View the Bulletin - Water Research Foundation
... climate uncertainty meant many different things. For some, more intense rainfall and flooding is a major concern while for others it is planning for drier climates and warmer temperatures. Most recognized the need for and challenge of planning for both, or at least for change from historical climate ...
... climate uncertainty meant many different things. For some, more intense rainfall and flooding is a major concern while for others it is planning for drier climates and warmer temperatures. Most recognized the need for and challenge of planning for both, or at least for change from historical climate ...
PSCI 1050 Climatology Syllabus
... methods relating to the study of climatology. This course will focus on the principles of the natural world and the causes of weather. Students will apply these principles by analyzing and interpreting the effects of the atmosphere on our natural and human ecosystems using real-time data from the Na ...
... methods relating to the study of climatology. This course will focus on the principles of the natural world and the causes of weather. Students will apply these principles by analyzing and interpreting the effects of the atmosphere on our natural and human ecosystems using real-time data from the Na ...
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... • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • 2007 IPCC report • Rise in average global surface temperature • 10 warmest years on record since ...
... • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • 2007 IPCC report • Rise in average global surface temperature • 10 warmest years on record since ...
Investment ClImATe CHAnGe bRIeFInG PAPeR
... emissions performance standards, will have knock-on effects on the markets and companies that drive investment returns. Government action to address rising GHG emissions is increasing as recognition grows that climate change impacts will have major economic repercussions. If ‘business as usual’ allo ...
... emissions performance standards, will have knock-on effects on the markets and companies that drive investment returns. Government action to address rising GHG emissions is increasing as recognition grows that climate change impacts will have major economic repercussions. If ‘business as usual’ allo ...
2161_GRI-LSE_Party Manifestos 2015_web (opens in new window)
... The UK needs a strategic approach to climate change adaptation, both today and in the long term. Investing in resilience can be very cost-efficient, but many barriers still exist, including lack of risk information and awareness, missing incentive structures, and limited consideration of the social ...
... The UK needs a strategic approach to climate change adaptation, both today and in the long term. Investing in resilience can be very cost-efficient, but many barriers still exist, including lack of risk information and awareness, missing incentive structures, and limited consideration of the social ...
Taking a risk on the weather
... cover for those at risk to secure affordable cover for those at high risk, is due to start operating this spring. [See pg 48 of this magazine.] Offering low premiums, the pool relies on a levy paid by all insurance customers. It has a proposed lifetime of 25 years but it is unclear if and how future ...
... cover for those at risk to secure affordable cover for those at high risk, is due to start operating this spring. [See pg 48 of this magazine.] Offering low premiums, the pool relies on a levy paid by all insurance customers. It has a proposed lifetime of 25 years but it is unclear if and how future ...
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... It is almost a common place in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such proposal are ...
... It is almost a common place in the economics of climate change that a good response to the challenges posed by global warming would be a harmonized, global tax on greenhouse gas emissions that increases over time roughly with the discount rate (e.g. Nordhaus, 2007). Many details of such proposal are ...
Global environmental change and human health
... diseases which carry a very large burden, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria among others. Our challenge is to also keep the health sector well informed on environmental risk factors. These include traditional hazards (such as indoor air pollution from the use of biomass fuel, or lack of safe drinking ...
... diseases which carry a very large burden, such as HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria among others. Our challenge is to also keep the health sector well informed on environmental risk factors. These include traditional hazards (such as indoor air pollution from the use of biomass fuel, or lack of safe drinking ...
How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate
... harvests along the WAP (41). The Fig. 1. Changes observed along the WAP over the past 30 years. Annual average air temperatures at Faraday/ changes along the WAP are just one Vernadsky Station (65°15′S, 64°16′W) and Rothera Station (67°34′S, 68°08′W) have increased. There has example of how rapid cl ...
... harvests along the WAP (41). The Fig. 1. Changes observed along the WAP over the past 30 years. Annual average air temperatures at Faraday/ changes along the WAP are just one Vernadsky Station (65°15′S, 64°16′W) and Rothera Station (67°34′S, 68°08′W) have increased. There has example of how rapid cl ...
The National Congress of American Indians
... of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants the inherent sovereign rights of our Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and agreements with the United States, and all other right ...
... of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants the inherent sovereign rights of our Indian nations, rights secured under Indian treaties and agreements with the United States, and all other right ...
Haines 1993
... The eleven articles published in The Lancet over the past seven weeks have shown how anthropogenic damage to the biosphere has potentially important implications for health. The underlying processes are global in scale, and the natural systems affected are part of earth's life-supporting infrastruct ...
... The eleven articles published in The Lancet over the past seven weeks have shown how anthropogenic damage to the biosphere has potentially important implications for health. The underlying processes are global in scale, and the natural systems affected are part of earth's life-supporting infrastruct ...
Ice Ages and Climate Change - Florida Atlantic University
... • A 100 square-mile ice island broke off the Petermann Glacier • It was the largest iceberg in the Arctic since 1962 ...
... • A 100 square-mile ice island broke off the Petermann Glacier • It was the largest iceberg in the Arctic since 1962 ...
