Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... value reaching +9% (about 3 cm) by the 2080s under their higher-emissions modeling scenario (A1B); this value is small relative to interannual variability.13 Although some of the models predicted modest reductions in fall or winter precipitation, others showed very large increases (up to 42%).14 ...
... value reaching +9% (about 3 cm) by the 2080s under their higher-emissions modeling scenario (A1B); this value is small relative to interannual variability.13 Although some of the models predicted modest reductions in fall or winter precipitation, others showed very large increases (up to 42%).14 ...
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... While climate change is widely regarded as a threat to food security in southern Africa, few studies attempt to link the science of climate change impacts on agriculture with the specificities of smallholder livelihoods. In this paper, we build a series of linear programming (LP) farm-household mode ...
... While climate change is widely regarded as a threat to food security in southern Africa, few studies attempt to link the science of climate change impacts on agriculture with the specificities of smallholder livelihoods. In this paper, we build a series of linear programming (LP) farm-household mode ...
Implications of Climate Change for Development
... those migrating to cities live in poor conditions – often on marginal land – and are particularly vulnerable because of their limited access clean water, sanitation, and location in flood-prone areas.19 In Latin America, for example, where urbanisation has gone far further than in Africa or Asia, mo ...
... those migrating to cities live in poor conditions – often on marginal land – and are particularly vulnerable because of their limited access clean water, sanitation, and location in flood-prone areas.19 In Latin America, for example, where urbanisation has gone far further than in Africa or Asia, mo ...
P1.6 DIURNAL CYCLES OF THE SURFACE RADIATION BUDGET
... cloudiness. At 30 north and south there are negative bands, which would indicate clearing of clouds during the day, thus reducing LWD. 5. CONCLUSIONS The diurnal cycles of surface radiation fluxes have been investigated by use of principal component analysis. These fluxes are shortwave up, down and ...
... cloudiness. At 30 north and south there are negative bands, which would indicate clearing of clouds during the day, thus reducing LWD. 5. CONCLUSIONS The diurnal cycles of surface radiation fluxes have been investigated by use of principal component analysis. These fluxes are shortwave up, down and ...
Climate change and the natural heritage
... statements on Energy and the Natural Heritage, outlining how emissions of greenhouse gases associated with energy generation and use can best be reduced with least impact on the natural heritage; on Renewable Energy, expressing our strong support for the development of renewable energy subject to du ...
... statements on Energy and the Natural Heritage, outlining how emissions of greenhouse gases associated with energy generation and use can best be reduced with least impact on the natural heritage; on Renewable Energy, expressing our strong support for the development of renewable energy subject to du ...
Projected ocean warming creates a conservation challenge for river
... contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resiliency (Planque et al., 2010; Shelton and Mangel, 2011). ...
... contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resiliency (Planque et al., 2010; Shelton and Mangel, 2011). ...
Adaptive Thermoregulation in Endotherms May
... conservation issues facing biologists, land stewards, and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of ...
... conservation issues facing biologists, land stewards, and governments and has become a central topic in biological research. Considerable effort is being invested in determining the best methods to measure the current impacts of climate change and model the future effects (Chown et al. 2010). One of ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... and sea level with the TAR projections published in 2001. They observe that both increased at rates toward the upper limit of the projections. These kinds of results, plus the inability to close the sea-level budget, and the tendency for AR4 models to underpredict instrumental sea-level rise, have l ...
... and sea level with the TAR projections published in 2001. They observe that both increased at rates toward the upper limit of the projections. These kinds of results, plus the inability to close the sea-level budget, and the tendency for AR4 models to underpredict instrumental sea-level rise, have l ...
EGT applying urban warming REVISIONS.docx
... substantial period of time, these cities were among the few Dutch cities which considered heat effects and were indicated as being the leading cities by actors involved. In addition, these cities are interesting because the articulation and constitution of urban warming as an object of governance e ...
... substantial period of time, these cities were among the few Dutch cities which considered heat effects and were indicated as being the leading cities by actors involved. In addition, these cities are interesting because the articulation and constitution of urban warming as an object of governance e ...
Drivers of adaptation: Responses to weather
... appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would undertake climate adaptation measures as compared with climate mitigation actions. The evi ...
... appropriately framed as a risk management strategy, rather than as an environmental protection or sustainability strategy (Travis and Bates, 2014). There may therefore be very different reasons why cities would undertake climate adaptation measures as compared with climate mitigation actions. The evi ...
Outline of implementation plan of Semi
... Semi-arid area is a transitive zone between arid continent climate and humid monsoon climate, which is very sensitive to the climate and human perturbation. The potential evaporation there excess the precipitation on annual average and the landscapes are characterized by dry climate, low vegetation ...
