IGS 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: World Wide Fund For Nature, Copenhagen Accord, Clean Power Plan
24 Jan 2017
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Climate change and the un: from the kyoto protocol to the paris agreement. Slow, long-term increase in average world temperatures. There may be regions where can be cooler. Estimates: ~ 1 f or 0. 6 c in past century. Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for part of this temperature rise. These emissions mostly come from burning fossil fuels: petroleum, coal, and natural gas. Discovery of global warming reflects crucial role of science in the global environment. Proving the connection required science, research funds, and computing power. Advanced computing enabled scientists to simulate different scenarios. This past may was the warmest may month in a 137-year period. May was the thirtieth consecutive month to have soaring global temperatures across land and sea surfaces, the longest and hottest streak since. 2016 is on pace to be the hottest year on record. Each of the first six months of 2016 set a record as the warmest respective month globally in the modern temperature record.
