Impact of climate change on waterborne diseases
... between 40% of the cases and heavy rainfall in the week before the outbreak or low rainfall during the four weeks preceding the outbreaks. Floods and hurricanes, destroying the water distribution system and mixing drinking and waste waters, can have a significant impact also on the diffusion of chol ...
... between 40% of the cases and heavy rainfall in the week before the outbreak or low rainfall during the four weeks preceding the outbreaks. Floods and hurricanes, destroying the water distribution system and mixing drinking and waste waters, can have a significant impact also on the diffusion of chol ...
The response of the terrestrial biosphere to
... steady state to obtain the size of the ecosystem’s carbon and nitrogen pools under the assumption of the ecosystem being in equilibrium with the long-term climate. In this simulation the CO2 concentration was set to a preindustrial level of 283 ppm (Fig. 1), the annual nitrogen atmospheric depositio ...
... steady state to obtain the size of the ecosystem’s carbon and nitrogen pools under the assumption of the ecosystem being in equilibrium with the long-term climate. In this simulation the CO2 concentration was set to a preindustrial level of 283 ppm (Fig. 1), the annual nitrogen atmospheric depositio ...
Simulated interannual variation in summertime atmospheric
... website; http://www.ipcc-ddc.cru.uea.ac.uk). This means that summertime land–sea temperature contrast increases, and it is inferred that monsoonal circulation over East Asia is intensified (IPCC 2001). However, there is little agreement so far on the future summertime East Asian climate, which is pr ...
... website; http://www.ipcc-ddc.cru.uea.ac.uk). This means that summertime land–sea temperature contrast increases, and it is inferred that monsoonal circulation over East Asia is intensified (IPCC 2001). However, there is little agreement so far on the future summertime East Asian climate, which is pr ...
Minnesota Climate and Health Profile 2015
... to and adapt to the public health impacts of climate change. Changes occurring in Minnesota’s climate are affecting the health and well-being of the people who live, work and play within its borders. While residents are well aware of the erratic nature of Minnesota weather, extreme events have becom ...
... to and adapt to the public health impacts of climate change. Changes occurring in Minnesota’s climate are affecting the health and well-being of the people who live, work and play within its borders. While residents are well aware of the erratic nature of Minnesota weather, extreme events have becom ...
Tokyo - IETA
... among the covered facilities. These targets required an 8% reduction from office buildings, i district heating and cooling plants and, a 6% reduction for facilities that use at least 20% of energy from district heating and cooling plants, factories, water and sewage facilities and waste processing f ...
... among the covered facilities. These targets required an 8% reduction from office buildings, i district heating and cooling plants and, a 6% reduction for facilities that use at least 20% of energy from district heating and cooling plants, factories, water and sewage facilities and waste processing f ...
pdf Antarctic Research Centre File size
... publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 5th Assessment Report, Climate Change 213: The Scientific Basis. The contribution of Victoria University’s three lead authors, including myself, to this 5-6 yearly authoritative update of past, present and projected climate change and it ...
... publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 5th Assessment Report, Climate Change 213: The Scientific Basis. The contribution of Victoria University’s three lead authors, including myself, to this 5-6 yearly authoritative update of past, present and projected climate change and it ...
The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate
... wind field. In the Southern Hemisphere in particular, these wind changes have been tied to stratospheric ozone depletion and increased greenhouse gas concentrations [15]. Most stateof-the-art climate models incorporating these drivers (which form the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project v. 5, CMIP5 ...
... wind field. In the Southern Hemisphere in particular, these wind changes have been tied to stratospheric ozone depletion and increased greenhouse gas concentrations [15]. Most stateof-the-art climate models incorporating these drivers (which form the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project v. 5, CMIP5 ...
Future Projection
... more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily precipitation data output from 20th century runs of regional climate models (RCMs) with the historical observations from climate stations within Ohio to ...
