The Global Warming Time Bomb?
... Human-made aerosols increase the number of condensation nuclei for cloud drops, thus causing the average size of the cloud drops to be smaller. The larger number of smaller drops makes the clouds slightly brighter. Smaller drops also make it more difficult for the clouds to produce rain, thus increa ...
... Human-made aerosols increase the number of condensation nuclei for cloud drops, thus causing the average size of the cloud drops to be smaller. The larger number of smaller drops makes the clouds slightly brighter. Smaller drops also make it more difficult for the clouds to produce rain, thus increa ...
Coastal habitats shield people and property from sea
... ecosystems are placing people and property at greater risk of damage from coastal hazards1–5 . The likelihood and magnitude of losses may be reduced by intact reefs and coastal vegetation1 , especially when those habitats fringe vulnerable communities and infrastructure. Using five sea-level-rise sc ...
... ecosystems are placing people and property at greater risk of damage from coastal hazards1–5 . The likelihood and magnitude of losses may be reduced by intact reefs and coastal vegetation1 , especially when those habitats fringe vulnerable communities and infrastructure. Using five sea-level-rise sc ...
News and New Staff
... He has adapted the IPRC Regional Climate Model to the region and is driving the model with warming signals from those IPCC AR4 models that are able to simulate the monsoon well, such as the GFDL model. “Based upon these simulations, I will make projections about regional temperature rise and changes ...
... He has adapted the IPRC Regional Climate Model to the region and is driving the model with warming signals from those IPCC AR4 models that are able to simulate the monsoon well, such as the GFDL model. “Based upon these simulations, I will make projections about regional temperature rise and changes ...
Global Warming - Department of Geology UPRM
... temperatures have stayed fairly constant over that time as well, until recently. Through the burning of fossil fuels and other GHG emissions, humans are enhancing the greenhouse effect and warming Earth.Scientists often use the term "climate change" instead of global warming. This is because as the ...
... temperatures have stayed fairly constant over that time as well, until recently. Through the burning of fossil fuels and other GHG emissions, humans are enhancing the greenhouse effect and warming Earth.Scientists often use the term "climate change" instead of global warming. This is because as the ...
Demographic models and IPCC climate projections predict the
... Models (GCM) of Earth’s climate included in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. We show that the increased frequency of warm events associated with projected decreases in SIE will reduce the population viability. The probability of quasi-extinction (a ...
... Models (GCM) of Earth’s climate included in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment report. We show that the increased frequency of warm events associated with projected decreases in SIE will reduce the population viability. The probability of quasi-extinction (a ...
The impacts of climate change on nuclear power stations sites
... The coast is a dynamic system, subject to change over short-, medium- and long-term timescales. The coast’s ability to change in response to external pressures (such as climate change or human influence) is also critical to the continued provision of its various physical and socio-economic functions ...
... The coast is a dynamic system, subject to change over short-, medium- and long-term timescales. The coast’s ability to change in response to external pressures (such as climate change or human influence) is also critical to the continued provision of its various physical and socio-economic functions ...
Stop Global Warming 2015 - Approach to Mitigation and Adaptation
... 6 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), NEIS Research Booklet No. 53, July, 2014 (http://www.nies.go.jp/kanko/kankyogi/53/53.pdf). 7 Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases website (http://www0.nih.go.jp/niid/entomology/research/research.html). 8 JMA website, “Long-term trend ...
... 6 National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), NEIS Research Booklet No. 53, July, 2014 (http://www.nies.go.jp/kanko/kankyogi/53/53.pdf). 7 Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases website (http://www0.nih.go.jp/niid/entomology/research/research.html). 8 JMA website, “Long-term trend ...
Climate Change: The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Egypt
... Sea level changes are caused by several natural phenomenon; the three primary contributing ones are: ocean thermal expansion, glacial melt from Greenland and Antarctica (plus a smaller contribution from other ice sheets), and change in terrestrial storage. Among those, ocean thermal expansion has be ...
