Rising Waters Confab
... of the spring and fall high tides moving to the edge of the beach and beyond, damaging the road and coastal homes. Second, and more dramatic, will be coastal storms gaining impact because of the higher, warmer seas. And if we are unlucky, storms may create surges which overtop and engulf the island, ...
... of the spring and fall high tides moving to the edge of the beach and beyond, damaging the road and coastal homes. Second, and more dramatic, will be coastal storms gaining impact because of the higher, warmer seas. And if we are unlucky, storms may create surges which overtop and engulf the island, ...
Meeting societal challenges
... between the research community and stakeholders. We support the idea of finding crossdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, and further present results in ways that support decision-making. Active cooperation with other countries is a success factor that may increase Sweden’s research impac ...
... between the research community and stakeholders. We support the idea of finding crossdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approaches, and further present results in ways that support decision-making. Active cooperation with other countries is a success factor that may increase Sweden’s research impac ...
Vulnerability and Feedbacks of Permafrost to Climate Change
... permafrost from thawing. Much of discontinuous and sporadic permafrost that is currently vulnerable to thawing was formed during the Little Ice Age (LIA; circa 1650– 1850 C.E.). Climate warming since the LIA caused permafrost extent to approach preLIA levels again. Spatially explicit modeling indica ...
... permafrost from thawing. Much of discontinuous and sporadic permafrost that is currently vulnerable to thawing was formed during the Little Ice Age (LIA; circa 1650– 1850 C.E.). Climate warming since the LIA caused permafrost extent to approach preLIA levels again. Spatially explicit modeling indica ...
Text (Open Access) - Reading`s CentAUR
... 2. Model Description and Validation [6] The Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM) T47L71 chemistry-climate model was run in a configuration with specified SSTs, sea ice, and greenhouse gases (GHGs). It includes standard stratospheric chemistry accounting for Cly -Bry -Ox -HOx -NOx catalytic cycles a ...
... 2. Model Description and Validation [6] The Canadian Middle Atmosphere Model (CMAM) T47L71 chemistry-climate model was run in a configuration with specified SSTs, sea ice, and greenhouse gases (GHGs). It includes standard stratospheric chemistry accounting for Cly -Bry -Ox -HOx -NOx catalytic cycles a ...
Saving Kyoto - Graciela Chichilnisky
... Professor Chichilnisky acted as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change. UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics, and Director of the Columbia Consortium for ...
... Professor Chichilnisky acted as a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which received the 2007 Nobel Prize for its work in deciding world policy with respect to climate change. UNESCO Professor of Mathematics and Economics, and Director of the Columbia Consortium for ...
Fig. 1 - Utrecht University Repository
... periods of warm climate as recorded by the Alpine dendroclimatic and Greenland oxygen isotope records. Our results suggest that harvest yields would have increased synchronously over wide areas of central and southern Europe during periods of warm and dry climate. Combined interpretation of palaeoec ...
... periods of warm climate as recorded by the Alpine dendroclimatic and Greenland oxygen isotope records. Our results suggest that harvest yields would have increased synchronously over wide areas of central and southern Europe during periods of warm and dry climate. Combined interpretation of palaeoec ...
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... agricultural production, we show that above-average rainfall in the wet season of the previous year is associated with more conflict, while above-average rainfall in the dry season of the previous year is associated with less conflict. This pattern of results is especially pronounced in rice-produci ...
... agricultural production, we show that above-average rainfall in the wet season of the previous year is associated with more conflict, while above-average rainfall in the dry season of the previous year is associated with less conflict. This pattern of results is especially pronounced in rice-produci ...
A Study of Climate Monitoring Capabilities in Newfoundland and
... This report presents a three-part study of climate change monitoring capabilities in Newfoundland and Labrador prepared for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Office of Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Emissions Trading. The study was conducted under the Provincial Government’s 2011 C ...
