lecture20erk - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Changing CO2 concentrations • CO2 concentrations have varied naturally by ~30-50% over the past few hundred thousand years (ice ages) • Fossil fuel burning since the industrial revolution has created a recent sharp increase in CO2 concentrations • CO2 concentrations are now higher than at any time ...
... Changing CO2 concentrations • CO2 concentrations have varied naturally by ~30-50% over the past few hundred thousand years (ice ages) • Fossil fuel burning since the industrial revolution has created a recent sharp increase in CO2 concentrations • CO2 concentrations are now higher than at any time ...
Module 1: UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE Contents
... Numerous studies have likewise reported that many of these disasters and calamities could have been averted. Ignorance, neglect and indifference have aggravated these occurrences. The leitmotif of conditions and attitudes has, in effect, heightened the magnitude of disasters and calamities and has l ...
... Numerous studies have likewise reported that many of these disasters and calamities could have been averted. Ignorance, neglect and indifference have aggravated these occurrences. The leitmotif of conditions and attitudes has, in effect, heightened the magnitude of disasters and calamities and has l ...
A Contingent Valuation Study Comparing Citizen`s WTP for Climate
... Nemet, G.F. & Johnson, E. (2010). Willingness to Pay for Climate Policy: A Review of Estimates. – La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison ...
... Nemet, G.F. & Johnson, E. (2010). Willingness to Pay for Climate Policy: A Review of Estimates. – La Follette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin, Madison ...
connell_ukcip - Global Change System for Analysis, Research
... • Took UKCIP SES and derived regional quantified SES out to 2050s, using expert opinion - very difficult to justify numbers, but have a big effect on the model outputs • Hence difficult to quantify the relative importance of climate vs. socio-economic change on systems • SES used as input data only ...
... • Took UKCIP SES and derived regional quantified SES out to 2050s, using expert opinion - very difficult to justify numbers, but have a big effect on the model outputs • Hence difficult to quantify the relative importance of climate vs. socio-economic change on systems • SES used as input data only ...
biodiversity and climate change
... • maintaining large populations in diverse habitats – Large population sizes in diverse habitats allow species to maintain maximum genetic diversity, which is critical to adapt and evolve to climate change. • promoting dispersal – For a species to respond and move to suitable climate, it needs incre ...
... • maintaining large populations in diverse habitats – Large population sizes in diverse habitats allow species to maintain maximum genetic diversity, which is critical to adapt and evolve to climate change. • promoting dispersal – For a species to respond and move to suitable climate, it needs incre ...
climatic cataclysm
... need to be alert to the possibility that although our current circumstances are doubly dangerous, this confluence could give us an opportunity to design a set of changes in our energy systems that will help us deal with both problems. ...
... need to be alert to the possibility that although our current circumstances are doubly dangerous, this confluence could give us an opportunity to design a set of changes in our energy systems that will help us deal with both problems. ...
UNESCO
... involvement of African scientists and negotiators in the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 2009.” ...
... involvement of African scientists and negotiators in the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, 2009.” ...
PDF
... A recent World Bank study shows that global poverty has declined from 52 percent of the developing worlds population in 1981 to 25 percent in 2005 and this change lifted about 500 million people out of the $1.25 dollar a day poverty line (Chen and Ravallion, 2010). This is a remarkable achievement a ...
... A recent World Bank study shows that global poverty has declined from 52 percent of the developing worlds population in 1981 to 25 percent in 2005 and this change lifted about 500 million people out of the $1.25 dollar a day poverty line (Chen and Ravallion, 2010). This is a remarkable achievement a ...
Model projections of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation for
... and unweighted means is similar, the weighted standard deviation is generally smaller than the unweighted (Figure 2, top panel). This suggests that our method of assessing the models with observations can indeed reduce the uncertainty in the projection. [18] Finally, what can we conclude for the sta ...
... and unweighted means is similar, the weighted standard deviation is generally smaller than the unweighted (Figure 2, top panel). This suggests that our method of assessing the models with observations can indeed reduce the uncertainty in the projection. [18] Finally, what can we conclude for the sta ...
Sentence structure
... In a recent article about loss of habitat due to climate change. In a recent article about loss of habitat due to climate change, Australian animals were shown to be particularly vulnerable. Sentences beginning with words like so, as, because, who, which, that, are often incomplete. ...
... In a recent article about loss of habitat due to climate change. In a recent article about loss of habitat due to climate change, Australian animals were shown to be particularly vulnerable. Sentences beginning with words like so, as, because, who, which, that, are often incomplete. ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... There is no clear trend in precipitation changes at the national level, but a greater inclination toward decline in rainfall has been observed, especially on the coast. Increasing trend of rising temperature in water basins has been observed. The rural coastal zone does not show any clear positive t ...
... There is no clear trend in precipitation changes at the national level, but a greater inclination toward decline in rainfall has been observed, especially on the coast. Increasing trend of rising temperature in water basins has been observed. The rural coastal zone does not show any clear positive t ...
Resistance to change: A social psychological
... be more resistant to acknowledging and doing something about climate change compared to those who are not. The problem is that we are already talking about millions of people around the world. A second factor is social validation, group support, or peer pressure. People who live and work in communit ...
... be more resistant to acknowledging and doing something about climate change compared to those who are not. The problem is that we are already talking about millions of people around the world. A second factor is social validation, group support, or peer pressure. People who live and work in communit ...
The Climate of History: Four Theses
... began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same period in which social scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, gl ...
... began in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the same period in which social scientists and humanists began to discuss globalization.3 However, these discussions have so far run parallel to each other. While globalization, once recognized, was of immediate interest to humanists and social scientists, gl ...
