Vulnerability of Marine Turtles to Climate Change
... beaches from the viewpoints of both conservation and coastal management, and increased international conservation efforts to protect turtles in regions where there is high unregulated or illegal fisheries (including turtle harvesting). Increasing research efforts on the critical knowledge gaps of pr ...
... beaches from the viewpoints of both conservation and coastal management, and increased international conservation efforts to protect turtles in regions where there is high unregulated or illegal fisheries (including turtle harvesting). Increasing research efforts on the critical knowledge gaps of pr ...
Management & Engineering
... carbon sinks capacity (Roger et al. 1997, Rodel et al. 1998, Olschewski, Beitez 2005, Olschewski et al.2005, De Koning et al.2005, Peter et al.2007, Charlotte Streck et al.2008, Olschewski Beitez 2009). The literatures review showed that not much research has been published on employment under the b ...
... carbon sinks capacity (Roger et al. 1997, Rodel et al. 1998, Olschewski, Beitez 2005, Olschewski et al.2005, De Koning et al.2005, Peter et al.2007, Charlotte Streck et al.2008, Olschewski Beitez 2009). The literatures review showed that not much research has been published on employment under the b ...
Governing geoengineering research: why, when and how? Lisa Dilling Rachel Hauser
... areas such as nanotechnology and synthetic biology (Sarewitz 2010). Simply because a topic engenders public controversy does not by itself necessarily imply the need for additional governance, although it does raise the topic for consideration. However, as we discuss below, the controversy does refl ...
... areas such as nanotechnology and synthetic biology (Sarewitz 2010). Simply because a topic engenders public controversy does not by itself necessarily imply the need for additional governance, although it does raise the topic for consideration. However, as we discuss below, the controversy does refl ...
Comparative evaluation of the main factors that
... runoff and flood discharge grows with an increase in impervious areas. Concentration of population and assets is also important as a social aspect of flood risk. Climate change is now considered an important factor increasing flood risk, with its increasingly frequent torrential storms (IPCC, 2007; ...
... runoff and flood discharge grows with an increase in impervious areas. Concentration of population and assets is also important as a social aspect of flood risk. Climate change is now considered an important factor increasing flood risk, with its increasingly frequent torrential storms (IPCC, 2007; ...
Slight glacier reduction over the northwestern Tibetan Plateau
... and Himalaya represent the largest ice masses in the world, outside the Polar regions (Smiraglia et al., 2007). They are at the headwaters of many prominent rivers and play an important role in the water tower of Asia (Yao et al., 2012). Among these regions, most reports indicate that emerging indic ...
... and Himalaya represent the largest ice masses in the world, outside the Polar regions (Smiraglia et al., 2007). They are at the headwaters of many prominent rivers and play an important role in the water tower of Asia (Yao et al., 2012). Among these regions, most reports indicate that emerging indic ...
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... environmental damage stock and therefore does little to decrease the need to adapt. Finally, all the aforementioned studies stress that adaptation is a more effective option to reduce climate change damage, especially if agents have a strong preference for the present (high discount rates), or early ...
... environmental damage stock and therefore does little to decrease the need to adapt. Finally, all the aforementioned studies stress that adaptation is a more effective option to reduce climate change damage, especially if agents have a strong preference for the present (high discount rates), or early ...
Methane emission in various wetland habitats in the Biebrza Valley
... chamber was placed at the frame. Beforehand, the frame was filled with water to avoid gas exchange between the chamber and the air around (Fig. 2.2.2 A). Chambers were covered with reflecting metal film (Fig. 2.2.1 B, and 2.2.2. B), to avoid the warming of the soil and air captured inside of the fra ...
