Northern High-Latitude Heat Budget Decomposition and
... AMOC weakening while the other has a small weakening. Using heat budgets, we trace the influence of the AMOC response differences through their impact on ocean heat transport to intermodel differences in the simulation of ocean heat uptake and the Arctic/subArctic response. We do not attempt to expl ...
... AMOC weakening while the other has a small weakening. Using heat budgets, we trace the influence of the AMOC response differences through their impact on ocean heat transport to intermodel differences in the simulation of ocean heat uptake and the Arctic/subArctic response. We do not attempt to expl ...
7 Forest Health in a Changing Environment
... evolved. However, when a forest ecosystem is subjected to disturbances outside its historical range, such as those expected from rapid climate change, large-scale land use-change, or logging, its resilience may be inadequate and collapse becomes possible. The challenge ahead is to ensure that forest ...
... evolved. However, when a forest ecosystem is subjected to disturbances outside its historical range, such as those expected from rapid climate change, large-scale land use-change, or logging, its resilience may be inadequate and collapse becomes possible. The challenge ahead is to ensure that forest ...
Rethinking Private Land Conservation in the
... Little time need be spent discussing the types of climate change, and associated problems, that the nation and World will face over the next century and beyond. By now the litany is well known,6 and in most cases climate change is already taking place. Temperatures in many regions will increase. Ind ...
... Little time need be spent discussing the types of climate change, and associated problems, that the nation and World will face over the next century and beyond. By now the litany is well known,6 and in most cases climate change is already taking place. Temperatures in many regions will increase. Ind ...
Climate Change Predicted Impacts on Juneau
... concentrations higher than any levels in the past 650,000 years or more (IPCC 2001; Siegenthaler et al. 2005). Atmospheric carbon dioxide, for example, is 27% above preindustrial levels (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). There is some evidence that agricultural activities, including forest burning and floo ...
... concentrations higher than any levels in the past 650,000 years or more (IPCC 2001; Siegenthaler et al. 2005). Atmospheric carbon dioxide, for example, is 27% above preindustrial levels (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). There is some evidence that agricultural activities, including forest burning and floo ...
Size and variability of crop productivity both impacted by CO 2
... studies have focused on of the combined impacts of atmospheric CO2 enrichment and warming on crop production in arable land, especially in rice paddies in China. To address this issue, a 4 year open-air field experiment during 2010 to 2014 was conducted to simulate the impact of climate change on cr ...
... studies have focused on of the combined impacts of atmospheric CO2 enrichment and warming on crop production in arable land, especially in rice paddies in China. To address this issue, a 4 year open-air field experiment during 2010 to 2014 was conducted to simulate the impact of climate change on cr ...
A climate of uncertainty: accounting for error in climate variables for
... 1. Spatial climate variables are routinely used in species distribution models (SDMs) without accounting for the fact that they have been predicted with uncertainty, which can lead to biased estimates, erroneous inference and poor performances when predicting to new settings – for example under clim ...
... 1. Spatial climate variables are routinely used in species distribution models (SDMs) without accounting for the fact that they have been predicted with uncertainty, which can lead to biased estimates, erroneous inference and poor performances when predicting to new settings – for example under clim ...
When It Rains, It Pours
... recorded its second “100-year” rainfall in two years in September 2011, sending the Susquehanna River to a record-high flood level and inundating the city’s downtown for the second time in five years. ...
... recorded its second “100-year” rainfall in two years in September 2011, sending the Susquehanna River to a record-high flood level and inundating the city’s downtown for the second time in five years. ...
Feedback Dynamics, Sensitivity - Apollo-Gaia
... University, which prides itself on being the third oldest university in the world. The timing was chosen to ensure that the new analysis could be taken into account in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 5AR). The aim was to contribute to a re-framing ...
... University, which prides itself on being the third oldest university in the world. The timing was chosen to ensure that the new analysis could be taken into account in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 5AR). The aim was to contribute to a re-framing ...
