–boreal Predicting tree biomass growth in the temperate
... model allows for inference about variance within and among species. We quantify how variables influence aboveground biomass growth of individual trees from a representative sample of 15 northern or southern tree species growing in a transition zone between boreal and temperate biomes. Individual tre ...
... model allows for inference about variance within and among species. We quantify how variables influence aboveground biomass growth of individual trees from a representative sample of 15 northern or southern tree species growing in a transition zone between boreal and temperate biomes. Individual tre ...
... models used by governments and business today. Climate change is a good example, where almost all of the focus is on the most likely scenarios and there are few public studies that include the low-probability high-impact scenarios. In most reports about climate impacts, those caused by warming beyon ...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
... Indeed, as has been seen, the recent increases in food prices and their immediate negative impacts on food security demonstrate that the current system is already, unexpectedly, quite vulnerable. Most importantly, one of the main factors identified as the cause of the current commodity cost crisis – ...
... Indeed, as has been seen, the recent increases in food prices and their immediate negative impacts on food security demonstrate that the current system is already, unexpectedly, quite vulnerable. Most importantly, one of the main factors identified as the cause of the current commodity cost crisis – ...
The role of meteorological processes in the
... Here, we pose that descriptions of climate projection uncertainty should include an assessment of the ability of the underlying climate model to represent weather-scale processes because many climate change problems require credible representations of local weather for projections to be usable (Rood ...
... Here, we pose that descriptions of climate projection uncertainty should include an assessment of the ability of the underlying climate model to represent weather-scale processes because many climate change problems require credible representations of local weather for projections to be usable (Rood ...
Almada - NACLIM
... Conclusion: Green roofs have a small cooling effect on nighttime temperatures.The area with high heat stress is reduced by more than Workshop: Towards Urban50% ClimateAlso Servicespositive effects on indoor temperatures Brussels, 21st to 22nd June 2016 ...
... Conclusion: Green roofs have a small cooling effect on nighttime temperatures.The area with high heat stress is reduced by more than Workshop: Towards Urban50% ClimateAlso Servicespositive effects on indoor temperatures Brussels, 21st to 22nd June 2016 ...
Geographical restructuring of Arabidopsis thaliana`s
... 2014), it will alter species distribution (Loarie et al., 2009). We need to predict these changes if ...
... 2014), it will alter species distribution (Loarie et al., 2009). We need to predict these changes if ...
Climate change and integrated analysis of mountain
... glaciers, landslides, debris flows, fluvial river). However, these definitions are misleading because delimiting a «store» from a «transfer» is timescale dependent. For instance, over very short timescales (hours to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment t ...
... glaciers, landslides, debris flows, fluvial river). However, these definitions are misleading because delimiting a «store» from a «transfer» is timescale dependent. For instance, over very short timescales (hours to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment t ...
Similar estimates of temperature impacts on global wheat
... point-based simulations, and statistical regressions at global level were all between 4.1% and 6.4% (Fig. 1). The average estimated temperature impact from all three methods (and four studies) was a 5.7% reduction in global yield per degree of global temperature increase. The estimated temperature e ...
... point-based simulations, and statistical regressions at global level were all between 4.1% and 6.4% (Fig. 1). The average estimated temperature impact from all three methods (and four studies) was a 5.7% reduction in global yield per degree of global temperature increase. The estimated temperature e ...
H4.2 Ice cap and glacier
... from snow-drifting, avalanches, or ice deposition in cold-bottom karst dolines. Called glacierets, these small ice masses may have an existence limited to a few years. They are especially sensitive to global warming of the climate. Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall ...
... from snow-drifting, avalanches, or ice deposition in cold-bottom karst dolines. Called glacierets, these small ice masses may have an existence limited to a few years. They are especially sensitive to global warming of the climate. Climate change may cause variations in both temperature and snowfall ...
Bureaucratic Land Rush - Global Public Policy Institute
... area of mostly uncultivated bureaucratic turf was being created with a great number of government bureaucracies eager to stake their claim. Within this broader evolution of China’s environmental policy, the matter of climate change due to its special characteristics took a bit longer to catch on. Bu ...
... area of mostly uncultivated bureaucratic turf was being created with a great number of government bureaucracies eager to stake their claim. Within this broader evolution of China’s environmental policy, the matter of climate change due to its special characteristics took a bit longer to catch on. Bu ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CLIMATE ECONOMICS: A META-REVIEW AND SOME SUGGESTIONS Geoffrey Heal
... About a year ago, the U.K. government published the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change, written by a team led by Nicholas Stern [35]. The publication of the Stern Review provoked an unprecedented outpouring of papers on the same topic: we have probably seen more economics papers on clim ...
... About a year ago, the U.K. government published the Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change, written by a team led by Nicholas Stern [35]. The publication of the Stern Review provoked an unprecedented outpouring of papers on the same topic: we have probably seen more economics papers on clim ...
Applying information network analysis to fire
... ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current resilience strategies may prove insufficient in light of increasing wildfire risks due to climate change. It is argued that, given the complex ...
... ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current resilience strategies may prove insufficient in light of increasing wildfire risks due to climate change. It is argued that, given the complex ...
REPORT - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. The BC3 is one of the few centres in Europe with this specialization, and it has already established a strong reputation in th ...
... BC3 was designed to focus on the socio-economic aspects of climate change, albeit within an interdisciplinary framework that includes the natural as well as social sciences. The BC3 is one of the few centres in Europe with this specialization, and it has already established a strong reputation in th ...
