Climate change and eastern Africa: a review of impact on major crops
... strategic crops for eight sub-Saharan Africa countries. Climate change is projected to increase median temperature by 1.4–5.5°C and median precipitation by −2% to 20% by the end of the 21st century. However, large levels of uncertainty exist with temporal and spatial variability of rainfall events. ...
... strategic crops for eight sub-Saharan Africa countries. Climate change is projected to increase median temperature by 1.4–5.5°C and median precipitation by −2% to 20% by the end of the 21st century. However, large levels of uncertainty exist with temporal and spatial variability of rainfall events. ...
What Greek secondary school students believe about climate change?
... the contribution of motor vehicles on the greenhouse effect and other issues (Batterham, Stanisstreet & Boyes, 1996; Boyes & Stanisstreet, 1997a; Lesson, Stanisstreet, & Boyes, 1997). Furthermore, they have found interesting results regarding the greenhouse effect while investigating ideas about the ...
... the contribution of motor vehicles on the greenhouse effect and other issues (Batterham, Stanisstreet & Boyes, 1996; Boyes & Stanisstreet, 1997a; Lesson, Stanisstreet, & Boyes, 1997). Furthermore, they have found interesting results regarding the greenhouse effect while investigating ideas about the ...
Detecting an external influence on recent changes
... O. D. Andrews et al.: Detecting an external influence on recent changes in oceanic oxygen estimate of natural variability in [O2 ] data (Helm et al., 2010, 2011; Bindoff and Wunsch, 1992). This technique accounts for mesoscale processes and to some extent longer period internal variability such as ...
... O. D. Andrews et al.: Detecting an external influence on recent changes in oceanic oxygen estimate of natural variability in [O2 ] data (Helm et al., 2010, 2011; Bindoff and Wunsch, 1992). This technique accounts for mesoscale processes and to some extent longer period internal variability such as ...
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... They will work with the climate change policy and decision-makers within their own countries as the primary response to the challenges that climate change poses for World Heritage. States Parties and managers of individual World Heritage properties will consider undertaking site-level monitoring, mi ...
... They will work with the climate change policy and decision-makers within their own countries as the primary response to the challenges that climate change poses for World Heritage. States Parties and managers of individual World Heritage properties will consider undertaking site-level monitoring, mi ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... terminals and facilities can be hardened, raised, or even relocated as need be and, where critical, to safety and mobility; expanded redundant systems may be considered. What adaptive strategies may be employed, the associated costs, and the relative effectiveness of those strategies will have to be ...
... terminals and facilities can be hardened, raised, or even relocated as need be and, where critical, to safety and mobility; expanded redundant systems may be considered. What adaptive strategies may be employed, the associated costs, and the relative effectiveness of those strategies will have to be ...
Networks Near and Far - International Studies Association
... power stations and critical communication nodes dampen productivity that causes a loss of wages and gross domestic product (GDP). Reconstruction costs can be even greater and take years for recovery. ...
... power stations and critical communication nodes dampen productivity that causes a loss of wages and gross domestic product (GDP). Reconstruction costs can be even greater and take years for recovery. ...
Consequences of climate change for biogeochemical cycling in
... with the global climatic trends. For example, Hayhoe et al. (2007) recently synthesized and analyzed historical records to show that surface air temperature in the northeastern United States has warmed by 0.8 8C over the twentieth century, with greater increases in winter temperature (1.2 8C) than s ...
... with the global climatic trends. For example, Hayhoe et al. (2007) recently synthesized and analyzed historical records to show that surface air temperature in the northeastern United States has warmed by 0.8 8C over the twentieth century, with greater increases in winter temperature (1.2 8C) than s ...
A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... moved temporarily or permanently during periods of drought and other environmental change. Lately, however, due to the perceived increase in the intensity and scale of environmental change, many people see environmentally induced forced migration as a new type of phenomenon. The fourth Assessment Re ...
... moved temporarily or permanently during periods of drought and other environmental change. Lately, however, due to the perceived increase in the intensity and scale of environmental change, many people see environmentally induced forced migration as a new type of phenomenon. The fourth Assessment Re ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... In recognition of the urgent need to act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate changes already being experienced, the Western Cape Government (WCG) recognises the need to contribute to global efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, partic ...
... In recognition of the urgent need to act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to climate changes already being experienced, the Western Cape Government (WCG) recognises the need to contribute to global efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, partic ...
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
... 2. Located just south of the equator, Rwanda enjoys a tropical climate with two rainy seasons, which have become increasingly unreliable and the country is vulnerable to periodic droughts. 3. The north-west provinces are at a higher altitude than those in the south and therefore are cooler at night ...
... 2. Located just south of the equator, Rwanda enjoys a tropical climate with two rainy seasons, which have become increasingly unreliable and the country is vulnerable to periodic droughts. 3. The north-west provinces are at a higher altitude than those in the south and therefore are cooler at night ...
Robust Sahel drying in response to late 20th century forcings
... historical Sahel drought [e.g., Giannini et al., 2003] and the observed 1950 – 1999 trend [Hansen et al., 1999]. The XXPI JJA rainfall difference shows marked drying at the northern edge of the ITCZ, across the East Pacific, Atlantic, and Sahel, as well as in the monsoon regions of Asia, but increas ...
... historical Sahel drought [e.g., Giannini et al., 2003] and the observed 1950 – 1999 trend [Hansen et al., 1999]. The XXPI JJA rainfall difference shows marked drying at the northern edge of the ITCZ, across the East Pacific, Atlantic, and Sahel, as well as in the monsoon regions of Asia, but increas ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... of net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) with long-term eddy covariance measurements (Baldocchi, 2003). By analyzing the year to year variation in NEE under different climatic conditions, the key factors and processes that determine the ecosystem carbon balance may be identified. The measured NEE is t ...
