Building Resilient Communities in Maryland: A Stakeholder Forum
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
... Weather: It is what you get: look out of the window now. Climate: Aggregated pattern of weather averages, extremes, timing, geographic distribution) of… ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
Report Gas Greenhouse
... Constituent gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere are called “greenhouse gases” (GHGs), analogous to the way a greenhouse retains heat. GHGs play a critical role in the Earth’s radiation budget by trapping infrared radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface, which would otherwise have esc ...
... Constituent gases that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere are called “greenhouse gases” (GHGs), analogous to the way a greenhouse retains heat. GHGs play a critical role in the Earth’s radiation budget by trapping infrared radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface, which would otherwise have esc ...
One Million Climate Jobs - Campaign against Climate Change
... provide the services the National Climate Service needs to buy. We estimate that will be 500,000 jobs. That’s a total of 1.5 million workers. They will have money to spend on beer, kids’ shoes, parsnips, pizza, downloads and everything else. There will be about 225,000 further new jobs producing and ...
... provide the services the National Climate Service needs to buy. We estimate that will be 500,000 jobs. That’s a total of 1.5 million workers. They will have money to spend on beer, kids’ shoes, parsnips, pizza, downloads and everything else. There will be about 225,000 further new jobs producing and ...
intended nationally determined contribution of mongolia
... eventually visible in Mongolia through environmental degradation with the change in water resources and regimes, shrinking lakes, ponds and springs in non-permafrost areas, depletion of groundwater tables, pasture and soil degradation due to aridity and extreme heat in the summer, a loss of biodiver ...
... eventually visible in Mongolia through environmental degradation with the change in water resources and regimes, shrinking lakes, ponds and springs in non-permafrost areas, depletion of groundwater tables, pasture and soil degradation due to aridity and extreme heat in the summer, a loss of biodiver ...
The Political Economy of Scientific Uncertainty
... The Political Economy of Scientific Uncertainty: how communication campaigns are affected by scientific uncertainty? ...
... The Political Economy of Scientific Uncertainty: how communication campaigns are affected by scientific uncertainty? ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Dr. Diego Rodriguez on 02/24/12. For personal use only. ...
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Dr. Diego Rodriguez on 02/24/12. For personal use only. ...
“Human Rights and Climate Change”. At its 7th session the
... The report discusses the various impacts that climate change is expected to have on Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The three main impacts identified by the report are: ...
... The report discusses the various impacts that climate change is expected to have on Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The three main impacts identified by the report are: ...
the User Guide
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
... For more information on this licence visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/au/deed.en Disclaimer This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or om ...
Australia and New Zealand
... and Collins, 2006). Due to a shift in climate around 1950, the north-western two-thirds of Australia has seen an increase in summer monsoon rainfall, while southern and eastern Australia have become drier (Smith, 2004b). While the causes of decreased rainfall in the east are unknown, the decrease in ...
... and Collins, 2006). Due to a shift in climate around 1950, the north-western two-thirds of Australia has seen an increase in summer monsoon rainfall, while southern and eastern Australia have become drier (Smith, 2004b). While the causes of decreased rainfall in the east are unknown, the decrease in ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... The three (one present, two future) annual series of smoothed daily recharge estimates for the Chalk and Triassic sandstone aquifers are shown in Fig. 6(a) and (b), expressed in dimensionless form. Assuming that the proportion of excess rainfall going to recharge remains constant, the percentage cha ...
... The three (one present, two future) annual series of smoothed daily recharge estimates for the Chalk and Triassic sandstone aquifers are shown in Fig. 6(a) and (b), expressed in dimensionless form. Assuming that the proportion of excess rainfall going to recharge remains constant, the percentage cha ...
Observed relationships of ozone air pollution with temperature and
... Figure 2. Hourly ozone and temperatures for ozone seasons, aggregated into chemically coherent receptor regions in the eastern U.S. after Lehman et al. [2004] as observed by rural ambient monitoring stations of the CASTNET network. The blue bars at the top of each plot represent the amount of change ...
... Figure 2. Hourly ozone and temperatures for ozone seasons, aggregated into chemically coherent receptor regions in the eastern U.S. after Lehman et al. [2004] as observed by rural ambient monitoring stations of the CASTNET network. The blue bars at the top of each plot represent the amount of change ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... Climate change was widely recognized as an issue that will affect floodplain management and planning activities in the Stillaguamish. In most cases, climate change was expected to exacerbate existing challenges associated with today’s extreme events (Table 1). For example, warmer summer temperatures ...
