Climate change scenario simulations of wind, sea level, and
... 1872 at 2.77 m above mean sea level (Baerens and Hupfer, 1999). Even higher water levels were reported for February 1625, but documented measurements are not available. Hupfer et al. (2003) summarized observations of other extreme storm surges at the German Baltic Sea coast. Thus, even in the semi-e ...
... 1872 at 2.77 m above mean sea level (Baerens and Hupfer, 1999). Even higher water levels were reported for February 1625, but documented measurements are not available. Hupfer et al. (2003) summarized observations of other extreme storm surges at the German Baltic Sea coast. Thus, even in the semi-e ...
GEF activities and some issues related to CDM Capacity
... 4. Ozone layer protection 5. Activities related to land degradation, especially desertification, management of organic substances that are difficult to be decomposed. ...
... 4. Ozone layer protection 5. Activities related to land degradation, especially desertification, management of organic substances that are difficult to be decomposed. ...
Global surface temperatures over the past two millennia
... Figure 1. Locations of temperature proxy records used in this study. Correlations (decadal timescale over 1901– 80) with local instrumental temperature grid-box data are indicated in parentheses next to the associated symbol/s. [8] (3) northern Eurasia tree-ring temperature reconstruction (warm-seas ...
... Figure 1. Locations of temperature proxy records used in this study. Correlations (decadal timescale over 1901– 80) with local instrumental temperature grid-box data are indicated in parentheses next to the associated symbol/s. [8] (3) northern Eurasia tree-ring temperature reconstruction (warm-seas ...
The Environmental Turning Point
... testing and weaponry. However, in many ways it was born more out of fear for personal safety than anger for the despoliation of the environment (Shabecoff, 2003), which started the intersection of social justice with environmentalism, something that would come to grow in strength in later waves. Com ...
... testing and weaponry. However, in many ways it was born more out of fear for personal safety than anger for the despoliation of the environment (Shabecoff, 2003), which started the intersection of social justice with environmentalism, something that would come to grow in strength in later waves. Com ...
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND TRADE
... part of a coalition, instead of as individual countries, then the impacts of trade can be substantially reduced. Adjusting emission inventories for trade gives a more consistent description of a country’s environmental pressures and circumvents many trade related issues. It also gives opportunities ...
... part of a coalition, instead of as individual countries, then the impacts of trade can be substantially reduced. Adjusting emission inventories for trade gives a more consistent description of a country’s environmental pressures and circumvents many trade related issues. It also gives opportunities ...
On a collision course: competition and dispersal differences create
... dispersal capacities [8]. The few models that have incorporated species interactions suggest that these interactions strongly alter species’ responses to climate change [9,10] depending on the sensitivity of individual species to environmental change and the specific pattern of species interactions ...
... dispersal capacities [8]. The few models that have incorporated species interactions suggest that these interactions strongly alter species’ responses to climate change [9,10] depending on the sensitivity of individual species to environmental change and the specific pattern of species interactions ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced climate change, additional to that caused by natural variability, is now taking place (IPCC, 2001). Unless global measures are taken during the first half of the 21st century ...
... evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities and that human-induced climate change, additional to that caused by natural variability, is now taking place (IPCC, 2001). Unless global measures are taken during the first half of the 21st century ...
Trophic amplification of climate warming
... Ecosystems can alternate suddenly between contrasting persistent states due to internal processes or external drivers. It is important to understand the mechanisms by which these shifts occur, especially in exploited ecosystems. There have been several abrupt marine ecosystem shifts attributed eithe ...
... Ecosystems can alternate suddenly between contrasting persistent states due to internal processes or external drivers. It is important to understand the mechanisms by which these shifts occur, especially in exploited ecosystems. There have been several abrupt marine ecosystem shifts attributed eithe ...
Lecture 3 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... how to establish and maintain strong relationships between planners and those persons with first-hand knowledge of climate conditions, including but not limited to climate scientists and modellers. The next section, Section D, sets forth in greater detail the range of possible impacts, direct and in ...
