envgeo2-0326_offp - ResearchSpace@Auckland
... Margin east of New Zealand contains a >50 000-km2 large gas hydrate province. First estimates suggest that the volume of gas in concentrated hydrate deposits is in the order of 700 000 kg/m3 (Pecher and Henrys, 2003), which is more than 100 times New Zealand’s annual gas consumption between 2005 and ...
... Margin east of New Zealand contains a >50 000-km2 large gas hydrate province. First estimates suggest that the volume of gas in concentrated hydrate deposits is in the order of 700 000 kg/m3 (Pecher and Henrys, 2003), which is more than 100 times New Zealand’s annual gas consumption between 2005 and ...
Get Real on Climate: Climate change lesson
... current average temperatures (global warming) is due to natural causes. Answer: Disagree. It is true that the earth’s atmosphere has warmed and cooled in the past without interference from humans. However, concentrations of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in the la ...
... current average temperatures (global warming) is due to natural causes. Answer: Disagree. It is true that the earth’s atmosphere has warmed and cooled in the past without interference from humans. However, concentrations of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in the la ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... avoid being blatant and offer solutions that help audiences translate their concern into feasible and effective actions (Floyd et al. 2000). Fear appeals or images of overwhelmingly big problems without effective ways to counter them frequently result in denial, numbing, and apathy, i.e. reactions t ...
... avoid being blatant and offer solutions that help audiences translate their concern into feasible and effective actions (Floyd et al. 2000). Fear appeals or images of overwhelmingly big problems without effective ways to counter them frequently result in denial, numbing, and apathy, i.e. reactions t ...
Rodent's rambles
... The body involved had five ex-cabinet ministers, was all-party, and its report was unanimous. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the body mainly responsible for putting out very strong views to the effect that climate change is a major problem. Yet the House of Lords Committee a ...
... The body involved had five ex-cabinet ministers, was all-party, and its report was unanimous. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the body mainly responsible for putting out very strong views to the effect that climate change is a major problem. Yet the House of Lords Committee a ...
Projection of Temperature and Precipitation in Southern Iran Using
... 1PTO2X, are used here for simulating historical data and projection of climate change in southern parts of Iran. The 20C3M scenario is an experiment with the assumption that the concentration of greenhouse gases will increase with the rate as was observed through the 20th century. This increasing ra ...
... 1PTO2X, are used here for simulating historical data and projection of climate change in southern parts of Iran. The 20C3M scenario is an experiment with the assumption that the concentration of greenhouse gases will increase with the rate as was observed through the 20th century. This increasing ra ...
How positive is the feedback between climate change and the
... Hadley model overestimates both global warming and CO2 increase by the present day, producing a CO2 concentration of 395 ppmv (as opposed to the observed 375 ppmv) and a temperature rise of 1.0 K (as opposed to the observed 0.5 K). This overestimate of historical warming is consistent with the negle ...
... Hadley model overestimates both global warming and CO2 increase by the present day, producing a CO2 concentration of 395 ppmv (as opposed to the observed 375 ppmv) and a temperature rise of 1.0 K (as opposed to the observed 0.5 K). This overestimate of historical warming is consistent with the negle ...
FET IN HORIZON 2020 Daniela Corda - EU-MATHS-IN
... innovation around new ideas towards radically new future technologies. It also funds coordination and support activities for such high-risk forward looking research to prosper in Europe. -> Initial stages of developing ideas into a proof-of-concept FET Proactive addresses promising directions for r ...
... innovation around new ideas towards radically new future technologies. It also funds coordination and support activities for such high-risk forward looking research to prosper in Europe. -> Initial stages of developing ideas into a proof-of-concept FET Proactive addresses promising directions for r ...
Chapter 8 Meteorological Environment and Climate
... Average annual rainfall in the hot, humid zone is much higher than in South Australia. The long-term average rainfall for Darwin Airport is around 1,700 mm, more than 95% of which falls between October and April (see Figure 8.1). The long-term average January rainfall for Darwin is 419 mm, which is ...
... Average annual rainfall in the hot, humid zone is much higher than in South Australia. The long-term average rainfall for Darwin Airport is around 1,700 mm, more than 95% of which falls between October and April (see Figure 8.1). The long-term average January rainfall for Darwin is 419 mm, which is ...
watersketch - Astra
... Adaptation policy addresses vulnerabilities Adaptation policy framework: solid principles for BSR adaptation policy development Need for further policy analysis: differentiation between governance levels, actors, kinds of intervention Develop indicators for policy development ...
... Adaptation policy addresses vulnerabilities Adaptation policy framework: solid principles for BSR adaptation policy development Need for further policy analysis: differentiation between governance levels, actors, kinds of intervention Develop indicators for policy development ...
International Journal of Web Information Systems
... climate), (cloudy,picture), (extreme,heat), (climate,risks), (climate,justice), (conservation, measures), (global,forest), (forest,carbon), (carbon,balance), (flood,risk), (challenging, climate), (carbon,budget), (climategate,inquiry), (past,revealed), (sea,ice), (marine,invaders), (consensus,predic ...
... climate), (cloudy,picture), (extreme,heat), (climate,risks), (climate,justice), (conservation, measures), (global,forest), (forest,carbon), (carbon,balance), (flood,risk), (challenging, climate), (carbon,budget), (climategate,inquiry), (past,revealed), (sea,ice), (marine,invaders), (consensus,predic ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
... 29. With regard to tools for identifying and appraising adaptation options, IDMC has developed a probability model that estimates the likelihood of future displacement. The model is based on the scale of displacement related to reported disasters. This research and modelling includes a decision supp ...
Dawson et al. 2011
... different approaches bring to anticipating and managing the biodiversity consequences of climate change, including the extent of species’ natural resilience. We introduce a framework that uses information from different sources to identify vulnerability and to support the design of conservation resp ...
