Planning and shale gas briefing
... indicated even where it is within the area of the surface workings.”17 Note that Environmental Impact Assessment can cover a larger area than the site boundary (as the impacts may be well beyond the site boundary). It is very important that the local authority has sufficient information at its dispo ...
... indicated even where it is within the area of the surface workings.”17 Note that Environmental Impact Assessment can cover a larger area than the site boundary (as the impacts may be well beyond the site boundary). It is very important that the local authority has sufficient information at its dispo ...
Three Whales on Whom the World Rests: God, Creation and
... That position is represented by the view of nature, created world as a symbol of God’s omnipresence, love and resurrection. Whole Eastern Orthodox icon art is saturated with this spiritual meaning. These statements are essential for the current project. They pave the way for further research in how ...
... That position is represented by the view of nature, created world as a symbol of God’s omnipresence, love and resurrection. Whole Eastern Orthodox icon art is saturated with this spiritual meaning. These statements are essential for the current project. They pave the way for further research in how ...
Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on
... the behavior of present-day megafauna in the African savanna (Owen-Smith, 1987). For example, today a large elephant in South Africa consumes 300 kg of vegetation daily (U. Schutte, personal communication, 2012). Therefore, the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna could have allowed an additional ...
... the behavior of present-day megafauna in the African savanna (Owen-Smith, 1987). For example, today a large elephant in South Africa consumes 300 kg of vegetation daily (U. Schutte, personal communication, 2012). Therefore, the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna could have allowed an additional ...
pdf of the full article - Climate Smart Land Network
... A number of factors have contributed to the recent increase in U.S. wildfires, including higher fuel loads from historic fire suppression and large-scale forest mortality due to bark beetle outbreaks, but an important question is: To what extent, if any, has climate change contributed to these obser ...
... A number of factors have contributed to the recent increase in U.S. wildfires, including higher fuel loads from historic fire suppression and large-scale forest mortality due to bark beetle outbreaks, but an important question is: To what extent, if any, has climate change contributed to these obser ...
Why the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund should be
... components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.’4 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014 ...
... components of the climate system, increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.’4 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014 ...
2011 - Northwest Fire Science Consortium
... to climate change effects Intensive research on climate change over the past two decades has led most scientists to conclude that significant climate shifts and increased climate variability are already under way, and that this trend will continue for many centuries into the future (IPCC 2007). Ther ...
... to climate change effects Intensive research on climate change over the past two decades has led most scientists to conclude that significant climate shifts and increased climate variability are already under way, and that this trend will continue for many centuries into the future (IPCC 2007). Ther ...
NPS Climate Change Scenario Planning (CCSP) Workshop
... conditions in and around National Park System areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. Natio ...
... conditions in and around National Park System areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to better manage Arctic, subarctic, and coastal ecosystems and human uses of these areas. Natio ...
The Structure of Economic Modeling of the Potential Impacts
... The planet has not seen CO2 levels as high as the current 400 ppm for at least 800,000 7 The equivalence comes from adding, in radiative forcing equivalent, across the GHGs. There are a number of ways to express GHG equivalent concentrations: “Kyoto” GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O, and three fluorinated gasse ...
... The planet has not seen CO2 levels as high as the current 400 ppm for at least 800,000 7 The equivalence comes from adding, in radiative forcing equivalent, across the GHGs. There are a number of ways to express GHG equivalent concentrations: “Kyoto” GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O, and three fluorinated gasse ...
Understanding Climate Change
... Looking at what might happen to Irelands climate in the future is a daunting thought, increased storms and flooding, sea levels rising and the possibility of water shortages due to droughts during the summer. That and the increased cost of home heating is causing concern for Irish energy consumers. ...
... Looking at what might happen to Irelands climate in the future is a daunting thought, increased storms and flooding, sea levels rising and the possibility of water shortages due to droughts during the summer. That and the increased cost of home heating is causing concern for Irish energy consumers. ...
FY 2012 Fire Evaluation Monitoring Allocations FY 2012 Unit- Allocation
... Impact of Climate Change on Forest Health Martin Spetich, SRS, 3 of 3 in the Southeast US: Constructing a Zhaofei Fang, Miss. Hierarchical Framework to Integrate State Univ. Downscaled NASA’s Climate Data, MODIS’ ...
... Impact of Climate Change on Forest Health Martin Spetich, SRS, 3 of 3 in the Southeast US: Constructing a Zhaofei Fang, Miss. Hierarchical Framework to Integrate State Univ. Downscaled NASA’s Climate Data, MODIS’ ...
Climate Change News 10 February 10
... This policy brief, published by the research network NCCR North-South, argues that good natural resource management can benefit poor farmers and help developing countries mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects. In Ethiopia, farmers have increased their yields by rehabilitating degraded soi ...
... This policy brief, published by the research network NCCR North-South, argues that good natural resource management can benefit poor farmers and help developing countries mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects. In Ethiopia, farmers have increased their yields by rehabilitating degraded soi ...
May 9 Jason Gray – Cap and Trade
... Cap-and-Trade Regulation allows sector-based offset credits issued by approved sector-based offset credit programs for compliance if the Board finds they meet rigorous criteria Limited to 4% of total compliance obligation between 2018-2020 (subset of the 8% offsets limit) ...
... Cap-and-Trade Regulation allows sector-based offset credits issued by approved sector-based offset credit programs for compliance if the Board finds they meet rigorous criteria Limited to 4% of total compliance obligation between 2018-2020 (subset of the 8% offsets limit) ...
