The Sky`s Limit: No New Fossil Fuel Development
... climate crisis. Together, countries committed to “[h]olding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the r ...
... climate crisis. Together, countries committed to “[h]olding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the r ...
website and book lists
... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2008/Hansen_etal.html (Accessed May 18, 2009). Technical paper with a clear summary calling for WW II style mobilization of economic and political institutions to halt emissions of GH Gases and draw down CO2 to reduce accumulated CO2 to below 350 ppm as an initial ...
... http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2008/Hansen_etal.html (Accessed May 18, 2009). Technical paper with a clear summary calling for WW II style mobilization of economic and political institutions to halt emissions of GH Gases and draw down CO2 to reduce accumulated CO2 to below 350 ppm as an initial ...
Climate Change: A Global Challenge
... The theme of the second competition is once again climate change, because: • It is one of the world’s greatest problems • The impact on young people is most severe • According to leading scientists: the main cause of climate change is human activities • If we are causing the problem, we should be he ...
... The theme of the second competition is once again climate change, because: • It is one of the world’s greatest problems • The impact on young people is most severe • According to leading scientists: the main cause of climate change is human activities • If we are causing the problem, we should be he ...
The Role of Net-Negative CO2 Emission Scenarios in Stabilizing
... McGlashan, N., Shah, N., Caldecott, B., & Workman, M. (2012) High-level techno-economic assessment of negative emissions technologies. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. McGlashan N., Shah N., & Workman M. (2010). The Potential for the Deployment of Negative Emissions Technologies in the U ...
... McGlashan, N., Shah, N., Caldecott, B., & Workman, M. (2012) High-level techno-economic assessment of negative emissions technologies. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. McGlashan N., Shah N., & Workman M. (2010). The Potential for the Deployment of Negative Emissions Technologies in the U ...
my palaeo-climate research
... from volcanic activity which led to rapid global warming. As temperatures increased, so did the rate of weathering; in fact, Strandmann estimates that within 300,000 years, weathering had removed roughly half of the CO2 from the atmosphere, allowing the oceans and climate to recover much more quickl ...
... from volcanic activity which led to rapid global warming. As temperatures increased, so did the rate of weathering; in fact, Strandmann estimates that within 300,000 years, weathering had removed roughly half of the CO2 from the atmosphere, allowing the oceans and climate to recover much more quickl ...
History of the greenhouse effect
... Philosophical Magazine and published in 1896. He disagreed with Tyndall’s conclusion that the absorptive properties of water vapour were such that it made a larger contribution than carbon dioxide. He went on to calculate the variations in temperature under five different scenarios where carbon diox ...
... Philosophical Magazine and published in 1896. He disagreed with Tyndall’s conclusion that the absorptive properties of water vapour were such that it made a larger contribution than carbon dioxide. He went on to calculate the variations in temperature under five different scenarios where carbon diox ...
gwnord_chap1_072810 - Yale Economics
... forces of preservation and the forces of degradation. Unchecked global warming will change the ecosystems in unknown ways, and unchecked sea-level rise will eventually inundate the entire area. What will Quonnie look like in a century? Will it look like the inlets of more southerly U.S. waters like ...
... forces of preservation and the forces of degradation. Unchecked global warming will change the ecosystems in unknown ways, and unchecked sea-level rise will eventually inundate the entire area. What will Quonnie look like in a century? Will it look like the inlets of more southerly U.S. waters like ...
ClimateChange
... Climate change in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) usage refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades o ...
... Climate change in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) usage refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades o ...
AILAC Opening Statement ADP 2 - 11 ENG
... 7. AILAC stresses the need for ambition to be the underpinning principle that guides our work. A durable, ambitious agreement implies not only the establishment of nationally determined mitigation commitments, and adaptation and means of implementation efforts, but also assurance that they will be i ...
... 7. AILAC stresses the need for ambition to be the underpinning principle that guides our work. A durable, ambitious agreement implies not only the establishment of nationally determined mitigation commitments, and adaptation and means of implementation efforts, but also assurance that they will be i ...
- It works! - San Francisco State University
... night temperatures decreases as you move towards higher latitudes. This is because the more intense solar heating is during the day, the larger the change in temperature that results when the Sun goes down and solar intensity drops to zero. But beneath these regular spatial patterns, the annual and ...
... night temperatures decreases as you move towards higher latitudes. This is because the more intense solar heating is during the day, the larger the change in temperature that results when the Sun goes down and solar intensity drops to zero. But beneath these regular spatial patterns, the annual and ...
Climate change and its impacts: growing stress factors
... When the climate change debate began in the late 1980s, estimates of the amplitude of warming according to greenhouse-gas scenarios suggested that global average temperatures could rise by 1.5–5 xC by the end of the twenty-first century. Over two decades later, with climate models that have become m ...
... When the climate change debate began in the late 1980s, estimates of the amplitude of warming according to greenhouse-gas scenarios suggested that global average temperatures could rise by 1.5–5 xC by the end of the twenty-first century. Over two decades later, with climate models that have become m ...
Governance and Management ClIMATE ChAnGE bRIEFInG pApER
... (and tomorrow’s) companies and their accountants. ...
