Project researcher workbook - Ecosystems Knowledge Network
... work is done. This means that Manchester Local Authority, for example, has very high levels of GVA per head, but also very high-levels of poverty, because many of the people that work there do not live within the Local Authority. For the toolkit we have chosen to use GVA per capita in order to contr ...
... work is done. This means that Manchester Local Authority, for example, has very high levels of GVA per head, but also very high-levels of poverty, because many of the people that work there do not live within the Local Authority. For the toolkit we have chosen to use GVA per capita in order to contr ...
Assessing the Vulnerability of Victoria`s Central Highlands Forests to
... The ability to conserve ecosystems and ecological services in the face of climate change will rely heavily on our understanding of ecosystem vulnerability during the regeneration phase of species. It will also require an understanding of the degree of resilience that exists within species and ecosys ...
... The ability to conserve ecosystems and ecological services in the face of climate change will rely heavily on our understanding of ecosystem vulnerability during the regeneration phase of species. It will also require an understanding of the degree of resilience that exists within species and ecosys ...
Melting snow and ice: a call for action
... Increasing concentrations of black carbon at mid-latitudes could be responsible for a significant fraction of the rapid Arctic warming observed over the last decades. That leads us to a second way to respond: take action that will make a real impact in the near future, and most especially, address s ...
... Increasing concentrations of black carbon at mid-latitudes could be responsible for a significant fraction of the rapid Arctic warming observed over the last decades. That leads us to a second way to respond: take action that will make a real impact in the near future, and most especially, address s ...
Chapter 13 - Clean Air Act
... disagreement and uncertainty. Indeed, at the end of 2012, more than four years after the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act regulates greenhouse gases as “air pollutants,” a federal Court of Appeals judge urged the Court to reconsider and revoke its decision. Thus, while the Clean Air Act ma ...
... disagreement and uncertainty. Indeed, at the end of 2012, more than four years after the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act regulates greenhouse gases as “air pollutants,” a federal Court of Appeals judge urged the Court to reconsider and revoke its decision. Thus, while the Clean Air Act ma ...
Inferred gas hydrate and permafrost stability history models linked to
... change. In addition, ice melting and GH dissociation are endothermic and the latent heat effects should delay, additionally, any phase changes at depth, such that even where the GH destabilization mechanism is pressure reduction (Kennett et al., 2003) GH destabilization would be an unlikely major co ...
... change. In addition, ice melting and GH dissociation are endothermic and the latent heat effects should delay, additionally, any phase changes at depth, such that even where the GH destabilization mechanism is pressure reduction (Kennett et al., 2003) GH destabilization would be an unlikely major co ...
I CAN CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT…
... know if he's right ultimately but there has been a study, part of this picture left out by the people studying it and he's picked up on that. They assume that only man's emissions would have a certain isotopic signature. He pointed out there are plenty of natural processes that have the same signatu ...
... know if he's right ultimately but there has been a study, part of this picture left out by the people studying it and he's picked up on that. They assume that only man's emissions would have a certain isotopic signature. He pointed out there are plenty of natural processes that have the same signatu ...
Environmental Change and Migration: State of the
... be studied separately and in relationship to each other to assess what is known about each aspect in terms of the forms of movement they generate. Understanding why people faced with very similar macro-level factors move or stay is also important. Research on vulnerability and resilience to environm ...
... be studied separately and in relationship to each other to assess what is known about each aspect in terms of the forms of movement they generate. Understanding why people faced with very similar macro-level factors move or stay is also important. Research on vulnerability and resilience to environm ...
Somerville, Richard C. J.
... I knew Namias very well. I knew him before I came to Scripps. He was a legendary figure in his own time. Namias was a synoptic meteorologist of the old school. He was not especially mathematical. His mathematical toolkit was very limited, but he had an uncanny feeling for weather data. And in the sa ...
... I knew Namias very well. I knew him before I came to Scripps. He was a legendary figure in his own time. Namias was a synoptic meteorologist of the old school. He was not especially mathematical. His mathematical toolkit was very limited, but he had an uncanny feeling for weather data. And in the sa ...
Fisheries Management and the Arctic in the Context of Climate
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
Kelp Forest
... However, the most likely impact of changes in precipitation may result from increasingly intense run-‐off during extreme winter precipitation events. This can result in increased sedimentation that may negativ ...
... However, the most likely impact of changes in precipitation may result from increasingly intense run-‐off during extreme winter precipitation events. This can result in increased sedimentation that may negativ ...
U.S. National Report on Population and the Environment
... America is a major contributor to these global changes. When ranked with other countries in the world, the U.S. is a leader – not only in Gross National Product, per capita income, and many health and educational standards but also in other, more dubious, ways. The U.S. population also has the large ...