... more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily precipitation data output from 20th century runs of regional climate models (RCMs) with the historical observations from climate stations within Ohio to ...
coming decades, climate change is expected to exacerbate the risks... disasters, not only from more frequent and intense hazard events,...
... of “greenhouse gases” such as carbon dioxide argue that, without such action, ever-increasing death tolls and economic losses will result. The suggested mechanism is that warmer temperatures would intensify the hydrological cycle through greater evaporation, and cyclones and hurricanes would acquire ...
... of “greenhouse gases” such as carbon dioxide argue that, without such action, ever-increasing death tolls and economic losses will result. The suggested mechanism is that warmer temperatures would intensify the hydrological cycle through greater evaporation, and cyclones and hurricanes would acquire ...
Rhipicephalus (Acari: Ixodidae) in Africa J.M. OLWOCH *, A.S. VAN JAARSVELD
... in some areas of the East African highlands was unsatisfactory (Norval et al. 1992). The climate database used was interpolated at an increased resolution (8 km), and this factor alone may explain the improved accuracy when compared to the earlier CLIMEX-based attempts. A subsequent logistic regress ...
... in some areas of the East African highlands was unsatisfactory (Norval et al. 1992). The climate database used was interpolated at an increased resolution (8 km), and this factor alone may explain the improved accuracy when compared to the earlier CLIMEX-based attempts. A subsequent logistic regress ...
The runaway greenhouse: implications for future climate change
... We live in a time of rapid climate change. The warming that the Earth is experiencing now as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel burning is unprecedented in human history, and the pace of the change is very rapid compared with most past climate change as deduced from palaeocli ...
... We live in a time of rapid climate change. The warming that the Earth is experiencing now as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases from fossil fuel burning is unprecedented in human history, and the pace of the change is very rapid compared with most past climate change as deduced from palaeocli ...
announced their support - EDF Voices: People on the Planet
... downright reckless to deny the science of global warming or the impact it is already having on states like Virginia. Sea level rise and extreme weather are already impacting Virginia families, businesses and key military assets like the world’s largest naval base in Norfolk. The Clean Power Plan not ...
... downright reckless to deny the science of global warming or the impact it is already having on states like Virginia. Sea level rise and extreme weather are already impacting Virginia families, businesses and key military assets like the world’s largest naval base in Norfolk. The Clean Power Plan not ...
severe weather
... to adapt to extreme weather scenarios have been identified and are represented in the table below. Additional information from other sources has been added relating to the effects on farms of heavy precipitation, particularly snow.30,31 Not all of these measures will be applicable on all farms, beca ...
... to adapt to extreme weather scenarios have been identified and are represented in the table below. Additional information from other sources has been added relating to the effects on farms of heavy precipitation, particularly snow.30,31 Not all of these measures will be applicable on all farms, beca ...
Hoopa Valley Housing Authority Climate Action Plan
... plant species in the Klamath Basin. Future changes are shown by three different climate models run with different assumptions (each column is one model). The Hoopa Reservation area is indicated by a red arrow.(Barr, et al., March, 2010)................................................................ ...
... plant species in the Klamath Basin. Future changes are shown by three different climate models run with different assumptions (each column is one model). The Hoopa Reservation area is indicated by a red arrow.(Barr, et al., March, 2010)................................................................ ...
Submission by the Like-Minded Developing Countries
... take fully into account that economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties.” Article 4, paragraph 7, of the Convention reproduced above is foundation of the entire architecture of the Convention. It represents the ap ...
... take fully into account that economic and social development and poverty eradication are the first and overriding priorities of the developing country Parties.” Article 4, paragraph 7, of the Convention reproduced above is foundation of the entire architecture of the Convention. It represents the ap ...
potential impacts of global climate change on freshwater
... they currently occupy. This inextricable linkage to the local water temperature makes fish (and most other aquatic organisms) particularly susceptible to even small-scale perturbations in environmental thermal regimes. One such perturbation is the increase in mean global temperatures brought about b ...
