Climate change and the greenhouse effect
... multidisciplinary, complex and controversial topic, however one with which students need to be familiar. When students leave school science they require an understanding of both the natural and the enhanced greenhouse effect and how this relates to climate change. This knowledge empowers them to mak ...
... multidisciplinary, complex and controversial topic, however one with which students need to be familiar. When students leave school science they require an understanding of both the natural and the enhanced greenhouse effect and how this relates to climate change. This knowledge empowers them to mak ...
Circulation patterns related to debris-flow triggering
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
... events for this season (Beniston et al., 2007; Christensen and Christensen, 2007; Rajczak et al., 2013; Gobiet et al., 2014). However, the precipitation quantities during future extreme precipitation events may well be on the rise (Christensen and Christensen, 2003; Emori and Brown, 2005; Kharin et ...
Preparing for coastal change - Ministry for the Environment
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessed the most recent and authoritative international science on sea-level rise. Its Fourth Assessment Report (2007) stated: “Because understanding of some important effects driving sea-level rise is too limited, this report does not assess the ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessed the most recent and authoritative international science on sea-level rise. Its Fourth Assessment Report (2007) stated: “Because understanding of some important effects driving sea-level rise is too limited, this report does not assess the ...
NSW PUBLIC HEALTH BULLETIN
... The World Health Organization chose climate change as the theme for last year’s World Health Day in an explicit attempt to attract policy-makers to the compelling evidence about the impacts of climate change on health. The reality of humaninduced climate change can no longer be doubted, but the exte ...
... The World Health Organization chose climate change as the theme for last year’s World Health Day in an explicit attempt to attract policy-makers to the compelling evidence about the impacts of climate change on health. The reality of humaninduced climate change can no longer be doubted, but the exte ...
Relevant Science What do we know about the potential impacts of
... What do we know about the potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and conservation generally? How might climate change affect the goals of conservation easements and private conservation efforts? A. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTEXT There are 1,50 ...
... What do we know about the potential impacts of climate change on biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and conservation generally? How might climate change affect the goals of conservation easements and private conservation efforts? A. CONSERVATION EASEMENTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN CONTEXT There are 1,50 ...
Costs of Adaptation Related to Industrial and Municipal Water
... ground, and glaciers have all shown significant decreasing trends globally; this is of concern since the cryosphere stores about 75 percent of the world’s freshwater, and more than one-sixth of the world’s population lives in glacier- or snowmelt-fed river basins (Stern 2006). In the 21st century, i ...
... ground, and glaciers have all shown significant decreasing trends globally; this is of concern since the cryosphere stores about 75 percent of the world’s freshwater, and more than one-sixth of the world’s population lives in glacier- or snowmelt-fed river basins (Stern 2006). In the 21st century, i ...
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050
... GHGs do not exceed 450 ppm over the long term. More ambitious action is therefore needed now and post-2020. For example, 80% of the projected emissions from the power sector in 2020 are inevitable, as they come from power plants that are already in place or are being built today. The world is lockin ...
... GHGs do not exceed 450 ppm over the long term. More ambitious action is therefore needed now and post-2020. For example, 80% of the projected emissions from the power sector in 2020 are inevitable, as they come from power plants that are already in place or are being built today. The world is lockin ...
dispersal and species interactions determine biotic
... populations, which expand outward and eventually coalesce into an accelerating range boundary.26 Hence, we need to know not just dispersal and population growth rates, but also the distribution of dispersal among individuals. Fat-tailed dispersal kernels occur frequently in nature, especially owing ...
... populations, which expand outward and eventually coalesce into an accelerating range boundary.26 Hence, we need to know not just dispersal and population growth rates, but also the distribution of dispersal among individuals. Fat-tailed dispersal kernels occur frequently in nature, especially owing ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... changes in Earth’s surface temperature are available for over a century. These measurements document warming of roughly 0.858C since 1880, with the three warmest decades in the most recent portion of the record (IPCC 2013). In global average terms, 2015 was the warmest year in surface temperature da ...
