Projected change in global fisheries revenues and effort under
... • FT is the total fishing effort in a EEZ. ...
... • FT is the total fishing effort in a EEZ. ...
2.David Lusher (Vice Consul-General)
... China’s largest provincial consumer of energy. Serious about energy efficiency target (16%) and diversifying its energy mix. Climate change awareness has increased. The media understand the issues and want to write about climate change. Strong academic base for Carbon Capture and Storage, marine cli ...
... China’s largest provincial consumer of energy. Serious about energy efficiency target (16%) and diversifying its energy mix. Climate change awareness has increased. The media understand the issues and want to write about climate change. Strong academic base for Carbon Capture and Storage, marine cli ...
No Slide Title - University of Washington
... Conclusions and Comparative analysis • 1) Columbia River reservoir system primarily provides within-year storage (total storage/mean flow ~ 0.3). California is intermediate (~ 0.3), Colorado is an over-year system (~4) • 2) Climate sensitivities in Columbia basin are dominated by seasonality shifts ...
... Conclusions and Comparative analysis • 1) Columbia River reservoir system primarily provides within-year storage (total storage/mean flow ~ 0.3). California is intermediate (~ 0.3), Colorado is an over-year system (~4) • 2) Climate sensitivities in Columbia basin are dominated by seasonality shifts ...
CO2 short - Digging in the Clay
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
Global Warming - Department of Geology UPRM
... Greenhouse effectThe "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates ...
... Greenhouse effectThe "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These gases let in light but keep heat from escaping, like the glass walls of a greenhouse.First, sunlight shines onto the Earth's surface, where it is absorbed and then radiates ...
basnayake_as12 - START - SysTem for Analysis Research and
... Advantages of using these methods/tools – Conceptual advantages 1. Uses only large scale and therefore most reliable GCM information 2. Provides physically based estimates of climatic ...
... Advantages of using these methods/tools – Conceptual advantages 1. Uses only large scale and therefore most reliable GCM information 2. Provides physically based estimates of climatic ...
Executive Summary (PDF)
... knowledge about the causes and consequences of climate change. (Sections 1 and 2) Human activities have increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) to levels unprecedented in at least the Human influence on the climate past 800,000 years. The Earth’s ...
... knowledge about the causes and consequences of climate change. (Sections 1 and 2) Human activities have increased atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) to levels unprecedented in at least the Human influence on the climate past 800,000 years. The Earth’s ...
Session 3 – Geography of impacts
... In Central and Eastern Europe, summer precipitation is projected to decrease, causing higher water stress. Health risks due to heat waves are projected to increase; ...
... In Central and Eastern Europe, summer precipitation is projected to decrease, causing higher water stress. Health risks due to heat waves are projected to increase; ...
Green infrastructure and the urban heat island
... LUCID is developing more localised tools for quantifying the effects of building structure and form, climate, energy use and effects on human health. Further details can be found on the project website at www.lucid-project.org.uk. The effects of vegetation on urban climate have been looked at in a n ...
... LUCID is developing more localised tools for quantifying the effects of building structure and form, climate, energy use and effects on human health. Further details can be found on the project website at www.lucid-project.org.uk. The effects of vegetation on urban climate have been looked at in a n ...
et al
... Bathiany, S., M. Claussen, et al. (2010). "Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of largescale forest cover changes in the MPI earth system model." Biogeosciences 7: 1383-1399. Betts, R. (2007). "Implications of land ecosystem-atmosphere interactions for strategies for climate change ad ...
... Bathiany, S., M. Claussen, et al. (2010). "Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of largescale forest cover changes in the MPI earth system model." Biogeosciences 7: 1383-1399. Betts, R. (2007). "Implications of land ecosystem-atmosphere interactions for strategies for climate change ad ...
Marine boundary layer clouds at the heart of tropical cloud feedback
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
... of the tropical circulation, and that it is maximum in regions of strong subsidence. The reasons for that large sensitivity might be related to the breakup, as SST increases, of stratiform low-level cloud types (stratus, stratocumulus) into more cumuliform clouds (trade cumulus), and thus to a small ...
Reconceiving the Good Life
... carbon emissions (which is not possible even if it were morally acceptable) and paying those countries to cap their emissions (which is self defeating while unsustainable images of the good life prevail, because one way or another, those being paid to live more sustainable lifestyles will seek the ...
... carbon emissions (which is not possible even if it were morally acceptable) and paying those countries to cap their emissions (which is self defeating while unsustainable images of the good life prevail, because one way or another, those being paid to live more sustainable lifestyles will seek the ...
Vol.12, No. 2
... water for the many South Pacific islands. Because the overall amount of rainfall varies greatly over short distances, small shifts in the location of the rainband could have severe consequences for the vulnerable island nations already having to adapt to sea level rise. Despite its importance, scien ...
