Activity report_year N-Template - MONARCH-A
... 5. Reanalysis of the water and carbon balances of the major high-latitude catchments and their link to climate ...
... 5. Reanalysis of the water and carbon balances of the major high-latitude catchments and their link to climate ...
Features of Caucasian Segment of the Alpine
... Caucasus (Khain, 1984; Saintot et al., 2006 and references therein). However, the direct and indirect observations of geological data, as well as the most straightforward form of the fault suggests that the leading role play here steep imbricate structures and reverse fau ...
... Caucasus (Khain, 1984; Saintot et al., 2006 and references therein). However, the direct and indirect observations of geological data, as well as the most straightforward form of the fault suggests that the leading role play here steep imbricate structures and reverse fau ...
Climate Change Implications for Marine Fisheries in South Africa
... Ensuring that policies encourage diversification of activities and income generation to enhance social resilience in the face of uncertainty and variability is also important, particularly for the most vulnerable coastal and fisher communities. The promotion of adaptation options such as education, ...
... Ensuring that policies encourage diversification of activities and income generation to enhance social resilience in the face of uncertainty and variability is also important, particularly for the most vulnerable coastal and fisher communities. The promotion of adaptation options such as education, ...
Climate Change Implications for Marine Fisheries
... Ensuring that policies encourage diversification of activities and income generation to enhance social resilience in the face of uncertainty and variability is also important, particularly for the most vulnerable coastal and fisher communities. The promotion of adaptation options such as education, ...
... Ensuring that policies encourage diversification of activities and income generation to enhance social resilience in the face of uncertainty and variability is also important, particularly for the most vulnerable coastal and fisher communities. The promotion of adaptation options such as education, ...
Document
... “Gaia: a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.” ~ James Lovelock ...
... “Gaia: a complex entity involving the Earth's biosphere, atmosphere, oceans, and soil; the totality constituting a feedback or cybernetic system which seeks an optimal physical and chemical environment for life on this planet.” ~ James Lovelock ...
Conserving Freshwater and Coastal Resources in a Changing Climate
... and governments have engaged in international negotiations and action plans to reduce the sources of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, significant effort remains before this global phenomenon is controlled and mitigated. The persistence of previously emitted gases and uncertainties ...
... and governments have engaged in international negotiations and action plans to reduce the sources of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, significant effort remains before this global phenomenon is controlled and mitigated. The persistence of previously emitted gases and uncertainties ...
US-Swedish Planning Workshop on Joint Arctic Research using the
... to join on a wide variety of research foci. Summaries of the discussions held at the Workshop are given in Section 4. A pilot cruise has been approved, the only one yet to have a specific research focus on life cycle of clouds and associated biogeochemical processes in the high Arctic summer, as par ...
... to join on a wide variety of research foci. Summaries of the discussions held at the Workshop are given in Section 4. A pilot cruise has been approved, the only one yet to have a specific research focus on life cycle of clouds and associated biogeochemical processes in the high Arctic summer, as par ...
Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?
... One more topic will help to underscore the point. It is well accepted that certain feedbacks in the climate system, such as increased cloud cover or the Arctic ice-albedo feedback, could work to accelerate or decelerate global warming. One potentially large, positive feedback involves permafrost mel ...
... One more topic will help to underscore the point. It is well accepted that certain feedbacks in the climate system, such as increased cloud cover or the Arctic ice-albedo feedback, could work to accelerate or decelerate global warming. One potentially large, positive feedback involves permafrost mel ...
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... most of the change concentrated in the last few decades. Seen over the scale of the last millennium, the rapid warming represents a strong deviation from the norm. With the continuing emission of greenhouse gases, it is now projected that the mean surface temperature may increase up to close to 6 de ...
... most of the change concentrated in the last few decades. Seen over the scale of the last millennium, the rapid warming represents a strong deviation from the norm. With the continuing emission of greenhouse gases, it is now projected that the mean surface temperature may increase up to close to 6 de ...
Climate Change
... Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and practices. It has requested that further research be conducted into highly vulnerable indigenous an ...
... Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and practices. It has requested that further research be conducted into highly vulnerable indigenous an ...
Assessment of the factors influencing land
... Based on the management and biodiversity influence diagrams from this project, a model of the impact of landscape structure on biodiversity would be developed. This model could then be utilised to examine how landscape should be changed to promote biodiversity, in the form of general biodiversity wi ...
... Based on the management and biodiversity influence diagrams from this project, a model of the impact of landscape structure on biodiversity would be developed. This model could then be utilised to examine how landscape should be changed to promote biodiversity, in the form of general biodiversity wi ...
Genesis of the Supercontinent Cycle Geological Society of America
... Good afternoon everyone. As you know, over the past couple of decades data from a wide variety of sources have led to the general realization that Wegener’s Pangea, seen here, rather than being the Earth’s only supercontinent, was simply the most recent in a series of supercontinents that have punct ...
... Good afternoon everyone. As you know, over the past couple of decades data from a wide variety of sources have led to the general realization that Wegener’s Pangea, seen here, rather than being the Earth’s only supercontinent, was simply the most recent in a series of supercontinents that have punct ...
Engaging state officials and agencies to advocate for landmark
... In addition to flood management, ecosystems provide many economically beneficial services that support and protect humans and nature such as filtering pollutants, erosion control, production of fish and shellfish, and clean drinking water. Green responses can also be used as a first step, delaying t ...
