Atmospheric CO2 fluctuations during the last millennium
... in carbon cycle dynamics. Ruddiman (2003) argued that decadal- to centennial-scale CO2 anomalies of 4–10 ppmv observed in ice-core records could be the result of widespread reforestation of agricultural areas in Europe and Asia, which were abandoned after outbreaks of epidemic diseases. However, al ...
... in carbon cycle dynamics. Ruddiman (2003) argued that decadal- to centennial-scale CO2 anomalies of 4–10 ppmv observed in ice-core records could be the result of widespread reforestation of agricultural areas in Europe and Asia, which were abandoned after outbreaks of epidemic diseases. However, al ...
Interaction of impacts of doubling CO2 and changing regional land
... water cycles regardless of land-cover changes. Since land-cover changes occur locally, they more strongly affect regional than global water cycling. Sometimes land-cover changes alone reduce regional-scale precipitation and evapotranspiration. Water-cycle changes of comparable absolute magnitude can ...
... water cycles regardless of land-cover changes. Since land-cover changes occur locally, they more strongly affect regional than global water cycling. Sometimes land-cover changes alone reduce regional-scale precipitation and evapotranspiration. Water-cycle changes of comparable absolute magnitude can ...
Effects of a changing climate on peatlands in permafrost
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
... Sustainability in a Changing Climate: An Overview of MNR’s Climate Change Strategy (2011-2014) Climate change will affect all MNR programs and the natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such a ...
Closing the “consensus gap” by communicating
... survival) of this doctorate possible. Some of the papers I have co-authored over the course of this doctorate have attracted an intense amount of attention, which has resulted in a number of attacks on my research. The support and assistance of a number of people through this tumultuous period has b ...
... survival) of this doctorate possible. Some of the papers I have co-authored over the course of this doctorate have attracted an intense amount of attention, which has resulted in a number of attacks on my research. The support and assistance of a number of people through this tumultuous period has b ...
Temperate grasslands and global atmospheric change
... legumes benefit more from elevated CO2 than non-fixing species (Hebeisen et al., 1997; Lüscher et al., 1998) resulting in significant increases in symbiotic N2 fixation (Soussana and Hartwig, 1996; Zanetti et al., 1997). An experiment with N2-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa (M. sativa) showed that the ...
... legumes benefit more from elevated CO2 than non-fixing species (Hebeisen et al., 1997; Lüscher et al., 1998) resulting in significant increases in symbiotic N2 fixation (Soussana and Hartwig, 1996; Zanetti et al., 1997). An experiment with N2-fixing and non-fixing alfalfa (M. sativa) showed that the ...
A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource
... also the sign of change in future precipitation is uncertain. In addition, Kundzewiz and Stakhiv [2010] argued that the current generation of GCMs does not contain the detail required for water security studies and that significant improvements are required before GCMs can be directly used in water r ...
... also the sign of change in future precipitation is uncertain. In addition, Kundzewiz and Stakhiv [2010] argued that the current generation of GCMs does not contain the detail required for water security studies and that significant improvements are required before GCMs can be directly used in water r ...
Dr Matthew Rimmer - Productivity Commission
... In a rather brief and cursory National Interest Analysis, the Australian Government asserts that the TPP will be engaged in ‘promoting high levels of environmental protection, including by liberalising trade in environmental goods and services, and ensuring TPP Parties effectively enforce their dome ...
... In a rather brief and cursory National Interest Analysis, the Australian Government asserts that the TPP will be engaged in ‘promoting high levels of environmental protection, including by liberalising trade in environmental goods and services, and ensuring TPP Parties effectively enforce their dome ...
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... Farmers must adapt to the impacts of climate change to secure sufficient food production for the growing world population [3]. Sustainable intensification, i.e., increasing productivity from existing agricultural lands while minimizing the negative environmental effects and ensuring the future needs ...
... Farmers must adapt to the impacts of climate change to secure sufficient food production for the growing world population [3]. Sustainable intensification, i.e., increasing productivity from existing agricultural lands while minimizing the negative environmental effects and ensuring the future needs ...
ENHANCEMENT OF OCEANIC UPTAKE OF CO2 BY MACRO-NUTRIENT FERTILISATION
... Increased biological production may also increase the sea-to-air flux of N2O, a potent long-life greenhouse gas. Using the modelled output, it was estimated that increased N2O production could reduce the effective efficiency of macro-nutrient fertilisation for greenhouse gas abatement by a maximum o ...
... Increased biological production may also increase the sea-to-air flux of N2O, a potent long-life greenhouse gas. Using the modelled output, it was estimated that increased N2O production could reduce the effective efficiency of macro-nutrient fertilisation for greenhouse gas abatement by a maximum o ...
