Hot or Not?: Recognizing and Preparing for Climate
... epidemics, creates health crises at the same time that it instigates empirical outcome measures to assess policies of containment and control. In this way, illness experiences and local responses are interlinked with scientific developments and public policy. Affected communities respond first to di ...
... epidemics, creates health crises at the same time that it instigates empirical outcome measures to assess policies of containment and control. In this way, illness experiences and local responses are interlinked with scientific developments and public policy. Affected communities respond first to di ...
Adaptation investments
... understanding of climate change impacts is steadily improving, there are still substantial ...
... understanding of climate change impacts is steadily improving, there are still substantial ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES UNCERTAINTY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
... Uncertainty about future climate change is an unavoidable fact. It is commonplace to gauge this uncertainty by simulations with different climate models. This is the approach taken, e.g., by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) to highlight our imprecise knowledge about the r ...
... Uncertainty about future climate change is an unavoidable fact. It is commonplace to gauge this uncertainty by simulations with different climate models. This is the approach taken, e.g., by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) to highlight our imprecise knowledge about the r ...
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... Hydropower exploits the potential energy of water falling over a vertical height (or head) with the ...
... Hydropower exploits the potential energy of water falling over a vertical height (or head) with the ...
March 4, 2016 Dear Host/Moderator of the Democratic
... “sunny day flooding” from high tides alone. Miami has the largest amount of assets vulnerable to sea level rise in world and Florida is the most vulnerable state to sea level rise in the country.4 Miami-Dade has taken action by including adapting to climate change into its annual budget by appointin ...
... “sunny day flooding” from high tides alone. Miami has the largest amount of assets vulnerable to sea level rise in world and Florida is the most vulnerable state to sea level rise in the country.4 Miami-Dade has taken action by including adapting to climate change into its annual budget by appointin ...
Developing site scale projections of climate change in the Scottish
... landscape change in these sensitive upland environments results from a complex interplay between natural and anthropogenic factors. There is particular concern that marginal maritime mountains may be especially vulnerable to the impact of climate changes (Ellis & Good 2005, Orr et al. 2008). Scotlan ...
... landscape change in these sensitive upland environments results from a complex interplay between natural and anthropogenic factors. There is particular concern that marginal maritime mountains may be especially vulnerable to the impact of climate changes (Ellis & Good 2005, Orr et al. 2008). Scotlan ...
Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to
... Increased evaporation and changed rainfall patterns are expected to increase salinity levels and to shorten hydroperiods under climate change (Schindler 2001; Moss 2012). In contrast to temperature, effects of salinity and hydroperiod on fitness-related traits have been much less studied in freshwat ...
... Increased evaporation and changed rainfall patterns are expected to increase salinity levels and to shorten hydroperiods under climate change (Schindler 2001; Moss 2012). In contrast to temperature, effects of salinity and hydroperiod on fitness-related traits have been much less studied in freshwat ...
A Review of Carbon Dioxide (CO ) in Malaysia: Current status and Challenges.
... The background concentrations of CO2 show high concentrations during morning and minimum during mid-day; The concentrations were increased during evening time; The understanding of the CO2 pattern from the background station provide useful information and knowledge on the variability concentrations ...
... The background concentrations of CO2 show high concentrations during morning and minimum during mid-day; The concentrations were increased during evening time; The understanding of the CO2 pattern from the background station provide useful information and knowledge on the variability concentrations ...
Labour`s Green Plan
... A Labour Government will champion increased climate ambition from all the world’s major economies, beginning by making sure that Europe and European leaders are doing their bit. The European Union ...
... A Labour Government will champion increased climate ambition from all the world’s major economies, beginning by making sure that Europe and European leaders are doing their bit. The European Union ...
Now Naomi Klein has written This Changes Everything, a book she
... across so many countries with such thorough and complex books as Ms. Klein. If you don't already know her work you should have given your ticket to somebody who does. Obviously. But for the sake of the person sitting next to you let me talk a little about how Naomi Klein crashed on the scene in 2000 ...
... across so many countries with such thorough and complex books as Ms. Klein. If you don't already know her work you should have given your ticket to somebody who does. Obviously. But for the sake of the person sitting next to you let me talk a little about how Naomi Klein crashed on the scene in 2000 ...
Land Use in Computable General Equilibrium Models: An Overview*
... CLUE are for China (Verburg et al., 1999) and for tropical South America (Wassenaar et al., 2007). The latter model works at the impressive spatial resolution of 3x3 km. SALU and IMAGE are examples of rule-based models. For instance, demand-driven expansion of agricultural production is met on the ...
... CLUE are for China (Verburg et al., 1999) and for tropical South America (Wassenaar et al., 2007). The latter model works at the impressive spatial resolution of 3x3 km. SALU and IMAGE are examples of rule-based models. For instance, demand-driven expansion of agricultural production is met on the ...
Changes in Arctic vegetation amplify high
... in atmospheric water vapor due to imports from lower latitudes to be important for the climate of the Arctic but do not directly consider changes in atmospheric moisture related to changes in vegetation. In fact, they explicitly state that the only three ways in which climate is coupled to vegetatio ...
... in atmospheric water vapor due to imports from lower latitudes to be important for the climate of the Arctic but do not directly consider changes in atmospheric moisture related to changes in vegetation. In fact, they explicitly state that the only three ways in which climate is coupled to vegetatio ...
