Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global
... forcing simulated by global climate models (GCMs). We review the main mechanisms for cloud feedbacks, and discuss their representation in climate models and the sources of inter-model spread. Global-mean cloud feedback in GCMs results from three main effects: (1 ...
... forcing simulated by global climate models (GCMs). We review the main mechanisms for cloud feedbacks, and discuss their representation in climate models and the sources of inter-model spread. Global-mean cloud feedback in GCMs results from three main effects: (1 ...
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... on climate change have focused on negotiating a comprehensive framework for enhanced action on climate change. These negotiations, progressing along the two tracks, one under the Kyoto Protocol and another under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), were expected to del ...
... on climate change have focused on negotiating a comprehensive framework for enhanced action on climate change. These negotiations, progressing along the two tracks, one under the Kyoto Protocol and another under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), were expected to del ...
A Study of Climate Monitoring Capabilities in Newfoundland and
... well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various information products, each of which may be owned and maintained by a variety of entities including gov ...
... well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various information products, each of which may be owned and maintained by a variety of entities including gov ...
H1. Epistemic community influence on policymaking is probable if
... Today, many of us are concerned about environmental protection and prosperity. Environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), scientific organizations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and other collectives are popping up like mushrooms. But environmental problems are relatively new issue ...
... Today, many of us are concerned about environmental protection and prosperity. Environmental nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), scientific organizations, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) and other collectives are popping up like mushrooms. But environmental problems are relatively new issue ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESERTIFICATION
... 1.2 Known causes of desertification Along with climate change, there are a range of other factors that have been identified as major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. S ...
... 1.2 Known causes of desertification Along with climate change, there are a range of other factors that have been identified as major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. S ...
Spatial Planning in Coastal Regions
... zone. Holistic and technical documents such as this report are mostly handy to practitioners “as most of them are preoccupied with the responsibilities of their jobs and tend not to have the time or inclination to search for these information from different scientific sources” (Tribbia and Moser, 20 ...
... zone. Holistic and technical documents such as this report are mostly handy to practitioners “as most of them are preoccupied with the responsibilities of their jobs and tend not to have the time or inclination to search for these information from different scientific sources” (Tribbia and Moser, 20 ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Clayoquot Sound
... carbonic acid. In addition, the ocean is becoming more stratified in some areas, as surface temperatures increase, and there is also decreasing oxygen availability at the surface, and also in ‘dead zones’. All these factors have been observed to be occurring already, which climate change will amplif ...
... carbonic acid. In addition, the ocean is becoming more stratified in some areas, as surface temperatures increase, and there is also decreasing oxygen availability at the surface, and also in ‘dead zones’. All these factors have been observed to be occurring already, which climate change will amplif ...
Strategic Plan for 2014-2017
... Institute delivered groundbreaking achievements. We created the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the most widely used international standard for measuring emissions; we developed the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a global survey of the state of ecosystems; we helped drive the expansion of bus rapid trans ...
... Institute delivered groundbreaking achievements. We created the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the most widely used international standard for measuring emissions; we developed the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a global survey of the state of ecosystems; we helped drive the expansion of bus rapid trans ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... Chris Hope, Sari Kovats, Robert Nicholls, David Satterthwaite, Richard Tiffin, Tim Wheeler (2009) Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of the UNFCCC and Other Recent Estimates, International Institute for Environment and Development and Grantham Institute for Climate Change, ...
... Chris Hope, Sari Kovats, Robert Nicholls, David Satterthwaite, Richard Tiffin, Tim Wheeler (2009) Assessing the Costs of Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of the UNFCCC and Other Recent Estimates, International Institute for Environment and Development and Grantham Institute for Climate Change, ...
Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and
... modern human lifestyles—including sleep deprivation, light at night, jet lag and shift work [1,2], which induce temporal mismatches between the environment and circadian biology, and have detrimental effects on health and well-being. Problems of mismatch extend beyond daily rhythmicity. New research ...
... modern human lifestyles—including sleep deprivation, light at night, jet lag and shift work [1,2], which induce temporal mismatches between the environment and circadian biology, and have detrimental effects on health and well-being. Problems of mismatch extend beyond daily rhythmicity. New research ...
For submission to Global Change Biology
... Woody thickening is a global phenomenon that influences landscape C density, regional ecohydrology and biogeochemical cycling. The aim of the work described here is to test the hypothesis that increased atmospheric CO2 concentration, with or without photosynthetic acclimation, can increase GPP and t ...
... Woody thickening is a global phenomenon that influences landscape C density, regional ecohydrology and biogeochemical cycling. The aim of the work described here is to test the hypothesis that increased atmospheric CO2 concentration, with or without photosynthetic acclimation, can increase GPP and t ...
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... biodiversity from a changing climate; report on predictive models and decision support tools to guide the design and selection of adaptation strategies from local to regional scales; and establish a framework for future collaborative research on climate change and biodiversity. The symposium brought ...
... biodiversity from a changing climate; report on predictive models and decision support tools to guide the design and selection of adaptation strategies from local to regional scales; and establish a framework for future collaborative research on climate change and biodiversity. The symposium brought ...
Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities
... 2007). According to the US Global Change Research Program, long-range climate models project that Arctic warming will continue. Temperatures are projected to rise 1.5-5° F (1-3 ºC) by 2030 and by 5-18° F (3-6.5 ºC) by 2100 (Parsons et al. 2009). The decreasing Arctic sea ice extent and thickness are ...
