Projected continent-wide declines of the emperor penguin under
... effects of SICa on the vital rates, were estimated from the TA colony using maximum likelihood mark-recapture methods and multi-model inference applied to long-term data on marked individuals. The model has been extensively compared with data, shown to successfully resolve the dynamics of the TA col ...
... effects of SICa on the vital rates, were estimated from the TA colony using maximum likelihood mark-recapture methods and multi-model inference applied to long-term data on marked individuals. The model has been extensively compared with data, shown to successfully resolve the dynamics of the TA col ...
GSS_2004_Abstract_Volume - USF College of Marine Science
... two large wave tank experiments. Limited data sets were used to test both models, and few comparisons have been attempted. Lidar surveys of Assateague Island, MD, taken both before and after a January 1998 northeaster are providing the first spatially dense data available for testing these models. R ...
... two large wave tank experiments. Limited data sets were used to test both models, and few comparisons have been attempted. Lidar surveys of Assateague Island, MD, taken both before and after a January 1998 northeaster are providing the first spatially dense data available for testing these models. R ...
HARC Meeting Slides September 2013
... HRC and HARC members pushed UL to extend the current listings under the 1093 standard until 2025, which is the European Union end date for the use of halon fire extinguishers on aircraft ...
... HRC and HARC members pushed UL to extend the current listings under the 1093 standard until 2025, which is the European Union end date for the use of halon fire extinguishers on aircraft ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... The final decision concerning the INDC of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of a new global climate change agreement, which will be proposed for signing during the COP-21 (Paris, France, December 2015), is expected to be taken with due account for the outcomes of the negotiating proces ...
... The final decision concerning the INDC of the Republic of Tajikistan within the framework of a new global climate change agreement, which will be proposed for signing during the COP-21 (Paris, France, December 2015), is expected to be taken with due account for the outcomes of the negotiating proces ...
10-Climate
... Develop, periodically update, publish national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol Develop, periodically update, publish national programs to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissi ...
... Develop, periodically update, publish national inventories of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol Develop, periodically update, publish national programs to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissi ...
SG-RFC-2009-doc 8-6
... Arctic sea ice might soon lead to a seasonally ice-free Arctic and increased maritime traffic because shipping routes through the Arctic Ocean are much shorter than routes through the Panama or Suez canals. However, there is also some evidence that a reduction in the ice cover will be accompanied by ...
... Arctic sea ice might soon lead to a seasonally ice-free Arctic and increased maritime traffic because shipping routes through the Arctic Ocean are much shorter than routes through the Panama or Suez canals. However, there is also some evidence that a reduction in the ice cover will be accompanied by ...
A North Carolina Citizen`s Guide to Global Warming
... Science and Nature in 2005 concluded that there had been an increase during the last few decades in the number and intensity of hurricanes around the world, and that this was likely due to humancaused greenhouse warming.28 Climate activists and the popular press took these papers to be smoking guns ...
... Science and Nature in 2005 concluded that there had been an increase during the last few decades in the number and intensity of hurricanes around the world, and that this was likely due to humancaused greenhouse warming.28 Climate activists and the popular press took these papers to be smoking guns ...
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... crops (FAO, 2010:6). Climate change would affect the yields of some major crops eg. maize may be reduced by 6.9% by 2020 whilst drought resistant crop like millet would be unaffected (FAO, 2010:5). Food accessibility refers to entitlements in terms of the legal, political, economic and social means ...
... crops (FAO, 2010:6). Climate change would affect the yields of some major crops eg. maize may be reduced by 6.9% by 2020 whilst drought resistant crop like millet would be unaffected (FAO, 2010:5). Food accessibility refers to entitlements in terms of the legal, political, economic and social means ...
Pielke Jr. – House Government Reform Testimony 20 July 2006
... behavior: “it should be recognized that mitigation actions taken now mainly have benefits 50 years and beyond now.”7 And Science magazine reported earlier this year, “The wheels of global climate change are in motion, and there is little we can do to stop them, at least in the short-term”8 The long ...
