NRDC: Homer, Alaska-Identifying and Becoming More Resilient to
... and floods to sea level rise. To help cities become more resilient to the rising threats of climate change, NRDC reviewed more than 75 scientific studies and other reports to summarize the water-related vulnerabilities in 12 cities—including Homer. Although there may still be some uncertainty about ...
... and floods to sea level rise. To help cities become more resilient to the rising threats of climate change, NRDC reviewed more than 75 scientific studies and other reports to summarize the water-related vulnerabilities in 12 cities—including Homer. Although there may still be some uncertainty about ...
Intro
... •Operates on domino principle •one part of a system changes, which triggers changes in another part •Complicates what is known as “complex response” •Example the Post Creek Cut-off of the Cache River in Southern Illinois ...
... •Operates on domino principle •one part of a system changes, which triggers changes in another part •Complicates what is known as “complex response” •Example the Post Creek Cut-off of the Cache River in Southern Illinois ...
climate change - University of Alaska Southeast
... To help anticipate changes, climate models can be used to estimate future ranges of temperature and precipitation. Climate models are simplified versions of reality that use mathematic equations to represent climate processes. Information about regional geography, such as elevation, slope, and coast ...
... To help anticipate changes, climate models can be used to estimate future ranges of temperature and precipitation. Climate models are simplified versions of reality that use mathematic equations to represent climate processes. Information about regional geography, such as elevation, slope, and coast ...
Earth Hydrological Cycle - Department of Meteorology and Climate
... to the Greenland Ice Sheet model of Huybrechts and De Wolde (1999) under a climate of constant quadrupled pre-industrial atmospheric CO2. ...
... to the Greenland Ice Sheet model of Huybrechts and De Wolde (1999) under a climate of constant quadrupled pre-industrial atmospheric CO2. ...
palcomms201727-s1
... and warming arises because of two counteracting processes of the global carbon cycle (Matthews et al., 2009). At higher already-present CO2 concentrations, a certain amount of CO2 emissions has a smaller radiative effect (radiative forcing is proportional to the logarithm of CO2 concentration); on t ...
... and warming arises because of two counteracting processes of the global carbon cycle (Matthews et al., 2009). At higher already-present CO2 concentrations, a certain amount of CO2 emissions has a smaller radiative effect (radiative forcing is proportional to the logarithm of CO2 concentration); on t ...
Climate Change and Disaster Management
... Globally, agriculture is expected to undergo significant transformation if it is to meet the challenges of food security and responding to climate change. Climate smart agriculture is regarded as an approach that could be used to address both food security and climate change concerns. Definition F ...
... Globally, agriculture is expected to undergo significant transformation if it is to meet the challenges of food security and responding to climate change. Climate smart agriculture is regarded as an approach that could be used to address both food security and climate change concerns. Definition F ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... economy is highly dependent on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture that is mainly rain-fed, energy, tourism, water and health. Climate hazards have caused considerable losses across the country’s different sectors over the years. The main climate hazards include droughts and floods which c ...
... economy is highly dependent on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture that is mainly rain-fed, energy, tourism, water and health. Climate hazards have caused considerable losses across the country’s different sectors over the years. The main climate hazards include droughts and floods which c ...
here - UBS
... in line with our commitment to RE100. At the end of 2014, we were at 51% below the levels of baseline year 2004. Measures taken included the replacement of a fossil heating system in a major building in Switzerland with a geothermal heat pump, reducing the building’s annual GHG emissions by more tha ...
... in line with our commitment to RE100. At the end of 2014, we were at 51% below the levels of baseline year 2004. Measures taken included the replacement of a fossil heating system in a major building in Switzerland with a geothermal heat pump, reducing the building’s annual GHG emissions by more tha ...
The Disputed Science of
... Comparisons with past events are difficult and neither the total number of people affected or the cost of repairs is a useful guide. Population growth means that more people are impacted by any natural disaster. The increased size of houses, growth in urban infrastructure and long-term inflation com ...
... Comparisons with past events are difficult and neither the total number of people affected or the cost of repairs is a useful guide. Population growth means that more people are impacted by any natural disaster. The increased size of houses, growth in urban infrastructure and long-term inflation com ...
The Science Isn`t Settled
... adjusted in different modeling efforts until the model produces estimates that are within what the modelers believe to be plausible. For example, thunderstorms are too small to appear in even an advanced climate model but account for almost all of the rainfall in many tropical areas. Models estimate r ...
... adjusted in different modeling efforts until the model produces estimates that are within what the modelers believe to be plausible. For example, thunderstorms are too small to appear in even an advanced climate model but account for almost all of the rainfall in many tropical areas. Models estimate r ...
How Will Climate Change Affect the Stillaguamish Watershed?
... The Stillaguamish watershed is projected to experience decreasing snowpack and widespread changes in streamflow timing, flooding, and summer minimum flows but little change in average annual streamflow volume. Warmer winter temperatures will reduce snowpack volume in the Stillaguamish watershed and ...
... The Stillaguamish watershed is projected to experience decreasing snowpack and widespread changes in streamflow timing, flooding, and summer minimum flows but little change in average annual streamflow volume. Warmer winter temperatures will reduce snowpack volume in the Stillaguamish watershed and ...
