Effects of weather-related episodic events in lakes
... America and Asia that illustrate two classes of abiotic effects of weather events: (i) generally short-lived effects of storms on lake thermal structure and (ii) the more prolonged effects of high rainfall events on dissolved organic matter levels and water clarity. We further relate these abiotic e ...
... America and Asia that illustrate two classes of abiotic effects of weather events: (i) generally short-lived effects of storms on lake thermal structure and (ii) the more prolonged effects of high rainfall events on dissolved organic matter levels and water clarity. We further relate these abiotic e ...
Climate Change as a Regulator of Tectonics on Venus
... differing in important respects from that of Earth. The distribution and states of preservation of impact craters indicate that much of the surface is indistinguishable in age from a mean value of 300 to 700 million years (My) (1–3). Venus lacks evidence for global plate tectonics (4), but widesprea ...
... differing in important respects from that of Earth. The distribution and states of preservation of impact craters indicate that much of the surface is indistinguishable in age from a mean value of 300 to 700 million years (My) (1–3). Venus lacks evidence for global plate tectonics (4), but widesprea ...
Climate of the Past
... by more than 2 ◦ C in Arctic areas (IPCC, 2007) and in the past 100 years averaged Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate (IPCC, 2007). The observational evidence is generally consistent with climate model simulations that include increased greenhouse gas concentr ...
... by more than 2 ◦ C in Arctic areas (IPCC, 2007) and in the past 100 years averaged Arctic temperatures have increased at almost twice the global average rate (IPCC, 2007). The observational evidence is generally consistent with climate model simulations that include increased greenhouse gas concentr ...
lcmexl978i.pdf
... Central America: per capita reduction of water availability, baseline scenario, B2 and A2, 2005-2100 ..................................................................................................................................... Central America: evolution of water demand with baseline, B2 and ...
... Central America: per capita reduction of water availability, baseline scenario, B2 and A2, 2005-2100 ..................................................................................................................................... Central America: evolution of water demand with baseline, B2 and ...
ITLS-WP-09-21 - The University of Sydney
... Garnaut (2008) has pointed out that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been growing more quickly than was anticipated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007). He argues that Australian emission reductions of 70 to 90 percent on 2000 levels are likely ...
... Garnaut (2008) has pointed out that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been growing more quickly than was anticipated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007). He argues that Australian emission reductions of 70 to 90 percent on 2000 levels are likely ...
United Nations University
... IPCC 2007 Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policy Makers. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Formally approved at the 10th Session of Working Group I of the IPCC, Paris, February 2007, p.15 Ex ...
... IPCC 2007 Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis - Summary for Policy Makers. Contribution of Working Group 1 to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Formally approved at the 10th Session of Working Group I of the IPCC, Paris, February 2007, p.15 Ex ...
marther
... First, women have limited control over land and property rights. For instance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), women only have rights to use and access land through men, especially in customary land tenure systems (Farnworth et al. 2013:76), while only 3 percent of women own a title deed in Kenya (GoK 2 ...
... First, women have limited control over land and property rights. For instance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), women only have rights to use and access land through men, especially in customary land tenure systems (Farnworth et al. 2013:76), while only 3 percent of women own a title deed in Kenya (GoK 2 ...
The Ethics of Inquiry, Scientific Belief, and Public Discourse.
... cannot be disproven, therefore (P) is true. In other words, this is the belief that lack of evidence against a claim must count in the claim’s favor—it is otherwise known as an appeal to ignorance. The claim being made (that fallacious forms of reasoning consistently engender fallacious judgments) ...
... cannot be disproven, therefore (P) is true. In other words, this is the belief that lack of evidence against a claim must count in the claim’s favor—it is otherwise known as an appeal to ignorance. The claim being made (that fallacious forms of reasoning consistently engender fallacious judgments) ...
Climate change-induced water stress and its
... action is identified for instance with regard to research, information and communication, regulation and standards, public infrastructure, early warning and disaster relief, regulating the distributional impacts of adaptation, and embedding adaptation in sectoral policies. Policy approaches at Europ ...
... action is identified for instance with regard to research, information and communication, regulation and standards, public infrastructure, early warning and disaster relief, regulating the distributional impacts of adaptation, and embedding adaptation in sectoral policies. Policy approaches at Europ ...
Methane and the greenhouse-gas footprint of natural gas from shale
... gas dispersed in shale is part of this vision, as the potential resource may be large, and in many regions conventional reserves are becoming depleted (Wood et al. 2011). Domestic production in the U.S. was predominantly from conventional reservoirs through the 1990s, but by 2009 U.S. unconventional ...