... how to establish and maintain strong relationships between planners and those persons with first-hand knowledge of climate conditions, including but not limited to climate scientists and modellers. The next section, Section D, sets forth in greater detail the range of possible impacts, direct and in ...
Oceanic climate and circulation changes during the past four
... Indonesian eruption in 1809 (Figure 3c). The two periods of lowest D14C values (1811– 1814, averaged 70.7 ± 1.1% sd; and 1823, 72.5%) in the Galápagos coral occurred several years after the two highest peaks in volcanic aerosol optical depth at the equator (1809– 1810 and 1815 – 1816) [Robertson ...
... Indonesian eruption in 1809 (Figure 3c). The two periods of lowest D14C values (1811– 1814, averaged 70.7 ± 1.1% sd; and 1823, 72.5%) in the Galápagos coral occurred several years after the two highest peaks in volcanic aerosol optical depth at the equator (1809– 1810 and 1815 – 1816) [Robertson ...
Small Island Economies
... livelihood including food security -- h eavy dependence on tourism which can be easily impacted by climate change and natural disasters -- limited land resulting in land degradation, which affects waste management18 -- f requently poorly developed infrastructure (except for major foreign exchang ...
... livelihood including food security -- h eavy dependence on tourism which can be easily impacted by climate change and natural disasters -- limited land resulting in land degradation, which affects waste management18 -- f requently poorly developed infrastructure (except for major foreign exchang ...
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... might potentially increase malaria mortality by 4%. In a world of scarcity, alternative strategies to combat climate change entail opportunity costs: more resources devoted to mitigation lower the resources available for adaptation. This per se calls for an integrated policy. These studies, although ...
... might potentially increase malaria mortality by 4%. In a world of scarcity, alternative strategies to combat climate change entail opportunity costs: more resources devoted to mitigation lower the resources available for adaptation. This per se calls for an integrated policy. These studies, although ...
Poor and Powerful - the Rise of China and India and the
... Poor and powerful The first paper by John Humphrey and Dirk Messner asks what is so special about China and India. It is easy to think of China and India as merely reinforcing existing processes of globalisation but this view would miss their key new feature: they are powerful due to their size and ...
... Poor and powerful The first paper by John Humphrey and Dirk Messner asks what is so special about China and India. It is easy to think of China and India as merely reinforcing existing processes of globalisation but this view would miss their key new feature: they are powerful due to their size and ...
Discussion of Climate Change-Related Water Impacts in Federal
... according to their significance in a project, allowing room for projects less concerned with water to include less detail. Thus, under the terms of the current legislation, EISs can differ widely in the depth and breadth with which they address water issues. The EPA and the CEQ have periodically rel ...
... according to their significance in a project, allowing room for projects less concerned with water to include less detail. Thus, under the terms of the current legislation, EISs can differ widely in the depth and breadth with which they address water issues. The EPA and the CEQ have periodically rel ...
Potential for highlatitude marine invasions along western North
... Martinez-Meyer, 2004). We built ecological niche models using MaxEnt version 3.3.3a (Phillips et al., 2006; http:// www.cs.princeton.edu/~schapire/maxent/). Recent comparisons of techniques for predicting species distributions suggest that MaxEnt is a useful modelling tool that performs better than ...
... Martinez-Meyer, 2004). We built ecological niche models using MaxEnt version 3.3.3a (Phillips et al., 2006; http:// www.cs.princeton.edu/~schapire/maxent/). Recent comparisons of techniques for predicting species distributions suggest that MaxEnt is a useful modelling tool that performs better than ...
Panama 2016 - Auburn University Honors College
... curiosity about the world” – Kelly Hodgskins, Environmental Ecology, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Summer 2014. “This has been the culminating experience of my life. It has changed the way that I view my world, my country and myself. I leave Panama with a new family (CATHALAC), and a new sens ...