... This report presents a three-part study of climate change monitoring capabilities in Newfoundland and Labrador prepared for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Office of Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Emissions Trading. The study was conducted under the Provincial Government’s 2011 C ...
Processes Responsible for Cloud Feedback
... the overall positive pattern is over the polar oceans, where a strong negative SW feedback is only partly offset by LW feedback. This comes from clouds with a net cooling effect on the poleward edges of the storm track. Figure 1 masks significant variations among models. It is particularly useful to ...
... the overall positive pattern is over the polar oceans, where a strong negative SW feedback is only partly offset by LW feedback. This comes from clouds with a net cooling effect on the poleward edges of the storm track. Figure 1 masks significant variations among models. It is particularly useful to ...
protected areas and climate change in canada
... several other images featured in the report. Photo credits are assigned to images throughout the report. David Ainsworth at the CBD Secretariat, Montreal, provided the logo for the International Year of Biodiversity. This report would have not been possible without funding provided by the CCEA, the ...
... several other images featured in the report. Photo credits are assigned to images throughout the report. David Ainsworth at the CBD Secretariat, Montreal, provided the logo for the International Year of Biodiversity. This report would have not been possible without funding provided by the CCEA, the ...
Preparing for an Uncertain Climate—Vol. I
... Options that fall into this group are near-term concerns because they will take a long time to complete, address ‘front-line” or urgent issues that need attention first in order to make better decisions later, can be approached through efforts already under way, are beneficial for reasons other than ...
... Options that fall into this group are near-term concerns because they will take a long time to complete, address ‘front-line” or urgent issues that need attention first in order to make better decisions later, can be approached through efforts already under way, are beneficial for reasons other than ...
What Controls the Strength of Snow-Albedo Feedback?
... change occurs during NH spring. Thus we focus on this season in our assessment of the two feedback loops controlling SAF strength. Recently a highly accurate technique was developed to calculate the coefficient ␣p/␣s given standard model output (Qu and Hall 2006). It was used to calculate springti ...
... change occurs during NH spring. Thus we focus on this season in our assessment of the two feedback loops controlling SAF strength. Recently a highly accurate technique was developed to calculate the coefficient ␣p/␣s given standard model output (Qu and Hall 2006). It was used to calculate springti ...
Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of
... northward requires knowledge of demographic changes and their ecological plasticity in response to environmental change. Few studies have linked marine mammal demographic responses to climate change (Poloczanska et al., 2007) with the notable exception of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) (Regehr et al. ...
... northward requires knowledge of demographic changes and their ecological plasticity in response to environmental change. Few studies have linked marine mammal demographic responses to climate change (Poloczanska et al., 2007) with the notable exception of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) (Regehr et al. ...
No. 1-2014 - Statkraft
... industry are at risk of suffering the “Energiwende” is complex and consame fate if they do not get up to troversial but it is also powerful in a speed, fast. Technology is changbigger and longer term perspective. ing the economic power balance Statkraft’s CEO is a technology and also business models ...
... industry are at risk of suffering the “Energiwende” is complex and consame fate if they do not get up to troversial but it is also powerful in a speed, fast. Technology is changbigger and longer term perspective. ing the economic power balance Statkraft’s CEO is a technology and also business models ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... have provided a powerful and enduring foundation for decisionmaking and public understanding, and they have also pointed to opportunities for scientific discovery. Expert author teams develop IPCC assessments of the scientific literature through multiple rounds of drafting and monitored scientific r ...
... have provided a powerful and enduring foundation for decisionmaking and public understanding, and they have also pointed to opportunities for scientific discovery. Expert author teams develop IPCC assessments of the scientific literature through multiple rounds of drafting and monitored scientific r ...
Assessment of the factors influencing land
... set-aside on arable ecosystems, with a particular focus on biodiversity. The project was split into three objectives: 1. To identify the key social, political, economic and ecological factors that affect biodiversity by determining the use and management of land within arable ecosystems A list of ar ...