Dawson et al. 2011
... Exposure refers to the extent of climate change likely to be experienced by a species or locale. Exposure depends on the rate and magnitude of climate change (temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, flood frequency, and other hazards) in habitats and regions occupied by the species. Most assessm ...
... Exposure refers to the extent of climate change likely to be experienced by a species or locale. Exposure depends on the rate and magnitude of climate change (temperature, precipitation, sea level rise, flood frequency, and other hazards) in habitats and regions occupied by the species. Most assessm ...
The impacts of climate change on nuclear power
... Bradwell is under significant threat in both the short and long term and Hinkley Point is also vulnerable. The situation at Sizewell is less clear, but none of the sites are completely threat-free as a location for a new nuclear power plant. It is also important to note that even the lowest estimate ...
... Bradwell is under significant threat in both the short and long term and Hinkley Point is also vulnerable. The situation at Sizewell is less clear, but none of the sites are completely threat-free as a location for a new nuclear power plant. It is also important to note that even the lowest estimate ...
Climate Policy and Interest Groups - a Public
... increasingly relevant. Economists often note that its instruments have not been designed using the results of economic theory. Inefficient instruments such as subsidies or voluntary agreements are used instead of trade in emissions or taxes. On the one hand a single instrument is often directed towa ...
... increasingly relevant. Economists often note that its instruments have not been designed using the results of economic theory. Inefficient instruments such as subsidies or voluntary agreements are used instead of trade in emissions or taxes. On the one hand a single instrument is often directed towa ...
Chapter One - Brookings Institution
... Even though at first glance a lot of the rules and regulations in place today do not make sense, there is almost always a historical rationale for their existence. Understanding which rules and regulations are truly obsolete and which are actually linchpins in a broader set of protections for the pu ...
... Even though at first glance a lot of the rules and regulations in place today do not make sense, there is almost always a historical rationale for their existence. Understanding which rules and regulations are truly obsolete and which are actually linchpins in a broader set of protections for the pu ...
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in a changing climate
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
... halt the loss of biodiversity. Climate change imposes an additional threat. Earth’s biodiversity has adjusted to past changes in climate—even to rapid changes—through a mix of species migration, extinctions, and opportunities for new species. But the rate of change that will continue over the next c ...
10584_2012_414_MOESM1_ESM
... uncertain climate assumptions, like climate sensitivity, in a probabilistic way. This is a significant advantage over a deterministic approach. However, it does not remove model dependency. The parameters are chosen such that they are in general consistent with the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assess ...
... uncertain climate assumptions, like climate sensitivity, in a probabilistic way. This is a significant advantage over a deterministic approach. However, it does not remove model dependency. The parameters are chosen such that they are in general consistent with the findings of the IPCC Fourth Assess ...
Climate Change as a Driving Force for Evolution
... the atmosphere1, as dissolved atmospheric CO2 in the hydrosphere, and as fossil fuels and sedimentary rocks (limestone, chalk etc.) in the lithosphere. Organisms gain their CO2 mostly from the atmosphere, either directly or dissolved in water. It enters the water by simple diffusion and then resides ...
... the atmosphere1, as dissolved atmospheric CO2 in the hydrosphere, and as fossil fuels and sedimentary rocks (limestone, chalk etc.) in the lithosphere. Organisms gain their CO2 mostly from the atmosphere, either directly or dissolved in water. It enters the water by simple diffusion and then resides ...
Climate-change-answer-sheet
... The information shows the observed global temperatures over since the inductrial revolution and simulations of the expected temperatures based on models that include just natural forcings and models that include both natural and greenhouse gas forcings. The information shows that models that include ...
... The information shows the observed global temperatures over since the inductrial revolution and simulations of the expected temperatures based on models that include just natural forcings and models that include both natural and greenhouse gas forcings. The information shows that models that include ...
The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research
... (vii) to develop combined approaches to communicating with the wider community on the significance of polar research to the solution of societal issues, including their respective experience in giving advice to the AC and ATCM. The agreement will remain in force for 5 years, thereafter be reviewed a ...
... (vii) to develop combined approaches to communicating with the wider community on the significance of polar research to the solution of societal issues, including their respective experience in giving advice to the AC and ATCM. The agreement will remain in force for 5 years, thereafter be reviewed a ...
Full Text - Life Science Journal
... services for mainstreaming climate changes issues for the enhancement of food security in different parts of Africa. This is predicated on the fact that majority of actors in the food security chain are in rural areas in Africa and the most prominent source of information is through agricultural ext ...
... services for mainstreaming climate changes issues for the enhancement of food security in different parts of Africa. This is predicated on the fact that majority of actors in the food security chain are in rural areas in Africa and the most prominent source of information is through agricultural ext ...
Tropical rainforest canopies and climate change
... importance of this forest layer as the interface between the atmosphere and the biosphere and its vital role in many key ecological processes. Although we know that rainforests have a major influence on the world’s climate what is less clear is how rainforest canopies are being affected and will be ...
... importance of this forest layer as the interface between the atmosphere and the biosphere and its vital role in many key ecological processes. Although we know that rainforests have a major influence on the world’s climate what is less clear is how rainforest canopies are being affected and will be ...
website and book lists
... paperback. This is still my favorite popular overview. His social ecology understanding is what makes his treatment deeper. His website is www.museletter.com Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl, Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil. 2008 hardcover. Canadian experts show how it c ...
... paperback. This is still my favorite popular overview. His social ecology understanding is what makes his treatment deeper. His website is www.museletter.com Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl, Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight Without Oil. 2008 hardcover. Canadian experts show how it c ...