Earth, Air, Fire and Ice: Exploring Links between Human-induced Global Warming, Polar Ice Melt and Local Scale Extreme Weather

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-64
Author(s):  
Edward Hanna ◽  
Richard J. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Polar Ice ◽  
Ice Melt

Extreme Weather Resulting from Global Warming is an Emerging Threat to Farmworker Health and Safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 189-190
Author(s):  
Kent E. Pinkerton ◽  
Emily Felt ◽  
Heather E. Riden
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Extreme Precipitation ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Cold Waves ◽  
Warming Climate ◽  
Weather Events

Abstract. A warming climate has been linked to an increase in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, including heat and cold waves, extreme precipitation, and wildfires. This increase in extreme weather results in increased risks to the health and safety of farmworkers. Keywords: Climate change, Extreme weather, Farmworkers, Global warming, Health and safety.

scholarly journals Curve Number (CN) as Pressure Indicator of the Hydrological Condition under Global Warming Scenarios at a Local Scale in La Mojana Region, Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (29) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Alvaro J. Zabaleta ◽  
Teobaldis Mercado ◽  
Jose Luis Marrugo ◽  
Jhon Jairo Feria Diaz ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Curve Number ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Hydrological Condition ◽  
Pressure Indicator

scholarly journals Water Water Everywhere

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
Jean Levy
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Extreme Weather ◽  
The World

During the last decade of the 20th century the world was exposed to increasing episodes of extreme weather. Figures reveal a 0.6°C rise in average temperatures since records began in 1860, with the 1990s being the warmest decade and 1998 the warmest year. Experts believe that these rising temperatures, or global warming, are in part due to human influences.

scholarly journals Localness in Climate Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore G. Shepherd ◽  
Adam H. Sobel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Climate Science ◽  
Local Scale ◽  
Normative Approach ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ethical Choices ◽  
Irreducible Uncertainty ◽  
Scientific Questions ◽  
Current Paradigm

Abstract Climate change is a global problem, yet it is experienced at the local scale, in ways that are both place-specific and specific to the accidents of weather history. This article takes the dichotomy between the global and the local as a starting point to develop a critique of the normative approach within climate science, which is global in various ways and thereby fails to bring meaning to the local. The article discusses the ethical choices implicit in the current paradigm of climate prediction, how irreducible uncertainty at the local scale can be managed by suitable reframing of the scientific questions, and some particular epistemic considerations that apply to climate change in the global South. The article argues for an elevation of the narrative and for a demotion of the probabilistic from its place of privilege in the construction and communication of our understanding of global warming and its local consequences.

scholarly journals Signature of ice melt over the Greenland derived from MSMR (OCEANSAT-1) data

MAUSAM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 627-632
Author(s):  
N. SHARMA ◽  
M.K. DASH ◽  
N.K. VYAS ◽  
S.M. BHANDARI ◽  
P.C. PANDEY ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Sea Ice ◽  
Climate Changes ◽  
Ice Sheets ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Ice Melt ◽  
Continental Ice Sheets ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Concentration Levels

In order to monitor the impact of global warming phenomena over the Polar Regions, it is necessary to monitor snow/ice melt on the Greenland and the Antarctic ice sheets. Using MSMR data, it is possible to differentiate sea ice at different concentration levels. On the basis of microwave emissivities of continental ice and sea ice, useful information on the formation and melting of the ice can be derived. The paper discusses different strategies to derive a melt signal from the MSMR observations for the continental ice sheets in Greenland. The Polarization Difference (PD) for 21 GHz, available from MSMR data, is studied and an appropriate threshold is selected to detect the presence of melt signal. The results of the present study have bearing on climate changes.

scholarly journals Stripping back the modern to reveal the Cenomanian–Turonian climate and temperature gradient underneath

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 953-971 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Laugié ◽  
Yannick Donnadieu ◽  
Jean-Baptiste Ladant ◽  
J. A. Mattias Green ◽  
Laurent Bopp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Soil Parameters ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Polar Ice ◽  
Solar Constant ◽  
Incremental Change ◽  
Greenhouse Climate ◽  
Polar Ice Sheets ◽  
Atmospheric Pco2

Abstract. During past geological times, the Earth experienced several intervals of global warmth, but their driving factors remain equivocal. A careful appraisal of the main processes controlling past warm events is essential to inform future climates and ultimately provide decision makers with a clear understanding of the processes at play in a warmer world. In this context, intervals of greenhouse climates, such as the thermal maximum of the Cenomanian–Turonian (∼94 Ma) during the Cretaceous Period, are of particular interest. Here we use the IPSL-CM5A2 (IPSL: Institut Pierre et Simon Laplace) Earth system model to unravel the forcing parameters of the Cenomanian–Turonian greenhouse climate. We perform six simulations with an incremental change in five major boundary conditions in order to isolate their respective role on climate change between the Cenomanian–Turonian and the preindustrial. Starting with a preindustrial simulation, we implement the following changes in boundary conditions: (1) the absence of polar ice sheets, (2) the increase in atmospheric pCO2 to 1120 ppm, (3) the change in vegetation and soil parameters, (4) the 1 % decrease in the Cenomanian–Turonian value of the solar constant and (5) the Cenomanian–Turonian palaeogeography. Between the preindustrial simulation and the Cretaceous simulation, the model simulates a global warming of more than 11 ∘C. Most of this warming is driven by the increase in atmospheric pCO2 to 1120 ppm. Palaeogeographic changes represent the second major contributor to global warming, whereas the reduction in the solar constant counteracts most of geographically driven warming. We further demonstrate that the implementation of Cenomanian–Turonian boundary conditions flattens meridional temperature gradients compared to the preindustrial simulation. Interestingly, we show that palaeogeography is the major driver of the flattening in the low latitudes to midlatitudes, whereas pCO2 rise and polar ice sheet retreat dominate the high-latitude response.

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