S2009001_en.pdf
... some of its economic activities, such as agriculture and tourism, the potential loss of biodiversity or of human life and the exposure to extreme weather events show how important it is to conduct an economic analysis of climate change in order to formulate a sustainable, long-term development strat ...
... some of its economic activities, such as agriculture and tourism, the potential loss of biodiversity or of human life and the exposure to extreme weather events show how important it is to conduct an economic analysis of climate change in order to formulate a sustainable, long-term development strat ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... and designing adaptation strategies that are technically, financially, and politically achievable. Meanwhile, donors too must work to protect their investments by incorporating analyses of climate variability and change into the design and implementation of virtually every kind of development assist ...
... and designing adaptation strategies that are technically, financially, and politically achievable. Meanwhile, donors too must work to protect their investments by incorporating analyses of climate variability and change into the design and implementation of virtually every kind of development assist ...
Using Concept Maps for Assessing Adult Learners in Training
... provides habitat for diverse wildlife along the river, including the silvery minnow, an endangered indicator species. The hydrology of the river is characterized by low flow during the winter months, a snow-induced peak in spring/early summer, and smaller peaks in July and August due to the effect o ...
... provides habitat for diverse wildlife along the river, including the silvery minnow, an endangered indicator species. The hydrology of the river is characterized by low flow during the winter months, a snow-induced peak in spring/early summer, and smaller peaks in July and August due to the effect o ...
Is there an ASEAN policy on Climate Change?
... twentieth first century. It is defining in the sense that it is now dictating the pace and nature of economic growth, development and social progress, while potentially becoming the greatest threat to humankind and survival if left unchecked. It is challenging because of its multifaceted nature, aff ...
... twentieth first century. It is defining in the sense that it is now dictating the pace and nature of economic growth, development and social progress, while potentially becoming the greatest threat to humankind and survival if left unchecked. It is challenging because of its multifaceted nature, aff ...
Climate change and the South Asian summer monsoon
... tropical circulation13. Yet, what processes set the poleward extent and east–west asymmetry in the seasonal mean monsoon precipitation seen in Fig. 1? As the maximum in solar insolation and the positive net flux of energy into the atmospheric column14 that is expected to lead to rising motion are st ...
... tropical circulation13. Yet, what processes set the poleward extent and east–west asymmetry in the seasonal mean monsoon precipitation seen in Fig. 1? As the maximum in solar insolation and the positive net flux of energy into the atmospheric column14 that is expected to lead to rising motion are st ...
Climate-driven trends in mean and high flows from a network of
... for evidence of long-term climate-driven changes. The mid 1970s change point detected in precipitation was also identified in four river flow records and correlated with the NAOI (Kiely 1999). It was shown that river flows have been increasing since the change point. Hannaford et al. (2005) found si ...
... for evidence of long-term climate-driven changes. The mid 1970s change point detected in precipitation was also identified in four river flow records and correlated with the NAOI (Kiely 1999). It was shown that river flows have been increasing since the change point. Hannaford et al. (2005) found si ...
How-can-we-learn-to-live-with
... are not the way forward, Dr Reynard concluded. The Centre is now working on a range of responses to climate change for floods of varying return periods, based on individual catchment characteristics; for example, given a 40% risk threshold, the allowance for climate change should be between 20% and ...
... are not the way forward, Dr Reynard concluded. The Centre is now working on a range of responses to climate change for floods of varying return periods, based on individual catchment characteristics; for example, given a 40% risk threshold, the allowance for climate change should be between 20% and ...
Climate Change and the Outbreak Ranges of Two North American
... maps of 2 km 2 km rasters before merging with maps for the other three states. All maps were developed from historical aerial sketch maps of bark beetle damage. A map of the total area of mountain pine beetle outbreaks was developed by overlaying maps from all years. The total area of grid cells i ...
... maps of 2 km 2 km rasters before merging with maps for the other three states. All maps were developed from historical aerial sketch maps of bark beetle damage. A map of the total area of mountain pine beetle outbreaks was developed by overlaying maps from all years. The total area of grid cells i ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... For most of us the media are a major, sometimes sole, source of information. And so people base their opinions on what they see on the television, what they hear on the radio, what they read in the paper and what they come across on the web. In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore ...
... For most of us the media are a major, sometimes sole, source of information. And so people base their opinions on what they see on the television, what they hear on the radio, what they read in the paper and what they come across on the web. In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore ...
Natural Capital - Identifying implications for economies
... insufficient methodology. This is changing. Natural capital imbalances at a local level (water availability) and on a global basis (carbon) driven by population, economic activity and technology have increased in prominence. Disruption has become clearer and governments are starting to manage the ri ...
... insufficient methodology. This is changing. Natural capital imbalances at a local level (water availability) and on a global basis (carbon) driven by population, economic activity and technology have increased in prominence. Disruption has become clearer and governments are starting to manage the ri ...
Flowering phenology in a species-rich temperate grassland is
... • Flowering is a critical stage in plant life cycles, and changes might alter processes at the species, community and ecosystem levels. Therefore, likely flowering-time responses to global change drivers are needed for predictions of global change impacts on natural and managed ecosystems. • Here, t ...
... • Flowering is a critical stage in plant life cycles, and changes might alter processes at the species, community and ecosystem levels. Therefore, likely flowering-time responses to global change drivers are needed for predictions of global change impacts on natural and managed ecosystems. • Here, t ...