... America is a major contributor to these global changes. When ranked with other countries in the world, the U.S. is a leader – not only in Gross National Product, per capita income, and many health and educational standards but also in other, more dubious, ways. The U.S. population also has the large ...
Document
... Abstract Average summer temperatures over South Georgia have risen by around 1oC since the 1920s. Coupled with this has been an increase in the rate of glacial retreat, with glaciers on the northeast of the island retreating faster than those on the southwest side. These asymmetrical changes are th ...
... Abstract Average summer temperatures over South Georgia have risen by around 1oC since the 1920s. Coupled with this has been an increase in the rate of glacial retreat, with glaciers on the northeast of the island retreating faster than those on the southwest side. These asymmetrical changes are th ...
Adapting to the Weather: Lessons from U.S. History Hoyt Bleakley
... in 1920 and being charged with forecasting the effect of a warmer and wetter climate. A projection based on the US historical experience up to that point would vastly overstate the (negative) response by virtue of its failing to account for the subsequent evolution of technology, which improved prod ...
... in 1920 and being charged with forecasting the effect of a warmer and wetter climate. A projection based on the US historical experience up to that point would vastly overstate the (negative) response by virtue of its failing to account for the subsequent evolution of technology, which improved prod ...
They Say “NOPP Has Sufficient Funding Now”
... horizon as so far aquaculture has not been able to keep up with the dramatic losses of wild catch. “Unless we fundamentally change the way we manage all the oceans species together, as working ecosystems, then this century is the last century of wild seafood," marine ecologist Steve Palumbi warned.9 ...
... horizon as so far aquaculture has not been able to keep up with the dramatic losses of wild catch. “Unless we fundamentally change the way we manage all the oceans species together, as working ecosystems, then this century is the last century of wild seafood," marine ecologist Steve Palumbi warned.9 ...
Science Plan - IGOS Cryosphere
... balance of glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets, and especially to resolve the large present uncertainties in the mass budgets of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. In spite of the fact that the current state of balance of ice sheets and ice caps is not well known, the sensitivity of the volume of ...
... balance of glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets, and especially to resolve the large present uncertainties in the mass budgets of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. In spite of the fact that the current state of balance of ice sheets and ice caps is not well known, the sensitivity of the volume of ...
you can - Allianz
... MD: Corporate responsibility is part of the job description of anybody who works at Allianz. That’s what’s exciting about our business – it’s directly connected with issues that involve us all. We’ll continue to be successful if we’re able to offer our clients product solutions for demographic chang ...
... MD: Corporate responsibility is part of the job description of anybody who works at Allianz. That’s what’s exciting about our business – it’s directly connected with issues that involve us all. We’ll continue to be successful if we’re able to offer our clients product solutions for demographic chang ...
Hydrological drought across the world: impact of climate and
... In this study, the relative role that climate and physical catchment structure plays on the development of hydrological drought across the world was investigated through a controlled modeling experiment. Time series of daily climate data (Sect. 2.3.1) were used as driving force for a conceptual hydr ...
... In this study, the relative role that climate and physical catchment structure plays on the development of hydrological drought across the world was investigated through a controlled modeling experiment. Time series of daily climate data (Sect. 2.3.1) were used as driving force for a conceptual hydr ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... Florida as more vulnerable, given the substantial concentration of capital along its coastline, which is threatened by hurricanes, storm surges, and sea-level rise. Similarly, an assessment focussing on the late 21st century might regard Tibet as more vulnerable since many Himalayan glaciers that a ...
... Florida as more vulnerable, given the substantial concentration of capital along its coastline, which is threatened by hurricanes, storm surges, and sea-level rise. Similarly, an assessment focussing on the late 21st century might regard Tibet as more vulnerable since many Himalayan glaciers that a ...
Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asia: Policies and practices
... for any consequence of their use. Use of the term “country” does not imply any judgment by the authors or ADB and ADBI as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity. The symbol “$” represents the United States dollar unless otherwise indicated. “Asia” refers only to ADB’s Asian member ec ...
... for any consequence of their use. Use of the term “country” does not imply any judgment by the authors or ADB and ADBI as to the legal or other status of any territorial entity. The symbol “$” represents the United States dollar unless otherwise indicated. “Asia” refers only to ADB’s Asian member ec ...
First Announcement of the - Karst Dynamics Laboratory
... This selection is for training course before the symposium and the filed trips after the meeting also contain some parts in this line. It aims to show you evolution history of karst morphology and hydrogeology in Guilin, including fascinating Fenglin & Fengcong in Guilin, Hidden Hill Caves, Yaji Kar ...
... This selection is for training course before the symposium and the filed trips after the meeting also contain some parts in this line. It aims to show you evolution history of karst morphology and hydrogeology in Guilin, including fascinating Fenglin & Fengcong in Guilin, Hidden Hill Caves, Yaji Kar ...