Chapter 9: Marine Systems - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... organisms and populations, it is only one of many environmental factors that can result in the types of mortality typically observed. It is thus important to assess the relative importance, and hence potential impact, of ozone depletion-related increases in solar UV-B radiation on arctic marine ecos ...
... organisms and populations, it is only one of many environmental factors that can result in the types of mortality typically observed. It is thus important to assess the relative importance, and hence potential impact, of ozone depletion-related increases in solar UV-B radiation on arctic marine ecos ...
www.permafrostcarbon.org - Arctic Research Consortium of the
... (Schuur et al. 2015) summarizes the findings across a range of individual synthesis products produced by the Permafrost Carbon Network. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society paper (Koven et al. 2015) combines a number of individual synthesis products with Earth System Model projections ...
... (Schuur et al. 2015) summarizes the findings across a range of individual synthesis products produced by the Permafrost Carbon Network. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society paper (Koven et al. 2015) combines a number of individual synthesis products with Earth System Model projections ...
Examining the decision-relevance of climate model information for the insurance industry
... December 2011 ...
... December 2011 ...
No REDD! A Reader
... Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism.1 It is not a comprehensive overview on REDD nor does it pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United ...
... Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism.1 It is not a comprehensive overview on REDD nor does it pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
DISASTER-RELATED DISpLACEMENT RISK
... reduced whereas the occurrence of hazards has remained largely unchanged. • Climate change may increase displacement risk in the future in at least two ways: first, by increasing the frequency and intensity of some weather-related hazards; and second by increasing certain communities’ vulnerability ...
... reduced whereas the occurrence of hazards has remained largely unchanged. • Climate change may increase displacement risk in the future in at least two ways: first, by increasing the frequency and intensity of some weather-related hazards; and second by increasing certain communities’ vulnerability ...
the future we want biodiversity and ecosystems– driving
... Biodiversity and Ecosystems for Development: UNDP’s Role UNDP’s position in the UN system uniquely equips the organization to provide effective support to governments in translating global agreements on biodiversity and ecosystems into national priorities and solutions. Over the past four decades UN ...
... Biodiversity and Ecosystems for Development: UNDP’s Role UNDP’s position in the UN system uniquely equips the organization to provide effective support to governments in translating global agreements on biodiversity and ecosystems into national priorities and solutions. Over the past four decades UN ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... sensitively to changes in atmospheric temperature and permafrost is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10,12,13]. Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.74 ± 0.18 °C over the past hundred years [14]. Global climate models project the s ...
... sensitively to changes in atmospheric temperature and permafrost is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10,12,13]. Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.74 ± 0.18 °C over the past hundred years [14]. Global climate models project the s ...
Inferred gas hydrate and permafrost stability history models linked to
... next glacial even if atmospheric CO2 doubles. We do not address the “clathrate gun” hypothesis directly, but our models show that sub-IBP GHs respond to, rather than cause GST changes, due to both how GST changes propagates with depth and latent heat effects. Models show that many thick GH accumulat ...
... next glacial even if atmospheric CO2 doubles. We do not address the “clathrate gun” hypothesis directly, but our models show that sub-IBP GHs respond to, rather than cause GST changes, due to both how GST changes propagates with depth and latent heat effects. Models show that many thick GH accumulat ...
IGES Briefing Note on REDD+ negotiations
... modalities for national forest reference emission levels and/or forest reference levels (REL/RL). Parties agreed that proposed RELs/RLs have to be expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and will be used as benchmarks for performance. Developing country parties should update a fore ...
... modalities for national forest reference emission levels and/or forest reference levels (REL/RL). Parties agreed that proposed RELs/RLs have to be expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year and will be used as benchmarks for performance. Developing country parties should update a fore ...
spatial variability of plant functional types of trees along northeast
... reduced by treating a smaller number of PFTs. Experience indicates that this grouping can work well for specific ecosystems but that the groups often have characteristics unique to the ecosystem under consideration [28]. The classification of PFTs is case specific, and there is no classification of ...