... different approaches bring to anticipating and managing the biodiversity consequences of climate change, including the extent of species’ natural resilience. We introduce a framework that uses information from different sources to identify vulnerability and to support the design of conservation resp ...
Climate Change in Australia: Risks to Human Wellbeing and Health
... contribute to social and ecological resilience. Even in the most optimistic of plausible scenarios, the number of displaced people within the Asia-Pacific region is likely to greatly increase this century. This will have ramifications both for regional population health and also for regional foreign ...
... contribute to social and ecological resilience. Even in the most optimistic of plausible scenarios, the number of displaced people within the Asia-Pacific region is likely to greatly increase this century. This will have ramifications both for regional population health and also for regional foreign ...
US re-engagement? -
... crisis and a Senate Resolution to justify its position, identifying three flaws in the agreement; an insufficient grounding in science and technology, the World and not least the American economy would be exposed for serious and unnecessary risks and last but not least the agreement did not to a suf ...
... crisis and a Senate Resolution to justify its position, identifying three flaws in the agreement; an insufficient grounding in science and technology, the World and not least the American economy would be exposed for serious and unnecessary risks and last but not least the agreement did not to a suf ...
Cooling Following Large Volcanic Eruptions
... downward diffuse flux, caused by enhanced forward scattering of incoming solar radiation caused by the volcanic aerosols (Fig. 1). The Mauna Loa observatory has also measured the CO2 concentration since 1958 [Fig. 2, Keeling and Whorf, 2002], and this is a good representation of globally averaged su ...
... downward diffuse flux, caused by enhanced forward scattering of incoming solar radiation caused by the volcanic aerosols (Fig. 1). The Mauna Loa observatory has also measured the CO2 concentration since 1958 [Fig. 2, Keeling and Whorf, 2002], and this is a good representation of globally averaged su ...
the new climate message
... enough. Threats of climate hell haven’t seemed to hold us back from running headlong towards it. ...
... enough. Threats of climate hell haven’t seemed to hold us back from running headlong towards it. ...
potential carbon sequestration projects in the philippines 126
... projects in the Philippines, primarily due to its rate of sequestration and the Kyoto Protocol. biophysical condition and the presence of land Annals of Tropical Research areas that could and should be reforested (Lasco et al. 2001). There are literally millions of hectares Lasco, R D and F B Pulhin ...
... projects in the Philippines, primarily due to its rate of sequestration and the Kyoto Protocol. biophysical condition and the presence of land Annals of Tropical Research areas that could and should be reforested (Lasco et al. 2001). There are literally millions of hectares Lasco, R D and F B Pulhin ...
The global warming hiatus: Slowdown or redistribution?
... estimating temperature and OHC change in historically data-sparse ocean regions. While this does cause uncertainty in the estimation of OHC change, it does not obviate the use of global OHC integrals as a measure of global warming [Lyman et al., 2010; Boyer et al., 2016; Cheng et al., 2016]. Note th ...
... estimating temperature and OHC change in historically data-sparse ocean regions. While this does cause uncertainty in the estimation of OHC change, it does not obviate the use of global OHC integrals as a measure of global warming [Lyman et al., 2010; Boyer et al., 2016; Cheng et al., 2016]. Note th ...
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... however. As we do not want to die as a result of climate change, we cannot continue as before. Avoiding or adapting are no alternatives but must be done in addition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is showing us the way. All of the world’s countries have to make their contribution to l ...
... however. As we do not want to die as a result of climate change, we cannot continue as before. Avoiding or adapting are no alternatives but must be done in addition. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is showing us the way. All of the world’s countries have to make their contribution to l ...
US Food Security and Climate Change
... • Adaptation capacity of agricultural producers is closely linked to income. Reduction in farm income will have a compounding negative impact on the ability of producers to make critical adaptations to climate change. • It is in the self-interest of the US for both food security and national securit ...
... • Adaptation capacity of agricultural producers is closely linked to income. Reduction in farm income will have a compounding negative impact on the ability of producers to make critical adaptations to climate change. • It is in the self-interest of the US for both food security and national securit ...
Swedish Clean Air and Climate Research Program SCAC
... 2012; Olsson et al. 2013). Since one of the major components of the foetal programming hypothesis is growth disturbance, as indicated by a low birth weight, this raises concerns that negative effects by air pollution in utero may also be of importance for adverse health effects later in life. Assess ...
... 2012; Olsson et al. 2013). Since one of the major components of the foetal programming hypothesis is growth disturbance, as indicated by a low birth weight, this raises concerns that negative effects by air pollution in utero may also be of importance for adverse health effects later in life. Assess ...
Common Knowledge? Public Understanding of Climate Change in
... of ‘stratospheric ozone depletion’ cross-referencing in terms of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), holes in the atmosphere, and skin cancers; and in misplaced priorities in identifying causes and effective mitigation strategies. Such misunderstandings are often held in conjunction with accurate beliefs. F ...
... of ‘stratospheric ozone depletion’ cross-referencing in terms of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), holes in the atmosphere, and skin cancers; and in misplaced priorities in identifying causes and effective mitigation strategies. Such misunderstandings are often held in conjunction with accurate beliefs. F ...
Environmental Realpolitik - Digital Repository @ Maurer Law
... Professor Heller's article discusses why there has been little progress after the Rio Earth Summit in developing the Framework Convention on Climate Change. He argues that, beyond the scientific uncertainties about climate change and its economic impacts, agreement on the legal structure of a compre ...
... Professor Heller's article discusses why there has been little progress after the Rio Earth Summit in developing the Framework Convention on Climate Change. He argues that, beyond the scientific uncertainties about climate change and its economic impacts, agreement on the legal structure of a compre ...