The PETM and Leaf Margin Analysis
... The reason this method works is because toothed leaves are able to begin photosynthesis earlier than smooth edged leaves in the spring. However toothed leaves lead to a high amount of water loss which does not provide adequate water to the tree in ...
... The reason this method works is because toothed leaves are able to begin photosynthesis earlier than smooth edged leaves in the spring. However toothed leaves lead to a high amount of water loss which does not provide adequate water to the tree in ...
What do stakeholders need to manage for climate change
... context of planning for future resource management in the face of change at multiple timescales. As we will describe next, data and information needs were often expressed in terms informing warning systems, evaluating impacts or planning for uncertain or very different, unpredictable futures. Second ...
... context of planning for future resource management in the face of change at multiple timescales. As we will describe next, data and information needs were often expressed in terms informing warning systems, evaluating impacts or planning for uncertain or very different, unpredictable futures. Second ...
Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change
... 1 m; engine inlets, typically 10 m) and from heat inputs from the ship near engine inlets. Biases can also vary by nation. The biases are not large enough to prejudice conclusions about recent warming. The increasing amount of buoy data, although in principle more accurate than most ship measurement ...
... 1 m; engine inlets, typically 10 m) and from heat inputs from the ship near engine inlets. Biases can also vary by nation. The biases are not large enough to prejudice conclusions about recent warming. The increasing amount of buoy data, although in principle more accurate than most ship measurement ...
Climate change and global water resources
... experiencing water stress (using more than 20% of their available resources). Climate change has the potential to impose additional pressures in some regions. This paper describes an assessment of the implications of climate change for global hydrological regimes and water resources. It uses climate ...
... experiencing water stress (using more than 20% of their available resources). Climate change has the potential to impose additional pressures in some regions. This paper describes an assessment of the implications of climate change for global hydrological regimes and water resources. It uses climate ...
Impact and Response Scenarios for Coastal Flooding in Barbados and
... generate at least $28 million in sales. When added to the sales volume generated annually by the Hotel at Almond Beach (2000 sales volume was $30 million), it may be concluded that the commercial and tourism properties within the zone of impact have a potential to earn at least $58 million in sales ...
... generate at least $28 million in sales. When added to the sales volume generated annually by the Hotel at Almond Beach (2000 sales volume was $30 million), it may be concluded that the commercial and tourism properties within the zone of impact have a potential to earn at least $58 million in sales ...
Climate Change Policy Jason Shogren and Michael Toman •
... Climate change is a historical fact, as illustrated by the ice ages. Part of the controversy today is the extent to which human activities are responsible for changes in the climate system. While acknowledging the many uncertainties about the precise nature and strength of the link between human act ...
... Climate change is a historical fact, as illustrated by the ice ages. Part of the controversy today is the extent to which human activities are responsible for changes in the climate system. While acknowledging the many uncertainties about the precise nature and strength of the link between human act ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... across working groups in order that conclusions become more comparable and more credible. In so doing, the review made vague reference to a need to uncover and answer some fundamental “client” questions, that is, who reads the reports and with whom are authors intended to communicate. A second major ...
... across working groups in order that conclusions become more comparable and more credible. In so doing, the review made vague reference to a need to uncover and answer some fundamental “client” questions, that is, who reads the reports and with whom are authors intended to communicate. A second major ...
paper - World Bank Group
... found that Haiti is the most vulnerable, compared to Cuba or Mauritius. Haiti has one of the lowest emissions per head (Marland et al., 2007), has signed the Kyoto protocol but is the one of the most vulnerable countries to climate changes impacts mainly because of its lowest adaptation capacity. Th ...
... found that Haiti is the most vulnerable, compared to Cuba or Mauritius. Haiti has one of the lowest emissions per head (Marland et al., 2007), has signed the Kyoto protocol but is the one of the most vulnerable countries to climate changes impacts mainly because of its lowest adaptation capacity. Th ...
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... Climatic risks (e.g rainfall variability, droughts) account for a significant share of agricultural production risk (World Bank, 2001; FAO, 2008). Climate risks have severe impacts on food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in developing countries mainly through crop yield and livestock ...
... Climatic risks (e.g rainfall variability, droughts) account for a significant share of agricultural production risk (World Bank, 2001; FAO, 2008). Climate risks have severe impacts on food security and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in developing countries mainly through crop yield and livestock ...
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... Climate change as a result of global warming may be the most important environmental issue now facing not only the United States, but the world. Greenhouse gases (primarily, carbon dioxide ("C0 2"), methane and nitrous oxide) persist and mix in the atmosphere, so that emissions anywhere in the world ...
... Climate change as a result of global warming may be the most important environmental issue now facing not only the United States, but the world. Greenhouse gases (primarily, carbon dioxide ("C0 2"), methane and nitrous oxide) persist and mix in the atmosphere, so that emissions anywhere in the world ...
Global Climate Change Impacts on Pacific Islands Terrestrial
... Species vulnerability modelling by Fortini and co-workers [55] showed that dry forest species were much more vulnerable to climate change than species from any other habitat types in Hawaii. Tropical dry forests contain a number of endemic plant species with small geographical ranges in only one or ...
... Species vulnerability modelling by Fortini and co-workers [55] showed that dry forest species were much more vulnerable to climate change than species from any other habitat types in Hawaii. Tropical dry forests contain a number of endemic plant species with small geographical ranges in only one or ...
Global climate cycles and cyclones: consequences for
... from the group because they are not expected to be able to survive independently before weaning. Out of 30 infant deaths observed or assumed in the Wright (1995) study, five were observed or inferred predation events by fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) and nine were observed or suspected infanticide cases ...
