Evaporation at the Dead-Sea in the different synoptic systems and
... mesoscale activity. This mesoscale activity is pronounced when this index is higher than one. The Dead-Sea valley winds are dominated by a very high index, particularly in summer (index of 2-4). This shows that the local winds are dominant compared to the large-scale wind component in the Dead-Sea V ...
... mesoscale activity. This mesoscale activity is pronounced when this index is higher than one. The Dead-Sea valley winds are dominated by a very high index, particularly in summer (index of 2-4). This shows that the local winds are dominant compared to the large-scale wind component in the Dead-Sea V ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... observed in the last 50 years can be attributed to human activity. Greater and more abrupt climatic variations may occur in the future with increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts. The Panel concluded, however, that the net effects on the global e ...
... observed in the last 50 years can be attributed to human activity. Greater and more abrupt climatic variations may occur in the future with increased frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and droughts. The Panel concluded, however, that the net effects on the global e ...
A Briefing for Councillors
... not be possible to meet these goals while we continue to dig up and burn fossil fuels. Without bold action to keep 80% of fossil fuels in the ground, a changing climate will have devastating consequences for people, societies and ecosystems around the world. By investing £14 billion in fossil fuel e ...
... not be possible to meet these goals while we continue to dig up and burn fossil fuels. Without bold action to keep 80% of fossil fuels in the ground, a changing climate will have devastating consequences for people, societies and ecosystems around the world. By investing £14 billion in fossil fuel e ...
Climate Change: Adaptation for Queensland Issues Paper
... At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Cancun in December 2010 the world agreed to take action to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Even with only 2°C global warming there are serious risks to Queensland from the impacts of climate change, a ...
... At the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Cancun in December 2010 the world agreed to take action to limit global warming to 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Even with only 2°C global warming there are serious risks to Queensland from the impacts of climate change, a ...
1 Guidance Manual RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE
... 1. The first is a rapid assessment that should be made in the field with wetland managers and community experts. It establishes a site level understanding of climate change, documents past extreme climate events and identifies coping mechanisms community use during and after these extreme climate ev ...
... 1. The first is a rapid assessment that should be made in the field with wetland managers and community experts. It establishes a site level understanding of climate change, documents past extreme climate events and identifies coping mechanisms community use during and after these extreme climate ev ...
Republic of Gambia, Initial National Communication
... Table 4.3.7.1: Areal extent of analysis units ...
... Table 4.3.7.1: Areal extent of analysis units ...
Geographical Variation of Climate Change Impact on Rice Yield in
... The relationships between long-term crop yield and climate trends can help us more accurately assess climate impacts on crop yields. Statistical models and crop growth models are two types of models often used to assess these impacts [5]. Crop growth models consider crop growth as a function of dyna ...
... The relationships between long-term crop yield and climate trends can help us more accurately assess climate impacts on crop yields. Statistical models and crop growth models are two types of models often used to assess these impacts [5]. Crop growth models consider crop growth as a function of dyna ...
Curriculum Vitae - of Kesten C Green
... Unifying theory of forecasting: The Golden Rule of Forecasting provides a unifying theory of forecasting. The Rule is to be conservative when forecasting by relying on cumulative knowledge about the situation and about forecasting. Following the Golden Rule guidelines reduces forecast errors by near ...
... Unifying theory of forecasting: The Golden Rule of Forecasting provides a unifying theory of forecasting. The Rule is to be conservative when forecasting by relying on cumulative knowledge about the situation and about forecasting. Following the Golden Rule guidelines reduces forecast errors by near ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Call for Action
... purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of users’ views, products or services is not implied in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, an ...
... purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of users’ views, products or services is not implied in any way. All requests for translation and adaptation rights, an ...
Upper bounds on twenty-first-century Antarctic ice loss assessed
... In Fig. 2b, we present probability distributions of Antarctica’s mass balance associated with extreme changes in these assumptions. First, we increase the correlation coefficient of discharge growth rates across all ice-sheet basins to 1. Next, the discharge growth rate distribution for all marine-b ...
... In Fig. 2b, we present probability distributions of Antarctica’s mass balance associated with extreme changes in these assumptions. First, we increase the correlation coefficient of discharge growth rates across all ice-sheet basins to 1. Next, the discharge growth rate distribution for all marine-b ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... and colinearity of the environmental drivers and residual distribution, regressions with the highest R2adjusted were selected. Due to the low number of entries for the two tropical tree PFTs and the two shrub PFTs, data were combined, resulting in two instead of four regressions for these PFTs. To p ...
