Climate change is catchy – but when will it really... RESEARCH
... System project (iDEWS) is collaboration among several SA and Japanese partners, which depends on this seasonal predictability skill to improve infectious disease management (Fig. 2). In the Western Cape, this is a more complex challenge. Phillipon et al.[15] showed that there are statistically demon ...
... System project (iDEWS) is collaboration among several SA and Japanese partners, which depends on this seasonal predictability skill to improve infectious disease management (Fig. 2). In the Western Cape, this is a more complex challenge. Phillipon et al.[15] showed that there are statistically demon ...
Quantifying the Stock of Soil Carbon Sequestration in
... considering a system of incentives that would encourage specific changes in land use that can help to reduce the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. The two primary landbased activities that would help to minimize atmospheric carbon dioxide are carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere an ...
... considering a system of incentives that would encourage specific changes in land use that can help to reduce the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide. The two primary landbased activities that would help to minimize atmospheric carbon dioxide are carbon storage in the terrestrial biosphere an ...
climate change - Saskatchewan.ca
... In the last decade, global temperatures have been higher 75 percent of the time when compared to the last 11,300 years. The global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million. This is the highest rate in recorded history. Carbon and water cycle scientists like ...
... In the last decade, global temperatures have been higher 75 percent of the time when compared to the last 11,300 years. The global concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached 400 parts per million. This is the highest rate in recorded history. Carbon and water cycle scientists like ...
Working Paper 136 - Dietz and Matei 2013 revised October 2014 (opens in new window)
... participants at AARES 2014, Hamburg University, LSE, Manchester University and at the Global-IQ meeting in Rome. This research has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 266992 – Global-IQ “Impacts Quantification of Global Changes ...
... participants at AARES 2014, Hamburg University, LSE, Manchester University and at the Global-IQ meeting in Rome. This research has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement 266992 – Global-IQ “Impacts Quantification of Global Changes ...
Climate Risk Assessment for Water Resources
... In this study climate risk is defined on the basis of changes in annual runoff as a function of projected precipitation and temperature changes; it does not take into account other sources of risk such as vulnerability of specific sectors and future socio-economic changes, nor does it account for ch ...
... In this study climate risk is defined on the basis of changes in annual runoff as a function of projected precipitation and temperature changes; it does not take into account other sources of risk such as vulnerability of specific sectors and future socio-economic changes, nor does it account for ch ...
outreach materials for climate day partners
... Please join us to get our industry in gear to reverse climate change. All Climate Day events are free with your exhibit hall pass. Learn more and register here. Option 2: For Groups Attending Climate Day Climate change is the greatest threat our planet has ever faced but it’s also the greatest oppor ...
... Please join us to get our industry in gear to reverse climate change. All Climate Day events are free with your exhibit hall pass. Learn more and register here. Option 2: For Groups Attending Climate Day Climate change is the greatest threat our planet has ever faced but it’s also the greatest oppor ...
Cities and Climate Change: Adaptation in London, UK - UN
... during the summer 2010. This paper draws significantly from the draft Adaptation Strategy. The UK Climate Impacts Programme provides the future climate projections for the UK.2 Climate change will mean that south-east of England will experience progressively warmer, wetter winters, and hotter, drier ...
... during the summer 2010. This paper draws significantly from the draft Adaptation Strategy. The UK Climate Impacts Programme provides the future climate projections for the UK.2 Climate change will mean that south-east of England will experience progressively warmer, wetter winters, and hotter, drier ...
Borehole temperatures and tree rings: Seasonality and
... at the surface. This profile represents a diffused consequence of temperature change at the Earth’s surface over the past century or so. A simple last event model that reproduces this anomaly is a linear increase (i.e., ramp) of 0.8°C starting in 1840 (Table 1). [9] Annual, warm season (April – Sept ...
... at the surface. This profile represents a diffused consequence of temperature change at the Earth’s surface over the past century or so. A simple last event model that reproduces this anomaly is a linear increase (i.e., ramp) of 0.8°C starting in 1840 (Table 1). [9] Annual, warm season (April – Sept ...
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... likely a hotter, drier climate overall. The outcomes from the models vary from severe drought with dire consequences to more moderate declines in precipitation that, although serious, may be manageable. Scientists and most water managers agree that global warming will bring higher temperatures to ...
... likely a hotter, drier climate overall. The outcomes from the models vary from severe drought with dire consequences to more moderate declines in precipitation that, although serious, may be manageable. Scientists and most water managers agree that global warming will bring higher temperatures to ...
Growing disruption: Climate change, food, and the fight against hunger
... and stability. The changing climate is already jeopardising gains in the fight against hunger, and it looks set to worsen. It threatens the production and distribution of food. It threatens people’s ability to access food by undermining livelihoods and destabilising prices, and it damages diets by h ...
... and stability. The changing climate is already jeopardising gains in the fight against hunger, and it looks set to worsen. It threatens the production and distribution of food. It threatens people’s ability to access food by undermining livelihoods and destabilising prices, and it damages diets by h ...
International Geoscience Syllabus, to be encountered by all pupils
... positive – increasing area of polar ice sheets gives increased reflection of solar energy, gives increased cooling, gives increasing area of polar ice sheets; negative – the more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the more that is absorbed in the oceans unique properties of water, evapo ...
... positive – increasing area of polar ice sheets gives increased reflection of solar energy, gives increased cooling, gives increasing area of polar ice sheets; negative – the more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the more that is absorbed in the oceans unique properties of water, evapo ...
the hidden part of the climate cycle
... Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis and use it to build their roots, stems or leaves. Carbon is mainly transferred into the soil through the release of organic compounds into the soil by plant roots or through the decay of plant material or soil organisms when ...
