Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change
... On the other hand, some Chinstrap colonies around the South Shetland and South Orkney islands have actually begun to decrease by 30-66% owing to a scarcity of food available, particularly for young penguins. This is most likely due to the reduction in krill abundance associated with the disappearanc ...
... On the other hand, some Chinstrap colonies around the South Shetland and South Orkney islands have actually begun to decrease by 30-66% owing to a scarcity of food available, particularly for young penguins. This is most likely due to the reduction in krill abundance associated with the disappearanc ...
Radiative Transfer in Atmosphere-Sea Ice
... 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 cm. The irradiances at different depths of the ice have been normalized by the irradiance at the depth of 20 cm. We use these normalized values for comparison with modeling because 1) the measured irradiance data have not been calibrated in absolute units, so they only r ...
... 20, 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 cm. The irradiances at different depths of the ice have been normalized by the irradiance at the depth of 20 cm. We use these normalized values for comparison with modeling because 1) the measured irradiance data have not been calibrated in absolute units, so they only r ...
Global Warming : Causes, Effects and Solutions
... By looking at other facts and analyzing them with CO2, it is clear that global warming is more of a natural phenomenon and human activities are not the major contributors for global warming. Even Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies suggested that CO2 emissions ar ...
... By looking at other facts and analyzing them with CO2, it is clear that global warming is more of a natural phenomenon and human activities are not the major contributors for global warming. Even Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies suggested that CO2 emissions ar ...
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... CO₂, not the other way around? A: We know from ice core records that temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are closely correlated. In the distant past, warming episodes appear to have been initiated by cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit around the Sun that caused more summer sunlight to fall in ...
... CO₂, not the other way around? A: We know from ice core records that temperature and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are closely correlated. In the distant past, warming episodes appear to have been initiated by cyclical changes in Earth’s orbit around the Sun that caused more summer sunlight to fall in ...
Is the Sky A Review of Recent Global Warming Scare Stories
... was caused by a combination of stratospheric ozone depletion and a change in atmospheric circulation caused by global warming. This pattern is called the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and is an out-of-phase oscillation in temperature between the south polar region and the Southern Ocean at lower latit ...
... was caused by a combination of stratospheric ozone depletion and a change in atmospheric circulation caused by global warming. This pattern is called the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and is an out-of-phase oscillation in temperature between the south polar region and the Southern Ocean at lower latit ...
Climate Change: Science Update 2007
... on science, impacts, and mitigation strategies, and underscored large areas of agreement on climate issues (as well as some important uncertainties and disagreements). The IPCC concluded that the Earth’s climate unequivocally has warmed over the past century, and that while natural factors, includin ...
... on science, impacts, and mitigation strategies, and underscored large areas of agreement on climate issues (as well as some important uncertainties and disagreements). The IPCC concluded that the Earth’s climate unequivocally has warmed over the past century, and that while natural factors, includin ...
iN TEMPERATE ZONES - Newbridge Educational Publishing
... Warmer and wetter conditions may increase the number of areas favorable to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can carry deadly diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Flooding can damage water delivery systems, which can cut off water supplies or allow human waste from sewerage systems to mix with it. If thi ...
... Warmer and wetter conditions may increase the number of areas favorable to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes can carry deadly diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. Flooding can damage water delivery systems, which can cut off water supplies or allow human waste from sewerage systems to mix with it. If thi ...
The Current State of Our Climate
... 1.7°F occurred from 1906-2005. The major greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations tend to warm the planet. ...
... 1.7°F occurred from 1906-2005. The major greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations tend to warm the planet. ...
Glaciation powerpoint
... Baffin Bay. This huge marine embayment is the intersection of several major fjords which have been eroded into a 1,000 m high plateau by glaciers draining Baffin Island ice caps and continental ice sheets during the last 2-3 million years. ...
... Baffin Bay. This huge marine embayment is the intersection of several major fjords which have been eroded into a 1,000 m high plateau by glaciers draining Baffin Island ice caps and continental ice sheets during the last 2-3 million years. ...
Slide 1
... unequivocally affirmed the warming of our climate system, and linked it directly to human activity” • “Slowing or even reversing the existing trends of global warming is the defining challenge of our ages” • “Galvanising international action on global warming as one of main priorities as Secretary G ...
... unequivocally affirmed the warming of our climate system, and linked it directly to human activity” • “Slowing or even reversing the existing trends of global warming is the defining challenge of our ages” • “Galvanising international action on global warming as one of main priorities as Secretary G ...
Points made by Supporters Points made by Opponents
... The problem is that the global average temperature has been rising in recent decades. NASAGoddard Institute for Space Studies has a page showing these changes of the global average temperature, as well as changes locations and in different seasons. The 2000 year temperature trend also shows the warm ...
... The problem is that the global average temperature has been rising in recent decades. NASAGoddard Institute for Space Studies has a page showing these changes of the global average temperature, as well as changes locations and in different seasons. The 2000 year temperature trend also shows the warm ...