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... global greenhouse gas emissions will need to be cut substantiallyby mid-century (IPCC, 2007). Disagreement persists however over who should take action, when, and what policy mechanisms to use. Australia has been a key player in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6, aft ...
... global greenhouse gas emissions will need to be cut substantiallyby mid-century (IPCC, 2007). Disagreement persists however over who should take action, when, and what policy mechanisms to use. Australia has been a key player in the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (AP6, aft ...
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... services increases in colder regions where the climate becomes more attractive. The aggregate result for Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (CAJANZ) is dominated by the Canada effect. Elsewhere there are decreases: note particularly the negative impact on the “hotter” Mediterranean Europe. The ...
... services increases in colder regions where the climate becomes more attractive. The aggregate result for Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (CAJANZ) is dominated by the Canada effect. Elsewhere there are decreases: note particularly the negative impact on the “hotter” Mediterranean Europe. The ...
Climate Change Projections for the United States Midwest
... (GCMs) that incorporate the latest understanding of the physical processes at work in the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth’s surface. Models are constantly being enhanced as our understanding of climate improves and as computational power increases, enabling additional components of the Earth-ocean ...
... (GCMs) that incorporate the latest understanding of the physical processes at work in the atmosphere, oceans, and the Earth’s surface. Models are constantly being enhanced as our understanding of climate improves and as computational power increases, enabling additional components of the Earth-ocean ...
Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... adaptation needs, co-ordinating key actors and ...
... adaptation needs, co-ordinating key actors and ...
Bronze Age Review
... been correlated with a variety of both global and regional proxies including the European lake level record (Magny, 2004), ice drift records from the North Atlantic (Bond et al., 2001) and ocean core proxies for the North Atlantic Deep Water circulation (Chapman and Shackleton, 2000). In terms of th ...
... been correlated with a variety of both global and regional proxies including the European lake level record (Magny, 2004), ice drift records from the North Atlantic (Bond et al., 2001) and ocean core proxies for the North Atlantic Deep Water circulation (Chapman and Shackleton, 2000). In terms of th ...
How will climate change affect oil palm fungal diseases?
... tropical regions (Easterling et al., 2007). Sea-level rise is projected to extend areas of salination of groundwater and estuaries, resulting in a decrease of coastal freshwater availability for agriculture systems including OP. Finally, small islands are especially vulnerable to the effects of CC, ...
... tropical regions (Easterling et al., 2007). Sea-level rise is projected to extend areas of salination of groundwater and estuaries, resulting in a decrease of coastal freshwater availability for agriculture systems including OP. Finally, small islands are especially vulnerable to the effects of CC, ...
Climate change leads to range shift of Willy Wagtails to previously
... ClimateWatch was established in 2009 to study the phenological changes in commonly found species, used as ‘indicator species’, to record the possible effects of climatic warming. Our paper’s focus is on nesting habits of R. leucophrys and so the sightings we used from the ClimateWatch dataset were t ...
... ClimateWatch was established in 2009 to study the phenological changes in commonly found species, used as ‘indicator species’, to record the possible effects of climatic warming. Our paper’s focus is on nesting habits of R. leucophrys and so the sightings we used from the ClimateWatch dataset were t ...
Climate ethics and population policy
... necessary in order to do so. Leading climate scientists tell us we need to drive down total annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 60 to 80% over the next 40 to 50 years, in order to keep average global warming below 2◦ C.22,23 We have little reason to believe we can limit greenhouse gas emiss ...
... necessary in order to do so. Leading climate scientists tell us we need to drive down total annual worldwide greenhouse gas emissions by 60 to 80% over the next 40 to 50 years, in order to keep average global warming below 2◦ C.22,23 We have little reason to believe we can limit greenhouse gas emiss ...
The ecological citizen and climate change
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
Strategy for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Clilmate Change
... The broader threat posed by climate change to development and food security is increasingly well recognized and is now a major local, national and international priority. Its implications for fisheries and aquaculture in general, and for coastal and riparian communities in particular, are enormous. T ...
... The broader threat posed by climate change to development and food security is increasingly well recognized and is now a major local, national and international priority. Its implications for fisheries and aquaculture in general, and for coastal and riparian communities in particular, are enormous. T ...
eastern US - American Meteorological Society
... only year-to-year variability in the ring-width record, this autoregressive component is often removed prior to analysis in tree-ring studies (Meko and Graybill 1995). After extensive testing, we determined that removing the autoregressive component from RWI records did not result in a substantial i ...
... only year-to-year variability in the ring-width record, this autoregressive component is often removed prior to analysis in tree-ring studies (Meko and Graybill 1995). After extensive testing, we determined that removing the autoregressive component from RWI records did not result in a substantial i ...
IMOGEN: an intermediate complexity model to evaluate terrestrial
... Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
... Evaluation of how new terrestrial process understanding influences such predictions can also be made with relative ease. ...
Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated
... Dunlap, 2011a, 2011b; Pew Research Center, 2010; Schuldt et al., 2011). Researchers, media outlets, bloggers, and politicians propose many explanations for this party-line divide. Some propose a differential exposure hypothesis, stating that Republicans and Democrats differ in exposure to scientific ...
... Dunlap, 2011a, 2011b; Pew Research Center, 2010; Schuldt et al., 2011). Researchers, media outlets, bloggers, and politicians propose many explanations for this party-line divide. Some propose a differential exposure hypothesis, stating that Republicans and Democrats differ in exposure to scientific ...