... chamber was placed at the frame. Beforehand, the frame was filled with water to avoid gas exchange between the chamber and the air around (Fig. 2.2.2 A). Chambers were covered with reflecting metal film (Fig. 2.2.1 B, and 2.2.2. B), to avoid the warming of the soil and air captured inside of the fra ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... human activities on and to our planet, and their impact on the earth’s natural climate. Yes, there are those who still doubt the anthropogenic causes underlying the climate shifts we are beginning to see and experience, but as the evidence mounts and is becoming more overwhelming, their numbers are ...
... human activities on and to our planet, and their impact on the earth’s natural climate. Yes, there are those who still doubt the anthropogenic causes underlying the climate shifts we are beginning to see and experience, but as the evidence mounts and is becoming more overwhelming, their numbers are ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... human activities on and to our planet, and their impact on the earth’s natural climate. Yes, there are those who still doubt the anthropogenic causes underlying the climate shifts we are beginning to see and experience, but as the evidence mounts and is becoming more overwhelming, their numbers are ...
... human activities on and to our planet, and their impact on the earth’s natural climate. Yes, there are those who still doubt the anthropogenic causes underlying the climate shifts we are beginning to see and experience, but as the evidence mounts and is becoming more overwhelming, their numbers are ...
The carbon jigsaw AccountAncy futures
... scheme and determines the number of emission allowances granted free of charge to scheme participants and the number that will be sold or auctioned in the Member State’s domestic marketplace. These allocation plans also specify the treatment for ‘new entrants’, ie entities that enter into the emissi ...
... scheme and determines the number of emission allowances granted free of charge to scheme participants and the number that will be sold or auctioned in the Member State’s domestic marketplace. These allocation plans also specify the treatment for ‘new entrants’, ie entities that enter into the emissi ...
Malaria in the African highlands: past, present and future
... Malaria en Afrique (ARMA), unpublished data, 1997). Thus while it may be possible to predict the physical location of epidemic-prone areas, identifying when an epidemic is likely to occur may be more problematic. Global temperature change. More recently there has been growing concern that global war ...
... Malaria en Afrique (ARMA), unpublished data, 1997). Thus while it may be possible to predict the physical location of epidemic-prone areas, identifying when an epidemic is likely to occur may be more problematic. Global temperature change. More recently there has been growing concern that global war ...
Multi-gas abatement analysis of the Marrakesh Accords Paul. L
... “REAFFIRMS that, with a view to meeting the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2°C above pre-industr ...
... “REAFFIRMS that, with a view to meeting the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, overall global annual mean surface temperature increase should not exceed 2°C above pre-industr ...
Protecting Health from Climate Change
... Luiz Augusto Galvão, Area Manager, Sustainable Development and Environmental Health, WHO Regional Office for the Americas. There is now strong evidence that the earth’s climate is changing rapidly, due mainly to human activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation pat ...
... Luiz Augusto Galvão, Area Manager, Sustainable Development and Environmental Health, WHO Regional Office for the Americas. There is now strong evidence that the earth’s climate is changing rapidly, due mainly to human activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation pat ...
Why is geoengineering so tempting?
... mechanisms in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. It has received increasing attention by economists and the public but remains deeply controversial. This paper studies the potential benets from geoengineering in a standard one-sector growth model augmented with a carbon cycle and a c ...
... mechanisms in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. It has received increasing attention by economists and the public but remains deeply controversial. This paper studies the potential benets from geoengineering in a standard one-sector growth model augmented with a carbon cycle and a c ...
Working Paper 170 - Doda 2014 (opens in new window)
... mechanisms in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. It has received increasing attention by economists and the public but remains deeply controversial. This paper studies the potential benets from geoengineering in a standard one-sector growth model augmented with a carbon cycle and a c ...
... mechanisms in order to alleviate the impacts of climate change. It has received increasing attention by economists and the public but remains deeply controversial. This paper studies the potential benets from geoengineering in a standard one-sector growth model augmented with a carbon cycle and a c ...
doc - Canadian Pugwash Group
... model from the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, as well as a dataset from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Russia, have enabled examination of warming cycles early in the 20th century as well as those late in the century. The late century global warming anomaly can only be simulat ...
