Robust Land–Ocean Contrasts in Energy and Water Cycle Feedbacks
... system as solar radiation, approximately 70% of which is absorbed by the atmosphere or surface. The sun–earth geometry, partly modified by clouds and other factors such as surface albedo and aerosols, contributes to large latitudinal gradients in absorption. As a result, energy is stored within, and ...
... system as solar radiation, approximately 70% of which is absorbed by the atmosphere or surface. The sun–earth geometry, partly modified by clouds and other factors such as surface albedo and aerosols, contributes to large latitudinal gradients in absorption. As a result, energy is stored within, and ...
Financing an efficient adaptation programme to climate change: A
... *Corresponding author : [email protected] ...
... *Corresponding author : [email protected] ...
The altitude-for-latitude disparity in the range retractions of woody
... with the range retractions predicted to accompany current and future global temperature changes. Consequently, there is an apparent contradiction between predicted impacts of increasing temperatures on the distribution of species and those impacts that are reported from lowland regions. Therefore, i ...
... with the range retractions predicted to accompany current and future global temperature changes. Consequently, there is an apparent contradiction between predicted impacts of increasing temperatures on the distribution of species and those impacts that are reported from lowland regions. Therefore, i ...
schedule of events. - Marine Biological Association
... A number of trace metals are required by phytoplankton for a range of important biochemical functions. A major pathway supplying trace metals to the open ocean is atmospheric deposition of aerosols. The proportion of total trace metal contained within aerosols that dissolves in seawater, known as th ...
... A number of trace metals are required by phytoplankton for a range of important biochemical functions. A major pathway supplying trace metals to the open ocean is atmospheric deposition of aerosols. The proportion of total trace metal contained within aerosols that dissolves in seawater, known as th ...
The CCPC grew out of the International Council of Local
... solution. Involving the local level is necessary since it is the level closest to the people. The success of climate change action will depend on concerted local support (ICLEI, 1995a; 1995b). Furthermore, CCPC points to the possibilities local governments have because they exercise key power over m ...
... solution. Involving the local level is necessary since it is the level closest to the people. The success of climate change action will depend on concerted local support (ICLEI, 1995a; 1995b). Furthermore, CCPC points to the possibilities local governments have because they exercise key power over m ...
The Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research
... The IPY requests bipolar attitude: most of the scientists involved in ICESTAR have a bipolar program; I would like to check whether any of them is officially involved with IASC. Suggestion: ICESTAR to request the addition of a representative of IASC, a scientist mostly involved with northern hemisp ...
... The IPY requests bipolar attitude: most of the scientists involved in ICESTAR have a bipolar program; I would like to check whether any of them is officially involved with IASC. Suggestion: ICESTAR to request the addition of a representative of IASC, a scientist mostly involved with northern hemisp ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2
... acidification. Vulnerability was calculated by adding together the following three categories: exposure, dependence and adaptive capacity, which are detailed in Table 1. Each category had an equal weighting. The final model provided an estimate of combined vulnerability by averaging values for expos ...
... acidification. Vulnerability was calculated by adding together the following three categories: exposure, dependence and adaptive capacity, which are detailed in Table 1. Each category had an equal weighting. The final model provided an estimate of combined vulnerability by averaging values for expos ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World
... acidification. Vulnerability was calculated by adding together the following three categories: exposure, dependence and adaptive capacity, which are detailed in Table 1. Each category had an equal weighting. The final model provided an estimate of combined vulnerability by averaging values for expos ...
... acidification. Vulnerability was calculated by adding together the following three categories: exposure, dependence and adaptive capacity, which are detailed in Table 1. Each category had an equal weighting. The final model provided an estimate of combined vulnerability by averaging values for expos ...
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... See FAO (2013) Tackling climate change through livestock. FAO, Rome. for a comparison between commodities and species. Energy used (a) pre-farm to manufacture inputs, (b) on-farm in feed and livestock production, and (c) postfarm in transport and processing. ...
... See FAO (2013) Tackling climate change through livestock. FAO, Rome. for a comparison between commodities and species. Energy used (a) pre-farm to manufacture inputs, (b) on-farm in feed and livestock production, and (c) postfarm in transport and processing. ...
A plants perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... the number of heavy precipitation events increased (Seneviratne et al., 2012 and references therein). Future projections on changes in climatic variability show strong spatial and temporal heterogeneity (Giorgi et al., 2004; Orlowsky & Seneviratne, 2012) and are highly uncertain (Seneviratne et al., ...
... the number of heavy precipitation events increased (Seneviratne et al., 2012 and references therein). Future projections on changes in climatic variability show strong spatial and temporal heterogeneity (Giorgi et al., 2004; Orlowsky & Seneviratne, 2012) and are highly uncertain (Seneviratne et al., ...
