PDF - Medical Journal of Australia
... vector is most abundant. • Considerable attention has been drawn to the potential impact of climate change on dengue distribution within Australia, with projections for substantial rises in incidence and distribution associated with increasing temperatures. • However, historical data show that much ...
... vector is most abundant. • Considerable attention has been drawn to the potential impact of climate change on dengue distribution within Australia, with projections for substantial rises in incidence and distribution associated with increasing temperatures. • However, historical data show that much ...
Rising Waters Confab
... natural conditions, probably moving toward the mainland shore. This may happen in any event but there is much that we can do to postpone or even change this scenario. Of course we need to act, reducing emissions and finding ways to store excess carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases. Anything we ...
... natural conditions, probably moving toward the mainland shore. This may happen in any event but there is much that we can do to postpone or even change this scenario. Of course we need to act, reducing emissions and finding ways to store excess carbon, methane and other greenhouse gases. Anything we ...
Research for Sustainable Development
... relevant for practice. Germany is already a technology and market leader in the fields of climate protection and adaptation to climate change, sustainable resource management as well as innovative environmental and energy technologies. The Framework Programme “Research for Sustainable Development” i ...
... relevant for practice. Germany is already a technology and market leader in the fields of climate protection and adaptation to climate change, sustainable resource management as well as innovative environmental and energy technologies. The Framework Programme “Research for Sustainable Development” i ...
What is CO2 - friend or foe?
... be released again to the atmosphere when the plant material rot or is burned. Then tree planting will only temporarily remove CO2 from the atmosphere, unless the trees are somehow buried to prevent them from decay or being burned. ...
... be released again to the atmosphere when the plant material rot or is burned. Then tree planting will only temporarily remove CO2 from the atmosphere, unless the trees are somehow buried to prevent them from decay or being burned. ...
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
... Manage carbon emissions and have greater ability to participate in a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; and Better understand climate change and its future implications for their enterprise and region. Mitigating the risks and the variability of climate to plantations has historically been a challen ...
... Manage carbon emissions and have greater ability to participate in a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme; and Better understand climate change and its future implications for their enterprise and region. Mitigating the risks and the variability of climate to plantations has historically been a challen ...
National Junior Robotics Competition
... The following is what the teams should expect during the course of the day. The competition hall will open at 8am in the morning. Teams are expected to stay from 8am-5.30pm. No teams shall exit the hall during quarantine period unless the team has been disqualified or under special circumstances. ...
... The following is what the teams should expect during the course of the day. The competition hall will open at 8am in the morning. Teams are expected to stay from 8am-5.30pm. No teams shall exit the hall during quarantine period unless the team has been disqualified or under special circumstances. ...
The Fate of the Kyoto Protocol under the Bush Administration
... In August of 2002, the Times of London published an article on President George W. Bush's intention to skip the Johannesburg Earth Summit.' In the same article, the Times also added several statements Bush has made on the environment ("I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully") and s ...
... In August of 2002, the Times of London published an article on President George W. Bush's intention to skip the Johannesburg Earth Summit.' In the same article, the Times also added several statements Bush has made on the environment ("I know that human beings and fish can coexist peacefully") and s ...
Climate change and micro-organism genetic resources for food and agriculture: State of knowledge, risks and opportunities
... production and post-harvest agriculture to a changing climate. Similarly, micro-organisms that threaten sustainable production can be prioritized based on their potential impact. Contingency plans can then be made to promote the survival and distribution of those micro-organisms that are beneficial ...
... production and post-harvest agriculture to a changing climate. Similarly, micro-organisms that threaten sustainable production can be prioritized based on their potential impact. Contingency plans can then be made to promote the survival and distribution of those micro-organisms that are beneficial ...
Glaciological conditions in seven contrasting regions estimated with
... a glacier melt model that can (1) receive input from a Global Climate Model (GCM), and (2) provide output to a model of glacier dynamics and/or geometry. Mountain glaciers and ice caps are usually much smaller than GCM grid resolution, and probably the best way to treat them is to aggregate glacier ...
... a glacier melt model that can (1) receive input from a Global Climate Model (GCM), and (2) provide output to a model of glacier dynamics and/or geometry. Mountain glaciers and ice caps are usually much smaller than GCM grid resolution, and probably the best way to treat them is to aggregate glacier ...
compost, a story - Association of Compost Producers
... compost and in the process fight drought and climate change. The website and additional assets will allow individuals, cities and businesses to connect and become involved in local composting efforts. It is a critical time to create media that sets a new baseline for compost production, use, and pub ...
... compost and in the process fight drought and climate change. The website and additional assets will allow individuals, cities and businesses to connect and become involved in local composting efforts. It is a critical time to create media that sets a new baseline for compost production, use, and pub ...
Arctic air pollution: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade
... sulphur species, methane, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from Arctic sources are ...
... sulphur species, methane, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from Arctic sources are ...
Survey of Climate Change Considerations in Federal Environmental
... reviews of projects that will generate GHG emissions or be affected by climate-related phenomena such as sea level rise. Of the 238 federal EISs reviewed in this survey, 214 (90%) contained some discussion of GHG emissions or climate change impacts. Notably, considerations related to climate change ...
... reviews of projects that will generate GHG emissions or be affected by climate-related phenomena such as sea level rise. Of the 238 federal EISs reviewed in this survey, 214 (90%) contained some discussion of GHG emissions or climate change impacts. Notably, considerations related to climate change ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... level) have changed over the last century and are projected to change over the next century under the current projected climate change scenarios. These changes vary regionally around the coastline as well as seasonally in many cases. With respect to the terrestrial climate, mean annual air temperatu ...