... Semi-arid area is a transitive zone between arid continent climate and humid monsoon climate, which is very sensitive to the climate and human perturbation. The potential evaporation there excess the precipitation on annual average and the landscapes are characterized by dry climate, low vegetation ...
yukon government climate change action plan
... to climate change in Yukon. No matter how much we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will continue for many years. We therefore need to adapt. The Action Plan responds to public needs. We plan to use a phased approach to implement timely actions that give tangible results in terms o ...
... to climate change in Yukon. No matter how much we reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, climate change will continue for many years. We therefore need to adapt. The Action Plan responds to public needs. We plan to use a phased approach to implement timely actions that give tangible results in terms o ...
Temperature Sensitivity of Guatemala`s Rio Dulce to Climate Change
... (GCMs) of climate change scenarios predict an increase in air temperature for the remainder of this century (IPCC 2013). This increase will directly affect the meteorological and upstream boundary conditions of the deterministic temperature model, and produce higher river temperatures (Fischer et al ...
... (GCMs) of climate change scenarios predict an increase in air temperature for the remainder of this century (IPCC 2013). This increase will directly affect the meteorological and upstream boundary conditions of the deterministic temperature model, and produce higher river temperatures (Fischer et al ...
RICAPS CAP Template (v4) - San Mateo County Energy Watch
... Climate change presents one of the most profound challenges of our time. A broad international consensus exists among atmospheric scientists that the Earth’s climate system is being destabilized in response to elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. This is primarily from the ...
... Climate change presents one of the most profound challenges of our time. A broad international consensus exists among atmospheric scientists that the Earth’s climate system is being destabilized in response to elevated levels of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. This is primarily from the ...
Global Cycle Analysis of N2O Using Isotopomers Sakae TOYODA
... Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (IPCC, 2007) and is the most important ozone-depleting gas in the stratosphere (Ravishankara et al., 2009). Its global average tropospheric concentration in 2010 is about 322 ppb, which is lower than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) b ...
... Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (IPCC, 2007) and is the most important ozone-depleting gas in the stratosphere (Ravishankara et al., 2009). Its global average tropospheric concentration in 2010 is about 322 ppb, which is lower than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) b ...
US Senate Minority Report - US Senate Committee on Environment
... “The [global warming] scaremongering has its justification in the fact that it is something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whate ...
... “The [global warming] scaremongering has its justification in the fact that it is something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whate ...
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... warming world. In traditional models, MGE is a fixed constant. Accordingly, warming temperatures affect kinetic constants only in traditional models, which project modest and similar soil C losses in the warming scenario (Fig. 3b). Thus, traditional ESMs miss an important element of global climate s ...
... warming world. In traditional models, MGE is a fixed constant. Accordingly, warming temperatures affect kinetic constants only in traditional models, which project modest and similar soil C losses in the warming scenario (Fig. 3b). Thus, traditional ESMs miss an important element of global climate s ...
(2012) Blue Carbon Policy Framework 2.0
... emissions, conservation, restoration and sustainable use, has strong potential to be a transformational tool in effective global natural carbon management.3 Scientific understanding of carbon sequestration and potential emissions from coastal ecosystems is now sufficient to develop effective carbon ...
... emissions, conservation, restoration and sustainable use, has strong potential to be a transformational tool in effective global natural carbon management.3 Scientific understanding of carbon sequestration and potential emissions from coastal ecosystems is now sufficient to develop effective carbon ...
US Senate Minority Report
... “The [global warming] scaremongering has its justification in the fact that it is something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whate ...
... “The [global warming] scaremongering has its justification in the fact that it is something that generates funds.” - Award-winning Paleontologist Dr. Eduardo Tonni, of the Committee for Scientific Research in Buenos Aires and head of the Paleontology Department at the University of La Plata. “Whate ...
... mortality has occurred in industrialized nations and in temperate climates; there are very few studies in developing countries in general, and Africa specifically [13,18]. Previous studies in northern Ghana, Nairobi, Kenya, and northwest Burkina Faso have found linkages between increased ambient tem ...
Ch4 Pre-release version - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change... Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York,
... climate have made it a challenge for parks and protected areas to respond to the potential negative impacts to ecological integrity. The predicted rate of climate change is forecasted to be faster than the rate of deglacial warming and a fragmented landscape between large protected areas further con ...
... climate have made it a challenge for parks and protected areas to respond to the potential negative impacts to ecological integrity. The predicted rate of climate change is forecasted to be faster than the rate of deglacial warming and a fragmented landscape between large protected areas further con ...
Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... Are the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period widespread climatic anomalies? Nearly four decades ago, H. H. Lamb (1965, pp. 14-15) wrote, “[M]ultifarious evidence of a meteorological nature from historical records, as well as archaeological, botanical and glaciological evidence in various parts of ...
... Are the Little Ice Age and Medieval Warm Period widespread climatic anomalies? Nearly four decades ago, H. H. Lamb (1965, pp. 14-15) wrote, “[M]ultifarious evidence of a meteorological nature from historical records, as well as archaeological, botanical and glaciological evidence in various parts of ...
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.""