Global Hydrological Cycle Response to Rapid and Slow Global Warming

Robust Responses of the Hydrological Cycle to Global Warming

Using the climate change experiments generated for the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, this study examines some aspects of the changes in the hydrological cycle that are robust across the models. These responses include the decrease in convective mass fluxes, the increase in horizontal moisture transport, the associated enhancement of the pattern of evaporati...

Thermodynamic and dynamic mechanisms for large-scale changes in the hydrological cycle in response to global warming

The mechanisms of changes in the large scale hydrological cycle projected by 15 models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 3 and used for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report Four are analyzed by computing differences between 2046-65 and 1961-2000. The contributions to changes in precipitation minus evaporation, P − E, caused thermodynamically b...

New Directions: Enhancing the natural sulfur cycle to slow global warming

The physician's role in efforts to slow global warming.

Dr. Parker’s article in this issue of American Family Physician offers a concise presentation of the science of climate change.1 Global warming will directly affect the health of our patients, communities, and planet; therefore, physicians and other health care professionals have a critical role in addressing the issue. In 2007, greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the production of health ...

The Change of the Hydrological Cycle under the Influence of Global Warming

The impact of global warming on the water cycle can be extremely complex and diverse. The results of research summarized below illustrate the scale and the geography of the components' possible changes on a global, regional and local level due to global warming. The changes of air temperature, precipitation, river runoff, évapotranspiration and soil moisture are analyzed on different stages of ...