Wooldridge et al. 2012. GBR Safeguarding Corals Against CC
... Abstract The threats of wide-scale coral bleaching and reef demise associated with anthropogenic (global) climate change are widely known. Less well considered is the contributing role of conditions local to the reef, in particular reef water quality, in codetermining the physiological tolerance of ...
... Abstract The threats of wide-scale coral bleaching and reef demise associated with anthropogenic (global) climate change are widely known. Less well considered is the contributing role of conditions local to the reef, in particular reef water quality, in codetermining the physiological tolerance of ...
Chapter 18 (HLTH-3): Abiotic Factors
... in the sensitive soils under spruce-fir forests. Conversely, in an oak-pine forest in the North Carolina Piedmont, Johnson and others (1995) predict that forest floor nutrient contents will be virtually unaffected by a 50percent reduction in sulfur deposition over the next 20 years. Effects of acid ...
... in the sensitive soils under spruce-fir forests. Conversely, in an oak-pine forest in the North Carolina Piedmont, Johnson and others (1995) predict that forest floor nutrient contents will be virtually unaffected by a 50percent reduction in sulfur deposition over the next 20 years. Effects of acid ...
PROJECT IDENTIFICATION FORM (PIF)
... Malawi to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor climate change, generate reliable hydro-meteorological information (including forecasts) and to b ...
... Malawi to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor climate change, generate reliable hydro-meteorological information (including forecasts) and to b ...
Climate and Climate Change
... 37) Why will the sea level rise as a response to global warming? A) Increased temperatures will cause earth's plates to swell, pushing the ocean floor upwards B) Increased temperatures will cause ocean life to die and the ocean will subside C) Increased temperatures will cause an increase in ocean ...
... 37) Why will the sea level rise as a response to global warming? A) Increased temperatures will cause earth's plates to swell, pushing the ocean floor upwards B) Increased temperatures will cause ocean life to die and the ocean will subside C) Increased temperatures will cause an increase in ocean ...
Potential surface temperature and shallow groundwater temperature
... predict the associated increase in mean annual GST. For example, the duration of the snow-covered period is expected to decrease in northern latitudes due to increases in late fall and early spring air temperature (AT), which will reduce the insulating effect of the snowpack (Zhang, 2005) and alter ...
... predict the associated increase in mean annual GST. For example, the duration of the snow-covered period is expected to decrease in northern latitudes due to increases in late fall and early spring air temperature (AT), which will reduce the insulating effect of the snowpack (Zhang, 2005) and alter ...
China`s Growing CO2 EmissionssA Race between Increasing
... essential. Given China’s population and expanding economy, increases in China’s CO2 emissions are likely to offset potentially high cost mitigation efforts elsewhere (10, 11). In fact, global CO2 emissions have increased (12) despite global effects through the United Nations Framework Convention for ...
... essential. Given China’s population and expanding economy, increases in China’s CO2 emissions are likely to offset potentially high cost mitigation efforts elsewhere (10, 11). In fact, global CO2 emissions have increased (12) despite global effects through the United Nations Framework Convention for ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
Examining the past to understand the future
... 2) determine that an overturning 40% weaker than today is the best fit at the LGM 3) suggest that different C14 top-to-bottom age difference measurements may be inconsistent and suffer from uncertainty in knowledge of paleo atmospheric C14/C12 history 4) determine quantitatively that the glacial THC ...
... 2) determine that an overturning 40% weaker than today is the best fit at the LGM 3) suggest that different C14 top-to-bottom age difference measurements may be inconsistent and suffer from uncertainty in knowledge of paleo atmospheric C14/C12 history 4) determine quantitatively that the glacial THC ...
Earth system models of intermediate complexity
... 2) determine that an overturning 40% weaker than today is the best fit at the LGM 3) suggest that different C14 top-to-bottom age difference measurements may be inconsistent and suffer from uncertainty in knowledge of paleo atmospheric C14/C12 history 4) determine quantitatively that the glacial THC ...
... 2) determine that an overturning 40% weaker than today is the best fit at the LGM 3) suggest that different C14 top-to-bottom age difference measurements may be inconsistent and suffer from uncertainty in knowledge of paleo atmospheric C14/C12 history 4) determine quantitatively that the glacial THC ...
chapter one - Open University of Tanzania Repository
... Classrooms Project under the British council Mr. George Agango together with the management of the secondary schools where the projected is implemented. This report could not materialize without their support. ...
... Classrooms Project under the British council Mr. George Agango together with the management of the secondary schools where the projected is implemented. This report could not materialize without their support. ...
Time and the River: Coastal Restoration as Climate Change Denial
... Rate of Sea Level Rise by 2100 ...
... Rate of Sea Level Rise by 2100 ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... available guide to what will happen again. The problem is that the availability heuristic can lead to serious errors, in terms of both excessive fear and neglect. What, in particular, produces availability? An intriguing essay attempts to test the effects of ease of imagery on perceived judgments of ...
... available guide to what will happen again. The problem is that the availability heuristic can lead to serious errors, in terms of both excessive fear and neglect. What, in particular, produces availability? An intriguing essay attempts to test the effects of ease of imagery on perceived judgments of ...
Modelling the Response of Mountain Glacier Discharge
... strong summer snowfall can effectively shut off glacier discharge for an extended period of the melt season. Currently, many conceptual runoff models do not include explicit routing routines for water transport through the glacier, taking into account the different hydraulic properties of snow, firn ...
