Regional Modelling of Vegetation Distributions
... Using the ANN model, Hilbert et al. (2001) demonstrated that rainforests in Australia are highly sensitive to even small changes in climate. The distribution and extent of environments suitable for fifteen structural forest types were estimated, using the model, in ten climate scenarios that include ...
... Using the ANN model, Hilbert et al. (2001) demonstrated that rainforests in Australia are highly sensitive to even small changes in climate. The distribution and extent of environments suitable for fifteen structural forest types were estimated, using the model, in ten climate scenarios that include ...
Climate Change and the Future Governance of the Micro
... Legal Action against Polluters: This is not a reliable option. First, international legal process is extremely time-consuming and non-binding. Second, micro-states have neither the financial resources, nor the skilled manpower to pursue this option. Third, major polluting countries are unwilling to ...
... Legal Action against Polluters: This is not a reliable option. First, international legal process is extremely time-consuming and non-binding. Second, micro-states have neither the financial resources, nor the skilled manpower to pursue this option. Third, major polluting countries are unwilling to ...
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... key sector that is vulnerable to climate change concluding that: "the impact of climate change on infrastructure and the natural environment has the potential to affect the tourism industry. In some cases this could result in social and economic impacts in regions with a high dependency on tourism ...
... key sector that is vulnerable to climate change concluding that: "the impact of climate change on infrastructure and the natural environment has the potential to affect the tourism industry. In some cases this could result in social and economic impacts in regions with a high dependency on tourism ...
7th EU Framework Programme challenges and opportunities
... within the research activity itself, when relevant: Policy relevance/ Unforeseen policy needs Socio-economic dimension of the topic Dissemination activities (research-policy, science-society) International cooperation in particular with INCO countries SME participation Cross thematic top ...
... within the research activity itself, when relevant: Policy relevance/ Unforeseen policy needs Socio-economic dimension of the topic Dissemination activities (research-policy, science-society) International cooperation in particular with INCO countries SME participation Cross thematic top ...
CO2, the greenhouse effect and global warming: from the
... atmosphere (orange arrows) drive surface heating. Adapted from: IPCC, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 115. ...
... atmosphere (orange arrows) drive surface heating. Adapted from: IPCC, Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), 115. ...
Aerosol exposure versus aerosol cooling of climate
... would probably have caused more warming than observed if not anthropogenic aerosols had been present. Although uncertainties are substantial, it is estimated that the cooling by aerosols, black carbon included, is around −1.1 W/m2 (without black carbon −1.4 W/m2 ). The radiative forcing of carbon di ...
... would probably have caused more warming than observed if not anthropogenic aerosols had been present. Although uncertainties are substantial, it is estimated that the cooling by aerosols, black carbon included, is around −1.1 W/m2 (without black carbon −1.4 W/m2 ). The radiative forcing of carbon di ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... applying updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination, but did not update the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) employed in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and ...
... applying updates to the underlying three Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) used in its initial 2010 SCC determination, but did not update the equilibrium climate sensitivity (ECS) employed in the IAMs. This was not done, despite there having been, since January 1, 2011, at least 11 new studies and ...
The language of climate change adaptation
... doing this, we have drawn mainly on the strategies reviewed in our comparative analysis of adaptation strategies. We have also considered evidence from a small number of other sources of information on climate change, and have elicited expert opinion. We drew mainly on high-level strategy documents ...
... doing this, we have drawn mainly on the strategies reviewed in our comparative analysis of adaptation strategies. We have also considered evidence from a small number of other sources of information on climate change, and have elicited expert opinion. We drew mainly on high-level strategy documents ...
Int. Climate Law Principles
... IPCC Fourth Assessment Report 2007 • “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea levels.” • “Most of the observed increase in globally aver ...
... IPCC Fourth Assessment Report 2007 • “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea levels.” • “Most of the observed increase in globally aver ...
“It won`t be any good to have democracy if we don`t have a country
... the environmental consequences of climate crisis, such as sea-level rise, that becomes a stand-in for the global crisis as a whole and a harbinger of more widespread disaster. The Maldives, which scientists, politicians, and activists predict could be completely submerged by 2100, filled that role be ...
... the environmental consequences of climate crisis, such as sea-level rise, that becomes a stand-in for the global crisis as a whole and a harbinger of more widespread disaster. The Maldives, which scientists, politicians, and activists predict could be completely submerged by 2100, filled that role be ...
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
... most distinctive challenge in any interface of science and policy pertains to context. Policy making, fundamentally, is about values. Scientific information per se cannot determine what we want, desire, or prefer. Policy makers ask, ‘‘What values do we care about?’’, How clean is clean enough?’’, ‘‘ ...
... most distinctive challenge in any interface of science and policy pertains to context. Policy making, fundamentally, is about values. Scientific information per se cannot determine what we want, desire, or prefer. Policy makers ask, ‘‘What values do we care about?’’, How clean is clean enough?’’, ‘‘ ...
Temporal Changes in Forest Cover at the National Bison
... in the NBR have shifted downwards in elevation over recent decades, despite warming temperatures and decreased precipitation at the local level. Thus, the realized shifts did not correspond with the predicted shifts from upward isotherm movement due to regional warming. One reason that could explain ...
... in the NBR have shifted downwards in elevation over recent decades, despite warming temperatures and decreased precipitation at the local level. Thus, the realized shifts did not correspond with the predicted shifts from upward isotherm movement due to regional warming. One reason that could explain ...
The Framing of Fossil Fuels and Climate Change
... 2006, when energy prices were high and climbing, and Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters (Galbraith 1). Coverage of issues concerning fossil fuels, climate change and the environment exploded, with stories about companies going green, adding solar panels, etc. This trend has changed: “This ...
