PPT-Climate Change

in the Boston Harbor Islands national park area Photo Eva Van Aken Bumpkin Island 2010 Boston Harbor Islands national park area Unit I Climate Change Science To begin this brief video please advance the slide to begin then click when complete complete . What part do Church investments play?. Human-induced climate change. The earth’s atmosphere is warming at an alarming rate.. Overwhelming scientific consensus is that the cause is human activity – primarily burning of fossil fuels. . Andy Haines . Carbon dioxide measurements since 1957. Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The rise in carbon dioxide is due to our emissions. For every 100t of CO. 2. emitted now, 15-40t will remain in the atmosphere in1000y. What You Don’t Plan for May Land You in Court. Erin L. Deady, Esq., AICP, LEED AP. The Broad Brush-. Stopping the Impacts. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) (1992) voluntary goal of reducing GHGEs from developed countries to 1990 levels by 2000. When you complete this module, you will be able to. Explain natural causes of global climate change.. Trace the flow of carbon through the carbon cycle.. Explain the natural and human-related processes that cause increases and decreases in the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere..  . All must: . Describe simple . solutions to climate change outside the home.. Most should: . Explain how a family could take steps within their home to prevent climate change.. Some could: . Analyse how the future could look if we all tackled climate change. . into. Coastal . Zone Management. Presentation by:. Rahanna Juman and Kahlil Hassanali . Trinidad and Tobago. H. eavily dependent on resources and activities associated with the coastal zone . Economy sustained . resources of the western U.S.. Dennis P. Lettenmaier. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Washington. University of . Texas Austin. Center for Integrated Earth System Science Seminar Series. CUHK Summer Institute 2017. Prof. Benoit MAYER, . bmayer@cuhk.edu.hk. . Sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Session 3:. International cooperation. Today’s class:. International cooperation. Addressing climate change. Effects on Biodiversity. Warren G. Abrahamson. Biology Department. Bucknell . University. Threat: Impacts of .  . CO. 2. CO. 2. has . increased . ≈. 25. % in . 100 yrs.. Atmospheric . CO. 2. Ice Core CO. and . Social Vulnerability. Dr. Peter Gleick. Pacific Institute, Oakland, California. California Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies (1895-2014) . (36-month periods). Source: Mann and Gleick, 2015, PNAS. NOAA/NCDC . 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.. Climate Matters in the Newsroom Josh Murphy Center for Climate Change Communication (4C) George Mason University Overview Our Mission (4C) “ We develop and apply social science insights to help society make informed decisions that will stabilize the Earth’s life-sustaining climate, and prevent further harm from climate change.” 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. 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..