... water for the many South Pacific islands. Because the overall amount of rainfall varies greatly over short distances, small shifts in the location of the rainband could have severe consequences for the vulnerable island nations already having to adapt to sea level rise. Despite its importance, scien ...
Inaugural Lecture
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...
... • Using models and observations to establish that: – 20th century climate change is likely to be human driven with greenhouse gas warming being offset by natural and other human drivers – That external drivers are an important driver of natural climate variability – That humans might have affected 1 ...
Ouranos Climate Change Summary Report
... observations in terms of extreme rainfall estimates. In general the majority of CRCM simulations produced by OURANOS for impacts and adaptation purposes focus on the future period of 2041-2070 (termed horizon 2050). However, due to increasing demand for climatic scenarios for different future period ...
... observations in terms of extreme rainfall estimates. In general the majority of CRCM simulations produced by OURANOS for impacts and adaptation purposes focus on the future period of 2041-2070 (termed horizon 2050). However, due to increasing demand for climatic scenarios for different future period ...
Travel along with Pablo Suarez - Red Cross Red Crescent Climate
... where wells are drying up (which is huge problem in Uganda) reducing runoff where flood risk is growing improving food production where soils & rains are adequate (avocado, fruit trees, etc) promoting timber for firewood and/or diversification of livelihoods. All while helping with carbon sequ ...
... where wells are drying up (which is huge problem in Uganda) reducing runoff where flood risk is growing improving food production where soils & rains are adequate (avocado, fruit trees, etc) promoting timber for firewood and/or diversification of livelihoods. All while helping with carbon sequ ...
Submission Ministry for the Environment Emissions Trading Scheme
... 1. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development. We are mandated by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference to undertake advocacy, education, development and humanitarian programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ...
... 1. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is the Catholic agency for justice, peace and development. We are mandated by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference to undertake advocacy, education, development and humanitarian programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand, the Pacific, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... Absorption of shortwave radiation by atmospheric gas molecules is fairly weak; – most absorption of shortwave radiation occurs at the Earth’s surface. Most gases do not interact strongly with longwave radiation, however ...
... Absorption of shortwave radiation by atmospheric gas molecules is fairly weak; – most absorption of shortwave radiation occurs at the Earth’s surface. Most gases do not interact strongly with longwave radiation, however ...
Robert H. Socolow, Professor, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation
... research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), www.princeton.edu/~cmi/, a fifteen-year (2000-2015) research project supported by BP and Fo ...
... research focuses on global carbon management and fossil-carbon sequestration. He is the co-principal investigator (with ecologist, Stephen Pacala) of Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), www.princeton.edu/~cmi/, a fifteen-year (2000-2015) research project supported by BP and Fo ...
Met 10 - Department of Meteorology and Climate Science
... activities .“ (IPCC), 2001 The IPCC finds that it is “very likely” that emissions of heattrapping gases from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century. (IPCC) 2007 ...
... activities .“ (IPCC), 2001 The IPCC finds that it is “very likely” that emissions of heattrapping gases from human activities have caused “most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century. (IPCC) 2007 ...
Solomon Islands
... The contribution of Solomon Islands to global greenhouse gas emissions and its role in causing climate change is insignificant, but as a vulnerable island state, it must act responsibly to avert the worst global effects and consequences of climate change (SICFCS, 2002). The continuous rise in global ...
... The contribution of Solomon Islands to global greenhouse gas emissions and its role in causing climate change is insignificant, but as a vulnerable island state, it must act responsibly to avert the worst global effects and consequences of climate change (SICFCS, 2002). The continuous rise in global ...
Climate change - ACT Government
... the Going Further stage? There are six greenhouse gases of which the levels in the atmosphere have increased significantly over the past 200 years. The increased level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is impacting on climate. The possible impacts of climate change on ecosystems and industry. ...
... the Going Further stage? There are six greenhouse gases of which the levels in the atmosphere have increased significantly over the past 200 years. The increased level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is impacting on climate. The possible impacts of climate change on ecosystems and industry. ...
A balance of bottom-up and top-down in linking climate policies
... policy is often seen as a way to create the preconditions for a longterm transformation to an economy free of fossil fuels. The carbon market serves as one tool for this purpose, but it is only one of many. Others include direct support for renewable energy and energy efficiency that comes at higher ...
... policy is often seen as a way to create the preconditions for a longterm transformation to an economy free of fossil fuels. The carbon market serves as one tool for this purpose, but it is only one of many. Others include direct support for renewable energy and energy efficiency that comes at higher ...
3. Major climate-induced changes
... on the presence of factors that may regulate the extent of the changes. Degraded ecosystems are generally believed to be less resilient to climate change than intact and healthy ecosystems. The recorded increase in mean annual temperature is already affecting many ecosystems and scientific studies p ...
... on the presence of factors that may regulate the extent of the changes. Degraded ecosystems are generally believed to be less resilient to climate change than intact and healthy ecosystems. The recorded increase in mean annual temperature is already affecting many ecosystems and scientific studies p ...
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.""