... reduced by treating a smaller number of PFTs. Experience indicates that this grouping can work well for specific ecosystems but that the groups often have characteristics unique to the ecosystem under consideration [28]. The classification of PFTs is case specific, and there is no classification of ...
Seasonality of climate-human mortality relationships in US cities and
... are deleted. It is also noteworthy that not all of the hottest days are associated with aboveaverage death rates. In fact, many hot days exhibit below-normal mortality. One hypothesis is that these lowered death rates represent ‘mortality displacement’ by which the more susceptible individuals die d ...
... are deleted. It is also noteworthy that not all of the hottest days are associated with aboveaverage death rates. In fact, many hot days exhibit below-normal mortality. One hypothesis is that these lowered death rates represent ‘mortality displacement’ by which the more susceptible individuals die d ...
Enabling Access to the Funds. PROFONANPE`s Adaptation
... be the main fund for global climate change finance. The GCF is mandated to make a significant contribution to the united global response to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020 to support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in all developing country parties to the UNFCCC. In Nove ...
... be the main fund for global climate change finance. The GCF is mandated to make a significant contribution to the united global response to mobilize US$100 billion per year by 2020 to support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in all developing country parties to the UNFCCC. In Nove ...
Climate driven changes to malaria transmission patterns in
... in more urban environments with increased human densities, this counter-intuitive finding identifies novel control targets during the low transmission season in African highlands. It also underscores limitations of current coupled vector-host models of the population dynamics of the disease, which d ...
... in more urban environments with increased human densities, this counter-intuitive finding identifies novel control targets during the low transmission season in African highlands. It also underscores limitations of current coupled vector-host models of the population dynamics of the disease, which d ...
Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs - 400 Bad Request
... This publication represents the deliberations of a Global Task Team of experts with experience in coral reef science and management throughout the world. The work of the Task Team was initially supported and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); the Intergovernmental Oceanograph ...
... This publication represents the deliberations of a Global Task Team of experts with experience in coral reef science and management throughout the world. The work of the Task Team was initially supported and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); the Intergovernmental Oceanograph ...
Regulation of stream water dissolved organic
... Winter climate data were recorded at the nearby Svartberget Research Station, following the standards of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The meteorological station is situated 1.2 km southwest of Västrabäcken, C2. We give average as well as minimum and maximum values ...
... Winter climate data were recorded at the nearby Svartberget Research Station, following the standards of the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI). The meteorological station is situated 1.2 km southwest of Västrabäcken, C2. We give average as well as minimum and maximum values ...
Global Climate Change and Coral Reefs
... This publication represents the deliberations of a Global Task Team of experts with experience in coral reef science and management throughout the world. The work of the Task Team was initially supported and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); the Intergovernmental Oceanograph ...
... This publication represents the deliberations of a Global Task Team of experts with experience in coral reef science and management throughout the world. The work of the Task Team was initially supported and funded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); the Intergovernmental Oceanograph ...
Peatlands and Climate Change
... of stored organic matter and, particularly as has been observed in tropical peatlands, an increase in fire susceptibility. The most efficient method for reducing GHG emissions from peatland is to prevent future land use change although this is not always economically, socially or politically possibl ...
... of stored organic matter and, particularly as has been observed in tropical peatlands, an increase in fire susceptibility. The most efficient method for reducing GHG emissions from peatland is to prevent future land use change although this is not always economically, socially or politically possibl ...
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
climate change strategy of ajara
... fields of agricultural sector, due to what Ajara can be considered as the specimen area for the development of both national priorities – tourism and agriculture; it can also be regarded as a strategic polygon, where the newest technologies should be introduced in order to reach the most ambitious t ...
... fields of agricultural sector, due to what Ajara can be considered as the specimen area for the development of both national priorities – tourism and agriculture; it can also be regarded as a strategic polygon, where the newest technologies should be introduced in order to reach the most ambitious t ...
Drought in the Midwest - Atmospheric Science Program
... Summer precipitation was at 15.3” in midMissouri, normal is 11.7 inches. But 10” of this occurred during 14 days in August! ...
... Summer precipitation was at 15.3” in midMissouri, normal is 11.7 inches. But 10” of this occurred during 14 days in August! ...