Atmospheric moisture transport: the bridge between ocean
... of these Lagrangian techniques and their advantages over Eulerian and isotope analysis was recently given by Gimeno et al. (2012). Here we will critically analyse some of the previous assessments that have established the link between moisture transport from midlatitudes towards the Arctic region an ...
... of these Lagrangian techniques and their advantages over Eulerian and isotope analysis was recently given by Gimeno et al. (2012). Here we will critically analyse some of the previous assessments that have established the link between moisture transport from midlatitudes towards the Arctic region an ...
The importance of glacier and forest change in hydrological climate
... of glacier retreat, the equilibrium line is defined to rise 150 m per 1 K (Linsbauer et al., 2013). In the Swiss Alps, the glacier area above the ELA, the accumulation zone of a glacier, comprises 60 % of the total glacier area, on average (MBB, 2005; Paul et al., 2007). An increase of the ELA entai ...
... of glacier retreat, the equilibrium line is defined to rise 150 m per 1 K (Linsbauer et al., 2013). In the Swiss Alps, the glacier area above the ELA, the accumulation zone of a glacier, comprises 60 % of the total glacier area, on average (MBB, 2005; Paul et al., 2007). An increase of the ELA entai ...
Coalition formation in Integrated Assessment Models
... stability of the grand coalition, the coalition of all players. The most prominent solution concept is the core. An outcome (a vector specifying the payoffs of all players) is in the core if no coalition can improve their payoff upon what they receive according to that outcome (i.e. what they receiv ...
... stability of the grand coalition, the coalition of all players. The most prominent solution concept is the core. An outcome (a vector specifying the payoffs of all players) is in the core if no coalition can improve their payoff upon what they receive according to that outcome (i.e. what they receiv ...
atmospheric phenomena and climate evaluating the effect of climatic
... quantitatively. Snow is known to be a good thermal insulant, therefore warming would be its major effect. Vegetation, in particular, the lowest moss-peat layer (often equated with organic layer) is a thermal insulant whose features change over time, which serves as efficient regulator of the changin ...
... quantitatively. Snow is known to be a good thermal insulant, therefore warming would be its major effect. Vegetation, in particular, the lowest moss-peat layer (often equated with organic layer) is a thermal insulant whose features change over time, which serves as efficient regulator of the changin ...
The Political Economy of Scientific Uncertainty
... For contemporary societies, an environmental policy on global warming is an important challenge. This policy depends on public attitudes but also on communication campaign which has an influence on public’s beliefs. Actually, according to several studies, most people acquires scientific knowledge thro ...
... For contemporary societies, an environmental policy on global warming is an important challenge. This policy depends on public attitudes but also on communication campaign which has an influence on public’s beliefs. Actually, according to several studies, most people acquires scientific knowledge thro ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of so-called greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and so on) into the atmosphere traps more ene ...
... threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of so-called greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and so on) into the atmosphere traps more ene ...
rapid evolution in the face of climate change
... learn how climate change produces not only hotter temperatures, but also extreme weather events. In the second article students learn about phenotypic plasticity and look at several examples of genetic changes that have already occurred in species due to climate change. In class students receive a s ...
... learn how climate change produces not only hotter temperatures, but also extreme weather events. In the second article students learn about phenotypic plasticity and look at several examples of genetic changes that have already occurred in species due to climate change. In class students receive a s ...
Increase of extreme events in a warming world
... Recently, record statistics of time series with a linear trend have been applied to observed daily temperature maxima (12, 13). For a single weather station (Philadelphia), Redner and Peterson (12) conclude that the current warming rate is insufficient to measurably influence the frequency of daily ...
... Recently, record statistics of time series with a linear trend have been applied to observed daily temperature maxima (12, 13). For a single weather station (Philadelphia), Redner and Peterson (12) conclude that the current warming rate is insufficient to measurably influence the frequency of daily ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... and time. Most of the hazards resulting in disasters in the region are climate related. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economies of the region with over 78% of the total population dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The most dominant economic activity is smallscale subsistence farming in spite o ...
