James D. Jackson - IWMC World Conservation Trust
... hockey stick type graph. No less than nine types of fundamental data processing and statistical errors were found in the work. To prove their point, McIntyre and McKitrick (2005a, 2005b) used the Mann et al. (1998) data and produced a revised graph (figure 1), which showed a rise in temperature in t ...
... hockey stick type graph. No less than nine types of fundamental data processing and statistical errors were found in the work. To prove their point, McIntyre and McKitrick (2005a, 2005b) used the Mann et al. (1998) data and produced a revised graph (figure 1), which showed a rise in temperature in t ...
Land-Sea Warming Contrast
... Sutton, R., B. Dong, and J. M. Gregory, 2007: Land/sea warming ratio in response to climate change: IPCC AR4 model results and comparison with observations. Geophys. ...
... Sutton, R., B. Dong, and J. M. Gregory, 2007: Land/sea warming ratio in response to climate change: IPCC AR4 model results and comparison with observations. Geophys. ...
on global warming and the role of fossil fuels
... “what is the evidence that fossil fuel burning on earth is the cause of temperature rises this century and what, if any, are the implications for the future?” In order to put the discussion into a consistent framework, reference will be made to data and commentary provided in the IPCC Report “Climat ...
... “what is the evidence that fossil fuel burning on earth is the cause of temperature rises this century and what, if any, are the implications for the future?” In order to put the discussion into a consistent framework, reference will be made to data and commentary provided in the IPCC Report “Climat ...
http://abcnews/ - Global Warming
... mountain areas will lose their snow and winter tourists. In southern Europe, heat and drought will reduce water availability, hydropower, summer tourism, and crop production. Summer water stress will also be high in central and eastern Europe. Crop yields will fall, forests will decline, and peat fi ...
... mountain areas will lose their snow and winter tourists. In southern Europe, heat and drought will reduce water availability, hydropower, summer tourism, and crop production. Summer water stress will also be high in central and eastern Europe. Crop yields will fall, forests will decline, and peat fi ...
The Science of Climate Change - Bren School of Environmental
... Finding based on IPCC conclusions Endangerment finding sets up regulation of greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act ...
... Finding based on IPCC conclusions Endangerment finding sets up regulation of greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act ...
Hiatus in context
... outside the scientific community, as well as within, for a more detailed investigation. An evaluation of the warming slow-down, and its absence in climate model simulations, was duly included by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fifth Assessment Report of the Physical Basis ...
... outside the scientific community, as well as within, for a more detailed investigation. An evaluation of the warming slow-down, and its absence in climate model simulations, was duly included by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fifth Assessment Report of the Physical Basis ...
Changes in the Global Water Cycle Linked to Global Warming
... regarding historical trends in hydrologic variables. The results of this analysis suggest that global warming may have indeed intensified the global water cycle over the course of the 20th century. There is a strong scientific evidence of the increase in the global average surface air temperature du ...
... regarding historical trends in hydrologic variables. The results of this analysis suggest that global warming may have indeed intensified the global water cycle over the course of the 20th century. There is a strong scientific evidence of the increase in the global average surface air temperature du ...
Greenhouse Effect Lab
... the widespread discussion of climate change issues in the news and in scientific journals, or very possibly because of it, misconceptions and outright untruths abound. Burning fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide is the primary cause of global warming and climate change. The resulting greenhouse ...
... the widespread discussion of climate change issues in the news and in scientific journals, or very possibly because of it, misconceptions and outright untruths abound. Burning fossil fuels that release carbon dioxide is the primary cause of global warming and climate change. The resulting greenhouse ...
Contrarian views on Climate Change
... “Climate is always changing — change is what climate does,” explains Professor Bob Carter, geologist and environmental scientist at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. “The rates and magnitude of warming during the late 20th century fell within the limits of earlier natural climate chan ...
... “Climate is always changing — change is what climate does,” explains Professor Bob Carter, geologist and environmental scientist at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. “The rates and magnitude of warming during the late 20th century fell within the limits of earlier natural climate chan ...
1.1.1 Student Hook A..
... Many of the world’s biggest cities, from Tokyo to Buenos Aires, are by the coast. Some rich nations might be able to build higher dikes, such as in the Netherlands, but poor nations were destined to be swamped. The low-lying Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has already agreed to a deal for New Zealan ...
... Many of the world’s biggest cities, from Tokyo to Buenos Aires, are by the coast. Some rich nations might be able to build higher dikes, such as in the Netherlands, but poor nations were destined to be swamped. The low-lying Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has already agreed to a deal for New Zealan ...
climate wars, scientific evidence, and the future of homo sapiens
... “First the UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee exonerated the scientist at the centre of the tempest, Professor Phil Jones, finding he has ‘no case to answer’ and that his reputation ‘remains intact.’”2 “Then, Lord Oxburgh (former chairman of Shell-UK) and his panel likewise exonera ...
... “First the UK Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee exonerated the scientist at the centre of the tempest, Professor Phil Jones, finding he has ‘no case to answer’ and that his reputation ‘remains intact.’”2 “Then, Lord Oxburgh (former chairman of Shell-UK) and his panel likewise exonera ...
St. Francis Xavier University Third Year Biology Courses
... in the hypodermis of the skin. Fur and feathers also provide insulation. Endothermic animals can colonize a wide range of habitats. ...
... in the hypodermis of the skin. Fur and feathers also provide insulation. Endothermic animals can colonize a wide range of habitats. ...
