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 ...
FRAMES IN REPORTS AND IN REPORTING: HOW FRAMING
... Their references to the report treat it as absolute fact. The report has authority because it was authored by “hundreds of scientists.” It “described how species, water supplies, polar ice sheets, and regional climate conditions were already ...
... Their references to the report treat it as absolute fact. The report has authority because it was authored by “hundreds of scientists.” It “described how species, water supplies, polar ice sheets, and regional climate conditions were already ...
Arctic Climate Impact Science – an update since ACIA
... past sea-level rise, both coming up with estimates of sea level rise far greater than those of the th IPCC 4 Assessment Report. ...
... past sea-level rise, both coming up with estimates of sea level rise far greater than those of the th IPCC 4 Assessment Report. ...
A 400-year Tree-ring Chronology from the Tropical Treeline of North
... Forecasting the low-frequency likelihood of hydrological extremes benefits from a knowledge of climate variability at global and regional scales. World averages indicate that recent years have been the warmest since the beginning of instrumental records, about two centuries ago (5), and since the st ...
... Forecasting the low-frequency likelihood of hydrological extremes benefits from a knowledge of climate variability at global and regional scales. World averages indicate that recent years have been the warmest since the beginning of instrumental records, about two centuries ago (5), and since the st ...
influence of surface/free-air decoupling on temperature trend patterns
... exposed free‐air locations. On a mean annual basis there are no strong relationships between temperature trend magnitude, elevation, topographic incision, or coupling index. However, in winter, warming is weaker at decoupled locations, especially when snow cover is present. Where snow is absent in w ...
... exposed free‐air locations. On a mean annual basis there are no strong relationships between temperature trend magnitude, elevation, topographic incision, or coupling index. However, in winter, warming is weaker at decoupled locations, especially when snow cover is present. Where snow is absent in w ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... in the Midwest have shown a trend in the last few decades towards higher overnight minimum temperatures, particularly in the summer months when overnight temperatures over 70°F are becoming more common. When overnight temperatures stay elevated, humans, livestock, and vegetation experience increased ...
... in the Midwest have shown a trend in the last few decades towards higher overnight minimum temperatures, particularly in the summer months when overnight temperatures over 70°F are becoming more common. When overnight temperatures stay elevated, humans, livestock, and vegetation experience increased ...
Interactive comment on “Relationship between climate
... which in turn both depend on water and pasture for their survival and growth. However, the water and pasture all the way they pursue as ancient Chinese historian term it in the steppe are fragile ecological systems, which are highly susceptible to adverse climatic change. Even slight variations in e ...
... which in turn both depend on water and pasture for their survival and growth. However, the water and pasture all the way they pursue as ancient Chinese historian term it in the steppe are fragile ecological systems, which are highly susceptible to adverse climatic change. Even slight variations in e ...
DOC version - New Zealand climate change information
... New Zealand and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reducing greenhouse gas emissions New Zealand's emissions reduction targets New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Clean Development Mechanism Former government initiatives ...
... New Zealand and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reducing greenhouse gas emissions New Zealand's emissions reduction targets New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme Clean Development Mechanism Former government initiatives ...
Climate Change Content and Green Initiatives in Canadian Schools
... yet health care providers consider wasting resources such as paper and water to be justified by infection control (Shaner-McRae, McRae, & Jas, 2007). About 2.1 per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions are produced by the health sector (Hancock, 2001). In the U.S., “health-care buildings a ...
... yet health care providers consider wasting resources such as paper and water to be justified by infection control (Shaner-McRae, McRae, & Jas, 2007). About 2.1 per cent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions are produced by the health sector (Hancock, 2001). In the U.S., “health-care buildings a ...
Soil drying in Europe and its impact on atmospheric
... number of areas (hotspots) emerged in transitional climate regimes where sufficient dependence of evaporation on soil moisture and sufficient sensitivity of precipitation formation to atmospheric moisture content were both present. In these hotspots most of the feedbacks between soil moisture and pr ...
... number of areas (hotspots) emerged in transitional climate regimes where sufficient dependence of evaporation on soil moisture and sufficient sensitivity of precipitation formation to atmospheric moisture content were both present. In these hotspots most of the feedbacks between soil moisture and pr ...
19. spain - European Commission
... enclosed beaches. Research studies have indicated that without beach nourishments, a 0.5 m SLR, which is considered to be a reasonable scenario for Spain by 2100, could result in the disappearance of 40% of the beaches in the east of Cantabria. Such rise in sea level would also result in the disappe ...
... enclosed beaches. Research studies have indicated that without beach nourishments, a 0.5 m SLR, which is considered to be a reasonable scenario for Spain by 2100, could result in the disappearance of 40% of the beaches in the east of Cantabria. Such rise in sea level would also result in the disappe ...
interspecific interactions exceed climate effects
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
... Luoto, 2007; Suttle et al., 2007; Van Der Putten et al., 2010). For tightly linked species, such as insects and their host plants, the effect of biotic interactions can be stronger than climate effects on range extent, even at a continental scale (Araujo & Luoto, 2007). However, to date, the role of ...
