Integrated climate and land use change scenarios for California
... yield is difficult to measure and value, but the changing availability of water from rangeland watersheds needs to be quantified across multiple spatial scales and over long time horizons to ensure sustainable use (Scanlon et al. 2005; Havstad et al. 2007; Brown and MacLeod 2011; He and Hogue 2012). ...
... yield is difficult to measure and value, but the changing availability of water from rangeland watersheds needs to be quantified across multiple spatial scales and over long time horizons to ensure sustainable use (Scanlon et al. 2005; Havstad et al. 2007; Brown and MacLeod 2011; He and Hogue 2012). ...
From Climate Science to Adaptation Decision-Making Mark Stafford Smith
... Today’s decisions must account for how long their effects will be felt Stafford Smith et al, PhilTransRoySoc 2011 (after Jones & McInnes 2004) ...
... Today’s decisions must account for how long their effects will be felt Stafford Smith et al, PhilTransRoySoc 2011 (after Jones & McInnes 2004) ...
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, and Climate Change
... soybeans, and meat prices will reduce the growth in meat consumption slightly and cereals consumption significantly; and that calorie availability in 2050 will decline relative to 2000 levels in all developing countries. Since around half of all economically active people in developing countries are ...
... soybeans, and meat prices will reduce the growth in meat consumption slightly and cereals consumption significantly; and that calorie availability in 2050 will decline relative to 2000 levels in all developing countries. Since around half of all economically active people in developing countries are ...
Soil Erosion Climate Change Impact Snapshot
... twelve model outputs as a central estimate calculated by averaging the results from the twelve models. The bar graphs show future projections averaged across the entire region and are not representative of any particular location within the region. For more detailed spatial information, maps are pre ...
... twelve model outputs as a central estimate calculated by averaging the results from the twelve models. The bar graphs show future projections averaged across the entire region and are not representative of any particular location within the region. For more detailed spatial information, maps are pre ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
The Challenge of Adapting to Climate in a Changing World
... Procedures for developing socioeconomic scenarios If you think the task of developing climate scenarios is difficult, the job of generating socio-economic scenarios is even more complex. Due to the fast changing, and poorly understood interactions of factors operating within socioeconomic systems, ...
... Procedures for developing socioeconomic scenarios If you think the task of developing climate scenarios is difficult, the job of generating socio-economic scenarios is even more complex. Due to the fast changing, and poorly understood interactions of factors operating within socioeconomic systems, ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... precipitation extremes at four grid points of historical climate model simulations for the periods 1901–2005 as well as future projections forced with representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 for the period 2006– 2100. Note that due to differences in spatial scales, caution is needed when inte ...
... precipitation extremes at four grid points of historical climate model simulations for the periods 1901–2005 as well as future projections forced with representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 for the period 2006– 2100. Note that due to differences in spatial scales, caution is needed when inte ...
follow the energy! earth`s dynamic climate system
... 11. Local climatic data, including records of observed temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind, are examples of [(dynamically)(empirically)] derived information. 12. The determination of actual climate change, also from the AMS Glossary, (“any systematic change in the long-term statistics of ...
... 11. Local climatic data, including records of observed temperature, precipitation, humidity, and wind, are examples of [(dynamically)(empirically)] derived information. 12. The determination of actual climate change, also from the AMS Glossary, (“any systematic change in the long-term statistics of ...
Mirrors and Mazes: A guide through the climate debate – ANZEC
... by world-famous institutions like the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration of the USA. And this steady sea level rise not surprisingly was also evident from the nearby HMAS Creswell tide gauge in Jervis Bay and regional tide gauges in New Zealand. Being surprised, I corresponded with a senior ...
... by world-famous institutions like the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration of the USA. And this steady sea level rise not surprisingly was also evident from the nearby HMAS Creswell tide gauge in Jervis Bay and regional tide gauges in New Zealand. Being surprised, I corresponded with a senior ...
Text - Reading`s CentAUR
... attribution but also for gaining a more complete understanding of the physical processes involved. While in principle this might be done by applying regression models to observations, the observational record is still not long enough to clearly separate the two effects (Stolarski et al. 2010). Thus, ...
... attribution but also for gaining a more complete understanding of the physical processes involved. While in principle this might be done by applying regression models to observations, the observational record is still not long enough to clearly separate the two effects (Stolarski et al. 2010). Thus, ...
approach and technical work - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... The group produces similar products using similar processes; and/or The group carries out similar activities; and/or The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work ...
... The group produces similar products using similar processes; and/or The group carries out similar activities; and/or The group’s carbon footprint make-up is similar for each entity The group shares similar carbon mitigation opportunities and/or constraints; and/or The group is organised and can work ...
