Comparing modelled fire dynamics with charcoal records for the
... and JSBACH (Reick et al., 2013; Schneck et al., 2013; Brovkin et al., 2009; Raddatz et al., 2007), which is the land component of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM; Giorgetta et al., 2013). While CLIMBER-2 simulates the atmosphere and land processes at roughly 51◦ (longitude) by 1 ...
... and JSBACH (Reick et al., 2013; Schneck et al., 2013; Brovkin et al., 2009; Raddatz et al., 2007), which is the land component of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM; Giorgetta et al., 2013). While CLIMBER-2 simulates the atmosphere and land processes at roughly 51◦ (longitude) by 1 ...
characterizing the phenology of southwest landscapes
... Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, [email protected] The growing importance of phenological monitoring and modeling in the face of climate change is manifest in ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical ...
... Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, [email protected] The growing importance of phenological monitoring and modeling in the face of climate change is manifest in ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical ...
Climate Change Negotiations, India`s submissions to the United
... total Annex I emissions rose from 17,719 Tg CO2 equivalent in 2000 to 18, 182 Tg CO2equivalent in 2005. Moreover, there have also been increases in terms of per-capita emissions in the Annex I countries. This alarming trend must be immediately reversed. All Annex I countries should adopt deep emissi ...
... total Annex I emissions rose from 17,719 Tg CO2 equivalent in 2000 to 18, 182 Tg CO2equivalent in 2005. Moreover, there have also been increases in terms of per-capita emissions in the Annex I countries. This alarming trend must be immediately reversed. All Annex I countries should adopt deep emissi ...
Novel Approaches to Study Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial
... minimum temperatures (Tmin) which have increased twice as much as maximum temperatures (Tmax), primarily because of increased cloudiness (IPCC 1995). The increased minimum rather than average temperatures have been shown important for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global tem ...
... minimum temperatures (Tmin) which have increased twice as much as maximum temperatures (Tmax), primarily because of increased cloudiness (IPCC 1995). The increased minimum rather than average temperatures have been shown important for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global tem ...
Bureaucratic Land Rush - Global Public Policy Institute
... quo of influence. In fact, well below the threshold of public attention, much more subtle means of shifting power are constantly at work, clandestinely changing the balance of political influence in a quiet but most profound fashion: the continuous administrative battles for bureaucratic turf. In th ...
... quo of influence. In fact, well below the threshold of public attention, much more subtle means of shifting power are constantly at work, clandestinely changing the balance of political influence in a quiet but most profound fashion: the continuous administrative battles for bureaucratic turf. In th ...
... age-groups. Some of the most famous people in Irish history have been educated at Trinity College; writers like Oscar Wilde and Samuel Beckett; scientists like William Rowan Hamilton and E.T.S. Walton, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the atom, as well as two Irish presidents and many industr ...
Lempert_Blossom_Talk_new
... • Robust Decision Making (RDM) is a quantitative decision analytic approach that – Characterizes uncertainty with multiple, rather than single, views of the future – Evaluates alternative decision options with a robustness, rather than optimality, criterion – Iteratively identifies vulnerabilities o ...
... • Robust Decision Making (RDM) is a quantitative decision analytic approach that – Characterizes uncertainty with multiple, rather than single, views of the future – Evaluates alternative decision options with a robustness, rather than optimality, criterion – Iteratively identifies vulnerabilities o ...
Climate change, wine, and conservation
... 62% in the lower RCP 4.5. Climate change may cause establishment of vineyards at higher elevations that will increase impacts on upland ecosystems and may lead to conversion of natural vegetation as production shifts to higher latitudes in areas such as western North America. Attempts to maintain wi ...
... 62% in the lower RCP 4.5. Climate change may cause establishment of vineyards at higher elevations that will increase impacts on upland ecosystems and may lead to conversion of natural vegetation as production shifts to higher latitudes in areas such as western North America. Attempts to maintain wi ...
the global monsoon systems
... affected regions. The prediction of active-break cycles has been improved in recent years, with skill for up to 20 days in advance using weather forecast models, though many challenges remain. ...
... affected regions. The prediction of active-break cycles has been improved in recent years, with skill for up to 20 days in advance using weather forecast models, though many challenges remain. ...
Larrea, C. (2012), "Ecuador`s Yasuni
... following objectives, within the guidelines of the National Development Plan: 1. The effective conservation and prevented deforestation of the Yasuni Park and other 44 protected areas, which account for 4.8 million hectares, along with other remaining ecosystems. The total area protected amounts to ...
... following objectives, within the guidelines of the National Development Plan: 1. The effective conservation and prevented deforestation of the Yasuni Park and other 44 protected areas, which account for 4.8 million hectares, along with other remaining ecosystems. The total area protected amounts to ...
Evaluating potentials and corresponding risks of optimal deficit
... on a climate modelling experiment completed by the Hadley Centre, using HadCM3. The scenario is based on the SRES A2 global emissions scenario for the time period 2080 published by IPCC (2007). The trends for monthly mean variables, such as monthly precipitation, monthly mean minimum and maximum tem ...
... on a climate modelling experiment completed by the Hadley Centre, using HadCM3. The scenario is based on the SRES A2 global emissions scenario for the time period 2080 published by IPCC (2007). The trends for monthly mean variables, such as monthly precipitation, monthly mean minimum and maximum tem ...
Written Test (7/13)
... Refer to Sources 1 and 2 for answering the following questions. (20 marks) Statement: Human sensitivity to environmental hazards represents a combination of physical exposure, which reflects the range of potentially damaging events and their statistical variability at a particular location, and huma ...
