PPT-The State of our Climate

Understanding our role in a changing atmosphere Logan Voellinger The Carbon Cycle Carbon Sinks Carbon reservoirs that accumulate over time storing carbon outside of typical atmospheric carbon cycles. THE DEBATE HAS JUST STARTED. Dr Cush . Ngonzo. . Luwesi. (PhD) . Lecturer. Kenyatta University. Climate Engineering Conference 2014 (. CEC 2014) 19 August 2014, Berlin,. Germany. water crises are not about too little water…. but about . Definitions. Weather:. State of the atmosphere at a particular point in time.. Look outside.. Climate:. The accumulation of “weather” (atmospheric state) over a longer time period.. Look outside for a really long time and do statistics. . Climate Engineering Conference, Berlin, 2014 . Dan Bodansky . Axel Michaelowa. Matthias Honegger. Ying CHEN. Co-hosted by:. The UN Climate Convention is the most adequate forum to launch a decision making process on . Central Great Plains Climate Education Partnership. A . regional project. Agricultural producers. Rural communities. Rural schools. Outline For This Talk. Overview of our project. Lessons from . research focus . Khomenko Inna. Odessa State Environmental University. Transportation not only affects climate, but are . strongly influenced with the climate conditions. , and key hubs of the transportation sector are cities. Climatology. is . the study of Earth’s climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climatic changes.. Climate describes annual variations of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other weather factors.. Climate is influenced by a variety of processes, including geologic processes. Volcanism. Sea-floor spreading. Configuration of landmasses due to plate tectonics. Climate changes impact geologic processes. 17 January 2011. How and Why Does Climate Change?. Climate changes over a broad range of time scales. Years, decades, centuries, millennia. Many factors combine to affect climate. Variability of incoming solar radiation. . . UVI Caribbean Exploratory Research Center. 2016 Institute. . LaVerne E. Ragster, Ph.D.. CERC Research Associate . University of the Virgin Islands . Climate Change - our new world Environment. Is it getting worse?. Are Humans causing it?. Is Time running out?. Is there anything that should be done?. Is the “standard model” the only option?. Climate change?. . “Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.” Enrico Fermi 1938.. long-term weather patterns. for a particular area.. On Earth we have different climates depending on where you are. . Can you think of any  different climates?. 2. What is climate change?. Climate change. Many regions close to the equator experience an equatorial climate. These . regions 0° - 10° N and S of the equator . include, the Amazon Basin (South America), the Congo Basin (Africa), Malaysia, Indonesia and some areas in northern . Examples of the both fine-scale and larger-scale signature of climate and climate history include:. Effect of differences in climate on landforms . Relict . topography formed by now inactive . processes.. Goal-14 Life Below Water. Goal-15 Life On Land. SDG Group-VIII . 1. Departments/ Agencies Involved . Forest (including Wildlife). Assam. State Biodiversity Board. Fisheries. Water Resources.