... and time. Most of the hazards resulting in disasters in the region are climate related. Agriculture is the mainstay of the economies of the region with over 78% of the total population dependent on rain-fed agriculture. The most dominant economic activity is smallscale subsistence farming in spite o ...
Unnatural disasters - International Fund for Animal Welfare
... cause immense loss and suffering. For those who do not immediately lose their lives, many will lose family members and possibly breadwinners, livestock on which their livelihoods or even survival depends, experience catastrophic damage to their homes, sources of income, and destruction to their comm ...
... cause immense loss and suffering. For those who do not immediately lose their lives, many will lose family members and possibly breadwinners, livestock on which their livelihoods or even survival depends, experience catastrophic damage to their homes, sources of income, and destruction to their comm ...
Climate Change Impacts On Rainfed Corn Production In
... rainfed corn production in the study area with and without climate change. Study results indicate an average temperature increase of 0.52 to 0.94oC, 1.26 to 2.20oC and 1.78 to 3.58oC in the nearterm (2020s), mid-term (2050s) and long-term (2090s) future, respectively. The expected changes in precipi ...
... rainfed corn production in the study area with and without climate change. Study results indicate an average temperature increase of 0.52 to 0.94oC, 1.26 to 2.20oC and 1.78 to 3.58oC in the nearterm (2020s), mid-term (2050s) and long-term (2090s) future, respectively. The expected changes in precipi ...
Coherent changes of southeastern equatorial and northern African
... During the last deglaciation, wetter conditions developed abruptly ~14,700 years ago in southeastern equatorial and northern Africa and continued into the Holocene. Explaining the abrupt onset and hemispheric coherence of this early African Humid Period is challenging due to opposing seasonal insola ...
... During the last deglaciation, wetter conditions developed abruptly ~14,700 years ago in southeastern equatorial and northern Africa and continued into the Holocene. Explaining the abrupt onset and hemispheric coherence of this early African Humid Period is challenging due to opposing seasonal insola ...
Australia - Met Office
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
... • The potential impacts of climate change, based on results from the UK’s Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change programme (AVOID) and supporting literature. For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supp ...
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE MINUTES 7 April 2016
... existing major/minor option will continue to exist. However, it should be noted that a teaching minor no longer meets the "highly qualified teacher" standard set by NCLB. The professional advisor for the English Teaching program estimates that about one-third to one-half of majors will find the Comp ...
... existing major/minor option will continue to exist. However, it should be noted that a teaching minor no longer meets the "highly qualified teacher" standard set by NCLB. The professional advisor for the English Teaching program estimates that about one-third to one-half of majors will find the Comp ...
climate change law: the emergence of a new legal discipline
... witnessed more intense scientific and sociopolitical debates over climate change, with a growing sense of urgency regarding the need to address the problem. In Australia, Bonyhady and Christoff comment that 2006 was the year that climate change matured into an issue of significant public (and inevit ...
... witnessed more intense scientific and sociopolitical debates over climate change, with a growing sense of urgency regarding the need to address the problem. In Australia, Bonyhady and Christoff comment that 2006 was the year that climate change matured into an issue of significant public (and inevit ...
Climate Change and the Global Economy
... century, with best-guess increases ranging from 1.8°C to 4°C across SRES scenarios (IPCC, 2007). The probability of higher temperature increases is not negligible. Stern (2008) points out that if BAU concentrations of GHGs stabilize at or above 750 parts per million (ppm) in carbon-dioxide-equivalen ...
... century, with best-guess increases ranging from 1.8°C to 4°C across SRES scenarios (IPCC, 2007). The probability of higher temperature increases is not negligible. Stern (2008) points out that if BAU concentrations of GHGs stabilize at or above 750 parts per million (ppm) in carbon-dioxide-equivalen ...
Dia 1
... bar, a giant snow Buddha, an ice lighthouse, and a mini Great Wall of Ice. But!!! “This is the worst year ever,” “The Festival is usually much bigger. It was too warm, so there wasn’t enough time to prepare [the sculptures].” China’s heating up! The diminished Ice and Snow Festival is just one small ...
