Full Paper - EEE Seminar
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
... All in all, it seems fair to say that the COP21 Accord, which is as yet not fully tried, represents movement in a direction that may slow GHG emissions. A critically important …rst step achieved in COP21 is the near-universal acceptance of the repeated …ve-year cycle: pledge-verify-review-repledge-e ...
Global Cryosphere Watch - Byrd Polar Research Center
... • IPCC WG 1 and 2 reports highlighted for first time importance of the cryosphere, observed changes of some elements of global cryosphere and potential impacts on societies and countries; • the development of the conceptual framework for the Cryosphere Observing System (CryOS) • ACIA and ICARPII ide ...
... • IPCC WG 1 and 2 reports highlighted for first time importance of the cryosphere, observed changes of some elements of global cryosphere and potential impacts on societies and countries; • the development of the conceptual framework for the Cryosphere Observing System (CryOS) • ACIA and ICARPII ide ...
Global warming and the disruption of plant–pollinator
... those just described for plants. For lack of more complete information, therefore, we used the same values for pollinators as we did for plants. Current climate models for western Illinois predict an increase in mean annual temperature between 3.5 and 5 C under doubling of atmospheric CO2 (derived ...
... those just described for plants. For lack of more complete information, therefore, we used the same values for pollinators as we did for plants. Current climate models for western Illinois predict an increase in mean annual temperature between 3.5 and 5 C under doubling of atmospheric CO2 (derived ...
Annual Report 2015 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
... time of three minutes to midnight “is not good news, but an expression of dismay that world leaders continue to fail to focus their efforts and the world’s attention on reducing the extreme danger posed by nuclear weapons and climate change.” Nevertheless, the board also highlighted two bright spots ...
... time of three minutes to midnight “is not good news, but an expression of dismay that world leaders continue to fail to focus their efforts and the world’s attention on reducing the extreme danger posed by nuclear weapons and climate change.” Nevertheless, the board also highlighted two bright spots ...
Applicability of the Hansen Global Forest Data to REDD+ Policy
... the IPCC principles of transparency, accuracy, consistency, and completeness in developing their reference levels and verifying their emissions reductions. The Hansen Dataset can, if appropriately applied, be used to meet those principles. UNFCCC guidance suggests that reference levels should be bas ...
... the IPCC principles of transparency, accuracy, consistency, and completeness in developing their reference levels and verifying their emissions reductions. The Hansen Dataset can, if appropriately applied, be used to meet those principles. UNFCCC guidance suggests that reference levels should be bas ...
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... The chemistry of the human body makes our health and comfort sensitive to climate. Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme cl ...
... The chemistry of the human body makes our health and comfort sensitive to climate. Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme cl ...
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
... national governments to address the pressing needs of their citizens. To expand their capacity to take on the challenge of climate change, cities are joining forums that encourage collaboration between multiple levels of government, business, and civil society. Hundreds of cities worldwide have join ...
... national governments to address the pressing needs of their citizens. To expand their capacity to take on the challenge of climate change, cities are joining forums that encourage collaboration between multiple levels of government, business, and civil society. Hundreds of cities worldwide have join ...
divest riverside! - Riverside Church
... Earth is on its way to experiencing another annual heat record in 2015. In a decade-long series of global temperature records, 2014 was officially the warmest year since temperature record keeping began in 1850; nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. But how is the scienti ...
... Earth is on its way to experiencing another annual heat record in 2015. In a decade-long series of global temperature records, 2014 was officially the warmest year since temperature record keeping began in 1850; nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2002. But how is the scienti ...
Antarctic nematode communities: observed and predicted
... respond will depend on current conditions, i.e., average temperatures, soil moisture availability, vegetation or more importantly the lack thereof, and the local species pool in combination with the potential for new species to colonize. Keywords Antarctica Climate change Community composition ...
... respond will depend on current conditions, i.e., average temperatures, soil moisture availability, vegetation or more importantly the lack thereof, and the local species pool in combination with the potential for new species to colonize. Keywords Antarctica Climate change Community composition ...
The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the
... [5] Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, Australia [6] Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA [7] School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, ...
... [5] Global Carbon Project, CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Canberra, Australia [6] Department of Environmental Sciences, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA [7] School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, ...
AnT-ERA
... Southern Annular Mode) to medium- and long-term (e.g. Little Ice Age, mid-Holocene warming, glacial cycles). Terrestrial Antarctic species experience daily and seasonal temperature change that marine species have not experienced in millions of years. Although regions of continental Antarctica are co ...
... Southern Annular Mode) to medium- and long-term (e.g. Little Ice Age, mid-Holocene warming, glacial cycles). Terrestrial Antarctic species experience daily and seasonal temperature change that marine species have not experienced in millions of years. Although regions of continental Antarctica are co ...
The Vulnerability of Biodiversity to Rapid Climate Change
... these outlooks, (2) reviews key aspects of the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change, considered from genetics through landscapes, and (3) concludes presenting strategies for handing this vulnerability and associated uncertainty in conservation planning. In summary, biodiversity is vulnera ...
... these outlooks, (2) reviews key aspects of the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change, considered from genetics through landscapes, and (3) concludes presenting strategies for handing this vulnerability and associated uncertainty in conservation planning. In summary, biodiversity is vulnera ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... the coping range substantially, causing significant damage. In this hypothetical example extension of the coping range is assumed to be possible but costly. The community wonders whether E1 is still an expression of natural variability or whether it is already a harbinger of more climate change to c ...