Climate change: hydrological impact studies
... In most climate impact studies the hydrological regime of a river is regarded as the result of time-varying changes in the general water balance of the upstream basin: runoff Q can be expressed as Q = P – E S, where P = amount of precipitation, E = amount of evapotranspiration and S = change in ...
... In most climate impact studies the hydrological regime of a river is regarded as the result of time-varying changes in the general water balance of the upstream basin: runoff Q can be expressed as Q = P – E S, where P = amount of precipitation, E = amount of evapotranspiration and S = change in ...
Securing the Fresh Water Systems of the Nepal Himalaya
... and biomass productivity which depend on water derived from the Himalayas. Nevertheless, the efforts to reach a consensus at a global level to mitigate the impacts of climate change and to agree on a clear commitment to support poor and particularly vulnerable countries including mountain countries ...
... and biomass productivity which depend on water derived from the Himalayas. Nevertheless, the efforts to reach a consensus at a global level to mitigate the impacts of climate change and to agree on a clear commitment to support poor and particularly vulnerable countries including mountain countries ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FISHERIES: IMPLICATIONS
... region. Changes in ocean dynamics could lead to changes in migration patterns of fish and possibly reduce fish landings, especially in coastal fisheries (African Action, 2007). For example, increased ocean temperature may affect upwelling along the Gulf of Guinea, which can make the ocean waters bec ...
... region. Changes in ocean dynamics could lead to changes in migration patterns of fish and possibly reduce fish landings, especially in coastal fisheries (African Action, 2007). For example, increased ocean temperature may affect upwelling along the Gulf of Guinea, which can make the ocean waters bec ...
6 Climate change and urban transportation systems
... the total energy used by world transport. In 2004, transport was responsible for 23% of world energy-related GHG emissions with about three quarters coming from road vehicles” (KahnRibeiro et al., 2007, p. 325). Conditions in developing countries pose additional challenges on transportation systems ...
... the total energy used by world transport. In 2004, transport was responsible for 23% of world energy-related GHG emissions with about three quarters coming from road vehicles” (KahnRibeiro et al., 2007, p. 325). Conditions in developing countries pose additional challenges on transportation systems ...
Robust Land–Ocean Contrasts in Energy and Water Cycle Feedbacks
... (RH) over land decreases with warming because precipitation and the hydrological cycle are governed primarily by transports of moisture from the oceans, where increases in lower-tropospheric temperature and saturated humidity fail to keep pace with those over land. Here, it is argued additionally th ...
... (RH) over land decreases with warming because precipitation and the hydrological cycle are governed primarily by transports of moisture from the oceans, where increases in lower-tropospheric temperature and saturated humidity fail to keep pace with those over land. Here, it is argued additionally th ...
- AMQ
... geological time have been one of the most investigated topics in paleoecology. To most effectively examine these processes researchers need to single out and track paleobiological properties unaffected by local constraints. Body size is most sensitive to ecological factors and can disclose significa ...
... geological time have been one of the most investigated topics in paleoecology. To most effectively examine these processes researchers need to single out and track paleobiological properties unaffected by local constraints. Body size is most sensitive to ecological factors and can disclose significa ...
An India That Can Say Yes - Indian Network on Ethics and Climate
... glaciers. This is an in controversial scientific fact. The IPCC report confirmed it in 2007 in fact that says in 30 or 35 years there will be no Himalayan glaciers left towards the name. Now what does that mean 7 of Asia's greatest river systems including the Indus the Ganges, Brahmaputra, the Yangt ...
... glaciers. This is an in controversial scientific fact. The IPCC report confirmed it in 2007 in fact that says in 30 or 35 years there will be no Himalayan glaciers left towards the name. Now what does that mean 7 of Asia's greatest river systems including the Indus the Ganges, Brahmaputra, the Yangt ...
Business Plan - Central Victorian Greenhouse Alliance
... address the challenges of climate change in our region. ...
... address the challenges of climate change in our region. ...
As part of this CSL proposal, each working group has generated
... CMIP5: The major use of CSL resources, however, has been toward completing a core set of long-term climate change simulations in support of AR5. Moreover, since writing the 2009 CSL IPCC proposal, several notable developments and improvements have allowed CESM to pursue a more ambitious set of simu ...
