PPT
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
... Climate change is changing precipitation patterns in the tropical Pacific more rain (What are the implications for rest of globe?) Present-day El Nino events are not unusual. (What caused the strong El Nino events in the 17th century, if anything?) ...
awareness of both type 1 and 2 errors in climate science and
... often take both type 1 and type 2 errors seriously. While many risk management and decision-making frameworks take account of and attempt to minimize the occurrence of both types of errors, available ...
... often take both type 1 and type 2 errors seriously. While many risk management and decision-making frameworks take account of and attempt to minimize the occurrence of both types of errors, available ...
Climate Change Strategy - Environment Yukon
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
Dear Al - Friends of Science
... Levitus, 2005), say the oceans are acting as a heat-sink. If there is in fact no good reason for the discrepancy between reality and projection, and if – as I am by no means alone in thinking - the UN’s models are simply over-projecting the likely temperature effects of elevated greenhouse gas conce ...
... Levitus, 2005), say the oceans are acting as a heat-sink. If there is in fact no good reason for the discrepancy between reality and projection, and if – as I am by no means alone in thinking - the UN’s models are simply over-projecting the likely temperature effects of elevated greenhouse gas conce ...
Yukon Government Climate Change Strategy
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
... be infinitesimal. With such limited influence over global emission levels, the extent of Yukon’s impacts from climate change is controlled by large global emitters. Although Yukon generates low greenhouse gas emissions in comparison to other jurisdictions, our per capita emission rate is quite high. T ...
ISEES_GrandChallengeQuestions
... 2000). We currently have tools to monitor this metabolism, ranging from satellites to flux networks (Running et al. 1999). Yet, when we try to assess individual components (e.g. ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration), they do not add up to the whole. From a carbon cycle perspective, we have not b ...
... 2000). We currently have tools to monitor this metabolism, ranging from satellites to flux networks (Running et al. 1999). Yet, when we try to assess individual components (e.g. ecosystem photosynthesis and respiration), they do not add up to the whole. From a carbon cycle perspective, we have not b ...
Making climate hot - Center for Science and Technology Policy
... penetration, the “stickiness” of political and other institutions, and cultural beliefs and values). While inertia lends necessary stability to a system, these time lags can become impediments to creating change that would allow us to prevent a creeping environmental problem from becoming a crisis.1 ...
... penetration, the “stickiness” of political and other institutions, and cultural beliefs and values). While inertia lends necessary stability to a system, these time lags can become impediments to creating change that would allow us to prevent a creeping environmental problem from becoming a crisis.1 ...
Managing Climate Change Risk in Coastal Canadian Communities
... of Public Safety (Public Safety Canada [PSC] 2015a). In addition, coastal communities, both urban and rural, offer a useful proxy for assessing the viability of insurance due to their relatively higher level of exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. For this reason, the findings from this br ...
... of Public Safety (Public Safety Canada [PSC] 2015a). In addition, coastal communities, both urban and rural, offer a useful proxy for assessing the viability of insurance due to their relatively higher level of exposure and vulnerability to natural hazards. For this reason, the findings from this br ...
Cop Action Guide II - Friends of the Earth
... of slipping out of reach. Campaign actions now are vital to tell the truth about carbon offsetting – and to make a strong and fair agreement possible within the coming months. We must challenge the richest countries, and show solidarity with those negotiators from developing countries who are holdin ...
... of slipping out of reach. Campaign actions now are vital to tell the truth about carbon offsetting – and to make a strong and fair agreement possible within the coming months. We must challenge the richest countries, and show solidarity with those negotiators from developing countries who are holdin ...
Gary Yohe - Evaulating Adaptation Methods
... technological options (Determinant 1 in Table 1), operate on micro scales that are precisely location specific even if the complete set of possible remedies were larger. If one were concerned about flood control, for example, available adaptations would be determined by the local conditions of the r ...
... technological options (Determinant 1 in Table 1), operate on micro scales that are precisely location specific even if the complete set of possible remedies were larger. If one were concerned about flood control, for example, available adaptations would be determined by the local conditions of the r ...
A noodle, hockey stick, and spaghetti plate: a perspective on high-resolution paleoclimatology
... reconstructions are available for the mid-to-low latitudes, although on going activities are filling these gaps.56,57 Even the most well-replicated large-scale reconstructions tend to have only a handful of proxies prior to ∼1400.28 Techniques that use co-variance information among proxy records and ...
... reconstructions are available for the mid-to-low latitudes, although on going activities are filling these gaps.56,57 Even the most well-replicated large-scale reconstructions tend to have only a handful of proxies prior to ∼1400.28 Techniques that use co-variance information among proxy records and ...
bill nye: science guy
... science and the “big ideas” when educating the public about climate change? Have students read Chad Myers’ article, “Changing Opinions on Climate Change, from a CNN Meteorologist” (http://www. cnn.com/2016/08/24/opinions/chad-myers-climate-changeweather/). According to Myers, why was he initially a ...
... science and the “big ideas” when educating the public about climate change? Have students read Chad Myers’ article, “Changing Opinions on Climate Change, from a CNN Meteorologist” (http://www. cnn.com/2016/08/24/opinions/chad-myers-climate-changeweather/). According to Myers, why was he initially a ...
alongside the unfccc - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... reflects differentiation between developed and developing countries,30 while at the same time respecting the Chicago Convention’s principles on equal treatment and non-discrimination. ...
... reflects differentiation between developed and developing countries,30 while at the same time respecting the Chicago Convention’s principles on equal treatment and non-discrimination. ...