... the coping range substantially, causing significant damage. In this hypothetical example extension of the coping range is assumed to be possible but costly. The community wonders whether E1 is still an expression of natural variability or whether it is already a harbinger of more climate change to c ...
Robert J. Erhardt: Curriculum Vitae
... Erhardt, R. Incorporating spatial dependence and climate change trends for measuring long-term temperature derivative risk. Variance (accepted). Anderson, T.M., White, S., Davis† , B., Erhardt, R., Palmer, M., Swanson, A., Kosmala, M., and Packer, C. (2016). The spatial distribution of African savan ...
... Erhardt, R. Incorporating spatial dependence and climate change trends for measuring long-term temperature derivative risk. Variance (accepted). Anderson, T.M., White, S., Davis† , B., Erhardt, R., Palmer, M., Swanson, A., Kosmala, M., and Packer, C. (2016). The spatial distribution of African savan ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... these choices affect the perception of the relative importance of short- and long-lived species. A second difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the ...
... these choices affect the perception of the relative importance of short- and long-lived species. A second difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the ...
Vulnerability to climate change in the Arctic: A case study from Arctic
... broad studies conducted by government agencies (Cohen, 1997) and reviews in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report and the Arctic Council’s ACIA (Maxwell, 1997; Anisimov and Fitzharris, 2001; ACIA, 2004). Information is also available from specific studies of th ...
... broad studies conducted by government agencies (Cohen, 1997) and reviews in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report and the Arctic Council’s ACIA (Maxwell, 1997; Anisimov and Fitzharris, 2001; ACIA, 2004). Information is also available from specific studies of th ...
Climate Change in Tibet and Asia
... predicted that more than 7,500 people would be affected by the floods, including tourists hiking along the popular Everest Base Camp route. A recent BBC news report mentioned that the ethnic community residing in Nepal's western province (Halji village) is threatened by a glacial lake on the mountai ...
... predicted that more than 7,500 people would be affected by the floods, including tourists hiking along the popular Everest Base Camp route. A recent BBC news report mentioned that the ethnic community residing in Nepal's western province (Halji village) is threatened by a glacial lake on the mountai ...
Climate Change in Tibet and Asia
... predicted that more than 7,500 people would be affected by the floods, including tourists hiking along the popular Everest Base Camp route. A recent BBC news report mentioned that the ethnic community residing in Nepal's western province (Halji village) is threatened by a glacial lake on the mountai ...
... predicted that more than 7,500 people would be affected by the floods, including tourists hiking along the popular Everest Base Camp route. A recent BBC news report mentioned that the ethnic community residing in Nepal's western province (Halji village) is threatened by a glacial lake on the mountai ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED LC/CAR/L.302
... negatively affect the tourism sector in the Netherlands Antilles. As a result, the costs were calculated taking into consideration not only changes in temperature and precipitation but also extreme events (frequency and intensity), sea level rise and the destruction of ecosystems (particularly coral ...
... negatively affect the tourism sector in the Netherlands Antilles. As a result, the costs were calculated taking into consideration not only changes in temperature and precipitation but also extreme events (frequency and intensity), sea level rise and the destruction of ecosystems (particularly coral ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change and Variability
... Nigeria is already experiencing a range of climate changes including more frequent heavy rainfall events, erratic rainfall, and unpredictable onset/retreat of rain and increasing air temperature. The impacts from these changes are already threatening ecosystems, food production, livelihoods and infr ...
... Nigeria is already experiencing a range of climate changes including more frequent heavy rainfall events, erratic rainfall, and unpredictable onset/retreat of rain and increasing air temperature. The impacts from these changes are already threatening ecosystems, food production, livelihoods and infr ...
Chile`s Third National Communication on Climate
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
Climate Change Risk Analysis: Assessment of Future Natural
... Based on the above assessment, the following are the natural disaster threats and hazards that are likely to occur in Springfield as a result of climate change: 1) rising temperatures and heat waves, 2) increased precipitation and flooding, and 3) extreme storm events (which would also result in flo ...
... Based on the above assessment, the following are the natural disaster threats and hazards that are likely to occur in Springfield as a result of climate change: 1) rising temperatures and heat waves, 2) increased precipitation and flooding, and 3) extreme storm events (which would also result in flo ...
Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts
... Climate impacts of urbanization Concomitant with the rising interest in characterizing and forecasting urban land-use change is an increased understanding of the relationship between urbanization and climate. Though the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gases have been the focus of prevailing clim ...
... Climate impacts of urbanization Concomitant with the rising interest in characterizing and forecasting urban land-use change is an increased understanding of the relationship between urbanization and climate. Though the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gases have been the focus of prevailing clim ...
Developing a climate change analysis
... a) A general feeling that climate used to be better or more reliable – the two main and related biases here are rosy retrospection and hindsight bias. Rosy retrospection is a tendency to judge past events more positively than they were actually judged at the time, whereas hindsight bias filters the ...
... a) A general feeling that climate used to be better or more reliable – the two main and related biases here are rosy retrospection and hindsight bias. Rosy retrospection is a tendency to judge past events more positively than they were actually judged at the time, whereas hindsight bias filters the ...