Climate Change in the Pacific | Volume 1: Regional Overview
... While there has been progress on many fronts to monitor, document, understand and project climate change relevant to the Pacific Climate Change Science Program’s (PCCSP) Partner Countries, there are still many challenges. Further work to strengthen the scientific understanding of Pacific climate cha ...
... While there has been progress on many fronts to monitor, document, understand and project climate change relevant to the Pacific Climate Change Science Program’s (PCCSP) Partner Countries, there are still many challenges. Further work to strengthen the scientific understanding of Pacific climate cha ...
it`s not the heat, it`s the tepidity
... knows the answer to this question, but 4°C seems the most common figure used by the experts. It’s what the IPCCiii uses in its most recent report. No one denies that there are some risks and costs to any amount of warming, and on the other hand, almost no one is predicting that warming at or slightl ...
... knows the answer to this question, but 4°C seems the most common figure used by the experts. It’s what the IPCCiii uses in its most recent report. No one denies that there are some risks and costs to any amount of warming, and on the other hand, almost no one is predicting that warming at or slightl ...
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... sensitivity). The maps document high uncertainty caused by the differences between three used GCMs. The differences between the GCMs are even more obvious when we compare the intra-model variability in the sowing date. The weather patterns in HadCM are characterized by high temperature increases lea ...
... sensitivity). The maps document high uncertainty caused by the differences between three used GCMs. The differences between the GCMs are even more obvious when we compare the intra-model variability in the sowing date. The weather patterns in HadCM are characterized by high temperature increases lea ...
A global deal on climate change: the challenges between now and December in Copenhagen
... In the US, signs are mixed. Positive signs of movement include Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina’s public announcement of support for climate legislation with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts (in a joint article in the New York Times on 12 October). However, it is clear ...
... In the US, signs are mixed. Positive signs of movement include Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina’s public announcement of support for climate legislation with Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts (in a joint article in the New York Times on 12 October). However, it is clear ...
create common interests among countries as well as
... Because of the breadth of its topic the NIA needed to highlight many significant areas that would warrant their own assessments. One of these areas is determining the regional implications of global climate change for US national security interests. Such an assessment could follow the approach of p ...
... Because of the breadth of its topic the NIA needed to highlight many significant areas that would warrant their own assessments. One of these areas is determining the regional implications of global climate change for US national security interests. Such an assessment could follow the approach of p ...
The Ethical and Moral Considerations of Fracking Intro. Personal
... ‘If present humans are making the earth uninhabitable for future generations and species, and for some presently existing peoples, by their lack of prudence in burning excessive amounts of fossil fuels, then they have a clear and urgent moral duty to moderate such activities,’ Professor Michael Nort ...
... ‘If present humans are making the earth uninhabitable for future generations and species, and for some presently existing peoples, by their lack of prudence in burning excessive amounts of fossil fuels, then they have a clear and urgent moral duty to moderate such activities,’ Professor Michael Nort ...
The Ethical and Moral Considerations of Fracking
... According to a recent analysis of 131 research reports,xi one in six of the planet’s species will be lost forever to extinction if world leaders fail to take action on climate change - a tragedy with serious ramifications for people as well as ecosystems. The study suggests that the risk of extincti ...
... According to a recent analysis of 131 research reports,xi one in six of the planet’s species will be lost forever to extinction if world leaders fail to take action on climate change - a tragedy with serious ramifications for people as well as ecosystems. The study suggests that the risk of extincti ...
Work Climate Change - Work in a Warming World
... LUIS LM AGUIAR is an Associate Professor in Sociology in the Barber School of Arts & Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He co-‐edited the books The Dirty Work of Neoliber ...
... LUIS LM AGUIAR is an Associate Professor in Sociology in the Barber School of Arts & Sciences at the University of British Columbia. He co-‐edited the books The Dirty Work of Neoliber ...
Menu of Learning Experiences
... Maori and the Environment smartboard resource on Maori protocol (tikanga) for sustainability of the environment Pay it Forward - Saving the World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn06FQbIRGU ‘The inconvenient truth’ view CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT – Balancing the environment and economy (movie of sc ...
... Maori and the Environment smartboard resource on Maori protocol (tikanga) for sustainability of the environment Pay it Forward - Saving the World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn06FQbIRGU ‘The inconvenient truth’ view CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT – Balancing the environment and economy (movie of sc ...
Submission DR152 - Torres Strait Regional Authority
... indigenous communities, and notably remote indigenous communities, is not given adequate focus and attention given their high levels of vulnerability to climate change. The majority of planning and financial policy frameworks at all levels of government are (understandably) designed for the broader ...
... indigenous communities, and notably remote indigenous communities, is not given adequate focus and attention given their high levels of vulnerability to climate change. The majority of planning and financial policy frameworks at all levels of government are (understandably) designed for the broader ...
Record High for Global Greenhouse Gas
... represents an overall increase of approximately 169 percent since 1750. The increasing concentration of these gases in the atmosphere has significant warming impacts. The combined heating effect (or “radiative forcing”) of major long-lived GHGs (particularly CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC-12, and CFC-11), as me ...
... represents an overall increase of approximately 169 percent since 1750. The increasing concentration of these gases in the atmosphere has significant warming impacts. The combined heating effect (or “radiative forcing”) of major long-lived GHGs (particularly CO2, CH4, N2O, CFC-12, and CFC-11), as me ...
Additional Resources Contents: Climate Change: A brief overview
... efficient and beginning programs of energy conservation and awareness… (and to) address the causes and reverse the consequences of global warming by advocating the passage of legislation at all appropriate levels to reduce carbon dioxide output…” General Board of the ...
