Climate Role Play
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
... experts on the UN Climate Panel, IPCC1, are in agreement that the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is gradually increasing – which, in turn, leads to higher temperatures. In the opinion of the Climate Panel a rising average temperature leads to more extreme weather conditions wher ...
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... pyrogenicity based on available data, published literature, and authors’ knowledge (Table 1). Temperature classes were established using actual temperature data from the Climate Change Tree Atlas (Prasad et al., 2007-ongoing; obtained 10/ 13/09 through Dr. Stephen Matthews, USFS Northern Research St ...
... pyrogenicity based on available data, published literature, and authors’ knowledge (Table 1). Temperature classes were established using actual temperature data from the Climate Change Tree Atlas (Prasad et al., 2007-ongoing; obtained 10/ 13/09 through Dr. Stephen Matthews, USFS Northern Research St ...
Climate change and the distribution and conservation of the world`s
... the potential future effects that climate change will have across its distribution area. Woodlands of P. tarapacana constitute the habitat of several habitat-specialists and threatened birds, mammals and other plant species and therefore, by protecting this species, we will also protect this entire ...
... the potential future effects that climate change will have across its distribution area. Woodlands of P. tarapacana constitute the habitat of several habitat-specialists and threatened birds, mammals and other plant species and therefore, by protecting this species, we will also protect this entire ...
Building Resilient Communities in Maryland: A Stakeholder Forum
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton
... global primary production, form the basis of marine food webs, and strongly influence biogeochemical processes in the ocean (Field et al. 1998). Recently, there has been growing evidence that global phytoplankton biomass and productivity are changing over time. Despite increasing trends in some regi ...
... global primary production, form the basis of marine food webs, and strongly influence biogeochemical processes in the ocean (Field et al. 1998). Recently, there has been growing evidence that global phytoplankton biomass and productivity are changing over time. Despite increasing trends in some regi ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture
... are an important input to climate policy discussions, but bear the obvious caveat that they constrain future adjustment capabilities to what farmers were capable of in the recent past. Nevertheless, because our projections are less dependent on large out-of-sample extrapolation, and because they acc ...
... are an important input to climate policy discussions, but bear the obvious caveat that they constrain future adjustment capabilities to what farmers were capable of in the recent past. Nevertheless, because our projections are less dependent on large out-of-sample extrapolation, and because they acc ...
Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative to Act 20
... Decision makers should learn from ongoing grass-roots actions and knowledge in areas such as energy, food, water, natural resources, finance and governance. This is key, not the least in rural communities with a view to their management, control and ownership of these resources. There is a need to s ...
... Decision makers should learn from ongoing grass-roots actions and knowledge in areas such as energy, food, water, natural resources, finance and governance. This is key, not the least in rural communities with a view to their management, control and ownership of these resources. There is a need to s ...
Confronting Climate Change in California
... he most likely world climate future, based on current understanding, is a globally averaged warming of about 4° F (2° Celsius) by 2100. [See The International Consensus on Climate Change, page 12.] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of more than 500 scientists who reviewed ...
... he most likely world climate future, based on current understanding, is a globally averaged warming of about 4° F (2° Celsius) by 2100. [See The International Consensus on Climate Change, page 12.] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of more than 500 scientists who reviewed ...
Introduction – Predicting the magnitude of global climate change
... fuels (Bolin et al. 1986). While undoubtedly beneficial, combustion of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (NOX), and methane (CH4), all commonly referred to as “greenhouse gases.” In recent years, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have been increasing; this has caused ...
... fuels (Bolin et al. 1986). While undoubtedly beneficial, combustion of fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (NOX), and methane (CH4), all commonly referred to as “greenhouse gases.” In recent years, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have been increasing; this has caused ...
SimCLIM 2013 Data Manual 1 November 2013 Prepared By:
... to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for inclusion in SimCLIM. SimCLIM supports both of spatial and site data. For the former, a region is used as the minimum data management unit, which ranges from global to a relatively small river ...
... to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for inclusion in SimCLIM. SimCLIM supports both of spatial and site data. For the former, a region is used as the minimum data management unit, which ranges from global to a relatively small river ...
Climate change impacts on Yangtze River discharge at the Three
... Using the most recent CMIP5 climate change projections (Taylor et al., 2012), there have been a number of studies considering future precipitation in the Yangtze. Tian et al. (2015) showed that for 22 CMIP5 models under RCP8.5 there was an overall increase in precipitation in China, but these increa ...
... Using the most recent CMIP5 climate change projections (Taylor et al., 2012), there have been a number of studies considering future precipitation in the Yangtze. Tian et al. (2015) showed that for 22 CMIP5 models under RCP8.5 there was an overall increase in precipitation in China, but these increa ...
Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... and encroachment usually increase competition for resources and could reduce tree growth (31). A detailed examination of these drivers (SI Appendix, section 2B) led us to discard them as major causes of growth synchrony as opposed to climate. We then examined whether enhanced synchrony is driven by ...
... and encroachment usually increase competition for resources and could reduce tree growth (31). A detailed examination of these drivers (SI Appendix, section 2B) led us to discard them as major causes of growth synchrony as opposed to climate. We then examined whether enhanced synchrony is driven by ...