... Sea level changes are caused by several natural phenomenon; the three primary contributing ones are: ocean thermal expansion, glacial melt from Greenland and Antarctica (plus a smaller contribution from other ice sheets), and change in terrestrial storage. Among those, ocean thermal expansion has be ...
March 4, 2016 Dear Host/Moderator of the Democratic
... Investments in infrastructure: Senator Rubio, Miami is not only home to you but also the largest amount of assets vulnerable to sea level rise in the world.1 In addition to Miami already dealing with “sunny day flooding” just from high tides, coastal flooding has increased between 300 and 900 percen ...
... Investments in infrastructure: Senator Rubio, Miami is not only home to you but also the largest amount of assets vulnerable to sea level rise in the world.1 In addition to Miami already dealing with “sunny day flooding” just from high tides, coastal flooding has increased between 300 and 900 percen ...
Here - Pole to Pole campaign
... At the most northern part of the North Pole the sun sets in September and only rises again in March! Then it shines for six months straight. Not easy to deal with! These phenomena are called the polar night and the midnight sun. The same thing happens at the most southern part of the Antarctic, but ...
... At the most northern part of the North Pole the sun sets in September and only rises again in March! Then it shines for six months straight. Not easy to deal with! These phenomena are called the polar night and the midnight sun. The same thing happens at the most southern part of the Antarctic, but ...
Workshop_Ackleson
... 2007-8: International Polar Year, encouraged continued international cooperation in high-latitude research in the context of climate change. 2009: OceanObs 09, international community agreement on GOOS decadal vision; draft Framework for Ocean Observing ...
... 2007-8: International Polar Year, encouraged continued international cooperation in high-latitude research in the context of climate change. 2009: OceanObs 09, international community agreement on GOOS decadal vision; draft Framework for Ocean Observing ...
Evolution of Ocean Observatories
... 2007-8: International Polar Year, encouraged continued international cooperation in high-latitude research in the context of climate change. 2009: OceanObs 09, international community agreement on GOOS decadal vision; draft Framework for Ocean Observing ...
... 2007-8: International Polar Year, encouraged continued international cooperation in high-latitude research in the context of climate change. 2009: OceanObs 09, international community agreement on GOOS decadal vision; draft Framework for Ocean Observing ...
Climate change adaptation in coastal region of
... erosion/submergence and water quality degradation remain largely unattended to. Global warming and sea level rise pose a serious threat to the existence of the small islands and island states throughout the world including the Sundarban island system of West Bengal. Though the absolute Sea level ris ...
... erosion/submergence and water quality degradation remain largely unattended to. Global warming and sea level rise pose a serious threat to the existence of the small islands and island states throughout the world including the Sundarban island system of West Bengal. Though the absolute Sea level ris ...
Future sea level
The rate of global mean sea-level rise (~3 mm/yr; SLR) has accelerated compared to the mean of the 20th century (~2 mm/yr), but the rate of rise is locally variable. Factors contributing to SLR include decreased global ice volume and warming of the ocean. On Greenland, the deficiency between annual ice gained and lost tripled between 1996 and 2007. On Antarctica the deficiency increased by 75%. Mountain glaciers are retreating and the cumulative mean thickness change has accelerated from about −1.8 to −4 m in 1965 to 1970 to about −12 to −14 m in the first decade of the 21st century. From 1961 to 2003, ocean temperatures to a depth of 700 m increased and portions of the deeper ocean are warming.The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) projected sea level would reach 0.18 to 0.59 m above present by the end of the 21st century but lacked an estimate of ice flow dynamics calving. Calving was added by Pfeffer et al. (2008) indicating 0.8 to 2 m of SLR by 2100 (favouring the low end of this range). Rahmstorf (2007) estimated SLR will reach 0.5 to 1.4 m by the end of the century. Pielke (2008) points out that observed SLR has exceeded the best case projections thus far. These approximations and others indicate that global mean SLR may reach 1 m by the end of this century. However, sea level is highly variable and planners considering local impacts must take this variability into account.