A Review of Drought in the Middle East and Southwest Asia
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... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
Combat vs. Climate - Institute for Policy Studies
... As the comparison of the budgets for traditional military force and for climate security make clear, climate change does not occupy space in the federal budget commensurate with the threat it poses to our security. Bringing our security policy in line with our security budget therefore requires adju ...
... As the comparison of the budgets for traditional military force and for climate security make clear, climate change does not occupy space in the federal budget commensurate with the threat it poses to our security. Bringing our security policy in line with our security budget therefore requires adju ...
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
... Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA ...
... Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA ...
Tonga Climate Change Policy
... conventional, compartmentalised approach. Rather than address climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction in a fragmented manner, a holistic approach is taken to build resilience. The emphasis is on re-imagining and re-designing the future of Tonga to ensure that its’ people ar ...
... conventional, compartmentalised approach. Rather than address climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction in a fragmented manner, a holistic approach is taken to build resilience. The emphasis is on re-imagining and re-designing the future of Tonga to ensure that its’ people ar ...
A comment on climate change, conflict and forced migration
... While weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, climate is the average state of weather over time and space. Mean temperature and the seasonal cycle in temperature over large areas are the clearest signals of change in the climate. Another important indicator is the amount and pattern of ra ...
... While weather is the day-to-day state of the atmosphere, climate is the average state of weather over time and space. Mean temperature and the seasonal cycle in temperature over large areas are the clearest signals of change in the climate. Another important indicator is the amount and pattern of ra ...
Atmosphere and Climate Change ppt
... Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in recent decades have resulted in global warming, an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
... Rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in recent decades have resulted in global warming, an increase in Earth’s average surface temperature. Copyright © 2005 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... Our greenhouse gas emissions have already warmed the world by more than 1°C since the end of the 19th century. 2016 was by far the hottest year ever recorded and each month more heat and extreme weather records are broken. Yet because of emissions from our transport & energy, mining & industry, agri ...
... Our greenhouse gas emissions have already warmed the world by more than 1°C since the end of the 19th century. 2016 was by far the hottest year ever recorded and each month more heat and extreme weather records are broken. Yet because of emissions from our transport & energy, mining & industry, agri ...
i2146e01
... As the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
... As the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) concluded: “warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
Ice-shelf collapse, climate change, and habitat loss in the Canadian
... days per annum (r = -0.47, p < 0.01). However, it should be noted that most of the warming took place in the last two decades, and the measurements at the beginning of the record suggest an initial cooling phase (Fig. 6). An additional index of climate change, the number of thawing degree days (days ...
... days per annum (r = -0.47, p < 0.01). However, it should be noted that most of the warming took place in the last two decades, and the measurements at the beginning of the record suggest an initial cooling phase (Fig. 6). An additional index of climate change, the number of thawing degree days (days ...
Applying information network analysis to fire
... Central Oregon, climate change, and increased fire risk In Oregon, wildfires are prevalent in the relatively dry forests and rangelands on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains. As in many other states, wildfires have always been part of the social– ecological system. Today, however, public deba ...
... Central Oregon, climate change, and increased fire risk In Oregon, wildfires are prevalent in the relatively dry forests and rangelands on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains. As in many other states, wildfires have always been part of the social– ecological system. Today, however, public deba ...
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change (opens in new window)
... risk assessment, ranging from qualitative and participatory methodologies to quantitative modelling approaches taking not solely into account a pure economic damage and loss assessment approach but rather a wide consideration of social, environmental and physical risk factors (e.g. International Fed ...
... risk assessment, ranging from qualitative and participatory methodologies to quantitative modelling approaches taking not solely into account a pure economic damage and loss assessment approach but rather a wide consideration of social, environmental and physical risk factors (e.g. International Fed ...
Agreeing to disagree: Uncertainty management in assessing climate
... Environmental Outlook, the projected change in the length of the growing season as a result of climate change, and deaths and hospital admittances due to ozone exposure. For the first indicator, 7 discrete steps in the assessment process were identified, involving 19 explicit or implicit assumption ...
... Environmental Outlook, the projected change in the length of the growing season as a result of climate change, and deaths and hospital admittances due to ozone exposure. For the first indicator, 7 discrete steps in the assessment process were identified, involving 19 explicit or implicit assumption ...
Erler, A.R., Peltier, W.R., dOrgeville, M. Dynamically downscaled
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report The Core Writing Team Rajendra K. Pachauri
... Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of current global warming. In addition, the SYR finds that the more human activities disrupt the climate, the greater the risks of severe, perva ...
... Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of current global warming. In addition, the SYR finds that the more human activities disrupt the climate, the greater the risks of severe, perva ...
Adapting to change – forming new habits
... The RDA Barossa region (henceforth the “Region”) stretches from the Gulf St Vincent 80 kilometres east through the Mount Lofty Ranges to the western edge of the Murray-Darling Basin. From south to north the Region extends from the boundaries of northern Adelaide through the central Mount Lofty Range ...