... Refer to Sources 1 and 2 for answering the following questions. (20 marks) Statement: Human sensitivity to environmental hazards represents a combination of physical exposure, which reflects the range of potentially damaging events and their statistical variability at a particular location, and huma ...
Rapport (Engels)
... consensus that economic and social pressures are contributing to climate change. Accelerating emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases since the beginning of the 20th century have increased the average global temperature by about 0.8°C and altered global precipitation pattern ...
... consensus that economic and social pressures are contributing to climate change. Accelerating emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases since the beginning of the 20th century have increased the average global temperature by about 0.8°C and altered global precipitation pattern ...
Chapter 2 Citizens` voices in environmental policy
... 1991: 29-47), rather than in the mode captured by the familiar aphorism of ‘speaking truth to power’. This also means that the roles of ordinary citizens and other stakeholders have also changed. Funtowicz and Ravetz (1992: 251-273) have stressed the importance of engaging an ‘extended peer communit ...
... 1991: 29-47), rather than in the mode captured by the familiar aphorism of ‘speaking truth to power’. This also means that the roles of ordinary citizens and other stakeholders have also changed. Funtowicz and Ravetz (1992: 251-273) have stressed the importance of engaging an ‘extended peer communit ...
Ethics as the grounding of a new paradigm of ecological
... “In the intermediate term (over the next 30-40 years)3 , New Zealand will face significant adaptive requirements to cope with these shifts in climate and there will need to be a consequent readjustment in expectations of frequency of extreme events.” (p2) New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: T ...
... “In the intermediate term (over the next 30-40 years)3 , New Zealand will face significant adaptive requirements to cope with these shifts in climate and there will need to be a consequent readjustment in expectations of frequency of extreme events.” (p2) New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: T ...
Drivers of adaptation: Responses to weather
... appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would undertake climate adaptation measures as compared with climate mitigation actions. The evi ...
... appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would undertake climate adaptation measures as compared with climate mitigation actions. The evi ...
Mid-21st century projections in temperature extremes in
... becoming more widely available to provide these regional climate projections (e.g., Giorgi et al. 2001; Moberg and Jones 2004; Liang et al. 2008). RCMs are found to provide a better skill in representing the present climate relative to GCMs, and are likely to capture non-linear physical processes in ...
... becoming more widely available to provide these regional climate projections (e.g., Giorgi et al. 2001; Moberg and Jones 2004; Liang et al. 2008). RCMs are found to provide a better skill in representing the present climate relative to GCMs, and are likely to capture non-linear physical processes in ...
IDB`s Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative
... Energy use has been largely responsible for an increase in greenhouse gases emissions ...
... Energy use has been largely responsible for an increase in greenhouse gases emissions ...
The Next Step: Exponential Life 1 — PB
... for previous species. The Permian-Triassic extinction event wiped out 90–96% of species at the time. Possible causes include meteor impacts, rapid climate change possibly due to increased methane release, large-scale volcanic activity, or a combination of these. Even further back, the cyanobacteria ...
... for previous species. The Permian-Triassic extinction event wiped out 90–96% of species at the time. Possible causes include meteor impacts, rapid climate change possibly due to increased methane release, large-scale volcanic activity, or a combination of these. Even further back, the cyanobacteria ...
Climate Change and Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care
... (e.g., heat waves) and extreme weather events, or indirectly through changes in water availability, air quality and resultant changes in agriculture and the economy (Knowlton et al., 2011). There are endless examples of the negative health effects of extreme climate events and health. Droughts and f ...
... (e.g., heat waves) and extreme weather events, or indirectly through changes in water availability, air quality and resultant changes in agriculture and the economy (Knowlton et al., 2011). There are endless examples of the negative health effects of extreme climate events and health. Droughts and f ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... three components: economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness. Economic Readiness: The investment climate that facilitates mobilizing capitals from private sector. Governance Readiness: The stability of the society and institutional arrangements that contribute to the investment ri ...
... three components: economic readiness, governance readiness and social readiness. Economic Readiness: The investment climate that facilitates mobilizing capitals from private sector. Governance Readiness: The stability of the society and institutional arrangements that contribute to the investment ri ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... towards unearthing and documenting the experiences of the villagers to form recommendations that can be used by villagers who will experience similar relocation due to sea-level-rise. This research forms a key element to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change by proactively learning about clim ...
... towards unearthing and documenting the experiences of the villagers to form recommendations that can be used by villagers who will experience similar relocation due to sea-level-rise. This research forms a key element to tackle the adverse impacts of climate change by proactively learning about clim ...
"Climate Change and Wildfire in California," Climatic Change, 87
... positive growing season moisture anomalies a year or more prior to the fire season, and less influenced by moisture anomalies concurrent with the fire season itself (Westerling et al. 2003a), consistent with fire regimes where moisture available to promote the growth and carry-over of fine fuels (gr ...
... positive growing season moisture anomalies a year or more prior to the fire season, and less influenced by moisture anomalies concurrent with the fire season itself (Westerling et al. 2003a), consistent with fire regimes where moisture available to promote the growth and carry-over of fine fuels (gr ...
Climate change policies must include protection for native forests
... export uses. No new plantations are needed. See the following chart by Judith Ajani, which shows clearly the looming glut of plantation timber. For two decades or more large areas of hardwood plantations have been established, taking advantage of generous taxation concessions. As a result there will ...
... export uses. No new plantations are needed. See the following chart by Judith Ajani, which shows clearly the looming glut of plantation timber. For two decades or more large areas of hardwood plantations have been established, taking advantage of generous taxation concessions. As a result there will ...
