Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies for Natural
... and revise the assessments, and then apply the findings to identify climate change adaptation strategies applicable across managed lands within each ecoregion. Components of the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Ecosystems and Habitats (HCCVI) The HCCVI aims to implement a series of measures ad ...
... and revise the assessments, and then apply the findings to identify climate change adaptation strategies applicable across managed lands within each ecoregion. Components of the Climate Change Vulnerability Index for Ecosystems and Habitats (HCCVI) The HCCVI aims to implement a series of measures ad ...
CIRCE urban heat island simulations
... Human activity influences the climate across a wide range of space and timescales. Global climate responds to the radiative forcing and feedbacks resulting from emissions of well-mixed greenhouse gases while regional climates will further respond to such drivers as land-use change, agriculture, defo ...
... Human activity influences the climate across a wide range of space and timescales. Global climate responds to the radiative forcing and feedbacks resulting from emissions of well-mixed greenhouse gases while regional climates will further respond to such drivers as land-use change, agriculture, defo ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... nutrient loss via dust resulting from wind erosion in dry times. ...
... nutrient loss via dust resulting from wind erosion in dry times. ...
Transportation, Air Pollution, and Climate Change | US EPA
... regulatory actions that have small, or “marginal,” impacts on cumulative global emissions. Most federal regulatory actions can be expected to have marginal impacts on global emissions. For such policies, the benefits from reduced (or costs from increased) emissions in any future year can be estimate ...
... regulatory actions that have small, or “marginal,” impacts on cumulative global emissions. Most federal regulatory actions can be expected to have marginal impacts on global emissions. For such policies, the benefits from reduced (or costs from increased) emissions in any future year can be estimate ...
Recent developments on the South American monsoon system
... The SAMS is part of the monsoon system of the Americas. In the upper troposphere, the wet summer season is characterised by an anticyclonic circulation over Bolivia and a trough over the tropical and sub-tropical South Atlantic, near the coast of Northeast Brazil (Figure 1A). Prominent low-level fea ...
... The SAMS is part of the monsoon system of the Americas. In the upper troposphere, the wet summer season is characterised by an anticyclonic circulation over Bolivia and a trough over the tropical and sub-tropical South Atlantic, near the coast of Northeast Brazil (Figure 1A). Prominent low-level fea ...
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
... years for fuel combustion to double the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.(19) There was also the old objection, which most scientists continued to find decisive, that the overlapping absorption bands of CO2 and water vapor already blocked all the radiation that those molecules were capable of blockin ...
... years for fuel combustion to double the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.(19) There was also the old objection, which most scientists continued to find decisive, that the overlapping absorption bands of CO2 and water vapor already blocked all the radiation that those molecules were capable of blockin ...
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
... years for fuel combustion to double the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.(19) There was also the old objection, which most scientists continued to find decisive, that the overlapping absorption bands of CO2 and water vapor already blocked all the radiation that those molecules were capable of blockin ...
... years for fuel combustion to double the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.(19) There was also the old objection, which most scientists continued to find decisive, that the overlapping absorption bands of CO2 and water vapor already blocked all the radiation that those molecules were capable of blockin ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts Group, 2006; Nolin and Daly, 2006; Agrawala, 2007). The ski tourism industry in Utah is an importa ...
... the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts Group, 2006; Nolin and Daly, 2006; Agrawala, 2007). The ski tourism industry in Utah is an importa ...
SoG for Climate Applications
... gauge were frequent, resulting in a loss of information about extreme events, while early failure of the anemometer at Willis Island during the approach of Category 5 cyclone Yasi (which passed across the island) meant that a rare opportunity was lost to collect data from an extreme cyclone event. 6 ...
... gauge were frequent, resulting in a loss of information about extreme events, while early failure of the anemometer at Willis Island during the approach of Category 5 cyclone Yasi (which passed across the island) meant that a rare opportunity was lost to collect data from an extreme cyclone event. 6 ...
costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation
... practice in cost-benefit analyses, do formulate a business-as-usual scenario (commonly a scenario without mitigation and adaptation) and one or more alternative scenarios (commonly a mitigation scenario with or without adaptation). The scenario with the highest benefit-cost ratio, in terms of presen ...
... practice in cost-benefit analyses, do formulate a business-as-usual scenario (commonly a scenario without mitigation and adaptation) and one or more alternative scenarios (commonly a mitigation scenario with or without adaptation). The scenario with the highest benefit-cost ratio, in terms of presen ...
besugo NAO-authors - Instituto Español de Oceanografía
... 2004; Pitcher, 2005). However, this situation could be aggravated by the response of fish populations to cli� mate change (e.g. see Brandt & Kronbak, 2010). Thus, with the aim of integrating fisheries within sustainable ecosystems, Pitcher (2005) proposed studying the ef� fect of climate parameters ...
... 2004; Pitcher, 2005). However, this situation could be aggravated by the response of fish populations to cli� mate change (e.g. see Brandt & Kronbak, 2010). Thus, with the aim of integrating fisheries within sustainable ecosystems, Pitcher (2005) proposed studying the ef� fect of climate parameters ...
The Climate of the Last Millennium
... of this region, conditions today are the driest they have been throughout the Holocene. By contrast, lakes of inland drainage on the Altiplano of Peru and Bolivia have expanded and increased in depth from the mid-Holocene to the present. Lake Titicaca, for example, is currently close to its highest ...
... of this region, conditions today are the driest they have been throughout the Holocene. By contrast, lakes of inland drainage on the Altiplano of Peru and Bolivia have expanded and increased in depth from the mid-Holocene to the present. Lake Titicaca, for example, is currently close to its highest ...
