Climate forcing

Scientific research into the dynamics of urban heat islands and possible remedies to the problem are vital in the cause of balancing human activities with environmental sustainability. The urgent and imminent environmentally and economically damaging effects of urban heat islands are concerning topics which necessitate equally as drastic solutions, some of which have already begun to be instated, but may not go far enough in protecting our planet. This paper discusses the present measures put in

the environment and climate have varied in the past. East Africa is of particular interest with the debates surrounding the “out-of-Africa” migrations of anatomically modern humans (e.g. Appenzellar, 2012; Armitage et al, 2011; Balter, 2011; Cruciani et al, 2011). It is still premature for any grand synthesis of the region’s climatic past when the patchiness of the palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental records are acknowledged, and in light of the complexity of the climate forcing mechanisms across

industries. This report provides high-level detail on the two types of HFC compounds, their impact on climate, environmental fate, and their safety and economic aspects. The three parts of

further, have had significant impacts on the climatic oscillations recorded during Pleistocene. Nonetheless, these external forcings do not act alone and have positive internal forcing feedbacks such as greenhouse gases (Marshall, 2010) and other factors that combine into the resultant net change on the climate. The Milankovitch Mechanisms are central to long-term climate history discourse (Berger, 2013) and incorporate three orbital changes, which are named Precession, Eccentricity and Obliquity

the upper ocean are important for interpreting the global climate and its variability. The upper ocean is often referred to as the ocean mixed layer (ML). It is a quasi-homogeneous layer of oceanic tracers regulated by turbulence due to air-sea exchanges of heat and momentum fluxes. The thickness of the ML modulates its heat capacity and controls the evolution of sea surface temperature (SST), which is important for understanding climate dynamics. Therefore, the mean state and seasonal cycle of ocean

Climate change seems like a big word, but if we were to decode its meaning, it would boil down to simply as a change in the earth’s weather patterns or average temperatures, which is both long term and at global scale (MetOffice, 2017). Global scale includes changes like melting of glaciers, rising sea levels, diminishing of endangered species, warmer summers, spreading of diseases, rampant floods, frequent droughts, stronger hurricanes etc. Interestingly, the United Nations Framework Convention

contributor to global climate change, possibly second only to CO2 as the main driver of change. BC particles strongly absorb sunlight and give soot its black color. BC is produced both naturally and by human activities as a result of the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuels, and biomass. Primary sources include emissions from diesel engines, cook stoves, wood burning and forest fires. Reducing CO2 emissions is essential to avert the worst impacts of future climate change, but CO2 has such

In this section, we will look at how each factor was affected by the forcing boundary conditions set in the six experiments we ran. The results section will be organized in sections by factor. Annual Planetary Albedo First we will address results about how annual planetary albedo was affected by altering the forcings in the simulations. Overall, when comparing Control Experiment (Modern Specified SST) to Primary Experiment 3 (Ice Age 21kya run), we observed a relatively higher planetary albedo

Polar bears will become extinct if we won't stop the global warming! The latest survey conducted by the US Forest Service shows that as many as 97% of the animals of the Arctic could be affected as a result of the observed warming. The climate change may occur faster in the Arctic region. Scientists have developed computer models to predict changes in the environment and their impact on the 162 species of birds and 39 species of mammals in the Arctic. The results were appalling. The researchers found

descriptions of the weather, each scene’s climate tailored to the intended mood, which help readers predict and connect to the novel. Many scenes open with vivid descriptions of the weather before introducing characters or dialogue. These passages do more than set the scene; they are heavily symbolic. In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë deliberately uses weather to set the mood, mirror Jane Eyre's emotions, and as a means of foreshadowing. Brontë carefully selects the climate to fit the scene’s mood. When Eyre