PLOS Biology - University of Hawaii
... which in turn reduce oxygen concentration [9,10] and primary productivity [11] (additional responses may include sea-level rise and extreme weather events, which we do not analyze here but that certainly will add to the stress likely to be exerted by greenhouse gas emissions [10]). Several analyses ...
... which in turn reduce oxygen concentration [9,10] and primary productivity [11] (additional responses may include sea-level rise and extreme weather events, which we do not analyze here but that certainly will add to the stress likely to be exerted by greenhouse gas emissions [10]). Several analyses ...
Hardening Australia: Climate change and
... spread of disease, and increase potential for property damage, (for example, through more flooding, coastal erosion, storm surges and extreme weather events) and disrupt critical infrastructure. Current design criteria and building codes may be inadequate for the future climate. Increased heat, pest ...
... spread of disease, and increase potential for property damage, (for example, through more flooding, coastal erosion, storm surges and extreme weather events) and disrupt critical infrastructure. Current design criteria and building codes may be inadequate for the future climate. Increased heat, pest ...
Predicting the effects of climate change on fire frequency in the
... have affected all the Quebec southern boreal forest fringe. These empirical results contrast with the predicted effects of climate warming. An increasing rate of forest disturbances, including fires, has been postulated (Overpeck et al., 1987). Based on twentieth century climate data, Clark (1988), ...
... have affected all the Quebec southern boreal forest fringe. These empirical results contrast with the predicted effects of climate warming. An increasing rate of forest disturbances, including fires, has been postulated (Overpeck et al., 1987). Based on twentieth century climate data, Clark (1988), ...
Energy and Climate Change Element
... trapping solar radiation. This phenomenon is known as the “greenhouse effect.” Modern human activity, most notably the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity generation, introduces large amounts of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. Reductions in the planet’s for ...
... trapping solar radiation. This phenomenon is known as the “greenhouse effect.” Modern human activity, most notably the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and electricity generation, introduces large amounts of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. Reductions in the planet’s for ...
The Changes - Climate Change and Me
... examples of human effect on the environment. Mainstream scientists believe that ‘global warming’ is a recent event and that millions of years before humans walked this Earth, the atmosphere stayed pretty much the same. What does a more rapid change in atmosphere mean for us humans? It should be note ...
... examples of human effect on the environment. Mainstream scientists believe that ‘global warming’ is a recent event and that millions of years before humans walked this Earth, the atmosphere stayed pretty much the same. What does a more rapid change in atmosphere mean for us humans? It should be note ...
Heat and drought 2003 in Europe: a climate synthesis
... A map of global radiation in summer 2003 (Fig. 4) as deviation from mean values 1996–2002, shows that most abnormal were the conditions over eastern France, Switzerland and southern Germany. Spain, western or southern France are usually very sunny during summer. They consequently show only a slight ...
... A map of global radiation in summer 2003 (Fig. 4) as deviation from mean values 1996–2002, shows that most abnormal were the conditions over eastern France, Switzerland and southern Germany. Spain, western or southern France are usually very sunny during summer. They consequently show only a slight ...
2. Protection of groundwater: Case of Nimboyores Aquifer and the
... Changes in runoff or drainage patterns (water cycle phase) and the melting of glaciers will increase ecological stress, jeopardizing water for irrigation and human settlements. Towards the year 2025, 1.8 billion persons could live in areas with water shortages. As temperatures rise--higher in the su ...
... Changes in runoff or drainage patterns (water cycle phase) and the melting of glaciers will increase ecological stress, jeopardizing water for irrigation and human settlements. Towards the year 2025, 1.8 billion persons could live in areas with water shortages. As temperatures rise--higher in the su ...
LETTERS
... Cumulative transfer of beetle-killed timber to the forest product sector was projected to be 31 Mt C (13% of total harvest). Harvesting results in a loss of carbon from the ecosystem, but only some of that carbon is emitted to the atmosphere; the remainder is stored in wood products and landfills. N ...
... Cumulative transfer of beetle-killed timber to the forest product sector was projected to be 31 Mt C (13% of total harvest). Harvesting results in a loss of carbon from the ecosystem, but only some of that carbon is emitted to the atmosphere; the remainder is stored in wood products and landfills. N ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... sustained radiative forcing. It is not a projection but is defined as the global average surface warming following a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations. It is likely to be in the range 2°C to 4.5°C with a best estimate of about 3°C, and is very unlikely to be less than 1.5°C. Values substan ...
... sustained radiative forcing. It is not a projection but is defined as the global average surface warming following a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations. It is likely to be in the range 2°C to 4.5°C with a best estimate of about 3°C, and is very unlikely to be less than 1.5°C. Values substan ...
Environmental consequences of producing liquid
... Sensitivity analysis ● Shortening storage time essential for CH4 ● NH3 emission from processing low and bio-energy production, equal or better performance ...
... Sensitivity analysis ● Shortening storage time essential for CH4 ● NH3 emission from processing low and bio-energy production, equal or better performance ...
