Final Programme
... the housing and agriculture sectors, as well as normal citizens) realise that climate change is a matter that affects them and – as such- needs to be taken seriously, the more rapidly the required mitigation and adaptation measures may be implemented. In this context, communication on climate change ...
... the housing and agriculture sectors, as well as normal citizens) realise that climate change is a matter that affects them and – as such- needs to be taken seriously, the more rapidly the required mitigation and adaptation measures may be implemented. In this context, communication on climate change ...
Can terrestrial ectotherms escape the heat of climate change by
... change is that biological impacts will be most severe at temperate and polar latitudes, where the magnitude of climate change is predicted to be the greatest [5,6]. The benefits of movement will depend not only on spatial patterns of climate change but also on the ability of organisms to withstand c ...
... change is that biological impacts will be most severe at temperate and polar latitudes, where the magnitude of climate change is predicted to be the greatest [5,6]. The benefits of movement will depend not only on spatial patterns of climate change but also on the ability of organisms to withstand c ...
Progress and Challenges In Biogeochemical Modeling Of The
... PAR system that is highly dynamic in space and time. Annual variability in sea ice extent spans hundreds of kilometers. Among years, differences of up to about 22% and 25% have been observed based on SMMR and SSM/I data in March, and September, respectively (see Sea Ice Chapter). As the ice melts in ...
... PAR system that is highly dynamic in space and time. Annual variability in sea ice extent spans hundreds of kilometers. Among years, differences of up to about 22% and 25% have been observed based on SMMR and SSM/I data in March, and September, respectively (see Sea Ice Chapter). As the ice melts in ...
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... models and their CC projections, outliers (i.e. the worst and best cases) should not be ignored, as they illustrate the (plausible) extreme responses. The best choice for a given impact study, therefore, is not to rely on the ensemble mean plus the single most extreme outliers in both directions. In ...
... models and their CC projections, outliers (i.e. the worst and best cases) should not be ignored, as they illustrate the (plausible) extreme responses. The best choice for a given impact study, therefore, is not to rely on the ensemble mean plus the single most extreme outliers in both directions. In ...
Modeling plant species distributions under future
... Global climate models were selected that realistically represent the spatial structure of precipitation and important orographic features, accurately simulate California’s recent historical climate, and differ in their sensitivity to greenhouse gas forcing (Cayan et al., 2008). These were the Parall ...
... Global climate models were selected that realistically represent the spatial structure of precipitation and important orographic features, accurately simulate California’s recent historical climate, and differ in their sensitivity to greenhouse gas forcing (Cayan et al., 2008). These were the Parall ...
Climate change and coastal ecosystem in India: Issues in perspectives
... change on fish distribution. However, it is challenging to derive the relationship between climatic factors and fish production. One of the major problems in assessing the impact is the complexity of segregating the climate-induced changes in fish population from other human– induced changes such as ...
... change on fish distribution. However, it is challenging to derive the relationship between climatic factors and fish production. One of the major problems in assessing the impact is the complexity of segregating the climate-induced changes in fish population from other human– induced changes such as ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
... greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For the study presented here, two 11-year epochs were compared to evaluate potential changes in ...
Programme Booklet
... moisture budget and its role in global change, the origins of ice ages, seasonal effects in atmospheric transport, stratospheric waves, and the observational determination of climate sensitivity. He has made major contributions to the current theory for the Hadley Circulation, and has advanced the ...
... moisture budget and its role in global change, the origins of ice ages, seasonal effects in atmospheric transport, stratospheric waves, and the observational determination of climate sensitivity. He has made major contributions to the current theory for the Hadley Circulation, and has advanced the ...
Climate Change & Resource Development Scenarios for the
... for the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems in the Nechako River Basin’ (als0 funded by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia). This previous research project, completed by Picketts, Déry, & Parkes (2014), examined cumulative impacts of resource development and climate ch ...
... for the impacts of climate change on natural and human systems in the Nechako River Basin’ (als0 funded by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia). This previous research project, completed by Picketts, Déry, & Parkes (2014), examined cumulative impacts of resource development and climate ch ...
Vermont`s Wildlife Action Plan
... climate change impact wildlife and wildlife habitat? ‘How can we systematically identify wildlife, plants and habitats that might be vulnerable to climate change? And, ‘What types of actions can be taken to help wildlife survive climate change?’ Ten years later, many states, including Vermont, have ...
... climate change impact wildlife and wildlife habitat? ‘How can we systematically identify wildlife, plants and habitats that might be vulnerable to climate change? And, ‘What types of actions can be taken to help wildlife survive climate change?’ Ten years later, many states, including Vermont, have ...
Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China
... construction respiration (RC). The flux RM increases logarithmically with temperature using a Q10 value that varies from 1.5 to 2.5 (McGuire, et al., 1992). The flux RC is determined to be 20% of the difference between GPP and RM (Raich, et al., 1991). Thus, changes in NPP are directly related to ch ...
... construction respiration (RC). The flux RM increases logarithmically with temperature using a Q10 value that varies from 1.5 to 2.5 (McGuire, et al., 1992). The flux RC is determined to be 20% of the difference between GPP and RM (Raich, et al., 1991). Thus, changes in NPP are directly related to ch ...
All Countries Need to Take Major Steps on Climate Change: Global
... Not surprisingly, those who have heard more about climate change are more willing to take action. Among those who indicate they have heard nothing at all about global warming, only 47 percent support significant measures. That rises to 56 percent among those who say they have not heard very much, 66 ...
