Impacts of Climate Change in the Tropics Mike Jones Botany Department
... School of Natural Sciences ...
... School of Natural Sciences ...
EPP hearing on "Key Issues in Post
... • Analyses of long-term records of disaster losses indicate that societal change and economic development are the principal factors responsible for the documented increasing losses to date. • Because of issues related to data quality, the stochastic nature of extreme event impacts, length of time se ...
... • Analyses of long-term records of disaster losses indicate that societal change and economic development are the principal factors responsible for the documented increasing losses to date. • Because of issues related to data quality, the stochastic nature of extreme event impacts, length of time se ...
State of our Climate
... IPCC 2013 conclusions related to “Has Earth warmed?” • “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” • “Since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia” • “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has ris ...
... IPCC 2013 conclusions related to “Has Earth warmed?” • “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” • “Since the 1950s, many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia” • “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has ris ...
ppt
... “The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socioeconomic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation ...
... “The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socioeconomic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation ...
IPCC - CGD
... 1997- Adoption of Kyoto Protocol at COP-3 2005 Feb 16- Kyoto Protocol ratified by 164 countries (But not by USA or Australia) ...
... 1997- Adoption of Kyoto Protocol at COP-3 2005 Feb 16- Kyoto Protocol ratified by 164 countries (But not by USA or Australia) ...
Climate Change Science: The IPCC Report and More Recent Updates
... rise in global temperature to 2ºC (above pre-industrial levels), in order to avoid the risk of serious economic consequences and irreversible damage to the environment and the climatic system Based on the IPCC AR4 report, to stabilize the average global temperature at this 2ºC level (over pre-indust ...
... rise in global temperature to 2ºC (above pre-industrial levels), in order to avoid the risk of serious economic consequences and irreversible damage to the environment and the climatic system Based on the IPCC AR4 report, to stabilize the average global temperature at this 2ºC level (over pre-indust ...
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... were warmer than the present—125,000 years ago, when temperatures were about 6 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit higher than present—the corresponding melting of ice led to about 13 to 20 feet of sea level rise. The authors acknowledge that insufficient computer models keep them from predicting with any prec ...
... were warmer than the present—125,000 years ago, when temperatures were about 6 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit higher than present—the corresponding melting of ice led to about 13 to 20 feet of sea level rise. The authors acknowledge that insufficient computer models keep them from predicting with any prec ...
1824 French physicist Joseph Fourier is first to describe a
... Parts of the Mississippi river are reduced to a trickle and Yellowstone National Park becomes a tinderbox. In June, Dr James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies delivers his famous testimony to the U.S. Senate. Based on computer models and temperature measurements he is 99 percent ...
... Parts of the Mississippi river are reduced to a trickle and Yellowstone National Park becomes a tinderbox. In June, Dr James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies delivers his famous testimony to the U.S. Senate. Based on computer models and temperature measurements he is 99 percent ...
Suspended particle matters, aerosols, in the atmosphere (e.g., soot
... SPRINTARS, which simulates spatial and temporal distributions of main tropospheric aerosols, i.e., black carbon, organic matter, sulfate, soil dust, and sea salt, and their effects on the climate system. Research results with SPRINTARS have been used in various fields. For example, not only they wer ...
... SPRINTARS, which simulates spatial and temporal distributions of main tropospheric aerosols, i.e., black carbon, organic matter, sulfate, soil dust, and sea salt, and their effects on the climate system. Research results with SPRINTARS have been used in various fields. For example, not only they wer ...
Why Support the IPCC?
... Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and socio-economic impact of climate change and realistic response strateg ...
... Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1988, with a mandate to “provide internationally coordinated scientific assessments of the magnitude, timing and potential environmental and socio-economic impact of climate change and realistic response strateg ...
Climate Change - The Phenomenon and its Impacts by Safia
... • Land use change (agriculture, deforestation) ...
... • Land use change (agriculture, deforestation) ...
The IPCC - hvonstorch.de
... • The social process „science“ is influenced by these other knowledge forms. • Science can not be objective but should nevertheless strive to be so. ...
... • The social process „science“ is influenced by these other knowledge forms. • Science can not be objective but should nevertheless strive to be so. ...
