Constraining temperature variations over the last
... Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based climate reconstructions can inform our knowledge of large-scale temperature variations in past centuries, th ...
... Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based climate reconstructions can inform our knowledge of large-scale temperature variations in past centuries, th ...
Impact of human activity and climate change on runoff in Haihe
... human activity and climate change ( Fraiture et al., 2007; Hejiazi et al., 2007; Tanaka et al., 2006; Labat et al., 2004; Vortsmary, 2000). Vortsmary (2000) analyzed water resources from climate change, population growth and industrial development, and concluded that the effect of human activity on ...
... human activity and climate change ( Fraiture et al., 2007; Hejiazi et al., 2007; Tanaka et al., 2006; Labat et al., 2004; Vortsmary, 2000). Vortsmary (2000) analyzed water resources from climate change, population growth and industrial development, and concluded that the effect of human activity on ...
Program and Abstracts
... For each regular talk, there will be a 20 min time slot (15 min for the talk and 5 min for discussion). In order to allow the audience to switch rooms between sessions, the chairs of each session will be asked to keep strict time management. We ask you to arrive on time in your session room, in orde ...
... For each regular talk, there will be a 20 min time slot (15 min for the talk and 5 min for discussion). In order to allow the audience to switch rooms between sessions, the chairs of each session will be asked to keep strict time management. We ask you to arrive on time in your session room, in orde ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... differences existing between rural and urban communities and within each of these categories. Adjacent communities may be exposed to a particular climate-related hazard to the same degree, but differences in their available human and economic resources may result in great differences in sensitivity, ...
... differences existing between rural and urban communities and within each of these categories. Adjacent communities may be exposed to a particular climate-related hazard to the same degree, but differences in their available human and economic resources may result in great differences in sensitivity, ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... Many of the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of global warming in the high northern latitudes are associated with permafrost, defined as any subsurface material that remains frozen continuously for more than two consecutive years. Owing to its potential for settlement, thawing of ic ...
... Many of the potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of global warming in the high northern latitudes are associated with permafrost, defined as any subsurface material that remains frozen continuously for more than two consecutive years. Owing to its potential for settlement, thawing of ic ...
Climate Time Series Analysis
... is an exciting challenge. Analysis connects the two other fields where climate scientists work, measurements and models. Climate time series analysis uses statistical methods to learn about the time evolution of climate. The most important word in this book is “estimation.” We wish to know the truth ...
... is an exciting challenge. Analysis connects the two other fields where climate scientists work, measurements and models. Climate time series analysis uses statistical methods to learn about the time evolution of climate. The most important word in this book is “estimation.” We wish to know the truth ...
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... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
Adaptation to Climate Change with a Focus on Rural Areas
... in the long-term. Seasonal changes in rainfall and temperature are already having an impact on agroclimatic conditions, growing seasons, planting and harvesting calendars as well as on pest, weed and disease populations. In particularly affected areas, this will lead to crop failure and loss of live ...
... in the long-term. Seasonal changes in rainfall and temperature are already having an impact on agroclimatic conditions, growing seasons, planting and harvesting calendars as well as on pest, weed and disease populations. In particularly affected areas, this will lead to crop failure and loss of live ...
Consideration of funding proposals – Addendum VI
... Out of the total regional population of 313 948 about 35 604 in Zambezi and 118 823 in Kavango are categorised as poor (ibid). Majority of the poor are rural small-scale farmers, who directly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, therefore are considerably very poor in reality. Their poverty i ...
... Out of the total regional population of 313 948 about 35 604 in Zambezi and 118 823 in Kavango are categorised as poor (ibid). Majority of the poor are rural small-scale farmers, who directly depend on agriculture for their livelihood, therefore are considerably very poor in reality. Their poverty i ...
SoE 2011 - Atmosphere chapter overview
... About the atmosphere chapter in SoE 2011: What it is: a two part report, the first looking at the state of ...
... About the atmosphere chapter in SoE 2011: What it is: a two part report, the first looking at the state of ...
THE PRINCIPLE OF COMMON BUT DIFFERENTIATED
... A distinction should be drawn between the concepts of “common interest”, “common concern”, “common heritage of mankind” and common responsibility under CBDR. While the former refer to collective responsibility to which state sovereignty must give way to some extent and were originally developed to d ...
... A distinction should be drawn between the concepts of “common interest”, “common concern”, “common heritage of mankind” and common responsibility under CBDR. While the former refer to collective responsibility to which state sovereignty must give way to some extent and were originally developed to d ...
Abstract - Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... others, the geometrical characteristics of the pier/abutment, the river characteristics including ...
... others, the geometrical characteristics of the pier/abutment, the river characteristics including ...
File - America`s Salmon Forest
... Anadromous salmon in southeast Alaska are cold water species and have spawning, incubation, and growth characteristics that are tuned to these temperature ranges (e.g. Hodgson and Quinn 2002). Precipitation directly influences hydrology, and stream and river discharges respond to precipitation. Salm ...