... Not surprisingly, those who have heard more about climate change are more willing to take action. Among those who indicate they have heard nothing at all about global warming, only 47 percent support significant measures. That rises to 56 percent among those who say they have not heard very much, 66 ...
Maintaining Stability
... pink paths in map 1) match much better with actual recorded temperatures (the black lines) than do models that do not incorporate these effects.5 The conclusion is inescapable that, as man-made emissions have accumulated in the atmosphere, they have caused temperatures to increase. While the greenho ...
... pink paths in map 1) match much better with actual recorded temperatures (the black lines) than do models that do not incorporate these effects.5 The conclusion is inescapable that, as man-made emissions have accumulated in the atmosphere, they have caused temperatures to increase. While the greenho ...
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... decreased by 10 to 20 per cent over the last 30 years and having experienced an overall warming of its daily temperatures. Further declines in rainfall are expected to greatly reduce plant production, affecting crops and pastures and reducing the productivity of animal production. Similar findings w ...
... decreased by 10 to 20 per cent over the last 30 years and having experienced an overall warming of its daily temperatures. Further declines in rainfall are expected to greatly reduce plant production, affecting crops and pastures and reducing the productivity of animal production. Similar findings w ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... The first explicit risk management responses for adaptation to climate change in south-west Western Australia were taken, in 1988, by water managers who based forward planning on a scenario of gradual decline in rainfall from 1970 to 2040 caused by global warming from the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect. ...
... The first explicit risk management responses for adaptation to climate change in south-west Western Australia were taken, in 1988, by water managers who based forward planning on a scenario of gradual decline in rainfall from 1970 to 2040 caused by global warming from the Enhanced Greenhouse Effect. ...
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
... activity. From a supply perspective, some thresholds are fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that ...
... activity. From a supply perspective, some thresholds are fixed, e.g., current snowmaking technologies within the US generally require conditions below 28ºF wetbulb for operation. In the case of consumers, however, scientific knowledge is more limited. For example, though it has been established that ...
Soil carbon stocks and their variability across the
... 8.7 kg m−2 , ranging from 2.3 kg m−2 in dry Mediterranean areas to 20.4 kg m−2 in wetter northern locations. This value corresponds to a total stock of 2.544 Tg SOC, which is four times the amount of C estimated to be stored in the biomass of Spanish forests. Climate and vegetation cover were the ma ...
... 8.7 kg m−2 , ranging from 2.3 kg m−2 in dry Mediterranean areas to 20.4 kg m−2 in wetter northern locations. This value corresponds to a total stock of 2.544 Tg SOC, which is four times the amount of C estimated to be stored in the biomass of Spanish forests. Climate and vegetation cover were the ma ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... policy should be understood as primarily domestic developments. Nonetheless, there was limited evidence of diffusion from the EU. There was evidence of limited strategic emulation in response to specific socialization attempts by EU leaders in both cases. Moreover, in certain cases, the Chinese Gove ...
... policy should be understood as primarily domestic developments. Nonetheless, there was limited evidence of diffusion from the EU. There was evidence of limited strategic emulation in response to specific socialization attempts by EU leaders in both cases. Moreover, in certain cases, the Chinese Gove ...
Representation of Extreme Precipitation Events Leading to Opposite
... infiltration (the so called Arno-scheme) is almost the same in both the models. In REMO the improved Arno scheme [24] is implemented to represent the separation of rainfall and snow melt into surface runoff and infiltration, which is a further development of the Arno scheme [34] used in ECHAM5. Sinc ...
... infiltration (the so called Arno-scheme) is almost the same in both the models. In REMO the improved Arno scheme [24] is implemented to represent the separation of rainfall and snow melt into surface runoff and infiltration, which is a further development of the Arno scheme [34] used in ECHAM5. Sinc ...
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... of these impacts will be predictable or proportional to the bio-physical change. For instance, unexpected and non-linear effects of climate change [2], possibly exacerbated by fishing pressure, could result in shifts that favor lower-trophic species, such as jellyfish, at the expense of high-valued ...
... of these impacts will be predictable or proportional to the bio-physical change. For instance, unexpected and non-linear effects of climate change [2], possibly exacerbated by fishing pressure, could result in shifts that favor lower-trophic species, such as jellyfish, at the expense of high-valued ...
Current models broadly neglect specific needs of under climate change
... Given the typically large scales associated with climatic change and species distributions, it seems reasonable to focus on more than a single protected area. However, in order to understand mechanisms of local species and community dynamics it is necessary to also examine specific protected areas o ...
... Given the typically large scales associated with climatic change and species distributions, it seems reasonable to focus on more than a single protected area. However, in order to understand mechanisms of local species and community dynamics it is necessary to also examine specific protected areas o ...
Allergies and Asthma - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate
... and earlier in the year because pollen is produced earlier and earlier. (Tennessee) Asthma triggered by seasonal allergies which have been getting worse over the past 5 years, with longer pollen periods due to warmer weather. (Nevada) We all see each year the pollen counts breaking new records which ...
... and earlier in the year because pollen is produced earlier and earlier. (Tennessee) Asthma triggered by seasonal allergies which have been getting worse over the past 5 years, with longer pollen periods due to warmer weather. (Nevada) We all see each year the pollen counts breaking new records which ...
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.""