Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... To validate the capability of PRECIS ensemble experiments in reproducing the temperature means of current climate in the context of Ontario, we extract the simulations of three temperature variables (i.e., Tmean, Tmax and Tmin) for the baseline period from each model run. By combining the simulation ...
... To validate the capability of PRECIS ensemble experiments in reproducing the temperature means of current climate in the context of Ontario, we extract the simulations of three temperature variables (i.e., Tmean, Tmax and Tmin) for the baseline period from each model run. By combining the simulation ...
Chapter 20: Crafting a New Narrative to Support
... story of life and its evolution on Earth leads to the appearance of our own species some 200,000 years ago. Many Big History courses identify our species as distinct because of our capacity for “collective learning”—the ability to share ideas so efficiently that the information learned by individual ...
... story of life and its evolution on Earth leads to the appearance of our own species some 200,000 years ago. Many Big History courses identify our species as distinct because of our capacity for “collective learning”—the ability to share ideas so efficiently that the information learned by individual ...
Climatic change in mountain regions: a review of
... determinants in the response of natural and managed systems to change. Since the mid-1990s, the scaling problem related to complex orography has been addressed through regional modeling techniques, pioneered by Giorgi and Mearns (1991), and through statistical-dynamical downscaling techniques (e.g., ...
... determinants in the response of natural and managed systems to change. Since the mid-1990s, the scaling problem related to complex orography has been addressed through regional modeling techniques, pioneered by Giorgi and Mearns (1991), and through statistical-dynamical downscaling techniques (e.g., ...
Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
Weather, Climate – Society and Culture
... Himalayas, the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal). Further, the variations in land and water distribution within the country, altitudinal differences, vegetation type and cover along with the variations of sunshine hours within the country due to its latitudinal and longitudinal extension ...
... Himalayas, the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal). Further, the variations in land and water distribution within the country, altitudinal differences, vegetation type and cover along with the variations of sunshine hours within the country due to its latitudinal and longitudinal extension ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
... 1.5 WHAT IS THE REST OF THE WORLD DOING? Over the past few decades, growing understanding and concern about the pending environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change have prompted international action on climate change and the search for effective adaptation and mitigation measures. In ...
... 1.5 WHAT IS THE REST OF THE WORLD DOING? Over the past few decades, growing understanding and concern about the pending environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change have prompted international action on climate change and the search for effective adaptation and mitigation measures. In ...
Phaeton`s Reins - StriperSurf.com
... 50 million years ago, the earth was free of ice, and giant trees grew on islands near the North Pole, where the annual mean temperature was about 60°F, far warmer than today’s mean of about 30. There is also some evidence that the earth was almost entirely covered with ice at various times around 50 ...
... 50 million years ago, the earth was free of ice, and giant trees grew on islands near the North Pole, where the annual mean temperature was about 60°F, far warmer than today’s mean of about 30. There is also some evidence that the earth was almost entirely covered with ice at various times around 50 ...
97% Consensus? No! Global Warming Math
... disagreed with the consensus position.” This seemed to be a statistical coincidence that so many surveys could arrive at exactly the same result. Upon closer examination, this seemed an even more impressive claim since there are no common scientific constants in any of these studies. These 97% conse ...
... disagreed with the consensus position.” This seemed to be a statistical coincidence that so many surveys could arrive at exactly the same result. Upon closer examination, this seemed an even more impressive claim since there are no common scientific constants in any of these studies. These 97% conse ...
The climate of the United Kingdom and recent trends
... for example. However Lockwood and Frohlich (2007) have investigated recent trends in a number of solar activity indices and shown that over the last 20 years none of them is consistent with the observed increase in global temperatures. The internal variability of climate can be important on decadal ...
... for example. However Lockwood and Frohlich (2007) have investigated recent trends in a number of solar activity indices and shown that over the last 20 years none of them is consistent with the observed increase in global temperatures. The internal variability of climate can be important on decadal ...
A Vast Machine - Paul N. Edwards
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative climate knowledge institution, concluded that the planet warmed by about 0.75°C over the period 1906–2005. Models predict that we are in for much more warming (2–6°C) by 2100, depending on greenhouse-gas emissions, deforestation, and man ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s most authoritative climate knowledge institution, concluded that the planet warmed by about 0.75°C over the period 1906–2005. Models predict that we are in for much more warming (2–6°C) by 2100, depending on greenhouse-gas emissions, deforestation, and man ...
Federated States of Micronesia - Pacific Climate Change Science
... low (RCP2.6), low (RCP4.5), medium (RCP6.0) and very high (RCP8.5), for 20-year time periods centred on 2030, 2050, 2070 and 2090, relative to a 20-year time period centred on 1995 (Figure 7). Since individual models give different results, the projections are presented as a range of values. When in ...
... low (RCP2.6), low (RCP4.5), medium (RCP6.0) and very high (RCP8.5), for 20-year time periods centred on 2030, 2050, 2070 and 2090, relative to a 20-year time period centred on 1995 (Figure 7). Since individual models give different results, the projections are presented as a range of values. When in ...
Conceptual framework: Definitions for key concepts
... degradation). The objective of the integrated assessment is to provide a means of synthesising CCIAV multiple sector results at a sub-national level for policy-makers and stakeholders (e.g., Toth et al., 2003 a & b). It may be useful to take a multiple stressors approach in which the integrated impa ...
... degradation). The objective of the integrated assessment is to provide a means of synthesising CCIAV multiple sector results at a sub-national level for policy-makers and stakeholders (e.g., Toth et al., 2003 a & b). It may be useful to take a multiple stressors approach in which the integrated impa ...
CONVENTION ON - the Economics Web Institute
... Notes the ongoing discussions on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch ...
