Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle
... utilises existing models of leaf-level photosynthesis in C3 and C4 plants (Collatz et al., 1991, 1992). Plant respiration is broken-down into a growth component, which is proportional to the photosynthetic rate, and a maintenance component which is assumed to increase exponentially with temperature ...
... utilises existing models of leaf-level photosynthesis in C3 and C4 plants (Collatz et al., 1991, 1992). Plant respiration is broken-down into a growth component, which is proportional to the photosynthetic rate, and a maintenance component which is assumed to increase exponentially with temperature ...
The Next Step: Exponential Life 1 — PB
... as a whole have remained relatively constant. Indonesia’s crater lake Toba is the result of a catastrophic volcanic super-eruption that occurred 75,000 years ago, blasting an estimated 2800 cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere. An erupted mass just 1/100th of this from the Tambora erupti ...
... as a whole have remained relatively constant. Indonesia’s crater lake Toba is the result of a catastrophic volcanic super-eruption that occurred 75,000 years ago, blasting an estimated 2800 cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere. An erupted mass just 1/100th of this from the Tambora erupti ...
presentation - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
... • Manitoba – Hydrologic projections for the Assiniboine River watershed indicate no significant changes to the magnitude or variability of streamflow, but there is a high degree of uncertainty associated with these projections – Municipal and irrigation water use is expected to increase, even more s ...
... • Manitoba – Hydrologic projections for the Assiniboine River watershed indicate no significant changes to the magnitude or variability of streamflow, but there is a high degree of uncertainty associated with these projections – Municipal and irrigation water use is expected to increase, even more s ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... sectors: food, water, health, ecosystem services, human habitat and infrastructure. Each sector is in turn represented by six indicators that represent three cross-cutting components: the exposure of the sector to climate-related or climate-exacerbated hazards; the sensitivity of that sector to the ...
... sectors: food, water, health, ecosystem services, human habitat and infrastructure. Each sector is in turn represented by six indicators that represent three cross-cutting components: the exposure of the sector to climate-related or climate-exacerbated hazards; the sensitivity of that sector to the ...
(Un)Natural Disasters: Communicating Linkages Between Extreme
... to reduce future vulnerability to extremes. Such an assessment of risk requires a scientific basis, rather than an opinion based on personal perceptions, media reporting, or in response to political discourse. Recent research suggests that personal experience of extreme weather has only a small, sho ...
... to reduce future vulnerability to extremes. Such an assessment of risk requires a scientific basis, rather than an opinion based on personal perceptions, media reporting, or in response to political discourse. Recent research suggests that personal experience of extreme weather has only a small, sho ...
Data Visualisation Does Political Things
... Our World in Data is a research project conducted by economist Max Roser at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. The project offers overviews of global trends with dozens of charts and data visualisations on a wide variety of topics posted on the project website. The ...
... Our World in Data is a research project conducted by economist Max Roser at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. The project offers overviews of global trends with dozens of charts and data visualisations on a wide variety of topics posted on the project website. The ...
The influence of dynamic vegetation on the present
... longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere is also reduced (Fig. 7b). These changes are largest over the Arabian Sea, India and the Bay of Bengal, although they are also apparent over West Africa and northern Australia. The radiative effects of the dust act to cool the daytime maximum temperatu ...
... longwave radiation at the top of the atmosphere is also reduced (Fig. 7b). These changes are largest over the Arabian Sea, India and the Bay of Bengal, although they are also apparent over West Africa and northern Australia. The radiative effects of the dust act to cool the daytime maximum temperatu ...
Casino-21: Public Participation in Climate Simulation of the 21st
... How can we model weather and climate? How can we predict climate when we can’t predict next week’s weather? What are the main uncertainties in climate prediction? Quantifying risk: the science of probabilistic climate forecasting. Harnessing idle CPU on YOUR computer for global climate prediction. w ...
... How can we model weather and climate? How can we predict climate when we can’t predict next week’s weather? What are the main uncertainties in climate prediction? Quantifying risk: the science of probabilistic climate forecasting. Harnessing idle CPU on YOUR computer for global climate prediction. w ...
The Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures in the 21st Century: A
... more valuable and scarcer, and as increasingly urban populations become more geographically distant from the resources that sustain them (Delgado 2003; Prentice 2006). To the extent that these dietary shifts rely on grain-fed animal products, their net effect is to magnify the demand for grains, i.e ...
... more valuable and scarcer, and as increasingly urban populations become more geographically distant from the resources that sustain them (Delgado 2003; Prentice 2006). To the extent that these dietary shifts rely on grain-fed animal products, their net effect is to magnify the demand for grains, i.e ...
Global Warming: Forecasts by Scientists versus Scientific Forecasts
... included predictions of dramatic and harmful increases in average world temperatures over the next 92 years. Using forecasting principles as our guide we asked, are these forecasts a good basis for developing public policy? Our answer is “no.” To provide forecasts of climate change that are useful f ...
... included predictions of dramatic and harmful increases in average world temperatures over the next 92 years. Using forecasting principles as our guide we asked, are these forecasts a good basis for developing public policy? Our answer is “no.” To provide forecasts of climate change that are useful f ...
COLIN POLSKY - Florida Center for Environmental Studies
... Mapping Exploration of Suburbia: Rationale, Methods and Results for the NSF Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research Site.” Clark University George Perkins Marsh Institute Working Paper 2012-24. URL: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/news/workingpapers.cfm . 2. Polsky, C. and P. Pa ...
... Mapping Exploration of Suburbia: Rationale, Methods and Results for the NSF Plum Island Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research Site.” Clark University George Perkins Marsh Institute Working Paper 2012-24. URL: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/news/workingpapers.cfm . 2. Polsky, C. and P. Pa ...
Casino-21: Public Participation in Climate Simulation of
... How can we model weather and climate? How can we predict climate when we can’t predict next week’s weather? What are the main uncertainties in climate prediction? Quantifying risk: the science of probabilistic climate forecasting. Harnessing idle CPU on YOUR computer for global climate prediction. w ...
... How can we model weather and climate? How can we predict climate when we can’t predict next week’s weather? What are the main uncertainties in climate prediction? Quantifying risk: the science of probabilistic climate forecasting. Harnessing idle CPU on YOUR computer for global climate prediction. w ...
1 Darrel Moellendorf Forthcoming in Dominic Roser and Jennifer
... tundra of the far north. Methane is 25 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. As a result of warming waters and thawing tundra it is being released into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates (Science Daily 2008). Due to the thermal inertia of the oceans this release will continue even aft ...
... tundra of the far north. Methane is 25 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas. As a result of warming waters and thawing tundra it is being released into the atmosphere at unprecedented rates (Science Daily 2008). Due to the thermal inertia of the oceans this release will continue even aft ...
The role for scientists in tackling food insecurity and climate change
... Seven areas for action by the scientific community The transition to a global food system that satisfies human needs, reduces its carbon footprint, adapts to climate change and is in balance with planetary resources requires concrete and coordinated actions, implemented at scale, simultaneously and ...
... Seven areas for action by the scientific community The transition to a global food system that satisfies human needs, reduces its carbon footprint, adapts to climate change and is in balance with planetary resources requires concrete and coordinated actions, implemented at scale, simultaneously and ...
Seychelles
... 6. The threats caused by climate change will have significant impacts on Seychelles in the short, medium and longer term on infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, energy and water security, biodiversity, waste management and on human health and well-being. Although the exact impacts are no ...
... 6. The threats caused by climate change will have significant impacts on Seychelles in the short, medium and longer term on infrastructure, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, energy and water security, biodiversity, waste management and on human health and well-being. Although the exact impacts are no ...
Maske für Factsheet (Vor- und Rückseite), Stand Mai 2006
... Over the course of this century net carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems is likely to peak before mid-century and then weaken or even reverse, thus amplifying climate change. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if incre ...
... Over the course of this century net carbon uptake by terrestrial ecosystems is likely to peak before mid-century and then weaken or even reverse, thus amplifying climate change. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if incre ...
