Comparing Conceptualizations of Urban Climate Resilience in
... jurisdiction size and geographic features. Respondents’ roles in their communities also varied with the largest group (30 percent) working in the energy or environment field (i.e., energy, environmental services, parks, or sustainability staff), followed by 24 percent that serve as elected officials ...
... jurisdiction size and geographic features. Respondents’ roles in their communities also varied with the largest group (30 percent) working in the energy or environment field (i.e., energy, environmental services, parks, or sustainability staff), followed by 24 percent that serve as elected officials ...
Ocean Acidification and the UNFCCC
... There are likely to be winners and losers due to rising ocean acidity. It has been suggested that jellyfish,21 algae22 and seagrasses23 could all do better in a high CO2 world. However, these species are unlikely to support the diversity of species and ecosystems that exists in the oceans today and ...
... There are likely to be winners and losers due to rising ocean acidity. It has been suggested that jellyfish,21 algae22 and seagrasses23 could all do better in a high CO2 world. However, these species are unlikely to support the diversity of species and ecosystems that exists in the oceans today and ...
Document
... benefitting rural and urban communities worldwide and exploring rural and urban linkages (4) At least three published articles and papers on project results disseminated through scientific and practitioner community Folie 21 ...
... benefitting rural and urban communities worldwide and exploring rural and urban linkages (4) At least three published articles and papers on project results disseminated through scientific and practitioner community Folie 21 ...
M D N R
... ecological processes, and a rapidly changing climate. This report focuses on the effect of a rapidly changing climate. In 2010, the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) received funding from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Coastal Management Program to assess vulnerability of ...
... ecological processes, and a rapidly changing climate. This report focuses on the effect of a rapidly changing climate. In 2010, the Michigan Natural Features Inventory (MNFI) received funding from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Coastal Management Program to assess vulnerability of ...
Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and
... night, jet lag and shift work [1,2], which induce temporal mismatches between the environment and circadian biology, and have detrimental effects on health and well-being. Problems of mismatch extend beyond daily rhythmicity. New research by Dopico et al. [3] has elegantly demonstrated massive seaso ...
... night, jet lag and shift work [1,2], which induce temporal mismatches between the environment and circadian biology, and have detrimental effects on health and well-being. Problems of mismatch extend beyond daily rhythmicity. New research by Dopico et al. [3] has elegantly demonstrated massive seaso ...
Some issues in uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning: a
... other output variables, such as temperature and wind. By using the optimal parameters obtained at 25-km simulation, both the magnitude and spatial pattern of simulated precipitation were improved at 12-km spatial resolution. The optimal parameters identified from the SGP region also improved the sim ...
... other output variables, such as temperature and wind. By using the optimal parameters obtained at 25-km simulation, both the magnitude and spatial pattern of simulated precipitation were improved at 12-km spatial resolution. The optimal parameters identified from the SGP region also improved the sim ...
Climate change guidelines for forest managers
... Forests play a significant role in climate change mitigation by acting as “sinks”, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass and soils, but, when cleared or degraded, they are also significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Forests, therefore, are important components in s ...
... Forests play a significant role in climate change mitigation by acting as “sinks”, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass and soils, but, when cleared or degraded, they are also significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Forests, therefore, are important components in s ...
Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise and the Vulnerability of
... sea-level events (indicated by the diameter of the discs), caused by a sea-level rise of 0.1 m. The present statistics of extreme sea levels may be integrated with projections of the rise in mean sea level (and their associated uncertainties), in order to provide estimates of the statistics of futur ...
... sea-level events (indicated by the diameter of the discs), caused by a sea-level rise of 0.1 m. The present statistics of extreme sea levels may be integrated with projections of the rise in mean sea level (and their associated uncertainties), in order to provide estimates of the statistics of futur ...
Climate Change and The Insurance Sector
... • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most significant consequences of those ...
... • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most significant consequences of those ...
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
... The general pattern in these maps representing wave height parameters are dominated by large zonal features with a clear poleward increase. Maximum values are found during each respective hemisphere winter, located in the North Pacific around the 50◦ N, in the North Atlantic at about 60◦ N and in th ...
... The general pattern in these maps representing wave height parameters are dominated by large zonal features with a clear poleward increase. Maximum values are found during each respective hemisphere winter, located in the North Pacific around the 50◦ N, in the North Atlantic at about 60◦ N and in th ...
Paper on recycling principles 2
... 4.3 Which risk perception do they represent? Metals are not only used in short-living consumer goods such as packaging but also in long-living products such as wall claddings, steel beams, airplanes and railway coaches. The long duration between the manufacture of such products and their potential r ...
... 4.3 Which risk perception do they represent? Metals are not only used in short-living consumer goods such as packaging but also in long-living products such as wall claddings, steel beams, airplanes and railway coaches. The long duration between the manufacture of such products and their potential r ...
Coral Bleaching and Global Climate Change: Scientific Findings
... Value of Coral Reefs Coral reefs are one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth (although there are limits to the amount of harvestable productivity; Grigg et al. 1984) and the most complex, species-rich, and productive marine ecosystem (Stafford-Deitsch 1993; Sebens 1994; Bryant et al. 1998). M ...
