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Introduction and Background |
Global warming
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"What is global warming?" |
Book cover: "The Economics of Climate Change - The Stern Review" - by Nicholas Stern |
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One of the leaks from the
global climate Pandora's box. |
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One of the leaks from the
global climate Pandora's box. |
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The Greenhouse Effect |
The Greenhouse Gasses (GHGs) |
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Where there is
smoke... |
...there is heat. |
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Some factors contributing to
climate change. |
"What causes sea level
changes?" |
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Surface reflectivity. |
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"The present carbon cycle." |
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The water cycle - NASA |
"How the Dead Zone Forms" |
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"Climate Change Attribution" |
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"The Components of Global
Environmental Change" |
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Global warming could cause
local climate cooling. (Image - 016) |
Atmospheric solar radiation
processing. (Image - 017) |
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Departures in temperature (C)
from the 1961-1990 average - 1860-2000 |
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Global warming - 1880-2005 |
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Departures in temperature (C)
from the 1960-1990 average - 1000-2000 |
Man-made and natural disasters
and catastrophes |
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Levels of scientific
understanding on radiative forcing. |
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Components of radiative
forcings |
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"Earth's Clock of Life" |
Sea level rise. |
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"Trade and International
Policy" |
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"Sunspot Cycles: Past and
Future" - a possible and limited contributor to climate change. |
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"Evidence of Global Warming -
1930-2005" |
"Catastrophes in 2005 by
Region" |
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