Atmospheric science: Increasing wind sinks heat
... possibilities include the remote influence from Indian Ocean warming 5, a phase transition in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation6 and stochastic year-to-year variability of El Niño/La Niña1. The idea of the PDO influence on hiatus periods is not new. Studies have shown that hiatus events are also ...
... possibilities include the remote influence from Indian Ocean warming 5, a phase transition in the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation6 and stochastic year-to-year variability of El Niño/La Niña1. The idea of the PDO influence on hiatus periods is not new. Studies have shown that hiatus events are also ...
Patterns of Regional Climate Change
... Xie and his colleagues show that this view has to be significantly modified in order to explain the actual changes seen for low-latitude regions in the warming simulations. In particular the geographical patterns of rainfall changes in the tropics and subtropics are strongly affected by modification ...
... Xie and his colleagues show that this view has to be significantly modified in order to explain the actual changes seen for low-latitude regions in the warming simulations. In particular the geographical patterns of rainfall changes in the tropics and subtropics are strongly affected by modification ...
“The Dangers of Global Warming,” by Ana Martinez
... time, often 50-100 years, to measure climate. Current weather conditions, gathered through these measurements, are then compared to the previous time period’s measurements to distinct climate change. In the article “Global Warming 101,” Amanda MacMillan stated “Over the past 50 years, the average gl ...
... time, often 50-100 years, to measure climate. Current weather conditions, gathered through these measurements, are then compared to the previous time period’s measurements to distinct climate change. In the article “Global Warming 101,” Amanda MacMillan stated “Over the past 50 years, the average gl ...
how has climate change affected norfolk?
... is shallow and Norfolk is relatively low lying. Unfortunately, Norfolk has no solid high cliffs like the White Cliffs of Dover to keep the sea out! Consequently, it is vulnerable to rising sea levels that may result from global warming. On the other hand, during a cold episode, the world’s glaciers ...
... is shallow and Norfolk is relatively low lying. Unfortunately, Norfolk has no solid high cliffs like the White Cliffs of Dover to keep the sea out! Consequently, it is vulnerable to rising sea levels that may result from global warming. On the other hand, during a cold episode, the world’s glaciers ...
PPT File - Iowa State University
... Diminishing late and river ice Melting glaciers Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Retreating summer sea ice Rising sea level Ocean salinity changes ...
... Diminishing late and river ice Melting glaciers Melting Greenland Ice Sheet Retreating summer sea ice Rising sea level Ocean salinity changes ...
is global warming a threat?
... Heidelberg Appeal – States there is no scientific evidence for man-made global warming - Started in 1992, it has now been signed by more than 4000 scientists from around the world http://www.sepp.org/heidelberg_appeal.html ...
... Heidelberg Appeal – States there is no scientific evidence for man-made global warming - Started in 1992, it has now been signed by more than 4000 scientists from around the world http://www.sepp.org/heidelberg_appeal.html ...
Lecture 5: Cold War Scientists and the Denial of Global Warming
... “The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and oceans, together with ice mass loss, supports the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past fifty years can be explained without external forcing.” IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007, Summary for Policymake ...
... “The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and oceans, together with ice mass loss, supports the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past fifty years can be explained without external forcing.” IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, 2007, Summary for Policymake ...
The Current State of Our Climate
... continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected” ...
... continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected” ...
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.