Sentences with phrase «of the global climate system»

In particular, the connection between rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and the increased warming of the global climate system is more certain than ever.
The efficacy depends on nature of the forcing, regional atmospheric differences and the response of the global climate system.
How fast the ocean takes up excess heat from the atmosphere and how that excess heat will eventually be distributed is an important aspect of the global climate system.
These extreme weather patterns make this area an ideal location for climate scientists to study the delicate interconnected web of the global climate system.
During the years to come, his interests remain focused on ice sheet climates and the interactions with the remainder of the global climate system, using fully coupled climate models.
In particular, the connection between rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and the increased warming of the global climate system is more certain than ever.
Global climate models are the scientific community's best tools for understanding the detailed dynamics of the global climate system and the way those dynamics change in response to greenhouse gas emissions and other human activities.
«At the same time, we will continue to resolutely be a protector and promoter of the global climate system process, proactively participating in the multilateral climate change process,» Hua said.
«At the same time, we will continue to resolutely be a protector and promoter of the global climate system process, proactively participating in the multilateral climate change process,» Hua said.
They caution of a global climate system that's capable of drawing decades» worth of hoarded heat out of the Pacific Ocean, and belching it back into the atmosphere.
Scientific research in the Polar Regions is essential to understanding the Earth, its history, regional ecosystems, and the workings of the global climate system.
Together, these ice sheets offer researchers a comprehensive record of Earth's climate history and play an important role in the future of the global climate system.
He estimates the heat capacity of the global climate system, and uses historical temperature data to estimate the «characteristic timescale» of temperature change.
The region is now definitively trending toward an ice - free state, the scientists said, with wide - ranging ramifications for ecosystems, national security, and the stability of the global climate system.
«Our ability to explain our forecast physically and observe the key transition points of the global climate system two to six weeks in advance of the onset of cold weather has proven invaluable to earning the trust of our clients.»
Ocean and atmospheric indices — in this case the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the North Pacific Oscillation (NPO)-- can be thought of as chaotic oscillators that are nodes on the network of the global climate system.
Worldcrunch: Sometimes described as the engine of the global climate system because of its role in climate and water systems, the Qinghai - Tibet Plateau in western China, with its fragile and sensitive ecosystem, is considered a «canary - in - the - mine» for global climate change.
used network math across a number of climate indices to confirm that synchronous chaos is at the core of the global climate system.
Thus Curry is incorrect; even over a timeframe as short as the past two decades, the human - caused global surface warming signal has been larger than the natural variability of the global climate system.
Although these models are among the most elaborate predictive models of complex non-linear phenomena, they are nonetheless sweeping oversimplifications of the global climate system and its mechanistic intricacies.
25 Recent Findings The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its Third Assessment Report (TAR) in 2001 that described what was currently known about about the global climate system and provided future estimates about the state of the global climate system.
The book covers a wide range of topics vital to understanding the climate challenge, from the operation of the global climate system, to its key vulnerabilities and thresholds, to an assessment of the technologies that will be required to rein in climate disruption.
The report tracks patterns, changes, and trends of the global climate system, including: greenhouse gases; temperatures throughout the atmosphere, ocean, and land; cloud cover; sea level; ocean salinity; sea ice extent; and snow cover.
I am particularly excited that this paper perhaps gives us some insight into the workings of the PDO which I think is the main driver of the global climate system.
I remember Nick Shackleton saying that he hoped that humans would never attempt geoengineering of the global climate system.
They are the most advanced tools currently available for simulating the response of the global climate system to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.
Judith I understand the APS actually wrote to IPCC questioning on what basis they determined that certainty of the connection between rising concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and the increased warming of the global climate system is INCREASING.
Global climate models are the scientific community's best tools for understanding the detailed dynamics of the global climate system and the way those dynamics change in response to greenhouse gas emissions and other human activities.
Using computer models of the global climate system, researchers estimated that climate change, if left unadressed, is expected to cause roughly 60,000 additional deaths globally in the year 2030.
Current computer models can faithfully simulate many of the important aspects of the global climate system, such as changes in global average temperature over many decades; the march of the seasons on large spatial scales; and how the climate responds to large - scale forcing, like a large volcanic eruption.
Although a significant factor in global climate on the scale of decades — the Pacific Ocean modes are part of a global climate system that is variable at many scales in time and space.
They are the most advanced tools currently available for simulating the response of the global climate system — including processes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere, and land surface — to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations.
The international journal Climate Dynamics provides for the publication of high - quality research on all aspects of the dynamics of the global climate system.
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