... 2007). According to the US Global Change Research Program, long-range climate models project that Arctic warming will continue. Temperatures are projected to rise 1.5-5° F (1-3 ºC) by 2030 and by 5-18° F (3-6.5 ºC) by 2100 (Parsons et al. 2009). The decreasing Arctic sea ice extent and thickness are ...
Journal of Environmental Monitoring
... have been progressively over-exploited. As a result, even without the climate change impacts discussed below, coral reefs have been declining at an alarming rate, due to direct local and regional human pressures, such as over-fishing, destructive fishing (e.g. dynamite), decline in water quality due t ...
... have been progressively over-exploited. As a result, even without the climate change impacts discussed below, coral reefs have been declining at an alarming rate, due to direct local and regional human pressures, such as over-fishing, destructive fishing (e.g. dynamite), decline in water quality due t ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference
... Moreover, the pace of change is accelerating. Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial pollution and land use changes are the key factors. Recent studies suggest that black carbon emitted from industrial combustion and boreal forest fires are responsible for up to half of the observed warming in the ...
... Moreover, the pace of change is accelerating. Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial pollution and land use changes are the key factors. Recent studies suggest that black carbon emitted from industrial combustion and boreal forest fires are responsible for up to half of the observed warming in the ...
111128 OMPO cover.psd - Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
... at and/or attended the workshop. Especially given the need for analyses of this type throughout the Pacific, where funding resources are scarce, OahuMPO determined this method would assist in the transfer of the protocols and technology to other jurisdictions both within the state of Hawaii and a ...
... at and/or attended the workshop. Especially given the need for analyses of this type throughout the Pacific, where funding resources are scarce, OahuMPO determined this method would assist in the transfer of the protocols and technology to other jurisdictions both within the state of Hawaii and a ...
REPORT ON ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE AND
... circulation of the final project document for Council review prior to CEO endorsement (this effectively shortens the time needed for final approval of funding requests by 4 weeks); and, (3) the maximum time allowed for development of FSPs from PIF to CEO endorsement has been reduced from 22 to 18 mo ...
... circulation of the final project document for Council review prior to CEO endorsement (this effectively shortens the time needed for final approval of funding requests by 4 weeks); and, (3) the maximum time allowed for development of FSPs from PIF to CEO endorsement has been reduced from 22 to 18 mo ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
Turn Down the Heat - Open Knowledge Repository
... Multi-model mean of the percentage change in annual (top), dry season (DJF, middle) and wet season (JJA, bottom) precipitation for RCP2.6 (left) and RCP8.5 (right) for South East Asia by 2071–2099 relative to 1951–80 4.7 Regional sea-level rise projections for 2081–2100 (relative to 1986–2005) und ...
... Multi-model mean of the percentage change in annual (top), dry season (DJF, middle) and wet season (JJA, bottom) precipitation for RCP2.6 (left) and RCP8.5 (right) for South East Asia by 2071–2099 relative to 1951–80 4.7 Regional sea-level rise projections for 2081–2100 (relative to 1986–2005) und ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... projected to lead to significant and persistent changes in climate, including an increase in average global temperature of 1.4 to 5.8˚C (according to the IPCC) over the course of this century. Climatic changes are projected to include shifts in atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, an accele ...
... projected to lead to significant and persistent changes in climate, including an increase in average global temperature of 1.4 to 5.8˚C (according to the IPCC) over the course of this century. Climatic changes are projected to include shifts in atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, an accele ...
Module 12 Arctic Biodiversity in a Global Context
... with high winds and little or no lying snow. Higher precipitation, often less than 15cm yr-1, occurs over much of the Antarctic continent; and only in small areas on the peninsula and oceanic islands is precipitation comparable to most other cold regions (40 cm rain equivalents). Radiation is anothe ...
... with high winds and little or no lying snow. Higher precipitation, often less than 15cm yr-1, occurs over much of the Antarctic continent; and only in small areas on the peninsula and oceanic islands is precipitation comparable to most other cold regions (40 cm rain equivalents). Radiation is anothe ...
Coral reef ecosystems and anthropogenic climate change
... concentrations of 450 ppm will lead to the loss of coraldominated reef systems, with the prospect that dangerous levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide for coral reefs were exceeded in 1979 when mass coral bleaching was reported for the first time. The exact response of coral reefs remains uncertain a ...
... concentrations of 450 ppm will lead to the loss of coraldominated reef systems, with the prospect that dangerous levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide for coral reefs were exceeded in 1979 when mass coral bleaching was reported for the first time. The exact response of coral reefs remains uncertain a ...
Trends in Economic and Insured Losses from Weather-Related Events: a new analysis
... It is difficult to measure trends in vulnerability to weather-related events at a regional scale because extreme events occur relatively infrequently. For example, UNISDR (2009) reported that of the 2.3 million people who lost their lives in natural disasters (geophysical and weather-related, exclud ...
... It is difficult to measure trends in vulnerability to weather-related events at a regional scale because extreme events occur relatively infrequently. For example, UNISDR (2009) reported that of the 2.3 million people who lost their lives in natural disasters (geophysical and weather-related, exclud ...