FFESCconfkeymessages121122 - Ministry of Forests, Lands
... Climate extremes will be significant drivers of ecosystem change (e.g., heat waves, droughts, high intensity precipitation, late frosts, windstorms) Natural disturbance events will play a key role in ecosystem shifts (e.g., fire, windstorms, insect/pathogen outbreaks); in particular, drought will re ...
... Climate extremes will be significant drivers of ecosystem change (e.g., heat waves, droughts, high intensity precipitation, late frosts, windstorms) Natural disturbance events will play a key role in ecosystem shifts (e.g., fire, windstorms, insect/pathogen outbreaks); in particular, drought will re ...
3rd-Year Students (by Year)
... 9 were nation-states (mostly coal producers in countries such as China, the former Soviet Union, North Korea and Poland). The remaining 7 were cement manufacturers. Government-run oil and coal companies in the former Soviet Union produced more greenhouse gas emissions than any other entity – just un ...
... 9 were nation-states (mostly coal producers in countries such as China, the former Soviet Union, North Korea and Poland). The remaining 7 were cement manufacturers. Government-run oil and coal companies in the former Soviet Union produced more greenhouse gas emissions than any other entity – just un ...
ICoE - Integrated Research on Disaster Risk
... • It turns out that aerosols have little effect on the precipitation, while global warming has a sever detrimental impact on the precipitation intensity (but not much on the total precipitation). • Increases in very heavy precipitation, and sometimes with decreases in light precipitation have been r ...
... • It turns out that aerosols have little effect on the precipitation, while global warming has a sever detrimental impact on the precipitation intensity (but not much on the total precipitation). • Increases in very heavy precipitation, and sometimes with decreases in light precipitation have been r ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... million hectares of land areas, of which 48.1 million are forested land and under different management regimes, with a current estimated total of 9.032 Trillion tones of carbon stock. The estimates are based on the present stocks from limited studies. This implies that Tanzania is a net sink. 5.1 Ad ...
... million hectares of land areas, of which 48.1 million are forested land and under different management regimes, with a current estimated total of 9.032 Trillion tones of carbon stock. The estimates are based on the present stocks from limited studies. This implies that Tanzania is a net sink. 5.1 Ad ...
Assessment of Land Use Change and Climate
... • individual climate variability led to significantly increased all hydrological processes (percent contribution were surface runoff (40.2%), lateral flow (13.3%), base flow (19.1%) percolation (18.8%), and water yield (23.2%) ...
... • individual climate variability led to significantly increased all hydrological processes (percent contribution were surface runoff (40.2%), lateral flow (13.3%), base flow (19.1%) percolation (18.8%), and water yield (23.2%) ...
How to handle the issue of uncertainty in Local Climate Change
... • Communication uncertainty: the one-sided approach (that is – looking only at the partial effect of climate change on future society) is often applied, and well known methods of long-term planning is often not applied in the case of climate change adaptation – which could enable us to apply the two ...
... • Communication uncertainty: the one-sided approach (that is – looking only at the partial effect of climate change on future society) is often applied, and well known methods of long-term planning is often not applied in the case of climate change adaptation – which could enable us to apply the two ...
The role of the global ocean in changes of the Earth`s climate system
... Energy flows alter clouds, and weather and internal climate modes can temporarily alter the energy balance for periods of days to several decades. ...
... Energy flows alter clouds, and weather and internal climate modes can temporarily alter the energy balance for periods of days to several decades. ...
Over-leased: How Production Horizons of Already Leased Federal
... new lease would extend production horizons even further into the future. As previous studies suggest, federal fossil fuel leasing policy should be aligned with U.S. climate policy goals. The analysis strongly suggests that staying within the global carbon budgets will likely require not only ending ...
... new lease would extend production horizons even further into the future. As previous studies suggest, federal fossil fuel leasing policy should be aligned with U.S. climate policy goals. The analysis strongly suggests that staying within the global carbon budgets will likely require not only ending ...
Food Security - Department of Environmental Affairs
... Numerous studies have been conducted on the potential effects of climate change on agricultural production in South and Southern Africa, particularly in the maize and wheat industries. Although the results are highly variable, a number of general observations can be made from the findings: i) from a ...
... Numerous studies have been conducted on the potential effects of climate change on agricultural production in South and Southern Africa, particularly in the maize and wheat industries. Although the results are highly variable, a number of general observations can be made from the findings: i) from a ...
Introduction - Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
... (M. D. King, S. Platnick et al. – NASA GSFC) ...
... (M. D. King, S. Platnick et al. – NASA GSFC) ...
Increasing Atmospheric Poleward Energy Transport with Global
... The change in northward MSE flux in each model is plotted in Fig. 1. Most models show increasing poleward transport in both hemispheres in all of the simulations, although the magnitude of the increase varies significantly. For instance, in the A1B scenario at 40S, one model projects nearly twice th ...
... The change in northward MSE flux in each model is plotted in Fig. 1. Most models show increasing poleward transport in both hemispheres in all of the simulations, although the magnitude of the increase varies significantly. For instance, in the A1B scenario at 40S, one model projects nearly twice th ...
Coverage of Existing Oil and Natural Gas Facilities
... Indian Tribes and Climate Change General The oil and natural gas industry is one of the largest emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 25 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.2 Methane pollution threatens public welfare in a number of ways by contributin ...