... 2006, when energy prices were high and climbing, and Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth hit theaters (Galbraith 1). Coverage of issues concerning fossil fuels, climate change and the environment exploded, with stories about companies going green, adding solar panels, etc. This trend has changed: “This ...
The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources
... Who or what is the IPCC? Man-made climate change Energy – the heart of the problem Renewable energy sources – the core of the solution • The IPCC Special Report on Renewables • Conclusions ...
... Who or what is the IPCC? Man-made climate change Energy – the heart of the problem Renewable energy sources – the core of the solution • The IPCC Special Report on Renewables • Conclusions ...
MO House Testimony May 29 2014 Final
... postdoctoral fellow and then Atomic and Molecular Astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, researching Earth’s upper atmosphere. Subsequently, I served as Chief Scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, a private, not-for-profit research and advocacy environmental organ ...
... postdoctoral fellow and then Atomic and Molecular Astrophysicist at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, researching Earth’s upper atmosphere. Subsequently, I served as Chief Scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, a private, not-for-profit research and advocacy environmental organ ...
File - The Building Blocks For Learning
... In a comprehensive review paper published in June in a new journal called Current Climate Change Reports, Andrew Bakun and colleagues outlined the expected changes to the four major eastern boundary upwelling systems of the world, including the California Current System (CCS) running from British Co ...
... In a comprehensive review paper published in June in a new journal called Current Climate Change Reports, Andrew Bakun and colleagues outlined the expected changes to the four major eastern boundary upwelling systems of the world, including the California Current System (CCS) running from British Co ...
Climate change and groundwater: a short review Geological Society
... more detailed scale, if the palaeoanalogues consist of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confid ...
... more detailed scale, if the palaeoanalogues consist of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confid ...
Climate change consequences for the indoor
... construction, causing an uncomfortable warm indoor climate after a couple of hot days. Therefore, air conditioner use will increase during hot summers. This will affect the power use significantly. The effects of electricity shortfall during hot days in (rich) countries with warmer climates like the ...
... construction, causing an uncomfortable warm indoor climate after a couple of hot days. Therefore, air conditioner use will increase during hot summers. This will affect the power use significantly. The effects of electricity shortfall during hot days in (rich) countries with warmer climates like the ...
hamlet_city_of_portland_nov_2007
... mountain snowpack, increased flow in winter, and reduced flow in summer. Changes in extremes (droughts and floods) are likely to occur. •Impacts will not be equally distributed, and areas near freezing in mid winter will be the most sensitive to warming related losses of snowpack and streamflow timi ...
... mountain snowpack, increased flow in winter, and reduced flow in summer. Changes in extremes (droughts and floods) are likely to occur. •Impacts will not be equally distributed, and areas near freezing in mid winter will be the most sensitive to warming related losses of snowpack and streamflow timi ...
Climate change and livestock production in Ethiopia
... security and investment in both the highlands and the lowlands/pastoral farming systems (FDRE, 2001). The recent livestock population of Ethiopia estimates that the country has about 52.1 million heads of cattle, 24.2 million sheep, 22.6 million goats and 44.9 million poultry (MOA, 2013; Berihu et a ...
... security and investment in both the highlands and the lowlands/pastoral farming systems (FDRE, 2001). The recent livestock population of Ethiopia estimates that the country has about 52.1 million heads of cattle, 24.2 million sheep, 22.6 million goats and 44.9 million poultry (MOA, 2013; Berihu et a ...
- It works! - San Francisco State University
... component significantly moves up the time and enlarges the area of signal emergence. When all other factors contributing to SLR, especially land ice melt, are considered, SLR signals can emerge as early as 2020 over half of the global ocean regions — considerably earlier than reported for surface ai ...
... component significantly moves up the time and enlarges the area of signal emergence. When all other factors contributing to SLR, especially land ice melt, are considered, SLR signals can emerge as early as 2020 over half of the global ocean regions — considerably earlier than reported for surface ai ...
The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
... political issue throughout the industrial countries. In the United States, Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-Colorado) had been deeply exasperated by his inability to draw public attention to the subject. When summer arrived he waited for a day forecast to be spectacularly hot, and called a hearing at which sev ...
... political issue throughout the industrial countries. In the United States, Sen. Timothy Wirth (D-Colorado) had been deeply exasperated by his inability to draw public attention to the subject. When summer arrived he waited for a day forecast to be spectacularly hot, and called a hearing at which sev ...
Climate is changing. Food and agriculture must too.
... undernourishment are small-scale farmers, fishers and pastoralists who are hardest hit by higher temperatures and in weatherrelated disasters. These disasters are exacerbated by climate change and are increasing in frequency and intensity. Without concerted action to build resilience, many of the wo ...
... undernourishment are small-scale farmers, fishers and pastoralists who are hardest hit by higher temperatures and in weatherrelated disasters. These disasters are exacerbated by climate change and are increasing in frequency and intensity. Without concerted action to build resilience, many of the wo ...
Climate Literacy Principles
... coming season is likely to be different from climatology (see definition). Climate forecasts are generally based on the chances (or probability) that an event will occur, for example that rainfall or temperature will be either below normal, near normal, or above normal. ...
... coming season is likely to be different from climatology (see definition). Climate forecasts are generally based on the chances (or probability) that an event will occur, for example that rainfall or temperature will be either below normal, near normal, or above normal. ...
Implications of the 1.5°C limit in the Paris
... risks led many vulnerable countries to express concern that the former 2°C limit was too unsafe. These and other concerns led the world to adopt the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal, which includes a 1.5°C limit, as opposed to the earlier 2°C goal adopted by the international communit ...
... risks led many vulnerable countries to express concern that the former 2°C limit was too unsafe. These and other concerns led the world to adopt the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal, which includes a 1.5°C limit, as opposed to the earlier 2°C goal adopted by the international communit ...