... strong summer snowfall can effectively shut off glacier discharge for an extended period of the melt season. Currently, many conceptual runoff models do not include explicit routing routines for water transport through the glacier, taking into account the different hydraulic properties of snow, firn ...
Role of winter temperature and climate change on the survival and
... information economies. Carbon dioxide emissions in the B1 scenario peak at just below 10 Gt/year (around two times 1990 levels) at mid-century and decline slowly to below current-day levels. Together, these scenarios represent the range of IPCC non-intervention emissions futures with atmospheric CO2 ...
... information economies. Carbon dioxide emissions in the B1 scenario peak at just below 10 Gt/year (around two times 1990 levels) at mid-century and decline slowly to below current-day levels. Together, these scenarios represent the range of IPCC non-intervention emissions futures with atmospheric CO2 ...
Biomes_Notes_from_Online-Long_Version
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
Potential impacts of global climate change on freshwater fisheries
... commonly used to predict changes in the earth’s climate. Global climate circulation models, like any simulation, require validation and sensitivity analyses, most commonly achieved by comparing their predictions with observed climatic conditions (Rodo and Comin 2003). These tests have revealed that ...
... commonly used to predict changes in the earth’s climate. Global climate circulation models, like any simulation, require validation and sensitivity analyses, most commonly achieved by comparing their predictions with observed climatic conditions (Rodo and Comin 2003). These tests have revealed that ...
Why Climate Demands Change Michael A. Taylor
... 2015 Lecture, “Why Climate Demands Change”, addresses a phenomenon which not only demands our urgent attention but which is an issue of both local and global significance. Our lecturer, Professor Michael Taylor, locates the issues associated with climate change within the context of the Caribbean an ...
... 2015 Lecture, “Why Climate Demands Change”, addresses a phenomenon which not only demands our urgent attention but which is an issue of both local and global significance. Our lecturer, Professor Michael Taylor, locates the issues associated with climate change within the context of the Caribbean an ...
How increasing CO2 leads to an increased negative greenhouse
... Equations (1) and (2) do not distinguish between the different greenhouse gases and do not describe the dependency of wavelength and altitude. But the two simple equations allow us to provide some insight into the combined emission of a surface and the atmosphere above as a function of temperature d ...
... Equations (1) and (2) do not distinguish between the different greenhouse gases and do not describe the dependency of wavelength and altitude. But the two simple equations allow us to provide some insight into the combined emission of a surface and the atmosphere above as a function of temperature d ...
the critical decade:climate change and health
... to improve fire resistance and even prevent new buildings in more fire-prone areas. Some adaptation occurs spontaneously, as when populations adjust physiologically over time (for example, decades) to living at higher temperatures. ...
... to improve fire resistance and even prevent new buildings in more fire-prone areas. Some adaptation occurs spontaneously, as when populations adjust physiologically over time (for example, decades) to living at higher temperatures. ...
Great Lakes National Parks in Peril
... RMCO also obtained projections of future summer temperature changes. Visitation to the parks is much higher in summer than in other seasons, so future summer temperatures could particularly affect park visitors. As the table on the previous page shows, the average of the projections with medium-high ...
... RMCO also obtained projections of future summer temperature changes. Visitation to the parks is much higher in summer than in other seasons, so future summer temperatures could particularly affect park visitors. As the table on the previous page shows, the average of the projections with medium-high ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... climate change mitigation should aim to limit the rise in global average temperature to no more than 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. References to this goal have appeared in successive drafts of the negotiating text ahead of COP15. In order to inform the negotiations, the Grantham Research Institut ...
... climate change mitigation should aim to limit the rise in global average temperature to no more than 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. References to this goal have appeared in successive drafts of the negotiating text ahead of COP15. In order to inform the negotiations, the Grantham Research Institut ...
Natural Disasters and Their Mitigation for Sustainable Agricultural
... risk to natural disasters. The situation is quite disturbing in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) since agricultural production has not kept pace with population growth in the LDCs as a whole. Although agricultural output in 1990-99 rose at an annual average rate of 2.5 percent, exceeding the rat ...
... risk to natural disasters. The situation is quite disturbing in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) since agricultural production has not kept pace with population growth in the LDCs as a whole. Although agricultural output in 1990-99 rose at an annual average rate of 2.5 percent, exceeding the rat ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... required behavioral changes.35 Technological solutions can often be simpler, quicker, and demand less from people than the large social transformations that might otherwise be required. Without the assistance of technology, combating climate change would demand massive social and behavioral change. ...
... required behavioral changes.35 Technological solutions can often be simpler, quicker, and demand less from people than the large social transformations that might otherwise be required. Without the assistance of technology, combating climate change would demand massive social and behavioral change. ...
the economic case for divesting from fossil fuels
... The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently writtenxvi that “The sun could be the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050.” Mostly, it says, because of declining costs, and not so much because it can help battle climate change, although that could be a growth factor as well. The key po ...
... The International Energy Agency (IEA) has recently writtenxvi that “The sun could be the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050.” Mostly, it says, because of declining costs, and not so much because it can help battle climate change, although that could be a growth factor as well. The key po ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas
... climate change mitigation should aim to limit the rise in global average temperature to no more than 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. References to this goal have appeared in successive drafts of the negotiating text ahead of COP15. In order to inform the negotiations, the Grantham Research Institut ...
... climate change mitigation should aim to limit the rise in global average temperature to no more than 2˚C above pre-industrial levels. References to this goal have appeared in successive drafts of the negotiating text ahead of COP15. In order to inform the negotiations, the Grantham Research Institut ...