Carbon stock accounts - UNSD
... 15. Time is crucial in the climate change challenge. Stock accounts can be constructed to make transparent the relationship between time (stock longevity) and the ecosystem characteristics that contribute to natural biocarbon stock stability. This can be done by defining and ranking carbon reservoir ...
... 15. Time is crucial in the climate change challenge. Stock accounts can be constructed to make transparent the relationship between time (stock longevity) and the ecosystem characteristics that contribute to natural biocarbon stock stability. This can be done by defining and ranking carbon reservoir ...
Presentation for Congressman Bartlett
... itself were coming under threat, it’s not because they are paranoid… It’s because they are paying attention” “It is a painful irony that… most leftists have yet to realize that climate science has handed them the most powerful argument ...
... itself were coming under threat, it’s not because they are paranoid… It’s because they are paying attention” “It is a painful irony that… most leftists have yet to realize that climate science has handed them the most powerful argument ...
Observed Climate Variations and Change
... Hemispheres. A cooling of the Northern Hemisphere occurred between the 1940s and the early 1970s, while Southern Hemisphere temperatures remained nearly constant from the 1940s to about 1970. Since 1970 in the Southern Hemisphere and 1975 in the Northern Hemisphere, a more general warming has been o ...
... Hemispheres. A cooling of the Northern Hemisphere occurred between the 1940s and the early 1970s, while Southern Hemisphere temperatures remained nearly constant from the 1940s to about 1970. Since 1970 in the Southern Hemisphere and 1975 in the Northern Hemisphere, a more general warming has been o ...
MAKING SENSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL DISASTERS
... Climate change has, of course, been a part of our planet’s history since its creation. However, since 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus has emerged in the scientific ...
... Climate change has, of course, been a part of our planet’s history since its creation. However, since 1970, there has been growing scientific concern about global warming and climate change as a result of human action. Many studies have been carried out and a consensus has emerged in the scientific ...
Working Paper 219 - Kessler (opens in new window)
... that the main carbon-climate feedbacks included in IAMs are those which enter through the climate sensitivity parameter, and which correspond primarily to the “fast” feedbacks: namely, water vapour, temperature lapse rate, surface albedo and clouds. Many other feedback processes, such as, for instan ...
... that the main carbon-climate feedbacks included in IAMs are those which enter through the climate sensitivity parameter, and which correspond primarily to the “fast” feedbacks: namely, water vapour, temperature lapse rate, surface albedo and clouds. Many other feedback processes, such as, for instan ...
Diurnal temperature range as an index of global
... is sensitive to the size of the control run and reduces the significance of results for the smaller control time series. For the long control integrations of CSIRO Mk2 and PCM, the correlation of DTR with Tmean is not significantly different from that observed, with essentially zero mean correlation ...
... is sensitive to the size of the control run and reduces the significance of results for the smaller control time series. For the long control integrations of CSIRO Mk2 and PCM, the correlation of DTR with Tmean is not significantly different from that observed, with essentially zero mean correlation ...
Priority adaptations to climate change for Pacific fisheries and
... Climate change partnerships to support cooperation and to develop policy and management initiatives Knowledge base for policy development and to raise awareness of the importance of the sector, CC implications and vulnerabilities, science policy bridge Mitigation actions for sector at the global, ...
... Climate change partnerships to support cooperation and to develop policy and management initiatives Knowledge base for policy development and to raise awareness of the importance of the sector, CC implications and vulnerabilities, science policy bridge Mitigation actions for sector at the global, ...
Northern High-Latitude Heat Budget Decomposition and
... DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00695.1 Ó 2013 American Meteorological Society ...
... DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00695.1 Ó 2013 American Meteorological Society ...
Climate Change, Intergenerational Equity, and International Law
... IPCC produced its Fourth, and most recent, Assessment. The IPCC concluded that "[w]arming 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 average sea level."' It ...
... IPCC produced its Fourth, and most recent, Assessment. The IPCC concluded that "[w]arming 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 average sea level."' It ...
Climate change, land use patterns and deforestation in Brazil
... How do deforestation patterns respond to climate change? For the moment, researchers have focused their attention on how human behavior is likely to influence land cover change and how various future land use scenarios will affect regional climate. Since deforestation is a main source of carbon diox ...
... How do deforestation patterns respond to climate change? For the moment, researchers have focused their attention on how human behavior is likely to influence land cover change and how various future land use scenarios will affect regional climate. Since deforestation is a main source of carbon diox ...
Access to justice in climate change litigation from transnational
... Standing is granted to persons “whose interests are affected”. Interests may be of any kind, not only proprietary, economic or financial (thus environmental, aesthetic, cultural, etc.) Standing depends on whether the person's interests are directly or indirectly affected by the decision and whether ...