... they currently occupy. This inextricable linkage to the local water temperature makes fish (and most other aquatic organisms) particularly susceptible to even small-scale perturbations in environmental thermal regimes. One such perturbation is the increase in mean global temperatures brought about b ...
Evaporation at the Dead-Sea in the different synoptic systems and
... From these results it is clearly seen that the pan evaporation in Sdom shows highly significant increases (as we noticed in Fig. 2), while in Eilat the evaporation increases are only from the 1990s. Therefore, while comparing the 1995-2004 to the 1970-1994 there are no significant changes in the ev ...
... From these results it is clearly seen that the pan evaporation in Sdom shows highly significant increases (as we noticed in Fig. 2), while in Eilat the evaporation increases are only from the 1990s. Therefore, while comparing the 1995-2004 to the 1970-1994 there are no significant changes in the ev ...
Climate change in Central America and Mexico
... Regional climate change projections for Central America and Mexico are summarized in the fourth assessment report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Solomon et al. 2008, IPCC). Regional projections were obtained from the compilation of general circulation model (GCM) simulations ...
... Regional climate change projections for Central America and Mexico are summarized in the fourth assessment report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Solomon et al. 2008, IPCC). Regional projections were obtained from the compilation of general circulation model (GCM) simulations ...
Adaptive phenological mismatches of birds and their food in a
... data are not published, at least not in a single paper. One problem hampering such comparisons is that data on different taxonomic groups are often collected by different research groups. Potential bird species for which shifts in phenology are documented and for which it is possible that data on th ...
... data are not published, at least not in a single paper. One problem hampering such comparisons is that data on different taxonomic groups are often collected by different research groups. Potential bird species for which shifts in phenology are documented and for which it is possible that data on th ...
Chapter 13 Thermodynamic Feedbacks in the Climate System
... interannual and interdecadal variations to changes on geological time scales associated with ice ages and continental drift. The climate can vary either because of alterations in the internal dynamics and exchanges of energy within the climate system, or from external forcing. Examples of external c ...
... interannual and interdecadal variations to changes on geological time scales associated with ice ages and continental drift. The climate can vary either because of alterations in the internal dynamics and exchanges of energy within the climate system, or from external forcing. Examples of external c ...
Chapter 3 - World Bank
... Note: The colors indicate percentage changes in annual runoff values (based on the median of 12 global climate models using the IPCC SRES A1B scenario) from 2041–2060 compared with 1900–1970. The white denotes areas where less than two-thirds of the models agree on whether runoff will increase or d ...
... Note: The colors indicate percentage changes in annual runoff values (based on the median of 12 global climate models using the IPCC SRES A1B scenario) from 2041–2060 compared with 1900–1970. The white denotes areas where less than two-thirds of the models agree on whether runoff will increase or d ...
Options for Marine Turtles - Organization of American States
... degree of future warming. However, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to be cut dramatically, some change in climate is unavoidable. Stabilizing present day emissions would result in a continuous increase in atmospheric CO2 over the 21st Century 3, with consequences for society and ecosystems. Mi ...
... degree of future warming. However, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to be cut dramatically, some change in climate is unavoidable. Stabilizing present day emissions would result in a continuous increase in atmospheric CO2 over the 21st Century 3, with consequences for society and ecosystems. Mi ...
Financ
... Initiative The chapter was developed by a task force under the direction of Paul Clements-Hunt. Marenglen Gjonaj (Programme Officer – UNEP FI) managed the chapter, including the handling of peer reviews, conducting supplementary research and bringing the chapter to final production. Sheng Fulai cond ...
... Initiative The chapter was developed by a task force under the direction of Paul Clements-Hunt. Marenglen Gjonaj (Programme Officer – UNEP FI) managed the chapter, including the handling of peer reviews, conducting supplementary research and bringing the chapter to final production. Sheng Fulai cond ...