Crime, Weather, and Climate Change
... F. Above this cuto↵, changes in temperature have little e↵ect on crime rates. These results improve on past research in several ways: in my use of a semi-parametric specification, which allows for a more flexible functional form than the linear or quadratic specifications imposed in previous work; ...
... F. Above this cuto↵, changes in temperature have little e↵ect on crime rates. These results improve on past research in several ways: in my use of a semi-parametric specification, which allows for a more flexible functional form than the linear or quadratic specifications imposed in previous work; ...
- NERC Open Research Archive
... sponsored by IGBP, SCOR and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), was developed as a response to the need to understand global change effects on the abundance, diversity and productivity of marine populations (from zooplankton to fish) and hence marine ecosystems. GLOBEC made importan ...
... sponsored by IGBP, SCOR and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), was developed as a response to the need to understand global change effects on the abundance, diversity and productivity of marine populations (from zooplankton to fish) and hence marine ecosystems. GLOBEC made importan ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
Undergraduate Thesis - College of Forestry and Conservation
... airstrip in the middle of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex or the maintained earthen dams and associated equipment in the Rattlesnake Wilderness. The Act reinforces the idea that “man himself is a visitor who does not remain” (Wilderness Act). These 4(c) uses prevent erosion from roads, pollution ...
... airstrip in the middle of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex or the maintained earthen dams and associated equipment in the Rattlesnake Wilderness. The Act reinforces the idea that “man himself is a visitor who does not remain” (Wilderness Act). These 4(c) uses prevent erosion from roads, pollution ...
The National Virtual Observatory
... Major Global Climate Change Concerns • Climate Change (“Global Warming”) • Stratospheric ozone depletion • Impacts on global air quality • Biodiversity and biospheric changes Scientific requirements to resolve uncertainty and develop meaningful policy • Require extensive use of large datasets from n ...
... Major Global Climate Change Concerns • Climate Change (“Global Warming”) • Stratospheric ozone depletion • Impacts on global air quality • Biodiversity and biospheric changes Scientific requirements to resolve uncertainty and develop meaningful policy • Require extensive use of large datasets from n ...
The role of marine biota
... Yet, the open ocean is believed to have been a weak source of CO2 to the atmosphere during the Holocene, because sediment accumulation was lower than the riverine input of organic carbon (Siegenthaler and Sarmiento 1993) and is thought to have become a sink as a consequence of the human perturbation ...
... Yet, the open ocean is believed to have been a weak source of CO2 to the atmosphere during the Holocene, because sediment accumulation was lower than the riverine input of organic carbon (Siegenthaler and Sarmiento 1993) and is thought to have become a sink as a consequence of the human perturbation ...
Climate-Smart Development - Open Knowledge Repository
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
Climate-Smart Development
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
EVALUATION OF LAND COVER AND CROP TYPE CHANGE: BUILDING
... field officer in Yatta District for his support during the field activities, the farmers for providing the land and labour during field experiments and Mr. Nictor Namoi my colleague for his support and assistance. I would also like to thank Mr. Ferdinand Anyika the laboratory technician at the depar ...
... field officer in Yatta District for his support during the field activities, the farmers for providing the land and labour during field experiments and Mr. Nictor Namoi my colleague for his support and assistance. I would also like to thank Mr. Ferdinand Anyika the laboratory technician at the depar ...
Understanding Climate Diplomacy
... No country can control the climate risk it faces on its own. Climate change is more challenging than many other global issues because it is a race against time, delaying action makes lower climate risk levels unattainable. It also requires profound choices that impact broad national interest debates ...
... No country can control the climate risk it faces on its own. Climate change is more challenging than many other global issues because it is a race against time, delaying action makes lower climate risk levels unattainable. It also requires profound choices that impact broad national interest debates ...
Assessing the Effects of Climate and Socioeconomic Factors on
... research has focused on the impacts of global climate change and population characteristics on both endemic and epidemic vector-borne diseases. Sutherst (2004) offers a summary of the complex interrelationship between global climate change, localized weather variability, biological adaptability, pop ...
... research has focused on the impacts of global climate change and population characteristics on both endemic and epidemic vector-borne diseases. Sutherst (2004) offers a summary of the complex interrelationship between global climate change, localized weather variability, biological adaptability, pop ...
Green tourism seminar
... • By 2035, under a “business as usual” scenario, carbon dioxide emissions from global tourism are projected to increase by 130%. ...
... • By 2035, under a “business as usual” scenario, carbon dioxide emissions from global tourism are projected to increase by 130%. ...
Living well - apartments, comfort and resilience in climate change
... that people in homes that do not have cooling systems are facing potentially higher health risks. Further, if there are infrastructure failures and there is absence of energy for cooling even more people will be at risk. This was the situation in 2003 when France had their deadly heatwave; their aut ...