... CMIP5: The major use of CSL resources, however, has been toward completing a core set of long-term climate change simulations in support of AR5. Moreover, since writing the 2009 CSL IPCC proposal, several notable developments and improvements have allowed CESM to pursue a more ambitious set of simu ...
Impacts of climate change on European marine ecosystems
... issue; Wernberg et al., 2011-this issue; all this volume). During the last 10–15 years, sea water temperatures throughout much of the globe have changed at unprecedented rates: sea ice cover in the Arctic is rapidly disappearing; melting of glaciers and the Greenland ice cap is accelerating; the vol ...
... issue; Wernberg et al., 2011-this issue; all this volume). During the last 10–15 years, sea water temperatures throughout much of the globe have changed at unprecedented rates: sea ice cover in the Arctic is rapidly disappearing; melting of glaciers and the Greenland ice cap is accelerating; the vol ...
National Park Service - Montana State University
... Paleoenvironmental records provide critical information on past climates and the response of ecosystems to climatic variability. Ecosystems have changed in variety of ways as a result of past climate change, and they will continue to do so in the future. At large scales, climate governs the distribu ...
... Paleoenvironmental records provide critical information on past climates and the response of ecosystems to climatic variability. Ecosystems have changed in variety of ways as a result of past climate change, and they will continue to do so in the future. At large scales, climate governs the distribu ...
Simulating Picea schrenkiana forest productivity under climatic
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... The CRG has tropospheric, tropospheric/lower-stratospheric, tropospheric/stratospheric and tropospheric/stratospheric/mesospheric GCMs – which can be run with and without the CRG's atmospheric photochemistry/species-transport model, either with sea surface temperature and sea ice thickness prescribe ...
... The CRG has tropospheric, tropospheric/lower-stratospheric, tropospheric/stratospheric and tropospheric/stratospheric/mesospheric GCMs – which can be run with and without the CRG's atmospheric photochemistry/species-transport model, either with sea surface temperature and sea ice thickness prescribe ...
II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Technical Summary
... IPCC reports, has been produced through an open and peerreviewed process. It builds upon past assessments and IPCC Special Reports, and incorporates the results of the past 5 years of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research. Each chapter presents a balanced assessment of the li ...
... IPCC reports, has been produced through an open and peerreviewed process. It builds upon past assessments and IPCC Special Reports, and incorporates the results of the past 5 years of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability research. Each chapter presents a balanced assessment of the li ...
Coherence among the Northern Hemisphere land, cryosphere, and
... et al., 2008; methodological framework for climate change impact attribution in conservation and ecological research, Parmesan et al., 2013; conceptual framework to detect and attribute effects of climate change, Stone et al., 2013; climate change impacts on marine life, Poloczanska et al., 2013). F ...
... et al., 2008; methodological framework for climate change impact attribution in conservation and ecological research, Parmesan et al., 2013; conceptual framework to detect and attribute effects of climate change, Stone et al., 2013; climate change impacts on marine life, Poloczanska et al., 2013). F ...
climate change, disasters, and human mobility in south asia and
... and monsoon seasons. These effects have been shown to threaten human settlements, infrastructure, resource availability and livelihoods, especially agrarian, small/ marginal households. Such movements occur within a complex set of drivers, such as population growth, increased urbanization, severe po ...
... and monsoon seasons. These effects have been shown to threaten human settlements, infrastructure, resource availability and livelihoods, especially agrarian, small/ marginal households. Such movements occur within a complex set of drivers, such as population growth, increased urbanization, severe po ...
S T A ?
... However, as the economic and human losses from extreme weather events have mounted,12 political and public opinion has perceptibly shifted, reflecting concern – documented by climate scientists13 – that climate change is contributing to the severity of recent natural disasters.14 While climate chang ...
... However, as the economic and human losses from extreme weather events have mounted,12 political and public opinion has perceptibly shifted, reflecting concern – documented by climate scientists13 – that climate change is contributing to the severity of recent natural disasters.14 While climate chang ...