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... Percent of the continental USA with a much above normal proportion of total annual precipitation from 1-day extreme events (more than 2 inches or 50.8mm) ...
... Percent of the continental USA with a much above normal proportion of total annual precipitation from 1-day extreme events (more than 2 inches or 50.8mm) ...
The role of unstated mistrust and disparities in scientifi c capacity
... between science and policy (and between scientists and policy makers) is necessary to improve present and future climate-related policy processes and outcomes at both national and international levels. Needed are detailed, ethnographically-informed diagnoses of both channels of influence and blockag ...
... between science and policy (and between scientists and policy makers) is necessary to improve present and future climate-related policy processes and outcomes at both national and international levels. Needed are detailed, ethnographically-informed diagnoses of both channels of influence and blockag ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... inadequate for sustainable water resources management (Mohamed et al., 2005). In addition to natural variability, which is incorporated in existing water planning methods, new water projects will have to deal with uncertainty associated with population growth and trends in climate change. Therefore, ...
... inadequate for sustainable water resources management (Mohamed et al., 2005). In addition to natural variability, which is incorporated in existing water planning methods, new water projects will have to deal with uncertainty associated with population growth and trends in climate change. Therefore, ...
Developing countries call for historical responsibility as basis for
... countries that should be honored as the basis of a successful outcome in Copenhagen. A number of presenters called for negative emissions and/or emission allocations by Annex I countries, compensation for climate related harm and forgone atmospheric space, as well as financing and technology to enab ...
... countries that should be honored as the basis of a successful outcome in Copenhagen. A number of presenters called for negative emissions and/or emission allocations by Annex I countries, compensation for climate related harm and forgone atmospheric space, as well as financing and technology to enab ...
Global surface temperatures over the past two millennia
... [5] For the Northern Hemisphere (NH), we make use of temperature reconstructions from 8 distinct regions (based on 23 individual proxy records). Each employs either indicators (e.g., sediments and ice cores) with no known limitations in resolving millennial-scale variability, or treering records in ...
... [5] For the Northern Hemisphere (NH), we make use of temperature reconstructions from 8 distinct regions (based on 23 individual proxy records). Each employs either indicators (e.g., sediments and ice cores) with no known limitations in resolving millennial-scale variability, or treering records in ...
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... formation in a cost-benefit structure that reflects real-world regions and their dynamics. Three topics where these numerical models give particularly valuable insights beyond those from their analytical counterparts are (i) the impact of asymmetry, i.e. the regional heterogeneity observed across th ...
... formation in a cost-benefit structure that reflects real-world regions and their dynamics. Three topics where these numerical models give particularly valuable insights beyond those from their analytical counterparts are (i) the impact of asymmetry, i.e. the regional heterogeneity observed across th ...
Spain - Met Office
... data on extreme events. • An assessment of the extent to which increases in greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere have altered the probability of particular seasonal temperatures compared to pre-industrial times, using a technique called ‘fraction of attributable risk.’ • A prediction of f ...
... data on extreme events. • An assessment of the extent to which increases in greenhouse gases and aerosols in the atmosphere have altered the probability of particular seasonal temperatures compared to pre-industrial times, using a technique called ‘fraction of attributable risk.’ • A prediction of f ...
How The Wall Street Journal Opinion Section
... Having a “vested interest” in an issue by no means invalidates one’s opinion or means a writer is de facto being dishonest. But the op-eds published by the Wall Street Journal are debunked by fact checkers for making “several incorrect claims”86 and routinely panned by academics. Over the past two d ...
... Having a “vested interest” in an issue by no means invalidates one’s opinion or means a writer is de facto being dishonest. But the op-eds published by the Wall Street Journal are debunked by fact checkers for making “several incorrect claims”86 and routinely panned by academics. Over the past two d ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan – City of Red Deer Part One
... Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) regarding a unique opportunity to partner in an introductory program to develop a climate change adaptation plan for our city. ICLEI Canada was seeking 14 communities to participate in a pilot program. The purpose of the pilot was to help municipalities d ...
... Council for Local Environmental Initiatives) regarding a unique opportunity to partner in an introductory program to develop a climate change adaptation plan for our city. ICLEI Canada was seeking 14 communities to participate in a pilot program. The purpose of the pilot was to help municipalities d ...
Sub-Theme 2
... for these events; and the vulnerability of the region and society to these extremes. Even while the current local hydrological regime are being modelled with high reliability, the future projection of events and their impacts are expected to be more uncertain. Under the given uncertainties in climat ...
... for these events; and the vulnerability of the region and society to these extremes. Even while the current local hydrological regime are being modelled with high reliability, the future projection of events and their impacts are expected to be more uncertain. Under the given uncertainties in climat ...
11 Appendix A part 2 - Kettering Borough Council
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global sea level”. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 Climate Change: What is Causing It? The ...
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global sea level”. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 Climate Change: What is Causing It? The ...
Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples and the Arctic: The Changing
... environment of the Arctic as well as its wildlife. Unlike the Antarctic, the Arctic is home to approximately 4 million people of which about 500,000 are indigenous peoples. The impact on their traditional way of life can be considerable.16 The impacts of climate change on the Arctic have significant ...
... environment of the Arctic as well as its wildlife. Unlike the Antarctic, the Arctic is home to approximately 4 million people of which about 500,000 are indigenous peoples. The impact on their traditional way of life can be considerable.16 The impacts of climate change on the Arctic have significant ...
Why tropical forest lizards are vulnerable to climate warming
... temperatures. Focal species analyses show that some tropical forest lizards were already experiencing stressful body temperatures in summer when studied several decades ago. Simulations suggest that warming will not only further depress their physiological performance in summer, but will also enable ...
