Research Article Environmetrics
... In this paper, we present a model framework for estimating the climate sensitivity on the basis of temperature observations. We adopt a very simplistic view of the earth and assume that the “true” global state of the earth in a year consists of three states, namely, (i) the (average) temperature of ...
... In this paper, we present a model framework for estimating the climate sensitivity on the basis of temperature observations. We adopt a very simplistic view of the earth and assume that the “true” global state of the earth in a year consists of three states, namely, (i) the (average) temperature of ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... for generations. The idea that heat-trapping emissions could alter our climate dates back to the late 1800s (Weart 2015). By the 1950s, scientists knew that climate change could present significant risks to people and places (Weart 2015; Craig 1957; Revelle and Seuss 1957). In 1965, the highly respe ...
... for generations. The idea that heat-trapping emissions could alter our climate dates back to the late 1800s (Weart 2015). By the 1950s, scientists knew that climate change could present significant risks to people and places (Weart 2015; Craig 1957; Revelle and Seuss 1957). In 1965, the highly respe ...
Future directions in adaptation research
... Stefan Gray, EPA Research Fellow – Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation ...
... Stefan Gray, EPA Research Fellow – Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation ...
Introduction: Humidity and Climate Change
... All instruments have potential for error. Wet-bulb thermometers can be affected by: both under- and over-ventilation depending on the Screen location; the presence of the observer which can cause positive errors in both T and Tw; and by heat conduction from dry parts of the thermometer depending on ...
... All instruments have potential for error. Wet-bulb thermometers can be affected by: both under- and over-ventilation depending on the Screen location; the presence of the observer which can cause positive errors in both T and Tw; and by heat conduction from dry parts of the thermometer depending on ...
The distributional impact of climate change on rich and poor countries
... fishery losses. They have not been included here because the ecological link between warming and fishery losses is still speculative and so it is not known how fisheries would change. Further, fishery impacts are likely to be small since this is a small sector, but that may not be true for some countrie ...
... fishery losses. They have not been included here because the ecological link between warming and fishery losses is still speculative and so it is not known how fisheries would change. Further, fishery impacts are likely to be small since this is a small sector, but that may not be true for some countrie ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... (Riedlinger 1999) and whose food source, lichens and other vegetation, are covered with ice by the freezing rains when the cold sets in (Watson). Natural resources are highly significant to many Indigenous people around the world, providing food and kudos through traditional practices such as huntin ...
... (Riedlinger 1999) and whose food source, lichens and other vegetation, are covered with ice by the freezing rains when the cold sets in (Watson). Natural resources are highly significant to many Indigenous people around the world, providing food and kudos through traditional practices such as huntin ...
Case Study - Sorsogon City
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...
... support of climate change strategies. A major outcome of the initiative will be the development of a set of tools for mitigation and adaptation. This case study follows a report under the Cities and Climate Change Initiative, where four pilot cities were selected in 2009, one of which Sorsogon City, ...
Climate Change News 33 October 12
... improving food security, and contributing to the gross domestic product in many countries.” Speaking at the same ceremony, the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, underscored the need for social safety nets for those who could barely feed themselves. “In our world, t ...
... improving food security, and contributing to the gross domestic product in many countries.” Speaking at the same ceremony, the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin, underscored the need for social safety nets for those who could barely feed themselves. “In our world, t ...
Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling
... 1. SCALES IN CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT The quest for new scientific knowledge cannot escape certain dualities such as cause-effect, model-subject, and observer-object [1]. These dualities condition how we learn, what we learn, how we express the results and what we do with them afterward. The ...
... 1. SCALES IN CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT The quest for new scientific knowledge cannot escape certain dualities such as cause-effect, model-subject, and observer-object [1]. These dualities condition how we learn, what we learn, how we express the results and what we do with them afterward. The ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... The prognosis of what is achievable ............................................................................................. 20 ...
... The prognosis of what is achievable ............................................................................................. 20 ...
Land - Use/Land Cover Change as a
... forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and with no statistical connotation. Each forcing agent is associated with a level of scientific understanding, which is base ...
... forcing, while each vertical line is an estimate of the uncertainty range associated with the forcing guided by the spread in the published record and physical understanding, and with no statistical connotation. Each forcing agent is associated with a level of scientific understanding, which is base ...
Global Climate Change and Children`s Health
... organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as climate change, are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security. Children are uniquely vulnerable to these threats. The effects of climate change on child health incl ...
... organizations and climatologists that these broad effects, known as climate change, are the result of contemporary human activity. Climate change poses threats to human health, safety, and security. Children are uniquely vulnerable to these threats. The effects of climate change on child health incl ...
On the Importance of Strengthening Moderate Beliefs in Climate
... play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immediate action has been associated with an awareness of the causes of climate change and the severity of it ...
... play a role in views about climate change, strength of belief seems rooted in understanding climate change and associated risks. With respect to climate science, the likelihood of preferring immediate action has been associated with an awareness of the causes of climate change and the severity of it ...
Sensitivity of Crop Water Need to 2071–95
... Climatic variability and trends have already been documented for the Caribbean, and such studies generally support predictions of a warmer, drier Caribbean climate in the future (Nurse and Sem 2001). Peterson et al. (Peterson et al. 2002), for example, report a statistically significant warming tren ...
... Climatic variability and trends have already been documented for the Caribbean, and such studies generally support predictions of a warmer, drier Caribbean climate in the future (Nurse and Sem 2001). Peterson et al. (Peterson et al. 2002), for example, report a statistically significant warming tren ...
The Heat Is On - Climate Central
... Introduction Meteorologists and climatologists have long been aware that global warming doesn’t happen uniformly over time; global temperatures rise more quickly during some decades than in others, and can even decline temporarily. Nor does it affect every place the same way. The Arctic, for exampl ...
... Introduction Meteorologists and climatologists have long been aware that global warming doesn’t happen uniformly over time; global temperatures rise more quickly during some decades than in others, and can even decline temporarily. Nor does it affect every place the same way. The Arctic, for exampl ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... Atlantic thermohaline circulation, and West African Monsoon are presented as nonlinear subsystems in an unpredictable climate system.3 Embedding the climate in the biosphere as a whole reveals the complex economic and social practices that cause climate change by highlighting how human activity disr ...
... Atlantic thermohaline circulation, and West African Monsoon are presented as nonlinear subsystems in an unpredictable climate system.3 Embedding the climate in the biosphere as a whole reveals the complex economic and social practices that cause climate change by highlighting how human activity disr ...
EU cities and regions leading the way against climate change
... An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions to global issues. In the European Union, we have been building for more ...
... An international climate agreement can only be successful if all levels of government work closely together. The over 1,700 member cities of Climate Alliance show in their everyday work that local authorities hold the solutions to global issues. In the European Union, we have been building for more ...
Attribution of the record high Central England temperature of
... where PHistNat and PRCP8.5 are the probabilities of a warm annual CET value (T > + 1.38 °C) in the historicalNat and RCP8.5 simulations respectively. The threshold for the FAR analysis of +1.38 °C was chosen as it is the second warmest annual CET anomaly in the observed 1659–2014 series and occurred ...
... where PHistNat and PRCP8.5 are the probabilities of a warm annual CET value (T > + 1.38 °C) in the historicalNat and RCP8.5 simulations respectively. The threshold for the FAR analysis of +1.38 °C was chosen as it is the second warmest annual CET anomaly in the observed 1659–2014 series and occurred ...