Regional climate change projections for Chicago and the US Great
... well as the scientific uncertainty regarding how natural sources and sinks of greenhouse gases will change, and the response of Earth's climate system to these changes. The objective of this work is to clearly describe the derivation of a consistent set of climate change scenarios for the Chicago and ...
... well as the scientific uncertainty regarding how natural sources and sinks of greenhouse gases will change, and the response of Earth's climate system to these changes. The objective of this work is to clearly describe the derivation of a consistent set of climate change scenarios for the Chicago and ...
Impacts of Chinese reactive nitrogen on climate change
... agents. In addition, assessment using the GWP metric is hard to integrate with specific aims ...
... agents. In addition, assessment using the GWP metric is hard to integrate with specific aims ...
eoi maría moliner listening february 2011
... And yet the destruction goes on at a truly terrifying pace – despite the knowledge that carbon emissions from burning forests are responsible for around 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Only the energy sector has a larger share. Now, you might think that for all these reasons the worl ...
... And yet the destruction goes on at a truly terrifying pace – despite the knowledge that carbon emissions from burning forests are responsible for around 20 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Only the energy sector has a larger share. Now, you might think that for all these reasons the worl ...
Approaching a state shift in Earth`s biosphere
... Earth’s biosphere has undergone state shifts in the past, over various (usually very long) timescales, and therefore can do so in the future (Box 1). One of the fastest planetary state shifts, and the most recent, was the transition from the last glacial into the present interglacial condition12,18, ...
... Earth’s biosphere has undergone state shifts in the past, over various (usually very long) timescales, and therefore can do so in the future (Box 1). One of the fastest planetary state shifts, and the most recent, was the transition from the last glacial into the present interglacial condition12,18, ...
The integrated Earth system model version 1
... including the sources of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and short-lived species (SLS), land use and land cover change (LULCC), and other resource-related drivers of anthropogenic climate change. ESMs are the primary scientific tools for examining the physical, chemical, and biogeochemical impacts of ...
... including the sources of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) and short-lived species (SLS), land use and land cover change (LULCC), and other resource-related drivers of anthropogenic climate change. ESMs are the primary scientific tools for examining the physical, chemical, and biogeochemical impacts of ...
How do stripes form
... A STEM ED Program at the University of Massachusetts, funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Climate System Research Center in conjunction with the International Polar Year ...
... A STEM ED Program at the University of Massachusetts, funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Climate System Research Center in conjunction with the International Polar Year ...
Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in the Water Receiving
... Abstract Climate change will lead to a significant alteration in the temporal and spatial pattern variation in the regional hydrological cycle, and the subsequent lack of water, environmental deterioration, floods and droughts etc. And it is especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. ...
... Abstract Climate change will lead to a significant alteration in the temporal and spatial pattern variation in the regional hydrological cycle, and the subsequent lack of water, environmental deterioration, floods and droughts etc. And it is especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. ...
climate policy: separating fact from fantasy
... Although climate change is a difficult problem to address, policymakers in developed countries are likely to be forced to pay more attention to the issue as the public becomes more concerned. Europe is already setting new emissions targets for 2020,6 while U.S. President Obama has pledged to reduce ...
... Although climate change is a difficult problem to address, policymakers in developed countries are likely to be forced to pay more attention to the issue as the public becomes more concerned. Europe is already setting new emissions targets for 2020,6 while U.S. President Obama has pledged to reduce ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... instrumental weather records more than 100 years ago. In terms of temperature, the years 2014 and 2015 have been Germany’s hottest two years since the beginning of instrumental measurement in ...
... instrumental weather records more than 100 years ago. In terms of temperature, the years 2014 and 2015 have been Germany’s hottest two years since the beginning of instrumental measurement in ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... London’s status as a global city makes its economy increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Not only do we face higher risk of flooding, drought and heatwave events at home, but our city’s interdependence with economies elsewhere in the world means we 'import' risk through the financial services s ...
... London’s status as a global city makes its economy increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Not only do we face higher risk of flooding, drought and heatwave events at home, but our city’s interdependence with economies elsewhere in the world means we 'import' risk through the financial services s ...
Agricultural technologies for climate change in developing
... almost certainly require investments in capacity building and agricultural extension. Furthermore, in some places, such investment simply will not pay and investments in helping the population to prepare for other occupations in other regions may be the appropriate course. Whether a particular zone ...
... almost certainly require investments in capacity building and agricultural extension. Furthermore, in some places, such investment simply will not pay and investments in helping the population to prepare for other occupations in other regions may be the appropriate course. Whether a particular zone ...
Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and
... of studies have documented ‘rapid’ evolutionary transitions that have occurred within a time span of a few generations or so (see Hendry & Kinnison 1999; Kinnison & Hendry 2001; Reznick & Ghalambor 2001; for reviews). This suggests that microevolutionary responses to recent climate change — if they ...
... of studies have documented ‘rapid’ evolutionary transitions that have occurred within a time span of a few generations or so (see Hendry & Kinnison 1999; Kinnison & Hendry 2001; Reznick & Ghalambor 2001; for reviews). This suggests that microevolutionary responses to recent climate change — if they ...
