Scientists - Environmental Defense Fund
... Andrew C. Revkin, Hacked E-Mail is New Fodder for Climate Dispute, N.Y. TIMES, Nov. 20, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html ...................38 Brief of Amici Curiae Scientists in Support of Petitioners Supporting Reversal, Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc ...
... Andrew C. Revkin, Hacked E-Mail is New Fodder for Climate Dispute, N.Y. TIMES, Nov. 20, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/science/earth/21climate.html ...................38 Brief of Amici Curiae Scientists in Support of Petitioners Supporting Reversal, Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc ...
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... of these impacts will be predictable or proportional to the bio-physical change. For instance, unexpected and non-linear effects of climate change [2], possibly exacerbated by fishing pressure, could result in shifts that favor lower-trophic species, such as jellyfish, at the expense of high-valued ...
... of these impacts will be predictable or proportional to the bio-physical change. For instance, unexpected and non-linear effects of climate change [2], possibly exacerbated by fishing pressure, could result in shifts that favor lower-trophic species, such as jellyfish, at the expense of high-valued ...
Europe
... Climate Change It’s Getting Hot in Here! • Most scientists agree that the world’s climate is growing warmer. Average temperatures have been inching upward for several decades. Measurements and photos show that glaciers are steadily eroding. In 2003 western Europe suffered its worst heat wave since ...
... Climate Change It’s Getting Hot in Here! • Most scientists agree that the world’s climate is growing warmer. Average temperatures have been inching upward for several decades. Measurements and photos show that glaciers are steadily eroding. In 2003 western Europe suffered its worst heat wave since ...
Climate change and coral reefs – key issues and risks for the
... What is climate change doing to coral reefs?1 Climate change is affecting coral reefs in many ways. While coral bleaching is one of the most dramatic and worrying consequences, disease, sea level rise, ...
... What is climate change doing to coral reefs?1 Climate change is affecting coral reefs in many ways. While coral bleaching is one of the most dramatic and worrying consequences, disease, sea level rise, ...
An independent and combined effect analysis of land use and
... Land use and climate change play a significant role in hydrological processes. This study assesses the impact of land use and climate change in a snow and glacier dominated high altitude watershed, located in the southwestern part of Switzerland. Climate projections until the middle of the 21st centu ...
... Land use and climate change play a significant role in hydrological processes. This study assesses the impact of land use and climate change in a snow and glacier dominated high altitude watershed, located in the southwestern part of Switzerland. Climate projections until the middle of the 21st centu ...
Empirical analysis of the solar contribution to global mean air
... functions with some time-lag shift. Thus, these authors use Eq. 1 with S F (t) = F(t − τF ). The results of these multilinear regression model studies are quite interesting, also because they differ significantly from each other. Hegerl et al. [2007] found a large variability of the climate sensitiv ...
... functions with some time-lag shift. Thus, these authors use Eq. 1 with S F (t) = F(t − τF ). The results of these multilinear regression model studies are quite interesting, also because they differ significantly from each other. Hegerl et al. [2007] found a large variability of the climate sensitiv ...
Systems Engineering Office for CEOS Constellations
... Decision Makers: Decision-Makers are individuals and groups that use informational data products to make decisions and take action for societal benefit. Examples include local and national governmental officials, policymakers, lawmakers, organizational and business leaders, and the general public. I ...
... Decision Makers: Decision-Makers are individuals and groups that use informational data products to make decisions and take action for societal benefit. Examples include local and national governmental officials, policymakers, lawmakers, organizational and business leaders, and the general public. I ...
6 Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and vulnerability
... A significant share of the adaptation measures are implemented at the regional and local level. Various measures promoting the provision for climate change, such as flood protection, have already been taken on at the regional or municipal level for quite a long time, though they have not been seen a ...
... A significant share of the adaptation measures are implemented at the regional and local level. Various measures promoting the provision for climate change, such as flood protection, have already been taken on at the regional or municipal level for quite a long time, though they have not been seen a ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... models have become a common tool to assess the influence of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albed ...
... models have become a common tool to assess the influence of the biosphere on the climate. Two different main effects of forests on the climate have been found depending on the region. In the tropics, forests lead to a reduced albedo and an enhanced evapotranspiration compared to bare soil. The albed ...
brief
... incorrect. DOE deliberately selected a global perspective for the SCC values because a global perspective directly advances U.S. national interests. A domestic-only view of climate change, by contrast, would prevent DOE from setting conservation standards at economically efficient levels, and would ...
... incorrect. DOE deliberately selected a global perspective for the SCC values because a global perspective directly advances U.S. national interests. A domestic-only view of climate change, by contrast, would prevent DOE from setting conservation standards at economically efficient levels, and would ...
NAF Public Consultation
... These impacts are expected to increase over the coming decades. Effective actions are needed to reduce vulnerabilities to the negative impacts of climate change, take advantages of opportunities and to increase social, economic and environmental resilience. Adaptation2 can be defined as 'adjustment ...
