Topic 6: The Issue of Global Warming
... Effects on national economies: Some economies would suffer if water supplies decrease or drought occurs. This could open up new resources such as tar sands in Canada and Siberia, which have been frozen under permafrost. If rivers don’t freeze hydroelectric power generation will be possible at higher ...
... Effects on national economies: Some economies would suffer if water supplies decrease or drought occurs. This could open up new resources such as tar sands in Canada and Siberia, which have been frozen under permafrost. If rivers don’t freeze hydroelectric power generation will be possible at higher ...
Climate Change
... • Teacher’s guides that include related state and national science learning standards. • PowerPoint presentations that accompany many of the activities. • PowerPoint presentations by climate researched at UMass Amherst and by guest climate researchers. • Lists of sources of materials for activities. ...
... • Teacher’s guides that include related state and national science learning standards. • PowerPoint presentations that accompany many of the activities. • PowerPoint presentations by climate researched at UMass Amherst and by guest climate researchers. • Lists of sources of materials for activities. ...
Category BE Biology, Ecology, Ecosystems, Biodiversity Session
... The Southern Ocean is considered to be one of the world’s most environmentally stable habitats, containing a high percentage of endemic fish species. The Arctic Ocean experiences greater influence through mixing with the surrounding oceans, but also supports a multitude of local, cold-adapted stenot ...
... The Southern Ocean is considered to be one of the world’s most environmentally stable habitats, containing a high percentage of endemic fish species. The Arctic Ocean experiences greater influence through mixing with the surrounding oceans, but also supports a multitude of local, cold-adapted stenot ...
APES CH 19 Power Point Presentation - for notes
... 5. Drought in some areas – fewer plants, more fires 6. Extreme storms in some areas due to increased water vapor in air 7. Changes in animal migration patterns and agricultural planting zones ...
... 5. Drought in some areas – fewer plants, more fires 6. Extreme storms in some areas due to increased water vapor in air 7. Changes in animal migration patterns and agricultural planting zones ...
Projections of Future Changes in Climate
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
Climate Change in the Recent Past - Frontier Centre For Public Policy
... serious food crisis that killed tens of thousands of people. (The same thing happened in 1714 and 1816, the year without a summer caused by the eruption of Mt. Tambora in present-day Indonesia. It is believed to be the most spectacular eruption during the last 15,000 years. Many of the extreme winte ...
... serious food crisis that killed tens of thousands of people. (The same thing happened in 1714 and 1816, the year without a summer caused by the eruption of Mt. Tambora in present-day Indonesia. It is believed to be the most spectacular eruption during the last 15,000 years. Many of the extreme winte ...
Colin Summerhayes GOOS_Hobart
... flowing into and out of the Weddell Sea has warmed by about 0.3C since the mid1970’s. (Robertson et al., ...
... flowing into and out of the Weddell Sea has warmed by about 0.3C since the mid1970’s. (Robertson et al., ...
Projections of Future Changes in Climate
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
... Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century. ...
20141023 - FIDIC 2014 - Plenary 10 - FIDICRio29.9
... enough resources to reach the targets that will be assigned to them in the future treaty. My last words: I hope this Congress will be motivated by the problems and possible solutions regarding global warming and climate change. It is something that deserves great attention. Because the future of man ...
... enough resources to reach the targets that will be assigned to them in the future treaty. My last words: I hope this Congress will be motivated by the problems and possible solutions regarding global warming and climate change. It is something that deserves great attention. Because the future of man ...
13 - WMO
... Ensure the availability of information important in impact assessment and adaptation, and for the assessment of risk and vulnerability, including the characterisation of extreme events; ...
... Ensure the availability of information important in impact assessment and adaptation, and for the assessment of risk and vulnerability, including the characterisation of extreme events; ...
Global Warming
... GHGs & ice sheet area, as feedbacks. 2. Chief instigator of climate change was earth orbital change, a very weak forcing. 3. Climate on long time scales is very sensitive to even small forcings. 4. Human-made forcings dwarf natural forcings that drove glacial-interglacial climate change. 5. Humans n ...
... GHGs & ice sheet area, as feedbacks. 2. Chief instigator of climate change was earth orbital change, a very weak forcing. 3. Climate on long time scales is very sensitive to even small forcings. 4. Human-made forcings dwarf natural forcings that drove glacial-interglacial climate change. 5. Humans n ...
Dr. Ron Sass Department of Ecology and Evolutionary
... The upper end of this range is a distance typically covered by migrating forests in millennia, not in decades. A decline in species composition is predicted and some forest types may disappear from the earth, while new ones may be established. ...
... The upper end of this range is a distance typically covered by migrating forests in millennia, not in decades. A decline in species composition is predicted and some forest types may disappear from the earth, while new ones may be established. ...
Global Climate Change and You
... 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to the dire effects of global warming Species are migrating at a rate of 4 miles a decade away from the equator to escape an increase in global temperature ...
... 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to the dire effects of global warming Species are migrating at a rate of 4 miles a decade away from the equator to escape an increase in global temperature ...
Dealing with Climate Change … A Recipe for Lemonade
... National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Chaabnge Survey conducted in December, 2011. “ ...
