Climate Change Impacts on International Seaports
... envisioned from past experience . . . Decision makers will need new kinds of information and new ways of thinking and learning to function effectively in a changing climate” (NRC 2009). Climate change will require adaptation strategies for waterborne commerce and coastal infrastructure, the backbone ...
... envisioned from past experience . . . Decision makers will need new kinds of information and new ways of thinking and learning to function effectively in a changing climate” (NRC 2009). Climate change will require adaptation strategies for waterborne commerce and coastal infrastructure, the backbone ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... Some of the impacts of climate change such as increased temperature, longer growing seasons and decreased frost risk, may be beneficial for some sectors of agriculture, forestry and horticulture. These benefits may be limited by negative effects such as prolonged drought, increased flood risk, or gr ...
... Some of the impacts of climate change such as increased temperature, longer growing seasons and decreased frost risk, may be beneficial for some sectors of agriculture, forestry and horticulture. These benefits may be limited by negative effects such as prolonged drought, increased flood risk, or gr ...
The Vulnerability of Biodiversity to Rapid Climate Change
... The vulnerability of species or ecosystems can be considered in terms of resistance (to changing state) and resilience (ability to recover) to changing climatic conditions and so are relative to the magnitude of the threat. In this regard, I refer to ‘rapid climate change’ as meaning all features of ...
... The vulnerability of species or ecosystems can be considered in terms of resistance (to changing state) and resilience (ability to recover) to changing climatic conditions and so are relative to the magnitude of the threat. In this regard, I refer to ‘rapid climate change’ as meaning all features of ...
'Sensitivity of climate change detection and attribution to the characterization of internal climate variability'
... ticated variations of the multiregression technique in order to quantify the statistical signif- ...
... ticated variations of the multiregression technique in order to quantify the statistical signif- ...
Review Copy
... two large urban centres north of the Alps; Lugano, a densely populated urban area south of the Alps; and the ...
... two large urban centres north of the Alps; Lugano, a densely populated urban area south of the Alps; and the ...
Negotiating the Next Climate Change Treaty
... emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases kept on rising. There is a lesson here. More important than having an agreement ready for leaders to sign in Copenhagen is having an agreement that will change how states behave − an agreement that will control emission ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases kept on rising. There is a lesson here. More important than having an agreement ready for leaders to sign in Copenhagen is having an agreement that will change how states behave − an agreement that will control emission ...
The Blueprint for Coffee in a Changing Climate
... The timing and duration of seasonal rain is critical to triggering flowering and seed development in the coffee plant, and many of the small farms that produce seventy percent of the world’s coffee14 depend on rain to meet the water needs of their coffee plants throughout the year. Unfortunately, to ...
... The timing and duration of seasonal rain is critical to triggering flowering and seed development in the coffee plant, and many of the small farms that produce seventy percent of the world’s coffee14 depend on rain to meet the water needs of their coffee plants throughout the year. Unfortunately, to ...
Local Knowledge and Perception of Climate Change among Apple
... adaptive in the context of mountain environments. In this paper, I present a case study of a society in transition, in the northwestern Himalayas of India, in which local knowledge—combining aspects of traditional knowledge and practice—is used by farmers to cognize and cope with the uncertainty in ...
... adaptive in the context of mountain environments. In this paper, I present a case study of a society in transition, in the northwestern Himalayas of India, in which local knowledge—combining aspects of traditional knowledge and practice—is used by farmers to cognize and cope with the uncertainty in ...
Planning for bushfire risk in a changing climate: Ku-ring
... Whilst the Draft North Subregional Strategy has not been finalised to date, it is being used to guide local planning. Where studies are undertaken that provide more detail or clarification, these could be considered in local land use planning as the document is intended to guide land use planning ...
... Whilst the Draft North Subregional Strategy has not been finalised to date, it is being used to guide local planning. Where studies are undertaken that provide more detail or clarification, these could be considered in local land use planning as the document is intended to guide land use planning ...
Solar forcing of Holocene climate: New insights from a speleothem
... Cross-spectral analysis of the ∆14C data and δ18O data (Fig. 3B) confirms that the two records have matching periodicities at 1533, 444, 170, 146, and 88 yr above the 95% confidence interval. The coherent peaks, within the bandwidth of the Welch window, are identical to the spectral peaks of the ∆14 ...
... Cross-spectral analysis of the ∆14C data and δ18O data (Fig. 3B) confirms that the two records have matching periodicities at 1533, 444, 170, 146, and 88 yr above the 95% confidence interval. The coherent peaks, within the bandwidth of the Welch window, are identical to the spectral peaks of the ∆14 ...
Socio-economic implications of climate change for tea producing countries
... A change in the supply structure in recent decades is the transformation from large plantations to smallholders. In Sri Lanka and Kenya, for example, smallholders are now responsible for about 76 percent and 62 percent of total production, respectively. Tea cultivation is attractive to smallholders ...
... A change in the supply structure in recent decades is the transformation from large plantations to smallholders. In Sri Lanka and Kenya, for example, smallholders are now responsible for about 76 percent and 62 percent of total production, respectively. Tea cultivation is attractive to smallholders ...