... Anadromous salmon in southeast Alaska are cold water species and have spawning, incubation, and growth characteristics that are tuned to these temperature ranges (e.g. Hodgson and Quinn 2002). Precipitation directly influences hydrology, and stream and river discharges respond to precipitation. Salm ...
Ehlers and Poulsen, Influence of Andean uplift on climate and
... use modern atmospheric adiabatic lapse rates and mean-annual temperatures in the foreland to reconstruct the paleoelevation of sample deposition. These techniques assume that surface temperature only changes as a function of lapse rate that may or may not vary in response to plateau uplift. These ca ...
... use modern atmospheric adiabatic lapse rates and mean-annual temperatures in the foreland to reconstruct the paleoelevation of sample deposition. These techniques assume that surface temperature only changes as a function of lapse rate that may or may not vary in response to plateau uplift. These ca ...
Chapter 30: The Ocean
... Regional risks and vulnerabilities to ocean warming and acidification can be compounded by non-climate related stressors such as pollution, nutrient runoff from land, and over-exploitation of marine resources, as well as natural climate variability (high confidence). These influences confound the de ...
... Regional risks and vulnerabilities to ocean warming and acidification can be compounded by non-climate related stressors such as pollution, nutrient runoff from land, and over-exploitation of marine resources, as well as natural climate variability (high confidence). These influences confound the de ...
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... Adaptation refers to actions that make adjustments in natural or human systems in order to moderate potential damages from climate change or exploit beneficial opportunities. Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or ...
... Adaptation refers to actions that make adjustments in natural or human systems in order to moderate potential damages from climate change or exploit beneficial opportunities. Burton (2004) argues adaptation is extremely common and as old as mankind but that it is largely to a stationary spatially or ...
Assessing resilience of the Nile Delta urban
... Egypt in general and the Nile Delta in particular, have undergone rapid population growth and urbanization during the last five decades. Between 1947 and 2006, Egypt’s population more than tripled from about 19 to 72 million. This trend was accompanied by continuous growth in the urban population du ...
... Egypt in general and the Nile Delta in particular, have undergone rapid population growth and urbanization during the last five decades. Between 1947 and 2006, Egypt’s population more than tripled from about 19 to 72 million. This trend was accompanied by continuous growth in the urban population du ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... At the global level, commitments have been made to make US$100 billion available each year by 2020 onward to fund actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate change resilience in developing countries. Governments have repeatedly confirmed that ...
... At the global level, commitments have been made to make US$100 billion available each year by 2020 onward to fund actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build climate change resilience in developing countries. Governments have repeatedly confirmed that ...
Adaptation to climate change in desert contexts
... adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual impacts in different regions. Based on these findings, the argument is advanced that ‘measura ...
... adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual impacts in different regions. Based on these findings, the argument is advanced that ‘measura ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... interaction; NOAA-Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program, Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was part of a large multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northe ...
... interaction; NOAA-Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment (RISA) Program, Pilot projects with the Hawai’i/Pacific Island and Alaska RISA centers. Adaptation Opportunities and Barriers in New England, research was part of a large multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northe ...
Monitoring and Evaluating The 100 Billion Green Climate Fund: A
... Monitoring and Evaluating the 100 billion GCF: A Reflection on The Challenges Ahead ...
... Monitoring and Evaluating the 100 billion GCF: A Reflection on The Challenges Ahead ...
Submission of the Maldives to the Office of the UN High
... the individual, international human rights conventions also recognize the rights of a people collectively. Such collective rights cannot, by their nature, be enjoyed by an individual without the participation of the larger group. Climate change, because of the severity and global scope of its impact ...
... the individual, international human rights conventions also recognize the rights of a people collectively. Such collective rights cannot, by their nature, be enjoyed by an individual without the participation of the larger group. Climate change, because of the severity and global scope of its impact ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... Air Policy (CCAP) has released an adaptation report as a resource for American cities and counties and has presented adaptation concerns and information to Congress (Lowe, Foster et al. 2009). An adaptation framework is emerging through this growing body of work. The framework includes best practice ...
... Air Policy (CCAP) has released an adaptation report as a resource for American cities and counties and has presented adaptation concerns and information to Congress (Lowe, Foster et al. 2009). An adaptation framework is emerging through this growing body of work. The framework includes best practice ...
Ice Age DA - GDI - 2011
... 6-29-11, AH) It is time to put aside the global warming dogma, at least to begin contingency planning about what to do if we are moving into another little ice age, similar to the one that lasted from 1100 to 1850. There is no doubt that the next little ice age would be much worse than the previous ...
... 6-29-11, AH) It is time to put aside the global warming dogma, at least to begin contingency planning about what to do if we are moving into another little ice age, similar to the one that lasted from 1100 to 1850. There is no doubt that the next little ice age would be much worse than the previous ...
... contradicts the findings of both Santer et al. (2005) and the previously mentioned CCSP and IPCC reports (Karl et al., 2006; IPCC, 2007). As DCPS07 note, their conclusions were reached ‘based on essentially the same data’ used in earlier work. DCPS07 interpret their results as evidence that models a ...