CV - Karen McKinnon
... Deser, C., I. Simpson, K.A. McKinnon, and A. Phillips. The Northern Hemisphere extratropical atmospheric circulation response to ENSO: How well do we know it and how do we evaluate models accordingly?. Under review in Journal of Climate. Pall, P., K.A. McKinnon, D.E. Rupp, G.S. Mauger, and P.W. Mote ...
... Deser, C., I. Simpson, K.A. McKinnon, and A. Phillips. The Northern Hemisphere extratropical atmospheric circulation response to ENSO: How well do we know it and how do we evaluate models accordingly?. Under review in Journal of Climate. Pall, P., K.A. McKinnon, D.E. Rupp, G.S. Mauger, and P.W. Mote ...
Global Warming - Science or Politics
... Copenhagen – About to Suck Money from Your Taxpayer’s Pockets Starting in 2020 certain countries, including Canada, are expected to jointly contribute US $100 billion dollars per year. The so-called richest nations will be forced to contribute the most. If the United Nations can tell us what to do w ...
... Copenhagen – About to Suck Money from Your Taxpayer’s Pockets Starting in 2020 certain countries, including Canada, are expected to jointly contribute US $100 billion dollars per year. The so-called richest nations will be forced to contribute the most. If the United Nations can tell us what to do w ...
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... cited is derived from from the Wingspread Conference (1998): When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. Although a range of different interpre ...
... cited is derived from from the Wingspread Conference (1998): When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. Although a range of different interpre ...
12Aug2016_Gauteng Climate Change Forum_Background Information for
... Many of the practices that can be considered EbA (e.g., agroforestry practices, soil and water conservation practices, etc.) are already well known and have been proven to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, but current financial, political and technical constraints limit a more widesp ...
... Many of the practices that can be considered EbA (e.g., agroforestry practices, soil and water conservation practices, etc.) are already well known and have been proven to help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change, but current financial, political and technical constraints limit a more widesp ...
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [UNFCCC]
... atmosphere’s ability to absorb infra-red radiation. As a result, a lot of energy that would normally be reflected back into space is being trapped within Earth’s atmosphere, which in turn increases the Earth’s surface temperature, keeping it warmer than it would otherwise be. More specifically, th ...
... atmosphere’s ability to absorb infra-red radiation. As a result, a lot of energy that would normally be reflected back into space is being trapped within Earth’s atmosphere, which in turn increases the Earth’s surface temperature, keeping it warmer than it would otherwise be. More specifically, th ...
DOC - World bank documents
... other emerging economies, Mexico’s GHG emissions have been growing steadily over the past 25 years (Figure 2). The main sources of Mexico’s GHG emissions are energy generation (24 percent), transport (18 percent), forests and land-use change (14 percent), waste management (10 percent), and agricultu ...
... other emerging economies, Mexico’s GHG emissions have been growing steadily over the past 25 years (Figure 2). The main sources of Mexico’s GHG emissions are energy generation (24 percent), transport (18 percent), forests and land-use change (14 percent), waste management (10 percent), and agricultu ...
Revision through past questions
... Explain two effects of resource extraction in tropical rainforest areas. One effect should be on the environment and the other on the local people. (4) In all cases – basic description of what is happening (1) why this damages local people/environment. (1) Logging in the Cameroon Has opened up the f ...
... Explain two effects of resource extraction in tropical rainforest areas. One effect should be on the environment and the other on the local people. (4) In all cases – basic description of what is happening (1) why this damages local people/environment. (1) Logging in the Cameroon Has opened up the f ...
Observing climate change trends in ocean
... example of ALOHA 20 years of data – are the observed trends due to climate change? Our analysis suggests that for SST need 13 years, chl 29 years, and PP 26 years of data to distinguish genuine climate trend from natural variability ...
... example of ALOHA 20 years of data – are the observed trends due to climate change? Our analysis suggests that for SST need 13 years, chl 29 years, and PP 26 years of data to distinguish genuine climate trend from natural variability ...
Ameliorating the effects of climate change: Modifying microclimates
... as increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. It is clear what can be done to reduce these trends and it is also very clear who should do it. An individual who walks to work instead of driving their car is admirable but this action has a miniscule effect on the overall level of CO2 in the a ...
... as increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. It is clear what can be done to reduce these trends and it is also very clear who should do it. An individual who walks to work instead of driving their car is admirable but this action has a miniscule effect on the overall level of CO2 in the a ...
New project-based instructional modules improve climate change
... Jan DeWaters, PhD, PE, and Mary Margaret Small, Ed.D. Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Introduction The scientific community now recognizes with a very high degree of confidence that industrial and agricultural activities have had and continue to have a profound impact on Earth’s climate. 1 The anthr ...
... Jan DeWaters, PhD, PE, and Mary Margaret Small, Ed.D. Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Introduction The scientific community now recognizes with a very high degree of confidence that industrial and agricultural activities have had and continue to have a profound impact on Earth’s climate. 1 The anthr ...
Comments on Pennsylvania 2015 Climate Change Impacts
... change in this Commonwealth every three years. ...
... change in this Commonwealth every three years. ...
A Unified Approach to Address Water-Climate Related Issues
... Climate change has added another formidable challenge, and although the impacts are currently far from certain, they are unlikely to be favourable. Asian region possessed diverse climatic, environmental and socio-economic conditions; each subject to unique impacts and risks as climate changes. Highl ...
... Climate change has added another formidable challenge, and although the impacts are currently far from certain, they are unlikely to be favourable. Asian region possessed diverse climatic, environmental and socio-economic conditions; each subject to unique impacts and risks as climate changes. Highl ...