Peak globalization: Climate change, oil depletion and global trade
... Globalization is conceptualized here as the treaty-based liberalization of international trade among nations, a project accelerated with the formation of the European Union's Single Market (1992), the North American Free Trade Agreement (1994) and the World Trade Organization (1995).2 The reduction ...
... Globalization is conceptualized here as the treaty-based liberalization of international trade among nations, a project accelerated with the formation of the European Union's Single Market (1992), the North American Free Trade Agreement (1994) and the World Trade Organization (1995).2 The reduction ...
Changes in Water Use Under Regional Climate Change Scenarios
... relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measurements. Aggregate measures of demand, such as water production, are typically more readily avail ...
... relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measurements. Aggregate measures of demand, such as water production, are typically more readily avail ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... the FIG Task Force on Surveyors and Climate Change over the past three years. The Task Force was established at FIG’s Working Week in Marrakech, Morocco, in May 2011, to facilitate the work of the international surveying community in deliberating and better understanding how the surveying profession ...
... the FIG Task Force on Surveyors and Climate Change over the past three years. The Task Force was established at FIG’s Working Week in Marrakech, Morocco, in May 2011, to facilitate the work of the international surveying community in deliberating and better understanding how the surveying profession ...
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... climate shifts and how do these perceptions affect attitudes toward climate change? While scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate pat ...
... climate shifts and how do these perceptions affect attitudes toward climate change? While scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate pat ...
States (and Cities) as Actors in Global Climate Regulation: Unitary
... Second, these State initiatives have made it appreciably more likely that Congress will enact climate regulation. Such legislation will in turn promote U.S. reentry to serious international climate regulatory negotiations, which is prerequisite for post-Bali international progress. These initiative ...
... Second, these State initiatives have made it appreciably more likely that Congress will enact climate regulation. Such legislation will in turn promote U.S. reentry to serious international climate regulatory negotiations, which is prerequisite for post-Bali international progress. These initiative ...
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change... Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York,
... The global average and measured temperature data are fairly constant around -0.8 to -0.4 degrees Celsius from 1750 to 1900 (Luterbacher et al., 2004; Betts et al., 2007). Starting around 1900s the temperature begins to creep upwards to approximately -0.2 in 1950 (IPCC 2002; Parmesan & Yohe, 2003). I ...
... The global average and measured temperature data are fairly constant around -0.8 to -0.4 degrees Celsius from 1750 to 1900 (Luterbacher et al., 2004; Betts et al., 2007). Starting around 1900s the temperature begins to creep upwards to approximately -0.2 in 1950 (IPCC 2002; Parmesan & Yohe, 2003). I ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Vol 2
... Services Center’s publication Coastal Services. These articles showcase examples of the tools, programs, and projects that coastal managers currently have in place. From harnessing cutting-edge technology to changing development practices, and thinking about existing programs and projects in new way ...
... Services Center’s publication Coastal Services. These articles showcase examples of the tools, programs, and projects that coastal managers currently have in place. From harnessing cutting-edge technology to changing development practices, and thinking about existing programs and projects in new way ...
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... meant to present a clear record that can be used by meteorological professionals about what is known and unknown and why. This paper examines a specific subset of extreme weather and climate types affecting the United States. For our purposes, storm-related extremes here refer to those short-duratio ...
... meant to present a clear record that can be used by meteorological professionals about what is known and unknown and why. This paper examines a specific subset of extreme weather and climate types affecting the United States. For our purposes, storm-related extremes here refer to those short-duratio ...
Paleoecological evidence for abrupt cold reversals during peak
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... contributing to the rise in sea levels. In the Arctic, in particular, over the last 100 years, temperatures have been increasing at almost twice the global average rate. For most of Canada, this translates into temperature increases both on a seasonal basis, with winters warming more than summers, a ...
... contributing to the rise in sea levels. In the Arctic, in particular, over the last 100 years, temperatures have been increasing at almost twice the global average rate. For most of Canada, this translates into temperature increases both on a seasonal basis, with winters warming more than summers, a ...
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska
... Recommendation: The Bristol Bay area is currently in a cool period that could last for decades, the result of regional cycles rather than global climate change trends. However, just as global temperatures continue to rise, long-term records in Bristol Bay also show a gradual regional increase. This ...
... Recommendation: The Bristol Bay area is currently in a cool period that could last for decades, the result of regional cycles rather than global climate change trends. However, just as global temperatures continue to rise, long-term records in Bristol Bay also show a gradual regional increase. This ...
North Africa: The Impact of Climate Change to
... This assessment identifies and summarizes the latest peer-reviewed research related to the effects of climate change on selected countries in North Africa, drawing on the literature summarized in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, National Communications ...
... This assessment identifies and summarizes the latest peer-reviewed research related to the effects of climate change on selected countries in North Africa, drawing on the literature summarized in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports, National Communications ...
Extreme Events
... storms. Extreme events can have devastating and wide‑ranging effects on society and the environment, impacting infrastructure, agriculture, utilities, water resources and emergency planning. ...
... storms. Extreme events can have devastating and wide‑ranging effects on society and the environment, impacting infrastructure, agriculture, utilities, water resources and emergency planning. ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.