... (and tomorrow’s) companies and their accountants. ...
1 How do we know that climate change is happening?
... Back in the 1800s, a number of scientists were mucking about with gases in order to learn more about how the atmosphere worked. The French mathematician Joseph Fourier had realized in the 1820s that there must be something in the air that prevented the Sun’s heat from just bouncing off the Earth and ...
... Back in the 1800s, a number of scientists were mucking about with gases in order to learn more about how the atmosphere worked. The French mathematician Joseph Fourier had realized in the 1820s that there must be something in the air that prevented the Sun’s heat from just bouncing off the Earth and ...
Programme 4 A Climate of Change Unit 4: A Climate Of Change
... Now take a second look. Stop, Start and Rewind the tape to identify clearly what you think Duncan is now telling us about climate change in Ireland. The programme is divided roughly between understanding the problem of global warming and its consequences for Ireland and how we can help solve these p ...
... Now take a second look. Stop, Start and Rewind the tape to identify clearly what you think Duncan is now telling us about climate change in Ireland. The programme is divided roughly between understanding the problem of global warming and its consequences for Ireland and how we can help solve these p ...
Hobday and Pecl_Global Marine Hotspots
... systems (Richardson and Poloczanska 2008). Likewise, adaptation efforts to date have largely focused on the human aspects of terrestrial systems (Stokes and Howden 2010), with the options for adaptation in ocean systems largely neglected. The oceans are the earth’s main buffer to climate change, abs ...
... systems (Richardson and Poloczanska 2008). Likewise, adaptation efforts to date have largely focused on the human aspects of terrestrial systems (Stokes and Howden 2010), with the options for adaptation in ocean systems largely neglected. The oceans are the earth’s main buffer to climate change, abs ...
Ocean Variables
... Urges Parties to address deficiencies in observing systems, capacity building needs and funding options ...
... Urges Parties to address deficiencies in observing systems, capacity building needs and funding options ...
Survival Guide: Abrupt Climate Change
... Presently, Global Climate Models (GCM’s) have predicted that large changes to the thermohaline circulation may occur in the next 100 years as a result of increasing freshwater fluxes resulting from stronger precipitation patterns and increased glacial melt. It is important to note, however, that the ...
... Presently, Global Climate Models (GCM’s) have predicted that large changes to the thermohaline circulation may occur in the next 100 years as a result of increasing freshwater fluxes resulting from stronger precipitation patterns and increased glacial melt. It is important to note, however, that the ...
1 Contrasting Population Responses: Winners and Losers in
... The trophic position occupied by each of these two seabird species may explain their different population responses. Brandt’s cormorants typically forage at the tertiary trophic level and have the ability to exploit a variety schooling fish (Ainley et al. 1981). In contrast, Cassin’s auklets forage ...
... The trophic position occupied by each of these two seabird species may explain their different population responses. Brandt’s cormorants typically forage at the tertiary trophic level and have the ability to exploit a variety schooling fish (Ainley et al. 1981). In contrast, Cassin’s auklets forage ...
PSCI 1050 Climatology Syllabus
... methods relating to the study of climatology. This course will focus on the principles of the natural world and the causes of weather. Students will apply these principles by analyzing and interpreting the effects of the atmosphere on our natural and human ecosystems using real-time data from the Na ...
... methods relating to the study of climatology. This course will focus on the principles of the natural world and the causes of weather. Students will apply these principles by analyzing and interpreting the effects of the atmosphere on our natural and human ecosystems using real-time data from the Na ...
ÔØ Å ÒÙ× Ö ÔØ - Department of the Geophysical Sciences
... Mouël et al (2005) we call the “overall magnetic trend” or OMT, rising from 1910 to 1950, decreasing from 1950 to 1970, rising from 1970 to 1990 and decreasing since. This OMT is the same for the Eskdalemuir and Sitka magnetic data (and for that matter for any component from any observatory), and fo ...
... Mouël et al (2005) we call the “overall magnetic trend” or OMT, rising from 1910 to 1950, decreasing from 1950 to 1970, rising from 1970 to 1990 and decreasing since. This OMT is the same for the Eskdalemuir and Sitka magnetic data (and for that matter for any component from any observatory), and fo ...
INT 500 - IGERT - Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change
... Dr. Eric Gallandt-‐ University of Maine (Chair of the Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science Dept.) Dr. Kirk Maasch-‐ University of Maine (Climate Change Institute, Dept. of Earth Sciences) ...
... Dr. Eric Gallandt-‐ University of Maine (Chair of the Plant, Soil, and Environmental Science Dept.) Dr. Kirk Maasch-‐ University of Maine (Climate Change Institute, Dept. of Earth Sciences) ...
lecture20erk - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Earth’s natural variability. • Climate change occurs over a wide range of time and space scales. • A plethora of evidence exists that indicates the climate of the Earth has changed over time. • Humans are radically altering the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which is likely cau ...
... Earth’s natural variability. • Climate change occurs over a wide range of time and space scales. • A plethora of evidence exists that indicates the climate of the Earth has changed over time. • Humans are radically altering the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which is likely cau ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.