Climate change and plant genetic resources for food and agriculture: risks and opportunities
... go extinct (Jarvis et al. 2008) • Wild peanuts were the most affected group, with 24 to 31 of 51 species projected to go extinct • For wild potato, 7 to 13 of 108 species were predicted to go extinct • Vigna was the least affected of the three groups, losing 0 to 2 of the 48 species in the genus ...
... go extinct (Jarvis et al. 2008) • Wild peanuts were the most affected group, with 24 to 31 of 51 species projected to go extinct • For wild potato, 7 to 13 of 108 species were predicted to go extinct • Vigna was the least affected of the three groups, losing 0 to 2 of the 48 species in the genus ...
For the fourth time in 17 years, the world`s leading
... unequivocal detection of the enhanced greenhouse effect from observations is not likely for a ...
... unequivocal detection of the enhanced greenhouse effect from observations is not likely for a ...
"Climate Change: (aka Global Warming): Is it real or a hoax?"
... – Only the Policymaker Summaries (20 page) are debated word for word with government reps (usually "softened") ...
... – Only the Policymaker Summaries (20 page) are debated word for word with government reps (usually "softened") ...
Notes on Alley and Climate Change
... physicist Robert Socolow that climate stabilization “could be achieved if society picked seven actions, or wedges, each starting from zero in the year 2004 and growing to avoid emissions of 1 gigaton of carbon per year in 2054. Pacala and Socolow provided fifteen options, of which any seven would su ...
... physicist Robert Socolow that climate stabilization “could be achieved if society picked seven actions, or wedges, each starting from zero in the year 2004 and growing to avoid emissions of 1 gigaton of carbon per year in 2054. Pacala and Socolow provided fifteen options, of which any seven would su ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... • Mitigation: The notion of limiting or controlling emissions of greenhouse gases so that the total accumulation is limited. • Adaptation: The notion of making changes in the way we do things to adapt to changes in climate. • Resilience: The ability to adapt. • Geo-engineering: The notion that we ca ...
... • Mitigation: The notion of limiting or controlling emissions of greenhouse gases so that the total accumulation is limited. • Adaptation: The notion of making changes in the way we do things to adapt to changes in climate. • Resilience: The ability to adapt. • Geo-engineering: The notion that we ca ...
forest ecosystems
... disturbance) FIA and FVS (original method) •Add Scenario analysis (historical climate and ...
... disturbance) FIA and FVS (original method) •Add Scenario analysis (historical climate and ...
LW Global Warming Talk
... CO2, CH4 and temperature records from Antarctic ice core data Source: Vimeux, F., K.M. Cuffey, and Jouzel, J., 2002, "New insights into Southern Hemisphere temperature changes from Vostok ice cores using deuterium excess correction", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 203, 829-843. ...
... CO2, CH4 and temperature records from Antarctic ice core data Source: Vimeux, F., K.M. Cuffey, and Jouzel, J., 2002, "New insights into Southern Hemisphere temperature changes from Vostok ice cores using deuterium excess correction", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 203, 829-843. ...
Aaron Sussman, AICP, recently joined the consulting firm Bohannan
... Aaron Sussman, AICP, recently joined the consulting firm Bohannan Huston (BHI) as a planner. Prior to BHI, Aaron was a senior planner with the Mid-Region Council of Governments where he served as project manager for long-range planning efforts including the Albuquerque area's Futures 2040 Metropo ...
... Aaron Sussman, AICP, recently joined the consulting firm Bohannan Huston (BHI) as a planner. Prior to BHI, Aaron was a senior planner with the Mid-Region Council of Governments where he served as project manager for long-range planning efforts including the Albuquerque area's Futures 2040 Metropo ...
A Cinematic History of Climate Science and War
... cleared and attacked. Three meteorologists concurred without satellite data. Weather and climate, we were right so we won the war. Tactical Weather: Movie after Korean War. What climate and weather can do to affect war. Sixty nations (International Geophysical Year) IGY1 to study weather and underst ...
... cleared and attacked. Three meteorologists concurred without satellite data. Weather and climate, we were right so we won the war. Tactical Weather: Movie after Korean War. What climate and weather can do to affect war. Sixty nations (International Geophysical Year) IGY1 to study weather and underst ...
Radiation: Most? Least?
... “…a wide range of careful studies shows that the changes in global temperature observed during the 20th century, including some patterns of change, were likely to have been significantly greater than those resulting from natural variability alone. The world's best climate scientists agree that the b ...
... “…a wide range of careful studies shows that the changes in global temperature observed during the 20th century, including some patterns of change, were likely to have been significantly greater than those resulting from natural variability alone. The world's best climate scientists agree that the b ...
Keeping Downtown Economies Strong Best Practices for Assessing
... Median 5 GCM B1 (Low) Emissions ...
... Median 5 GCM B1 (Low) Emissions ...
