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 ...
presentation - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative
... • Review of PRAC projects – Full or draft reports, when possible – Project update summaries in other cases – Archibald (2012) for AB projects • Synthesis of Lessons Learned – Based on key findings from the PRAC projects – Relevance to policy, programs or operations ...
... • Review of PRAC projects – Full or draft reports, when possible – Project update summaries in other cases – Archibald (2012) for AB projects • Synthesis of Lessons Learned – Based on key findings from the PRAC projects – Relevance to policy, programs or operations ...
Sensitivity of Twentieth-Century Sahel Rainfall to
... (2006) use 19 models from the third Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3) archive, and reach a similar conclusion, but also estimate that the fraction of the 1930–99 drying trend that was externally forced (primarily by anthropogenic activity) was ‘‘at least 30%.’’ Lau et al. (2006) analyzed ...
... (2006) use 19 models from the third Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP3) archive, and reach a similar conclusion, but also estimate that the fraction of the 1930–99 drying trend that was externally forced (primarily by anthropogenic activity) was ‘‘at least 30%.’’ Lau et al. (2006) analyzed ...
Assessing an IPCC Assessment: An Analysis of Statements on Projected Regional Impacts in the 2007 Report
... errors in the IPCC report. Minister Cramer subsequently requested the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)1) to make an assessment of the reliability of the regional chapters (9 to 16) of the IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report (the part on Impacts, Adapta ...
... errors in the IPCC report. Minister Cramer subsequently requested the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)1) to make an assessment of the reliability of the regional chapters (9 to 16) of the IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report (the part on Impacts, Adapta ...
Creating a Climate Smart DFID
... activities which are already going on such as, programmes under development for ICF funding, mainstreaming of climate change into existing programmes, analysis and understanding of climate change impacts in country, reductions made in use of water, energy and transport, active green team in place, o ...
... activities which are already going on such as, programmes under development for ICF funding, mainstreaming of climate change into existing programmes, analysis and understanding of climate change impacts in country, reductions made in use of water, energy and transport, active green team in place, o ...
LCARL205_en.pdf
... pace of increases in GHG emissions and subsequently the pace of rising temperature; and that the consequences of such increases demand coordinated responses by the international community. In its latest report (Fourth Assessment Report titled “Climate Change 2007”), the IPCC, made a series of conclu ...
... pace of increases in GHG emissions and subsequently the pace of rising temperature; and that the consequences of such increases demand coordinated responses by the international community. In its latest report (Fourth Assessment Report titled “Climate Change 2007”), the IPCC, made a series of conclu ...
Risk of ruin paper - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
... include the full effects of changes in ice sheet flow, because a basis in published literature is lacking. The projections include a contribution due to increased ice flow from Greenland and Antarctica at the rates observed for 1993 to 2003, but these flow rates could increase or decrease in the fut ...
... include the full effects of changes in ice sheet flow, because a basis in published literature is lacking. The projections include a contribution due to increased ice flow from Greenland and Antarctica at the rates observed for 1993 to 2003, but these flow rates could increase or decrease in the fut ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
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... Explain how the seasonal changes of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and the growing season for plants and are related? [Answer: CO2 in the atmosphere decreases during the growing season and increases during the rest of the year, which leads to maximum buildup in April and May before photosynth ...
... Explain how the seasonal changes of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and the growing season for plants and are related? [Answer: CO2 in the atmosphere decreases during the growing season and increases during the rest of the year, which leads to maximum buildup in April and May before photosynth ...
When It Rains, It Pours
... damaging 4,000 homes and forcing cancellation of the state fair. In Binghamton, New York, the city recorded its second “100-year” rainfall in two years in September 2011, sending the Susquehanna River to a record-high flood level and inundating the city’s downtown for the second time in five years. ...
... damaging 4,000 homes and forcing cancellation of the state fair. In Binghamton, New York, the city recorded its second “100-year” rainfall in two years in September 2011, sending the Susquehanna River to a record-high flood level and inundating the city’s downtown for the second time in five years. ...
Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
A Preliminary Assessment of Ecosystem Vulnerability to Climate
... It is one thing to predict the effects of climate change on a species but quite another to try to predict the consequences on ecosystems, which are made of countless interacting biological and physical factors. While the relationship between species and ecosystem functions is far from being understo ...
