Climate change presents increased potential for
... Abstract. Very large fires (VLFs) have important implications for communities, ecosystems, air quality and fire suppression expenditures. VLFs over the contiguous US have been strongly linked with meteorological and climatological variability. Building on prior modelling of VLFs (.5000 ha), an ensem ...
... Abstract. Very large fires (VLFs) have important implications for communities, ecosystems, air quality and fire suppression expenditures. VLFs over the contiguous US have been strongly linked with meteorological and climatological variability. Building on prior modelling of VLFs (.5000 ha), an ensem ...
Climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for a smart
... Up to now, major efforts have been addressed to promote mitigation strategies, capable to reduce GHG emissions, paying less attention to adaptation strategies, aimed at improving cities’ capability to deal with the impacts of climate change. In Europe, which is considered one of the world leader in ...
... Up to now, major efforts have been addressed to promote mitigation strategies, capable to reduce GHG emissions, paying less attention to adaptation strategies, aimed at improving cities’ capability to deal with the impacts of climate change. In Europe, which is considered one of the world leader in ...
ClimateJobsBooklet2011-2_South Africa
... We know that South Africa alone cannot stop climate change, but by creating a million climate jobs in our country, we will offer a model for genuine responses to climate change. This is more and more important given the failure of the global elites to secure a binding agreement to slow down climate ...
... We know that South Africa alone cannot stop climate change, but by creating a million climate jobs in our country, we will offer a model for genuine responses to climate change. This is more and more important given the failure of the global elites to secure a binding agreement to slow down climate ...
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... The climate of the Andes is changing rapidly. Meteorological data from mountain stations along the tropical Andes record temperature increases occurring at a rate nearly double the global average, with accelerated warming in the past 30 years (Vuille and Bradley 2000). The effects of this warming ha ...
... The climate of the Andes is changing rapidly. Meteorological data from mountain stations along the tropical Andes record temperature increases occurring at a rate nearly double the global average, with accelerated warming in the past 30 years (Vuille and Bradley 2000). The effects of this warming ha ...
Assessing the effects of climate and volcanism on diatom and
... The climate of the Andes is changing rapidly. Meteorological data from mountain stations along the tropical Andes record temperature increases occurring at a rate nearly double the global average, with accelerated warming in the past 30 years (Vuille and Bradley 2000). The effects of this warming ha ...
... The climate of the Andes is changing rapidly. Meteorological data from mountain stations along the tropical Andes record temperature increases occurring at a rate nearly double the global average, with accelerated warming in the past 30 years (Vuille and Bradley 2000). The effects of this warming ha ...
Interactions of the carbon cycle, human activity, and the climate system
... components, bottom-up and top-down observations and modeling, and a capacity to report and analyze results in a timely fashion. It needs to include observations, their uncertainties and quantification of both biophysical variables and those characterizing human activities and underlying drivers. Whi ...
... components, bottom-up and top-down observations and modeling, and a capacity to report and analyze results in a timely fashion. It needs to include observations, their uncertainties and quantification of both biophysical variables and those characterizing human activities and underlying drivers. Whi ...
From obscurity to action - Liu Institute for Global Issues
... system during the 21st century will exceed those observed during the previous 100 years, primarily as a result of fossil fuel consumption, agricultural expansion, and other human activities. Scientific academies and societies around the world, including the Royal Society of Canada, have endorsed the ...
... system during the 21st century will exceed those observed during the previous 100 years, primarily as a result of fossil fuel consumption, agricultural expansion, and other human activities. Scientific academies and societies around the world, including the Royal Society of Canada, have endorsed the ...
Carbon Accounting and Management
... What is Dangerous Climate and 2 degrees effects Carbon Legislations and Carbon Footprint ...
... What is Dangerous Climate and 2 degrees effects Carbon Legislations and Carbon Footprint ...
Polar Bears in a Warming World
... 10. F There is nothing I can do to prevent further climate change. There are simple things I can do every day to control the rate of climate change. I can change to Energy Star Lightbulbs, turn off the lights when I leave the room, recycle, buy recycled, not idle my car. 11. T Climate change is ...