Endnotes - CSIRO Publishing
... D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis MC, Averyt K, Tignor M and Miller HL (eds) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge and New Yor ...
... D, Manning M, Chen Z, Marquis MC, Averyt K, Tignor M and Miller HL (eds) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge and New Yor ...
the coping mechanism in ilaje community of lagos state
... caused from increased precipitation: therefore destroying infrastructure like roads, culverts, drainage systems, houses and water supply which can have knock-on effects on many parts of the study area. Damage to healthcare infrastructure will affect the health of the population and damage to roads c ...
... caused from increased precipitation: therefore destroying infrastructure like roads, culverts, drainage systems, houses and water supply which can have knock-on effects on many parts of the study area. Damage to healthcare infrastructure will affect the health of the population and damage to roads c ...
References
... Goosse H, Fichefet T (2001) Open-ocean convection and polynya formation in a large-scale ice-ocean model. Tellus Ser A-Dyn Meteorol Oceanol 53 (1):94-111 Goosse H, Masson-Delmotte V, Renssen H, Delmotte M, Fichefet T, Morgan V, van Ommen T, Khim BK, Stenni B (2004) A late medieval warm period in the ...
... Goosse H, Fichefet T (2001) Open-ocean convection and polynya formation in a large-scale ice-ocean model. Tellus Ser A-Dyn Meteorol Oceanol 53 (1):94-111 Goosse H, Masson-Delmotte V, Renssen H, Delmotte M, Fichefet T, Morgan V, van Ommen T, Khim BK, Stenni B (2004) A late medieval warm period in the ...
On the Conflict Shoreline
... location of western drone strikes on meteorological maps demonstrates another amazing coincidence: many of these attacks—from South Waziristan through northern Yemen, Somalia, Mali, Iraq, Gaza, and Libya – are directly on or close to the 200mm aridity line … To follow this line on its journey east a ...
... location of western drone strikes on meteorological maps demonstrates another amazing coincidence: many of these attacks—from South Waziristan through northern Yemen, Somalia, Mali, Iraq, Gaza, and Libya – are directly on or close to the 200mm aridity line … To follow this line on its journey east a ...
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn
... reach adulthood. Extinction is an emerging narrative around climate change— not just extinction generally, but our own extinction specifically. A World Without Us, Alan Weisman's book on the environmental recovery of a world emptied of humans, became a bestseller. In books such as Fred Guterl's The ...
... reach adulthood. Extinction is an emerging narrative around climate change— not just extinction generally, but our own extinction specifically. A World Without Us, Alan Weisman's book on the environmental recovery of a world emptied of humans, became a bestseller. In books such as Fred Guterl's The ...
Tried and tested: Learning from farmers on adaptation to
... Climate change adaptation is a relatively new field. However, there exists a wealth of largely overlooked experience that has been accrued over generations by small-scale farmers and pastoralists in poor countries as they cope with climatic extremes and increasing uncertainty – climate-change relate ...
... Climate change adaptation is a relatively new field. However, there exists a wealth of largely overlooked experience that has been accrued over generations by small-scale farmers and pastoralists in poor countries as they cope with climatic extremes and increasing uncertainty – climate-change relate ...
European Temperate, Humid Continental Climate Building
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
Presidential Leadership on Climate Change: Opportunities and
... However, according to Benedick, scientific uncertainty actually helped the State Department to propose the middle ground of a phased reduction in ozone layer depleting substances. The phased reduction allowed industry time to make available acceptable substitutes for CFCs, thus maintaining industry ...
... However, according to Benedick, scientific uncertainty actually helped the State Department to propose the middle ground of a phased reduction in ozone layer depleting substances. The phased reduction allowed industry time to make available acceptable substitutes for CFCs, thus maintaining industry ...
18_3eTIF
... particularly the emission of greenhouse gases, is the primary reason for this change. Scientists express conclusions as probabilities, so reports are often written in language that the lay public may interpret as uncertain. Particular climate trends include changes in surface temperature, snow and i ...
... particularly the emission of greenhouse gases, is the primary reason for this change. Scientists express conclusions as probabilities, so reports are often written in language that the lay public may interpret as uncertain. Particular climate trends include changes in surface temperature, snow and i ...
Climate change - Description
... Nations are also members of the IPCC, which assesses and synthesizes research work on the climate carried out in laboratories throughout the world. IPCC assessments and special reports: https://www.ipcc.ch>Publications and Data 17 French scientists from universities, the École Polytechnique, Météo-F ...
... Nations are also members of the IPCC, which assesses and synthesizes research work on the climate carried out in laboratories throughout the world. IPCC assessments and special reports: https://www.ipcc.ch>Publications and Data 17 French scientists from universities, the École Polytechnique, Météo-F ...
Water and Climate in the Pacific Northwest
... most influential climate variable on water consumption, particularly among single family residential households. These impacts are also evident at multiple scales, including the household, neighborhood, and region. Water quality is also likely to be impacted with rising air temperature and seasonal ...
... most influential climate variable on water consumption, particularly among single family residential households. These impacts are also evident at multiple scales, including the household, neighborhood, and region. Water quality is also likely to be impacted with rising air temperature and seasonal ...
Infosylva Special COP 17
... contaminantes se comprometan a reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y se liberen fondos para los países más afectados por el calentamiento global. Kenyan activist lauded at COP17 The Mercury, 08/12/11 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai’s memory was honoured at an event on the sid ...
... contaminantes se comprometan a reducir emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y se liberen fondos para los países más afectados por el calentamiento global. Kenyan activist lauded at COP17 The Mercury, 08/12/11 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai’s memory was honoured at an event on the sid ...