 1
... Difficulty in conceiving a global problem Not all scientists share the same point of view on this subject Teenagers have never experienced a different climate than the one we are experiencing now Difficulty in changing behaviours that are rooted in our lifestyle ...
... Difficulty in conceiving a global problem Not all scientists share the same point of view on this subject Teenagers have never experienced a different climate than the one we are experiencing now Difficulty in changing behaviours that are rooted in our lifestyle ...
cutting-edge climate science and services
... For broad scale scenarios to be truly useful they need to be down-scaled so as to inform private individuals, farmers, fishers and small- and large-business operators how climate, climate change and climate variability will affect them. ...
... For broad scale scenarios to be truly useful they need to be down-scaled so as to inform private individuals, farmers, fishers and small- and large-business operators how climate, climate change and climate variability will affect them. ...
class1 - IISER Pune
... Major three themes that we address in this course is. • The earth system itself, as a combination of Biota, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Solid Earth. • What causes current global climate change • Climate is changing ever since the earth is formed 4.6 billion years ago. There are episodic ice-ages an ...
... Major three themes that we address in this course is. • The earth system itself, as a combination of Biota, Atmosphere, Hydrosphere and Solid Earth. • What causes current global climate change • Climate is changing ever since the earth is formed 4.6 billion years ago. There are episodic ice-ages an ...