... 10. F There is nothing I can do to prevent further climate change. There are simple things I can do every day to control the rate of climate change. I can change to Energy Star Lightbulbs, turn off the lights when I leave the room, recycle, buy recycled, not idle my car. 11. T Climate change is ...
Apocalypse Nicked! - Geoengineering Governance Research
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
... example, the claim that “Human societies must now change course and steer away from critical tipping points in the Earth system that might lead to rapid and irreversible change” (Biermann et al. 2012) is a contestable political claim about the appropriate response to climate change. Even granting th ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation: Implications for Climate Policy
... gases. One benefit of this method is that the choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level is motivated by a threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This app ...
... gases. One benefit of this method is that the choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level is motivated by a threshold response in the natural system. This choice is likely more efficient in the sense of an optimal growth model than an arbitrary choice of greenhouse gas stabilization level. This app ...
Dynamic and thermodynamic changes in mean and extreme
... region (equatorial central Pacific) obtained from the control run of CCSR/NIES/FRCGC AGCM. It has a peak around w = 0 and tails for both stronger upward and downward motion regimes. This shape of PDF is qualitatively the same for different regions from different models. Note that the positive w repr ...
... region (equatorial central Pacific) obtained from the control run of CCSR/NIES/FRCGC AGCM. It has a peak around w = 0 and tails for both stronger upward and downward motion regimes. This shape of PDF is qualitatively the same for different regions from different models. Note that the positive w repr ...
Submission DR134 - Chairman of the Australian Building Codes
... Australia (BCA) Adaptation Measures for Climate Change’ (“the ABCB Climate Adaptation Report”). This report suggests that by and large, buildings designed and constructed in accordance with the current BCA are likely to be reasonably adequate for climate related hazards anticipated in 50 years time ...
... Australia (BCA) Adaptation Measures for Climate Change’ (“the ABCB Climate Adaptation Report”). This report suggests that by and large, buildings designed and constructed in accordance with the current BCA are likely to be reasonably adequate for climate related hazards anticipated in 50 years time ...
Buckley CV - University of Washington
... Tcheng D, Toomey M, Vargas R, Voordeckers JW, Wagner T, Williams JW. 2014. Approaches to advance scientific understanding of macrosystems ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 15-23. (Special issue on macrosystems ecology) 37. Buckley LB, Tewksbury JJ, and Deutsch CA. 2013. Can organ ...
... Tcheng D, Toomey M, Vargas R, Voordeckers JW, Wagner T, Williams JW. 2014. Approaches to advance scientific understanding of macrosystems ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 15-23. (Special issue on macrosystems ecology) 37. Buckley LB, Tewksbury JJ, and Deutsch CA. 2013. Can organ ...
Modelling Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle as Interactive Elements
... solubility pump acts to increase the deep ocean carbon concentration. Carbon dioxide is absorbed in cold, dense polar waters which sink to the deep ocean. Equatorial upwelling allows deep waters to warm and release carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere. The simulations were found to be useful in stu ...
... solubility pump acts to increase the deep ocean carbon concentration. Carbon dioxide is absorbed in cold, dense polar waters which sink to the deep ocean. Equatorial upwelling allows deep waters to warm and release carbon dioxide back to the atmosphere. The simulations were found to be useful in stu ...
23-9-E
... during this period, when ODSs decreased only slightly, is consistent with our understanding of the atmosphere. If the Montreal Protocol had not been successful and ODS emissions had continued to increase, there would have been very large ozone depletion and consequent substantial increases of ultrav ...
... during this period, when ODSs decreased only slightly, is consistent with our understanding of the atmosphere. If the Montreal Protocol had not been successful and ODS emissions had continued to increase, there would have been very large ozone depletion and consequent substantial increases of ultrav ...
