European cities adapt to climate change
... and its impacts. This could be a significant barrier, as a key success factor in adaptation is taking the local context into account and balancing the occurrence of global impacts with their manifestation at the local level. The finer-scale data should be used where possible; it was observed that „s ...
... and its impacts. This could be a significant barrier, as a key success factor in adaptation is taking the local context into account and balancing the occurrence of global impacts with their manifestation at the local level. The finer-scale data should be used where possible; it was observed that „s ...
Population-level variation of Fraxinus americana (white ash) is
... wood carbon isotope ratios, leaf mass per area and leaf nitrogen concentration. These findings suggest that eastern populations may not perform well under the hotter and drier conditions predicted by climate change scenarios. Moreover, in the event of significant climate change, the short-term accli ...
... wood carbon isotope ratios, leaf mass per area and leaf nitrogen concentration. These findings suggest that eastern populations may not perform well under the hotter and drier conditions predicted by climate change scenarios. Moreover, in the event of significant climate change, the short-term accli ...
text_2ed_rev - Department of the Geophysical Sciences
... Is mankind creating a global warming trend? Climate scientists have tried to answer this question by comparing the history of Earth's temperature with the history of the different reasons why temperature might have changed, what are called climate forcings. The sun is more intense at some times than ...
... Is mankind creating a global warming trend? Climate scientists have tried to answer this question by comparing the history of Earth's temperature with the history of the different reasons why temperature might have changed, what are called climate forcings. The sun is more intense at some times than ...
Climate Threatens TI - northwesterndebateinstitute2012
... transportation impacts mentioned most often in the literature included pavement damage; rail buckling; less lift and fuel efficiency for aircraft; and the implications of lower inland water levels, thawing permafrost, reduced ice cover on seaways, and an increase in vegetation. These are discussed i ...
... transportation impacts mentioned most often in the literature included pavement damage; rail buckling; less lift and fuel efficiency for aircraft; and the implications of lower inland water levels, thawing permafrost, reduced ice cover on seaways, and an increase in vegetation. These are discussed i ...
Climate Change Reporting Framework – Edition 1.1 October 2012
... Background to the Climate Change Reporting Framework (CCRF) Demand from a variety of stakeholders and the introduction of regulatory requirements for the provision of information has resulted in organizations making climate change-related disclosures and in the development of standards for certain t ...
... Background to the Climate Change Reporting Framework (CCRF) Demand from a variety of stakeholders and the introduction of regulatory requirements for the provision of information has resulted in organizations making climate change-related disclosures and in the development of standards for certain t ...
Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea
... Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. ...
... Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union. ...
Hydrological Modeling of the Upper Indus Basin: A Case Study from
... These would impact other environmental variables such as sedimentation, plant growth and nutrient flow into water bodies [8]. The results of such hydrological changes would affect almost every aspect of human life i.e., agricultural productivity, water supply for urban and industrial use, power gene ...
... These would impact other environmental variables such as sedimentation, plant growth and nutrient flow into water bodies [8]. The results of such hydrological changes would affect almost every aspect of human life i.e., agricultural productivity, water supply for urban and industrial use, power gene ...
Spatially distributed surface energy balance and ablation modelling
... George Island ice cap including the operation of three automatic weather stations and ablation measurements at different altitudes. These data were used to drive a spatially distributed energy balance model to investigate melt during the period from 2 December 1997 to 12 January 1998. Averaged over ...
... George Island ice cap including the operation of three automatic weather stations and ablation measurements at different altitudes. These data were used to drive a spatially distributed energy balance model to investigate melt during the period from 2 December 1997 to 12 January 1998. Averaged over ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Europe - Clima-net
... Significant changes in climate and their impacts are already visible globally, and are expected to become more pronounced. In Europe, mountain regions, coastal zones, wetlands and the Mediterranean region are particularly vulnerable. Although there are some positive effects, many impacts are adverse ...
... Significant changes in climate and their impacts are already visible globally, and are expected to become more pronounced. In Europe, mountain regions, coastal zones, wetlands and the Mediterranean region are particularly vulnerable. Although there are some positive effects, many impacts are adverse ...
Land transport`s contribution to a 2°C target
... developing economies as this part of the world rightfully expands its transport infrastructure and services in support of much needed economic and social development. There is substantial potential for mitigation of emissions from all land transport modes (IPCC 2014). The information presented in th ...
... developing economies as this part of the world rightfully expands its transport infrastructure and services in support of much needed economic and social development. There is substantial potential for mitigation of emissions from all land transport modes (IPCC 2014). The information presented in th ...
ENSO and greenhouse warming
... The frequency of extreme La Niña is also expected to increase in response to more extreme El Niños, an accelerated maritime continent warming and surface-intensified ocean warming. ENSO-related catastrophic weather events are thus likely to occur more frequently with unabated greenhouse-gas emission ...
... The frequency of extreme La Niña is also expected to increase in response to more extreme El Niños, an accelerated maritime continent warming and surface-intensified ocean warming. ENSO-related catastrophic weather events are thus likely to occur more frequently with unabated greenhouse-gas emission ...