Want to Hunt Polar Bears
... ‘Scientific knowledge has demonstrated that Inuit knowledge was right,’ said Mr. Taylor. While fellow scientists have accepted Mr. Taylor’s findings, critics point out that his study was commissioned by the Inuit-dominated government of Nunavit. Critics claim the government has an agenda to encourag ...
... ‘Scientific knowledge has demonstrated that Inuit knowledge was right,’ said Mr. Taylor. While fellow scientists have accepted Mr. Taylor’s findings, critics point out that his study was commissioned by the Inuit-dominated government of Nunavit. Critics claim the government has an agenda to encourag ...
Global & Regional Climate Change Science a presentation from the
... Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% since the 1960s. The growing season has lengthened by about 1 to 4 days per decade during the last 40 years in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
... Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% since the 1960s. The growing season has lengthened by about 1 to 4 days per decade during the last 40 years in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
Is the ice burning?
... cold climates, sublimation. In warmer climates and regions with less snowfall this mass balance becomes negative, and the glacier front retreats. However, if the climate becomes colder and/or snowfall increases the mass balance is positive and the glacier will advance. Usually, most snow falls in wi ...
... cold climates, sublimation. In warmer climates and regions with less snowfall this mass balance becomes negative, and the glacier front retreats. However, if the climate becomes colder and/or snowfall increases the mass balance is positive and the glacier will advance. Usually, most snow falls in wi ...
Atmosphere and Ocean as Dynamic Drivers of Polar Climate
... configurations, high-latitude orography, and ocean basin layout, may play a role in mediating these very different perturbation responses. In the northern hemisphere, the midlatitude Rocky and Himalayan mountain ranges make the jet and storm tracks very azonal (Manabe & Terpstra, 1974), with these c ...
... configurations, high-latitude orography, and ocean basin layout, may play a role in mediating these very different perturbation responses. In the northern hemisphere, the midlatitude Rocky and Himalayan mountain ranges make the jet and storm tracks very azonal (Manabe & Terpstra, 1974), with these c ...
PPT
... Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% since the 1960s. The growing season has lengthened by about 1 to 4 days per decade during the last 40 years in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
... Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% since the 1960s. The growing season has lengthened by about 1 to 4 days per decade during the last 40 years in the Northern Hemisphere, ...
Unit 1 – The World At Risk
... very likely that it is can The IPCC* sums upwithout the current views on Globaland warming: not due to known natural causes alone” ...
... very likely that it is can The IPCC* sums upwithout the current views on Globaland warming: not due to known natural causes alone” ...
here - Hot Topic
... greenhouse gas-induced global warming. “ These temperatures are at the extreme end of modern tropical watermasses,” Dr Hollis said. Annual sea surface temperatures of 25-30 °C are restricted to equatorial regions today. Tropical temperatures at this high latitude location (55°S in the Eocene) presen ...
... greenhouse gas-induced global warming. “ These temperatures are at the extreme end of modern tropical watermasses,” Dr Hollis said. Annual sea surface temperatures of 25-30 °C are restricted to equatorial regions today. Tropical temperatures at this high latitude location (55°S in the Eocene) presen ...
melt pond ice foreca..
... The Los Alamos sea-ice model CICE (refs 12,23) is a dynamic-thermodynamic sea-ice model designed for inclusion within a global climate model. We have implemented two new processes into CICE: a prognostic model for melt-ponds10 and an elastic anisotropic-plastic (EAP) model that explicitly accounts f ...
... The Los Alamos sea-ice model CICE (refs 12,23) is a dynamic-thermodynamic sea-ice model designed for inclusion within a global climate model. We have implemented two new processes into CICE: a prognostic model for melt-ponds10 and an elastic anisotropic-plastic (EAP) model that explicitly accounts f ...
XI-33 Kara Sea LME - Large Marine Ecosystems
... in changes in diet and nutritional health and exposure to air-, water- and food-borne contaminants in northern peoples who rely on marine systems for food (AMAP 1998, Weller & Lange 1999, Freese 2000). Morbidity directly connected with chemical pollution is of particular concern in this LME. The bio ...
... in changes in diet and nutritional health and exposure to air-, water- and food-borne contaminants in northern peoples who rely on marine systems for food (AMAP 1998, Weller & Lange 1999, Freese 2000). Morbidity directly connected with chemical pollution is of particular concern in this LME. The bio ...
climate of the arctic marine environment
... The Arctic marine environment has shown changes over the past several decades, and these changes are part of a broader global warming that exceeds the range of natural variability over the past 1000 years. Record minima of sea ice coverage during the past few summers and increased melt from Greenlan ...
... The Arctic marine environment has shown changes over the past several decades, and these changes are part of a broader global warming that exceeds the range of natural variability over the past 1000 years. Record minima of sea ice coverage during the past few summers and increased melt from Greenlan ...