Implementation of the Work Plan for the building a network of energy
... Online Communication: Personal online trainings EnEffect offers to conduct personal trainings on the online communication platforms with the representatives of the NPIs responsible for the ICT capabilities on their request, using the WebEx software, Skype or other communication tools. The trainings ...
... Online Communication: Personal online trainings EnEffect offers to conduct personal trainings on the online communication platforms with the representatives of the NPIs responsible for the ICT capabilities on their request, using the WebEx software, Skype or other communication tools. The trainings ...
Sushi as We Know It Will Be Wiped Out by 2050
... 2010 report that forecasted as far into the future as 2055. "After we compiled all the data, the first thing that struck us was that we would be seeing really different fish on a sushi table in a couple of decades time," he told me. "Some of the fish that we can easily get in the average sushi resta ...
... 2010 report that forecasted as far into the future as 2055. "After we compiled all the data, the first thing that struck us was that we would be seeing really different fish on a sushi table in a couple of decades time," he told me. "Some of the fish that we can easily get in the average sushi resta ...
Is it Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate Injustice
... ancient or more recently developed cultural practices associated with being Potawatomi or Indigenous North American. Potawatomi participate in numerous trading and business transactions, diplomatic relationships, and cultural exchanges with many Indigenous peoples as well as with settler and other n ...
... ancient or more recently developed cultural practices associated with being Potawatomi or Indigenous North American. Potawatomi participate in numerous trading and business transactions, diplomatic relationships, and cultural exchanges with many Indigenous peoples as well as with settler and other n ...
The Paris Climate Agreement Is a Treaty Requiring Senate Review
... To safeguard America’s economic future and capacity for self-government, congressional leaders must expose Obama’s climate diplomacy as an end-run around the Constitution’s treaty-making process. They should do so before the President signs the Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, at a United Nations c ...
... To safeguard America’s economic future and capacity for self-government, congressional leaders must expose Obama’s climate diplomacy as an end-run around the Constitution’s treaty-making process. They should do so before the President signs the Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, at a United Nations c ...
Australia and New Zealand
... 11.2 Current sensitivity/vulnerability In this section, climate change is taken to be due to both natural variability and human activities. The relative proportions are unknown unless otherwise stated. The strongest regional driver of climate variability is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). I ...
... 11.2 Current sensitivity/vulnerability In this section, climate change is taken to be due to both natural variability and human activities. The relative proportions are unknown unless otherwise stated. The strongest regional driver of climate variability is the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). I ...
MEXICO CITY´S CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM Progress
... challenges humanity faces today. The temperature increase of the planet, due to high concentrations of greenhouse gases and compounds emitted by human activities, has caused accelerated global climate change in recent decades, provoking, among other effects, sea level rise and changes in rainfall ca ...
... challenges humanity faces today. The temperature increase of the planet, due to high concentrations of greenhouse gases and compounds emitted by human activities, has caused accelerated global climate change in recent decades, provoking, among other effects, sea level rise and changes in rainfall ca ...
The coupled atmosphere–chemistry–ocean model SOCOL
... range of present-day observations. Additionally, the performance of SOCOL-MPIOM under changing external forcings is assessed for the period 1600– 2000 using an ensemble of simulations. In the industrial period from 1850 onward SOCOL-MPIOM overestimates the ...
... range of present-day observations. Additionally, the performance of SOCOL-MPIOM under changing external forcings is assessed for the period 1600– 2000 using an ensemble of simulations. In the industrial period from 1850 onward SOCOL-MPIOM overestimates the ...
Folie 1
... CDM and JI volume (MtCO2) as well as all vintages of voluntary offsets. CDM includes both primary and secondary transactions Source: Point Carbon (2007). World Bank (2006a, 2007) Carbon offsets – organic agriculture BIOFACH| 21 February 2008 | Othmar Schwank | page 7 ...
... CDM and JI volume (MtCO2) as well as all vintages of voluntary offsets. CDM includes both primary and secondary transactions Source: Point Carbon (2007). World Bank (2006a, 2007) Carbon offsets – organic agriculture BIOFACH| 21 February 2008 | Othmar Schwank | page 7 ...
Perspectives on Quaternary Beetles and Climate Change.
... Periods. The biggest problem facing beetles is the destruction of natural habitat by human activities. It is a sad commentary that for undescribed species the chance of extinction is greater than the chance of being described (Stork, 1997). The threat of extinction is most acute in tropical regions, ...
... Periods. The biggest problem facing beetles is the destruction of natural habitat by human activities. It is a sad commentary that for undescribed species the chance of extinction is greater than the chance of being described (Stork, 1997). The threat of extinction is most acute in tropical regions, ...
challenges in quantifying changes in the global water cycle
... while the direct radiative effect of aerosols that scatter rather than absorb sunlight does not influence the rate at which precipitation increases with warming. Figure 1 illustrates this for climate models run under the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) protocol (Taylor et al. 2 ...
... while the direct radiative effect of aerosols that scatter rather than absorb sunlight does not influence the rate at which precipitation increases with warming. Figure 1 illustrates this for climate models run under the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) protocol (Taylor et al. 2 ...