Developing countries state views at General Assembly climate debate
... Secretary-General, former Chilean President, Ricardo Lagos, surprised the meeting by posing the question of whether a new category of developing countries should be established in the context of negotiating a post2012 climate regime. Reporting on his discussions with leaders of various countries, he ...
... Secretary-General, former Chilean President, Ricardo Lagos, surprised the meeting by posing the question of whether a new category of developing countries should be established in the context of negotiating a post2012 climate regime. Reporting on his discussions with leaders of various countries, he ...
Annual Average Temperature Rise: Global Average
... Change (S. Solomon and others, eds.) (Cambridge, United Kingdom, and New York, NY, USA, 2007), pgs. 747846; see pg. 749. http://goo.gl/ZDMF1W; Rowan T. Sutton and others, “Land/sea warming ratio in response to climate change: IPCC AR4 model results and comparison with observations,” Geophysical Rese ...
... Change (S. Solomon and others, eds.) (Cambridge, United Kingdom, and New York, NY, USA, 2007), pgs. 747846; see pg. 749. http://goo.gl/ZDMF1W; Rowan T. Sutton and others, “Land/sea warming ratio in response to climate change: IPCC AR4 model results and comparison with observations,” Geophysical Rese ...
L-5535. The Role of Animal Agriculture on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... sawdust and manure on the pen floor that provides a comfortable surface for cows to lie on) and lots. Nearly 53 percent of agricultural GHG emissions are from nitrous oxide. Ninety-two percent of nitrous oxide is from agricultural soil management. Other significant sources include manure management ...
... sawdust and manure on the pen floor that provides a comfortable surface for cows to lie on) and lots. Nearly 53 percent of agricultural GHG emissions are from nitrous oxide. Ninety-two percent of nitrous oxide is from agricultural soil management. Other significant sources include manure management ...
Stakeholder Consultation Report
... Cities are vulnerable because they are key drivers of climate change due to their high energy consumption, highest emitters of GHG and accommodate 50% of the world’s population. Majority of the urban poor are located in high risk areas which are unplanned, underserviced with substandard housing. The ...
... Cities are vulnerable because they are key drivers of climate change due to their high energy consumption, highest emitters of GHG and accommodate 50% of the world’s population. Majority of the urban poor are located in high risk areas which are unplanned, underserviced with substandard housing. The ...
Allocation of a Regional Cap - Rhode Island Greenhouse Gas Process
... 2001 – Connecticut is a signatory on the New England Governor’s and Eastern Canadian Premier’s (NEG/ECP) Climate Action Plan 2002 – The CT Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change is established to develop a state climate action plan 2003 – ENE releases the Climate Change Roadmap for Connecti ...
... 2001 – Connecticut is a signatory on the New England Governor’s and Eastern Canadian Premier’s (NEG/ECP) Climate Action Plan 2002 – The CT Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change is established to develop a state climate action plan 2003 – ENE releases the Climate Change Roadmap for Connecti ...
Uncertainty in Climate Predictions
... geosciences is to express this dynamical relationship in terms of the xt vector. This process is also known as closure and presents interesting new mathematical problems for geophysical systems. ...
... geosciences is to express this dynamical relationship in terms of the xt vector. This process is also known as closure and presents interesting new mathematical problems for geophysical systems. ...
Global warming due to increasing absorbed solar radiation
... Received 28 January 2009; revised 10 March 2009; accepted 19 March 2009; published 14 April 2009. ...
... Received 28 January 2009; revised 10 March 2009; accepted 19 March 2009; published 14 April 2009. ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Received 28 January 2009; revised 10 March 2009; accepted 19 March 2009; published 14 April 2009. ...
... Received 28 January 2009; revised 10 March 2009; accepted 19 March 2009; published 14 April 2009. ...
Road Trip - Sci-Port
... Global climate change: a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer e ...
... Global climate change: a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer e ...
CombinedFacultyMeeting - Department of Geological
... with lead times of two weeks to multi-decadal for use in decision-making. A major component of the nation’s food supply and renewable fuel supply is vulnerable to both natural cycles of climate and changes due to increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases. Failure to anticipate major floods and droug ...
... with lead times of two weeks to multi-decadal for use in decision-making. A major component of the nation’s food supply and renewable fuel supply is vulnerable to both natural cycles of climate and changes due to increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases. Failure to anticipate major floods and droug ...
Impacts of climate change on a grassland catchment
... The marked degradation in freshwater bodies over recent decades has led to a more regulatory approach to their management in both Europe and the US. In the US, for example, legislation has been enacted at both federal and state level to develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for pollutants of con ...
... The marked degradation in freshwater bodies over recent decades has led to a more regulatory approach to their management in both Europe and the US. In the US, for example, legislation has been enacted at both federal and state level to develop Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for pollutants of con ...
Executive Summary -- Rocky Mountain Forests at Risk
... Besides increases in tree-killing insects and wildfires, scientists have found a rise in “background mortality”—the rate at which trees die from no obvious cause. For example, tree mortality in relatively undisturbed old-growth forests across the West has doubled in recent decades, with no compensat ...
... Besides increases in tree-killing insects and wildfires, scientists have found a rise in “background mortality”—the rate at which trees die from no obvious cause. For example, tree mortality in relatively undisturbed old-growth forests across the West has doubled in recent decades, with no compensat ...