... that people in homes that do not have cooling systems are facing potentially higher health risks. Further, if there are infrastructure failures and there is absence of energy for cooling even more people will be at risk. This was the situation in 2003 when France had their deadly heatwave; their aut ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... and the Earth’s orbital configuration (obliquity and precession). Terrestrial ice sheets were set to either the “preindustrial” extents or the full Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) reconstruction of the Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project 3 (https://pmip3.lsce.ipsl.fr), in which case the ocean bath ...
... and the Earth’s orbital configuration (obliquity and precession). Terrestrial ice sheets were set to either the “preindustrial” extents or the full Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) reconstruction of the Paleoclimate Model Intercomparison Project 3 (https://pmip3.lsce.ipsl.fr), in which case the ocean bath ...
Land Use and Driving - Urban Land Institute
... Climate change is one of the most important and complex long-term challenges ever faced by communities around the world. ULI’s engagement in research and dialogue about climate change is part of a broader groundswell of inquiry that is revisiting the underlying assumptions around what we build, whe ...
... Climate change is one of the most important and complex long-term challenges ever faced by communities around the world. ULI’s engagement in research and dialogue about climate change is part of a broader groundswell of inquiry that is revisiting the underlying assumptions around what we build, whe ...
Estimating the Effect of Climate Change on the Hydrology of the Nile
... scenarios reflective of greenhouse gas concentrations with 450 and 850 parts per million of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane. RCP 4.5 represents a pathway requiring significant emissions cuts and multilateral policy commitments, while RCP 8.5 represents a “status quo” business as usual scena ...
... scenarios reflective of greenhouse gas concentrations with 450 and 850 parts per million of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and methane. RCP 4.5 represents a pathway requiring significant emissions cuts and multilateral policy commitments, while RCP 8.5 represents a “status quo” business as usual scena ...
report on the Environmental Sustainability Subgroup to Economy
... range of reports relating to Manchester’s low carbon economy. The committee agreed to establish a dedicated Environmental Sustainability Sub-group to explore the issues raised in further detail, with a view to reporting back to Economy Scrutiny in due course. ...
... range of reports relating to Manchester’s low carbon economy. The committee agreed to establish a dedicated Environmental Sustainability Sub-group to explore the issues raised in further detail, with a view to reporting back to Economy Scrutiny in due course. ...
Accounting for tree line shift, glacier retreat and primary succession
... south-eastern side of the Chamonix Valley and the French side of the Mont Blanc mountain range (Figs 1c and 2). The elevation gradient of the study area spans a range from approximately 1000 m above sea level (m a.s.l.) in the valley floor to 4122 m a.s.l. at the summit of the Aiguille Verte, over a ...
... south-eastern side of the Chamonix Valley and the French side of the Mont Blanc mountain range (Figs 1c and 2). The elevation gradient of the study area spans a range from approximately 1000 m above sea level (m a.s.l.) in the valley floor to 4122 m a.s.l. at the summit of the Aiguille Verte, over a ...
Namibia Environmental and Climate Change Policy Brief
... Deforestation: Forested areas make up less than 10% of Namibia and deforestation is modest with a rate of 0.9%. However, forestry resources are under pressure due to agricultural expansion and the growing demand for wood energy for both domestic and construction materials. An estimated 90% of rural ...
... Deforestation: Forested areas make up less than 10% of Namibia and deforestation is modest with a rate of 0.9%. However, forestry resources are under pressure due to agricultural expansion and the growing demand for wood energy for both domestic and construction materials. An estimated 90% of rural ...
The time when interstate relations were able to fully manage the
... China, described the relation between the People’s Republic and the European Union as “to be better than at any time in history”16. However a few years later, scholars and think tanks started talking about how the two players, initially on their honeymoon, had finally scale down their expectations t ...
... China, described the relation between the People’s Republic and the European Union as “to be better than at any time in history”16. However a few years later, scholars and think tanks started talking about how the two players, initially on their honeymoon, had finally scale down their expectations t ...
Responses to projected changes in climate and UV
... to warming. Nutrient addition, however, prolonged the period of growth of polar semidesert species in autumn on Svalbard, but reduced frost hardening leading to dramatic loss of aboveground biomass during the extreme warm, wet, November of 1993 (13). This corresponds to indigenous observations noted ...
... to warming. Nutrient addition, however, prolonged the period of growth of polar semidesert species in autumn on Svalbard, but reduced frost hardening leading to dramatic loss of aboveground biomass during the extreme warm, wet, November of 1993 (13). This corresponds to indigenous observations noted ...
Intensified plant N and C pool with more available nitrogen under
... (Eno, 1960). It consists of measuring differences between the initial ...
... (Eno, 1960). It consists of measuring differences between the initial ...