Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... adaptation. In this paper, recent developments in climate change observations and projections, observed and projected impacts on European forests and the associated uncertainties are reviewed and synthesised with a view to understanding the implications for forest management. Current impact assessme ...
... adaptation. In this paper, recent developments in climate change observations and projections, observed and projected impacts on European forests and the associated uncertainties are reviewed and synthesised with a view to understanding the implications for forest management. Current impact assessme ...
Ethics as the grounding of a new paradigm of ecological
... • Global temperature has risen by nearly 0.7°C since 1950, mostly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. • Boundary: atmospheric concentration no higher than 350 ppm CO2. • Current: 400 ppm CO2 and rising. • Future: OECD projections based on current use are 685 ppm. • Must keep under 450 ppm to ...
... • Global temperature has risen by nearly 0.7°C since 1950, mostly due to CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. • Boundary: atmospheric concentration no higher than 350 ppm CO2. • Current: 400 ppm CO2 and rising. • Future: OECD projections based on current use are 685 ppm. • Must keep under 450 ppm to ...
review of long term landfill gas monitoring data and
... shows the effect on seasonal changes on gas composition. Similar seasonal conditions as those projected by the climate change scenarios have been observed in the past and resulted in CH4 increasing between 20% and 100% in the EWs during autumn 2006 and winter 2008. More recent warmer and wetter peri ...
... shows the effect on seasonal changes on gas composition. Similar seasonal conditions as those projected by the climate change scenarios have been observed in the past and resulted in CH4 increasing between 20% and 100% in the EWs during autumn 2006 and winter 2008. More recent warmer and wetter peri ...
Anthropogenic contributions to Australia`s record summer
... [8] We use the standard historical experiment, simulating the climate of 1850 to 2005 with both anthropogenic (wellmixed greenhouse gases, aerosols, and ozone) and natural forcings (volcanic and solar) imposed, and compare these temperature anomalies to those obtained from the historicalNat experime ...
... [8] We use the standard historical experiment, simulating the climate of 1850 to 2005 with both anthropogenic (wellmixed greenhouse gases, aerosols, and ozone) and natural forcings (volcanic and solar) imposed, and compare these temperature anomalies to those obtained from the historicalNat experime ...
Climate Change, Water and the Policy
... A recent analysis of climate change projections simulated by 20 leading GCMs has placed the Mediterranean basin particularly its southern and eastern banks (i.e., the LNA region) on top of the list of regions to undergo a severe process of aridification characterized by hot and drier conditions with ...
... A recent analysis of climate change projections simulated by 20 leading GCMs has placed the Mediterranean basin particularly its southern and eastern banks (i.e., the LNA region) on top of the list of regions to undergo a severe process of aridification characterized by hot and drier conditions with ...
Effect of climate change on the thermal stratification of the baltic sea
... changes between P2 and P1 were analysed. Seasonal mean vertical cross sections in some sub-basins (see Fig. 1 for cross section locations) of temperature, salinity and the Brunt-Väisälä frequency were investigated. As mentioned above, the results of three sensitivity experiments were compared ass ...
... changes between P2 and P1 were analysed. Seasonal mean vertical cross sections in some sub-basins (see Fig. 1 for cross section locations) of temperature, salinity and the Brunt-Väisälä frequency were investigated. As mentioned above, the results of three sensitivity experiments were compared ass ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... events. As the climate in Ghana is strongly influenced by ENSO, this contributes to uncertainty in climate projections. Projections of precipitation changes for the Sahelian and Guinea coast regions of Africa are strongly divergent and most models fail to reproduce realistic inter‐annual and inter‐d ...
... events. As the climate in Ghana is strongly influenced by ENSO, this contributes to uncertainty in climate projections. Projections of precipitation changes for the Sahelian and Guinea coast regions of Africa are strongly divergent and most models fail to reproduce realistic inter‐annual and inter‐d ...
Article - Cerfacs
... Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union. 0043-1397/09/2008WR007437$09.00 ...
... Copyright 2009 by the American Geophysical Union. 0043-1397/09/2008WR007437$09.00 ...
