A Realty Check on Global Warming
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
Climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities for a smart
... Hence, in order to understand the impacts of climate change on European cities, both the heterogeneous distribution of climatic stimuli in European regions and the role of urban features in modifying regional climate conditions have to be taken into account. It is worth noting, in fact, that the pec ...
... Hence, in order to understand the impacts of climate change on European cities, both the heterogeneous distribution of climatic stimuli in European regions and the role of urban features in modifying regional climate conditions have to be taken into account. It is worth noting, in fact, that the pec ...
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 ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland b ...
... Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland b ...
Influence of Ocean and Atmosphere Components on
... from an artificially large mixing by dense plumes as they descend the stair-step topography, which might impact its simulation of meridional overturning and the response of the overturning to climate change (Winton et al. 1998). This concern has motivated the development of bottom boundary layer par ...
... from an artificially large mixing by dense plumes as they descend the stair-step topography, which might impact its simulation of meridional overturning and the response of the overturning to climate change (Winton et al. 1998). This concern has motivated the development of bottom boundary layer par ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... as well as the availability of these materials. The E P&L provided the first insights into supply chain risk for Kering. Kering followed up on this by commissioning a more detailed report from Verisk Maplecroft into the climate change risk and vulnerabilities of six key raw materials (the ‘Kering-Ma ...
... as well as the availability of these materials. The E P&L provided the first insights into supply chain risk for Kering. Kering followed up on this by commissioning a more detailed report from Verisk Maplecroft into the climate change risk and vulnerabilities of six key raw materials (the ‘Kering-Ma ...
Climate change and global water resources: SRES emissions and
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
... Asia, the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. This paper describes an assessment of the relative effect of climate change and population growth on future global and regional water resources stresses, using SRES socio-economic scenarios and climate projections made using six climate models driv ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater now than at any time in the past 650,000 years, and average global temperature has continued a steady rise. This rise presents the prospect of significant climate change, and while uncertainty exists and debate continues regarding the science and fu ...
... Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater now than at any time in the past 650,000 years, and average global temperature has continued a steady rise. This rise presents the prospect of significant climate change, and while uncertainty exists and debate continues regarding the science and fu ...
Biomes_Notes_from_Online-Long_Version
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
p130-155 chp5eng - Arab Forum for Environment and
... The dominant agricultural system in Arab countries is rainfed agriculture, with the total irrigated area in the Arab world being less than 28 percent (FAO, 2008b). Therefore, annual agricultural productivity and food security are highly correlated to the annual variability of precipitation, which ha ...
... The dominant agricultural system in Arab countries is rainfed agriculture, with the total irrigated area in the Arab world being less than 28 percent (FAO, 2008b). Therefore, annual agricultural productivity and food security are highly correlated to the annual variability of precipitation, which ha ...
Farmers and Climate Change: A Cross
... 0.9 °C over the last century and are expected to continue increasing (Clark et al. 2012; Ministry of Environment 2008). Rainfall patterns are projected to change at regional levels with a general trend toward decreasing annual rainfall in the eastern part of the country, including Hawke’s Bay and co ...
... 0.9 °C over the last century and are expected to continue increasing (Clark et al. 2012; Ministry of Environment 2008). Rainfall patterns are projected to change at regional levels with a general trend toward decreasing annual rainfall in the eastern part of the country, including Hawke’s Bay and co ...
a new report
... Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater now than at any time in the past 650,000 years, and average global temperature has continued a steady rise. This rise presents the prospect of significant climate change, and while uncertainty exists and debate continues regarding the science and fu ...
... Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are greater now than at any time in the past 650,000 years, and average global temperature has continued a steady rise. This rise presents the prospect of significant climate change, and while uncertainty exists and debate continues regarding the science and fu ...
Full-Text PDF
... 2.2. Representative Concentration Pathways To address uncertainty in the future emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed a variety of scenarios which describe a range of future GHG emission trajectories [23]. Prior to the IPCC’s fifth Ass ...
... 2.2. Representative Concentration Pathways To address uncertainty in the future emission of greenhouse gases (GHG), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed a variety of scenarios which describe a range of future GHG emission trajectories [23]. Prior to the IPCC’s fifth Ass ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... companies are not willing to provide insurance for damages from storm surges. Karl Sullivan from Insurance Council of Australia recently stated that “There is very limited cover available for this particularly inundation risk and it is one of many different flooding risks that you can have. It is vi ...
... companies are not willing to provide insurance for damages from storm surges. Karl Sullivan from Insurance Council of Australia recently stated that “There is very limited cover available for this particularly inundation risk and it is one of many different flooding risks that you can have. It is vi ...
The Millennium Development Goals and Climate Change: Taking
... on the successes and challenges of humanity towards a joint, dignifying and sustainable future. This reflection should be used to identify the course for a common agenda for countries and peoples. The beginning of the first decade of the millennium presented an unparalleled ascent of globalization, ...