... Climate change was widely recognized as an issue that will affect floodplain management and planning activities in the Stillaguamish. In most cases, climate change was expected to exacerbate existing challenges associated with today’s extreme events (Table 1). For example, warmer summer temperatures ...
2010 - National Center for Science Education
... 12. How well do you think atmospheric models can deal with: ________________________________ 12a. hydrodynamics _______________________________________________________________ 12b. radiation ____________________________________________________________________ 12c. vapor in the atmosphere ___________ ...
... 12. How well do you think atmospheric models can deal with: ________________________________ 12a. hydrodynamics _______________________________________________________________ 12b. radiation ____________________________________________________________________ 12c. vapor in the atmosphere ___________ ...
Myanmar`s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
... Myanmar is one of the mosthighly vulnerable countries in the world to the adverse impacts of climate change facing threats from extreme weather events, sea level rise, flooding and drought. Without action to adapt to these threats, the prospects for the economic development of our population of over ...
... Myanmar is one of the mosthighly vulnerable countries in the world to the adverse impacts of climate change facing threats from extreme weather events, sea level rise, flooding and drought. Without action to adapt to these threats, the prospects for the economic development of our population of over ...
Developing a climate change analysis
... without understanding the longer term, slow onset factors risks promoting activities that could increase long-term vulnerability or maladaptation. However, it is important to remember that adaptation to climate change is as much about, for example, enabling farmers to maximise yields when condit ...
... without understanding the longer term, slow onset factors risks promoting activities that could increase long-term vulnerability or maladaptation. However, it is important to remember that adaptation to climate change is as much about, for example, enabling farmers to maximise yields when condit ...
Interdependence
... In the academic realm post-war engagements with global social dynamics of interdependency were inherited and further developed in the international relations literature. International relations theorists considered the concept as a possible response to realism’s failure to provide a comprehensive v ...
... In the academic realm post-war engagements with global social dynamics of interdependency were inherited and further developed in the international relations literature. International relations theorists considered the concept as a possible response to realism’s failure to provide a comprehensive v ...
review article Global warming and the stability of the West Antarctic
... to changes in the mass balance. Hughes7,70 contrasted ice-stream profiles that are concave downward with early models of equilibrium ice sheets and also drew on stratigraphic studies in arguing that WAIS is inherently unstable and disintegrating as part of a regression from the LGM. Hughes also indi ...
... to changes in the mass balance. Hughes7,70 contrasted ice-stream profiles that are concave downward with early models of equilibrium ice sheets and also drew on stratigraphic studies in arguing that WAIS is inherently unstable and disintegrating as part of a regression from the LGM. Hughes also indi ...
Planning for Climate Change
... target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions to at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim target of 34% by 2020. Government departments have prepared carbon budgets to indicate how greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced across the government estate and in sectors where departments tak ...
... target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions to at least 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim target of 34% by 2020. Government departments have prepared carbon budgets to indicate how greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced across the government estate and in sectors where departments tak ...
National Surveys on Energy and the Environment (NSEE) Fall 2015
... Q27. Each state is required to adopt its own emission reduction plan under the Clean Power Plan, or have one imposed upon it by the federal government. Which approach to this federal requirement would you like YOUR state to take? Submit a state plan ................................................. ...
... Q27. Each state is required to adopt its own emission reduction plan under the Clean Power Plan, or have one imposed upon it by the federal government. Which approach to this federal requirement would you like YOUR state to take? Submit a state plan ................................................. ...
Marine climate change in South East Australia
... Waters in south-eastern Australia are responsible for 50% of Australia’s fisheries production, host a high level of endemic species and offer no land mass further south for species that find themselves in unable to cope with increasing water temperature. Several dozen species from a range of taxa ha ...
... Waters in south-eastern Australia are responsible for 50% of Australia’s fisheries production, host a high level of endemic species and offer no land mass further south for species that find themselves in unable to cope with increasing water temperature. Several dozen species from a range of taxa ha ...
LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE
... discovery, how likely are you to read the full story?” The four potential responses ranged from “Not at all likely” to “Very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible respons ...
... discovery, how likely are you to read the full story?” The four potential responses ranged from “Not at all likely” to “Very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible respons ...
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... civil society movement that both puts pressure on investors and significantly raises awareness on the link between investments and climate change. Governments are also on the move, with the French finance minister recently announcing new legislation, which makes it obligatory for institutional inves ...
... civil society movement that both puts pressure on investors and significantly raises awareness on the link between investments and climate change. Governments are also on the move, with the French finance minister recently announcing new legislation, which makes it obligatory for institutional inves ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""