Eleven Antitheses on Cities and States
... Obviously supply and demand, production and consumption, are related pairings of single processes – you cannot have one without the other. The question is, for both theory and practice, how is each part of the pairing handled in terms of balance? Table 1 suggests a severe imbalance in mainstream sci ...
... Obviously supply and demand, production and consumption, are related pairings of single processes – you cannot have one without the other. The question is, for both theory and practice, how is each part of the pairing handled in terms of balance? Table 1 suggests a severe imbalance in mainstream sci ...
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... model’s structure also allows for a limited set of adaptation behaviors within the livestock sector. The model permits livestock producers to change what they feed livestock, for instance, by switching between diets to minimize the costs associated with providing for livestock’s nutritional needs un ...
... model’s structure also allows for a limited set of adaptation behaviors within the livestock sector. The model permits livestock producers to change what they feed livestock, for instance, by switching between diets to minimize the costs associated with providing for livestock’s nutritional needs un ...
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... three key ingredients: hot weather, low humidity and wind. A warming climate could produce two of the three ingredients. All you need is a windy day and a forest fire that once seemed manageable – as in this month’s case of Fort McMurray - suddenly becomes uncontrollable… ...
... three key ingredients: hot weather, low humidity and wind. A warming climate could produce two of the three ingredients. All you need is a windy day and a forest fire that once seemed manageable – as in this month’s case of Fort McMurray - suddenly becomes uncontrollable… ...
The Urgent State of the Earth - Department of Politics and
... In 1997, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol became the first international strategy to regulate human induced greenhouse gas emissions. It was eight years later when the treaty finally entered into force, and now, the Protocol is recognized for its inability to ...
... In 1997, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol became the first international strategy to regulate human induced greenhouse gas emissions. It was eight years later when the treaty finally entered into force, and now, the Protocol is recognized for its inability to ...
Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef Iconic National
... infrastructure includes a wide range of accommodation facilities, restaurants, and shops; airports in the Whitsundays (Hamilton Island ) and Cairns serviced with daily flights connecting the GBR with various cities across Australia and some international destinations; and networks of roads (includin ...
... infrastructure includes a wide range of accommodation facilities, restaurants, and shops; airports in the Whitsundays (Hamilton Island ) and Cairns serviced with daily flights connecting the GBR with various cities across Australia and some international destinations; and networks of roads (includin ...
Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions
... range available from the observed temperature data, in order to not exceed the calculated range of the regression. All grid cells with temperatures outside our regression range (under future conditions) were removed from the calculations, i.e. a gridcell was removed from the analysis if the May/June ...
... range available from the observed temperature data, in order to not exceed the calculated range of the regression. All grid cells with temperatures outside our regression range (under future conditions) were removed from the calculations, i.e. a gridcell was removed from the analysis if the May/June ...
Climate, Weather and Plants
... Inadvertent climate modification Non‐urban modification Modification by buildings and urban areas ...
... Inadvertent climate modification Non‐urban modification Modification by buildings and urban areas ...
Climate change
... From these predict changes in atmospheric composition Use these results to drive a climate model Question: How do we do this probabilistically? ...
... From these predict changes in atmospheric composition Use these results to drive a climate model Question: How do we do this probabilistically? ...
Comments on target - Ministry for the Environment
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
... avoid the harmful impacts of climate change. A number of submitters felt that action on climate change was a moral responsibility. Many related their response to needing to avoid a temperature rise of more than two degrees. Other issues highlighted included protecting our vulnerable communities, nei ...
Climate Change and Water in Southeast Asia
... Climate Changes exacerbate these challenges, particularly as more than 90% of climate change impacts are on water related sub-sectors 70 to 90% of water resources in SEA (except for Singapore and Brunei) are use for agriculture: rapid urbanization is changing this equation In a world with limiting n ...
... Climate Changes exacerbate these challenges, particularly as more than 90% of climate change impacts are on water related sub-sectors 70 to 90% of water resources in SEA (except for Singapore and Brunei) are use for agriculture: rapid urbanization is changing this equation In a world with limiting n ...
Health effects of climate change: heat related impacts
... L., D'Iippoliti, D., Danova, J., Forsberg, B., Medina, S., Paldy, A., Rabczenko, D., Schindler, C. and Michelozzi, P. (2008) Heat effects on mortality in 15 European cities. Epidemiology 19(5), 711-719. Coumou and Rahmstorf (2012) A decade of weather extremes. Nature Climate Change 2, 491–496 Hajat, ...
... L., D'Iippoliti, D., Danova, J., Forsberg, B., Medina, S., Paldy, A., Rabczenko, D., Schindler, C. and Michelozzi, P. (2008) Heat effects on mortality in 15 European cities. Epidemiology 19(5), 711-719. Coumou and Rahmstorf (2012) A decade of weather extremes. Nature Climate Change 2, 491–496 Hajat, ...
impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
off the charts: 2013 was australia`s hottest year
... heat than it did 50 years ago (Trenberth 2012). This is loading the dice towards more record hot weather, in Australia and around the world. Observations bear this out. It is very likely that human-driven climate change has contributed to warmer and/or more frequent hot days and nights over most lan ...
... heat than it did 50 years ago (Trenberth 2012). This is loading the dice towards more record hot weather, in Australia and around the world. Observations bear this out. It is very likely that human-driven climate change has contributed to warmer and/or more frequent hot days and nights over most lan ...