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... and farming risks indicates two key results. First, it seems to emerge that farmers who believe in climate change are more likely to express concerns that climate change will negatively affect farming or farming conditions. Second, past experiences with adverse weather conditions (e.g., drought) hav ...
... and farming risks indicates two key results. First, it seems to emerge that farmers who believe in climate change are more likely to express concerns that climate change will negatively affect farming or farming conditions. Second, past experiences with adverse weather conditions (e.g., drought) hav ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CARBON GEOGRAPHY:
... geography. The coastal states, such as California, Oregon, and Washington stand out as lowcarbon areas largely due to their proximity to large Northwest hydroelectric facilities and natural gas. In contrast, the Midwest and South have higher than average per-capita emissions largely due to their coa ...
... geography. The coastal states, such as California, Oregon, and Washington stand out as lowcarbon areas largely due to their proximity to large Northwest hydroelectric facilities and natural gas. In contrast, the Midwest and South have higher than average per-capita emissions largely due to their coa ...
Student Pages
... realize that your sense of what is “normal” weather at any particular time of the year may actually be very different from someone living elsewhere. Whether the days are cold or warm, rainy or dry, sunny or partly cloudy, you become used to the conditions you expect in your home place. But what if t ...
... realize that your sense of what is “normal” weather at any particular time of the year may actually be very different from someone living elsewhere. Whether the days are cold or warm, rainy or dry, sunny or partly cloudy, you become used to the conditions you expect in your home place. But what if t ...
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... 3. Climate Change Policy Comes to California Climate change first surfaced as a policy issue in California in 1988, when the legislature passed AB 4420, introduced by Assemblyman Byron Sher. This called for the compilation of an inventory of GHG emissions fro ...
... 3. Climate Change Policy Comes to California Climate change first surfaced as a policy issue in California in 1988, when the legislature passed AB 4420, introduced by Assemblyman Byron Sher. This called for the compilation of an inventory of GHG emissions fro ...
Wwg minutes 26 jan 17 - Chesapeake Bay Program
... Spaur: Rate of sea-level rise is accelerating in large part due to regional factors related to Gulf Stream. In most of the Bay's tidal wetlands except in areas with large sediment inputs, sea-level rise is probably now or soon will be greater than accretion potential. (Recent STAC presentation - S ...
... Spaur: Rate of sea-level rise is accelerating in large part due to regional factors related to Gulf Stream. In most of the Bay's tidal wetlands except in areas with large sediment inputs, sea-level rise is probably now or soon will be greater than accretion potential. (Recent STAC presentation - S ...
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... likely to drive irrigated acreage response. Under a warming climate, agriculture may become increasingly water-constrained across the central and southern portions of the Mountain and Pacific West (USDI, 2011), where irrigated production accounts for 37 percent of harvested cropland, including most ...
... likely to drive irrigated acreage response. Under a warming climate, agriculture may become increasingly water-constrained across the central and southern portions of the Mountain and Pacific West (USDI, 2011), where irrigated production accounts for 37 percent of harvested cropland, including most ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Certain tree species and pest species can be affected, glacier effects, extreme weather are all repercussions of the increasing heat Sea level rise as glaciers melt. Sea level has been rising. Causes changes in precipitation, it has been declining over the long term in some areas and increasing in o ...
... Certain tree species and pest species can be affected, glacier effects, extreme weather are all repercussions of the increasing heat Sea level rise as glaciers melt. Sea level has been rising. Causes changes in precipitation, it has been declining over the long term in some areas and increasing in o ...
ethics and climate change cost-benefit analysis: stern and after
... data should be used in CBA, it is important to see that the issue is broader than the variations in the monetary value of life which arise due to income differences. Context-specific valuations of life arise not just because incomes vary, but because the same ‘objective’ risk – the same probability ...
... data should be used in CBA, it is important to see that the issue is broader than the variations in the monetary value of life which arise due to income differences. Context-specific valuations of life arise not just because incomes vary, but because the same ‘objective’ risk – the same probability ...
Climate change policy in the United Kingdom (opens in new window)
... underpinning of target-setting. On the international stage, it has been an active protagonist of a global deal to limit human-induced climate change. The new Government has endorsed the direction of previous policies in this area and is introducing further measures, despite heavy fiscal pressures. T ...
... underpinning of target-setting. On the international stage, it has been an active protagonist of a global deal to limit human-induced climate change. The new Government has endorsed the direction of previous policies in this area and is introducing further measures, despite heavy fiscal pressures. T ...
Improve the quality of life for the people of Africa
... role in improving community response to outbreaks, thereby contributing to inclusive growth, gender equality and poverty reduction in the three affected countries. ...
... role in improving community response to outbreaks, thereby contributing to inclusive growth, gender equality and poverty reduction in the three affected countries. ...
Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement
... Although climate changes in the past have been caused by natural factors, human activities are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has lon ...
... Although climate changes in the past have been caused by natural factors, human activities are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has lon ...
Intermodel variability of the poleward shift of the austral jet stream in
... correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stratosphere, as the tropospheric jet stream is most sensitive to stratospheric conditions in this season. Son et al. [2008b] do ...
... correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stratosphere, as the tropospheric jet stream is most sensitive to stratospheric conditions in this season. Son et al. [2008b] do ...
Single Particle Soot Photometer (SP2) - Pat Arnott
... • How does BCA form? • Black carbon (BC, EC) aerosol is formed by high-temperature combustion reactions. The energetic environment liberates more hydrogen from the compound being burnt and the remaining carbon can easily form rings. • Brown carbon aerosol (BRC, OC) is formed in lower-temperature smo ...
... • How does BCA form? • Black carbon (BC, EC) aerosol is formed by high-temperature combustion reactions. The energetic environment liberates more hydrogen from the compound being burnt and the remaining carbon can easily form rings. • Brown carbon aerosol (BRC, OC) is formed in lower-temperature smo ...
Authoritarian environmentalism and China`s response to climate
... China accounted for 25% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2009, up from just 11% in 1990, making it the world’s leading source of greenhouse gas emissions (which are about 80% CO2 in China as elsewhere). By 2030, it will account for about half of global CO2 emissions. China (along with Ind ...
... China accounted for 25% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2009, up from just 11% in 1990, making it the world’s leading source of greenhouse gas emissions (which are about 80% CO2 in China as elsewhere). By 2030, it will account for about half of global CO2 emissions. China (along with Ind ...
Global Warming, The Hidden Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation, Acid
... into people's lungs. Fine particles can also penetrate indoors. Many scientific studies have identified a relationship between elevated levels of fine particles and increased illness and premature death from heart and lung disorders, such as asthma and bronchitis. While other planets in Earth's sola ...
... into people's lungs. Fine particles can also penetrate indoors. Many scientific studies have identified a relationship between elevated levels of fine particles and increased illness and premature death from heart and lung disorders, such as asthma and bronchitis. While other planets in Earth's sola ...
Africa
... Mitigation Potential in Agriculture (MAGHG) project, a component of the MICCA Programme of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) in close collaboration with the FAO Statistics Divisions (ESS), is to provide guidance on the assessment of mitigation options for identification of national actio ...
... Mitigation Potential in Agriculture (MAGHG) project, a component of the MICCA Programme of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) in close collaboration with the FAO Statistics Divisions (ESS), is to provide guidance on the assessment of mitigation options for identification of national actio ...
sustainable development: from community approaches to flood
... From CAFM to Climate Change Adaptation (contd.) Once the capacity of the communities are, thus, enhanced to manage floods or other natural disasters, a major step will have been achieved towards adaptation to climate change It will be necessary to incorporate climate risk assessments in the pr ...
... From CAFM to Climate Change Adaptation (contd.) Once the capacity of the communities are, thus, enhanced to manage floods or other natural disasters, a major step will have been achieved towards adaptation to climate change It will be necessary to incorporate climate risk assessments in the pr ...
When It Rains, It Pours - The Public Interest Network
... increasing the potential for drought. • As temperatures rise, precipitation will become increasingly likely to fall as rain rather than snow, increasing runoff and likely reducing water supplies in areas dependent on snowpack. Weather records show that storms with extreme precipitation have become m ...
... increasing the potential for drought. • As temperatures rise, precipitation will become increasingly likely to fall as rain rather than snow, increasing runoff and likely reducing water supplies in areas dependent on snowpack. Weather records show that storms with extreme precipitation have become m ...
Seasonal mean temperature changes control future heat waves
... in California (Figure S2a in supporting information), although variability explains only ∼10% of the changes. These two locations were selected to illustrate the most commonly studied regions in the globe, where variability significantly contributes to enhancing the occurrence of hot extremes [Schär ...
... in California (Figure S2a in supporting information), although variability explains only ∼10% of the changes. These two locations were selected to illustrate the most commonly studied regions in the globe, where variability significantly contributes to enhancing the occurrence of hot extremes [Schär ...
The ocean`s role in polar climate change: asymmetric Arctic and
... models under GHG warming scenarios (e.g. [23,24]) they are also found in response to imposed ozone depletion (e.g. [25–28]). In fact, on the basis of GCM studies in which both forcings were included, separately and together, it is believed that ozone depletion has been the primary cause of the obser ...
... models under GHG warming scenarios (e.g. [23,24]) they are also found in response to imposed ozone depletion (e.g. [25–28]). In fact, on the basis of GCM studies in which both forcings were included, separately and together, it is believed that ozone depletion has been the primary cause of the obser ...
a reprint - Integrative Biology
... 1991; McLaren et al., 1998; Carey and Harrington, 2001). Past work on voles indicates that they have excellent potential as climate and ecosystem indicators. Hadly et al. (2004) suggested that even moderate shifts in climate can affect population sizes and genetic variation in some voles, and geneti ...
... 1991; McLaren et al., 1998; Carey and Harrington, 2001). Past work on voles indicates that they have excellent potential as climate and ecosystem indicators. Hadly et al. (2004) suggested that even moderate shifts in climate can affect population sizes and genetic variation in some voles, and geneti ...