... behavior: “it should be recognized that mitigation actions taken now mainly have benefits 50 years and beyond now.”7 And Science magazine reported earlier this year, “The wheels of global climate change are in motion, and there is little we can do to stop them, at least in the short-term”8 The long ...
Case study — Monitoring potential impacts of climate change on the
... is general consensus that climate change will result in increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread net melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. The Fourth IPPC Assessment Report concludes that climate change will have impacts on many aspects of biodiversi ...
... is general consensus that climate change will result in increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread net melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level. The Fourth IPPC Assessment Report concludes that climate change will have impacts on many aspects of biodiversi ...
towards a building-blocks approach
... Reduce carbon leakage in an uneven regulatory environment – E.g. through border tax adjustment ...
... Reduce carbon leakage in an uneven regulatory environment – E.g. through border tax adjustment ...
Current Affairs- Enviornment
... • In 73 percent of the countries, courts hear environmental cases. But very few countries have assistance for marginalized groups. • Around 64 percent of countries with laws on the books do not release any information to the public on emissions or wastewater discharges, pollutants that can impact hu ...
... • In 73 percent of the countries, courts hear environmental cases. But very few countries have assistance for marginalized groups. • Around 64 percent of countries with laws on the books do not release any information to the public on emissions or wastewater discharges, pollutants that can impact hu ...
fossil fuel companies
... companies – Exxon, Shell and Chevron – together spent more than $120 billion in 2013 alone to boost their output. Chevron also recently announced plans to invest another $1.6 billion with Argen;na’s YP ...
... companies – Exxon, Shell and Chevron – together spent more than $120 billion in 2013 alone to boost their output. Chevron also recently announced plans to invest another $1.6 billion with Argen;na’s YP ...
The Anchorage Declaration
... 7. We call for adequate and direct funding in developed and developing States and for a fund to be created to enable Indigenous Peoples’ full and effective participation in all climate processes, including adaptation, mitigation, monitoring and transfer of appropriate technologies in order to foster ...
... 7. We call for adequate and direct funding in developed and developing States and for a fund to be created to enable Indigenous Peoples’ full and effective participation in all climate processes, including adaptation, mitigation, monitoring and transfer of appropriate technologies in order to foster ...
Go Green Go Global - Eco
... The term environment means surroundings; natural world. However, it can be narrowly defined, for example our immediate surroundings as in the classroom environment or very broadly, in relation to the global environment. One thing that is certain is that ‘mankind’ has had a huge impact on the environ ...
... The term environment means surroundings; natural world. However, it can be narrowly defined, for example our immediate surroundings as in the classroom environment or very broadly, in relation to the global environment. One thing that is certain is that ‘mankind’ has had a huge impact on the environ ...
Exploring Late Pleistocene climate variations
... rapid, decadal climate change during the latest Quaternary remains an enigma.These issues are critical for understanding global change. Although major progress continues to be made, a general consensus has developed that limitations in knowledge of the chronology of millennial-scale climate variabil ...
... rapid, decadal climate change during the latest Quaternary remains an enigma.These issues are critical for understanding global change. Although major progress continues to be made, a general consensus has developed that limitations in knowledge of the chronology of millennial-scale climate variabil ...
CMIP5 data provided at the IPCC Data Distribution Centre
... 2. The CMIP5 experiments. The CMIP5 strategy (Hibbard et al. 2007; Meehl and Hibbard 2007) includes two types of climate change modeling experiments: 1) long-term (century time scale) simulations and 2) near-term simulations (10–30 yr), also called decadal prediction experiments (Meehl et al. 2009). ...
... 2. The CMIP5 experiments. The CMIP5 strategy (Hibbard et al. 2007; Meehl and Hibbard 2007) includes two types of climate change modeling experiments: 1) long-term (century time scale) simulations and 2) near-term simulations (10–30 yr), also called decadal prediction experiments (Meehl et al. 2009). ...
