Impacts of climate change on a grassland catchment
... Dynamic modelling was used to quantify the impact of projected climate change, and potential changes in population and land-use, on phosphorus (P) export from a subcatchment in SW Ireland using the Generalised Watershed Loading Functions (GWLF) model. Overall the results indicated that the increase ...
... Dynamic modelling was used to quantify the impact of projected climate change, and potential changes in population and land-use, on phosphorus (P) export from a subcatchment in SW Ireland using the Generalised Watershed Loading Functions (GWLF) model. Overall the results indicated that the increase ...
Introduction: Humidity and Climate Change
... (homogenisation). However, where available this metadata can prove useful. For example, the change over from psychrometer to Dewcel, widespread in Canadian stations, produced a negative step in RH at a number of stations (van Wijngaarden & Vincent, 2005). Outside of the US and north-west Europe, ava ...
... (homogenisation). However, where available this metadata can prove useful. For example, the change over from psychrometer to Dewcel, widespread in Canadian stations, produced a negative step in RH at a number of stations (van Wijngaarden & Vincent, 2005). Outside of the US and north-west Europe, ava ...
ocean climate change, phytoplankton community
... used here to include both anthropogenic climate change as well as the large-scale decadal oceanographic patterns such as the ENSO, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and NAO. This use is in contrast to ‘‘weather,’’ which occurs over short timescales of days to weeks (cf. Moore et al. 2008b). The eart ...
... used here to include both anthropogenic climate change as well as the large-scale decadal oceanographic patterns such as the ENSO, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and NAO. This use is in contrast to ‘‘weather,’’ which occurs over short timescales of days to weeks (cf. Moore et al. 2008b). The eart ...
The high-latitude terrestrial carbon sink
... A dynamic, global vegetation model, hybrid v4.1 (Friend et al. 1997), was driven by transient climate output from the UK Hadley Centre GCM (HadCM2) with the IS92a scenario of increasing atmospheric CO2 equivalent, sulphate aerosols and predicted patterns of atmospheric N deposition. Changes in areas ...
... A dynamic, global vegetation model, hybrid v4.1 (Friend et al. 1997), was driven by transient climate output from the UK Hadley Centre GCM (HadCM2) with the IS92a scenario of increasing atmospheric CO2 equivalent, sulphate aerosols and predicted patterns of atmospheric N deposition. Changes in areas ...
View/Open
... net additions to GHG emissions, most of which is carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, will cause and are already causing climate change, the speed and direction of which will be damaging to most, if not all countries (IPCC 2001, 2007). Since GHGs are long-lived, global pollutants, and since glob ...
... net additions to GHG emissions, most of which is carbon dioxide from fossil fuel burning, will cause and are already causing climate change, the speed and direction of which will be damaging to most, if not all countries (IPCC 2001, 2007). Since GHGs are long-lived, global pollutants, and since glob ...
It`s crops I want, not CO2
... Pristine forests, savannahs and wetlands store more carbon than any other type of land. Land use change, i.e. clearing of pristine forest and wetlands, accounts for roughly 12 % of world GHG emissions. Stopping land use change and deforestation is a powerful lever in climate protection. Arable land ...
... Pristine forests, savannahs and wetlands store more carbon than any other type of land. Land use change, i.e. clearing of pristine forest and wetlands, accounts for roughly 12 % of world GHG emissions. Stopping land use change and deforestation is a powerful lever in climate protection. Arable land ...
Death by Degrees: The health crisis of climate change in Maine
... Tidewater Muse, Rescue swimmer prepping survivors, https://www.flickr.com/photos/tidewatermuse/41217885/in/photolist-4DfDc4DfDe-4rnoM-4EPTb-4rGsR-4tbq9-4tbqb-4rCgg-4DfDb-4DfDd-4uxab-4Siu1-4BK8Xg Jasper Fields, This is standing water at Lindy Bogg's Mercy Hospital, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaspe ...
... Tidewater Muse, Rescue swimmer prepping survivors, https://www.flickr.com/photos/tidewatermuse/41217885/in/photolist-4DfDc4DfDe-4rnoM-4EPTb-4rGsR-4tbq9-4tbqb-4rCgg-4DfDb-4DfDd-4uxab-4Siu1-4BK8Xg Jasper Fields, This is standing water at Lindy Bogg's Mercy Hospital, https://www.flickr.com/photos/jaspe ...