Hedonic Pricing of Climate Change Impacts to
... regression. British households regard higher temperature as an amenity and higher precipitation as a disamenity. Many earlier studies, like Maddison (2001), are carried out using data on the level of large administrative boundaries. This is generally caused by data limitations. For Great Britain da ...
... regression. British households regard higher temperature as an amenity and higher precipitation as a disamenity. Many earlier studies, like Maddison (2001), are carried out using data on the level of large administrative boundaries. This is generally caused by data limitations. For Great Britain da ...
Australia`s future emissions reduction targets
... atmosphere has grown by 40 per cent, methane by 150 per cent and nitrous oxide by 20 per cent. Ice core records, which show the atmosphere’s historical composition, suggest that the current concentrations of these three gases substantially exceed those at any other time over the past 800,000 years ( ...
... atmosphere has grown by 40 per cent, methane by 150 per cent and nitrous oxide by 20 per cent. Ice core records, which show the atmosphere’s historical composition, suggest that the current concentrations of these three gases substantially exceed those at any other time over the past 800,000 years ( ...
Operating in Limits: Defining an Australian
... between 4 billion tonnes to 15 billion tonnes from 2010 to 2050. This range represents the reality that while scientists can advise on appropriate global budgets, just how this pie should be shared is, ultimately, a question of equity. To assess the equity implications of the indicative Australian b ...
... between 4 billion tonnes to 15 billion tonnes from 2010 to 2050. This range represents the reality that while scientists can advise on appropriate global budgets, just how this pie should be shared is, ultimately, a question of equity. To assess the equity implications of the indicative Australian b ...
Organisation strategy for Sweden`s cooperation with the Green
... implementing entities. The Fund’s mandate is to make a significant contribution to global efforts to achieve the goals set by the international community to combat climate change by funding transformative climate change adaptation and action to reduce greenhouse gases, ...
... implementing entities. The Fund’s mandate is to make a significant contribution to global efforts to achieve the goals set by the international community to combat climate change by funding transformative climate change adaptation and action to reduce greenhouse gases, ...
Appendix 5 Preparing Component Programmes 2013-16
... – The achieved change in the protected areas legislation, now brings 26,000 ha of protected areas under a management effectiveness regime (indicator: extent of protected areas in ha covered by the ...
... – The achieved change in the protected areas legislation, now brings 26,000 ha of protected areas under a management effectiveness regime (indicator: extent of protected areas in ha covered by the ...
Maldives Climate Change Policy Framework
... The Maldives believes that climate change is the 21st Century’s greatest development and security challenge. Climate change threatens the integrity of Earth’s climate system and ecosystems. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable dev ...
... The Maldives believes that climate change is the 21st Century’s greatest development and security challenge. Climate change threatens the integrity of Earth’s climate system and ecosystems. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable dev ...
Exercise 5: Identifying and ranking adaptive capacity
... change compared to other regions in Germany and Europe Interlinked system of biotopes ...
... change compared to other regions in Germany and Europe Interlinked system of biotopes ...
Climate Change Impacts in Hawai`i - Hawaii Sea Grant
... climate change impacts report to provide Hawai‘i communities with a foundational understanding of the effects of global climate change on Hawai‘i’s resources and ecosystems. The report presents a summary of the current state of scientific knowledge regarding climate change and how it is expected to ...
... climate change impacts report to provide Hawai‘i communities with a foundational understanding of the effects of global climate change on Hawai‘i’s resources and ecosystems. The report presents a summary of the current state of scientific knowledge regarding climate change and how it is expected to ...
Dominion High School Model United Nations Conference III – 2011
... at a steady rate in recent years, and will continue on at a steady rate in the future. Rising energy use correlates with an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and therefore an anticipated increase in global warming. Fossil fuels supply roughly 90 percent of the world’s commercia ...
... at a steady rate in recent years, and will continue on at a steady rate in the future. Rising energy use correlates with an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels, and therefore an anticipated increase in global warming. Fossil fuels supply roughly 90 percent of the world’s commercia ...
Sociological limitations of the climate change
... he Pope’s encyclical on climate change (http://go.nature.com/7IbiB5), subtitled ‘On care for our common home’, accepts the scientiic consensus that human activity linked to the use of modern technologies has signiicantly contributed to global warming in particular, and to environmental deterioration ...
... he Pope’s encyclical on climate change (http://go.nature.com/7IbiB5), subtitled ‘On care for our common home’, accepts the scientiic consensus that human activity linked to the use of modern technologies has signiicantly contributed to global warming in particular, and to environmental deterioration ...
Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep
... well documented1. On a longer timescale, there is growing evidence of millennial-scale variability of Holocene climate, at periodicities of ,2,500 and 950 years (possibly caused by changes in solar ¯ux)2,3 and ,1,500 years (maybe related to an internal oscillation of the climate system)4±6. But the ...
... well documented1. On a longer timescale, there is growing evidence of millennial-scale variability of Holocene climate, at periodicities of ,2,500 and 950 years (possibly caused by changes in solar ¯ux)2,3 and ,1,500 years (maybe related to an internal oscillation of the climate system)4±6. But the ...