Land Use Strategy - The Scottish Government
... (a) the Scottish Ministers' objectives in relation to sustainable land use; (b) their proposals and policies for meeting those objectives; and (c) the timescales over which those proposals and policies are expected to take effect. ...
... (a) the Scottish Ministers' objectives in relation to sustainable land use; (b) their proposals and policies for meeting those objectives; and (c) the timescales over which those proposals and policies are expected to take effect. ...
Climate change as a driver of change in the Great Lakes St
... ⁎ Corresponding author at: 901 Saint Vincent, Irvine, CA 92618, USA. Tel.: +1 949 394 ...
... ⁎ Corresponding author at: 901 Saint Vincent, Irvine, CA 92618, USA. Tel.: +1 949 394 ...
Title: Influence of tropical volcanic eruptions on regional precipitation
... are calculated for each eruption relative a to reference period around each eruption, then averaged across all 14 eruptions (ALL-REF; see Fig. 2 for corresponding ALL-NOVOLC differences). Dotted areas in (a) and (b) represent significant differences (one-sample t-test, 95% confidence level). All pan ...
... are calculated for each eruption relative a to reference period around each eruption, then averaged across all 14 eruptions (ALL-REF; see Fig. 2 for corresponding ALL-NOVOLC differences). Dotted areas in (a) and (b) represent significant differences (one-sample t-test, 95% confidence level). All pan ...
Characterising half a degree difference: A review of methods for
... Running from 2013 to 2015, this process involved consultations with scientists and experts through a ‘Structured Expert Dialogue’ (SED). Findings of the IPCC were key inputs to the SED, including its expert assessment of climate change risks for five main ‘Reasons for Concern’ as a function of global ...
... Running from 2013 to 2015, this process involved consultations with scientists and experts through a ‘Structured Expert Dialogue’ (SED). Findings of the IPCC were key inputs to the SED, including its expert assessment of climate change risks for five main ‘Reasons for Concern’ as a function of global ...
2016 - Greenpeace - Exxon - Climate Liability
... spanning a period from the 1970s to 2015.11 It is likely that the investigation will run for several years. The Martin Act does not provide a definition of ‘fraud’. However case law has determined that, in order to prove securities fraud under the Martin Act, there is no need for the attorney genera ...
... spanning a period from the 1970s to 2015.11 It is likely that the investigation will run for several years. The Martin Act does not provide a definition of ‘fraud’. However case law has determined that, in order to prove securities fraud under the Martin Act, there is no need for the attorney genera ...
October 6, 2007 Ecological Debt Day
... Footprint allows us to assess how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what. The Footprint of a population represents the area of biologically productive land and water the population (an individual, city, or all of humanity) requires to provide the resources it consumes and to absorb ...
... Footprint allows us to assess how much nature we have, how much we use, and who uses what. The Footprint of a population represents the area of biologically productive land and water the population (an individual, city, or all of humanity) requires to provide the resources it consumes and to absorb ...
Geographic Variations in Anthropogenic Drivers
... and poor living conditions. After harvest and fire, less accessible stands were typically left to regenerate naturally. Over the last four decades about 15 million ha of coniferous forests have therefore been replaced, either by deciduous species that are generally not commercially utilized (47), or ...
... and poor living conditions. After harvest and fire, less accessible stands were typically left to regenerate naturally. Over the last four decades about 15 million ha of coniferous forests have therefore been replaced, either by deciduous species that are generally not commercially utilized (47), or ...
Q-Methodology - Queen`s University Belfast
... thing which doesn’t help is the consortiums or consortia going off and commissioning surveys in Scotland that find that 80% of people asked think windfarms are actually quite pretty and then coming back and beating people over the head with that, I mean that’s just, again ...
... thing which doesn’t help is the consortiums or consortia going off and commissioning surveys in Scotland that find that 80% of people asked think windfarms are actually quite pretty and then coming back and beating people over the head with that, I mean that’s just, again ...
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... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate variations since production largely relies on climatic conditions (Adams et al, 1998, Gornall et al., 2010). Understanding the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to future climate change scenarios is crucial fo ...
... Agriculture is one of the most sensitive sectors to climate variations since production largely relies on climatic conditions (Adams et al, 1998, Gornall et al., 2010). Understanding the physical and socio-economic responses of the agricultural sector to future climate change scenarios is crucial fo ...
Climate Change and National Security
... Climate change could, through extreme weather events, have a more direct impact on national security by severely damaging critical military bases, thereby diverting or severely undermining significant national defense resources. This could have a compound effect: in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Revi ...
... Climate change could, through extreme weather events, have a more direct impact on national security by severely damaging critical military bases, thereby diverting or severely undermining significant national defense resources. This could have a compound effect: in the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Revi ...
IS CLIMATE CHANGE HINDERING ECONOMIC GROWTH OF ASIAN ECONOMIES? *
... Parry and others (2007) projects that a decline in water supplies stored in glaciers and snow cover will result in water scarcity. If global average temperature increases by 1.5-2.5°C then approximately 20-30 per cent of plant and animal species will face the danger of extinction. An increase of tem ...
... Parry and others (2007) projects that a decline in water supplies stored in glaciers and snow cover will result in water scarcity. If global average temperature increases by 1.5-2.5°C then approximately 20-30 per cent of plant and animal species will face the danger of extinction. An increase of tem ...
PPT - Global Carbon Project
... Perturbation of the global carbon cycle caused by anthropogenic activities, averaged globally for the decade 2002–2011 (PgC/yr) ...
... Perturbation of the global carbon cycle caused by anthropogenic activities, averaged globally for the decade 2002–2011 (PgC/yr) ...