A Question of Equilibrium
... feedbacks in order to have a proper Earth-System model, but this takes time and resources…. As a consequence this is an important part of the £11m per annum research contract that Defra funds at the Hadley Centre.” Some feedback analysis is also being undertaken at the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
... feedbacks in order to have a proper Earth-System model, but this takes time and resources…. As a consequence this is an important part of the £11m per annum research contract that Defra funds at the Hadley Centre.” Some feedback analysis is also being undertaken at the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
Quantifying Intensive and extensive margin adaptation responses to
... data (e.g. RASS, RECS), the spatial coverage is limited and the exact location of the household is often masked for privacy reasons. Our approach circumvents this data limitation, which would be very costly to overcome, by relying on observed electricity consumption and weather from billing data. Th ...
... data (e.g. RASS, RECS), the spatial coverage is limited and the exact location of the household is often masked for privacy reasons. Our approach circumvents this data limitation, which would be very costly to overcome, by relying on observed electricity consumption and weather from billing data. Th ...
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... security as the global population grows towards nine billion people by 2050 (Walthall et al. 2012, Hatfield et al. 2014). ...
... security as the global population grows towards nine billion people by 2050 (Walthall et al. 2012, Hatfield et al. 2014). ...
Climate Change Resilience Planning
... values that humans receive from ecological processes that help regulate the natural environment.2 Within the context of this report, environmental services is defined as benefitting all forms of life. ...
... values that humans receive from ecological processes that help regulate the natural environment.2 Within the context of this report, environmental services is defined as benefitting all forms of life. ...
Mesoamerica and and the Caribbean regional assessment
... Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean possess a wide range of biological diversity due to their geographic location and young geological territories. The Central American countries represent less than 1% of the surface of the planet, yet they are home of approximately 7% of world´s know species; ...
... Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean possess a wide range of biological diversity due to their geographic location and young geological territories. The Central American countries represent less than 1% of the surface of the planet, yet they are home of approximately 7% of world´s know species; ...
climate change in cincinnati
... the future. What actions and initiatives can Xavier implement to reduce its carbon footprint? Chapter 9 identifies many ways in which an average local citizen can reduce her/his greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation fuels contribute a large part of our emissions, so Chapter 10 looks at the existi ...
... the future. What actions and initiatives can Xavier implement to reduce its carbon footprint? Chapter 9 identifies many ways in which an average local citizen can reduce her/his greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation fuels contribute a large part of our emissions, so Chapter 10 looks at the existi ...
Course on review of higher tiers non
... The AR4 does not include GTP values and GTP values are not published for all GHGs included in the AR4; Invited the IPCC to undertake further technical assessment of alternative common metrics; Need for work to be carried out by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA ...
... The AR4 does not include GTP values and GTP values are not published for all GHGs included in the AR4; Invited the IPCC to undertake further technical assessment of alternative common metrics; Need for work to be carried out by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA ...
Climate Change Effects on Forest and Alpine (and Western Prairie
... Disturbances (e.g., droughts, insect outbreaks, grazing, and fire) are part of the ecological history of most ecosystems and influence ecological communities and landscapes.25 Both human-induced and natural disturbances shape ecosystems by influencing species composition, structure, and function (e. ...
... Disturbances (e.g., droughts, insect outbreaks, grazing, and fire) are part of the ecological history of most ecosystems and influence ecological communities and landscapes.25 Both human-induced and natural disturbances shape ecosystems by influencing species composition, structure, and function (e. ...
A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial
... Much of this uncertainty reflects socio-economic uncertainty regarding trajectories of population growth, land use change, and especially the rate and total amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere [1]. In addition, global climate models vary in their sensitivity to greenhouse gases and ...
... Much of this uncertainty reflects socio-economic uncertainty regarding trajectories of population growth, land use change, and especially the rate and total amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere [1]. In addition, global climate models vary in their sensitivity to greenhouse gases and ...
Biodiversity and the Millennium Development Goals
... air and water purification, flood and drought mitigation and soil production, free of charge. These services can not be replaced at a reasonable price (WRI, 2002). The direct economic benefits of biodiversity run into trillions of dollars per year (Costanza et.al. 1997). Some of the significant ben ...
... air and water purification, flood and drought mitigation and soil production, free of charge. These services can not be replaced at a reasonable price (WRI, 2002). The direct economic benefits of biodiversity run into trillions of dollars per year (Costanza et.al. 1997). Some of the significant ben ...
full text - Heroen Verbruggen
... strong in marine ecosystems (Southward et al. 1995; HoeghGuldberg and Bruno 2010; Sorte et al. 2010), especially in the marine intertidal where species often live at their upper temperature tolerance limits (Somero 2010). Global warming-related range shifts of marine species (on average 19 km/year S ...
... strong in marine ecosystems (Southward et al. 1995; HoeghGuldberg and Bruno 2010; Sorte et al. 2010), especially in the marine intertidal where species often live at their upper temperature tolerance limits (Somero 2010). Global warming-related range shifts of marine species (on average 19 km/year S ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... could respond in different ways to the same environmental perturbation22 . An advantage of this approach is that tundra growth forms differ in productivity, decomposition rates, albedo and snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface ...
... could respond in different ways to the same environmental perturbation22 . An advantage of this approach is that tundra growth forms differ in productivity, decomposition rates, albedo and snow-catching capacity, so understanding their response to climate warming can inform models of global surface ...