... It is one thing to predict the effects of climate change on a species but quite another to try to predict the consequences on ecosystems, which are made of countless interacting biological and physical factors. While the relationship between species and ecosystem functions is far from being understo ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... and near-term effects of El Nino linkages on climate variability. WA managers were keen to see if such techniques could be profitably deployed in southwest Western Australia, possibly linked to cyclic phases affecting the Indian Ocean. In this general decision environment the Indian Ocean Climate In ...
... and near-term effects of El Nino linkages on climate variability. WA managers were keen to see if such techniques could be profitably deployed in southwest Western Australia, possibly linked to cyclic phases affecting the Indian Ocean. In this general decision environment the Indian Ocean Climate In ...
Participatory scenario planning for community
... A number of plausible scenarios are developed within a multi-stakeholder workshop using local and scientific information and evidence. The impacts of the developed scenarios are assessed and the community’s vulnerability analysed highlighting impacts on specific socio-economic groups, geographical a ...
... A number of plausible scenarios are developed within a multi-stakeholder workshop using local and scientific information and evidence. The impacts of the developed scenarios are assessed and the community’s vulnerability analysed highlighting impacts on specific socio-economic groups, geographical a ...
Distribution and vegetation reconstruction of the deserts of northern
... 1993; Prentice et al., 1996; Bigelow et al., 2003] and climate simulations [e.g., Ganopolski et al., 1998; Braconnot et al., 2007] suggest that the mid-Holocene exhibited distinct variations in climate and vegetation, which greatly influenced the evolution of the deserts. Thus, increasing our underst ...
... 1993; Prentice et al., 1996; Bigelow et al., 2003] and climate simulations [e.g., Ganopolski et al., 1998; Braconnot et al., 2007] suggest that the mid-Holocene exhibited distinct variations in climate and vegetation, which greatly influenced the evolution of the deserts. Thus, increasing our underst ...
SHAKY SCIENCE: INCONVENIENT TRUTHS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
... As an example, repeated claims are made in the TSD (based upon the IPCC) that increases in tropical cyclone activity, including current trends and future projections, are likely largely influenced by human greenhouse gas emissions. While this may have been our best understanding several years ago, i ...
... As an example, repeated claims are made in the TSD (based upon the IPCC) that increases in tropical cyclone activity, including current trends and future projections, are likely largely influenced by human greenhouse gas emissions. While this may have been our best understanding several years ago, i ...
Past and recent changes in air and permafrost temperatures in
... Air and ground temperatures measured in Eastern Siberia has been compiled and analyzed. The analysis of mean annual air temperatures measured at 52 meteorological stations within and near the East-Siberian transect during the period from 1956 through 1990 demonstrates a significant and statistically ...
... Air and ground temperatures measured in Eastern Siberia has been compiled and analyzed. The analysis of mean annual air temperatures measured at 52 meteorological stations within and near the East-Siberian transect during the period from 1956 through 1990 demonstrates a significant and statistically ...
SSACgnp.GB2403.JAM1.6 Core Quantitative
... Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 © 2010. University of South Florida Libraries, Tampa. All rights reserved. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number NSF DUE-0836566. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or ...
... Department of Geology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620 © 2010. University of South Florida Libraries, Tampa. All rights reserved. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number NSF DUE-0836566. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
Abrupt climate change: can society cope?
... Direction. All the IPCC scenarios contain basically unidirectional curves of climate change, at least at global and large-regional scales.† A non-standard abrupt scenario therefore could be when the direction of climate change alters in a sustained manner, for example, when climate substantially war ...
... Direction. All the IPCC scenarios contain basically unidirectional curves of climate change, at least at global and large-regional scales.† A non-standard abrupt scenario therefore could be when the direction of climate change alters in a sustained manner, for example, when climate substantially war ...
Ecological consequences of global climate change for freshwater
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.1 Observed global trends in precipitation, humidity, drought and run-off i ...
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems.1 Observed global trends in precipitation, humidity, drought and run-off i ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... of the power shift. Second, I argue that existing analytical frameworks need to be extended to take multi‐level influences in climate governance into account, particularly concerning knowledge and norms. The analytical separation of global and domestic climate governance is obsolete—and ...
... of the power shift. Second, I argue that existing analytical frameworks need to be extended to take multi‐level influences in climate governance into account, particularly concerning knowledge and norms. The analytical separation of global and domestic climate governance is obsolete—and ...
Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern
... 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 ...
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... emissions of greenhouse gases based on a number of socio-economic and technological considerations or ‘storylines’ as specified in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The SRES ensure that inputs to different climate models can be ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases based on a number of socio-economic and technological considerations or ‘storylines’ as specified in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The SRES ensure that inputs to different climate models can be ...
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.""