I attended the recent ASHRAE (American Society of Heating
... 3 Key Points on Ozone Depletion and Global Warming Once again at the ASHRAE meeting and technical conference held in Chicago January 21-25, 2006 I had the opportunity to attend several presentations on Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change. I as have said before, I always enjoy attending these u ...
... 3 Key Points on Ozone Depletion and Global Warming Once again at the ASHRAE meeting and technical conference held in Chicago January 21-25, 2006 I had the opportunity to attend several presentations on Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change. I as have said before, I always enjoy attending these u ...
New York Review of Books - Yale Economics
... A second and even more dangerous uncertainty is “tipping points” in the earth system. Among the global-scale tipping points identified by earth scientists are the collapse of large ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, changes in ocean circulation, feedback processes by which warming triggers mor ...
... A second and even more dangerous uncertainty is “tipping points” in the earth system. Among the global-scale tipping points identified by earth scientists are the collapse of large ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, changes in ocean circulation, feedback processes by which warming triggers mor ...
Role play
... bodies like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). What do scientists agree on? Scientists do agree that: 1) global average temperature is about 0.6°Celsius—or just over 1° Fahrenheit—higher than it was a century ago; 2) ...
... bodies like the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS). What do scientists agree on? Scientists do agree that: 1) global average temperature is about 0.6°Celsius—or just over 1° Fahrenheit—higher than it was a century ago; 2) ...
Opinion Hilal Elver Last Modified: 10 Oct 2013 11:41
... Secondly, climate change deniers already started to attack the report before its formal release, saying that there was no "smoking gun", and nothing new to worry about. They spread a rumour that global warming had slowed during the past 15 years. The work of the deniers is disturbingly successful wi ...
... Secondly, climate change deniers already started to attack the report before its formal release, saying that there was no "smoking gun", and nothing new to worry about. They spread a rumour that global warming had slowed during the past 15 years. The work of the deniers is disturbingly successful wi ...
Global Warming: Frequently Asked Questions
... to prevent the worst consequences of global warming. One recent paper put it more simply: the world can only burn about half of its remaining gas and coal reserves to meet such a target.v ...
... to prevent the worst consequences of global warming. One recent paper put it more simply: the world can only burn about half of its remaining gas and coal reserves to meet such a target.v ...
Additional Reading Notes (WORD document)
... 1. Climate changes have happened throughout the history of the Earth, including the last 100 years. Given that global average temperature has increased over the last 100 years, we expect that some of the responses will be things like higher sea levels and decreased sea ice. However, these observed c ...
... 1. Climate changes have happened throughout the history of the Earth, including the last 100 years. Given that global average temperature has increased over the last 100 years, we expect that some of the responses will be things like higher sea levels and decreased sea ice. However, these observed c ...
The science debate behind climate change
... time. Of course, this is inexact because of all the factors that could affect the amount of CO 2 in ice core samples. Scientists take these into consideration using their computer models, but there is always some inherent uncertainty that can exponentially increase if the assumptions their model is ...
... time. Of course, this is inexact because of all the factors that could affect the amount of CO 2 in ice core samples. Scientists take these into consideration using their computer models, but there is always some inherent uncertainty that can exponentially increase if the assumptions their model is ...
A noodle, hockey stick, and spaghetti plate: a perspective on high-resolution paleoclimatology
... over the past-millennium benchmarks recent warming against more naturally driven climate episodes, such as the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period, thereby allowing assessment of the relative efficacies of natural and anthropogenic forcing factors. Icons of past temperature variability, as f ...
... over the past-millennium benchmarks recent warming against more naturally driven climate episodes, such as the Little Ice Age and the Medieval Warm Period, thereby allowing assessment of the relative efficacies of natural and anthropogenic forcing factors. Icons of past temperature variability, as f ...
TRUE OR FALSE: 97% of all scientists support global warming theory
... maliciously misquoted. Here’s one such statistic in the Cook survey, and it’s huge: The 97% figure does not refer to a consensus of “all scientists”, as is widely misreported. The 97% “consensus” refers exclusively to the support level among scientists whose papers stated a pro-or-con position about ...
... maliciously misquoted. Here’s one such statistic in the Cook survey, and it’s huge: The 97% figure does not refer to a consensus of “all scientists”, as is widely misreported. The 97% “consensus” refers exclusively to the support level among scientists whose papers stated a pro-or-con position about ...
Theoretical mechanism for natural radiative forcing of El Nino
... •Differences between estimates of extratropical and full (combined tropical and extratropical) hemispheric mean temperature changes in past centuries appear consistent with seasonal and spatially-specific responses to climate forcing. •Observations of an El Nino-like response to explosive tropical v ...
... •Differences between estimates of extratropical and full (combined tropical and extratropical) hemispheric mean temperature changes in past centuries appear consistent with seasonal and spatially-specific responses to climate forcing. •Observations of an El Nino-like response to explosive tropical v ...
Interactive comment on “Relationship between climate
... Dynasties. Hum Ecol (2010) 38:157–172. 3. Page 3576, line 18, “We divided the changes in the frequency of war into three periods based on the frequency of war in different dynasties”. The standard for classification is not clear here because there are not significant differences in the frequency amo ...
... Dynasties. Hum Ecol (2010) 38:157–172. 3. Page 3576, line 18, “We divided the changes in the frequency of war into three periods based on the frequency of war in different dynasties”. The standard for classification is not clear here because there are not significant differences in the frequency amo ...