... on the successes and challenges of humanity towards a joint, dignifying and sustainable future. This reflection should be used to identify the course for a common agenda for countries and peoples. The beginning of the first decade of the millennium presented an unparalleled ascent of globalization, ...
Climate Change in Levelock, Alaska
... Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). In 2012, baseline information on climate change vulnerabilities were compiled and weighted, and three communities representing different biomes (river, coastal, lake) were selected for onsite assessments. Levelock, a river community, was identified as Priority Level ...
... Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC). In 2012, baseline information on climate change vulnerabilities were compiled and weighted, and three communities representing different biomes (river, coastal, lake) were selected for onsite assessments. Levelock, a river community, was identified as Priority Level ...
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
Climate change - The Open University
... Thus, writing in 1862, John Tyndall (Figure 6) described the key to our modern understanding of why the Earth's surface is so much warmer than the effective radiating temperature. Tyndall's careful experimental work had established what others only suspected: expressed in modern scientific terms, ce ...
... Thus, writing in 1862, John Tyndall (Figure 6) described the key to our modern understanding of why the Earth's surface is so much warmer than the effective radiating temperature. Tyndall's careful experimental work had established what others only suspected: expressed in modern scientific terms, ce ...
From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (388 kB ) (opens in new window)
... assumptions and use of data. As far as Africa is concerned, though, recent estimates of MDG costs show a remarkable degree of convergence (see UN Millennium Project 2005, Commission for Africa 2005, Ban et al. 2008). While this does not necessarily signify a reduction in uncertainty, it suggests tha ...
... assumptions and use of data. As far as Africa is concerned, though, recent estimates of MDG costs show a remarkable degree of convergence (see UN Millennium Project 2005, Commission for Africa 2005, Ban et al. 2008). While this does not necessarily signify a reduction in uncertainty, it suggests tha ...
Observed groundwater temperature response to recent climate
... at the outlet, to minimize influences by ambient air temperatures. An examination of the time series for seasonal effects revealed that they contain certain minor seasonal effects with annual variations up to ±0.2 K, which indicates an impact of ambient air temperature on the GWT during the sampling ...
... at the outlet, to minimize influences by ambient air temperatures. An examination of the time series for seasonal effects revealed that they contain certain minor seasonal effects with annual variations up to ±0.2 K, which indicates an impact of ambient air temperature on the GWT during the sampling ...
climate change and agriculture - Canadian Institute of Planners
... greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are becoming one of the most significant research and policy issues facing mankind (Reid, 2003; Wall, Smit, and Wandel, 2007) Climate has important influences on daily life. Often, not concious of it, humans have adapted to climate. The general population takes cl ...
... greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere are becoming one of the most significant research and policy issues facing mankind (Reid, 2003; Wall, Smit, and Wandel, 2007) Climate has important influences on daily life. Often, not concious of it, humans have adapted to climate. The general population takes cl ...
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... increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at higher latitudes and over land. Global average annual rainfall will increase, although many mid latitude and lower latitude land regions will become drier, whereas elsewhere precipi ...
... increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at higher latitudes and over land. Global average annual rainfall will increase, although many mid latitude and lower latitude land regions will become drier, whereas elsewhere precipi ...
Overall scientific concept with short-term and long
... change can be and is understood differently by the different participating disciplines. Within normative theory, for instance, qualitative change is often understood as a difference in kind rather than degree, for example, the difference between the type of claim agents may have to the satisfaction ...
... change can be and is understood differently by the different participating disciplines. Within normative theory, for instance, qualitative change is often understood as a difference in kind rather than degree, for example, the difference between the type of claim agents may have to the satisfaction ...
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... 2. Possible Impacts on Australian Agriculture of Projected Climate Change In its most simplistic form climate change is reported (UNEP 1999, AAG 2001) as the shift of climatic zones and their associated agricultural activity toward the poles and to higher elevations. Hughes (2003) points out that a ...
... 2. Possible Impacts on Australian Agriculture of Projected Climate Change In its most simplistic form climate change is reported (UNEP 1999, AAG 2001) as the shift of climatic zones and their associated agricultural activity toward the poles and to higher elevations. Hughes (2003) points out that a ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... and lives around the globe, and have often detrimentally affected food production and security. In 2005, persistent droughts in several African countries severely limited food supplies, flooding in Bangladesh routinely disrupted agriculture, heat spells in Australia caused crop and livestock losses, ...
... and lives around the globe, and have often detrimentally affected food production and security. In 2005, persistent droughts in several African countries severely limited food supplies, flooding in Bangladesh routinely disrupted agriculture, heat spells in Australia caused crop and livestock losses, ...
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.""