Modeling Earth`s Climate Teacher Guide
... The graph does not indicate stability, but it does indicate cyclic regularity. It is an unstable climate (ups and downs), but the cycles occur in a regular repeating pattern. Q. Describe how current climate trends (as shown in the 120-year graph on the last page) MIGHT change the pattern of warming ...
... The graph does not indicate stability, but it does indicate cyclic regularity. It is an unstable climate (ups and downs), but the cycles occur in a regular repeating pattern. Q. Describe how current climate trends (as shown in the 120-year graph on the last page) MIGHT change the pattern of warming ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... The different ways in which the uncertain science and speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argumen ...
... The different ways in which the uncertain science and speculative impacts of abrupt climate changes are interpreted inevitably extends to the ways in which they and the risks they pose are communicated across societies. Such uncertainty is frequently deployed in climate change debates, as an argumen ...
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 ...
The hydrology of the humid tropics
... in many locations throughout the tropics43. Extensive unaltered areas remain, but many of those areas are under high development pressure. This presents an opportunity to study environmental changes and stream responses. Several recent studies in the southeastern Amazon show that deforestation has p ...
... in many locations throughout the tropics43. Extensive unaltered areas remain, but many of those areas are under high development pressure. This presents an opportunity to study environmental changes and stream responses. Several recent studies in the southeastern Amazon show that deforestation has p ...
Dialogue on Long Term Persistence
... If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is significant or not. In such an “uncorrelated climate”, i.e. if the temperature of this year is fully independent of other years, the avera ...
... If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is significant or not. In such an “uncorrelated climate”, i.e. if the temperature of this year is fully independent of other years, the avera ...
Climate –carbon cycle feedback analysis, results from the C MIP
... The UMD Coupled-Atmosphere-Biosphere-Ocean (CABO) model is an Earth system model with simplified physical climate components including the global version of the atmospheric model QTCM (Neelin and Zeng 2000; Zeng et al. 2000), the Simple-Land model (Zeng et al. 2000), and a slab mixed-layer ocean mo ...
... The UMD Coupled-Atmosphere-Biosphere-Ocean (CABO) model is an Earth system model with simplified physical climate components including the global version of the atmospheric model QTCM (Neelin and Zeng 2000; Zeng et al. 2000), the Simple-Land model (Zeng et al. 2000), and a slab mixed-layer ocean mo ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... If, for example, the total GHG emissions reduction required to meet a target were on the order of 10 or 15 percent, as would be the case if total GHG emissions in the United States were held at year 2000 levels through 2010, nearly all of the cost-effective reductions would come from the non-CO2 gr ...
... If, for example, the total GHG emissions reduction required to meet a target were on the order of 10 or 15 percent, as would be the case if total GHG emissions in the United States were held at year 2000 levels through 2010, nearly all of the cost-effective reductions would come from the non-CO2 gr ...
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... Despite abundant and affordable food throughout developed world, currently 12.9 percent of population in developing countries is undernourished (World Food Program 2016). By 2050, world population is expected to increase by 33 percent, from 7.3 to 9.7 billion (United Nations 2015). When coupled with ...
... Despite abundant and affordable food throughout developed world, currently 12.9 percent of population in developing countries is undernourished (World Food Program 2016). By 2050, world population is expected to increase by 33 percent, from 7.3 to 9.7 billion (United Nations 2015). When coupled with ...
North Africa: The Impact of Climate Change to
... the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, National Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, a ...
... the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, National Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, a ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... This Perspective paper sets out the case for adaptation as a core aspect of the global policy response to climate change. The case for adaptation is made through a set of six propositions. The Perspective paper argues that some adaptation is unavoidable. There are no realistic mitigation policies th ...
... This Perspective paper sets out the case for adaptation as a core aspect of the global policy response to climate change. The case for adaptation is made through a set of six propositions. The Perspective paper argues that some adaptation is unavoidable. There are no realistic mitigation policies th ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... In our study, climate sensitivity of shrub growth was greatest at the northern or elevational range margins of individual species (Fig. 3). Climate sensitivity of shrub growth was thus greatest at the transition zone between tall and low shrub tundra (Fig. 1). The largest ecosystem transitions in sh ...
... In our study, climate sensitivity of shrub growth was greatest at the northern or elevational range margins of individual species (Fig. 3). Climate sensitivity of shrub growth was thus greatest at the transition zone between tall and low shrub tundra (Fig. 1). The largest ecosystem transitions in sh ...
5. Determining vulnerability to climate change
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
SEMIQUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CLIMATE
... attempt such a comparison and the physical assets can be assumed to be homogeneous across NRW, uniform weights are used in our analysis. This argument holds also for the adaptive capacity, which varies greatly between different regions of the world, therefore influencing the vulnerability substantia ...
... attempt such a comparison and the physical assets can be assumed to be homogeneous across NRW, uniform weights are used in our analysis. This argument holds also for the adaptive capacity, which varies greatly between different regions of the world, therefore influencing the vulnerability substantia ...
MeetingReport-CC_and_Displacement
... planning was a key human rights duty provided for under international law. b) Be Wary of the Dangers of Poor Resettlement - In addition, there had been considerable experience with resettlement around the world which provided valuable lessons-learned, such as the need for sustainable resettlement an ...
... planning was a key human rights duty provided for under international law. b) Be Wary of the Dangers of Poor Resettlement - In addition, there had been considerable experience with resettlement around the world which provided valuable lessons-learned, such as the need for sustainable resettlement an ...
Analyzing Vulnerability of the Belize Coastal Tourism Sector
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
Competing roles of rising CO2 and climate change
... Where ecosystems are temperature limited in northern Europe (Reichstein et al., 2007), long term climate warming enhances carbon uptake and storage (Fig. 8). Figure 9 shows seasonal changes in carbon fluxes in western Europe from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000–2005. Growing season changes throughout the ...
... Where ecosystems are temperature limited in northern Europe (Reichstein et al., 2007), long term climate warming enhances carbon uptake and storage (Fig. 8). Figure 9 shows seasonal changes in carbon fluxes in western Europe from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000–2005. Growing season changes throughout the ...
Navigating scales of knowledge and decision
... at the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Diagnostics Center. WWA has since evolved into a full-fledged RISA working in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, a region characterized large ...
... at the University of Colorado’s Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Diagnostics Center. WWA has since evolved into a full-fledged RISA working in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah, a region characterized large ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... refined to link riverine floods with wave-induced storm surges. Better information is needed about hydrodynamic processes and interrelationships with sediment supply over time, including thresholds and tipping points that could result in fundamental landform changes. These models will help in identi ...
... refined to link riverine floods with wave-induced storm surges. Better information is needed about hydrodynamic processes and interrelationships with sediment supply over time, including thresholds and tipping points that could result in fundamental landform changes. These models will help in identi ...
2011 Climate Action Plan - Summary Report (pdf)
... Lower-‐bound estimates are based on the 2009-‐19 Capital Financial Plan (CFP),5 which represents budgeted enrollments (i.e., the number of students for whom UCSC receives State general funds). The CFP assumes ...
... Lower-‐bound estimates are based on the 2009-‐19 Capital Financial Plan (CFP),5 which represents budgeted enrollments (i.e., the number of students for whom UCSC receives State general funds). The CFP assumes ...
View Candidate Questionnaire - New York League of Conservation
... reaffirm for voters that I have a record of fighting for clean air, clean water, reduced emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and that I understand that the decisions we make today impact future generations of Americans. ...
... reaffirm for voters that I have a record of fighting for clean air, clean water, reduced emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency, and that I understand that the decisions we make today impact future generations of Americans. ...
Frontlines of Climate Change
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...