... from the group because they are not expected to be able to survive independently before weaning. Out of 30 infant deaths observed or assumed in the Wright (1995) study, five were observed or inferred predation events by fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) and nine were observed or suspected infanticide cases ...
Impact of climate change on the timing of strawberry phenological
... methods shows that even though the hourly approach is the most precise and is required in specific cases, using minimum and maximum temperature for approximating the diurnal cycle leads to reasonably good results (Reicosky et al. 1989). In addition, different sine wave methods or triangle methods us ...
... methods shows that even though the hourly approach is the most precise and is required in specific cases, using minimum and maximum temperature for approximating the diurnal cycle leads to reasonably good results (Reicosky et al. 1989). In addition, different sine wave methods or triangle methods us ...
Climate change impacts on New Zealand
... delay in the recovery of the ozone layer. Ozone is destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigeration and as propellants. Since the banning of CFCs the ozone layer was expected to recover over the next few decades, but scientists have found that emissions of other greenhouse gases such as ...
... delay in the recovery of the ozone layer. Ozone is destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) used in refrigeration and as propellants. Since the banning of CFCs the ozone layer was expected to recover over the next few decades, but scientists have found that emissions of other greenhouse gases such as ...
Why Worry About Climate Change? A Research Agenda
... analogues should it get warmer still. At the same time, there are fewer studies on the impacts of climate change on developing countries than on developed countries. Although research is scarce (OʼBrien et al., 2004), there is little reason to assume that climate change impacts would be homogeneous ...
... analogues should it get warmer still. At the same time, there are fewer studies on the impacts of climate change on developing countries than on developed countries. Although research is scarce (OʼBrien et al., 2004), there is little reason to assume that climate change impacts would be homogeneous ...
Climate Risk Screening and Management Tool for Strategy Design
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
... USAID efforts can help reduce the magnitude of global climate change through climate change mitigation, i.e., reductions in greenhouse gas emissions or removal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from the atmosphere (e.g., via tree planting). Address the following questions for each DO, IR, or sector to iden ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the IPCC
... and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, and cannot be obtained by simple addition. Additional forcing factors not included here ar ...
... and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, and cannot be obtained by simple addition. Additional forcing factors not included here ar ...
Natural and forced air temperature variability in the Labrador region
... to poor ice and snow conditions (Wolf et al. 2013). Regional climate models suggest that these conditions will occur more frequently due to regional warming expected to be on the order of 3 °C by 2038–2070 (Finnis 2013). However, relevant internal climate variability associated with North Atlantic s ...
... to poor ice and snow conditions (Wolf et al. 2013). Regional climate models suggest that these conditions will occur more frequently due to regional warming expected to be on the order of 3 °C by 2038–2070 (Finnis 2013). However, relevant internal climate variability associated with North Atlantic s ...
The United Kingdom (UK) Climate Policy
... • The UK is a global leader on climate change with very ambitious and legally-binding emissions reduction targets, supported by highly developed policies, legislation and institutions. Canada on the other hand, withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol (Kyoto) and its overall GHG emissions are 17% higher th ...
... • The UK is a global leader on climate change with very ambitious and legally-binding emissions reduction targets, supported by highly developed policies, legislation and institutions. Canada on the other hand, withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol (Kyoto) and its overall GHG emissions are 17% higher th ...
External link to publication
... Swedish financial firms or Swedish financial stability. But these are relatively recently studied categories of risk. Understanding of climate science and economics is evolving fast and the policy environment is changing rapidly too. In this situation, there is merit in regulators, including FI, c ...
... Swedish financial firms or Swedish financial stability. But these are relatively recently studied categories of risk. Understanding of climate science and economics is evolving fast and the policy environment is changing rapidly too. In this situation, there is merit in regulators, including FI, c ...
Vulnerability and climate change hotspots in Africa
... climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. The African rainfall is dominated by inter-annual and decadal variability for the past; howe ...
... climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. The African rainfall is dominated by inter-annual and decadal variability for the past; howe ...
Gendering climate change”
... The climate changes confronting the world leave no country unaffected and pose grave challenges to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geograph ...
... The climate changes confronting the world leave no country unaffected and pose grave challenges to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geograph ...
1 - Utrecht University Repository
... region are only possible once the present hydrological regime is better quantified3 . Although methods to quantify meltwater contribution exist, high-resolution modelling studies focus on small-scale watersheds11 . High-resolution approaches that explicitly simulate ice dynamics, necessary to simula ...
... region are only possible once the present hydrological regime is better quantified3 . Although methods to quantify meltwater contribution exist, high-resolution modelling studies focus on small-scale watersheds11 . High-resolution approaches that explicitly simulate ice dynamics, necessary to simula ...
changes in high flows in Sweden in the past and the future (1911
... occurring in March–June and July–February, respectively. In Sweden, spring peaks occurring in March–June along the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by ...
... occurring in March–June and July–February, respectively. In Sweden, spring peaks occurring in March–June along the south-to-north climate gradient are driven mainly by ...
Does climate adaptation policy need probabilities?
... subjective probabilities to different development pathways, he would rather trust IPCC authors than, say, particular interest groups. In their reply, Grubler and Nakicenovic (2001) disagree with Schneider’s suggestion of assigning subjective probabilities to emissions scenarios because, according to ...
... subjective probabilities to different development pathways, he would rather trust IPCC authors than, say, particular interest groups. In their reply, Grubler and Nakicenovic (2001) disagree with Schneider’s suggestion of assigning subjective probabilities to emissions scenarios because, according to ...