... set-aside on arable ecosystems, with a particular focus on biodiversity. The project was split into three objectives: 1. To identify the key social, political, economic and ecological factors that affect biodiversity by determining the use and management of land within arable ecosystems A list of ar ...
Consequences of Considering Carbon–Nitrogen
... terrestrial ecosystem have been the subject of numerous studies carried out in recent years (e.g., Friedlingstein et al. 2006; Matthews 2005; Plattner et al. 2008). However, most of the terrestrial biosphere models currently used in climate change assessments, including the Intergovernmental Panel o ...
... terrestrial ecosystem have been the subject of numerous studies carried out in recent years (e.g., Friedlingstein et al. 2006; Matthews 2005; Plattner et al. 2008). However, most of the terrestrial biosphere models currently used in climate change assessments, including the Intergovernmental Panel o ...
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
... evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of these different methods and makes recommendations for the best methodology to use in forecasting SLR and assessing SLR impacts on transportation infrastructure. The FAU team preparing this report agrees with the guidance of the United States Army Corps o ...
... evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of these different methods and makes recommendations for the best methodology to use in forecasting SLR and assessing SLR impacts on transportation infrastructure. The FAU team preparing this report agrees with the guidance of the United States Army Corps o ...
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at
... Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now sufficient evidence that mangrove species have proliferated at or near their poleward limits on at least five contin ...
... Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now sufficient evidence that mangrove species have proliferated at or near their poleward limits on at least five contin ...
measurement, reporting and verification
... obtaining and receiving results-based incentives. The COP also addressed financial and technical support that aims to facilitate developing countries to meet their reporting requirements and to improve the process of the technical analysis of BURs, which is one of the steps in the ICA process. The f ...
... obtaining and receiving results-based incentives. The COP also addressed financial and technical support that aims to facilitate developing countries to meet their reporting requirements and to improve the process of the technical analysis of BURs, which is one of the steps in the ICA process. The f ...
Coastal and marine ecosystems in a changing climate: the case of
... ICM initiatives – lessons from forestry and wildlife sectors could be useful. (ii) The need to undertake empirical studies to investigate carbon stocking capacity of coastal and marine ecosystems – such as mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes – to provide baseline information for Tanzania to ven ...
... ICM initiatives – lessons from forestry and wildlife sectors could be useful. (ii) The need to undertake empirical studies to investigate carbon stocking capacity of coastal and marine ecosystems – such as mangroves, seagrasses, and tidal marshes – to provide baseline information for Tanzania to ven ...
CLIMATE ASSESSMENT REPORT
... of extreme events to long term change over the Missouri Basin. The analysis in this report is intended to provide information that can be used by policy, planning and decision makers in their determinations of how to prepare for and manage the risk of future flooding in the basin. The analysis itsel ...
... of extreme events to long term change over the Missouri Basin. The analysis in this report is intended to provide information that can be used by policy, planning and decision makers in their determinations of how to prepare for and manage the risk of future flooding in the basin. The analysis itsel ...
original articles aaem
... pollen curves presented a similar pattern in all study years, with different peaks over the season attributable in many cases to the presence of several species. High pollen concentrations were recorded, particularly at Mediterranean sites. This study also proposes forecasting models to predict both ...
... pollen curves presented a similar pattern in all study years, with different peaks over the season attributable in many cases to the presence of several species. High pollen concentrations were recorded, particularly at Mediterranean sites. This study also proposes forecasting models to predict both ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... 3-6 percent more precipitation while the northeast portion will receive 6-9 percent more precipitation. The ecologically critical point for precipitation is when it falls. Significantly more precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is e ...
... 3-6 percent more precipitation while the northeast portion will receive 6-9 percent more precipitation. The ecologically critical point for precipitation is when it falls. Significantly more precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is e ...
Surveys of scientists' views on climate change
Several surveys have been conducted of the opinions of scientists on anthropogenic climate change. They have generally concluded that the majority of scientists believe that human activity is contributing to global warming.