... level) have changed over the last century and are projected to change over the next century under the current projected climate change scenarios. These changes vary regionally around the coastline as well as seasonally in many cases. With respect to the terrestrial climate, mean annual air temperatu ...
Climate Change and the Clean Air Act
... EPA preferred a "different policy approach" for several reasons. First, noting that" [t] he science of climate change is extraordinarily complex and still evolving,"28 the agency trotted through a list of scientific issues that remain inconclusively resolved. 29 EPA relied primarily on selective quo ...
... EPA preferred a "different policy approach" for several reasons. First, noting that" [t] he science of climate change is extraordinarily complex and still evolving,"28 the agency trotted through a list of scientific issues that remain inconclusively resolved. 29 EPA relied primarily on selective quo ...
Microsoft Word - geoadv070108_2.doc
... record from Greenland (Dansgaard et al. 1982), showing a replication of the earlier Camp Century ice core record, that Broecker realized that re-organization of North Atlantic deep water formation might explain the oscillating and rapid climate shifts seen in Greenland during the last glacial period ...
... record from Greenland (Dansgaard et al. 1982), showing a replication of the earlier Camp Century ice core record, that Broecker realized that re-organization of North Atlantic deep water formation might explain the oscillating and rapid climate shifts seen in Greenland during the last glacial period ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... internally or externally, due to the impacts of climate change (such as sea-level rise, increasing intensity of storms and droughts, flooding and natural disasters) therefore adds tremendously to contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due ...
... internally or externally, due to the impacts of climate change (such as sea-level rise, increasing intensity of storms and droughts, flooding and natural disasters) therefore adds tremendously to contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due ...
Effects of climate on occurrence and size of large - Archipel
... 97% of the total area burned in Canada (Stocks et al. 2002). All fires (n 5 392) irrespective of cause were analysed to examine the overall fire regime rather than its anthropogenic or natural components. In our analyses, we modeled proportion of total forested area burned each year (PAAB) in each eco ...
... 97% of the total area burned in Canada (Stocks et al. 2002). All fires (n 5 392) irrespective of cause were analysed to examine the overall fire regime rather than its anthropogenic or natural components. In our analyses, we modeled proportion of total forested area burned each year (PAAB) in each eco ...
Forest soil carbon sink in the Nordic region
... We summarised the literature concerning the effect of harvesting on soil carbon stocks and flows in boreal and northern temperate forests to evaluate the evidence of significant losses increasing with biomass removal (Clarke et al., in review). Although model studies suggest reductions in soil C s ...
... We summarised the literature concerning the effect of harvesting on soil carbon stocks and flows in boreal and northern temperate forests to evaluate the evidence of significant losses increasing with biomass removal (Clarke et al., in review). Although model studies suggest reductions in soil C s ...
459_1 - VTechWorks
... Climate change is considered to be a critical global challenge and recent events have demonstrated the world’s growing vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change range from affecting agriculture to further endangering food security, to rising sealevels and the accelerated erosion ...
... Climate change is considered to be a critical global challenge and recent events have demonstrated the world’s growing vulnerability to climate change. The impacts of climate change range from affecting agriculture to further endangering food security, to rising sealevels and the accelerated erosion ...
Ecosystem Carbon Storage Across the Grassland–Forest Transition
... A. Gibbon and others (through improved management of biosphere carbon stocks) (Denman and others 2007). The carbon stocks and fluxes in above- and belowground tropical forest components have been increasingly studied in attempts to understand their roles in the global carbon cycle (Houghton and oth ...
... A. Gibbon and others (through improved management of biosphere carbon stocks) (Denman and others 2007). The carbon stocks and fluxes in above- and belowground tropical forest components have been increasingly studied in attempts to understand their roles in the global carbon cycle (Houghton and oth ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES RISK-ADJUSTED GAMMA DISCOUNTING Martin L. Weitzman Working Paper 15588
... be called the “distant future” –centuries and even millennia from now. The logic of compounding a constant positive interest rate forces us to say that what one might conceptualize as monumental – even earth-shaking – events do not much matter when they occur in the distant future. Perhaps yet more ...
... be called the “distant future” –centuries and even millennia from now. The logic of compounding a constant positive interest rate forces us to say that what one might conceptualize as monumental – even earth-shaking – events do not much matter when they occur in the distant future. Perhaps yet more ...
doc - Canadian Pugwash Group
... START-1. While some problems remain, the accomplishments so far on the CANWFZ offer experience applicable to an Arctic NWFZ. While extensive negotiations are in store, this idea is very timely, and the Russian experience tells us that work should start now. Each denuclearized zone is different9, no ...
... START-1. While some problems remain, the accomplishments so far on the CANWFZ offer experience applicable to an Arctic NWFZ. While extensive negotiations are in store, this idea is very timely, and the Russian experience tells us that work should start now. Each denuclearized zone is different9, no ...
India - unfccc
... On behalf of the Government of India, I have great pleasure in presenting India’s Second National Communication in fulfilment of commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Communication has been prepared by a national effort and contributions of experts involving ...
... On behalf of the Government of India, I have great pleasure in presenting India’s Second National Communication in fulfilment of commitment under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Communication has been prepared by a national effort and contributions of experts involving ...