Climate Research 57:61
... countries, particularly in large cities where people and assets are concentrated. In the Metropolitan Area of the city of São Paulo (MASP) region, heavy or extreme precipitation events have important effects on society. Flash floods and landslides, associated with intense, but often brief, rainfall ...
... countries, particularly in large cities where people and assets are concentrated. In the Metropolitan Area of the city of São Paulo (MASP) region, heavy or extreme precipitation events have important effects on society. Flash floods and landslides, associated with intense, but often brief, rainfall ...
Climate change, species distribution models, and physiological performance metrics: predicting when
... Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University, Marine Science Center, Nahant, Massachusetts Sierra J. Jones, NOAA, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia Funding Information The research was funded by grants from NASA (NNX07AF20G and NNX11AP77G) and National S ...
... Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University, Marine Science Center, Nahant, Massachusetts Sierra J. Jones, NOAA, Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, Washington, District of Columbia Funding Information The research was funded by grants from NASA (NNX07AF20G and NNX11AP77G) and National S ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), with one section devoted to climate change adaptation. Initially administered by the Department of the Environment (DoE), Chicago’s climate adaptation strategies focus ...
... to reduce greenhouse gas emissions), with one section devoted to climate change adaptation. Initially administered by the Department of the Environment (DoE), Chicago’s climate adaptation strategies focus ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... Environmental Protection Agency which has the statutory function of co-ordinating and promoting environmental research. The author is grateful to Met Éireann, for providing the original observed data employed in the analysis, and Professor Rob Wilby and Dr Chris Dawson, Loughborough University, for ...
... Environmental Protection Agency which has the statutory function of co-ordinating and promoting environmental research. The author is grateful to Met Éireann, for providing the original observed data employed in the analysis, and Professor Rob Wilby and Dr Chris Dawson, Loughborough University, for ...
Cryosphere, Instability, Sea Level Rise Session 1
... Nathan is a physical oceanographer, specialising in ocean climate and the earth’s climate system. He was the coordinating lead author for the ocean chapter in the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Nathan and colleagues documented some of the first evidence f ...
... Nathan is a physical oceanographer, specialising in ocean climate and the earth’s climate system. He was the coordinating lead author for the ocean chapter in the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report. Nathan and colleagues documented some of the first evidence f ...
Water and Climate Change - Background Document
... of the surface and groundwater resources in the region are drawn from shared rivers and aquifers respectively, complicating the situation even further. The consequences of water scarcity and conflicts could lead to serious crisis and possible confrontations, if they are not looked at, and dealt wit ...
... of the surface and groundwater resources in the region are drawn from shared rivers and aquifers respectively, complicating the situation even further. The consequences of water scarcity and conflicts could lead to serious crisis and possible confrontations, if they are not looked at, and dealt wit ...
Political parties` climate policies in the UK, Italy and Denmark Paper
... mitigation (“a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases” (IPCC, 2014: 3)). Therefore, we identify climate policies that would, if implemented, have the effect of reducing net GHG emissions (see EBRD and Grantham Research Institute, 2011; Bailey and Compston, ...
... mitigation (“a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases” (IPCC, 2014: 3)). Therefore, we identify climate policies that would, if implemented, have the effect of reducing net GHG emissions (see EBRD and Grantham Research Institute, 2011; Bailey and Compston, ...
Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change for the
... Texas,with a deep extension up the lower Mississippi River valley. The Coastal Plain is relatively flat,with broad,slow-moving streams and sandy or alluvial soils. The Piedmont is a slightly elevated plateau that begins at the “fall line,” where rivers cascade off the eastern edge of the plateau ont ...
... Texas,with a deep extension up the lower Mississippi River valley. The Coastal Plain is relatively flat,with broad,slow-moving streams and sandy or alluvial soils. The Piedmont is a slightly elevated plateau that begins at the “fall line,” where rivers cascade off the eastern edge of the plateau ont ...
the eastern European Alps Climate change and geomorphological
... loss and ice-margin retreat associated with the 2003 heatwave also changed river discharge and initiated mass-movement events in the surrounding mountains during this period and afterwards. The summer 2003 heatwave triggered a record Alpine glacier loss that was three times above the 1980–2000 avera ...
... loss and ice-margin retreat associated with the 2003 heatwave also changed river discharge and initiated mass-movement events in the surrounding mountains during this period and afterwards. The summer 2003 heatwave triggered a record Alpine glacier loss that was three times above the 1980–2000 avera ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... I hereby affirm that this Bachelor’s Thesis represents my own written work and that I have used no sources and aids other than those indicated. All passages quoted from publications or paraphrased from these sources are properly cited and attributed. The thesis was not submitted in the same or in a ...
... I hereby affirm that this Bachelor’s Thesis represents my own written work and that I have used no sources and aids other than those indicated. All passages quoted from publications or paraphrased from these sources are properly cited and attributed. The thesis was not submitted in the same or in a ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... negating a realistic chance of meeting a 1.5°C or even 2ºC target is relatively easy to answer. The question of what level of risk of not meeting the target is acceptable, along with the questions of which fossil fuels can be burned and by whom, are inherently political and ethical questions. But, a ...