... These impacts are expected to increase over the coming decades. Effective actions are needed to reduce vulnerabilities to the negative impacts of climate change, take advantages of opportunities and to increase social, economic and environmental resilience. Adaptation2 can be defined as 'adjustment ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change among Crop Mohammed, D
... In Nigeria, analysis of long- term meteorological data (temperature, rainfall, dust haze) show discernable evidence of climate change (NIMET, 2008 cited in WEP, 2011). Anuforom (2010); Odjugo (2010) observed that within 105 years, temperatures increased by 1.20 C and 20C in the coastal cities of Nig ...
... In Nigeria, analysis of long- term meteorological data (temperature, rainfall, dust haze) show discernable evidence of climate change (NIMET, 2008 cited in WEP, 2011). Anuforom (2010); Odjugo (2010) observed that within 105 years, temperatures increased by 1.20 C and 20C in the coastal cities of Nig ...
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local
... There have been some studies conducted on Malawi and climate change. The Climate Change Country Profile of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) concludes that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, ...
... There have been some studies conducted on Malawi and climate change. The Climate Change Country Profile of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) concludes that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, ...
Climate change, phenological shifts, eco
... prey, (2) a competitor, (3) a parasite, etc. To address the cross-scale and multi-component aspect of the ecological responses to climate change, we do not advocate a mechanistic approach or a correlative approach, but instead an approach coupling the two. This is known as a strategic cyclical scali ...
... prey, (2) a competitor, (3) a parasite, etc. To address the cross-scale and multi-component aspect of the ecological responses to climate change, we do not advocate a mechanistic approach or a correlative approach, but instead an approach coupling the two. This is known as a strategic cyclical scali ...
Engineering Systems: Broadening Engineering Research
... creating the need for flexible climate policies. Implementing an R&D-inducing carbon tax policy today provides a form of “insurance” against future carbon-emissions related climate damages, representing a important form of flexibility. The following project examines the opportunities that flexib ...
... creating the need for flexible climate policies. Implementing an R&D-inducing carbon tax policy today provides a form of “insurance” against future carbon-emissions related climate damages, representing a important form of flexibility. The following project examines the opportunities that flexib ...
Now
... prosperity. Government, business and individuals unsustainable use of natural resources and environmental degradation is causing more extreme weather events and a vulnerable global food system. Australia’s future stability depends on a healthy planet, so we must meet emissions targets to limit globa ...
... prosperity. Government, business and individuals unsustainable use of natural resources and environmental degradation is causing more extreme weather events and a vulnerable global food system. Australia’s future stability depends on a healthy planet, so we must meet emissions targets to limit globa ...
Peatland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services. People are part of this biodiversity too and have the power to protect or destroy it. In the past and toda ...
... Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services. People are part of this biodiversity too and have the power to protect or destroy it. In the past and toda ...
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... in the mid-latitudes yields of crops in some major grain-producing areas (such as the Great Plains of the United States) may be reduced due to more frequent droughts and heat waves (Cline 1992, UNEP 1999). By contrast some currently marginal agricultural areas might benefit from their climate being ...
... in the mid-latitudes yields of crops in some major grain-producing areas (such as the Great Plains of the United States) may be reduced due to more frequent droughts and heat waves (Cline 1992, UNEP 1999). By contrast some currently marginal agricultural areas might benefit from their climate being ...
Carbon prices for the next thousand years
... The carbon price under hyperbolic discounting comes from a Markov equilibrium where each generation sets its self-interested savings and climate policies understanding how the future generations respond to current choices — time-changing discounting leads to a policy game between generations even wh ...
... The carbon price under hyperbolic discounting comes from a Markov equilibrium where each generation sets its self-interested savings and climate policies understanding how the future generations respond to current choices — time-changing discounting leads to a policy game between generations even wh ...
- Northumbria Research Link
... Ruddiman’s (2010) basic method is to show how the Earth’s climate varies over the long term – what he calls “nature in control’ – and then to home in on change anomalies in the recent past, which he argues can only be explained as ‘humans in control’. He attributes increased greenhouse gases, carbon ...
... Ruddiman’s (2010) basic method is to show how the Earth’s climate varies over the long term – what he calls “nature in control’ – and then to home in on change anomalies in the recent past, which he argues can only be explained as ‘humans in control’. He attributes increased greenhouse gases, carbon ...
Low-carbon Economic Legislation of Developed Countries and the
... American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.This act constitutes a low-carbon economy legal framework of the United States. On June 28, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This was the first U.S program to respond to the climate change, which ...
... American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.This act constitutes a low-carbon economy legal framework of the United States. On June 28, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act. This was the first U.S program to respond to the climate change, which ...
Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we
... climate stimuli only and not targeting root causes. Conversely, the definition by UNISDR (2004) for DRR is much broader and indicates the need to tackle fundamental challenges. The DRR definition also gives scope for integrating and including climate change as one factor amongst many, which may be c ...
... climate stimuli only and not targeting root causes. Conversely, the definition by UNISDR (2004) for DRR is much broader and indicates the need to tackle fundamental challenges. The DRR definition also gives scope for integrating and including climate change as one factor amongst many, which may be c ...