Climate change alters the environment in complex ways. The Andes
... • Increase personal and social resilience (community development) • Urban adaptation (health evidence, advocacy) • Greenhouse gas reduction ...
... • Increase personal and social resilience (community development) • Urban adaptation (health evidence, advocacy) • Greenhouse gas reduction ...
Climate Change: Science and Policy
... WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/umclimatechangestudies/home TEXTBOOK: Robert Henson, The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change (2014) Course Description and Objectives: This is an introductory course on the scientific and social dimensions of global climate change. The goal is to provide ...
... WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/site/umclimatechangestudies/home TEXTBOOK: Robert Henson, The Thinking Person’s Guide to Climate Change (2014) Course Description and Objectives: This is an introductory course on the scientific and social dimensions of global climate change. The goal is to provide ...
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth
... has produced four assessment reports, documenting the consequences of rising global temperature and interrelated trends, threats from further greenhouse gas emissions and ways to avoid or adapt to climate change impacts. The previous reports, released in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007, have become the ev ...
... has produced four assessment reports, documenting the consequences of rising global temperature and interrelated trends, threats from further greenhouse gas emissions and ways to avoid or adapt to climate change impacts. The previous reports, released in 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2007, have become the ev ...
Intro to Urban Climate - Cal State LA
... - Roughly equivalent to the increase created by 300 years of agricultural development. How can this happen when urban areas occupy only 3% of the land surface and ...
... - Roughly equivalent to the increase created by 300 years of agricultural development. How can this happen when urban areas occupy only 3% of the land surface and ...
Amy W. Ando Diversifying to Manage Climate‐ Change Risk in Conservation
... Professor, Associate Head of Academic Programs and Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Climate change and other forces make it hard for conservation planners to choose the best places for long term investments becau ...
... Professor, Associate Head of Academic Programs and Director of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana‐Champaign Climate change and other forces make it hard for conservation planners to choose the best places for long term investments becau ...
Impacts of Climate Change in the Pacific
... • Case Studies • The Way Forward: solutions and options for PICs ...
... • Case Studies • The Way Forward: solutions and options for PICs ...
Human Activity and Environmental Stress, Sustainable development
... concentration of carbon dioxide at 550ppm (about twice the pre-industrial level), global emissions would have to peak by about 2025 and fall below current levels by 2040 to 2070. • This would mean that all regions would have to deviate from most “business-as-usual”scenarios within a few decades ...
... concentration of carbon dioxide at 550ppm (about twice the pre-industrial level), global emissions would have to peak by about 2025 and fall below current levels by 2040 to 2070. • This would mean that all regions would have to deviate from most “business-as-usual”scenarios within a few decades ...
Background for climate negotiations
... Five bodies are established by the UNFCCC: •The supreme body of the UNFCCC is the Conference of Parties (COP) • which meets every year and • it is a supreme body of the UNFCCC. • comprised of all Parties that have ratified the Convention; • The COP is supported by the Secretariat, Subsidiary Body fo ...
... Five bodies are established by the UNFCCC: •The supreme body of the UNFCCC is the Conference of Parties (COP) • which meets every year and • it is a supreme body of the UNFCCC. • comprised of all Parties that have ratified the Convention; • The COP is supported by the Secretariat, Subsidiary Body fo ...
Government of the Republic of Zambia ZAMBIA`S NATIONAL
... variability and unpredictable nature of the climate has also undermined critical sectors of the economy such as agriculture which has resulted in reduced agricultural productivity and perennial food shortages. In the energy sector, the decreased rainfall experienced in the past few years has resulte ...
... variability and unpredictable nature of the climate has also undermined critical sectors of the economy such as agriculture which has resulted in reduced agricultural productivity and perennial food shortages. In the energy sector, the decreased rainfall experienced in the past few years has resulte ...
Four degrees of warming.indd
... does not expressly predict four degrees of warming by the end of the century as the most likely global outcome. Rather, it explores the possible impacts for New Zealand if temperatures were to rise by that much. Previously, similar New Zealand studies have focussed on low to mid-range temperature ch ...
... does not expressly predict four degrees of warming by the end of the century as the most likely global outcome. Rather, it explores the possible impacts for New Zealand if temperatures were to rise by that much. Previously, similar New Zealand studies have focussed on low to mid-range temperature ch ...
WQCC Meeting, October 24-25, 2013 Invited Speaker – Richard Somerville Speaking Notes
... amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has changed over the last 55 years. Keeling discovered a seasonal cycle in atmospheric CO2 and proposed that plants caused it. That is the annual oscillation on the graph. CO2 concentrations were largest in northern spring, when most plants begin to ...
... amount of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere has changed over the last 55 years. Keeling discovered a seasonal cycle in atmospheric CO2 and proposed that plants caused it. That is the annual oscillation on the graph. CO2 concentrations were largest in northern spring, when most plants begin to ...