... changes in Earth’s surface temperature are available for over a century. These measurements document warming of roughly 0.858C since 1880, with the three warmest decades in the most recent portion of the record (IPCC 2013). In global average terms, 2015 was the warmest year in surface temperature da ...
Land Use Change Impacts on Air Quality and Climate
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
... response may be larger at a local scale or when considering multiple future scenarios, for example isoprene emissions over the same time horizon are projected to increase by 26-41% in Europe.88 Several of these studies have projected isoprene emissions under simultaneous changes in climate and atmos ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... lating the emissions of four such gases, including carbon dioxide, un der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Ad ...
... lating the emissions of four such gases, including carbon dioxide, un der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Ad ...
1 OCTOBER TERM, 2006 Syllabus
... lating the emissions of four such gases, including carbon dioxide, un der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Ad ...
... lating the emissions of four such gases, including carbon dioxide, un der §202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, which requires that the EPA “shall by regulation prescribe . . . standards applicable to the emis sion of any air pollutant from any class . . . of new motor vehicles . . . which in [the EPA Ad ...
How will organic carbon stocks in mineral soils
... change C inputs to the soil, whilst decomposition usually increases under warmer temperatures, but can also be slowed by decreased soil moisture. Underlying the global trend of increasing SOC under future climate is a complex pattern of regional SOC change. SOC losses are projected to occur in north ...
... change C inputs to the soil, whilst decomposition usually increases under warmer temperatures, but can also be slowed by decreased soil moisture. Underlying the global trend of increasing SOC under future climate is a complex pattern of regional SOC change. SOC losses are projected to occur in north ...
Paris`s adaptation strategy
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
The Austrian Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
... can be found in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 1 (UNFCCC 2007, ratified by Austria), as well as in Art. 10 (b) of the Kyoto Protocol, which came into force in 2005. These agreements require the signatory parties to develop, implement, and update national and (where appropr ...
Impacts of changes in climate, land use and land cover on
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.056 1352-2310/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. ...
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.056 1352-2310/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
... The Authority's recommendations in this report, as in its earlier reports, are founded on the comprehensive scientific evidence that human activities are the major contributor to global warming. Burning fossil fuels, many industrial processes, and land clearing activities (among others) produce gree ...
time invariance and implications for bias correction
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
Review of Policy, Plans, Legislation and Regulations for Climate
... Natural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park Order (1992) and Natural Resources (Marine Parks) Regulations (1992) ..................................................... 121 ...
... Natural Resources (Montego Bay Marine Park Order (1992) and Natural Resources (Marine Parks) Regulations (1992) ..................................................... 121 ...
Extreme Environmental Events Induced by Climate Change:
... successful if (expert) decision makers perceive risk differently than the public (Haque, 2000; Rasid, 2000; Buckland and Rahman, 1999). Unfortunately, risk communication has traditionally adhered to a one-way, top-down approach, resulting in messages that are often either too complex or too general ...
... successful if (expert) decision makers perceive risk differently than the public (Haque, 2000; Rasid, 2000; Buckland and Rahman, 1999). Unfortunately, risk communication has traditionally adhered to a one-way, top-down approach, resulting in messages that are often either too complex or too general ...
Draft Findings of the Ad Hoc Technical expert group
... processes. The climate change driven extreme sea temperatures anomalies that caused global-wide impacts on coral reefs (the mass coral bleaching events of 1998 and 2002) are a clear example of the effects of climate change on the second most diverse ecosystem on the planet - ecosystems which provide ...
... processes. The climate change driven extreme sea temperatures anomalies that caused global-wide impacts on coral reefs (the mass coral bleaching events of 1998 and 2002) are a clear example of the effects of climate change on the second most diverse ecosystem on the planet - ecosystems which provide ...