... Climate change has entered the mainstream as a potential threat to U.S. national security. The 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review, and the 2010 National Security Strategy all identify climate change as likely to trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on pr ...
THERMAL METROLOGY FOR METEOROLOGY AND
... from metrological best practices in formulating the framework for advancing its work. ISTI is a massive scientific challenge that requires international collaboration. ISTI and the thermal metrology community are collaborating since 2011 and, beside historical series, MeteoMet provided software for ...
... from metrological best practices in formulating the framework for advancing its work. ISTI is a massive scientific challenge that requires international collaboration. ISTI and the thermal metrology community are collaborating since 2011 and, beside historical series, MeteoMet provided software for ...
Hegemony – Dartmouth 2012
... global tem perature over 1850–2011 [1]. Here, we analyze only one of three existing global temperature datasets which are continuously updated, namely the HadCRUT3 temperature series provided by the Uni versity of East Anglia (accessible at http://www.cru. uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/), because t ...
... global tem perature over 1850–2011 [1]. Here, we analyze only one of three existing global temperature datasets which are continuously updated, namely the HadCRUT3 temperature series provided by the Uni versity of East Anglia (accessible at http://www.cru. uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/), because t ...
Projections of Future Climate Change
... a doubling of atmospheric CO2. This model design was prevalent through the 1980s, and results from such equilibrium simulations were an early basis of societal concern about the consequences of increasing CO2. However, such equilibrium (steady-state) experiments provide no information on time-depend ...
... a doubling of atmospheric CO2. This model design was prevalent through the 1980s, and results from such equilibrium simulations were an early basis of societal concern about the consequences of increasing CO2. However, such equilibrium (steady-state) experiments provide no information on time-depend ...
Green Finance Solves - UMKC Summer Debate Institute
... Green finance is key to meet Paris obligations- only clear guidelines and government promotion can move investment capital into renewable energy Deborah Lehr June 13, 2016, Chief Executive Officer of Basilinna, a strategic business consulting firm focused on China and the Middle East. In addition, M ...
... Green finance is key to meet Paris obligations- only clear guidelines and government promotion can move investment capital into renewable energy Deborah Lehr June 13, 2016, Chief Executive Officer of Basilinna, a strategic business consulting firm focused on China and the Middle East. In addition, M ...
How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... although these processes might have a substantial impact on the magnitude, the pattern, or the timing of climate warming (NRC 2003). Water vapor constitutes a powerful greenhouse gas, and therefore an increase of water vapor with temperature will oppose the increase in radiative cooling due to incre ...
... although these processes might have a substantial impact on the magnitude, the pattern, or the timing of climate warming (NRC 2003). Water vapor constitutes a powerful greenhouse gas, and therefore an increase of water vapor with temperature will oppose the increase in radiative cooling due to incre ...
impacts of climate change on urban development in the uae
... survival of mankind. The impacts of climate change are increasing in intensity and frequency on a global scale, along with a scientific consensus on the anthropogenic disturbance of the natural system created by the increased greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere caused by high emissions resultin ...
... survival of mankind. The impacts of climate change are increasing in intensity and frequency on a global scale, along with a scientific consensus on the anthropogenic disturbance of the natural system created by the increased greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere caused by high emissions resultin ...
A Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia and Clues
... principle of sustainable development” (Olson 2009: 29). By adaption he means measures ranging from changing types of crops to financial assistance for people who have lost their agricultural employment. Mitigation focuses on addressing climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas emission ...
... principle of sustainable development” (Olson 2009: 29). By adaption he means measures ranging from changing types of crops to financial assistance for people who have lost their agricultural employment. Mitigation focuses on addressing climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas emission ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Monitoring, reporting, verification and evaluation (MRVE) .................................................................... 93 ...
... Monitoring, reporting, verification and evaluation (MRVE) .................................................................... 93 ...
Sensitivity of East Asian Climate to the Progressive Uplift and
... ally ice free; (3) a positive sea level anomaly of 25 m; (4) increased sea surface temperature at high latitudes; (5) expansion of evergreen forests to the margins of the Arctic Ocean, a reduction of desert area in equatorial Africa, essential elimination of polar desert and tundra regions in the No ...
... ally ice free; (3) a positive sea level anomaly of 25 m; (4) increased sea surface temperature at high latitudes; (5) expansion of evergreen forests to the margins of the Arctic Ocean, a reduction of desert area in equatorial Africa, essential elimination of polar desert and tundra regions in the No ...
Bony et al., 2006
... although these processes might have a substantial impact on the magnitude, the pattern, or the timing of climate warming (NRC 2003). Water vapor constitutes a powerful greenhouse gas, and therefore an increase of water vapor with temperature will oppose the increase in radiative cooling due to incre ...
... although these processes might have a substantial impact on the magnitude, the pattern, or the timing of climate warming (NRC 2003). Water vapor constitutes a powerful greenhouse gas, and therefore an increase of water vapor with temperature will oppose the increase in radiative cooling due to incre ...
Project Document for WP (Part 1)
... With the experience acquired during the first inventory elaboration, the UCC produced the 1994 inventory using the revised IPCC methodology (1996). To compare the GHG emission evolution, the UCC also recalculated the 1990 inventory with the revised methodology. The 1994 Inventory, including its comp ...