... Indian Tribes and Climate Change General The oil and natural gas industry is one of the largest emitters of methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential more than 25 times greater than that of carbon dioxide.2 Methane pollution threatens public welfare in a number of ways by contributin ...
Environmental Pillar Submission on Agriculture Roadmap
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
... proposed to reduce overall global emissions by either regulating or taxing the emissions embodied in traded foods, especially high carbon, livestock sourced products. As an exporter of these products Ireland is producing these emissions in large quantities but neither farmers in Ireland nor the prod ...
Document
... Some gases naturally exist in the atmosphere, the so called Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) that form a blanket surrounding the earth and keeps the earth warmer. This is called Greenhouse Effect. • The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Human activities (fossil fuel burning, depletion of sinks like forests etc.) ha ...
... Some gases naturally exist in the atmosphere, the so called Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) that form a blanket surrounding the earth and keeps the earth warmer. This is called Greenhouse Effect. • The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect Human activities (fossil fuel burning, depletion of sinks like forests etc.) ha ...
Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President by Jonathan
... difference between failing to do anything and failing to do enough. Even those who criticize the president’s efforts as inadequate ought to be clear-eyed about what has been accomplished. By the normal standards of progress, Obama has amassed an impressive record so far on climate change. There are ...
... difference between failing to do anything and failing to do enough. Even those who criticize the president’s efforts as inadequate ought to be clear-eyed about what has been accomplished. By the normal standards of progress, Obama has amassed an impressive record so far on climate change. There are ...
What`s on the 5th IPCC Report for West Africa?
... Climate projections for the period until 2100 are performed with global climate models. Applying the models for that time frame requires assumptions about the atmospheric composition, i.e., the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The development of future atmospheric composition depends o ...
... Climate projections for the period until 2100 are performed with global climate models. Applying the models for that time frame requires assumptions about the atmospheric composition, i.e., the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases. The development of future atmospheric composition depends o ...
GEOL 1080 - Research at UVU
... 3) The gasses in the atmosphere that do this are CO2, H2O, CH4; these are called the greenhouse gasses. 4) Without these gasses and this effect, Earth surface would average about –20oC instead of 13oC. Venus’ surface temperature is about 470oC due to large amounts of CO2 in its atmosphere. 5) Climat ...
... 3) The gasses in the atmosphere that do this are CO2, H2O, CH4; these are called the greenhouse gasses. 4) Without these gasses and this effect, Earth surface would average about –20oC instead of 13oC. Venus’ surface temperature is about 470oC due to large amounts of CO2 in its atmosphere. 5) Climat ...
National Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... responses over which it has a high degree of control or influence Resilient ...
... responses over which it has a high degree of control or influence Resilient ...
Slide 1
... Causes of Recent Climate Change • There is very high confidence that humangenerated increases in greenhouse gas concentrations are responsible for most of the global warming observed during the past 50 years ...
... Causes of Recent Climate Change • There is very high confidence that humangenerated increases in greenhouse gas concentrations are responsible for most of the global warming observed during the past 50 years ...
PChem Team Nano
... increasing the diversity of CCN, which produces some unexpected results •For example, when sulfate is released into the atmosphere it reacts with water when water condenses on it •The result is acid rain ...
... increasing the diversity of CCN, which produces some unexpected results •For example, when sulfate is released into the atmosphere it reacts with water when water condenses on it •The result is acid rain ...
B1_Proshutinsky_IBO
... exist, can be readily extended to provide interdisciplinary observations, and should be implemented expeditiously as part of a coordinated Arctic observing system. ...
... exist, can be readily extended to provide interdisciplinary observations, and should be implemented expeditiously as part of a coordinated Arctic observing system. ...
Climate change impact assessment
... the potential impacts of climate change. A range of controls, including operational, procedural and policy, and inbuilt flexibility is already in place, as a result of the natural high variability, and this can be accelerated if needed. The assessment did help identify a number of business areas in ...
... the potential impacts of climate change. A range of controls, including operational, procedural and policy, and inbuilt flexibility is already in place, as a result of the natural high variability, and this can be accelerated if needed. The assessment did help identify a number of business areas in ...
curriculum in natural environmental science, vol. 2, 2010
... restored area provide for local people and the region? What is the present and possible future ecological status of the project? What is the status of the area in terms of present land ...
... restored area provide for local people and the region? What is the present and possible future ecological status of the project? What is the status of the area in terms of present land ...
Methane hydrates and Climate Change, Ruppel
... to ~2900 ppb from the 2005 value of ~1774 ppb (IPCC 2007). ...
... to ~2900 ppb from the 2005 value of ~1774 ppb (IPCC 2007). ...
microbial Ecology of the oceans
... of the recent changes observed in ocean circulation patterns and their implications for future climate, such as the slowdown or the “switch off ” of the Gulf Stream, and it discusses the current state of the computer models. The chapter’s summary emphasizes the importance of understanding the comple ...
... of the recent changes observed in ocean circulation patterns and their implications for future climate, such as the slowdown or the “switch off ” of the Gulf Stream, and it discusses the current state of the computer models. The chapter’s summary emphasizes the importance of understanding the comple ...
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.""