Sentences with phrase «earth system stability»

For a description of how variability in the size and speed of the water cycle and of the positions, sizes and intensities of the permanent climate zones work together to alter the rate of energy flow from surface to space to maintain Earth system stability, click the link below:

Not exact matches

The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth system.

In the case of Gliese 581g, it appears that the stability of the planetary system would be compromised if the planet were much more than 4.3 times as massive as Earth.

-- Is there any chance of a future big incident that threatens the stability of the Earth and our solar system?

David Benson, Based solely on the fact that Earth was 33 degrees warmer than its blackbody temperature, on what was known of the absorption spectrum of CO2 and on the fact that Earth's climate did not exhibit exceptional stability characteristic of systems with negative feedback, I'd probably still go with restricting CO2 sensitivity to 0 to + infinity.

In essence, the Planetary Boundary analysis simply identifies Earth System processes that — in the same manner as climate — regulate the stability of the Earth System, and if impacted too far by human activities potentially can disrupt the functioning of the Earth System.

They do not substantively put in question the stability of the Earth system as a basis for human development — see Will Steffen's response.

Furthermore, there does not need to be a tipping point for these processes and systems in order for them to function as key regulators of the stability of the Earth system.

(2) Establishing the Planetary Boundaries, i.e. identifying Earth System scale boundaries for environmental processes that regulate the stability of the planet, does not (of course) contradict or replace the need for local action, transparency and democratic processes.

I pointed out in my article entitled «The Death Blow to AGW» that stability is no indication of an absence of accumulating solar energy in the Earth's system if the sun was at a historically high level of activity as it then was.

I will consider only water vapour here because it is so important for the thermal stability of Earth's climate system.

Nobody knows what «Earth - system stability» would look like.

In addition we have coupled the ice model Sicopolis to our Earth System model CLIMBER - 2 to study the stability of the Greenland ice sheet in past and future climate changes.

Third, the aim of «Earth - system stability» is scientifically absurd — undefined, unnatural, and unachievable.

I have been worrying that even common properties of all present climate models and models than can be developed in near future may common bias towards such stability that is not necessarily true for the real Earth system.

Lucky for us the Earth's climate system has negative feedbacks which means, stability.

The planetary boundaries framework defines a safe operating space for humanity based on the intrinsic biophysical processes that regulate the stability of the Earth system.

The entire history of Earth — especially the last several million years — indicates a system of remarkable stability, oscillating between 2 more or less fixed states regardless of wide variations in all known climate - influencing factors.

Climate and Earth system models have been used to investigate the stability of the AMOC, in particular the number of stable states that the system can exist in, which is an important characteristic to know for fully understanding the climate system.

Sponsored by three activist groups — Oil Change International, Environmental Action, and The Other 98 % — the 30 - second ad was part of a crowd - funded campaign to point out the fatal flaw in ExxonMobil's business model to maximize oil and gas extraction across the globe regardless of the growing threat to the stability of Earth's climate system and thus the livability of the planet for our children, their children, and future generations.

Is it too much of a leap to say that through his leadership role at Exxon in maximizing oil and gas extraction across the globe — regardless of the growing threat to the stability of Earth's climate system and thus the livability of the planet for our children, their children, and future generations — Tillerson has been endangering the lives of children the world over to the point of abuse?

Applying a simulation design in the Community Earth System Model in which CO2 increases are isolated over individual continents, we demonstrate that different circulation, moisture and stability changes arise over each continent due to declines in stomatal conductance and transpiration.