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Twenty documents in the library in the category Causes
Causes: Reasons for climate deregulation, role of GHG, tipping points, role of fossil fuels and economic activities.
https://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/coalvswind/brief_coal.html#bf-toc-5
A 500 megawatt coal plant produces 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours per year, enough to power a city of about 140,000 people. It burns 1,430,000 tons of coal, uses 2.2 billion gallons of water and 146,000 tons of limestone. It also puts out, each year, a frightening list of noxious and toxic compounds.
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http://csas.ei.columbia.edu/our-work/climate-data-2/graphs/
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The graphs show both the climate changes and the consequences over time. Click on the graph and see the scientific papers that support the graph data.
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https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/ar4_syr.pdf
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carbon capture,
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government,
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models,
natural gas,
negotiations,
nuclear,
petroleum,
plans and scenarios,
solar,
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This Synthesis Report is based on the assessment carried out by the three Working Groups (WGs) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It provides an integrated view of climate change as the final part of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). Topic 1 summarizes observed changes in climate and their effects on natural and human systems, regardless of their causes, while Topic 2 assesses the causes of the observed changes. Topic 3 presents projections of future climate change and related impacts under different scenarios. Topic 4 discusses adaptation and mitigation options over the next few decades and their interactions with sustainable development. Excellent example of the thinking and methodology, but not the most recent data.
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https://collections.plos.org/responding-to-climate-change
Massive climate documentation library. A “must” reference for diverse quality information. Few areas can benefit as much from Open Access as climate change research: the combination of public, scientific, and governmental interest with the mounting misinformation, unsubstantiated opinions, and unsourced data make public access to original, well-reported, and peer-reviewed climate change research of utmost importance. An international reference.
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rec.12209/pdf
Tropical reforestation (TR) has been highlighted as an important intervention for climate change mitigation because of its carbon storage potential. TR can also play other frequently overlooked, but significant, roles in helping society and ecosystems adapt to climate variability and change. For example, reforestation can ameliorate climate-associated impacts of altered hydrological cycles in watersheds, protect coastal areas from increased storms, and provide habitat to reduce the probability of species’ extinctions under a changing climate.
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https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0081648
James Hansen, et.al. Assessment of impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate data. We use Earth’s measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon cycle and temperature to define emission reductions needed to stabilise climate and avoid potentially disastrous impacts.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un2yBgIAxYs
A forest is much more than what is seen, says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an understanding of how trees interrelate, often over vast distances. Understand the delicate balance of the forest and the concept of tipping points in forest health.
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https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/2015-state-climate-highlights
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The State of the Climate report series is an authoritative annual summary of the global climate. Published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, the report is edited by scientists at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information. The 2015 report is based on contributions from more than 450 scientists from 62 countries, drawing on tens of thousands of measurements of Earth's climate.
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https://unfccc.int/files/focus/long-term_strategies/application/pdf/mid_century_strategy_report-final_red.pdf
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biofuel,
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coal,
economics,
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energy,
forests,
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government,
habitation,
hydroelectric,
industry,
mitigation,
natural gas,
negotiations,
nuclear,
petroleum,
plans and scenarios,
promising technology,
recycling solutions,
solar,
success and failures,
technology,
transportation,
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US commitment to COP22. This document lays out a strategy to deeply decarbonize the U.S. economy by 2050. This document has been presented immediately after the US 2016 election results. At this point in time, little is known about the future of these very worthwhile commitments.
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https://toolkit.climate.gov/
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community,
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energy,
forests,
government,
health,
industry,
mitigation,
models,
recycling solutions,
technology,
transportation,
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Frameworks and tools to understand and address climate issues that impact people and their communities. Build resilience to climate impacts, see what others are doing, explore local situations.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX1r8OAmz9I
Wakeup call for climate realism.
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https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/
Blogs by climate scientists supplemented by comments from anyone. Lots of sophisticated graphics.
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7494
Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across generations. Managing climate-related risks will be more difficult without a base of knowledge and practice aimed at identifying and evaluating specific risks, and their likelihood and consequences, as well as potential actions to promote resilience in the face of these risks.An interesting article suggests that study of climate problems should move beyond the realms of physics and factor in socio-economic risk management. Much useful methodology already exists.
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https://science2017.globalchange.gov/
This report is an authoritative assessment of the science of climate change, with a focus on the United States. It represents the first of two volumes of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, mandated by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.
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https://library.savingourplanet.net/documents/616_Planete.pdf
De 2008 à 2011, une pause apparente du réchauffement global semblait sonner le glas de la thèse du changement climatique, pourtant prouvée par le recul historique de la banquise arctique en 2007 et le triplement constaté du rythme de montée des eaux au vingtième siècle (30 cm au lieu de 10 cm par siècle durant les 50 siècles précédents).
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https://library.savingourplanet.net/documents/Heavy_Precipitation_High_Temp.pdf
Climate change includes not only changes in mean climate but also in weather extremes. For a few prominent heatwaves and heavy precipitation events a human contribution to their occurrence has been demonstrated. Here we apply a similar framework but estimate what fraction of all globally occurring heavy precipitation and hot extremes is attributable to warming.
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https://library.savingourplanet.net/documents/Power-to-Decarbonize.pdf
In the summer of 2017, EP Senior Analyst Mark Nelson and EP Research Fellow Arun Ramamurthy took the analyses of energy decarbonization a step further.
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https://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/infographie-electricite-france-emissions-carbone-30672.php4
While electric power consumption has remained stable for several years, CO2 continues to rise in spite of significant increases in renewable energy capacity. Official details are in this Electricity Balance Sheet. In French.
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https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) studies the integrated picture of the carbon cycle and other interacting bio-geochemical cycles, including biophysical and human dimensions and their interactions and feedbacks. Covers three themes: Diagnostics, Vulnerability and Carbon Management and policy. Much useful data.
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http://globalenergyobservatory.org/
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energy,
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hydroelectric,
industry,
international references,
mitigation,
natural gas,
nuclear,
petroleum,
solar,
success and failures,
technology,
wind moreless
Vast source of energy data, including power plants, fuels and resources, energy transmission, and energy consumers. Data presented in many ways. Current worldwide list of coal power plants from this site.
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