Climate controls on marine ecosystems and fish populations
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
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... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
Cultural and Economic Factors That Influence Brazilian Public
... medium to high confidence that observed droughts in South America are a major contribution of climate change (IPCC 2014, 7). The impacts of deforestation alter more than Brazil’s hydrological system. The Andean and Pacific regions of South America rely on glaciers for their water supply. The “aerial ...
... medium to high confidence that observed droughts in South America are a major contribution of climate change (IPCC 2014, 7). The impacts of deforestation alter more than Brazil’s hydrological system. The Andean and Pacific regions of South America rely on glaciers for their water supply. The “aerial ...
The Role of Climate Change in the Egyptian Revolution
... precedent for policy actions. Unfortunately, Americans live in a divided society and political sphere making environmental policy mobilization difficult. This is no secret and, in fact, a survey conducted by Gallup noted that 77% of Americans considered the United States a divided nation. While the ...
... precedent for policy actions. Unfortunately, Americans live in a divided society and political sphere making environmental policy mobilization difficult. This is no secret and, in fact, a survey conducted by Gallup noted that 77% of Americans considered the United States a divided nation. While the ...
Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
A critical exploration of the concept of `climate stabilization`
... critique or evaluate contemporary science, policy, or governance associated with discourses around climate change. Concepts like climate stabilization, however, have passed largely unnoticed into the lexicon of climate science–governance with little critical reflection. This paper seeks to fill this g ...
... critique or evaluate contemporary science, policy, or governance associated with discourses around climate change. Concepts like climate stabilization, however, have passed largely unnoticed into the lexicon of climate science–governance with little critical reflection. This paper seeks to fill this g ...
Changing probabilities of daily temperature extremes in the UK
... ABSTRACT: The impacts of 2 greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (one from the IPCC and one from Greenpeace International) on the occurrence of extreme daily temperature events are considered at several sites in the UK. For each site, a number of probability distributions were tested for goodness-offit ...
... ABSTRACT: The impacts of 2 greenhouse gas emissions scenarios (one from the IPCC and one from Greenpeace International) on the occurrence of extreme daily temperature events are considered at several sites in the UK. For each site, a number of probability distributions were tested for goodness-offit ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... acreage reports, reliable profit data are scarce and suffer from measurement errors. As noted by Deschênes and Greenstone (2007), the use of land value as a proxy for profit can result in biased estimates due to omitted variables. Moreover, farmland value does not accurately reflect long-term profit ...
... acreage reports, reliable profit data are scarce and suffer from measurement errors. As noted by Deschênes and Greenstone (2007), the use of land value as a proxy for profit can result in biased estimates due to omitted variables. Moreover, farmland value does not accurately reflect long-term profit ...
Who`s Afraid of Thomas Malthus?
... fashion, suggesting linear progress rather than a self-reinforcing mechanism. This appears much more plausible than to assume that improvements in food production are like a compound interest rate applied over a stock. There is an important element missing from the account, or rather implicit in it: ...
... fashion, suggesting linear progress rather than a self-reinforcing mechanism. This appears much more plausible than to assume that improvements in food production are like a compound interest rate applied over a stock. There is an important element missing from the account, or rather implicit in it: ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... globally. The recent IPCC Fifth Assessment Report considers the Region as “highly vulnerable to climate change”, also mentioning that it “will suffer multiple stresses and systemic failures due to climate changes”. The overall risks of climate change impacts can be reduced through mitigation, i.e. b ...
... globally. The recent IPCC Fifth Assessment Report considers the Region as “highly vulnerable to climate change”, also mentioning that it “will suffer multiple stresses and systemic failures due to climate changes”. The overall risks of climate change impacts can be reduced through mitigation, i.e. b ...
Reducing the Impact of Global Warming on Wildlife
... is occurring. Moreover, according to Susan Solomon, senior U.S. government scientist and co-author of the most recent IPCC report, “there can be no question that the increases ...
... is occurring. Moreover, according to Susan Solomon, senior U.S. government scientist and co-author of the most recent IPCC report, “there can be no question that the increases ...
Curriculum Vitae - Center for Research on Environmental
... Ben Orlove, Renzo Taddei, Guillermo Podestá and Kenneth Broad. Environmental citizenship in Latin America: Climate, intermediate organizations and political subjects. Latin American Research Review 46(S1):115-140. Carla Roncoli, Benjamin S. Orlove, Merit R. Kabugo and Milton M. Waiswa. Cultural styl ...
... Ben Orlove, Renzo Taddei, Guillermo Podestá and Kenneth Broad. Environmental citizenship in Latin America: Climate, intermediate organizations and political subjects. Latin American Research Review 46(S1):115-140. Carla Roncoli, Benjamin S. Orlove, Merit R. Kabugo and Milton M. Waiswa. Cultural styl ...
The framework - COSEE Alaska
... the Earth system. CL2A. Earth’s climate is influenced by interactions involving the Sun, ocean, atmosphere, clouds, ice, land, and life. Climate varies by region as a result of local differences in these interactions. CL2 B. Covering 70% of Earth’s surface, the ocean exerts a major control on climat ...
... the Earth system. CL2A. Earth’s climate is influenced by interactions involving the Sun, ocean, atmosphere, clouds, ice, land, and life. Climate varies by region as a result of local differences in these interactions. CL2 B. Covering 70% of Earth’s surface, the ocean exerts a major control on climat ...