... model from the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, as well as a dataset from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in Russia, have enabled examination of warming cycles early in the 20th century as well as those late in the century. The late century global warming anomaly can only be simulat ...
Special Report on Divestment at the University of
... warmest in recorded history.2 Beyond increased average temperature, we can observe other recent changes in the Earth’s systems as well. Arctic sea ice levels have fallen to record lows for this time of year, while the Southern Hemisphere recently experienced its strongest winds ever recorded in an e ...
... warmest in recorded history.2 Beyond increased average temperature, we can observe other recent changes in the Earth’s systems as well. Arctic sea ice levels have fallen to record lows for this time of year, while the Southern Hemisphere recently experienced its strongest winds ever recorded in an e ...
REPORT ON ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE AND
... across different LDCs of the true escalating costs of climate change leading to adaptation needs. As part of this, finance and planning specialists from government and non-government agencies across LDCs should be convened into a community of practice on assessing costs and benefits of climate chang ...
... across different LDCs of the true escalating costs of climate change leading to adaptation needs. As part of this, finance and planning specialists from government and non-government agencies across LDCs should be convened into a community of practice on assessing costs and benefits of climate chang ...
Studies of the aerosol indirect effect from sulfate Jo´n Egill Kristja´nsson
... of aerosols as a forcing term. In the case of the lifetime effect the notion has been [e.g., IPCC, 2001] that it is not possible to present this as a forcing, leading researchers to calculate it as a difference between two separate runs. The disadvantage of this is obvious since dynamic feedbacks ca ...
... of aerosols as a forcing term. In the case of the lifetime effect the notion has been [e.g., IPCC, 2001] that it is not possible to present this as a forcing, leading researchers to calculate it as a difference between two separate runs. The disadvantage of this is obvious since dynamic feedbacks ca ...
First Announcement of the - Karst Dynamics Laboratory
... Karst water is paid more attention under global change because of its sensitivity to environment. This is especially true in China, which has a total karst area of nearly 1million km2. Several drought disasters happen widely here from 2009 to 2012. Seven provinces were affected and millions of peopl ...
... Karst water is paid more attention under global change because of its sensitivity to environment. This is especially true in China, which has a total karst area of nearly 1million km2. Several drought disasters happen widely here from 2009 to 2012. Seven provinces were affected and millions of peopl ...
water resources of nepal in the context of climate change
... remaining 0.7% of the total water resources worldwide accessible for direct human uses. This is the water found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and those underground sources that are shallow enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. This also is the only amount that is regularly renewed by rain and sn ...
... remaining 0.7% of the total water resources worldwide accessible for direct human uses. This is the water found in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and those underground sources that are shallow enough to be tapped at an affordable cost. This also is the only amount that is regularly renewed by rain and sn ...
E - UNLV College of Education - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
... assistant for Dr. Edward Haertel. Developed and scored oral and written assessments for evaluating critical thinking and other program outcomes in alternative learning environments known as "community of learners," based on the work of Drs. Ann Brown and Joseph Campione. Assessments were for grades ...
... assistant for Dr. Edward Haertel. Developed and scored oral and written assessments for evaluating critical thinking and other program outcomes in alternative learning environments known as "community of learners," based on the work of Drs. Ann Brown and Joseph Campione. Assessments were for grades ...
Argentinean soy based biodiesel - Tyndall°Centre for Climate
... carbon fuels without jeopardising food security, the environment, or causing adverse social impacts. We return to this issue in the final section of this paper, drawing on what we have learned to date in Argentina and from a substantial (currently unpublished) review of feedstock properties, condu ...
... carbon fuels without jeopardising food security, the environment, or causing adverse social impacts. We return to this issue in the final section of this paper, drawing on what we have learned to date in Argentina and from a substantial (currently unpublished) review of feedstock properties, condu ...
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.