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... • Creates a cooling effect that may have partially masked the effects of global warming • This is why we have seen a slightly lower global temp. increase than some climate models predicted. ...
... • Creates a cooling effect that may have partially masked the effects of global warming • This is why we have seen a slightly lower global temp. increase than some climate models predicted. ...
- US CLIVAR
... temperatures will rise faster during the local heating seasons than will temperatures in the nearby ocean, thereby steepening the cross-shore pressure gradients that drive upwelling-favorable winds ...
... temperatures will rise faster during the local heating seasons than will temperatures in the nearby ocean, thereby steepening the cross-shore pressure gradients that drive upwelling-favorable winds ...
(O 2 ).
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • 1906–2005: Ave. temp increased about 0.74˚C • 1970–2005: Annual greenhouse emissions up ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) • 90–99% likely that lower atmosphere is warming • 1906–2005: Ave. temp increased about 0.74˚C • 1970–2005: Annual greenhouse emissions up ...
Chapter 14
... Atmospheric CO2 • ~280 ppm CO2 = pre-Industrial Revolution age levels • 391 ppm CO2 = March 1, 2011 • The rate of CO2 & CH4 increase over the last 150 years is higher than at any time in the last 850,000 years ...
... Atmospheric CO2 • ~280 ppm CO2 = pre-Industrial Revolution age levels • 391 ppm CO2 = March 1, 2011 • The rate of CO2 & CH4 increase over the last 150 years is higher than at any time in the last 850,000 years ...
naked-2005-03-16
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...
naked-2005-03-16-nobg
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...
... theory is correct then instruments should have recorded a bigger temperature rise for calm nights than for windy ones, because wind blows excess heat away from cities and away from the measuring instruments. There was no difference between the calm and windy nights, and the author says: we show that ...
Climate Change 2007 Synthesis Report of the IPCC Fourth
... the [2001 IPCC assessment report]. Many risks are identified with higher confidence. Some risks are projected to be larger or to occur at lower increases in temperature. 1. Risks to unique and threatened systems. There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and ...
... the [2001 IPCC assessment report]. Many risks are identified with higher confidence. Some risks are projected to be larger or to occur at lower increases in temperature. 1. Risks to unique and threatened systems. There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and ...
What is the Greenhouse Effect
... Burning natural gas, coal and oil -including gasoline for automobile engines-raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Some farming practices and land-use changes increase the levels of methane and nitrous oxide. Many factories produce long-lasting industrial gases that do not occur natu ...
... Burning natural gas, coal and oil -including gasoline for automobile engines-raises the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Some farming practices and land-use changes increase the levels of methane and nitrous oxide. Many factories produce long-lasting industrial gases that do not occur natu ...
The Climate of the Central North American Grassland
... regarding drivers of climate change on Earth including the role of those Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) • I will first identify the major GHGs and provide a context for a need to have an improved understanding of ‘the physics’ • The emphasis will be on forcing by electro-magnetic radiation [solar and terre ...
... regarding drivers of climate change on Earth including the role of those Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) • I will first identify the major GHGs and provide a context for a need to have an improved understanding of ‘the physics’ • The emphasis will be on forcing by electro-magnetic radiation [solar and terre ...
Arctic`s Biggest Ice Shelf, a Sentinel of Climate Change, Cracks Apart
... of western Antarctica as it warms and have measured glaciers' retreat in response to warmer temperatures throughout the western Arctic. Weather data recorded at the nearby military station Alert on Ellesmere Island show that temperatures there have been warming since 1967 at the same rate as in west ...
... of western Antarctica as it warms and have measured glaciers' retreat in response to warmer temperatures throughout the western Arctic. Weather data recorded at the nearby military station Alert on Ellesmere Island show that temperatures there have been warming since 1967 at the same rate as in west ...
State of the Climate: New Jersey 2013
... past two decades, occurring more than twice as often in recent years than during the past century. There is reason to expect that this trend may continue, as the IPCC projects that “(e)xtreme precipitation events over most of the mid-latitude land masses and over wet tropical regions will very likel ...
... past two decades, occurring more than twice as often in recent years than during the past century. There is reason to expect that this trend may continue, as the IPCC projects that “(e)xtreme precipitation events over most of the mid-latitude land masses and over wet tropical regions will very likel ...
Islands
... In addition to gradual sea-level rise, extreme high water level events can result from a combination of coastal processes. For example, the harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, experienced the highest daily average sea level ever recorded in September 2003. This resulted from the combination of long-term sea ...
... In addition to gradual sea-level rise, extreme high water level events can result from a combination of coastal processes. For example, the harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, experienced the highest daily average sea level ever recorded in September 2003. This resulted from the combination of long-term sea ...
faf-all
... level change due to ocean circulation and density change. FAFMIP will study the part of the spread due to the ocean’s response to changes in surface forcing. Model mean ...
... level change due to ocean circulation and density change. FAFMIP will study the part of the spread due to the ocean’s response to changes in surface forcing. Model mean ...
Climate Change Powerpoints - Cal State LA
... amounts Gases needed to heat atmosphere Without greenhouse gases, atmosphere would be 54oF colder If too many gases, atmosphere heats up too much (i.e., Venus) ...
... amounts Gases needed to heat atmosphere Without greenhouse gases, atmosphere would be 54oF colder If too many gases, atmosphere heats up too much (i.e., Venus) ...
The Future of Shelf Seas
... the North Sea flow predominantly anti-clockwise around the basin. This direction is important for the fishes, which spawn near the entrance to the Atlantic and whose larvae drift with the current southeastward to the main nursery grounds, the very shallow Wadden See, also a way station for migrating ...
... the North Sea flow predominantly anti-clockwise around the basin. This direction is important for the fishes, which spawn near the entrance to the Atlantic and whose larvae drift with the current southeastward to the main nursery grounds, the very shallow Wadden See, also a way station for migrating ...
East Pacific Rise
... LA JOLLA, California--A small group of scientists working in half a dozen different fields here are fitting together bits of evidence to form a picture of a great physical feature of the earth's surface that was all but unknown ten years ago and still might be so had it not been for the Internationa ...
... LA JOLLA, California--A small group of scientists working in half a dozen different fields here are fitting together bits of evidence to form a picture of a great physical feature of the earth's surface that was all but unknown ten years ago and still might be so had it not been for the Internationa ...
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.