... In addition to flood management, ecosystems provide many economically beneficial services that support and protect humans and nature such as filtering pollutants, erosion control, production of fish and shellfish, and clean drinking water. Green responses can also be used as a first step, delaying t ...
Quaternary and modern environments of the Van Diemen Rise
... rarely last longer than 3 hours and develop winds of 30-1 00 knots (van Andel & Veevers, 1967). The southeast trade winds can generate moderate to rough seas, the main swell being from the southeast. During much of the monsoon season seas are calm and smooth except for the disturbance caused by trop ...
... rarely last longer than 3 hours and develop winds of 30-1 00 knots (van Andel & Veevers, 1967). The southeast trade winds can generate moderate to rough seas, the main swell being from the southeast. During much of the monsoon season seas are calm and smooth except for the disturbance caused by trop ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
... Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of globa ...
... Owing to their high vulnerability and low adaptive capacity, Caribbean islands have legitimate concerns about their future, based on observational records, experience with current patterns and consequences of climate variability, and climate model projections. Although emitting less than 1% of globa ...
Chapter 5 - Government.se
... in spring. All seasons are wetter, except for summer, which does not display a clear trend. As for extreme weather conditions, such as cold, heat, heavy precipitation in a single day and storms, there may be a tendency for more maximum temperature records and fewer minimum records to have been set i ...
... in spring. All seasons are wetter, except for summer, which does not display a clear trend. As for extreme weather conditions, such as cold, heat, heavy precipitation in a single day and storms, there may be a tendency for more maximum temperature records and fewer minimum records to have been set i ...
Climate and Air Quality - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
... million years), the Earth System has shown a persistent pattern of glacial-interglacial cycles during which the climate and atmospheric composition varied between fairly consistent bounds, as shown by ice core measurements (Petit et al. 1999, EPICA community members 2004). These quasi-periodic cycle ...
... million years), the Earth System has shown a persistent pattern of glacial-interglacial cycles during which the climate and atmospheric composition varied between fairly consistent bounds, as shown by ice core measurements (Petit et al. 1999, EPICA community members 2004). These quasi-periodic cycle ...
Climate Change Effects on Marine and Coastal Habitats in
... CO2 Concentrations – global trends Today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are approximately 385 parts per million (ppm).2 Over the past 800,000 years, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have varied between about 170 and 300 ppm.3 Today’s concentrations are approximately 30 percent highe ...
... CO2 Concentrations – global trends Today’s atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations are approximately 385 parts per million (ppm).2 Over the past 800,000 years, atmospheric CO2 concentrations have varied between about 170 and 300 ppm.3 Today’s concentrations are approximately 30 percent highe ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
Yukon Government Climate Change Strategy
... Climate change is a global issue, presenting challenges all over the world. Most climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures are rising and that warming in the past 50 years has been accelerated by human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In Yukon, and acros ...
... Climate change is a global issue, presenting challenges all over the world. Most climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures are rising and that warming in the past 50 years has been accelerated by human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In Yukon, and acros ...
Climate Change Strategy - Environment Yukon
... Climate change is a global issue, presenting challenges all over the world. Most climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures are rising and that warming in the past 50 years has been accelerated by human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In Yukon, and acros ...
... Climate change is a global issue, presenting challenges all over the world. Most climate scientists have concluded that global temperatures are rising and that warming in the past 50 years has been accelerated by human activities that release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In Yukon, and acros ...
CIRCUMPOLAR BIODIVERSITY MONITORING PROGRAM
... The program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) of the Arctic Council was established to address the special needs of Arctic ecosystems, species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region. It was initiated as one of four programs of the Arctic Environmental Protecti ...
... The program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) of the Arctic Council was established to address the special needs of Arctic ecosystems, species and their habitats in the rapidly developing Arctic region. It was initiated as one of four programs of the Arctic Environmental Protecti ...
Adapting_to_Climate_Change_ - MDG-F
... Since maintaining healthy and resilient ecosystems, achieving development priorities and improving the quality of life are as important as adaptation to climate change, it is the combination of promoting conservation and restoration of ecosystems, development choices, adaptation actions and capaciti ...
... Since maintaining healthy and resilient ecosystems, achieving development priorities and improving the quality of life are as important as adaptation to climate change, it is the combination of promoting conservation and restoration of ecosystems, development choices, adaptation actions and capaciti ...
Mountain Biomes - Ecology - Oxford
... Mountains are landforms that rise prominently above the surrounding landscape. They are topographic features that are defined by a high relief, and their most general features are that they encompass a certain elevational range, have steep slopes, and converge toward small summit areas. Depending on ...
... Mountains are landforms that rise prominently above the surrounding landscape. They are topographic features that are defined by a high relief, and their most general features are that they encompass a certain elevational range, have steep slopes, and converge toward small summit areas. Depending on ...
From Global to Regional: Local Sea Level Rise Scenarios
... therefore expected that variations in sea level will be much stronger related to the rest of the basin. The most important feature of the sea level rise is a slowing down that has been recorded since the 1960’s (Orlić and Pasarić, 2000; Tsimplis and Baker, 2000) and that now appears to have ceased. ...
... therefore expected that variations in sea level will be much stronger related to the rest of the basin. The most important feature of the sea level rise is a slowing down that has been recorded since the 1960’s (Orlić and Pasarić, 2000; Tsimplis and Baker, 2000) and that now appears to have ceased. ...