... Value of Coral Reefs Coral reefs are one of the most productive ecosystems on Earth (although there are limits to the amount of harvestable productivity; Grigg et al. 1984) and the most complex, species-rich, and productive marine ecosystem (Stafford-Deitsch 1993; Sebens 1994; Bryant et al. 1998). M ...
Climate change and Pacific islands: Indicators and impacts: Report
... This report is published as one of a series of technical inputs to the National Climate Assessment (NCA) 2013 report. The NCA is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of clima ...
... This report is published as one of a series of technical inputs to the National Climate Assessment (NCA) 2013 report. The NCA is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of clima ...
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... [2] The long-term objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), stated in Article 2 of the accord, is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the ...
... [2] The long-term objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), stated in Article 2 of the accord, is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the ...
implications of long-term scenarios for medium
... scenarios that include net negative CO2 emission technologies, but it does not specify the contribution made by these factors. 3. Finally, the IPCC provides very little information for more stringent targets than 2 °C, as relevant literature on this topic was still scarce. However, given the current ...
... scenarios that include net negative CO2 emission technologies, but it does not specify the contribution made by these factors. 3. Finally, the IPCC provides very little information for more stringent targets than 2 °C, as relevant literature on this topic was still scarce. However, given the current ...
CHAPTER 8: Needs and Emerging Opportunities
... Agroforestry systems can support these ecosystem services by providing critical habitat resources for beneficial insects for biological pest control and for native pollinators to augment honey bee pollination. In addition, agroforestry practices can protect these valuable insects by reducing spray d ...
... Agroforestry systems can support these ecosystem services by providing critical habitat resources for beneficial insects for biological pest control and for native pollinators to augment honey bee pollination. In addition, agroforestry practices can protect these valuable insects by reducing spray d ...
Global Catastrophic Risks - The Global Priorities Project
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
Deforestation in Amazonia impacts riverine carbon dynamics
... storage in vegetation, litter and soil as well as water fluxes for these areas. On areas that are converted to crops and pasture the vegetation carbon stored in natural vegetation (carbon in living above- and belowground biomass) is removed from the terrestrial domain and added to the litter pool. D ...
... storage in vegetation, litter and soil as well as water fluxes for these areas. On areas that are converted to crops and pasture the vegetation carbon stored in natural vegetation (carbon in living above- and belowground biomass) is removed from the terrestrial domain and added to the litter pool. D ...
MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
... What will happen to the future climate of our world? Man-induced increases in greenhouses gases (the most important of which is carbon dioxide) is leading to changes in the amount of sun energy that is trapped in the earth system and therefore to changes in the earth’s climate itself. Predictions of ...
... What will happen to the future climate of our world? Man-induced increases in greenhouses gases (the most important of which is carbon dioxide) is leading to changes in the amount of sun energy that is trapped in the earth system and therefore to changes in the earth’s climate itself. Predictions of ...
presentation
... August 30, 2004 2 provinces in Northeast of Thailand 200,000 liters / day / plant ...
... August 30, 2004 2 provinces in Northeast of Thailand 200,000 liters / day / plant ...
NERRS Science Collaborative: Program Overview
... Some Tough Questions • How much can science help? ...
... Some Tough Questions • How much can science help? ...
adaptation and the mortality effects of temperature across us climate
... Institutes of Health under award number R01AG053350. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. ...
... Institutes of Health under award number R01AG053350. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. ...
Technology Needs Assessments – Mitigation Report
... become a reality for Bangladesh. Impacts of climate change are exacerbating many of the current problems the country faces and will relentlessly challenge country's ability to achieve continuous higher economic growth to eradicate poverty at an expected pace. In this context, Vision 2012 of the gove ...
... become a reality for Bangladesh. Impacts of climate change are exacerbating many of the current problems the country faces and will relentlessly challenge country's ability to achieve continuous higher economic growth to eradicate poverty at an expected pace. In this context, Vision 2012 of the gove ...
Use of Perennial Grass in Grazing Systems of Southern Australia to
... heat. Temperatures above 45°C have been recorded at nearly all stations more than 150 km from the coast and at many places on the north-west and southern coasts (NATMAP, 1986). Half of Australia’s total land area has an average annual rainfall of less than 300 mm and about 80% has less than 600 mm ( ...
... heat. Temperatures above 45°C have been recorded at nearly all stations more than 150 km from the coast and at many places on the north-west and southern coasts (NATMAP, 1986). Half of Australia’s total land area has an average annual rainfall of less than 300 mm and about 80% has less than 600 mm ( ...
Weather, Traffic Accidents, and Climate Change
... social costs of traffic accidents are massive. Worldwide, nearly 1.24 million people die in traffic fatalities annually (WHO, 2013). In 2006, traffic fatalities were the leading cause of death in the United States for individuals between the ages of 4 and 35 (NHTSA, 2009). Interactions with weather ...
... social costs of traffic accidents are massive. Worldwide, nearly 1.24 million people die in traffic fatalities annually (WHO, 2013). In 2006, traffic fatalities were the leading cause of death in the United States for individuals between the ages of 4 and 35 (NHTSA, 2009). Interactions with weather ...
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.