Solar ultraviolet radiation in a changing climate
... important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in the atmosphere. Increasing concentrations of GHGs cause a radiative cooling in the stratosphere, and extremely cold polar stratospheric winters are responsible, in part, for the Antarctic and Arcti ...
... important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in the atmosphere. Increasing concentrations of GHGs cause a radiative cooling in the stratosphere, and extremely cold polar stratospheric winters are responsible, in part, for the Antarctic and Arcti ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
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... growth rates and in stand establishment costs which might result from climatic changes. Sectoral economic impacts are assessed in terms of production, forest inventory, price levels and economic welfare. Literature Much has been written in recent years about the potential effects of climate change. ...
... growth rates and in stand establishment costs which might result from climatic changes. Sectoral economic impacts are assessed in terms of production, forest inventory, price levels and economic welfare. Literature Much has been written in recent years about the potential effects of climate change. ...
Displacement and Migration from Climate Hot
... supporting migration within and out the country, and protecting those who are most vulnerable. ...
... supporting migration within and out the country, and protecting those who are most vulnerable. ...
NAPAs and NAPs in Least Developed Countries
... ranging from actions to assess and fill capacity gaps and needs for building climate resilience and mainstreaming adaptation, to outputs such as NAPs or a series of plans that contain adaptation priorities and strategies for implementation. The outputs of the NAP process may, depending on a country’ ...
... ranging from actions to assess and fill capacity gaps and needs for building climate resilience and mainstreaming adaptation, to outputs such as NAPs or a series of plans that contain adaptation priorities and strategies for implementation. The outputs of the NAP process may, depending on a country’ ...
view Word version - Industrial Energy Consumers of America
... representing approximately 4% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. xxi ...
... representing approximately 4% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. xxi ...
Climate Change: The Threat to Species
... North Sea temperature has risen by 0.6°C in the past 40 years North Sea fish have moved north in the past 25 years due to rising sea temperature Warm water plankton species have moved north by 10 degrees latitude since 1960 Sea level around the UK has risen by about 10cm since 1900 If global emissio ...
... North Sea temperature has risen by 0.6°C in the past 40 years North Sea fish have moved north in the past 25 years due to rising sea temperature Warm water plankton species have moved north by 10 degrees latitude since 1960 Sea level around the UK has risen by about 10cm since 1900 If global emissio ...
Influence of future anthropogenic emissions on climate, natural
... Fine BC and POC emissions from aircraft were obtained by applying emission factors of 0.038 g BC/kg fuel [Petzold et al., 1999] to the fuel use data from Sutkus et al. [2001] and assuming a POC/BC emission ratio of 1:1. Those from shipping were estimated by dividing the gridded monthly sulfur shippi ...
... Fine BC and POC emissions from aircraft were obtained by applying emission factors of 0.038 g BC/kg fuel [Petzold et al., 1999] to the fuel use data from Sutkus et al. [2001] and assuming a POC/BC emission ratio of 1:1. Those from shipping were estimated by dividing the gridded monthly sulfur shippi ...
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... they also produce oxygen, clean the air we breathe by absorbing gases like carbon dioxide, and also give us plenty of fresh water. Our forests are quickly disappearing, with thousands of trees being cut down each year to clear land for farming, among other uses. We have to protect and care for our f ...
... they also produce oxygen, clean the air we breathe by absorbing gases like carbon dioxide, and also give us plenty of fresh water. Our forests are quickly disappearing, with thousands of trees being cut down each year to clear land for farming, among other uses. We have to protect and care for our f ...
Economic Growth and Climate Change: A Cross
... climate change. The most recent assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported 95%–100% confidence that most of the global warming in the last six decades has been caused by humans and that there is evidence of increased frequency and severity of extreme weather due to climate ...
... climate change. The most recent assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported 95%–100% confidence that most of the global warming in the last six decades has been caused by humans and that there is evidence of increased frequency and severity of extreme weather due to climate ...
Climate Change Implications for Crop Production in
... of El Nino events (Allen & Bourke, 2009). Observed rainfall at Nadi from 1941 to 2005 shows a large inter annual variability with no significant long term trend but there has been an increase in the frequency of extreme rainfall events over recent decades, a trend which is likely to continue into th ...
... of El Nino events (Allen & Bourke, 2009). Observed rainfall at Nadi from 1941 to 2005 shows a large inter annual variability with no significant long term trend but there has been an increase in the frequency of extreme rainfall events over recent decades, a trend which is likely to continue into th ...
The role of biospheric feedbacks in the simulation of the... historical land cover change on the Australian January climate
... be important to include these biospheric feedbacks in experiments that explore atmosphere-surface interactions including the impact of historical land cover change (LCC) within the climate system. In this paper, we show that the biospheric feedback affects the simulation of historical human-induced ...
... be important to include these biospheric feedbacks in experiments that explore atmosphere-surface interactions including the impact of historical land cover change (LCC) within the climate system. In this paper, we show that the biospheric feedback affects the simulation of historical human-induced ...