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance
... Major cities in the arid and semi-arid areas of the Western US have developed a Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance to develop a common regional approach to adaptation planning – including a collective vision of resilience, planning frameworks and information sharing opportunities. This Al ...
... Major cities in the arid and semi-arid areas of the Western US have developed a Regional Climate Adaptation Planning Alliance to develop a common regional approach to adaptation planning – including a collective vision of resilience, planning frameworks and information sharing opportunities. This Al ...
Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities
... each 5 m in diameter, and warmed the forest floor year-round with thermostat-controlled forced air passed over hydronic heaters. At each site, nine chambers were warmed in increments of 0.5°C from 1.5° to 5.5°C above ambient temperature; three additional chambers had forced air, but no heat, and a f ...
... each 5 m in diameter, and warmed the forest floor year-round with thermostat-controlled forced air passed over hydronic heaters. At each site, nine chambers were warmed in increments of 0.5°C from 1.5° to 5.5°C above ambient temperature; three additional chambers had forced air, but no heat, and a f ...
www.fni.no
... environmental problem has much to say about the ways in which the problem will be addressed. To illustrate with a more international example, Demeritt (2001, p. 328) points to some of the prevailing ideas in the scientific construction of global warming that give us an indication of how climate chang ...
... environmental problem has much to say about the ways in which the problem will be addressed. To illustrate with a more international example, Demeritt (2001, p. 328) points to some of the prevailing ideas in the scientific construction of global warming that give us an indication of how climate chang ...
Atmospheric Rivers State of Knowledge Report
... from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” The report goes on to state that “a warming of about 0.2°C per decade is projected” for the next two decades, and “even if the concentrations of all ...
... from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” The report goes on to state that “a warming of about 0.2°C per decade is projected” for the next two decades, and “even if the concentrations of all ...
Regional assessment of climate change impacts on maize
... The key aspect for quantifying production risk is how the frequency distribution of yield responds to changes in the climatic settings (Kaylen and Korom 1991; Park and Sinclair 1993). There are several ways to infer a distribution of yield from climatic data. A first possibility is to use process-ba ...
... The key aspect for quantifying production risk is how the frequency distribution of yield responds to changes in the climatic settings (Kaylen and Korom 1991; Park and Sinclair 1993). There are several ways to infer a distribution of yield from climatic data. A first possibility is to use process-ba ...
DISCUSSION PAPER: Cross Cutting Climate Change
... Scientists now concur that it is at least 95 per cent likely that human activities – chiefly the burning of fossil fuels – are the main cause of warming since the 1950s9. The world has warmed by approximately 0.8oC over the course of 1901-2010 and will continue to warm at approximately 0.2oC per dec ...
... Scientists now concur that it is at least 95 per cent likely that human activities – chiefly the burning of fossil fuels – are the main cause of warming since the 1950s9. The world has warmed by approximately 0.8oC over the course of 1901-2010 and will continue to warm at approximately 0.2oC per dec ...
Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement
... the industrial era in the mid-1700s. Emissions and atmospheric levels, or concentrations, of other important heat-trapping gases – including methane, nitrous oxide, and halocarbons – have also increased because of human activities. While the atmospheric concentrations of these gases are relatively s ...
... the industrial era in the mid-1700s. Emissions and atmospheric levels, or concentrations, of other important heat-trapping gases – including methane, nitrous oxide, and halocarbons – have also increased because of human activities. While the atmospheric concentrations of these gases are relatively s ...
IIIS Discussion Paper Rescaling climate justice: sub-national issues and
... also significant that these countries have contributed least to climate change (Wittman and Caron 2009). Impacts on this scale could spill over national borders with rising sea levels and other climatedriven changes driving millions of people to migrate (Stern 2006). Mary Robinson, former UN High Co ...
... also significant that these countries have contributed least to climate change (Wittman and Caron 2009). Impacts on this scale could spill over national borders with rising sea levels and other climatedriven changes driving millions of people to migrate (Stern 2006). Mary Robinson, former UN High Co ...
Weather warning report - Priestley International Centre for Climate
... The Climate Coalition has been working with a range of local businesses, communities, organisations and institutions across Britain to document how recent extreme weather, and changes in our weather patterns, are affecting their special places, and what this has cost them - and us - financially and ...