Responses and feedbacks of coupled biogeochemical cycles to climate change:
... ice has declined substantially over the past 40 years (Figure 5) and temperature increases have been far larger than that of the global average for the period 1850–2000 (Kaufman et al. 2009). In these high-latitude ecosystems (boreal forests, tundra, and their associated wetlands), decomposition is ...
... ice has declined substantially over the past 40 years (Figure 5) and temperature increases have been far larger than that of the global average for the period 1850–2000 (Kaufman et al. 2009). In these high-latitude ecosystems (boreal forests, tundra, and their associated wetlands), decomposition is ...
Climate Change and Landscape Preservation
... changes are affecting significant cultural landscapes. While many others are attentive to the eroding condition of our natural environment and the subsequent impact on biological systems, this discussion addresses the impact of that erosion on significant human landscapes. The two are inseparable, o ...
... changes are affecting significant cultural landscapes. While many others are attentive to the eroding condition of our natural environment and the subsequent impact on biological systems, this discussion addresses the impact of that erosion on significant human landscapes. The two are inseparable, o ...
A Narrative Analysis of Climate Change Coverage in the New York
... Regional climate fluctuations are largely due to shifts in air masses and tend to cancel out when averaged across the globe or over an extensive time period. As a consequence, attempts to detect anthropogenic climate change have focused on global scales and long-term trends. Global temperature trend ...
... Regional climate fluctuations are largely due to shifts in air masses and tend to cancel out when averaged across the globe or over an extensive time period. As a consequence, attempts to detect anthropogenic climate change have focused on global scales and long-term trends. Global temperature trend ...
Global Warming: Basic Definitions
... “Paleobotanists” are scientists who specialize in understanding ancient plant life and pollen. Pollen can provide very good evidence of what regional climate was like for a given area. To find pollen that corresponds with ancient times, scientists take cores from lakes and sediments. Then they analy ...
... “Paleobotanists” are scientists who specialize in understanding ancient plant life and pollen. Pollen can provide very good evidence of what regional climate was like for a given area. To find pollen that corresponds with ancient times, scientists take cores from lakes and sediments. Then they analy ...
AAAS_What We Know
... – are happening more frequently. Recent scientific findings indicate that climate change is likely responsible for the increase in the intensity of many of these events in recent years. 2. We are at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes ...
... – are happening more frequently. Recent scientific findings indicate that climate change is likely responsible for the increase in the intensity of many of these events in recent years. 2. We are at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes ...
Man-‐Made Global Warming is a Scam
... government. This effort to reduce carbon emissions saw Australians pay a whopping $24.47 billion to reduce global warming (theoretically) – by just 0.004% (Robson, 2013). The justification for the Carbon Tax ...
... government. This effort to reduce carbon emissions saw Australians pay a whopping $24.47 billion to reduce global warming (theoretically) – by just 0.004% (Robson, 2013). The justification for the Carbon Tax ...
There is an unknown but small probability that the West
... global impact model of sea level rise. This model is driven by a cost-benefit analysis of coastal protection, rather than a political analysis as in the case studies. The model suggests that it would be worthwhile to defend the coastline in developed countries, which will be richer still in the futu ...
... global impact model of sea level rise. This model is driven by a cost-benefit analysis of coastal protection, rather than a political analysis as in the case studies. The model suggests that it would be worthwhile to defend the coastline in developed countries, which will be richer still in the futu ...
Atmospheric circulation as a source of uncertainty in climate change
... observed system represents but one. Figure 3 shows such a calculation for wintertime changes over a 55-year period in the Eurasian– North Atlantic sector. The distribution of possible changes in surface temperature is seen to be distinct from that in the control ensemble with no climate change. This ...
... observed system represents but one. Figure 3 shows such a calculation for wintertime changes over a 55-year period in the Eurasian– North Atlantic sector. The distribution of possible changes in surface temperature is seen to be distinct from that in the control ensemble with no climate change. This ...