Air and water - Delivery guide
... particularly in changes of state. Students can regard changes in state as separate events, and can find it hard to appreciate that changes of state can be reversed. They may think each process such as melting and freezing may not involve the same substance. This can be made more difficult by providi ...
... particularly in changes of state. Students can regard changes in state as separate events, and can find it hard to appreciate that changes of state can be reversed. They may think each process such as melting and freezing may not involve the same substance. This can be made more difficult by providi ...
(condensed)(large file! 10Mb) - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... The Global Warming Dilemma (Mahlman, 2002) “The harsh reality of the Global Warming Dilemma: Consider the policymakers’ sincere question: “What can we do in a mitigation context to keep global warming from happening?” The blunt answer is almost nothing; climate change is well underway and it carrie ...
... The Global Warming Dilemma (Mahlman, 2002) “The harsh reality of the Global Warming Dilemma: Consider the policymakers’ sincere question: “What can we do in a mitigation context to keep global warming from happening?” The blunt answer is almost nothing; climate change is well underway and it carrie ...
Does extreme precipitation intensity depend on the emissions
... Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in analysis method. Global-mean surface air temperature (Figure 1e) and global-mean precipitation (Figure 1f ) increase more for higher emissions scenarios, as expected from the range of radiative forcings driving them ...
... Pendergrass and Hartmann [2014a]); our conclusions are robust to these variations in analysis method. Global-mean surface air temperature (Figure 1e) and global-mean precipitation (Figure 1f ) increase more for higher emissions scenarios, as expected from the range of radiative forcings driving them ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... will often reduce evapotranspiration and its cooling effect and thereby causes a positive local feedback on warming (e.g. Seneviratne et al., 2010; Teuling et al., 2010; Mueller & Seneviratne, 2012; Peng et al., 2014). Regional assessments clearly indicate the relevance of climate extremes on the ca ...
... will often reduce evapotranspiration and its cooling effect and thereby causes a positive local feedback on warming (e.g. Seneviratne et al., 2010; Teuling et al., 2010; Mueller & Seneviratne, 2012; Peng et al., 2014). Regional assessments clearly indicate the relevance of climate extremes on the ca ...
Planning Horizons no.2 | Future
... action is most urgent and which types of action are needed in which locations. Such resilience planning is often most needed where the current institutional and professional capacity is typically most limited. Governance and professional planning are often least developed in those parts of the devel ...
... action is most urgent and which types of action are needed in which locations. Such resilience planning is often most needed where the current institutional and professional capacity is typically most limited. Governance and professional planning are often least developed in those parts of the devel ...
(GRI) checklist
... men to women by employment category at the Group level, outside of the senior leadership group, as we have a variety of data collection systems implemented by individual business units across the Group. This means that data aggregation is not currently possible. We are currently improving our data c ...
... men to women by employment category at the Group level, outside of the senior leadership group, as we have a variety of data collection systems implemented by individual business units across the Group. This means that data aggregation is not currently possible. We are currently improving our data c ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... mate change in several sectors and issue areas for all four regional powers, e.g. disaster risk, water, or food supply. Given their level of economic and human development, regional powers are in a better initial position than other developing countries to face climate change impacts. ...
... mate change in several sectors and issue areas for all four regional powers, e.g. disaster risk, water, or food supply. Given their level of economic and human development, regional powers are in a better initial position than other developing countries to face climate change impacts. ...
It`s a Matter of Trust: American Judgments of the
... simply reflect the fact that many Americans naturally construe climate change as a matter of personal belief, because they do not rely on scientific definitions of climate change (Gauchat, 2011). The notion that scientists do not necessarily hold a privileged position of authority in people’s minds has ...
... simply reflect the fact that many Americans naturally construe climate change as a matter of personal belief, because they do not rely on scientific definitions of climate change (Gauchat, 2011). The notion that scientists do not necessarily hold a privileged position of authority in people’s minds has ...
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... catchments, to allow comparison with diversion figures available from the MDBA (2011c). In many regions, the diversion limit is projected to have little effect on the gross value of irrigated agricultural production. The diversion limit is calculated to reduce gross value in the Condamine, Central W ...
... catchments, to allow comparison with diversion figures available from the MDBA (2011c). In many regions, the diversion limit is projected to have little effect on the gross value of irrigated agricultural production. The diversion limit is calculated to reduce gross value in the Condamine, Central W ...
Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change
... consultations, informed by a climate change discussion guide, Building a Stronger New Brunswick Response to Climate Change, and reporting to the House with recommendations. The Committee was fortunate to hear from a wide diversity of New Brunswickers who shared their opinions about how New Brunswick ...
... consultations, informed by a climate change discussion guide, Building a Stronger New Brunswick Response to Climate Change, and reporting to the House with recommendations. The Committee was fortunate to hear from a wide diversity of New Brunswickers who shared their opinions about how New Brunswick ...