PPT-Climate Change Scepticism

The Great Debate There are many Sceptics and there are certainly many things to be sceptical of Climate Change Scepticism but is climate change one of them Open a newspaper or simply switch on your TV and there is likely to be someone who is arguing that climate change is not worth worrying about. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change rising global temperatures will very likely increase the frequency and intensity of heat waves droughts and heavy rainfall events adversely affecting agriculture forests water resources indu Abrupt Climate Change. R.B. Alley et al. (2003). Early . Warning . of . Climate Tipping Points . Timothy M. . Lenton. (2011). Eric Birney. Atmospheric Science. Dr. Richard Alley. Dr. Tim . Lenton. Professor at Penn State University. Osmanova. Inna,. June 24,2015, . Ormea. Agriculture in Central Asia. Tajikistan. . - . 21% of GDP and 64% of total employment . Kyrgyz Republic. -. 17% of GDP and 30,7 % of total employment . Uzbekistan. 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. GLEN BISSETT. 2. 2014. Data driven professional scepticism. Outline. What is professional scepticism. ?. What is data. ?. How can one drive the other. ?. How does IDEA help?. What is professional scepticism?. 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.. Climate change affects us all . – . but those hit first and hardest . a. re people . living in poverty. . Already. , 150,000 people die . each . year . from . the effects of climate change, . almost . Created and presented by Brandi graham. What is global warming and why is it happening? . Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth's climate. Learning Objectives. :. To understand the evidence for and against global climate change- World and UK temperatures for the last 100 and 1000 years. To know the causes of global warming. To know the consequences of global climate change- social, economic, environmental and political consequences of global climate change and how they change the way we live. . 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. 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.. 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.. 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..