Put title here. - Denver Climate Study Group
... Canadian and Alaskan well data age and source rock potential are consistent with preliminary ACEX results ...
... Canadian and Alaskan well data age and source rock potential are consistent with preliminary ACEX results ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System
... cloud liquid water content, a larger number of CCN increases cloud albedo (indirect cloud albedo effect) and reduces the precipitation efficiency (indirect cloud lifetime effect), both of which are likely to result in a reduction of the global, annual mean net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. ...
... cloud liquid water content, a larger number of CCN increases cloud albedo (indirect cloud albedo effect) and reduces the precipitation efficiency (indirect cloud lifetime effect), both of which are likely to result in a reduction of the global, annual mean net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and
... cloud liquid water content, a larger number of CCN increases cloud albedo (indirect cloud albedo effect) and reduces the precipitation efficiency (indirect cloud lifetime effect), both of which are likely to result in a reduction of the global, annual mean net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. ...
... cloud liquid water content, a larger number of CCN increases cloud albedo (indirect cloud albedo effect) and reduces the precipitation efficiency (indirect cloud lifetime effect), both of which are likely to result in a reduction of the global, annual mean net radiation at the top of the atmosphere. ...
Working group on climate change
... minimum temperature (1925-2013) at Tocklai, Jorhat, Assam Not only the rainfall decreased over last 90 years but also a significant increase in minimum temperature has been observed in the region. Only in Tocklai, Jorhat there is more than 1.40C increase in minimum temperature over last 90 years (Fi ...
... minimum temperature (1925-2013) at Tocklai, Jorhat, Assam Not only the rainfall decreased over last 90 years but also a significant increase in minimum temperature has been observed in the region. Only in Tocklai, Jorhat there is more than 1.40C increase in minimum temperature over last 90 years (Fi ...
The prehistoric and preindustrial deforestation of Europe
... four time slices prior to AD 1700, the authors used simple maps and literature on the spread of human civilization with historical world population records to estimate the extent of permanent and nonpermanent agriculture since the mid-Holocene. As these references do not explicitly deal with land co ...
... four time slices prior to AD 1700, the authors used simple maps and literature on the spread of human civilization with historical world population records to estimate the extent of permanent and nonpermanent agriculture since the mid-Holocene. As these references do not explicitly deal with land co ...
8 — Urban Areas - Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report
... Urban climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts are increasing across the world in urban centers of all sizes, economic conditions, and site characteristics. {8.2} Urban climate change-related risks are increasing (including rising sea levels and storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipita ...
... Urban climate change risks, vulnerabilities, and impacts are increasing across the world in urban centers of all sizes, economic conditions, and site characteristics. {8.2} Urban climate change-related risks are increasing (including rising sea levels and storm surges, heat stress, extreme precipita ...
FOREWORD Mongolia`s harsh climatic conditions create one of the
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
... barriers to its economic development, and the anticipated climate change will limit it even further. Therefore, Mongolia has consistently demonstrated its strong support of international initiatives in protection of global climate. Mongolia was one of over 150 countries to sign the United Nations Fr ...
Effects of temperature change on mussel, Mytilus
... (Marshall et al. 2010), much of the variability in thermal regimes within rocky intertidal sites is driven by substratum angle (Denny et al. 2011), with non-shaded surfaces exposing mussels to much higher temperatures than shaded vertical surfaces (Helmuth & Hofmann 2001). As a result, intra-site va ...
... (Marshall et al. 2010), much of the variability in thermal regimes within rocky intertidal sites is driven by substratum angle (Denny et al. 2011), with non-shaded surfaces exposing mussels to much higher temperatures than shaded vertical surfaces (Helmuth & Hofmann 2001). As a result, intra-site va ...
Exhaustible resource consumption and lessons for
... there have been a number of studies that find a robust link between the cumulative GHG emissions and the global temperature change. Still, their estimates of GHG budgets for different policy scenarios are described in probabilistic terms. The uncertainty around the quantitative relationship between ...
... there have been a number of studies that find a robust link between the cumulative GHG emissions and the global temperature change. Still, their estimates of GHG budgets for different policy scenarios are described in probabilistic terms. The uncertainty around the quantitative relationship between ...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates
... across all the IPCC models). The less energy-intensive SRES B2 scenario features a lower emission path, projecting a 2.2 1C temperature increase on average across all models. These two scenarios played a central role in the 3rd IPCC assessment (Cubasch et al., 2001) and are commonly used in climate ...
... across all the IPCC models). The less energy-intensive SRES B2 scenario features a lower emission path, projecting a 2.2 1C temperature increase on average across all models. These two scenarios played a central role in the 3rd IPCC assessment (Cubasch et al., 2001) and are commonly used in climate ...
Inuit and Scientific Perspectives on the Relationship Between Sea
... just knowledge, but a way of life (Wenzel, 1999), part of a holistic experience incorporating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual awareness (Zamporo, 1996; Thorpe, 1998). Therefore, Inuit knowledge is based on extensive, repeated observation and experience that is further verified, shared, an ...
... just knowledge, but a way of life (Wenzel, 1999), part of a holistic experience incorporating physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual awareness (Zamporo, 1996; Thorpe, 1998). Therefore, Inuit knowledge is based on extensive, repeated observation and experience that is further verified, shared, an ...
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.