Selected chapters: Observed climate changes in Croatia Climate
... Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically significant, as well as weakening of negative autumn precipitation trend and strengthening of positive summer trend. Negative spring precipitation trend weakened in the area of Hvar. Prec ...
... Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically significant, as well as weakening of negative autumn precipitation trend and strengthening of positive summer trend. Negative spring precipitation trend weakened in the area of Hvar. Prec ...
Summary of FFESC climate change adaptation research projects
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
... In BC’s central Interior, the TACA tree regeneration model found that species vulnerability to climate change varied considerably among species, BEC zones and site types (xeric, mesic, moist). Lodgepole pine, black spruce and trembling aspen were quite resistant across the full range of sites where ...
litreview12forword_wm_review_9feb2012
... climate modelling community when producing climate projections. There are additional uncertainties when relating the future emissions to the future concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere. “Global atmosphere concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have increased markedly as ...
... climate modelling community when producing climate projections. There are additional uncertainties when relating the future emissions to the future concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere. “Global atmosphere concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide have increased markedly as ...
Middle Schools - City of Kamloops
... been climbing steadily at a historically significant rate over the past 200 years, ...
... been climbing steadily at a historically significant rate over the past 200 years, ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming ...
... wetter. There is also evidence that where precipitation has increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming ...
WORKING DRAFT: Last Revised 23 November 2007
... and the relative decline in global sink capacities to assimilate GHG. Following present trends, atmospheric CO2 levels globe could exceed the 350 ppm ceiling within twenty years, and with it what many now regard as the upper ppm limit for keeping under the maximum global temperature increase of ~2 d ...
... and the relative decline in global sink capacities to assimilate GHG. Following present trends, atmospheric CO2 levels globe could exceed the 350 ppm ceiling within twenty years, and with it what many now regard as the upper ppm limit for keeping under the maximum global temperature increase of ~2 d ...
Assessment of climate change impact on water Linköping University Post Print
... not explicitly treat time variations in other greenhouse gases or aerosols. Leaf-area index was prescribed as an annual cycle with no interannual variability. By looking at the transient evolution of climate change in the RCA3 downscalings the natural variability on decadal scales was estimated by c ...
... not explicitly treat time variations in other greenhouse gases or aerosols. Leaf-area index was prescribed as an annual cycle with no interannual variability. By looking at the transient evolution of climate change in the RCA3 downscalings the natural variability on decadal scales was estimated by c ...
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... rapid spread of diseases like malaria and contaminated fresh water supplies are just some of the consequences of extreme weather conditions (Greenpeace Org. 2008). 1.3 How does Climate Change Happen? An increased concentration of certain gases (known as greenhouse gases) in the earth’s atmosphere pr ...
... rapid spread of diseases like malaria and contaminated fresh water supplies are just some of the consequences of extreme weather conditions (Greenpeace Org. 2008). 1.3 How does Climate Change Happen? An increased concentration of certain gases (known as greenhouse gases) in the earth’s atmosphere pr ...
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... climate change). There are several different environmental protection options for combating such threats and these options – in turn – involve different kinds of public goods, which yield benefits on different geographical scales. Individual countries assign divergent relative priorities to the diff ...
... climate change). There are several different environmental protection options for combating such threats and these options – in turn – involve different kinds of public goods, which yield benefits on different geographical scales. Individual countries assign divergent relative priorities to the diff ...
22. Predictions and Projections of Pine Productivity and Hydrology
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSRJMCE)
... century, sea level rose about 15-20 centimeters (roughly 1.5 to 2.0 mm/year), with the rate at the end of the century greater than over the early part of the century. Recent increase of rate is depicted to jump to about 3.1 mm/year, which is significantly higher than the average rate for the 20th ce ...
... century, sea level rose about 15-20 centimeters (roughly 1.5 to 2.0 mm/year), with the rate at the end of the century greater than over the early part of the century. Recent increase of rate is depicted to jump to about 3.1 mm/year, which is significantly higher than the average rate for the 20th ce ...
The Value of Carbon in Decision-Making
... • Economists use two main tools to inform policy and business decision-making in relation to valuing carbon: the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) or the Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC). The SCC and the MAC are often applied alongside each other, because they measure different things. • The SCC represents ...
... • Economists use two main tools to inform policy and business decision-making in relation to valuing carbon: the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) or the Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC). The SCC and the MAC are often applied alongside each other, because they measure different things. • The SCC represents ...
STANDARDIZATION, ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
... other related instruments should be seen as a living document which allows improvement be done whenever needed. Implementation of REDD+ is an evolving process, it should start with the best available instruments, data, and capacity, and through learning by doing process continuous improvement can ...
... other related instruments should be seen as a living document which allows improvement be done whenever needed. Implementation of REDD+ is an evolving process, it should start with the best available instruments, data, and capacity, and through learning by doing process continuous improvement can ...
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.""