Not exact matches
While
climate researchers struggle to refine their
projections of the
changing global
climate and to anticipate the social impact of those shifts, a growing number of scientists are realizing that the past may contain valuable lessons
about our
future.
No one is more concerned than the Japanese, who are surrounded by seas;
about 73 % of Japan is forested, mountainous, and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use, as a result, the habitable zones are mainly located in or near coastal areas, so much so that, there are growing concerns in Japan of the impact of
climate change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
climate change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on
climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
change, to provide
future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scenarios.
If scientists could know more
about Arctic
climate of the past, they could better understand today's
changes, and use that knowledge to improve
projections for the
future.
Projections of
Future Changes in
Climate «For the next two decades, a warming of
about 0.2 °C per decade is projected for a range of SRES emission scenarios.
Of the many inane arguments that are made against taking action on
climate change, perhaps the most fatuous is that the
projections climate models offer
about the
future are too uncertain to justify taking steps that might inconvenience us in the present.
The motivation for the MCA arose from citizens and organizations in Montana who have expressed interest in receiving timely and pertinent information
about climate change, including information
about historical variability, past trends, and
projections of
future impacts as they relate to topics of economic concern.
The discussions
about the past millennium are not discussions
about whether humans are
changing climate; neither do they affect our
projections for the
future.
[Response: Well the discussion in the TAR is actually very clear
about what can be evaluated (current
climate conditions and variability, past
changes etc.) and the use of GCM
projections of possible
future climates, and all of the apparently dramatic points made by Crichton are acknowledged and discussed there.
Not to mention raising questions
about the confidence that we should place in the IPCC's
projections of
future climate change.
Of the many inane arguments that are made against taking action on
climate change, perhaps the most fatuous is that the
projections climate models offer
about the
future are too uncertain to justify taking steps that might inconvenience us in the present.
In summary, there is little new
about climate science in the report, and nothing at all new
about attribution of past warming and extreme weather events to human activity,
projections of
future warming and its effects, or potential for catastrophic
changes.
People who've been following the debate
about global warming closely will be aware that the economic modelling used in
projections of
future climate change by the IPCC has been severely criticised by former Australian Statistician Ian Castles and former OECD chief economist David Henderson.
· provide
projections of
future climate change on two time scales, near term (out to
about 2035) and long term (out to 2100 and beyond), and
Even our hostess (who knows a lot
about «the science») concedes that it is «complicated» and that there is great «uncertainty» regarding attribution of
climate change (and, hence, all the
projections for the
future).
The discrepancy between recent observed and simulated trends in global mean surface temperature has provoked a debate
about possible causes and implications for
future climate change projections.
However, uncertainty
about the current state of Himalayan glaciers (4) and the
future state of the
climate, as well as an incomplete understanding of the processes affecting Himalayan glaciers under the current
climate, make any
projections of
climate change's impact on glaciers uncertain as well (2, 23, 17, 39).
Ecosystem responses to past rainfall variability in the Sahel are potentially useful as an analogue of
future climate change impacts, in the light of
projections that extreme drought - affected terrestrial areas will increase from 1 % to
about 30 % globally by the 2090s (Burke et al., 2006).
During the segment, Stossel portrayed skepticism
about global warming as just as scientifically valid as respectable scientific research and opinion showing that the
climate is
changing; misleadingly suggested that
projections of the
future global
climate are comparable to a local news channel's «weather forecast»; and highlighted Crichton's claim that
climate scientists have an incentive to exaggerate global warming in order to win grants.
Asked by CNSNews
about the Intergovernment Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), Easterbrook said they «ignored all the data I gave them... every time I say something about the projection of climate into the future based on real data, they come out with some [computer] modeled data that says this is just a temporary pause... I am absolutely dumfounded by the totally absurd and stupid things said every day by people who are purportedly scientists that make no sense whatsoe
Climate Change (IPCC), Easterbrook said they «ignored all the data I gave them... every time I say something
about the
projection of
climate into the future based on real data, they come out with some [computer] modeled data that says this is just a temporary pause... I am absolutely dumfounded by the totally absurd and stupid things said every day by people who are purportedly scientists that make no sense whatsoe
climate into the
future based on real data, they come out with some [computer] modeled data that says this is just a temporary pause... I am absolutely dumfounded by the totally absurd and stupid things said every day by people who are purportedly scientists that make no sense whatsoever....
PCIC's Trevor Murdock delivered a talk
about the 200 - year flooding event in Bella Coola, discussing the results of
climate downscaling approaches and
future projections, which call for greater
changes in more extreme events and wetter winters.