Bronze Age Review - ePrints Soton
... C relative production rate/solar activity including solar events such as the Homeric minimum (850-550 cal BC) which has been correlated with a major wet phase across North West Europe (van Geel et al., 1996; Mauquoy et al., 2004). Mauquoy et al. (2008) have shown that at two sites, one in northern E ...
... C relative production rate/solar activity including solar events such as the Homeric minimum (850-550 cal BC) which has been correlated with a major wet phase across North West Europe (van Geel et al., 1996; Mauquoy et al., 2004). Mauquoy et al. (2008) have shown that at two sites, one in northern E ...
The feasibility of low CO2 concentration targets and the role of bio
... However, we caution against using this possibility as an argument near term emission reductions. Continued business as usual emissions would lead to (higher) overshoots in the concentration level, leading to more climate impacts which might even be irreversible (O’Neill and Oppenheimer 2004; Lenton ...
... However, we caution against using this possibility as an argument near term emission reductions. Continued business as usual emissions would lead to (higher) overshoots in the concentration level, leading to more climate impacts which might even be irreversible (O’Neill and Oppenheimer 2004; Lenton ...
Econometrics and the Science of Climate Change
... Econometrics has a long history as the technique of choice for testing the merits of alternative hypotheses across most of the social sciences as well as many of the natural and materials sciences, not to mention pharmaceutical science, where it is widely used to evaluate the efficacy of alternative ...
... Econometrics has a long history as the technique of choice for testing the merits of alternative hypotheses across most of the social sciences as well as many of the natural and materials sciences, not to mention pharmaceutical science, where it is widely used to evaluate the efficacy of alternative ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Jürgen Kropp (PIK) claimed for a ‘new culture of cooperation’. But as both communities work in different modes and sometimes with different agendas incentives have to be set for closer cooperation. As one participant put it: “Climate scientist and local and sectoral practitioners need to be in close ...
... Jürgen Kropp (PIK) claimed for a ‘new culture of cooperation’. But as both communities work in different modes and sometimes with different agendas incentives have to be set for closer cooperation. As one participant put it: “Climate scientist and local and sectoral practitioners need to be in close ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... studies [74]. Although the experiments by Duhamel du Monceau rather aimed at gaining sufficient material for shipbuilding than scientific insights in intraspecific variation of pines [74], they attest an early awareness of local adaptations and the relationship between adaptive tree traits and diffe ...
... studies [74]. Although the experiments by Duhamel du Monceau rather aimed at gaining sufficient material for shipbuilding than scientific insights in intraspecific variation of pines [74], they attest an early awareness of local adaptations and the relationship between adaptive tree traits and diffe ...
A Meta-Analysis Essay on the Environmental Resistance Movement
... and prove their logic and science false. In his book, The Inquisition of Climate Science, Powell makes it clear that climate change deniers are not scientists and their evidence not scientific. He goes on to talk about the conferences and think tanks of the deniers, and how they appear in every way ...
... and prove their logic and science false. In his book, The Inquisition of Climate Science, Powell makes it clear that climate change deniers are not scientists and their evidence not scientific. He goes on to talk about the conferences and think tanks of the deniers, and how they appear in every way ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON LARGE SCALE OCEAN
... In the Atlantic at 25°N (roughly between the Canaries and the Bahamas) there is a northward transport of heat of 1.3 PW (1 PW is 10 to the power 15 Watts, which is roughly the same as the power output from one million power stations). The heat transport is a balance of the northward flow of a warm ...
... In the Atlantic at 25°N (roughly between the Canaries and the Bahamas) there is a northward transport of heat of 1.3 PW (1 PW is 10 to the power 15 Watts, which is roughly the same as the power output from one million power stations). The heat transport is a balance of the northward flow of a warm ...
Unit Roots in the Climate: Is the Recent Warming Due to Persistent
... In recent years, scientists have become increasingly certain that the rise in global mean temperature is due in part to rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Evidence has come from two directions, observation of the climate and greenhouse gas concentrations (detection of the climate cha ...
... In recent years, scientists have become increasingly certain that the rise in global mean temperature is due in part to rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Evidence has come from two directions, observation of the climate and greenhouse gas concentrations (detection of the climate cha ...
ITU and Early Warning
... the way for Internet access from remote areas and allows to apply paperless working methods, switch from physical distribution DVDs and CDs to online delivery. ...
... the way for Internet access from remote areas and allows to apply paperless working methods, switch from physical distribution DVDs and CDs to online delivery. ...
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... applied to assess climate change impacts on grass productivity at the global scale, and therefore can be ruled out as an option for our study. Two different approaches exist for implementation of crop growth models at global scale: the models can be run for a limited number of specific sites, and th ...
... applied to assess climate change impacts on grass productivity at the global scale, and therefore can be ruled out as an option for our study. Two different approaches exist for implementation of crop growth models at global scale: the models can be run for a limited number of specific sites, and th ...
View/Open
... The first stage of the analysis was to identify those areas of sub-Saharan Africa that appear to be particularly at risk from climate change in the coming 50 years, i.e. to identify geographic areas where changes in temperatures and rainfall amounts and patterns etc. may be relatively large. This wa ...