... The Climate Coalition has been working with a range of local businesses, communities, organisations and institutions across Britain to document how recent extreme weather, and changes in our weather patterns, are affecting their special places, and what this has cost them - and us - financially and ...
Sustainability a cross-curriculum priority ACARA
... about their own place and building a connection with it contributes to their sense of identity and belonging and an understanding of why and how they should look after places. They start to explore their feelings about places by talking about their own special places, and what makes them special. Th ...
... about their own place and building a connection with it contributes to their sense of identity and belonging and an understanding of why and how they should look after places. They start to explore their feelings about places by talking about their own special places, and what makes them special. Th ...
7 - WWF
... their comments and to rate the adaptation options. To ease the process, each audience reviewer could only review one section of the seven listed, and this would be chosen at random. The reviewing could take place by email submission from interested parties, or by online form submission at the WWF pa ...
... their comments and to rate the adaptation options. To ease the process, each audience reviewer could only review one section of the seven listed, and this would be chosen at random. The reviewing could take place by email submission from interested parties, or by online form submission at the WWF pa ...
Green Climate Fund - Philippine Movement for Climate Justice
... south through public channels and grants-based allocations, not loans, and with as little interference from the IFIs and the corporate sector as possible. 2. The role of the private sector must be subordinate to the Fund’s ultimate aims agreed by the COP and at UNFCCC. The private sector as such mus ...
... south through public channels and grants-based allocations, not loans, and with as little interference from the IFIs and the corporate sector as possible. 2. The role of the private sector must be subordinate to the Fund’s ultimate aims agreed by the COP and at UNFCCC. The private sector as such mus ...
Investigation - Earthjustice
... widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.7 Furthermore, the IPCC found that most of the increase in globally-averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is “very likely” due to human-caused increased greenhouse gas concentrations.8 The IPCC asserted that it is mor ...
... widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.7 Furthermore, the IPCC found that most of the increase in globally-averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is “very likely” due to human-caused increased greenhouse gas concentrations.8 The IPCC asserted that it is mor ...
Carbon Emission Accounting – Balancing the books for the UK
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is based on the concept of “territorial” emissions. These are defined as all GHG emissions from a country's territory, apart from those associated with international aviation and shipping. According to the UNFCCC the UK achieved a reduction in territor ...
... Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is based on the concept of “territorial” emissions. These are defined as all GHG emissions from a country's territory, apart from those associated with international aviation and shipping. According to the UNFCCC the UK achieved a reduction in territor ...
Vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots in Africa and Asia
... Climate change is widely predicted to have significant and far-reaching impacts, with differences in vulnerability and exposure to these impacts arising from non-climate stressors and multi-dimensional inequalities. Poorer developing countries and their populations are likely to suffer disproportion ...
... Climate change is widely predicted to have significant and far-reaching impacts, with differences in vulnerability and exposure to these impacts arising from non-climate stressors and multi-dimensional inequalities. Poorer developing countries and their populations are likely to suffer disproportion ...
Predicting species distribution of Sierra Nevada butterflies in
... Introduction The 20th century witnessed a significant increase in Earth’s average surface temperature, rising sea levels, and greater frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events (IPCC, 2001). Even with efforts to curb fossil fuel emissions, climate scientists predict these trends will cont ...
... Introduction The 20th century witnessed a significant increase in Earth’s average surface temperature, rising sea levels, and greater frequencies and intensities of extreme weather events (IPCC, 2001). Even with efforts to curb fossil fuel emissions, climate scientists predict these trends will cont ...
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... provide appropriate signals to farmers to devise strategies suitable for the new environment. While operating within this theoretical framework, the study analyzed the effects of drought and hence the perceptions on drought as necessary incentives for the farmers to be innovative in seeking solution ...
... provide appropriate signals to farmers to devise strategies suitable for the new environment. While operating within this theoretical framework, the study analyzed the effects of drought and hence the perceptions on drought as necessary incentives for the farmers to be innovative in seeking solution ...
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.""