... The RDA Barossa region (henceforth the “Region”) stretches from the Gulf St Vincent 80 kilometres east through the Mount Lofty Ranges to the western edge of the Murray-Darling Basin. From south to north the Region extends from the boundaries of northern Adelaide through the central Mount Lofty Range ...
Archive - Ross School Senior Projects
... until there were very few edits left. Then I added them all to a PowerPoint that was 56 inches wide by 30 inches tall for my poster. When I added the papers to the PowerPoint, I then wrote a mission state that detailed what I did, why I did it and my objectives while doing it. When I completed that, ...
... until there were very few edits left. Then I added them all to a PowerPoint that was 56 inches wide by 30 inches tall for my poster. When I added the papers to the PowerPoint, I then wrote a mission state that detailed what I did, why I did it and my objectives while doing it. When I completed that, ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... region, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5) anticipates that these are likely to be felt more severely in future. Unfortunately, in the face of climate change, political issues governing trans-boundary rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and the Ind ...
... region, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC AR5) anticipates that these are likely to be felt more severely in future. Unfortunately, in the face of climate change, political issues governing trans-boundary rivers such as the Ganga, Brahmaputra and the Ind ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: Regional Climate Model Predictions for Ireland (2001-CD-C4-M2) Environmental RTDI Programme 2000–2006
... Figure 2.3. Regional Climate Model verification. The temperature measured at 2-m height (i.e. the standard meteorological temperature) is difficult to model. The ERA-40 data, while based on meteorological observations, do not accurately reflect the regional variation in observed temperatures, mainly ...
... Figure 2.3. Regional Climate Model verification. The temperature measured at 2-m height (i.e. the standard meteorological temperature) is difficult to model. The ERA-40 data, while based on meteorological observations, do not accurately reflect the regional variation in observed temperatures, mainly ...
What Is El Niño? - Gulf of Maine Aquarium
... 50 years, global temperature sampling has significantly improved, especially with the use of satellites beginning about 40 years ago. But, during this period, there has also been an exponential growth of the human population. The massive urban growth that accompanies this population growth, causing ...
... 50 years, global temperature sampling has significantly improved, especially with the use of satellites beginning about 40 years ago. But, during this period, there has also been an exponential growth of the human population. The massive urban growth that accompanies this population growth, causing ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... Also, part of the MARN mandate is to generate all the public policies related to the basin hydrographic, coastal zones, oceans and marine resources, therefore in 2008 the Ministry also elaborated the National Policy for the Integrated Management of Marine Coastal Zones which was approved by the Pres ...
... Also, part of the MARN mandate is to generate all the public policies related to the basin hydrographic, coastal zones, oceans and marine resources, therefore in 2008 the Ministry also elaborated the National Policy for the Integrated Management of Marine Coastal Zones which was approved by the Pres ...
100568 - Climate Change Adaptation NEW CS3.indd
... to 5°C by 2070 under a business-as-usual scenario. Under the same scenario, winter precipitation levels are forecast to increase by up to 40% by 2070 while summer precipitation levels are likely to decrease. Globally we have already seen a 0.7°C rise in temperature and this is set to rise as CO2 emi ...
... to 5°C by 2070 under a business-as-usual scenario. Under the same scenario, winter precipitation levels are forecast to increase by up to 40% by 2070 while summer precipitation levels are likely to decrease. Globally we have already seen a 0.7°C rise in temperature and this is set to rise as CO2 emi ...
How much risk ought we to take? Exploring the possibilities of
... situations in which we simply have a range of options which score differently with respect to well-being, equality and risk, Peterson's account might leave us unsatisfied. As we said at the beginning of this paper, we want to explore the possibility of presenting a risk-sensitive consequentialism wh ...
... situations in which we simply have a range of options which score differently with respect to well-being, equality and risk, Peterson's account might leave us unsatisfied. As we said at the beginning of this paper, we want to explore the possibility of presenting a risk-sensitive consequentialism wh ...
sn c project namibia
... Current that flows north along the west coast. The altitude range in Namibia is from sea level to 2 606 m. Much of the interior basin has a mean altitude of 1000 m. Total land area is 824 268 km2. The population of Namibia is estimated at 1 826 854 for 20011, of which 51.3% are women. HIV/AIDS is no ...
... Current that flows north along the west coast. The altitude range in Namibia is from sea level to 2 606 m. Much of the interior basin has a mean altitude of 1000 m. Total land area is 824 268 km2. The population of Namibia is estimated at 1 826 854 for 20011, of which 51.3% are women. HIV/AIDS is no ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... surge, Council endorsed the preparation of a Climate Change Strategy and resolved to take quick carbon footprint reducing action in the interim. As a result, Gold Coast City Council Responding to Climate Change: Carbon Neutral by 2020 was ...
... surge, Council endorsed the preparation of a Climate Change Strategy and resolved to take quick carbon footprint reducing action in the interim. As a result, Gold Coast City Council Responding to Climate Change: Carbon Neutral by 2020 was ...
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.""