PDF 4MB - Parliament of Australia
... South Australian industry live. Why? South Australia is now forced to rely for security on Victorian coal-fired electricity. Why? Queensland’s major electricity users such as LNG export plants, open cut mines, Boyne smelters and thousands of small and large businesses depend on secure, reliable and ...
... South Australian industry live. Why? South Australia is now forced to rely for security on Victorian coal-fired electricity. Why? Queensland’s major electricity users such as LNG export plants, open cut mines, Boyne smelters and thousands of small and large businesses depend on secure, reliable and ...
1 Climate Change Discourse, Rights, and the Poor: Scientific
... reports emerging from various global development organizations and donors that will be the target of the study. We focus furthermore on legislation and policy processes at the national level, as well as on socio-economic and environmental rights based activism and litigation. The focus on South Afri ...
... reports emerging from various global development organizations and donors that will be the target of the study. We focus furthermore on legislation and policy processes at the national level, as well as on socio-economic and environmental rights based activism and litigation. The focus on South Afri ...
The Electric Power Industry and Climate Change
... A. The Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Key naturally occurring GHGs are CO2, methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapor. Studies have shown that water vapor and CO2 are responsible for most of the Earth’s greenhouse effects. Through a process known as the carbon cycle, the co ...
... A. The Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Key naturally occurring GHGs are CO2, methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and water vapor. Studies have shown that water vapor and CO2 are responsible for most of the Earth’s greenhouse effects. Through a process known as the carbon cycle, the co ...
The Paris Agreement global goals: What does a fair share for G20
... and explored a range of possible temperature outcomes. The analyses presented in the latest IPCC report are based on 846 scenariosvi. Some of these emissions trajectories decrease rapidly and become negative soon after mid-century. On the other hand, some emissions scenarios rise steadily and reflec ...
... and explored a range of possible temperature outcomes. The analyses presented in the latest IPCC report are based on 846 scenariosvi. Some of these emissions trajectories decrease rapidly and become negative soon after mid-century. On the other hand, some emissions scenarios rise steadily and reflec ...
PDF
... actions. The basic theory of irreversibility (e.g., Arrow and Fisher 1974) indicates that lower levels of irreversible commitment--which in this case could be interpreted as reduced growth in the atmospheric concentration of GHGs--is desirable when it is possible to gain knowledge in the future abou ...
... actions. The basic theory of irreversibility (e.g., Arrow and Fisher 1974) indicates that lower levels of irreversible commitment--which in this case could be interpreted as reduced growth in the atmospheric concentration of GHGs--is desirable when it is possible to gain knowledge in the future abou ...
tubiana
... peak by 2010 an then to decline by an average of 6 %- 10% per year Stabilisation at 550ppm means that global emissions have to peak in 2020 and then decline by 1-2,5 % TEN YEARS DELAY IN ACTION DOUBLE THE NECESSARY DECLINE RATE AFTER ...
... peak by 2010 an then to decline by an average of 6 %- 10% per year Stabilisation at 550ppm means that global emissions have to peak in 2020 and then decline by 1-2,5 % TEN YEARS DELAY IN ACTION DOUBLE THE NECESSARY DECLINE RATE AFTER ...
View as PDF - Adjacent Open Access
... and accounted for 39% of the sector’s total greenhouse-gas outputs in 2011. Given the central importance of food in our lives, a further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture remains quite challenging. Nevertheless, there is still potential to further reduce the greenhouse gas emiss ...
... and accounted for 39% of the sector’s total greenhouse-gas outputs in 2011. Given the central importance of food in our lives, a further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture remains quite challenging. Nevertheless, there is still potential to further reduce the greenhouse gas emiss ...
3. Adaptation of EU agriculture to climatic changes
... In the short term the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and seasonal variations in precipitation patterns are the factors likely to have the most serious consequences for agriculture. There are wide geographical variations in the expected climatic conditions over the twenty-first ce ...