... efficient and beginning programs of energy conservation and awareness… (and to) address the causes and reverse the consequences of global warming by advocating the passage of legislation at all appropriate levels to reduce carbon dioxide output…” General Board of the ...
Presidential Leadership on Climate Change: Opportunities and
... Ambassador Benedick was not only the lead U.S. negotiator of the Montreal Protocol; he was at the same time the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment (E-DAS) in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), a position that I once held so I am aware of its responsibilities. The E ...
... Ambassador Benedick was not only the lead U.S. negotiator of the Montreal Protocol; he was at the same time the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment (E-DAS) in the Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science (OES), a position that I once held so I am aware of its responsibilities. The E ...
climate crime file
... Of 928 peer-reviewed papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003, not a single one disagrees with the fact that global warming is due to increased greenhouse gas concentrations.13 But Esso still claims that the science remains ‘inconclusive’14 and refuses to accept that changes to the c ...
... Of 928 peer-reviewed papers on climate change published between 1993 and 2003, not a single one disagrees with the fact that global warming is due to increased greenhouse gas concentrations.13 But Esso still claims that the science remains ‘inconclusive’14 and refuses to accept that changes to the c ...
Earth`s Biosphere - John Cairns, Jr.
... species is that, while we are ‘smarter’ than other species in our ability to develop technology, we, like them, follow the reaction, pioneering and overshoot principles when it comes to dealing with situations of sudden, continuous or great surplus. In keeping with this, and also like other animals, ...
... species is that, while we are ‘smarter’ than other species in our ability to develop technology, we, like them, follow the reaction, pioneering and overshoot principles when it comes to dealing with situations of sudden, continuous or great surplus. In keeping with this, and also like other animals, ...
Lesson Three: Emissions of Heat-trapping Gases
... One of the most common misconceptions is that human-caused emissions of heat-trapping gases are insignificant because the majority of heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere is water vapor that is naturally occurring. It is true that on a sunny day water vapor is responsible for as much as 70% of the gr ...
... One of the most common misconceptions is that human-caused emissions of heat-trapping gases are insignificant because the majority of heat-trapping gas in the atmosphere is water vapor that is naturally occurring. It is true that on a sunny day water vapor is responsible for as much as 70% of the gr ...
Bay-Lake Regional Planning Commission
... Mitigation and Adaptation Planning in Wisconsin's Great Lakes Coastal Communities ...
... Mitigation and Adaptation Planning in Wisconsin's Great Lakes Coastal Communities ...
Climate and Environmental Policy in Trump`s First 100 Days: A
... simultaneously creates greenhouse gases and local environmental pollutants, notably particulate matter and ozone. Therefore, it’s impossible to reduce one without reducing the other. When the Obama-era EPA conducted a thorough cost-benefit analysis of the CPP (the study appears to have been removed ...
... simultaneously creates greenhouse gases and local environmental pollutants, notably particulate matter and ozone. Therefore, it’s impossible to reduce one without reducing the other. When the Obama-era EPA conducted a thorough cost-benefit analysis of the CPP (the study appears to have been removed ...
The Arctic: A Barometer of Global Change
... importance in the global debate on how to deal with climate change. That's because the Arctic is the barometer of the globe's environmental health. We are indeed the canary in the global coal mine. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment projects dramatic and drastic depletion of sea-ice. In the next f ...
... importance in the global debate on how to deal with climate change. That's because the Arctic is the barometer of the globe's environmental health. We are indeed the canary in the global coal mine. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment projects dramatic and drastic depletion of sea-ice. In the next f ...
Knowledge Helps: Mechanistic Information and Numeric Evidence as Cognitive
... direct cognitive approaches (including numeracy and science education) seem to solidify biased views–– reinforcing a kind of cognitive stasis for GW attitudes. This is reminiscent of Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979), in which people with a strong position tended to polarize further after receiving (not ...
... direct cognitive approaches (including numeracy and science education) seem to solidify biased views–– reinforcing a kind of cognitive stasis for GW attitudes. This is reminiscent of Lord, Ross, and Lepper (1979), in which people with a strong position tended to polarize further after receiving (not ...
Indigenous knowledge of a changing climate
... collaborative work between researchers and community members. This participatory research process is reinforced through co-authorship of papers in this edition by non-Indigenous researchers and community leaders, or by Indigenous researchers directly. Several themes unite these papers. The value of ...
... collaborative work between researchers and community members. This participatory research process is reinforced through co-authorship of papers in this edition by non-Indigenous researchers and community leaders, or by Indigenous researchers directly. Several themes unite these papers. The value of ...
No Place Like Home - Environmental Justice Foundation
... change would see this exacerbated as food and water security decline, homes and assets are damaged or destroyed, and lives are put in jeopardy10. Where people are given no respite, have no opportunity to recover or capacity to adapt to deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change, ...
... change would see this exacerbated as food and water security decline, homes and assets are damaged or destroyed, and lives are put in jeopardy10. Where people are given no respite, have no opportunity to recover or capacity to adapt to deteriorating environmental conditions linked to climate change, ...
Climate Change: Issues and Implications
... The average temperature of the world has increased by 0.74 degree Celsius over the last 100 years (1906-2005). 2005 and 1998 were the warmest two years in the instrumental global surface air temperature record since 1850. Eleven of the last 12 years (1995 to 2006)-1996 exception-rank among the 1 ...
... The average temperature of the world has increased by 0.74 degree Celsius over the last 100 years (1906-2005). 2005 and 1998 were the warmest two years in the instrumental global surface air temperature record since 1850. Eleven of the last 12 years (1995 to 2006)-1996 exception-rank among the 1 ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.