A plant`s perspective of extremes: terrestrial plant responses to
... the number of heavy precipitation events increased (Seneviratne et al., 2012 and references therein). Future projections on changes in climatic variability show strong spatial and temporal heterogeneity (Giorgi et al., 2004; Orlowsky & Seneviratne, 2012) and are highly uncertain (Seneviratne et al., ...
... the number of heavy precipitation events increased (Seneviratne et al., 2012 and references therein). Future projections on changes in climatic variability show strong spatial and temporal heterogeneity (Giorgi et al., 2004; Orlowsky & Seneviratne, 2012) and are highly uncertain (Seneviratne et al., ...
ireland national climate change strategy 2007-2012
... Local Government, Dick Roche, T.D. Across the world, the scientific, economic and political analysis of climate change is converging. There is overwhelming scientific consensus on the cause of global warming and the actions necessary to counteract it. There is a developing economic consensus that fa ...
... Local Government, Dick Roche, T.D. Across the world, the scientific, economic and political analysis of climate change is converging. There is overwhelming scientific consensus on the cause of global warming and the actions necessary to counteract it. There is a developing economic consensus that fa ...
Climate Change Effects on Aquatic Biota, Ecosystem Structure and
... temperate portions of the drainage basins. As climate change effects become more pronounced (e.g., degree-day boundaries or mean temperature isotherms shift northward), the more ecologically vagile species are likely to extend their geographic ranges northward (24). In North America, for example, th ...
... temperate portions of the drainage basins. As climate change effects become more pronounced (e.g., degree-day boundaries or mean temperature isotherms shift northward), the more ecologically vagile species are likely to extend their geographic ranges northward (24). In North America, for example, th ...
Japan: A Case Study - Environmental Defense Fund
... tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMtCO2e) placed it fifth among the world’s countries.2 In the July 2008 “Action Plan for Achieving a Low-carbon Society,” Japan introduced possible GHG emission reduction goals.3 As part of the Copenhagen Accord, Japan pledged to reduce GHG emissions 25% below 1990 ...
... tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MMtCO2e) placed it fifth among the world’s countries.2 In the July 2008 “Action Plan for Achieving a Low-carbon Society,” Japan introduced possible GHG emission reduction goals.3 As part of the Copenhagen Accord, Japan pledged to reduce GHG emissions 25% below 1990 ...
Meeting Carbon Budgets – Implications of Brexit for UK climate policy
... In this note we consider the implications of leaving the EU for the UK’s emissions reduction efforts. UK policy has developed over time in an EU context. The Government has stated its intention to initially convert existing EU laws into UK legislation when the UK leaves the EU. Many aspects of EU-le ...
... In this note we consider the implications of leaving the EU for the UK’s emissions reduction efforts. UK policy has developed over time in an EU context. The Government has stated its intention to initially convert existing EU laws into UK legislation when the UK leaves the EU. Many aspects of EU-le ...
Climate Change and Forests in the Great Plains
... Lnvironmental Change. James R. Brandle is associate professor in the Department of J-orestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, 101 Plant Industry, University of "\Jehraska, Lincoln, ...
... Lnvironmental Change. James R. Brandle is associate professor in the Department of J-orestry, Fisheries, and Wildlife, 101 Plant Industry, University of "\Jehraska, Lincoln, ...
What do we really know about the Sun
... increase in the concentration of CO2 and other manmade greenhouse gases. There exists, however, another possible cause of a change in the radiation balance, namely a variation in the energy from the Sun received at the Earth’s surface. This possibility has attracted much less attention, although man ...
... increase in the concentration of CO2 and other manmade greenhouse gases. There exists, however, another possible cause of a change in the radiation balance, namely a variation in the energy from the Sun received at the Earth’s surface. This possibility has attracted much less attention, although man ...
Climate change research and policy in Portugal
... the occurrence of extremely wet winters such as in 201023 and 2013. All these observations are consistent with a tendency of more intense and frequent extreme weather and climate events, in particular heat waves, droughts and annual number of very wet days. The observed trends are very similar to th ...
... the occurrence of extremely wet winters such as in 201023 and 2013. All these observations are consistent with a tendency of more intense and frequent extreme weather and climate events, in particular heat waves, droughts and annual number of very wet days. The observed trends are very similar to th ...
A strategic approach to adaptation in Europe (628 kB) (opens in new window)
... for adaptation would then follow from the nature of these effects (see e.g. World Bank 2010a). While science-first is the method of choice for impact assessments, it raises issues for adaptation analysis. First, it may lead analysts to underestimate the level of uncertainty. Given the analytical eff ...
... for adaptation would then follow from the nature of these effects (see e.g. World Bank 2010a). While science-first is the method of choice for impact assessments, it raises issues for adaptation analysis. First, it may lead analysts to underestimate the level of uncertainty. Given the analytical eff ...