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... • more effective knowledge-based climate mitigation policy options; • improved integration of adaptation research into decision making, mainstreaming adaptation in sectoral EU policies; • improved prospects for innovative policy making and services in ...
... • more effective knowledge-based climate mitigation policy options; • improved integration of adaptation research into decision making, mainstreaming adaptation in sectoral EU policies; • improved prospects for innovative policy making and services in ...
Terrestrial Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts
... Climate Change Impacts Report Card 2012 -13 The Terrestrial Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts Report Card provides an overview of how climate change is affecting UK biodiversity and potential future changes based on the latest scientific evidence and understanding.1 The project has been overseen b ...
... Climate Change Impacts Report Card 2012 -13 The Terrestrial Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts Report Card provides an overview of how climate change is affecting UK biodiversity and potential future changes based on the latest scientific evidence and understanding.1 The project has been overseen b ...
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... Over the last decades, climate models have been developed to an impressive level of complexity. Over a similar period, there has been growing interest in the uncertainty of future climate scenarios. Future climate projections are uncertain because both the initial conditions and the computational re ...
... Over the last decades, climate models have been developed to an impressive level of complexity. Over a similar period, there has been growing interest in the uncertainty of future climate scenarios. Future climate projections are uncertain because both the initial conditions and the computational re ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... emissions scenarios and GMT increments up to 2.5 C. The runoff response, which includes runoff change in response to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climatic variables, generally appears to be approximately linear with respect to GMT change over most of the global land area. Howeve ...
... emissions scenarios and GMT increments up to 2.5 C. The runoff response, which includes runoff change in response to changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climatic variables, generally appears to be approximately linear with respect to GMT change over most of the global land area. Howeve ...
IV. Round Table 3: Land-based approach to climate change
... At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), world leaders agreed that natural capital, in particular land resources are the foundation of our society and economy. The ambition for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) was born when Member States “recognized the need for urgent ...
... At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), world leaders agreed that natural capital, in particular land resources are the foundation of our society and economy. The ambition for Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) was born when Member States “recognized the need for urgent ...
Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation Planning
... used to predict future and describe past events, but it does not reference climate change directly. The SHMPs in this category that do mention climate change related issues do so in a dismissive or confusing manner. For example, Alabama’s SHMP’s only mention of climate change states, “The probabilit ...
... used to predict future and describe past events, but it does not reference climate change directly. The SHMPs in this category that do mention climate change related issues do so in a dismissive or confusing manner. For example, Alabama’s SHMP’s only mention of climate change states, “The probabilit ...
A social contract for low carbon and sustainable development
... relationships between technological change and cultural, cognitive and normative realignment, but also that these processes are characterised by non-linear dynamics and asynchronicity. History does not occur in accordance with the “political cycle” (May and Wildavsky, 1978) still so popular amongst ...
... relationships between technological change and cultural, cognitive and normative realignment, but also that these processes are characterised by non-linear dynamics and asynchronicity. History does not occur in accordance with the “political cycle” (May and Wildavsky, 1978) still so popular amongst ...
MC1113 Hope in God`s Future - The Methodist Church in Britain
... traditions. Some references to relevant reading may be found in the attached list of study resources. ...
... traditions. Some references to relevant reading may be found in the attached list of study resources. ...
Close Examination of the Principle of Global Per
... In light of the above, the question we present is how to allocate, across all countries, the right (e.g., permits) to emit GHG up to the point at which the GHG concentration in the atmosphere reaches 500 ppm CO2-e. A very popular answer to this question is that all people have equal rights in the at ...
... In light of the above, the question we present is how to allocate, across all countries, the right (e.g., permits) to emit GHG up to the point at which the GHG concentration in the atmosphere reaches 500 ppm CO2-e. A very popular answer to this question is that all people have equal rights in the at ...
Stewardship: Energy, Climate and You
... transportation, development of natural resources, electricity and heat in the home, and products we use. Encourage students to be specific in the activities they identify! 4. Explain to students that many forms of energy create emissions, particularly in the form of carb ...
... transportation, development of natural resources, electricity and heat in the home, and products we use. Encourage students to be specific in the activities they identify! 4. Explain to students that many forms of energy create emissions, particularly in the form of carb ...
Implications of Climate Changes in the Wider Caribbean Region
... format in assessing the implications of climate change. The common format is called the "Terms of Reference", which was developed at the WMO/ICSU/UNEP (1985) meeting in Villach, Austria, and is given in Table 1. At Villach, an equilibrium global warming of 1.5 - 4.50C and a global sea level rise of ...
... format in assessing the implications of climate change. The common format is called the "Terms of Reference", which was developed at the WMO/ICSU/UNEP (1985) meeting in Villach, Austria, and is given in Table 1. At Villach, an equilibrium global warming of 1.5 - 4.50C and a global sea level rise of ...
Have the Tropical Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
... the amplitude and frequency of El Niño or La Niña varied in response to a precessional cycle (calculated NINO3 in Fig. 2). This finding suggests that the tropical Pacific can drive globally synchronous climate change on an orbital time scale rather than being a passive player. When this modeling res ...
... the amplitude and frequency of El Niño or La Niña varied in response to a precessional cycle (calculated NINO3 in Fig. 2). This finding suggests that the tropical Pacific can drive globally synchronous climate change on an orbital time scale rather than being a passive player. When this modeling res ...