... In the short term the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and seasonal variations in precipitation patterns are the factors likely to have the most serious consequences for agriculture. There are wide geographical variations in the expected climatic conditions over the twenty-first ce ...
Regional Summaries - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... the challenges of ensuring food security and eradicating poverty. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to impacts on agriculture. Most of the region´s agricultural crop production is rainfed and therefore highly susceptible to shifts in precipitation and temperature. A net expansion of the ...
... the challenges of ensuring food security and eradicating poverty. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly vulnerable to impacts on agriculture. Most of the region´s agricultural crop production is rainfed and therefore highly susceptible to shifts in precipitation and temperature. A net expansion of the ...
ETC/ACC
... €65 in 2030) emission allowances are in line with EU longer-term climate target, but use of the Kyoto mechanisms is still needed • IN SEP, EU’s SD target (1% GHG reduction in 2010-2020) and renewable energy targets are not met -> technology variants (to be developed) ...
... €65 in 2030) emission allowances are in line with EU longer-term climate target, but use of the Kyoto mechanisms is still needed • IN SEP, EU’s SD target (1% GHG reduction in 2010-2020) and renewable energy targets are not met -> technology variants (to be developed) ...
SAN Climate Module - Rainforest Alliance
... Certified farms also implement activities to promote long-term improvement of the soils that support agricultural production. These activities include increasing ground cover to prevent soil erosion, which allows for and maintains carbon storage in the soil. Tree planting is also promoted, since tre ...
... Certified farms also implement activities to promote long-term improvement of the soils that support agricultural production. These activities include increasing ground cover to prevent soil erosion, which allows for and maintains carbon storage in the soil. Tree planting is also promoted, since tre ...
Session 2: who is responsible?
... than its territorial-based emissions, whereas China’s consumption CO2 emissions per person is less than its territorial-based emissions. Explain that many of the things we consume in the UK are imported from other countries. However China exports many of the things it produces to other countries. As ...
... than its territorial-based emissions, whereas China’s consumption CO2 emissions per person is less than its territorial-based emissions. Explain that many of the things we consume in the UK are imported from other countries. However China exports many of the things it produces to other countries. As ...
2010 Environment Report
... measures to developing countries. This includes loans to support projects and initiatives in the transport sector ( see article The African Development Bank and Climate Change Mitigation in Africa and article Financing Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, Chapter 7 of this report ). A number ...
... measures to developing countries. This includes loans to support projects and initiatives in the transport sector ( see article The African Development Bank and Climate Change Mitigation in Africa and article Financing Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, Chapter 7 of this report ). A number ...
Climate affected by extra source of volcanic CO degassing
... destructive to nearby communities, like those affected by the 2010 Merapi eruption (see Figure 2). ...
... destructive to nearby communities, like those affected by the 2010 Merapi eruption (see Figure 2). ...
Climate Change: Federal Laws and Policies Updated January 28, 2008
... climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the George W. Bush Administration’s 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels. T ...
... climate change policy, from ratification of the UNFCCC to the George W. Bush Administration’s 2001 rejection of the Kyoto Protocol to the present. The report focuses on major regulatory programs that monitor or reduce greenhouse gas emissions, along with their estimated effect on emissions levels. T ...
PFCs
... Over the long term, projected increases in other greenhouse gases could increasingly influence the ozone layer by cooling the stratosphere and changing stratospheric circulation. As a result of the cooling effect and reducing ODS concentrations, ozone is likely to increase over much of the stratosph ...
... Over the long term, projected increases in other greenhouse gases could increasingly influence the ozone layer by cooling the stratosphere and changing stratospheric circulation. As a result of the cooling effect and reducing ODS concentrations, ozone is likely to increase over much of the stratosph ...
The Coordination and Vertical Integration of Climate Actions AH SM
... This report summarizes principal themes and observations that have emerged during the past two years of activities from the Working Group on Sub-national Integration of the Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership1. It also briefly highlights informative sub-national and vertical integ ...
... This report summarizes principal themes and observations that have emerged during the past two years of activities from the Working Group on Sub-national Integration of the Low Emission Development Strategies Global Partnership1. It also briefly highlights informative sub-national and vertical integ ...
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.""