... Notes the ongoing discussions on issues relating to reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Ch ...
Tackling climate change at the local level
... Local Development Plans play their part in delivering such cuts in their area. But while our campaign to convince policy makers of our targets goes on, it would clearly be nonsensical if Local Development Plans were not at least consistent with both the UK’s international treaty obligations and clim ...
... Local Development Plans play their part in delivering such cuts in their area. But while our campaign to convince policy makers of our targets goes on, it would clearly be nonsensical if Local Development Plans were not at least consistent with both the UK’s international treaty obligations and clim ...
Climatic classification and future global
... Current concern is focused on the consequences of changing climate and atmospheric chemistry on the functioning of global ecosystems. That climate may change seems less relevant to human life and activity until one realizes that the ecological systems of the world (both natural and agroecosystems) a ...
... Current concern is focused on the consequences of changing climate and atmospheric chemistry on the functioning of global ecosystems. That climate may change seems less relevant to human life and activity until one realizes that the ecological systems of the world (both natural and agroecosystems) a ...
Climate Change and the Water Cycle
... 2007). Moreover, agriculture suffers from water supply problems. Even in some industrialized regions of the mid-latitudes climate zone where humid conditions prevail, for instance Central Europe, dry spells can lead to serious problems. An example is the hot-dry summer 2003 (Schönwiese et al., 2004) ...
... 2007). Moreover, agriculture suffers from water supply problems. Even in some industrialized regions of the mid-latitudes climate zone where humid conditions prevail, for instance Central Europe, dry spells can lead to serious problems. An example is the hot-dry summer 2003 (Schönwiese et al., 2004) ...
Three Whales on Whom the World Rests: God, Creation and
... point toward solar radiation increases from cyclical sunspot activity affecting global warming, and climate may be influenced by the sum of all effects. Greenhouse Gases and anthropological warming The major GHG (Greenhouse Gases) are about 7600 ppm for water vapour, 390 ppm for CO2, and 1780 ppb for ...
... point toward solar radiation increases from cyclical sunspot activity affecting global warming, and climate may be influenced by the sum of all effects. Greenhouse Gases and anthropological warming The major GHG (Greenhouse Gases) are about 7600 ppm for water vapour, 390 ppm for CO2, and 1780 ppb for ...
Emerging responses to climate change in pastoral systems
... Ethiopia, the efforts to improve access to water sources and the efforts to reinforce traditional institutions, have been developed by groups, not by individuals. This might be attributable to the strong tradition of collective action in pastoralist communities. • Trend toward privatisation of commo ...
... Ethiopia, the efforts to improve access to water sources and the efforts to reinforce traditional institutions, have been developed by groups, not by individuals. This might be attributable to the strong tradition of collective action in pastoralist communities. • Trend toward privatisation of commo ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
Climate Change and Children`s Health—A Call for Research
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
... Human-induced climate change is one of the biggest social, environmental and public health challenges we face in this century [1]. Groups such as children, the elderly and people with low socioeconomic status are particularly vulnerable to the effects resulting from such change [2]. Climate change p ...
Cultural legitimacy and regulatory transitions for climate change: A
... Lindholm concedes this point when he observes that social practices are reproduced and transformed only through the activities of individuals, and are suspended or discontinued when the upholders of a given tradition entertain viable alternatives to it. 26 His main point in this regard is that tradi ...
... Lindholm concedes this point when he observes that social practices are reproduced and transformed only through the activities of individuals, and are suspended or discontinued when the upholders of a given tradition entertain viable alternatives to it. 26 His main point in this regard is that tradi ...
space and climate change
... unique and critical global perspective in terms of Earth observations. As displayed in the insets throughout this publication, satellites are now used to monitor changes in polar sea ice and glaciers, emissions of greenhouse gases related to deforestation and industrial processes, temperature change ...
... unique and critical global perspective in terms of Earth observations. As displayed in the insets throughout this publication, satellites are now used to monitor changes in polar sea ice and glaciers, emissions of greenhouse gases related to deforestation and industrial processes, temperature change ...
Regional Experimental Forecasts
... multi-year droughts and the impacts increased temperatures Support for 20-50 yr planning horizons Capability to view and compare information from multiple sources Need user-oriented metadata, descriptions GIS widely used by resource agencies, state/local planners, but climate information has not gen ...
... multi-year droughts and the impacts increased temperatures Support for 20-50 yr planning horizons Capability to view and compare information from multiple sources Need user-oriented metadata, descriptions GIS widely used by resource agencies, state/local planners, but climate information has not gen ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... the harms resulting from the effects of global warming. Indeed, it is complex to know who, between individuals, corporations, states and global institutions, carries the main responsible for historic and current emissions as well as who is a victim of a harmful consequence of climate change rather t ...
... the harms resulting from the effects of global warming. Indeed, it is complex to know who, between individuals, corporations, states and global institutions, carries the main responsible for historic and current emissions as well as who is a victim of a harmful consequence of climate change rather t ...
Adele Morris Brookings cv April 2016
... ADELE C. MORRIS SELECTED PRESS AND OPINION PIECES “Beyond the Paris agreement: COP21 shouldn’t be a milestone, but rather a launching pad for a new phase of climate action,” with Bruce Jones, Brookings’ Planet Policy blog, December 14, 2015. “Pricing Carbon,” with Warwick McKibbin and Pete Wilcoxen ...
... ADELE C. MORRIS SELECTED PRESS AND OPINION PIECES “Beyond the Paris agreement: COP21 shouldn’t be a milestone, but rather a launching pad for a new phase of climate action,” with Bruce Jones, Brookings’ Planet Policy blog, December 14, 2015. “Pricing Carbon,” with Warwick McKibbin and Pete Wilcoxen ...