... gas dispersed in shale is part of this vision, as the potential resource may be large, and in many regions conventional reserves are becoming depleted (Wood et al. 2011). Domestic production in the U.S. was predominantly from conventional reservoirs through the 1990s, but by 2009 U.S. unconventional ...
Heterogeneous photochemistry of polluted dust
... Possible causes-mixture with anthropogenic pollution 25 April ...
... Possible causes-mixture with anthropogenic pollution 25 April ...
Public Perceptions of Climate Change
... Chapter 1: Millennials lead older generations in their certainty that climate change is happening, understanding of human causes, and concern over its effects Views on climate change are related to age, with younger Marylanders most likely to say that climate change is happening and each older gene ...
... Chapter 1: Millennials lead older generations in their certainty that climate change is happening, understanding of human causes, and concern over its effects Views on climate change are related to age, with younger Marylanders most likely to say that climate change is happening and each older gene ...
Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation
... risks could increase, salinity levels and unsustainable agricultural practices could reduce longer-term soil fertility and wetland resources, and social safety nets could decline. The lack of effective institutions, good governance and enabling policy at both sites has limited potential gains in res ...
... risks could increase, salinity levels and unsustainable agricultural practices could reduce longer-term soil fertility and wetland resources, and social safety nets could decline. The lack of effective institutions, good governance and enabling policy at both sites has limited potential gains in res ...
GOVERNMENT OF NIUE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
... These are key agencies responsible for the coordination of environmental programs in the thematic areas of lands, water, biodiversity, coastal and marine, climate change and waste and pollution management. Publi ...
... These are key agencies responsible for the coordination of environmental programs in the thematic areas of lands, water, biodiversity, coastal and marine, climate change and waste and pollution management. Publi ...
Background Paper 3: How the plan addresses the key sustainability
... pollution levels and minimising greenhouse gas emissions, whilst adapting to effects of climate change Positive contribution to prudent/ efficient use of energy and natural resources (including renewable energy) with minimal production of waste Positive contribution to global sustainability through ...
... pollution levels and minimising greenhouse gas emissions, whilst adapting to effects of climate change Positive contribution to prudent/ efficient use of energy and natural resources (including renewable energy) with minimal production of waste Positive contribution to global sustainability through ...
Australia – Vietnam Climate Change Delivery Strategy 2011
... Vulnerability to climate change and its impacts Climate change poses a serious threat for Vietnam. It threatens to destabilise economic growth, exacerbate food shortages and erode recent gains in poverty reduction – all of which can negatively impact progress towards achieving the Millennium Develop ...
... Vulnerability to climate change and its impacts Climate change poses a serious threat for Vietnam. It threatens to destabilise economic growth, exacerbate food shortages and erode recent gains in poverty reduction – all of which can negatively impact progress towards achieving the Millennium Develop ...
Rethinking Environmental Federalism in a Warming World
... The formation of the European Union provides a recent case study in the formation of a federal union of independent states, and one where both normative and positive elements are evident. Member states voluntarily ceded some of their governmental authority to a layer of government encompassing the g ...
... The formation of the European Union provides a recent case study in the formation of a federal union of independent states, and one where both normative and positive elements are evident. Member states voluntarily ceded some of their governmental authority to a layer of government encompassing the g ...
Project management
... and Second National Communication, as well as the draft Climate Change Action Plan. Since September 2010 Georgia has been involved in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) process. These measures have been followed by series of specific studies and projects in the climate change focal area. These ac ...
... and Second National Communication, as well as the draft Climate Change Action Plan. Since September 2010 Georgia has been involved in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) process. These measures have been followed by series of specific studies and projects in the climate change focal area. These ac ...
HE Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber
... Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is minister of state in the United Arab Emirates and the chairman of Masdar, a company located in Abu Dhabi specializing in clean technology, renewable energy, and sustainable development. He also serves as the chairman of Abu Dhabi Ports, CEO of Energy for the Mubadala Develop ...
... Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber is minister of state in the United Arab Emirates and the chairman of Masdar, a company located in Abu Dhabi specializing in clean technology, renewable energy, and sustainable development. He also serves as the chairman of Abu Dhabi Ports, CEO of Energy for the Mubadala Develop ...
Sequestration and storage of carbon by trees in and around
... Humans constantly interact with the natural environment to create some differences in the tree cover. Costs of maintaining the cover of vegetation and attitudes toward the trees in urban landscape, both related to ambient environmental factors, alter the desire and ability of individuals to incorpor ...
... Humans constantly interact with the natural environment to create some differences in the tree cover. Costs of maintaining the cover of vegetation and attitudes toward the trees in urban landscape, both related to ambient environmental factors, alter the desire and ability of individuals to incorpor ...