... National Survey of American Public Opinion on Climate Chaabnge Survey conducted in December, 2011. “ ...
lecture25erk - The University of Arizona Department of
... Observations show that water vapor in LOWER troposphere is indeed increasing. Surface temperature increase: 0.6 C since 1970 over global OCEANS and 4% more water vapor. ...
... Observations show that water vapor in LOWER troposphere is indeed increasing. Surface temperature increase: 0.6 C since 1970 over global OCEANS and 4% more water vapor. ...
Want to change climate
... “consensus” of hundreds of leading scientists from around the world, this organisation hardly ever hesitated to confirm its belief in the Assessments Reports1 as being correct. The IPCC Report from 1990 states: “Emission resulting from human activities is substantially increasing the atmospheric con ...
... “consensus” of hundreds of leading scientists from around the world, this organisation hardly ever hesitated to confirm its belief in the Assessments Reports1 as being correct. The IPCC Report from 1990 states: “Emission resulting from human activities is substantially increasing the atmospheric con ...
student-presentation_inuit-petition
... Prohibition of Transboundary harm: states are responsible for acts within their territory that cause harm to persons outside their territory or jurisdiction. Attribution: can the alleged violations be attributed to an act or omission of the State? In 2004, the US was considered to be responsible for ...
... Prohibition of Transboundary harm: states are responsible for acts within their territory that cause harm to persons outside their territory or jurisdiction. Attribution: can the alleged violations be attributed to an act or omission of the State? In 2004, the US was considered to be responsible for ...
Inuit petition
... • Annual mean Arctic sea ice extent down by 3.5 to 4.1 % since 1979; summer sea ice down by 9.4 to 13.6 % • Northern Hemisphere early spring snow cover extent decreased 1.6 % per decade since 1967 • Permafrost temperatures up by 3°C in parts of Northern Alaska • “Very substantial Arctic warming sinc ...
... • Annual mean Arctic sea ice extent down by 3.5 to 4.1 % since 1979; summer sea ice down by 9.4 to 13.6 % • Northern Hemisphere early spring snow cover extent decreased 1.6 % per decade since 1967 • Permafrost temperatures up by 3°C in parts of Northern Alaska • “Very substantial Arctic warming sinc ...
No immediate reason to expect another Ice Age.
... History Says the Global Warmings Have Been the Good Times • World population doubled in Medieval Warming. Good crops, less disease, no Bubonic plague. • Most of Europe’s castles, cathedrals built then. Also many of India’s famous temples, vast temple complex at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. • “little ice ...
... History Says the Global Warmings Have Been the Good Times • World population doubled in Medieval Warming. Good crops, less disease, no Bubonic plague. • Most of Europe’s castles, cathedrals built then. Also many of India’s famous temples, vast temple complex at Angkor Wat in Cambodia. • “little ice ...
Brian Hoskins Presentation - Climate Change
... •Simulation of phenomena such as El Niňo, storms Reasons for Lack of Confidence in Model Projections •Underestimation of natural variability? E.g. 1940s •Uncertainty in forcing used for past century, e.g. solar, aerosols •Only just starting to have interactive atmospheric chemistry & carbon cycle •U ...
... •Simulation of phenomena such as El Niňo, storms Reasons for Lack of Confidence in Model Projections •Underestimation of natural variability? E.g. 1940s •Uncertainty in forcing used for past century, e.g. solar, aerosols •Only just starting to have interactive atmospheric chemistry & carbon cycle •U ...
Project for Term 7 Writing
... The scientists say the greater uptake of CO2 and nitrogen may be due to positive interactions among the species. For example, in areas with greater diversity of species, some plants bloom all year and can absorb CO2 and nitrogen over the entire growing season rather than just part of it. Biodiversit ...
... The scientists say the greater uptake of CO2 and nitrogen may be due to positive interactions among the species. For example, in areas with greater diversity of species, some plants bloom all year and can absorb CO2 and nitrogen over the entire growing season rather than just part of it. Biodiversit ...
Lecture 21: Glaciers and Paleoclimate Read: Chapter 15 Homework
... The amount of solar radiation hitting Earth The latitude distribution of this radiation (especially the amount hitting the Northern Hemisphere) ...
... The amount of solar radiation hitting Earth The latitude distribution of this radiation (especially the amount hitting the Northern Hemisphere) ...
How Are Global and National Climate Changing? (PDF)
... the earth’s physical and biological systems are changing in ways consistent with humancaused warming. Natural variability continues to result in short-term periods that are warmer or cooler than the long-term average. Recent studies have made use of longer observational records and investigated tren ...
... the earth’s physical and biological systems are changing in ways consistent with humancaused warming. Natural variability continues to result in short-term periods that are warmer or cooler than the long-term average. Recent studies have made use of longer observational records and investigated tren ...
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... return [5] ” and below). No climate model currently incorporates the amplifying feedback from methane released by a defrosting tundra. The new Science study, led by University of Alaska’s International Arctic Research Centre and the Russian Academy of Sciences, is “Extensive Methane Venting to the A ...
... return [5] ” and below). No climate model currently incorporates the amplifying feedback from methane released by a defrosting tundra. The new Science study, led by University of Alaska’s International Arctic Research Centre and the Russian Academy of Sciences, is “Extensive Methane Venting to the A ...