... The first stage of the analysis was to identify those areas of sub-Saharan Africa that appear to be particularly at risk from climate change in the coming 50 years, i.e. to identify geographic areas where changes in temperatures and rainfall amounts and patterns etc. may be relatively large. This wa ...
McDowell N, On how trees die and predictions of global forest mortality
... 1) Source vs sink carbon dynamics is a false dichotomy; growth and mortality process are not that simple. 2) The carbon starvation hypothesis does not challenge nor disagree with sink driven growth. 3) All approaches have error and assumptions. We need many approaches to build reliable prediction ...
... 1) Source vs sink carbon dynamics is a false dichotomy; growth and mortality process are not that simple. 2) The carbon starvation hypothesis does not challenge nor disagree with sink driven growth. 3) All approaches have error and assumptions. We need many approaches to build reliable prediction ...
Coral Reef Monitoring for Climate Change Impact Assessment and
... the countries of the Caribbean. As elsewhere, the coral reefs of the area are expected to have a low to moderate vulnerability to climate change, but are likely to experience extreme stresses from local land-based human activities, especially when these activities are combined with the pressures cau ...
... the countries of the Caribbean. As elsewhere, the coral reefs of the area are expected to have a low to moderate vulnerability to climate change, but are likely to experience extreme stresses from local land-based human activities, especially when these activities are combined with the pressures cau ...
unlocking the climate puzzle
... history. We face a known global threat of enormous consequence that is within our technological capability to solve. Yet not a single major power is implementing adequate solutions. And headwinds seem to be coming from all directions: from global economic forces, sociological trends and psychologica ...
... history. We face a known global threat of enormous consequence that is within our technological capability to solve. Yet not a single major power is implementing adequate solutions. And headwinds seem to be coming from all directions: from global economic forces, sociological trends and psychologica ...
Economic Opportunities from a Changing Climate
... informs decision makers, fosters dialogue and debate on policy-relevant ideas and strengthens multilateral responses to the most pressing international governance issues. ...
... informs decision makers, fosters dialogue and debate on policy-relevant ideas and strengthens multilateral responses to the most pressing international governance issues. ...
Tierney 1..8 - Science Advances
... model projections under the high-emissions Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario for the 21st century. In this case, the same set of models overwhelmingly (≥90% in some regions) predict wetter conditions as greenhouse gases and global temperatures rise, both seasonally and in the a ...
... model projections under the high-emissions Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario for the 21st century. In this case, the same set of models overwhelmingly (≥90% in some regions) predict wetter conditions as greenhouse gases and global temperatures rise, both seasonally and in the a ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
New Zealand`s Climate Change Target
... "I urge you to show your strength by making bold and ambitious targets. I urge you to show love to the little players. I urge you to step on toes, to stand out as a point of difference and show once again that NZ can be a world leader in the way that it promotes the rights of all individuals, not ju ...
... "I urge you to show your strength by making bold and ambitious targets. I urge you to show love to the little players. I urge you to step on toes, to stand out as a point of difference and show once again that NZ can be a world leader in the way that it promotes the rights of all individuals, not ju ...
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... Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union. In addition to these, an aggregate of the rest of the world countries has been formed, ...
... Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russian Federation, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, the United States, and the European Union. In addition to these, an aggregate of the rest of the world countries has been formed, ...
Oregon`s Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
... all increased (Adger et al. 2007). In addition, the western U.S. has experienced reductions in the area of spring snow cover (Groisman et al. 2001). Projected climatic changes will also affect inland hydrology including streams, lakes, and wetlands (Frederick and Gleick 1999, Poff et al. 2002). Redu ...
... all increased (Adger et al. 2007). In addition, the western U.S. has experienced reductions in the area of spring snow cover (Groisman et al. 2001). Projected climatic changes will also affect inland hydrology including streams, lakes, and wetlands (Frederick and Gleick 1999, Poff et al. 2002). Redu ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
national climate change policy
... Furthermore, extensive consultations with provincial and federal ministries, institutions and civil society provided valuable inputs to the policy document. In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, in particular extreme events, adaptation effort is the focus ...
... Furthermore, extensive consultations with provincial and federal ministries, institutions and civil society provided valuable inputs to the policy document. In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, in particular extreme events, adaptation effort is the focus ...
Climate Change and Democratisation
... Eastern Europe but also in Asia and Africa, began to undergo political change. Some years on the democratic advance now seems to have come to a halt. Political commentators even talk about the possibility of a reverse wave, which might erode some of the democratic gains. Debates about climate change ...
... Eastern Europe but also in Asia and Africa, began to undergo political change. Some years on the democratic advance now seems to have come to a halt. Political commentators even talk about the possibility of a reverse wave, which might erode some of the democratic gains. Debates about climate change ...
Climate change projections of precipitation and
... statistically downscaled and compared with a current climate, defined as the period 2000–2009. Besides precipitation only this study also focuses on change in water demand by vegetation reference evapotranspiration (ETref). It was found that for both future periods the annual precipitation sum will ...
... statistically downscaled and compared with a current climate, defined as the period 2000–2009. Besides precipitation only this study also focuses on change in water demand by vegetation reference evapotranspiration (ETref). It was found that for both future periods the annual precipitation sum will ...