Nowhere to ruN - National Wildlife Federation
... and gas, with a secondary contribution from deforestation and other changes in land use.1 In 2012 the lower-48 states had the highest average temperature on record, a full 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average.2 Furthermore, seven of the top ten warmest years on record in the lower-4 ...
... and gas, with a secondary contribution from deforestation and other changes in land use.1 In 2012 the lower-48 states had the highest average temperature on record, a full 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit above the 20th century average.2 Furthermore, seven of the top ten warmest years on record in the lower-4 ...
Effects of Increased Wind Loads on Tall Buildings
... included the weight of the framing, flooring, ceiling and mechanical, and partition load (assumed to be office space). The live load was taken directly from the Massachusetts Building Code (Table 1606.1) and was assumed to be representative of the typical loads found in offices, office lobbies and c ...
... included the weight of the framing, flooring, ceiling and mechanical, and partition load (assumed to be office space). The live load was taken directly from the Massachusetts Building Code (Table 1606.1) and was assumed to be representative of the typical loads found in offices, office lobbies and c ...
Urban Climate Adaptation Planning - Resilient Cities
... and facilitate improvements in buildings and urban infrastructure. Adaptation also goes beyond environment to address economic and equity issues traditionally associated with sustainability, such as the ways in which cities can maintain economic vitality and attend to the needs of poor and vulnerabl ...
... and facilitate improvements in buildings and urban infrastructure. Adaptation also goes beyond environment to address economic and equity issues traditionally associated with sustainability, such as the ways in which cities can maintain economic vitality and attend to the needs of poor and vulnerabl ...
Sensitivity of US air quality to mid-latitude cyclone
... found that the number of days since the last frontal passage was a significant predictor of ozone air quality in Switzerland. Hegarty et al. (2007) related the interannual frequency and intensity of sea level pressure patterns over eastern North America to ozone, CO, and particulate matter concentra ...
... found that the number of days since the last frontal passage was a significant predictor of ozone air quality in Switzerland. Hegarty et al. (2007) related the interannual frequency and intensity of sea level pressure patterns over eastern North America to ozone, CO, and particulate matter concentra ...
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... precipitation data from 51 available meteorological stations were used to analyze climate trends from 1982 to 2011 (Figure 1B). All 51 meteorological stations had complete daily records from 1982 to 2011. The seasonal/annual precipitation and mean temperature values were calculated to analyze long-t ...
... precipitation data from 51 available meteorological stations were used to analyze climate trends from 1982 to 2011 (Figure 1B). All 51 meteorological stations had complete daily records from 1982 to 2011. The seasonal/annual precipitation and mean temperature values were calculated to analyze long-t ...
Climate Change on the Navajo Nation Lands
... base. Navajo land is abundant in gas, coal, water, and uranium. Currently, there are 5 extractive industries on our territories. Of those, there are 3 coal-fired power plants that are polluting our lands and contributing greatly to climate change. These industries have played a remarkable role on th ...
... base. Navajo land is abundant in gas, coal, water, and uranium. Currently, there are 5 extractive industries on our territories. Of those, there are 3 coal-fired power plants that are polluting our lands and contributing greatly to climate change. These industries have played a remarkable role on th ...
the link between reducing deforestation and forest degradation and
... assessing the potential for REDD+ to stem carbon emissions, little exists documenting how biodiversity fares under REDD+. Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countri ...
... assessing the potential for REDD+ to stem carbon emissions, little exists documenting how biodiversity fares under REDD+. Reducing carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in developing countri ...
Understanding and responding to climate change in the
... national and business boundaries. Climate change developments are likely to affect nearly every part of the seafood industry (from production to consumption). Such developments may be negative, but could also be positive. Observations suggest current rates of change far greater than in recent histor ...
... national and business boundaries. Climate change developments are likely to affect nearly every part of the seafood industry (from production to consumption). Such developments may be negative, but could also be positive. Observations suggest current rates of change far greater than in recent histor ...
Rapid attribution of the August 2016 flood
... floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn” (Milman, 2016), “Flooding in the South looks a lot like climate change” (Bromwich, 2016). However, specific scientific statements for the event as observed in south Louisiana cannot be made based on general assessments of the connection of global ...
... floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn” (Milman, 2016), “Flooding in the South looks a lot like climate change” (Bromwich, 2016). However, specific scientific statements for the event as observed in south Louisiana cannot be made based on general assessments of the connection of global ...
summer in the city: hot and getting hotter
... Cites are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse. In the future, this combination of urbanization and climate change could raise urban temperatures to levels that threaten human health, strain energy resources, and compromise econom ...
... Cites are almost always hotter than the surrounding rural area but global warming takes that heat and makes it worse. In the future, this combination of urbanization and climate change could raise urban temperatures to levels that threaten human health, strain energy resources, and compromise econom ...
Avoiding Adaptation Apartheid: Climate Change Adaptation and
... analytical gap: small island states and indigenous populations have claimed in a variety of international fora that climate change has threatened the human rights of their people; an increasing number of academic commentators have worked to explain how climate change issues implicate human rights la ...
