The non-synchronous response of Rabots Glacia¨r and Storglacia
... Glaciär (0.005 m w.e. m–1) suggests a slower response time. Interannual variations in the net mass balance of the glaciers are well correlated (r 2 ¼ 0.78, n ¼ 23, p < 0.0001). Thus one might expect the climatic ‘events’ that forced the retreat of the glacier from their 1910 maximums were synchro ...
... Glaciär (0.005 m w.e. m–1) suggests a slower response time. Interannual variations in the net mass balance of the glaciers are well correlated (r 2 ¼ 0.78, n ¼ 23, p < 0.0001). Thus one might expect the climatic ‘events’ that forced the retreat of the glacier from their 1910 maximums were synchro ...
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... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
... making extensive use of fish meal and fish oil produced from wild fish (Naylor et al., 2000). However, according to Brander (2007), certain positive effects are likely as well. A global warming could make it possible to set up aquaculture operations in regions that formerly were too cold or to benef ...
Impact analysis of climate change for an Alpine catchment using
... order of several kilometres are required to account for terrain-driven phenomena such as orographically-induced precipitation (Lee-Luv effects). ...
... order of several kilometres are required to account for terrain-driven phenomena such as orographically-induced precipitation (Lee-Luv effects). ...
DOC - Europa
... the right to determine which areas of their territory are free to be used for CO2 storage. Where exploration is required to generate the necessary information, exploration permits must be issued on a non-discriminatory basis, valid for 2 years with the possibility of extension. A detailed analysis o ...
... the right to determine which areas of their territory are free to be used for CO2 storage. Where exploration is required to generate the necessary information, exploration permits must be issued on a non-discriminatory basis, valid for 2 years with the possibility of extension. A detailed analysis o ...
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... n the coming decades of this millennium, the world community of nations will face an enormous challenge concerning food security, environmental conservation, and preservation of genetic resources. The need for food for an increasing population often threatens natural resources as people strive to ge ...
... n the coming decades of this millennium, the world community of nations will face an enormous challenge concerning food security, environmental conservation, and preservation of genetic resources. The need for food for an increasing population often threatens natural resources as people strive to ge ...
This background paper focuses specifically on the relationships
... Relatively few studies directly measure levels of inequality before and after climaterelated events. Moreover, measures of economic or educational inequality may be ill suited to capture the relationship between inequality, climate change vulnerability, and increasing inequality, especially when exa ...
... Relatively few studies directly measure levels of inequality before and after climaterelated events. Moreover, measures of economic or educational inequality may be ill suited to capture the relationship between inequality, climate change vulnerability, and increasing inequality, especially when exa ...
Sun
... luminosity can account for 52% of the change in temperatures from 1910 to 1960 but just 31% of the change from 1970 to 1999. N. Scafetta and B. J. West of Duke University, in “Phenomenological Solar Signature in 400 years of Reconstructed Northern Hemisphere Temperature Record” (GRL 2006 and b0) sho ...
... luminosity can account for 52% of the change in temperatures from 1910 to 1960 but just 31% of the change from 1970 to 1999. N. Scafetta and B. J. West of Duke University, in “Phenomenological Solar Signature in 400 years of Reconstructed Northern Hemisphere Temperature Record” (GRL 2006 and b0) sho ...
Evaluating Climate Visualization
... a number of narratives and data sets focused on the cause and effect of climate change as well as on a number of action alternatives aimed for approximately 30 minutes presentations in an immersive dome environment (illustrated in figure 2). During 2009 several presentations were held for mostly het ...
... a number of narratives and data sets focused on the cause and effect of climate change as well as on a number of action alternatives aimed for approximately 30 minutes presentations in an immersive dome environment (illustrated in figure 2). During 2009 several presentations were held for mostly het ...
Achieving Sustainable Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
... it in a wider context reveals how complicated it can get. One has to factor in volatile food prices, both expected and unexpected natural disasters, economic stability, sustainability, the potential list of factors goes on and on. In “The urgency to support resilient livelihoods: FAO Disaster Risk R ...
... it in a wider context reveals how complicated it can get. One has to factor in volatile food prices, both expected and unexpected natural disasters, economic stability, sustainability, the potential list of factors goes on and on. In “The urgency to support resilient livelihoods: FAO Disaster Risk R ...
“Smart Climate Change” for Professional Societies Workshop WORKSHOP REPORT
... events affect fund allocation and hence slow down development projects, thus climate change is now a development challenge. Climate change threatens the gains that have been made towards achieving Millennium Development Goals and as such calls for participation of all stakeholders. There is need to ...
... events affect fund allocation and hence slow down development projects, thus climate change is now a development challenge. Climate change threatens the gains that have been made towards achieving Millennium Development Goals and as such calls for participation of all stakeholders. There is need to ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... Like many environmental problems, climate change became perceptible only through increasing scientific knowledge. Scientific knowledge compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been at the heart of attempts to build a global policy regime centred on the UN Framework Conve ...
... Like many environmental problems, climate change became perceptible only through increasing scientific knowledge. Scientific knowledge compiled by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been at the heart of attempts to build a global policy regime centred on the UN Framework Conve ...
