Attitudes towards global warming: The role of anticipated guilt and the Dark Triad traits

In January 2006, my wife Susannah Sayler and I set out to photograph landscapes around the world that were being transformed by global warming. We called our work The Canary Project. From the beginning, as now, we had both activist aims and artistic ambitions. These two types of motivation overlap in places and in other places feel completely distinct. In general, we feel as though are carrying forward a torch that science cannot carry any further. Following are some thoughts on our role as activists and as artists and as collaborators with the scientific community.

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Sustainable Water Flows in Era of Climate Change

10.5772/intechopen.101064 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Deepika Pandey

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Water Management ◽

Global Warming ◽

Energy Requirements ◽

Precipitation Pattern ◽

Sustainable Water Management ◽

Groundwater Availability ◽

Water Flows ◽

Surface Water Flow

The flow of water in rivers is of paramount importance to maintain supply of food and energy requirements to a great extent. The minimum flow in perennial rivers is subjected to groundwater availability, it is further replenished by the water added through precipitation. Climate change not only increases the melting of glaciers and sea level rise, but also influences the surface water flow and quality. As agriculture is directly affected by changing precipitation pattern, the reduction in water resources and untimely addition of water, both act havoc to the food production process. This interconnection makes agriculture even more vulnerable to the scenarios of global warming and climate change. Studies on food-energy-water nexus has opened new avenues of research in sustainable water management. The role of sustainable flow of water in rivers is highlighted which needs to be understood in era of climate change.

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Climate Change and Aerosol Sciences

10.47260/jesge/1132 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Kehan Li

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Warming ◽

Particulate Matter ◽

Environmental Policy ◽

Solar Radiation ◽

Greenhouse Gases ◽

Atmospheric Aerosols ◽

Environmental Policies ◽

Modern Times

Climate change is of great importance in modern times and global warming is considered as a significant part of climate change. It is proved that human’s emissions such as greenhouse gases are one of the main sources of global warming (IPCC, 2018). Apart from greenhouse gases, there is another kind of matter being released in quantity via emissions from industries and transportations and playing an important role in global warming, which is aerosol. However, atmospheric aerosols have the net effect of cooling towards global warming. In this paper, climate change with respect to global warming is briefly introduced and the role of aerosols in the atmosphere is emphasized. Besides, properties of aerosols including dynamics and thermodynamics of aerosols as well as interactions with solar radiation are concluded. In the end, environmental policies and solutions are discussed. Keywords: Climate change, Global warming, Atmospheric aerosols, Particulate matter, Radiation, Environmental policy.

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