... Standing is granted to persons “whose interests are affected”. Interests may be of any kind, not only proprietary, economic or financial (thus environmental, aesthetic, cultural, etc.) Standing depends on whether the person's interests are directly or indirectly affected by the decision and whether ...
Climate Change and its Effects on Ecosystems, Habitats and Biota
... Recent work documents a decrease in salinity or “freshening” of Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation i ...
... Recent work documents a decrease in salinity or “freshening” of Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation i ...
Climate Change and Fairtrade: Why Is It Time to Make the Links?
... especially in the Global South. As indicated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, “crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases (1-2˚ C), which would increase the risk of hunger.”14 In addition, it should also be noted that an increas ...
... especially in the Global South. As indicated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, “crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases (1-2˚ C), which would increase the risk of hunger.”14 In addition, it should also be noted that an increas ...
Climate Services - American Meteorological Society
... overdevelopment in coastal regions, and regions with limited water supply • Income inequality growing within nations and between nations ...
... overdevelopment in coastal regions, and regions with limited water supply • Income inequality growing within nations and between nations ...
Measuring the Public Health Impacts of Climate Change in the
... climate models to estimate the costs of a subset of quantifiable climate impacts. Depending on the type of model, they can be used to measure how marginal changes in climate variables influence the monetary value of downstream impacts and to estimate costs of “optimal” levels of emissions reductions ...
... climate models to estimate the costs of a subset of quantifiable climate impacts. Depending on the type of model, they can be used to measure how marginal changes in climate variables influence the monetary value of downstream impacts and to estimate costs of “optimal” levels of emissions reductions ...
The Significance of the Tibetan Plateau Abstract:
... than 10 years compared to the general thaw slumping life year of 3-5 years and it will further remain active until the ice rich permafrost has disappeared altogether. The original sliding was caused by excavation of the slope toe in 1990 during the repairing of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. After that, ...
... than 10 years compared to the general thaw slumping life year of 3-5 years and it will further remain active until the ice rich permafrost has disappeared altogether. The original sliding was caused by excavation of the slope toe in 1990 during the repairing of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. After that, ...
The Significance of the Tibetan Plateau
... than 10 years compared to the general thaw slumping life year of 3-5 years and it will further remain active until the ice rich permafrost has disappeared altogether. The original sliding was caused by excavation of the slope toe in 1990 during the repairing of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. After that, ...
... than 10 years compared to the general thaw slumping life year of 3-5 years and it will further remain active until the ice rich permafrost has disappeared altogether. The original sliding was caused by excavation of the slope toe in 1990 during the repairing of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway. After that, ...
Forests, Agriculture, and Climate: Economics and
... called a carbon sink. On the other hand, if the stock decreases (in a decaying or burning forest), an outbound flux will increase atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions concentrations and increase climate change. The process is called carbon emission and the ecosystem is called a carbon source (CIFOR ...
... called a carbon sink. On the other hand, if the stock decreases (in a decaying or burning forest), an outbound flux will increase atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions concentrations and increase climate change. The process is called carbon emission and the ecosystem is called a carbon source (CIFOR ...
Colloquium on Environmental Aspects of Aviation
... Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research ...
... Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Minnesota
... goals and efforts in Minnesota. Also note that the ICAT is not considering why the climate is changing, only how to adapt to a changing climate. In a parallel effort, the University of Minnesota Water Resources Institute is facilitating communication within Minnesota’s scientific and academic commun ...
... goals and efforts in Minnesota. Also note that the ICAT is not considering why the climate is changing, only how to adapt to a changing climate. In a parallel effort, the University of Minnesota Water Resources Institute is facilitating communication within Minnesota’s scientific and academic commun ...
Population Growth as a Variable
... countries to meet the UN’s low projection. All of these nations have received substantial economic benefit from this reduction. All have achieved greater freedom for women, with higher education levels and workforce participation, than their non-family planning neighbours. Ask the women of South Kor ...
... countries to meet the UN’s low projection. All of these nations have received substantial economic benefit from this reduction. All have achieved greater freedom for women, with higher education levels and workforce participation, than their non-family planning neighbours. Ask the women of South Kor ...
Geology - Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
... ideal way to achieve this goal. These results are further important for the ...
... ideal way to achieve this goal. These results are further important for the ...
To cite this version:
... The aim of this article is to lay out a series of issues of current concern to researchers in the social sciences, regarding the impact of climate change on the vine and wine sector. The challenge lies in evaluating the cost of transition from one system to another through an integration of the dire ...
... The aim of this article is to lay out a series of issues of current concern to researchers in the social sciences, regarding the impact of climate change on the vine and wine sector. The challenge lies in evaluating the cost of transition from one system to another through an integration of the dire ...
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.""