... curiosity about the world” – Kelly Hodgskins, Environmental Ecology, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Summer 2014. “This has been the culminating experience of my life. It has changed the way that I view my world, my country and myself. I leave Panama with a new family (CATHALAC), and a new sens ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific
... limate change has been identified as one of the critical challenges of this century for the Pacific region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different ...
... limate change has been identified as one of the critical challenges of this century for the Pacific region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 17 Subject to Final Copyedit
... measures (high confidence). Economic theory and empirical results show that a degree of adaptation will be autonomously carried out by private parties in response to climate change. However the private sector alone will often not provide the desirable level of adaptation with some types of actions n ...
... measures (high confidence). Economic theory and empirical results show that a degree of adaptation will be autonomously carried out by private parties in response to climate change. However the private sector alone will often not provide the desirable level of adaptation with some types of actions n ...
Scenarios of Storminess and Regional Wind Extremes under
... In New Zealand, winds in mountainous areas, including down slopes and along valley floors, are frequently strong when vigorous mid-latitude weather systems move over the country (Sturman and Tapper, 1996). Downslope windstorms in particular are significant because the winds are potentially very dama ...
... In New Zealand, winds in mountainous areas, including down slopes and along valley floors, are frequently strong when vigorous mid-latitude weather systems move over the country (Sturman and Tapper, 1996). Downslope windstorms in particular are significant because the winds are potentially very dama ...
climate change during create no-analogue communities and cause
... dispersal capacities [8]. The few models that have incorporated species interactions suggest that these interactions strongly alter species’ responses to climate change [9,10] depending on the sensitivity of individual species to environmental change and the specific pattern of species interactions ...
... dispersal capacities [8]. The few models that have incorporated species interactions suggest that these interactions strongly alter species’ responses to climate change [9,10] depending on the sensitivity of individual species to environmental change and the specific pattern of species interactions ...
National summary - Northern Ireland
... • Updated projections of water availability in the UK. 3 • An aggregate assessment of climate change impacts on the goods and services provided by the UK’s natural assets. 4 • Developing high-end (High++) climate change scenarios. 5 The Evidence Report uses the concept of urgency to summarise the fi ...
... • Updated projections of water availability in the UK. 3 • An aggregate assessment of climate change impacts on the goods and services provided by the UK’s natural assets. 4 • Developing high-end (High++) climate change scenarios. 5 The Evidence Report uses the concept of urgency to summarise the fi ...
Where are the Vulnerable Places in Africa?
... 2001; Wisner 2004). With this article, we seek to make a modest contribution to the emergent discussion of climate security and vulnerability. The Fourth Assessment report (AR4) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines vulnerability as “the degree to which a system is suscepti ...
... 2001; Wisner 2004). With this article, we seek to make a modest contribution to the emergent discussion of climate security and vulnerability. The Fourth Assessment report (AR4) by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines vulnerability as “the degree to which a system is suscepti ...
PNAS proof
... disentangle the risk chain and identify the contribution of vulnerability on historical flood losses, it is critical to have consistent information on global flood hazard, exposure, and reported impacts. Previous recent studies (6–9) have tried to unravel reported flood loss patterns from various di ...
... disentangle the risk chain and identify the contribution of vulnerability on historical flood losses, it is critical to have consistent information on global flood hazard, exposure, and reported impacts. Previous recent studies (6–9) have tried to unravel reported flood loss patterns from various di ...
Climate change and human health in cities
... of rainfall, ground saturation and floods and saline intrusion due to sea level rise • food-borne diseases resulting from bacterial growth in foods exposed to higher temperatures • illnesses and deaths from the expanded range of vector-borne infectious diseases • respiratory illnesses due to worseni ...
... of rainfall, ground saturation and floods and saline intrusion due to sea level rise • food-borne diseases resulting from bacterial growth in foods exposed to higher temperatures • illnesses and deaths from the expanded range of vector-borne infectious diseases • respiratory illnesses due to worseni ...