Inuit population
... There is strong evidence that human induced climate change is underway in the Canadian Arctic (Barber et al., 2008, IPCC, 2007b). Temperatures have been increasing at twice the global average, recent years have witnessed a dramatic reduction in summer sea ice cover and ice thickness, and extreme wea ...
... There is strong evidence that human induced climate change is underway in the Canadian Arctic (Barber et al., 2008, IPCC, 2007b). Temperatures have been increasing at twice the global average, recent years have witnessed a dramatic reduction in summer sea ice cover and ice thickness, and extreme wea ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
Humanitarian Implications of Climate Change
... The Earth is warming. Evidence includes a well-documented increase in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising sea levels.7 This is triggering a shift in seasons, changes in when/how much rain falls in different parts of the world, and changes in extr ...
... The Earth is warming. Evidence includes a well-documented increase in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising sea levels.7 This is triggering a shift in seasons, changes in when/how much rain falls in different parts of the world, and changes in extr ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... the legal battle away from direct judicial deliberation on the harms of climate change toward more peripheral pipeline issues proved the most effective strategy for combating the KXL—a fact with significant implications for the use of law to address global warming. The potential global-warming conse ...
... the legal battle away from direct judicial deliberation on the harms of climate change toward more peripheral pipeline issues proved the most effective strategy for combating the KXL—a fact with significant implications for the use of law to address global warming. The potential global-warming conse ...
draft for USGS Review - UAF SNAP
... thermokarst collapse scar bog, and black spruce forest is sensitive hot, dry conditions. We find large amounts of interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange at the thermokarst collapse scar bog, ranging from a source of 126 g C m-2 in 2014 to a sink of -83 g C m-2 in 2012. Methane emissions v ...
... thermokarst collapse scar bog, and black spruce forest is sensitive hot, dry conditions. We find large amounts of interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange at the thermokarst collapse scar bog, ranging from a source of 126 g C m-2 in 2014 to a sink of -83 g C m-2 in 2012. Methane emissions v ...
Variability properties of daily and monthly observed near-surface
... events are likely to impact nature and society in future (Zhang et al, 2005; Easterling et al, 2003). Unfortunately, such changes are not well documented for some parts of the world, which raises concern amongst scientists, (Easterling et al., 2003; Mahli and Wright, 2004; New et al., 2006; Thornton ...
... events are likely to impact nature and society in future (Zhang et al, 2005; Easterling et al, 2003). Unfortunately, such changes are not well documented for some parts of the world, which raises concern amongst scientists, (Easterling et al., 2003; Mahli and Wright, 2004; New et al., 2006; Thornton ...
1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... 1.1 Current climate and expected change Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered ...
... 1.1 Current climate and expected change Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered ...
Climate change impacts on groundwater hydrology
... key sources of uncertainty related to hydrological models originate from data, parameter values, and model structure (Refsgaard et al. 2007). The model structural uncertainty includes aspects related to process equations, conceptualisation of the local hydrological system being studied, spatial and ...
... key sources of uncertainty related to hydrological models originate from data, parameter values, and model structure (Refsgaard et al. 2007). The model structural uncertainty includes aspects related to process equations, conceptualisation of the local hydrological system being studied, spatial and ...
Community Adaptation Plan Bluefields, Jamaica
... guest houses and luxury villas in the area. Fishing, farming, tourism and their spin-off activities all depend on Bluefields’ natural resources. But over time, residents have been observing changes in the natural environment. Some of these changes are related to how people use the natural resources, ...
... guest houses and luxury villas in the area. Fishing, farming, tourism and their spin-off activities all depend on Bluefields’ natural resources. But over time, residents have been observing changes in the natural environment. Some of these changes are related to how people use the natural resources, ...
Print - Science Advances
... To be sure that geographic and temporal factors like these do not interfere with our estimate of the effect of nighttime temperature on human sleep, we included gt, and njs in Eq. 1. These terms represent calendar date and city-by-season indicator variables that account for unobserved characteristic ...
... To be sure that geographic and temporal factors like these do not interfere with our estimate of the effect of nighttime temperature on human sleep, we included gt, and njs in Eq. 1. These terms represent calendar date and city-by-season indicator variables that account for unobserved characteristic ...
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE Climate Change Act Now
... Act Now, Before It is Too Late (cont’d) Once we pass these thresholds there will be no return. But we are closer to these tipping points than previously supposed – only a decade away in some cases. We have got to act much faster and more comprehensively than ...
... Act Now, Before It is Too Late (cont’d) Once we pass these thresholds there will be no return. But we are closer to these tipping points than previously supposed – only a decade away in some cases. We have got to act much faster and more comprehensively than ...
Key steps in adaptation assessment for LULUCF sector
... 1. Establish key parameters of assessment ...
... 1. Establish key parameters of assessment ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth of published literature from the past few years generally covers the breadth of topi ...
... assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth of published literature from the past few years generally covers the breadth of topi ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
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.""