Evolving Responsibility? The Principle of Common
... reduction objectives are broad economy-wide emission limitations, while NAMAs are more flexible and may take other forms. For example, a NAMA could take the form of an emissions intensity target, limiting emissions per unit GDP. 17. See Kati Kulovesi & María Gutiérrez, Climate Change Negotiations Up ...
... reduction objectives are broad economy-wide emission limitations, while NAMAs are more flexible and may take other forms. For example, a NAMA could take the form of an emissions intensity target, limiting emissions per unit GDP. 17. See Kati Kulovesi & María Gutiérrez, Climate Change Negotiations Up ...
Climate Impacts on Arctic Lake Ecosystems
... and animals, many of which are specialized towards extreme cold, low energy supply, and oligotrophy. There is now compelling evidence of rising atmospheric temperatures at a planetary scale, and the greatest amplitude of change has been recorded at high northern latitudes (IPCC 2007). While global a ...
... and animals, many of which are specialized towards extreme cold, low energy supply, and oligotrophy. There is now compelling evidence of rising atmospheric temperatures at a planetary scale, and the greatest amplitude of change has been recorded at high northern latitudes (IPCC 2007). While global a ...
Projecting global marine biodiversity impacts
... species decreased in abundance. Robust conclusions about species fluctuations and anthropogenic effects cannot be drawn12 ...
... species decreased in abundance. Robust conclusions about species fluctuations and anthropogenic effects cannot be drawn12 ...
PLATE TECTONICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
... Panthalasia Ocean. In central Pangea, mean summer temperatures were at least 6–10 C warmer than today’s continental interiors, with daytime high temperatures reaching 50 C in some locations (Crowley and North, 1996). Extreme aridity dominated the continental interiors because most atmospheric wa ...
... Panthalasia Ocean. In central Pangea, mean summer temperatures were at least 6–10 C warmer than today’s continental interiors, with daytime high temperatures reaching 50 C in some locations (Crowley and North, 1996). Extreme aridity dominated the continental interiors because most atmospheric wa ...
Energy Transitions as Political Struggles PSAI 2016 J Barry
... pull their money out of fossil fuel funds ‘The continued and dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is in large part the direct result of past investments in energy and mobility systems based on the use of fossil fuels. New investments must now assist in reversing this unsustainable tr ...
... pull their money out of fossil fuel funds ‘The continued and dangerous rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is in large part the direct result of past investments in energy and mobility systems based on the use of fossil fuels. New investments must now assist in reversing this unsustainable tr ...
Week 7, Part 2 - Atmospheric Sciences at UNBC
... • In addition to temperature changes, the patterns of precipitation would undoubtedly change annual totals would likely increase over the arctic mainland, although current regional projections are again quite variable between models. • Increase of 10 to 50% in summer and as much as 60% in winter ma ...
... • In addition to temperature changes, the patterns of precipitation would undoubtedly change annual totals would likely increase over the arctic mainland, although current regional projections are again quite variable between models. • Increase of 10 to 50% in summer and as much as 60% in winter ma ...
Space Based Solar Power Negative – Novice
... this one will become much more likely. Summers will also probably be cooler, and all this may well last two decades or longer. The extreme retreats that we have seen in glaciers and sea ice will come to a halt. For the time being, global warming has paused, and there may well be some cooling." Tsoni ...
... this one will become much more likely. Summers will also probably be cooler, and all this may well last two decades or longer. The extreme retreats that we have seen in glaciers and sea ice will come to a halt. For the time being, global warming has paused, and there may well be some cooling." Tsoni ...
Sensitivity of the Humboldt Current system to global warming: a
... components (sardines, anchovies and marine birds) off Peru display significant variations at a wide range of temporal scales, from interannual ENSO-related variability to interdecadal variability in relation to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation occurring in the North Pacific. Given that climate change ...
... components (sardines, anchovies and marine birds) off Peru display significant variations at a wide range of temporal scales, from interannual ENSO-related variability to interdecadal variability in relation to the Pacific Decadal Oscillation occurring in the North Pacific. Given that climate change ...