... and colinearity of the environmental drivers and residual distribution, regressions with the highest R2adjusted were selected. Due to the low number of entries for the two tropical tree PFTs and the two shrub PFTs, data were combined, resulting in two instead of four regressions for these PFTs. To p ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
Report
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 2008, and what some of the major influences and limits on this action might be. The literature ...
... authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 2008, and what some of the major influences and limits on this action might be. The literature ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... Report available at: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport ...
... Report available at: http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.SenateReport ...
Environment, Climate Change and International Relations
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
a free PDF - E-International Relations
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
... Yet, due to the dangerous environmental situations in which many in the world will find themselves, more needs to be done to understand the relations between climate change and international governance. It is this need that this collection takes as its starting point. In doing so, it follows in a ri ...
Assessment of Climate Hazards, Traditional Early
... source of livelihood in most African countries. Change in climate is undeniable fact as temperature in the globe is rising and climate variability is common all over the world. To mitigate effect of climate change or adapt to the change, the community need information on climate elements and early w ...
... source of livelihood in most African countries. Change in climate is undeniable fact as temperature in the globe is rising and climate variability is common all over the world. To mitigate effect of climate change or adapt to the change, the community need information on climate elements and early w ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... timing of rainfall, despite increased CO2 improving plant water use efficiency. Consequently, yields are likely to decline in the drier eastern and northern areas and remain largely unchanged or increase in wetter western and southern areas. The plant available water capacity of the soil will become ...
... timing of rainfall, despite increased CO2 improving plant water use efficiency. Consequently, yields are likely to decline in the drier eastern and northern areas and remain largely unchanged or increase in wetter western and southern areas. The plant available water capacity of the soil will become ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological
... also be removed from the atmosphere or reduced at source, but such approaches are currently highly speculative. Proposed CDR techniques include: 1. Ocean fertilization: the enrichment of nutrients in marine environments with the intention of stimulating plant production, hence CO2 uptake from the at ...
... also be removed from the atmosphere or reduced at source, but such approaches are currently highly speculative. Proposed CDR techniques include: 1. Ocean fertilization: the enrichment of nutrients in marine environments with the intention of stimulating plant production, hence CO2 uptake from the at ...
3 Professor Christos ZEREFOS Parousiasi
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
Simulating the Impact of Climate Change on Rice
... cold, dry winters. Under such climatic conditions, rice cultivation is only possible for around 140 days during the period May–October (Christmann et al. 2009). The seeding time of rice, therefore, is very crucial, as the flowering period with early seeding may coincide with peak maximum temperature ...
... cold, dry winters. Under such climatic conditions, rice cultivation is only possible for around 140 days during the period May–October (Christmann et al. 2009). The seeding time of rice, therefore, is very crucial, as the flowering period with early seeding may coincide with peak maximum temperature ...
Primary Student-Teachers` Conceptual Understanding of the
... for the duration of one academic year. The majority of the teaching provided supports this project. The project includes content analysis, determining student ideas about the topic, finding, selecting or creating the most appropriate presentations and teaching strategies, and drawing up a practical ...
... for the duration of one academic year. The majority of the teaching provided supports this project. The project includes content analysis, determining student ideas about the topic, finding, selecting or creating the most appropriate presentations and teaching strategies, and drawing up a practical ...
Farming in a Changing Climate in Manitoba
... nant enteric fermentation (i.e. livestock burps), account for one-third of Manitoba’s total greenhouse gas emissions. This is about equal to the contribution from burning fossil fuels for transportation. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) is ...
... nant enteric fermentation (i.e. livestock burps), account for one-third of Manitoba’s total greenhouse gas emissions. This is about equal to the contribution from burning fossil fuels for transportation. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) is ...
Climate Adaptation Outlook
... inundation. On the other hand, there has been progress in reducing risks in some areas with where impacts on livelihoods are more immediate — for example through increased capacity to manage risks to activities that depend on water resources. In many cases (such as natural ecosystems) risks are know ...
... inundation. On the other hand, there has been progress in reducing risks in some areas with where impacts on livelihoods are more immediate — for example through increased capacity to manage risks to activities that depend on water resources. In many cases (such as natural ecosystems) risks are know ...