quinta-feira, 4 de junho de 2009

Bíblia das Alterações Climáticas

O NIPCC elaborou um belíssimo documento que elucida de forma muito interessante as verdades sobre as Alterações Climáticas. O documento é tão extenso (quase 900 páginas!) e tão aprofundado, que não deixa muitas dúvidas. Por isso fica aqui o Índice do documento e o respectivo link, para que todos possam ficar a conhecer melhor as verdades inconvenientes das Alterações Climáticas.

1. Global Climate Models and Their Limitations
 1.1. Models and Forecasts
 1.2. Radiation
 1.3. Clouds
 1.4. Precipitation

2. Feedback Factors and Radiative Forcing
 2.1. Clouds
 2.2. Carbonyl Sulfide
 2.3. Diffuse Light
 2.4. Iodocompounds
 2.5. Nitrous Oxide
 2.6. Methane
 2.7. Dimethyl Sulfide
 2.8. Aerosols

3. Observations: Temperature Records
 3.1. Paleoclimate Data
 3.2. Past 1,000 Years
 3.3. Urban Heat Islands
 3.4. Fingerprints
 3.5. Satellite Data
 3.6. Arctic
 3.7. Antarctic

4. Observations: Glaciers, Sea Ice, Precipitation, and Sea Level
 4.1. Glaciers
 4.2. Sea Ice
 4.3. Precipitation Trends
 4.4. Streamflow
 4.5. Sea-level Rise

5. Solar Variability and Climate Cycles
 5.1. Cosmic Rays
 5.2. Irradiance
 5.3. Temperature
 5.4. Precipitation
 5.5. Droughts
 5.6. Floods
 5.7. Monsoons
 5.8. Streamflow

6. Observations: Extreme Weather
 6.1. Droughts
 6.2. Floods
 6.3. Tropical Cyclones
 6.4. ENSO
 6.5. Precipitation Variability
 6.6. Storms
 6.7. Snow
 6.8. Storm Surges
 6.9. Temperature Variability
 6.10. Wildfires

7. Biological Effects of Carbon Dioxide Enrichment
 7.1. Plant Productivity Responses
 7.2. Water Use Efficiency
 7.3. Amelioration of Environmental Stresses
 7.4. Acclimation
 7.5. Competition
 7.6. Respiration
 7.7. Carbon Sequestration
 7.8. Other Benefits
 7.9. Greening of the Earth

8. Species Extinction
 8.1. Explaining Extinction
 8.2. Terrestrial Plants
 8.3. Coral Reefs
 8.4. Polar Bears

9. Human Health Effects
 9.1. Diseases
 9.2. Nutrition
 9.3. Human Longevity
 9.4. Food vs. Nature
 9.5. Biofuels

www.nipccreport.org/