THE GARNAUT CLIMATE CHANGE REvIEW
... five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. This final report is the last stage of a wide-ranging process that has transpar ...
... five issues papers, the discussion paper on the emissions trading scheme and the interim report, all of which stimulated considerable public discussion and debate on climate change mitigation and adaptation in Australia. This final report is the last stage of a wide-ranging process that has transpar ...
Argentinean soy based biodiesel - Tyndall°Centre for Climate
... colonisation in the 16 century, federalist independence in the early 19 century and a succession of military regimes and semi‐representative civilian administrations through the second half of the twentieth century. It saw high national debt and economic collapse in the early 1980s, followed by ...
... colonisation in the 16 century, federalist independence in the early 19 century and a succession of military regimes and semi‐representative civilian administrations through the second half of the twentieth century. It saw high national debt and economic collapse in the early 1980s, followed by ...
Processes Responsible for Cloud Feedback
... Emergent Constraints”). The problem with such analogs is that observed dTs over the period of good cloud and radiation measurements (the last 10-20 years) mostly result from modes of climate variability (e.g. El Niño Southern Oscillation, ENSO), that have very heterogeneous local temperature signat ...
... Emergent Constraints”). The problem with such analogs is that observed dTs over the period of good cloud and radiation measurements (the last 10-20 years) mostly result from modes of climate variability (e.g. El Niño Southern Oscillation, ENSO), that have very heterogeneous local temperature signat ...
US Senate Minority Report - US Senate Committee on Environment
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
US Senate Minority Report
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
Sunnyvale Climate Action Plan
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
IGES Briefing Note on REDD+ negotiations
... addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, the SIS, and the development of a holistic system that considers the multiple functions of forest. Some parties pointed out that such a system should provide data and information that is complete, as it would allow the technical analysis of ...
... addressing drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, the SIS, and the development of a holistic system that considers the multiple functions of forest. Some parties pointed out that such a system should provide data and information that is complete, as it would allow the technical analysis of ...
Averchenkova and Bassi 2016.pdf (opens in new window)
... from Moscow State University, and an MSc and a PhD in Economics and International Development from the University of Bath. Samuela Bassi is a Statcraft Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and the Centre for Climate ...
... from Moscow State University, and an MSc and a PhD in Economics and International Development from the University of Bath. Samuela Bassi is a Statcraft Policy Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and the Centre for Climate ...
Impacts of Large-Scale Reforestation Programmes on Regional
... Reforestation has been considered as a strategy for alleviating diverse environmental degradation problems and mitigating anthropogenic global warming in recent years. The ‘Grain for Green Project’ in China is one of the key reforestation programmes that have been implemented in recent years. The pr ...
... Reforestation has been considered as a strategy for alleviating diverse environmental degradation problems and mitigating anthropogenic global warming in recent years. The ‘Grain for Green Project’ in China is one of the key reforestation programmes that have been implemented in recent years. The pr ...
Environmental Change and Migration: State of the
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
chile`s second biennial update report on climate change
... together with this Biennial Report, during 2016, Chile will also submit its Third National Communication to the United Nations Convention, an activity that was also headed by this department. I thank them and each one of the ministries, services, and focal points that contributed to the information ...
... together with this Biennial Report, during 2016, Chile will also submit its Third National Communication to the United Nations Convention, an activity that was also headed by this department. I thank them and each one of the ministries, services, and focal points that contributed to the information ...
US Senate Minority Report
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
... something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate ...
Climate-Smart Conservation - National Wildlife Federation
... species and ecosystems, and these effects are projected to increase considerably over time. As a result, climate change is now a primary lens through which conservation and natural resource management must be viewed. How should we prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change on wildlife ...
... species and ecosystems, and these effects are projected to increase considerably over time. As a result, climate change is now a primary lens through which conservation and natural resource management must be viewed. How should we prepare for and respond to the impacts of climate change on wildlife ...
Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long
... Policy and the Future Human Condition hosted a workshop called “Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals.” The workshop gave policymakers and analysts an opportunity to explore new methods and tools that can help improve long-term decisionmaking. The intent was to conduct this ...
... Policy and the Future Human Condition hosted a workshop called “Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals.” The workshop gave policymakers and analysts an opportunity to explore new methods and tools that can help improve long-term decisionmaking. The intent was to conduct this ...
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
... The notion of "hundreds" or "thousands" of UN scientists agreeing to a scientific statement does not hold up to scrutiny. (See report debunking "consensus" LINK) Recent research by Australian climate data analyst John McLean revealed that the IPCC's peerreview process for the Summary for Policymaker ...
... The notion of "hundreds" or "thousands" of UN scientists agreeing to a scientific statement does not hold up to scrutiny. (See report debunking "consensus" LINK) Recent research by Australian climate data analyst John McLean revealed that the IPCC's peerreview process for the Summary for Policymaker ...