... analytical gap: small island states and indigenous populations have claimed in a variety of international fora that climate change has threatened the human rights of their people; an increasing number of academic commentators have worked to explain how climate change issues implicate human rights la ...
Prospects for Reducing Carbon Intensity in China
... 2 This principle is enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Article 3, ...
... 2 This principle is enshrined in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Article 3, ...
Vanishing Polar Ice Sheets
... Pole from mid-September to end of October and at the North Pole from early March to mid-April with rapidly shortening days and wonderful protracted sunsets. The reverse is true for polar sunrises. The tropical regions in contrast are more or less perpendicular to the incoming solar radiation and hen ...
... Pole from mid-September to end of October and at the North Pole from early March to mid-April with rapidly shortening days and wonderful protracted sunsets. The reverse is true for polar sunrises. The tropical regions in contrast are more or less perpendicular to the incoming solar radiation and hen ...
The Need for Strategic Environmental Assessment for Carbon
... pre-industrial levels, there has been wide discussion about Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) considered as one of the significant approaches to mitigating a large amount of CO2 from the global atmosphere (GCCSI 2016a; and Streck et al 2016). However, the current status of the world has yet to be wid ...
... pre-industrial levels, there has been wide discussion about Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) considered as one of the significant approaches to mitigating a large amount of CO2 from the global atmosphere (GCCSI 2016a; and Streck et al 2016). However, the current status of the world has yet to be wid ...
World Bank Document
... (and climate change) along with a vast amount of data and indicators at state and municipal levels. In addition, Mexico routinely and consistently collects quantitative historical data on climate and temperature, and socioeconomic indicators at municipal and state levels. A geographically disaggrega ...
... (and climate change) along with a vast amount of data and indicators at state and municipal levels. In addition, Mexico routinely and consistently collects quantitative historical data on climate and temperature, and socioeconomic indicators at municipal and state levels. A geographically disaggrega ...
Water sector (Chapter 14) of the Foundation document of Climate
... times of drought. Flood control issues and environmental impacts of structural solutions are also of concern. In general,local surface water and groundwater supplies are available for domestic and industrial use without major water transfers between basins, but excess reservoir capacity to respond t ...
... times of drought. Flood control issues and environmental impacts of structural solutions are also of concern. In general,local surface water and groundwater supplies are available for domestic and industrial use without major water transfers between basins, but excess reservoir capacity to respond t ...
Climate Change and Regulatory Takings in
... of the Earth’s surface and shallow ocean have increased over the past century, especially since the 1970s.2 Globally, 2009 tied with several other years as the second warmest year on the instrumental record (since 1880).3 The root cause is human activities: in February 2007, the United Nations Inter ...
... of the Earth’s surface and shallow ocean have increased over the past century, especially since the 1970s.2 Globally, 2009 tied with several other years as the second warmest year on the instrumental record (since 1880).3 The root cause is human activities: in February 2007, the United Nations Inter ...
Quantifying the Stock of Soil Carbon Sequestration in
... than temperate ecosystems, coarser than finetextured soils, and those managed by extractive farming than science-based inputs. Accelerated erosion and other degradation processes aggravate the depletion of SOC pool. The projected climate change, ...
... than temperate ecosystems, coarser than finetextured soils, and those managed by extractive farming than science-based inputs. Accelerated erosion and other degradation processes aggravate the depletion of SOC pool. The projected climate change, ...
Climate Policy Integration, Coherence, and Governance
... policies at the national level are examined. In addition, some regions are examined in detail. The added value of this approach is to combine comparative studies with in-depth involvement by researchers with national knowledge and different disciplinary backgrounds in order to maintain a country- an ...
... policies at the national level are examined. In addition, some regions are examined in detail. The added value of this approach is to combine comparative studies with in-depth involvement by researchers with national knowledge and different disciplinary backgrounds in order to maintain a country- an ...
Abstract Book of "The Climate Chance And The Caspian Sea"
... The Caspian Sea experienced a full sea-level cycle between 1929 and 1995, with amplitude of 3 meters. Rates of the sea-level change between the 1977 low stand and the 1995 high stand average a hundred times that of the eustatic rise. An environmental problem in itself, Caspian sea-level change also ...
... The Caspian Sea experienced a full sea-level cycle between 1929 and 1995, with amplitude of 3 meters. Rates of the sea-level change between the 1977 low stand and the 1995 high stand average a hundred times that of the eustatic rise. An environmental problem in itself, Caspian sea-level change also ...
SENSITIVITY OF TUNDRA CARBON BALANCE TO AMBIENT
... Soil cover is usually represented by tundra peaty humus-surface-gleyic, peatygleyic, or sandy and loamy sand soddy-alluvial soils. Severe temperature conditions fully determine pedogenesis in Vorkuta region, but in comparison with eastern Russian tundra regions the winter is not so cold here and the ...
... Soil cover is usually represented by tundra peaty humus-surface-gleyic, peatygleyic, or sandy and loamy sand soddy-alluvial soils. Severe temperature conditions fully determine pedogenesis in Vorkuta region, but in comparison with eastern Russian tundra regions the winter is not so cold here and the ...