... With the experience acquired during the first inventory elaboration, the UCC produced the 1994 inventory using the revised IPCC methodology (1996). To compare the GHG emission evolution, the UCC also recalculated the 1990 inventory with the revised methodology. The 1994 Inventory, including its comp ...
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
... concept of NAMAs emerged as part of the Bali Road Map that was agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007. They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting GHG emissions. NAMAs are expected to be the main vehicle for mitigation actio ...
... concept of NAMAs emerged as part of the Bali Road Map that was agreed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007. They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting GHG emissions. NAMAs are expected to be the main vehicle for mitigation actio ...
PERSPECTIVE: Potential responses to climate change in organisms
... insights, but selection is often more complicated. For example, in species with complex life histories, selection due to climate change can act simultaneously on multiple traits in ways that differ through the life cycle (Prout 1971; Lande and Arnold 1983; Arnold and Wade 1984; Lynch 1999). Changes ...
... insights, but selection is often more complicated. For example, in species with complex life histories, selection due to climate change can act simultaneously on multiple traits in ways that differ through the life cycle (Prout 1971; Lande and Arnold 1983; Arnold and Wade 1984; Lynch 1999). Changes ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
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... focusing on the role of biofuels in global land use over the course of the entire 21st Century. This research adopts a longer run perspective and largely revolves around the so-called ‘Integrated Assessment Models’ (IAMs) used to evaluate the costs and benefits of GHG mitigation. The climate change ...
... focusing on the role of biofuels in global land use over the course of the entire 21st Century. This research adopts a longer run perspective and largely revolves around the so-called ‘Integrated Assessment Models’ (IAMs) used to evaluate the costs and benefits of GHG mitigation. The climate change ...
The non-synchronous response of Rabots Glacia¨r and Storglacia
... preserves mass continuity, it does not capture the timedependent behavior of the unmodeled sections of the glaciers. Instead it implies that these regions of the glaciers respond instantaneously to mass-balance perturbations, whereas in reality changes in geometry upstream of the boundary would resu ...
... preserves mass continuity, it does not capture the timedependent behavior of the unmodeled sections of the glaciers. Instead it implies that these regions of the glaciers respond instantaneously to mass-balance perturbations, whereas in reality changes in geometry upstream of the boundary would resu ...
science-based targets
... relevant to climate change. They define carbon limits and the consequences of excessive emissions. Setting targets based on IPCC data allows businesses to position themselves for impending change, with the following benefits: INNOVATION / Companies are finding ways to strategically delink economic g ...
... relevant to climate change. They define carbon limits and the consequences of excessive emissions. Setting targets based on IPCC data allows businesses to position themselves for impending change, with the following benefits: INNOVATION / Companies are finding ways to strategically delink economic g ...
Urban Forestry and Climate Change Workshop
... made more compelling and grow strength in the social, political and technical realms, in spite of uncertainty in the future condition. We must work to create an atmosphere where some risk is okay, and we will do well to take our best stab at decisions now, monitor, and learn along the way. “Don’t le ...
... made more compelling and grow strength in the social, political and technical realms, in spite of uncertainty in the future condition. We must work to create an atmosphere where some risk is okay, and we will do well to take our best stab at decisions now, monitor, and learn along the way. “Don’t le ...
Up Against The Wall: The Effects of Climate Warming on Soil
... The net effect of warming on soil microbes tends to be increased microbial activity over the short term, which translates to increased soil respiration [12,57,58]. An early lab incubation study of temperate forest soils demonstrated that this increase in activity can be accompanied by shifts in micr ...
... The net effect of warming on soil microbes tends to be increased microbial activity over the short term, which translates to increased soil respiration [12,57,58]. An early lab incubation study of temperate forest soils demonstrated that this increase in activity can be accompanied by shifts in micr ...
What are the main money instruments used by the CDM?
... (developing) countries (Francois & Hamaide 2011). In the first 8 years of the CDM (from 2004 to 2012) 6,725 projects have commenced creating 2.73 billion CERs. These CERs then result in mass financial flow from Annex 1 countries to Non-Annex countries (Burian & Arens). Of the CER units sold an amoun ...
... (developing) countries (Francois & Hamaide 2011). In the first 8 years of the CDM (from 2004 to 2012) 6,725 projects have commenced creating 2.73 billion CERs. These CERs then result in mass financial flow from Annex 1 countries to Non-Annex countries (Burian & Arens). Of the CER units sold an amoun ...
3. The role of Sustainable Land Management in Sub
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... eruptions, as well as a look at what happened thousands or even millions of years ago, when atmospheric CO2 levels were much higher due to natural causes. As this handy chart from New Scientist shows, most of these studies have been converging around the same range of answers: Doubling the amount of ...
... eruptions, as well as a look at what happened thousands or even millions of years ago, when atmospheric CO2 levels were much higher due to natural causes. As this handy chart from New Scientist shows, most of these studies have been converging around the same range of answers: Doubling the amount of ...
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... The important predictors in affecting defoliation have been identified and ranked through the use of Random Forest Analysis. It is interesting that Nitrogen deposition, both in the form reduced or oxidized seems to be generally more important than nutrient nitrogen critical loads exceedances, Howeve ...
... The important predictors in affecting defoliation have been identified and ranked through the use of Random Forest Analysis. It is interesting that Nitrogen deposition, both in the form reduced or oxidized seems to be generally more important than nutrient nitrogen critical loads exceedances, Howeve ...