LCCARL263_en.pdf
... changes in climate would eventually lead to a loss in welfare, and that that loss would be disproportionately spread across the various regions of the world. Temperature is considered to be the most important climate variable in the analysis of tourism demand because, outside a certain range, it aff ...
... changes in climate would eventually lead to a loss in welfare, and that that loss would be disproportionately spread across the various regions of the world. Temperature is considered to be the most important climate variable in the analysis of tourism demand because, outside a certain range, it aff ...
Cryosphere, Instability, Sea Level Rise Session 1
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second and Third Assessment Reports. England is an expert in the ocean’s role in regional climate variability and global climate change. ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second and Third Assessment Reports. England is an expert in the ocean’s role in regional climate variability and global climate change. ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
Adaptation and Vulnerability to Climate Change: The
... have increased. A notable example was the European heatwave of 2003, which killed around 50,000 people2. The global surface affected by drought has doubled since 19703. Trends in flooding are harder to identify, but there is a highly significant shift to more frequent “100-year” floods on great rive ...
... have increased. A notable example was the European heatwave of 2003, which killed around 50,000 people2. The global surface affected by drought has doubled since 19703. Trends in flooding are harder to identify, but there is a highly significant shift to more frequent “100-year” floods on great rive ...
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... approach is ideally suited to addressing the climatic uncertainty associated with adaptation measures. A more detailed study of potential real options for adaptation to climate change in both developed and developing countries would be highly worthwhile in generating new lines of thought. This paper ...
... approach is ideally suited to addressing the climatic uncertainty associated with adaptation measures. A more detailed study of potential real options for adaptation to climate change in both developed and developing countries would be highly worthwhile in generating new lines of thought. This paper ...
http://www.fao.org/3/a-am434e.pdf
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... does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. © FAO 2012 FAO encourages the ...
Simple Messages Help Set the Record Straight about Scientific
... eliciting respondents’ estimates of scientific agreement prior to presenting them with a statement about the level of scientific agreement. Participants who estimated the level of agreement prior to being shown the corrective statement gave higher estimates of the scientific consensus than responden ...
... eliciting respondents’ estimates of scientific agreement prior to presenting them with a statement about the level of scientific agreement. Participants who estimated the level of agreement prior to being shown the corrective statement gave higher estimates of the scientific consensus than responden ...
Biogeosciences
... the projection of land surface response and impacts to water quality/quantity, ecosystem productivity, and emissions of reactive species that influence air quality. As Earth system models (EaSMs) currently stand, there are trade-offs associated with the decision to use offline (with BC) or online (w ...
... the projection of land surface response and impacts to water quality/quantity, ecosystem productivity, and emissions of reactive species that influence air quality. As Earth system models (EaSMs) currently stand, there are trade-offs associated with the decision to use offline (with BC) or online (w ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory
... to the predictions). We ran 10 iterations of each year to ensure a stable periodic annual cycle in container depth. Solution of the transient-state energy balance equation for the container provides an estimate of the hourly container ‘core temperature’ throughout the year (Fig. 4). This temperature ...
... to the predictions). We ran 10 iterations of each year to ensure a stable periodic annual cycle in container depth. Solution of the transient-state energy balance equation for the container provides an estimate of the hourly container ‘core temperature’ throughout the year (Fig. 4). This temperature ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to
... to the predictions). We ran 10 iterations of each year to ensure a stable periodic annual cycle in container depth. Solution of the transient-state energy balance equation for the container provides an estimate of the hourly container ‘core temperature’ throughout the year (Fig. 4). This temperature ...
... to the predictions). We ran 10 iterations of each year to ensure a stable periodic annual cycle in container depth. Solution of the transient-state energy balance equation for the container provides an estimate of the hourly container ‘core temperature’ throughout the year (Fig. 4). This temperature ...
Linking Population, Fertility and Family Planning with
... resilience to climate change impacts. The study was carried out in 2008-2009 in peri-urban and rural areas of two regions in Ethiopia: the Oromia region and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) region. This study in Ethiopia is one of the first to include first-hand linkages of po ...
... resilience to climate change impacts. The study was carried out in 2008-2009 in peri-urban and rural areas of two regions in Ethiopia: the Oromia region and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s (SNNP) region. This study in Ethiopia is one of the first to include first-hand linkages of po ...
the results of the scientific congress
... and the response options and approaches that are available to tackle this complex issue. To bring this new knowledge together, the International Alliance of Research Universitiesi organised an international scientific congress on climate change, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions ...
... and the response options and approaches that are available to tackle this complex issue. To bring this new knowledge together, the International Alliance of Research Universitiesi organised an international scientific congress on climate change, Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions ...
case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... Over time, Weyerhaeuser has developed robust management responses to build resilience across the growing cycle of its timberlands—from planting to final harvest— against losses from storms, pest infestation, wildfires, and drought. The company regularly updates its forest timber inventories, growth ...