In what layer of the atmosphere does weather
... Global Climate Change S List and Describe some of some causes of “local” climate ...
... Global Climate Change S List and Describe some of some causes of “local” climate ...
ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: FOCUS ON THE CARIBBEAN
... the current global activity such as population increase, energy use patterns, econom ic growth, technology and land use patterns. Even though countries may im plem ent stringent m itigation m easures today, the effects o f these measures w ould not m anifest them selves until mid-20 3 06, because th ...
... the current global activity such as population increase, energy use patterns, econom ic growth, technology and land use patterns. Even though countries may im plem ent stringent m itigation m easures today, the effects o f these measures w ould not m anifest them selves until mid-20 3 06, because th ...
Key findings of the AVOIDing Dangerous Climate
... excess of 1 metre by the end of the century, it is more likely to be less than this. The biggest question mark over sea-level rise projections is in quantifying the contribution from melting of the great ice-sheets. Increasing loss of ice from the Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheets has been reported ...
... excess of 1 metre by the end of the century, it is more likely to be less than this. The biggest question mark over sea-level rise projections is in quantifying the contribution from melting of the great ice-sheets. Increasing loss of ice from the Antarctic and Greenland ice-sheets has been reported ...
Folie 1 - Governance of Adaptation
... Planning certainty of subsidies is more important than uncertainties regarding regional climate change (adaptive capacity depends on investment potentials) which means the investment potential determents climate change adaptation strategies and the implementation of measures Demographic change ...
... Planning certainty of subsidies is more important than uncertainties regarding regional climate change (adaptive capacity depends on investment potentials) which means the investment potential determents climate change adaptation strategies and the implementation of measures Demographic change ...
2. The Earth, biosphere, climate and Man
... The climate of the Earth is described in terms of the temperature at e.g. the Earths surface, the strength of the winds and ocean currents, the presence of clouds and precipitation, to name a few of its most important features. Weather as we experience it day after day is obviously related to climat ...
... The climate of the Earth is described in terms of the temperature at e.g. the Earths surface, the strength of the winds and ocean currents, the presence of clouds and precipitation, to name a few of its most important features. Weather as we experience it day after day is obviously related to climat ...
Our climate out of order?
... doomsday prophecy after another about anthropogenic climate change. But there are also those who would dispute that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and ...
... doomsday prophecy after another about anthropogenic climate change. But there are also those who would dispute that we humans have any effect on the climate. The debate sometimes descends into trench warfare, where nuances are not tolerated. Hence the need to better differentiate between natural and ...
6. Coal, Global Warming, and Health
... mud and ice. Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, this also accelerates global warming. Thus, one warming phenomenon feeds another, creating positive feedback cycles.25 These and other feedback cycles push us closer to a “tipping point”: a point at which the accumulation of small changes in a ...
... mud and ice. Because methane is a potent greenhouse gas, this also accelerates global warming. Thus, one warming phenomenon feeds another, creating positive feedback cycles.25 These and other feedback cycles push us closer to a “tipping point”: a point at which the accumulation of small changes in a ...
No Slide Title
... Overlay GCM simulated impacts with existing temperature stations to assess the impacts of urbanization on the historical temperature record ...
... Overlay GCM simulated impacts with existing temperature stations to assess the impacts of urbanization on the historical temperature record ...
Preserving the World Second Largest Hypersaline Lake Under
... the VIC hydrological model forced by bias-corrected outputs from ve GCMs, using the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, lowest; (Van Vuuren et al., 2011) and 8.5, highest; (Riahi et al., 2011), for 2010-2099 and for 1971-2000 (control) in combination with four different anthropogenic sc ...
... the VIC hydrological model forced by bias-corrected outputs from ve GCMs, using the representative concentration pathway (RCP) 2.6, lowest; (Van Vuuren et al., 2011) and 8.5, highest; (Riahi et al., 2011), for 2010-2099 and for 1971-2000 (control) in combination with four different anthropogenic sc ...
WMO Strategic Planning
... parameters is very popular in a lot of countries (even written in law). However, current extreme values theories such as e.g. Gumbel approach, Generalized Extreme Values (GEV), Peaks Over Thresholds (POT), rely on the assumption of stationarity of climate. This is no longer the case for a number of ...
... parameters is very popular in a lot of countries (even written in law). However, current extreme values theories such as e.g. Gumbel approach, Generalized Extreme Values (GEV), Peaks Over Thresholds (POT), rely on the assumption of stationarity of climate. This is no longer the case for a number of ...
Geological and Man-Made Climate and Sea Level Changes
... level rise because they are floating on the ocean and they already displace the same volume of water. But when the ice shelves collapse the glaciers that feed them speed up and get thinner, so they supply more ice to the oceans,” Prof. Glasser explained. Professor Glasser acknowledges that global wa ...
... level rise because they are floating on the ocean and they already displace the same volume of water. But when the ice shelves collapse the glaciers that feed them speed up and get thinner, so they supply more ice to the oceans,” Prof. Glasser explained. Professor Glasser acknowledges that global wa ...
Climate Change in Southeast Alaska
... knowledge and perspectives within USFS R&D, including in operational and research activities. Network & cooperate across FS to increase response to needs Conduct joint research with Tribes. ...
... knowledge and perspectives within USFS R&D, including in operational and research activities. Network & cooperate across FS to increase response to needs Conduct joint research with Tribes. ...
1 the characteristics of climatic and weather system
... • To describe the factors that influence climate and weather. ...
... • To describe the factors that influence climate and weather. ...