... temperatures. Focal species analyses show that some tropical forest lizards were already experiencing stressful body temperatures in summer when studied several decades ago. Simulations suggest that warming will not only further depress their physiological performance in summer, but will also enable ...
MCCIP Briefing Note Ocean uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2)
... levels between the ocean surface waters and the atmosphere. This is then exported to the deep ocean, mainly via mixing and the solubility pump. 3. Can the ocean maintain this rate of atmospheric CO2 removal? As atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... levels between the ocean surface waters and the atmosphere. This is then exported to the deep ocean, mainly via mixing and the solubility pump. 3. Can the ocean maintain this rate of atmospheric CO2 removal? As atmospheric CO2 concentrations continue to rise, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Brazil: Costs and
... climate change according to IPCC’s B2 climate scenario. They represent future trends for the Brazilian economy assuming that the world will evolve globally according to IPCC’s (economic) assumptions contained in climate scenario A2 and climate scenario B2 [1]. Although the climate-related problems a ...
... climate change according to IPCC’s B2 climate scenario. They represent future trends for the Brazilian economy assuming that the world will evolve globally according to IPCC’s (economic) assumptions contained in climate scenario A2 and climate scenario B2 [1]. Although the climate-related problems a ...
LCCARl405_en.pdf
... affected by indirect environmental changes in water availability, biodiversity loss, reductions in agricultural output, the increased frequency and intensity of natural hazards, coastal inundation resulting in damage to coastal infrastructure and the increased incidence of vector-borne diseases. The ...
... affected by indirect environmental changes in water availability, biodiversity loss, reductions in agricultural output, the increased frequency and intensity of natural hazards, coastal inundation resulting in damage to coastal infrastructure and the increased incidence of vector-borne diseases. The ...
Present Day Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean and
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal based on observational evidence from all continents and most oceans (increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, melting of snow and ice, and increasing global average sea level) (IPCC 2007a). The observed increase in global average temperatur ...
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal based on observational evidence from all continents and most oceans (increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, melting of snow and ice, and increasing global average sea level) (IPCC 2007a). The observed increase in global average temperatur ...
CRS Report for Congress Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives
... Thus the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and much of the current debate about actions to control greenhouse gas emissions focus on individual nations’ amounts of emissions. As a result, primary attention falls on current greenhouse gas emissions, past greenhouse gas emissions, and projected greenhouse g ...
... Thus the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and much of the current debate about actions to control greenhouse gas emissions focus on individual nations’ amounts of emissions. As a result, primary attention falls on current greenhouse gas emissions, past greenhouse gas emissions, and projected greenhouse g ...
Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat
... OHC changes, suggesting that some models are not state-ofthe-art and require further improvements. However, the ensemble median has excellent agreement with our observational estimate: 0.68 [0.54–0.82] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.42 Wm−2 ) from 1970 to 2005 and 1.25 [1.10–1.41] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.77 Wm−2 ) from ...
... OHC changes, suggesting that some models are not state-ofthe-art and require further improvements. However, the ensemble median has excellent agreement with our observational estimate: 0.68 [0.54–0.82] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.42 Wm−2 ) from 1970 to 2005 and 1.25 [1.10–1.41] × 1022 J yr−1 (0.77 Wm−2 ) from ...
Page: 2012-Investor-EU1GlobalTotalsByYear
... energy. We believe that the fact could avoid third parties from using electricity from another source which might emit significant quantities of GHGs. 3.3 Did you have emissions reduction initiatives that were active within the reporting year (this can include those in the planning and/or implementa ...
... energy. We believe that the fact could avoid third parties from using electricity from another source which might emit significant quantities of GHGs. 3.3 Did you have emissions reduction initiatives that were active within the reporting year (this can include those in the planning and/or implementa ...
UNDP`s role in promoting democratic governance
... Welcome to the simulation of UNDP at DAVMUN 2012. We hope that by now your research is well on its way and you have gained a fair idea about the agenda at hand. Kindly go through this study guide and make note of the pointer questions and research links provided as they shall be of utmost importance ...
... Welcome to the simulation of UNDP at DAVMUN 2012. We hope that by now your research is well on its way and you have gained a fair idea about the agenda at hand. Kindly go through this study guide and make note of the pointer questions and research links provided as they shall be of utmost importance ...
Impacts of climate change on Australia`s World Heritage properties
... Australia is one of the oldest continents on earth, and it is unique in terms of its cultural, geographical and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics consid ...
... Australia is one of the oldest continents on earth, and it is unique in terms of its cultural, geographical and biological diversity. There are currently 17 sites in Australia recognised by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics consid ...
FFESCsynthesisJune7 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
... simulate how the global climate will respond to each of the GHG emissions scenarios from the 1980s to the 2080s. (3) a framework and vocabulary for assessing the impacts of climate change and the vulnerability of affected ecosystems and societies (4) an approach that emphasizes interdisciplinary col ...
... simulate how the global climate will respond to each of the GHG emissions scenarios from the 1980s to the 2080s. (3) a framework and vocabulary for assessing the impacts of climate change and the vulnerability of affected ecosystems and societies (4) an approach that emphasizes interdisciplinary col ...
CHAPTER 2: Forests
... 1997). Forests may experience changes in fire intensity and frequency, increased susceptibility to insect damage or diseases, and extreme weather events which they may not be adapted to survive (IPCC, 2001). Predictions for the impacts climate change will continue to have on forests are gathered in ...
... 1997). Forests may experience changes in fire intensity and frequency, increased susceptibility to insect damage or diseases, and extreme weather events which they may not be adapted to survive (IPCC, 2001). Predictions for the impacts climate change will continue to have on forests are gathered in ...
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.""