... Over time, Weyerhaeuser has developed robust management responses to build resilience across the growing cycle of its timberlands—from planting to final harvest— against losses from storms, pest infestation, wildfires, and drought. The company regularly updates its forest timber inventories, growth ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... ecosystems are likely. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification may have substantial adverse impacts upon coral reefs, coastal ecosystems, and migratory fish stocks such as tuna, which represent a substantial economic resource for RMI. ...
... ecosystems are likely. Rising temperatures and ocean acidification may have substantial adverse impacts upon coral reefs, coastal ecosystems, and migratory fish stocks such as tuna, which represent a substantial economic resource for RMI. ...
Sensitivity of tree growth to the atmospheric vertical profile in the
... and Legendre 1998; Barry and Carleton 2001). In this procedure, the nine site residual tree-ring chronologies were transformed into new sets of orthogonal variables. The amount of variability was described using the same number of variables, but with the first principal component (PC) accounting for ...
... and Legendre 1998; Barry and Carleton 2001). In this procedure, the nine site residual tree-ring chronologies were transformed into new sets of orthogonal variables. The amount of variability was described using the same number of variables, but with the first principal component (PC) accounting for ...
Global Warming and Science
... Fig. 6. Climate reconstructions over the last two centuries [SIC : millennia]. Medieval warm period missing – Little Ice Age ??? ...
... Fig. 6. Climate reconstructions over the last two centuries [SIC : millennia]. Medieval warm period missing – Little Ice Age ??? ...
Uncertainty in science and its role in climate policy
... or perhaps even no physically meaningful equations exist (see Fefferman Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (2011) ...
... or perhaps even no physically meaningful equations exist (see Fefferman Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (2011) ...
Will Geoengineering With Solar Radiation Management Ever Be
... conduct in situ testing at less than the full scale of implementation, but their proposal calls for large-scale manipulation of the climate system for multiple decades, which I think would also be found unacceptable. Long climate model simulations can investigate the change in multi-decadal mean pre ...
... conduct in situ testing at less than the full scale of implementation, but their proposal calls for large-scale manipulation of the climate system for multiple decades, which I think would also be found unacceptable. Long climate model simulations can investigate the change in multi-decadal mean pre ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... Before undertaking the needs assessment, it was necessary to clearly articulate the issue and target audience of interest. To reiterate, the question addressed in this needs assessment is “what are the management needs surrounding the issue of local sea-level rise and inundation that affect coastal ...
... Before undertaking the needs assessment, it was necessary to clearly articulate the issue and target audience of interest. To reiterate, the question addressed in this needs assessment is “what are the management needs surrounding the issue of local sea-level rise and inundation that affect coastal ...
The impact of climate change and weather on transport - MOWE-IT
... With respect to the consequences of climate change many uncertainties exist and the existing climate models can be criticized on a number of points. Still, these models are the current state-of-the-art, and to our knowledge there are few systematic analyses that point to climate developments that ar ...
... With respect to the consequences of climate change many uncertainties exist and the existing climate models can be criticized on a number of points. Still, these models are the current state-of-the-art, and to our knowledge there are few systematic analyses that point to climate developments that ar ...
Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
... required to support the work of UNFCCC and the IPCC, and are both technically and economically feasible for systematic observation. It is these variables for which international exchange is required as a matter of priority for both current and historical observations. The contributing systems ...
... required to support the work of UNFCCC and the IPCC, and are both technically and economically feasible for systematic observation. It is these variables for which international exchange is required as a matter of priority for both current and historical observations. The contributing systems ...
Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... or an uncoupling of air and soil thermal regimes in the early growing season (15) and direct heat stress (16) in high latitudes, among other factors. Changing tree growth patterns associated with enhanced synchrony in response to warming have been reported at small geographical scales (<150 km) (14– ...
... or an uncoupling of air and soil thermal regimes in the early growing season (15) and direct heat stress (16) in high latitudes, among other factors. Changing tree growth patterns associated with enhanced synchrony in response to warming have been reported at small geographical scales (<150 km) (14– ...
Preparing for worst case climate change scenarios
... short term and therefore enjoy some popularity in the context of “fast action”. The consequences are more uncertain but in most cases associated with potentially high risk, compared to the slower, but more certain effects of regular measures that are implemented with much higher intensity than curre ...
... short term and therefore enjoy some popularity in the context of “fast action”. The consequences are more uncertain but in most cases associated with potentially high risk, compared to the slower, but more certain effects of regular measures that are implemented with much higher intensity than curre ...
Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.