... of net ecosystem exchange of CO2 (NEE) with long-term eddy covariance measurements (Baldocchi, 2003). By analyzing the year to year variation in NEE under different climatic conditions, the key factors and processes that determine the ecosystem carbon balance may be identified. The measured NEE is t ...
How do stripes form
... A STEM ED Program at the University of Massachusetts, funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Climate System Research Center in conjunction with the International Polar Year ...
... A STEM ED Program at the University of Massachusetts, funded by the National Science Foundation and supported by the Climate System Research Center in conjunction with the International Polar Year ...
Sea Level Rise on the Florida Keys
... the planet has gone through cycles of gradual warming and cooling, but the changes taking place today are happening faster than during any past natural cycle. While there are some natural causes to the climate change occurring today, the primary drivers of this rapid climate change are the increased ...
... the planet has gone through cycles of gradual warming and cooling, but the changes taking place today are happening faster than during any past natural cycle. While there are some natural causes to the climate change occurring today, the primary drivers of this rapid climate change are the increased ...
Solving the paradox of the end of the Little Ice Age in the Alps
... balance for five glaciers in Austria, Switzerland, and France. (b) Cumulative centered mass balance series of the same glaciers (plus Claridenfirn) adjusted to the Saint Sorlin trend. (c) Cumulative mass balance from reconstruction (solid line) using degree-day model compared with Saint Sorlin and C ...
... balance for five glaciers in Austria, Switzerland, and France. (b) Cumulative centered mass balance series of the same glaciers (plus Claridenfirn) adjusted to the Saint Sorlin trend. (c) Cumulative mass balance from reconstruction (solid line) using degree-day model compared with Saint Sorlin and C ...
Japanese Perceptions of Climate Change and their Behavioral
... The fact that people in Hirosaki and Kakunodate had more awareness and worry regarding global warming might be attributed by the nearness to nature and environment that people had in their daily lives. Previous studies found that people identified global warming from observing local phenomenon such ...
... The fact that people in Hirosaki and Kakunodate had more awareness and worry regarding global warming might be attributed by the nearness to nature and environment that people had in their daily lives. Previous studies found that people identified global warming from observing local phenomenon such ...
Economic implications of projected changes to tuna
... production and livelihoods from freshwater aquaculture will stay on track, despite climate change. • Freshwater aquaculture for food security and livelihoods will itself be an adaptation to the effects of climate change on coastal fisheries • Freshwater aquaculture in the SW Pacific will generally b ...
... production and livelihoods from freshwater aquaculture will stay on track, despite climate change. • Freshwater aquaculture for food security and livelihoods will itself be an adaptation to the effects of climate change on coastal fisheries • Freshwater aquaculture in the SW Pacific will generally b ...
Students investigate environmental changes and
... • Several countries have been harvesting krill since the mid 1960s. • Adélie penguins need dry, snow-free places to lay their eggs. They use the same nest sites each year and at about the same time every year. Heavy snowfalls during the nesting season can bury adult Adélies and kill their eggs. • ...
... • Several countries have been harvesting krill since the mid 1960s. • Adélie penguins need dry, snow-free places to lay their eggs. They use the same nest sites each year and at about the same time every year. Heavy snowfalls during the nesting season can bury adult Adélies and kill their eggs. • ...
- Wiley Online Library
... these regions are lacking (cf., Wilson et al., 2005). There are difficulties, however, in distinguishing between extinctions due to climate change and those due to habitat change; a species that spreads northwards (in the northern hemisphere) across an otherwise deteriorating landscape is almost cer ...
... these regions are lacking (cf., Wilson et al., 2005). There are difficulties, however, in distinguishing between extinctions due to climate change and those due to habitat change; a species that spreads northwards (in the northern hemisphere) across an otherwise deteriorating landscape is almost cer ...
Facts on Natural Gas from Shales
... A 2013 joint study from the University of Texas, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and a number of leading operators looked at 190 onshore natural gas production sites in the United States (see Appendix for report reference). During completion activities (including hydraulic fracturing), the auth ...
... A 2013 joint study from the University of Texas, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and a number of leading operators looked at 190 onshore natural gas production sites in the United States (see Appendix for report reference). During completion activities (including hydraulic fracturing), the auth ...
how does the theologizing of physics contribute to - Philsci
... Like most scientific models or theories that are at the center of an active and growing research field worked in by thousands of scientists all over the world, global climate models have been criticized, adjusted, evaluated and refined throughout their 40 year history. While acknowledging both weakn ...
... Like most scientific models or theories that are at the center of an active and growing research field worked in by thousands of scientists all over the world, global climate models have been criticized, adjusted, evaluated and refined throughout their 40 year history. While acknowledging both weakn ...
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... to increase: the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) estimates that global mean surface temperature could be up to 4.8°C higher in 2081-2100 relative to 1896-2005 if greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continue unabated. Climate change will affect human activities t ...
... to increase: the fifth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2013) estimates that global mean surface temperature could be up to 4.8°C higher in 2081-2100 relative to 1896-2005 if greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) continue unabated. Climate change will affect human activities t ...
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Climate Change
... 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18104.doc.htm Stressing risks of global temperature rise, Secretary-Generals urges Climate Change Agreement’s ratification by year’s end, at event on entry into force (SG/SM/18103-ENV/DEV/1714-L/T/4455, 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/pre ...
... 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/press/en/2016/sgsm18104.doc.htm Stressing risks of global temperature rise, Secretary-Generals urges Climate Change Agreement’s ratification by year’s end, at event on entry into force (SG/SM/18103-ENV/DEV/1714-L/T/4455, 21 September 2016): http://www.un.org/pre ...