Impact of Climate Change on Human Health and Well
... Director of International Program National Council for Science and the Environment Washington, DC Khwarizmi Science Society Lahore College for Women University Lahore, Pakistan March 29, 2012 ...
... Director of International Program National Council for Science and the Environment Washington, DC Khwarizmi Science Society Lahore College for Women University Lahore, Pakistan March 29, 2012 ...
Fisheries and Climate Change: the IPCC Second Assessment
... Arlington, Virginia, USA JohnEverett@Comcast.Net ...
... Arlington, Virginia, USA JohnEverett@Comcast.Net ...
PPT 8.2MB - Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
... Gu, et al, 2008: The 2007 eastern US spring freeze: Increased cold damage in a warming world? Bioscience 58 (3), 261-270. ...
... Gu, et al, 2008: The 2007 eastern US spring freeze: Increased cold damage in a warming world? Bioscience 58 (3), 261-270. ...
Foreword by R.K. Pachauri, Chair of the IPCC
... particularly if the average temperature were to reach 2.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. Some regions of the world would, of course, be affected far more than others. In Africa, for instance, 75–250 million people would experience water stress as early as 2020 as a consequence of climat ...
... particularly if the average temperature were to reach 2.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. Some regions of the world would, of course, be affected far more than others. In Africa, for instance, 75–250 million people would experience water stress as early as 2020 as a consequence of climat ...
Main Findings of IPCC - UW Program on Climate Change
... more even than warming itself… How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree. That will be warmer than it has been for half a million years, and many things could become unstoppable.…We don't have much time l ...
... more even than warming itself… How long have we got? We have to stabilize emissions of carbon dioxide within a decade, or temperatures will warm by more than one degree. That will be warmer than it has been for half a million years, and many things could become unstoppable.…We don't have much time l ...
Oppenheimer et al 2007
... First, given the anchoring that inevitably occurs around numerical values, the basis for quantitative uncertainty estimates provided must be broadened to give observational, paleoclimatic, or theoretical evidence of poorly understood phenomena comparable weight with evidence from numerical modeling. ...
... First, given the anchoring that inevitably occurs around numerical values, the basis for quantitative uncertainty estimates provided must be broadened to give observational, paleoclimatic, or theoretical evidence of poorly understood phenomena comparable weight with evidence from numerical modeling. ...
IPCC Factsheet: What is the IPCC?
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The assessments are policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive: they may present projections of future climate change based on different scenarios and the risks that climate change poses and discuss the implications of response options, but they do n ...
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The assessments are policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive: they may present projections of future climate change based on different scenarios and the risks that climate change poses and discuss the implications of response options, but they do n ...
Fact Sheet - Climate Change 2013
... physical science basis of climate change. Working Group II assesses impacts, adaptation and vulnerability while Working Group III assesses the mitigation of climate change. The Synthesis Report draws on the assessments made by all three Working Groups. The Working Group I contribution to the AR5 (WG ...
... physical science basis of climate change. Working Group II assesses impacts, adaptation and vulnerability while Working Group III assesses the mitigation of climate change. The Synthesis Report draws on the assessments made by all three Working Groups. The Working Group I contribution to the AR5 (WG ...
WWF Brief on the IPCC Working Group 1
... observations. The IPCC projects that over the next century we should expect to see temperatures increase between 1.0 and 6.3°C, depending on what rate we release greenhouse gases. IPCC Working Group 1, which focuses on the scientific basis of climate change, used a wide range of possible futures, ea ...
... observations. The IPCC projects that over the next century we should expect to see temperatures increase between 1.0 and 6.3°C, depending on what rate we release greenhouse gases. IPCC Working Group 1, which focuses on the scientific basis of climate change, used a wide range of possible futures, ea ...
How the IPCC invented a new calculus in 2010. http
... on by Governments. The Chinese Government suggested deleting this, pointing out that 'These two linear rates should not compare with each other because the time scales are not the same'. Well done to the Chinese Government for spotting that. Too bad their valid comment was ignored by the IPCC. ...
... on by Governments. The Chinese Government suggested deleting this, pointing out that 'These two linear rates should not compare with each other because the time scales are not the same'. Well done to the Chinese Government for spotting that. Too bad their valid comment was ignored by the IPCC. ...