... bar, a giant snow Buddha, an ice lighthouse, and a mini Great Wall of Ice. But!!! “This is the worst year ever,” “The Festival is usually much bigger. It was too warm, so there wasn’t enough time to prepare [the sculptures].” China’s heating up! The diminished Ice and Snow Festival is just one small ...
View/Open
... dramatic 2008 rise and fall in oil prices. This study was written after 20 years of generally declining oil prices and just as that trend was starting to reverse. If Pisarski were to do the study now or in a few years, it would be interesting to see if the oil price shock had any effect on commuting ...
... dramatic 2008 rise and fall in oil prices. This study was written after 20 years of generally declining oil prices and just as that trend was starting to reverse. If Pisarski were to do the study now or in a few years, it would be interesting to see if the oil price shock had any effect on commuting ...
Coutts et al 2007
... • As part of the upgrading of our urban modelling capabilities for regional climate simulations, we have coded a urban module based on an idealised 2D canyon following Town Energy Budget (TEB) approach • Note that the new urban model is designed around research requirements, not operational requirem ...
... • As part of the upgrading of our urban modelling capabilities for regional climate simulations, we have coded a urban module based on an idealised 2D canyon following Town Energy Budget (TEB) approach • Note that the new urban model is designed around research requirements, not operational requirem ...
P348 Description, Pr..
... management. These activities generally degrade water quality, while being very demanding for specific water-quality criteria. An increasing area of interest to hydrologists, with major consequences to resource managers, is the affects of climate change, another human-induced phenomenon. Understandin ...
... management. These activities generally degrade water quality, while being very demanding for specific water-quality criteria. An increasing area of interest to hydrologists, with major consequences to resource managers, is the affects of climate change, another human-induced phenomenon. Understandin ...
18_Lecture_Presentation_PC
... Extreme weather is becoming “the new normal” Researchers have identified a possible mechanism to link climate change to extreme weather events Warming has led to a weakening of the jet stream = a high-altitude air current that influences weather The slower jet stream forms longer loops than u ...
... Extreme weather is becoming “the new normal” Researchers have identified a possible mechanism to link climate change to extreme weather events Warming has led to a weakening of the jet stream = a high-altitude air current that influences weather The slower jet stream forms longer loops than u ...
Sharing responsibility to divest from fossil fuels
... among others, List and Pettit – the public still ought to hold it responsible for any harm it causes since doing so will encourage the company to develop those procedures. We punish and praise children for similar reasons. In both instances, there is potential for agency to develop, and this potenti ...
... among others, List and Pettit – the public still ought to hold it responsible for any harm it causes since doing so will encourage the company to develop those procedures. We punish and praise children for similar reasons. In both instances, there is potential for agency to develop, and this potenti ...
Document
... Supplemental Section 2. Differences between sunshade geoengineering and other types of solar geoengineering To illustrate how the impacts of solar geoengineering would depend on the type of solar geoengineering deployed and the manner of its deployment, we present here some key differences among so ...
... Supplemental Section 2. Differences between sunshade geoengineering and other types of solar geoengineering To illustrate how the impacts of solar geoengineering would depend on the type of solar geoengineering deployed and the manner of its deployment, we present here some key differences among so ...
Climate Change Essentials
... an additional 583 companies have indicated they will start carbon pricing by 2017. 3. The world’s two biggest emitters – China and the United States (US) – have made significant commitments in recent years to reducing their GHG emissions. In November 2014, the two countries issued a Joint Announceme ...
... an additional 583 companies have indicated they will start carbon pricing by 2017. 3. The world’s two biggest emitters – China and the United States (US) – have made significant commitments in recent years to reducing their GHG emissions. In November 2014, the two countries issued a Joint Announceme ...
Resolving a Paradox: Can Regionalism Help to Promote A Global
... system was institutionalized in 1994 when the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmental issues requiring global cooperation, such as climate change, are primarily addressed within multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Over the past 20 years more than 2 ...
... system was institutionalized in 1994 when the Marrakech Agreement established the World Trade Organization (WTO). Environmental issues requiring global cooperation, such as climate change, are primarily addressed within multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Over the past 20 years more than 2 ...