Atmospheric Recovery Litigation - University of Oregon School of Law
... 11 MICHAEL C. BLUMM & MARY CHRISTINA WOOD, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW 3–7 (2013). ...
... 11 MICHAEL C. BLUMM & MARY CHRISTINA WOOD, THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW 3–7 (2013). ...
vii. annexes
... exceeds that of armed conflict, and disasters appear to be worsening and becoming more costly. A record in insured losses attributable to natural disasters (USD80 billion) was reached in 2005. Of the 20 most costly disasters over the last 35 years, 10 occurred during the past five years1. The 2009 G ...
... exceeds that of armed conflict, and disasters appear to be worsening and becoming more costly. A record in insured losses attributable to natural disasters (USD80 billion) was reached in 2005. Of the 20 most costly disasters over the last 35 years, 10 occurred during the past five years1. The 2009 G ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of long panel data. Past studies could only study long-run effects indirectly. For example, the pioneerin ...
... effects of climate change on conflict, and to provide evidence that the effects are non-linear with respect to the duration of change. The main barrier to estimating long run effects is the lack of long panel data. Past studies could only study long-run effects indirectly. For example, the pioneerin ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... fact as one can get. At its last meeting in February 2007, the IPCC concluded that human activity has indeed increased global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. It further concluded that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” and “most of the observed ...
... fact as one can get. At its last meeting in February 2007, the IPCC concluded that human activity has indeed increased global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. It further concluded that “warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” and “most of the observed ...
The Legal and Economic Case Against the Paris Climate Treaty
... edge. Obama pledged to reduce U.S. emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, with deeper cuts every five years thereafter. That is already significant, but he went much further. He also committed the United States to rapidly phase out fossil fuels over 35 years.4 Therefore, President ...
... edge. Obama pledged to reduce U.S. emissions by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, with deeper cuts every five years thereafter. That is already significant, but he went much further. He also committed the United States to rapidly phase out fossil fuels over 35 years.4 Therefore, President ...
S2013034_en.pdf
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
Climate Change Comes to the Clean Water Act
... In January 2009, the EPA agreed to respond to the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD’s) petition requesting it to modify its marine pH water quality criteria to reflect ocean acidification. Ocean acidification, however, is a by-product of increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosp ...
... In January 2009, the EPA agreed to respond to the Center for Biological Diversity’s (CBD’s) petition requesting it to modify its marine pH water quality criteria to reflect ocean acidification. Ocean acidification, however, is a by-product of increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosp ...
Ice-albedo feedback in the Northern Hemisphere during the Last
... We have analyzed the role of the ice-albedo feedback from the transition between the Last Glacial Maximum and Pre-Industrial. Although the positive ice-albedo feedback acts to amplify the climate change by 2.38 W m-2 K-1, due to the melting of sea ice and ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere, the i ...
... We have analyzed the role of the ice-albedo feedback from the transition between the Last Glacial Maximum and Pre-Industrial. Although the positive ice-albedo feedback acts to amplify the climate change by 2.38 W m-2 K-1, due to the melting of sea ice and ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere, the i ...
Reenberg, A. (2009) - LaSyRe
... recovered in the southern parts of the Sahel zone (12-16°N) compared to the 1968-1997 period, whereas drought has intensified in the northern part (16-20°N). In the southernmost Sahel (12-14°N) conditions in the 1998-2003 period seem to have been comparable to the very wet period in the 1950s and 196 ...
... recovered in the southern parts of the Sahel zone (12-16°N) compared to the 1968-1997 period, whereas drought has intensified in the northern part (16-20°N). In the southernmost Sahel (12-14°N) conditions in the 1998-2003 period seem to have been comparable to the very wet period in the 1950s and 196 ...
Globalization and Diversity Changing Global Environment 2.1
... D) Up to now, LDCs such as China and India have added very little to the build-up of greenhouse gases and have stable or descreasing emission rates. Answer: C ...
... D) Up to now, LDCs such as China and India have added very little to the build-up of greenhouse gases and have stable or descreasing emission rates. Answer: C ...
AllanRP_PAGODA_Dec12 - University of Reading, Meteorology
... 1. Quantify observed changes in the water cycle on globalto-regional space scales and decadal time scales and evaluate consistency with processes anticipated by simple models and depicted by GCMs. 2. Elucidate key regional processes and feedbacks relating to energy and water fluxes, ocean salinity, ...
... 1. Quantify observed changes in the water cycle on globalto-regional space scales and decadal time scales and evaluate consistency with processes anticipated by simple models and depicted by GCMs. 2. Elucidate key regional processes and feedbacks relating to energy and water fluxes, ocean salinity, ...
Energy and water additions give rise to simple responses in plant
... (June, July, and August) air temperatures averaged 3.5!C and approximately 50% of precipitation fell between October and April as snow. Examination of the Pituffik air temperature record during the last climate normal period, from 1971 to 2000, shows a warming trend of 0.5!C/decade in annual air tem ...
... (June, July, and August) air temperatures averaged 3.5!C and approximately 50% of precipitation fell between October and April as snow. Examination of the Pituffik air temperature record during the last climate normal period, from 1971 to 2000, shows a warming trend of 0.5!C/decade in annual air tem ...