Erian-IPCC report on Climate Change & DRR-Day2
... The most effective adaptation and disaster risk reduction actions are those that offer development benefits in the relatively near term, as well as reductions in vulnerability over the longer term (high agreement, medium evidence). There are tradeoffs between current decisions and long-term goals l ...
... The most effective adaptation and disaster risk reduction actions are those that offer development benefits in the relatively near term, as well as reductions in vulnerability over the longer term (high agreement, medium evidence). There are tradeoffs between current decisions and long-term goals l ...
Lead–lag relationships between global mean temperature and the
... mean surface air temperature, T and the atmospheric CO2 content, q, in dependence of the type and time scale of the external forcing are explored. In the simulation, which follows the protocol of the Coupled Models Intercomparison Project, phase 5, T leads q for volcanically-induced climate variatio ...
... mean surface air temperature, T and the atmospheric CO2 content, q, in dependence of the type and time scale of the external forcing are explored. In the simulation, which follows the protocol of the Coupled Models Intercomparison Project, phase 5, T leads q for volcanically-induced climate variatio ...
GLP - Squareeye
... Rosario lives with her family in the community of Santa Rosa, in the extreme northeast of Bolivia. The Amazon is their home. Previously, many trees were cut down for wood or to open up land for farming. The community is now reforesting native trees and making use of the wood and fruits in a sustain ...
... Rosario lives with her family in the community of Santa Rosa, in the extreme northeast of Bolivia. The Amazon is their home. Previously, many trees were cut down for wood or to open up land for farming. The community is now reforesting native trees and making use of the wood and fruits in a sustain ...
Africa`s Engagement @COP 21 / CMP 11
... • Be in accordance with Principles and provisions of Convention, in particular the Principles of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR) and equity. • Enhance the implementation of the Convention and its annexes, to be consistent with science and equity. • Enhan ...
... • Be in accordance with Principles and provisions of Convention, in particular the Principles of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR) and equity. • Enhance the implementation of the Convention and its annexes, to be consistent with science and equity. • Enhan ...
Soil Organic Matter Pools and Fluxes in Response to Changes in
... of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire ...
... of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire ...
RC-LCDS TACC
... Tranche provides the opportunity for existing carbon projects to continue selling their carbon credits well beyond 2012. “During a period of regulatory uncertainty, the UCFT2 is helping to maintain demand for post-2012 carbon credits. It means we have another tool to help bridge the gap in the carbo ...
... Tranche provides the opportunity for existing carbon projects to continue selling their carbon credits well beyond 2012. “During a period of regulatory uncertainty, the UCFT2 is helping to maintain demand for post-2012 carbon credits. It means we have another tool to help bridge the gap in the carbo ...
GEOL 170 Climate Science
... change.) I’m hoping to depart at our normal lab time of 2pm, so we do not conflict with other courses or commitments that students have on campus. We will be traveling up to the Portland National Weather Service Forecast office, to see current meteorology in action, and get a tour. This is a require ...
... change.) I’m hoping to depart at our normal lab time of 2pm, so we do not conflict with other courses or commitments that students have on campus. We will be traveling up to the Portland National Weather Service Forecast office, to see current meteorology in action, and get a tour. This is a require ...
Communication Strategies Powerpoint
... • Cultivate their opinion leadership by encouraging them to talk to others in their social networks (about the actions that matter most) • Point them to a clear “destination” (2016 renewal of Maryland’s GGRA?) • Script the “critical moves” (i.e., the actions that matter most – TBD) ...
... • Cultivate their opinion leadership by encouraging them to talk to others in their social networks (about the actions that matter most) • Point them to a clear “destination” (2016 renewal of Maryland’s GGRA?) • Script the “critical moves” (i.e., the actions that matter most – TBD) ...
EEA HU04 Adaptation Programme ADAPTATION to CLIMATE
... change and elaborating necessary adaptation actions for Hungary. • fulfilling climate change laws, regulations and meeting policy expectations • developing a complex methodology for the analysis of climate change impacts • quantitative analysis of vulnerability for the whole chain of impacts (exposu ...
... change and elaborating necessary adaptation actions for Hungary. • fulfilling climate change laws, regulations and meeting policy expectations • developing a complex methodology for the analysis of climate change impacts • quantitative analysis of vulnerability for the whole chain of impacts (exposu ...
International treaties, negotiations and Bangladesh position
... The rate of build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere can be reduced by taking advantage of the fact that carbon can accumulate in vegetation and soils in terrestrial ecosystems. Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere is referred to as a "sink.“ A removal unit ...
... The rate of build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere can be reduced by taking advantage of the fact that carbon can accumulate in vegetation and soils in terrestrial ecosystems. Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere is referred to as a "sink.“ A removal unit ...
Climate foodchat - SanDiego350.org
... Agriculture is responsible for most methane and nitrous oxide emissions ...
... Agriculture is responsible for most methane and nitrous oxide emissions ...
aashe_presentation_2011 - Association for the Advancement of
... Current Climate Studies 8: (from the Course Website) The increased concentrations of heat-trapping gases are the primary causes of global warming. CO2 has an especially large effect…because it lingers for a long time as an atmospheric constituent. Once in the atmosphere, centuries pass before it com ...
... Current Climate Studies 8: (from the Course Website) The increased concentrations of heat-trapping gases are the primary causes of global warming. CO2 has an especially large effect…because it lingers for a long time as an atmospheric constituent. Once in the atmosphere, centuries pass before it com ...
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.""