... negating a realistic chance of meeting a 1.5°C or even 2ºC target is relatively easy to answer. The question of what level of risk of not meeting the target is acceptable, along with the questions of which fossil fuels can be burned and by whom, are inherently political and ethical questions. But, a ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... thirty years is already locked in. This is due to the nature of greenhouse gases, which remain in the atmosphere long after they are first emitted. The critical issue is to stop the situation worsening and to begin to adapt to the changes that are already underway. While there is a need to continual ...
... thirty years is already locked in. This is due to the nature of greenhouse gases, which remain in the atmosphere long after they are first emitted. The critical issue is to stop the situation worsening and to begin to adapt to the changes that are already underway. While there is a need to continual ...
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... to covary with climate. Second, we implement the hedonic approach using all the available data on agricultural land values. We find that estimates of the effect of the benchmark doubling of greenhouse gasses on the value of agricultural land range from -$200 billion (1997$) to $320 billion (or -24% ...
... to covary with climate. Second, we implement the hedonic approach using all the available data on agricultural land values. We find that estimates of the effect of the benchmark doubling of greenhouse gasses on the value of agricultural land range from -$200 billion (1997$) to $320 billion (or -24% ...
Global Increase in Climate-Related Disasters
... and to lead to a gradual increase in global average temperatures. Land and ocean temperature data show a 0.85 °C increase over 1880–2012—a warming that is extremely likely due to human influence, particularly anthropogenic GHG emissions. The 10 hottest years on record since 1880 all occurred after 1 ...
... and to lead to a gradual increase in global average temperatures. Land and ocean temperature data show a 0.85 °C increase over 1880–2012—a warming that is extremely likely due to human influence, particularly anthropogenic GHG emissions. The 10 hottest years on record since 1880 all occurred after 1 ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change
... Our intention is that this publication help expand thinking about existing programs and projects. By adjusting the focus of a project slightly, could it help address an impact of climate change? For instance, articles look at states that are working to be more resilient in the face of natural hazard ...
... Our intention is that this publication help expand thinking about existing programs and projects. By adjusting the focus of a project slightly, could it help address an impact of climate change? For instance, articles look at states that are working to be more resilient in the face of natural hazard ...
Stern Review: robust methodology of its modelling in Chapter 6
... consumption, now and forever. That is a minimum in the context of this model, and there are a number of omitted features that would add substantially to this estimate. Thus the cost is shown to be higher if recent scientific findings about the responsiveness of the climate system to greenhouse gas ( ...
... consumption, now and forever. That is a minimum in the context of this model, and there are a number of omitted features that would add substantially to this estimate. Thus the cost is shown to be higher if recent scientific findings about the responsiveness of the climate system to greenhouse gas ( ...
Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Conflict
... land degradation) to explain conflict. These factors are very likely to be endogenous to human activity, in particular to economic development and the political system, which affects economic performance. Consequently, the causal effect may not only run from climatic conditions to economic condition ...
... land degradation) to explain conflict. These factors are very likely to be endogenous to human activity, in particular to economic development and the political system, which affects economic performance. Consequently, the causal effect may not only run from climatic conditions to economic condition ...
Sea-ice switches and abrupt climate change
... These climatic e®ects of sea ice can explain many of the observed characteristics of abrupt climate changes, including the amplitude of temperature changes and variations in dustiness (Mayewski et al. 1994). The records of these abrupt changes far away from the North Atlantic might be explained by t ...
... These climatic e®ects of sea ice can explain many of the observed characteristics of abrupt climate changes, including the amplitude of temperature changes and variations in dustiness (Mayewski et al. 1994). The records of these abrupt changes far away from the North Atlantic might be explained by t ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attributed to three sources of uncertainty: the range of future emissions, the climate response of the models, and natural variability. Climate projections do not make a forecast of the exact sequence of natural variability, so they are ...
... ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attributed to three sources of uncertainty: the range of future emissions, the climate response of the models, and natural variability. Climate projections do not make a forecast of the exact sequence of natural variability, so they are ...
PARCC Project Training Manual Module 2. Climate data
... Because the atmosphere traps some of this heat it warms the earth so most of it is above freezing and able to sustain life ...
... Because the atmosphere traps some of this heat it warms the earth so most of it is above freezing and able to sustain life ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... Therefore, aggregate indicators are needed to assess whether climate change is, on balance, a good thing or a bad thing, and whether the climate problem is small or large relative to the many other problems that we have. Smith et al. (2001) introduced alternative high-level indicators. I here focus ...
... Therefore, aggregate indicators are needed to assess whether climate change is, on balance, a good thing or a bad thing, and whether the climate problem is small or large relative to the many other problems that we have. Smith et al. (2001) introduced alternative high-level indicators. I here focus ...
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... is politically and scientifically complex—the quality that could enable us to act differently than we have in the past. Act now, act together, act differently—those are the steps that can put a climate-smart world within our reach. But first it requires believing there is a case for action. ...
... is politically and scientifically complex—the quality that could enable us to act differently than we have in the past. Act now, act together, act differently—those are the steps that can put a climate-smart world within our reach. But first it requires believing there is a case for action. ...
PARCC Project Training Manual 2014 Protected Areas Resilient to Climate Change,
... Because the atmosphere traps some of this heat it warms the earth so most of it is above freezing and able to sustain life ...
... Because the atmosphere traps some of this heat it warms the earth so most of it is above freezing and able to sustain life ...
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.""