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... the prosperity of temperate agriculture. The following paragraphs describe several of these studies that concentrate on physical agricultural production impacts of climate change. Kokic et al. (2005) explore the impact on Australian agriculture of two climate change scenarios. They used estimates of ...
... the prosperity of temperate agriculture. The following paragraphs describe several of these studies that concentrate on physical agricultural production impacts of climate change. Kokic et al. (2005) explore the impact on Australian agriculture of two climate change scenarios. They used estimates of ...
Climate change, Health, and General Practice in
... The College unequivocally acknowledges anthropogenic (man-made) climate change as a threat to health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Equally, the College recognises that many ‘climate actions’, aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, also promote healthier lifestyles. This policy statement ...
... The College unequivocally acknowledges anthropogenic (man-made) climate change as a threat to health and equity in Aotearoa New Zealand. Equally, the College recognises that many ‘climate actions’, aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, also promote healthier lifestyles. This policy statement ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... Climate change has often been called the single biggest challenge for humanity over the coming centuries. Given the scale of the problem, its impacts on human life on earth, and the level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Pane ...
... Climate change has often been called the single biggest challenge for humanity over the coming centuries. Given the scale of the problem, its impacts on human life on earth, and the level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Pane ...
What do we know about the economics of adaptation?
... climate change will have to be based on expectations about impacts. From an economic point of view, a reasonable principle for an adaptation strategy would be that the expected marginal cost of climate change covers the marginal cost of public adaptation measures. It may be easy to obtain a consensu ...
... climate change will have to be based on expectations about impacts. From an economic point of view, a reasonable principle for an adaptation strategy would be that the expected marginal cost of climate change covers the marginal cost of public adaptation measures. It may be easy to obtain a consensu ...
European Journal of Legal Studies
... and most effective forum for mobilizing a global response to climate change. The current approach to negotiating a comprehensive, universal, and legally binding global agreement on climate change is unlikely to succeed, as demonstrated by the near-disaster of the Conference of the Parties-15 in Cope ...
... and most effective forum for mobilizing a global response to climate change. The current approach to negotiating a comprehensive, universal, and legally binding global agreement on climate change is unlikely to succeed, as demonstrated by the near-disaster of the Conference of the Parties-15 in Cope ...
First Greenhouse Gas Inventory
... interference with the climate system. As part of its obligations and commitment under Articles 4 and 12 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) needs to submit a National Communication to the UNFCCC Secretariat. As delineated in Article 12 of the Conve ...
... interference with the climate system. As part of its obligations and commitment under Articles 4 and 12 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) needs to submit a National Communication to the UNFCCC Secretariat. As delineated in Article 12 of the Conve ...
Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change
... over several centuries or millennia27 to determine whether recent temperatures are also unusual. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the average Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the second half of the 20th century were ‘very likely higher than during any other ...
... over several centuries or millennia27 to determine whether recent temperatures are also unusual. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the average Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the second half of the 20th century were ‘very likely higher than during any other ...
Spatial and Temporal Responses of Soil Erosion to Climate Change
... (GCMs). For example, Nearing [2] used the output from two GCMs (HadCM3 and CGCM1) and relationships between monthly precipitation and rainfall erosivity to assess potential changes in rainfall erosivity in the USA. The study found that the changes were significant, but results from the two models di ...
... (GCMs). For example, Nearing [2] used the output from two GCMs (HadCM3 and CGCM1) and relationships between monthly precipitation and rainfall erosivity to assess potential changes in rainfall erosivity in the USA. The study found that the changes were significant, but results from the two models di ...
Crop response to elevated CO2 and world food supply A
... four crops and three physiological parameters—photosynthesis, biomass, and yield. The latter three are not independent: lower photosynthesis rates in one set of data (e.g., FACE versus nonFACE data) are mechanistically connected to lower biomass production, and ultimately lower yields, across those ...
... four crops and three physiological parameters—photosynthesis, biomass, and yield. The latter three are not independent: lower photosynthesis rates in one set of data (e.g., FACE versus nonFACE data) are mechanistically connected to lower biomass production, and ultimately lower yields, across those ...
The impact of climate change on domestic and international tourism
... which HTM is one, in predicting tourism flows. These points serve as caveats to the results presented below. 1. Data are weak. Particularly, data are not homogenous, different types of travel are grouped together, and the data are too coarse geographically and temporally. This is surprising, as tour ...
... which HTM is one, in predicting tourism flows. These points serve as caveats to the results presented below. 1. Data are weak. Particularly, data are not homogenous, different types of travel are grouped together, and the data are too coarse geographically and temporally. This is surprising, as tour ...
Revisiting the urban - Durham Research Online
... Reconsidering sustainable cities and the multilevel politics of climate change Our analysis of the emergence of climate change on urban research and policy agendas during the 1990s and early 2000s started from a curious paradox. While the discourse of sustainable cities had provoked significant inte ...
... Reconsidering sustainable cities and the multilevel politics of climate change Our analysis of the emergence of climate change on urban research and policy agendas during the 1990s and early 2000s started from a curious paradox. While the discourse of sustainable cities had provoked significant inte ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... Great Barrier Reef. In November, the world’s first universal climate agreement entered into force, committing countries (125 at time of publication) to do everything possible to limit global warming to well below 2.0°C above the pre-industrial level, and to make every effort to limit it to 1.5°C. Wi ...
... Great Barrier Reef. In November, the world’s first universal climate agreement entered into force, committing countries (125 at time of publication) to do everything possible to limit global warming to well below 2.0°C above the pre-industrial level, and to make every effort to limit it to 1.5°C. Wi ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""