... Plants absorb CO2 from the atmosphere through the process of photosynthesis and use it to build their roots, stems or leaves. Carbon is mainly transferred into the soil through the release of organic compounds into the soil by plant roots or through the decay of plant material or soil organisms when ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... Alternatively, some species may migrate into new areas having a positive impact on the structure and composition of the wetland area, Bardecki (1988) . However, migratory species may suffer from loss of breeding, staging and wintering habitat . Coastal ecosystems have been identified as being partic ...
... Alternatively, some species may migrate into new areas having a positive impact on the structure and composition of the wetland area, Bardecki (1988) . However, migratory species may suffer from loss of breeding, staging and wintering habitat . Coastal ecosystems have been identified as being partic ...
Report
... fuels produces around 21.3 billion ton[s] of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, but it is estimated that natural processes can only absorb about half of that amount, so there is a net increase of 10.65 billion ton[s] of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year.” 12 Greenhouse gases, of which carbon is the mo ...
... fuels produces around 21.3 billion ton[s] of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, but it is estimated that natural processes can only absorb about half of that amount, so there is a net increase of 10.65 billion ton[s] of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year.” 12 Greenhouse gases, of which carbon is the mo ...
Hot Damned America: Evangelicalism and the Climate Change
... force to be reckoned with, making up roughly 30 percent of the American population.2 Second, and perhaps more important, the response to climate change within the evangelical community has been quite discordant, thereby offering valuable insight into the complex and oft-misunderstood group labeled “ ...
... force to be reckoned with, making up roughly 30 percent of the American population.2 Second, and perhaps more important, the response to climate change within the evangelical community has been quite discordant, thereby offering valuable insight into the complex and oft-misunderstood group labeled “ ...
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... Ort, W. Polley, A. Thomson, and D. Wolfe. (2008) Agriculture. In: The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Washington, DC., ...
... Ort, W. Polley, A. Thomson, and D. Wolfe. (2008) Agriculture. In: The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Washington, DC., ...
Global warming in the American mind
... warming, strong bipartisan support for international treaties and national mitigation policies, and strong opposition to higher energy or gasoline prices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Relatively few Americans have undertaken individual mitigation behaviors. While global warming does have negat ...
... warming, strong bipartisan support for international treaties and national mitigation policies, and strong opposition to higher energy or gasoline prices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Relatively few Americans have undertaken individual mitigation behaviors. While global warming does have negat ...
2015 Conference Schedule
... practical methods to disengage us from reliance on fossil fuels and other unsustainable practices. ...
... practical methods to disengage us from reliance on fossil fuels and other unsustainable practices. ...
Exploring the behaviour of atmospheric temperatures under dry
... precipitation that significant changes have been recorded in Europe in the course of the 20th century for particular combinations of cold or warm temperatures and low or high levels of precipitation, and that these changes would accelerate through 2100 in a ‘greenhouse climate’. The paper also highl ...
... precipitation that significant changes have been recorded in Europe in the course of the 20th century for particular combinations of cold or warm temperatures and low or high levels of precipitation, and that these changes would accelerate through 2100 in a ‘greenhouse climate’. The paper also highl ...
Climate change and health in Earth`s future
... unfolds, unless there is substantial mitigation. Agricultural production has long been predicted to shift from lower to higher latitude areas [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007]. However, some projected increases in productivity at higher latitudes may b ...
... unfolds, unless there is substantial mitigation. Agricultural production has long been predicted to shift from lower to higher latitude areas [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007; Schmidhuber and Tubiello, 2007]. However, some projected increases in productivity at higher latitudes may b ...
biodegradable materials influencing climate change
... landfilling, contribute to the excess amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere. These greenhouse gases include methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. Researchers found that the burning of fossil fuels were one of the most common sources of carbon dioxide and methane emission ...
... landfilling, contribute to the excess amount of greenhouse gas emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere. These greenhouse gases include methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. Researchers found that the burning of fossil fuels were one of the most common sources of carbon dioxide and methane emission ...
Intermodel variability of the poleward shift of the austral jet stream in
... correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stratosphere, as the tropospheric jet stream is most sensitive to stratospheric conditions in this season. Son et al. [2008b] do ...
... correlation, however, effectively disappears in austral summer. The breakdown of the relationship in summer is likely related to differences in model representation of the stratosphere, as the tropospheric jet stream is most sensitive to stratospheric conditions in this season. Son et al. [2008b] do ...
Climate Change: An Overview and its Impact on the Living Lakes
... So the central concern is not that humans are altering climate, but whether these changes in climate can be accommodated using our existing capacity to adapt, drawing upon our intellectual, regulatory, social or financial capital, and whether hydrological systems are resilient enough to survive the ...
... So the central concern is not that humans are altering climate, but whether these changes in climate can be accommodated using our existing capacity to adapt, drawing upon our intellectual, regulatory, social or financial capital, and whether hydrological systems are resilient enough to survive the ...
Understanding Long-Term Climate Changes for Kansas City, Missouri
... The Kansas City Climate Change Story As pointed out in the National Climate Assessment, climate change will tend to amplify existing climate-related risks to people, ecosystems, and infrastructure in the Midwest. Analysis in this report indicates Kansas City can expect to see changes consistent with ...
... The Kansas City Climate Change Story As pointed out in the National Climate Assessment, climate change will tend to amplify existing climate-related risks to people, ecosystems, and infrastructure in the Midwest. Analysis in this report indicates Kansas City can expect to see changes consistent with ...
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.""