Author`s personal copy - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
... concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system,’’ (Article 2). In Canada, a 6% reduction in emissions was negotiated at Kyoto, although the federal government has since indicated it will not meet these targets. Secondly, ad ...
... concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system,’’ (Article 2). In Canada, a 6% reduction in emissions was negotiated at Kyoto, although the federal government has since indicated it will not meet these targets. Secondly, ad ...
LCCARL263_en.pdf
... environmental characteristics in influencing the choices made by tourists. The study used a selfadministered questionnaire on tourists visiting Bonaire and Barbados – 316 from Bonaire and 338 from Barbados. The study established that warm temperatures, clear waters and low health risks were the main ...
... environmental characteristics in influencing the choices made by tourists. The study used a selfadministered questionnaire on tourists visiting Bonaire and Barbados – 316 from Bonaire and 338 from Barbados. The study established that warm temperatures, clear waters and low health risks were the main ...
Maurits van der Vlugt
... urrent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections estimate a global sea level rise (including ice sheet contribution) of up to 80 cm by 2100, with potentially significant effects on Australia’s coastline and inter-tidal foreshores. An average rise of 50 cm over the 21st century wou ...
... urrent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projections estimate a global sea level rise (including ice sheet contribution) of up to 80 cm by 2100, with potentially significant effects on Australia’s coastline and inter-tidal foreshores. An average rise of 50 cm over the 21st century wou ...
Are there connections between the Earth`s magnetic field and climate?
... Abstract Understanding climate change is an active topic of research. Much of the observed increase in global surface temperature over the past 150 years occurred prior to the 1940s and after the 1980s. The main causes invoked are solar variability, changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas content or s ...
... Abstract Understanding climate change is an active topic of research. Much of the observed increase in global surface temperature over the past 150 years occurred prior to the 1940s and after the 1980s. The main causes invoked are solar variability, changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas content or s ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... Assess the climate risk exposure of its Real Asset and Real Estate portfolios through undertaking a geographic climate risk assessment of key assets (either directly and/or in conjunction with external manager(s)/consultants). Use the results of this Mercer TRIP analysis in conjunction with any carb ...
... Assess the climate risk exposure of its Real Asset and Real Estate portfolios through undertaking a geographic climate risk assessment of key assets (either directly and/or in conjunction with external manager(s)/consultants). Use the results of this Mercer TRIP analysis in conjunction with any carb ...
Migration in response to environmental change
... There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. Climate change is, of course, a major factor. Sea level rise, changes in storm or cyclone frequency, changes in rainfall patterns, forest fi ...
... There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. Climate change is, of course, a major factor. Sea level rise, changes in storm or cyclone frequency, changes in rainfall patterns, forest fi ...
Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
... Strategy (2008) warns that the disproportionate impacts of climate change on the poorest and most vulnerable communities could set back much of the development progress of the past decades and plunge communities back into poverty. Ecosystem-based adaptation helps maintain ecosystem productivity and ...
... Strategy (2008) warns that the disproportionate impacts of climate change on the poorest and most vulnerable communities could set back much of the development progress of the past decades and plunge communities back into poverty. Ecosystem-based adaptation helps maintain ecosystem productivity and ...
Korea University International Summer Campus 2017 ISC392
... Earth’s ecosystems have evolved over millions of years. This process has resulted in diverse and complex biological communities living in balance with their environment (including mankind’s interconnection with Nature). In addition to their inherent values, diverse ecosystems also provide the founda ...
... Earth’s ecosystems have evolved over millions of years. This process has resulted in diverse and complex biological communities living in balance with their environment (including mankind’s interconnection with Nature). In addition to their inherent values, diverse ecosystems also provide the founda ...
Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production
... waves in Russia and the United States, the world’s climate is changing. Higher temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns are not only affecting people’s daily routines, but they are disrupting life-sustaining agriculture in many parts of the world. These challenges are expected to grow only mo ...
... waves in Russia and the United States, the world’s climate is changing. Higher temperatures and unpredictable weather patterns are not only affecting people’s daily routines, but they are disrupting life-sustaining agriculture in many parts of the world. These challenges are expected to grow only mo ...