Climate Change: The Role of .S. Agriculture Sector the U
... with the U.S. agriculture sector, and cites current and potential estimates for U.S. agricultural soils to sequester carbon and partly offset national GHG emissions. Second, the report describes the types of land management and farm conservation practices that can reduce GHG emissions and/or sequest ...
... with the U.S. agriculture sector, and cites current and potential estimates for U.S. agricultural soils to sequester carbon and partly offset national GHG emissions. Second, the report describes the types of land management and farm conservation practices that can reduce GHG emissions and/or sequest ...
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within
... areas may actually cool under `global warminga conditions (Houghton et al., 1996). Patterns and amounts of precipitation are also likely to change, and it is projected that rainfall will increase in some areas and decrease in others (Houghton et al., 1996). Although there are di$culties associated w ...
... areas may actually cool under `global warminga conditions (Houghton et al., 1996). Patterns and amounts of precipitation are also likely to change, and it is projected that rainfall will increase in some areas and decrease in others (Houghton et al., 1996). Although there are di$culties associated w ...
Science studies, climate change and the prospects for constructivist
... clarifying what might be at stake politically in constructivist forms of critique. The example of climate change shows the difficulty of identifying constructionist science studies with any consistent philosophical or political position. Whereas Sokal (1996), like Paul Gross and Norman Levitt (1994) ...
... clarifying what might be at stake politically in constructivist forms of critique. The example of climate change shows the difficulty of identifying constructionist science studies with any consistent philosophical or political position. Whereas Sokal (1996), like Paul Gross and Norman Levitt (1994) ...
guide to synthetic greenhouse gas activities in the NZ ETS
... All calculations of emissions from importing HFC and PFC are done on the basis that the emissions are accounted for in the year the activity occurs. Therefore, calculation methods estimate the total emissions that will occur when the gas is released. Emissions for any bulk HFC and PFC import activit ...
... All calculations of emissions from importing HFC and PFC are done on the basis that the emissions are accounted for in the year the activity occurs. Therefore, calculation methods estimate the total emissions that will occur when the gas is released. Emissions for any bulk HFC and PFC import activit ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... 2016 was the 40th consecutive year with an above-average global temperature (NOAA 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three ...
... 2016 was the 40th consecutive year with an above-average global temperature (NOAA 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... The 2014 report will provide the scientific context for the discussion by world leaders at the COP21 (formally, the Conference of the Parties) summit scheduled for Paris in December 2015. Expectations are building that the COP21 conference will achieve much more than the last climate change summit e ...
... The 2014 report will provide the scientific context for the discussion by world leaders at the COP21 (formally, the Conference of the Parties) summit scheduled for Paris in December 2015. Expectations are building that the COP21 conference will achieve much more than the last climate change summit e ...
- Inderscience Online
... of the media as well as avoid successful counter-claims by climate sceptics. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in one of its most recent publications (Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers, 2013) discusses developments regarding global climate change and states tha ...
... of the media as well as avoid successful counter-claims by climate sceptics. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in one of its most recent publications (Headline Statements from the Summary for Policymakers, 2013) discusses developments regarding global climate change and states tha ...
Osman-Elasha_IPCC_5AR_Adaptation needs
... Africa Specific Findings (3) Despite implementation limitations, Africa’s adaptation experiences nonetheless highlight valuable lessons for enhancing and scaling up the adaptation response, including principles for good practice and integrated approaches to adaptation (high confidence). Strengthe ...
... Africa Specific Findings (3) Despite implementation limitations, Africa’s adaptation experiences nonetheless highlight valuable lessons for enhancing and scaling up the adaptation response, including principles for good practice and integrated approaches to adaptation (high confidence). Strengthe ...
Communicating Climate Change through ICT
... weather events and climate change. Contemporary climate change discourse is one of fear about future change, expressed in words such as “climate catastrophe” or “climate shock” [15,16]. The issue of climate change is often communicated in apocalyptic terms focusing on worst-case scenarios, for examp ...
... weather events and climate change. Contemporary climate change discourse is one of fear about future change, expressed in words such as “climate catastrophe” or “climate shock” [15,16]. The issue of climate change is often communicated in apocalyptic terms focusing on worst-case scenarios, for examp ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
... amounts to 88 times Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. (989 times BC’s GHG annual emissions). This stored carbon is worth an estimated total of $774 billion, or $62 billion per year ($1,072 per hectare). In addition, British Columbia’s peatlands hold 6.8 billion tonnes of carbon and remove a ...
... amounts to 88 times Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. (989 times BC’s GHG annual emissions). This stored carbon is worth an estimated total of $774 billion, or $62 billion per year ($1,072 per hectare). In addition, British Columbia’s peatlands hold 6.8 billion tonnes of carbon and remove a ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... low-income countries, where adaptive capacity is perceived to be low (IPCC 2007). Many African countries, which have economies largely based on weather-sensitive agricultural production, are particularly vulnerable to climate change (Mendelsohn 2000; IPCC 2007; Kurukulasuriya et al. 2006). This vuln ...
... low-income countries, where adaptive capacity is perceived to be low (IPCC 2007). Many African countries, which have economies largely based on weather-sensitive agricultural production, are particularly vulnerable to climate change (Mendelsohn 2000; IPCC 2007; Kurukulasuriya et al. 2006). This vuln ...
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.""