Geography
... the form of geographical questions. It gives students a deeper and critical understanding of the changing world and helps prepare them for the complexities in the 21st century. There are six topics in themes 1 and 2 of the syllabus. The heading for each of these topics is presented in the form of an ...
... the form of geographical questions. It gives students a deeper and critical understanding of the changing world and helps prepare them for the complexities in the 21st century. There are six topics in themes 1 and 2 of the syllabus. The heading for each of these topics is presented in the form of an ...
Science Communication
... feel a high degree of spatial and temporal distance from the issue, making it hard to comprehend (Hulme, 2009; Moser & Dilling, 2004; O’Neill & Nicholson-Cole, 2009; Wibeck, 2014). Second, communication efforts often incorporate excessive scientific information, relying on fear and catastrophe frame ...
... feel a high degree of spatial and temporal distance from the issue, making it hard to comprehend (Hulme, 2009; Moser & Dilling, 2004; O’Neill & Nicholson-Cole, 2009; Wibeck, 2014). Second, communication efforts often incorporate excessive scientific information, relying on fear and catastrophe frame ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
Shiri Avnery
... Depending on depth, soil columns may be represented by up to 10 layers and snow columns by up to five layers in the CLM. Vegetated landunit subgrids (as identified in the first-order landunit division) can be further divided into the final subgrid level: patches of plant functional types. Each PFT ...
... Depending on depth, soil columns may be represented by up to 10 layers and snow columns by up to five layers in the CLM. Vegetated landunit subgrids (as identified in the first-order landunit division) can be further divided into the final subgrid level: patches of plant functional types. Each PFT ...
What California`s Coastal Managers Need to Plan for Climate Change
... communities around the country are beginning to consider how to adapt to the impacts of a rapidly changing climate and accelerating sea‐level rise. There is a still‐prevailing assumption, especially among physical scientists, that “better science” can lead to “better decisions.” A disconnect rema ...
... communities around the country are beginning to consider how to adapt to the impacts of a rapidly changing climate and accelerating sea‐level rise. There is a still‐prevailing assumption, especially among physical scientists, that “better science” can lead to “better decisions.” A disconnect rema ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
Fishing, climate change and north-east Atlantic cod
... reproductively active earlier. Inshore cod are also more reproductively active at a given size or age in comparison with offshore cod – a spatial trend not apparent in 197018,19. This has not been consistent with changes in growth conditions; therefore there may have been genetic changes in life his ...
... reproductively active earlier. Inshore cod are also more reproductively active at a given size or age in comparison with offshore cod – a spatial trend not apparent in 197018,19. This has not been consistent with changes in growth conditions; therefore there may have been genetic changes in life his ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... (2003) observed among focus group participants in Norwich (UK) a feeling that whilst they considered climate change as everybody’s problem, the obligation to act falls upon politicians who are seen as having a wider scope for action than individuals. Lorenzoni et al. (in press) also found that indiv ...
... (2003) observed among focus group participants in Norwich (UK) a feeling that whilst they considered climate change as everybody’s problem, the obligation to act falls upon politicians who are seen as having a wider scope for action than individuals. Lorenzoni et al. (in press) also found that indiv ...
The Tragedy of the Risk
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
... scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being misled by distortions of it. A subtler account puts the blame on widespread cognitive biases and related limitations on the capacity of citizens ...
Foreign Action, Domestic Windfall
... government, it is widely acknowledged that this metric likely underestimates the full benefits to the United States and to the world of carbon mitigation. Nevertheless, it can be used to calculate preliminary, conservative estimates of how the United States directly benefits from foreign actions on ...
... government, it is widely acknowledged that this metric likely underestimates the full benefits to the United States and to the world of carbon mitigation. Nevertheless, it can be used to calculate preliminary, conservative estimates of how the United States directly benefits from foreign actions on ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... and later. However, the degree of warming can differ substantially from one study to the next. Compiling information from several studies for Chicago and surrounding regions, a majority of studies project annual temperatures to be 5-9°F higher than they are today by the end of the 21st century. Some ...
... and later. However, the degree of warming can differ substantially from one study to the next. Compiling information from several studies for Chicago and surrounding regions, a majority of studies project annual temperatures to be 5-9°F higher than they are today by the end of the 21st century. Some ...
... The analysis of the energy sector has shown that the economic impact of climate change during 2011-2050 is similar under the A2 (US$142.88 million) and B2 (US$134.83 million) scenarios with A2 scenario having a slightly higher cost (0.737% of 2009 GDP) than the B2 scenario (0.695% of 2009 GDP) for t ...
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... A number of studies have examined the impact of climate change on national economies in developing countries. Parry et al. (1992), Mathews et al. (1994) and Queshi and Hobbie (1994) estimated the impact of climate change on Southeast Asia. Wang and Zong-ci Zhao (1996) assessed the impact of climate ...
... A number of studies have examined the impact of climate change on national economies in developing countries. Parry et al. (1992), Mathews et al. (1994) and Queshi and Hobbie (1994) estimated the impact of climate change on Southeast Asia. Wang and Zong-ci Zhao (1996) assessed the impact of climate ...
Costing Climate Change Adaptation: A Review of Estimates and Approaches
... agreement need to pay special attention to adaptation and its potential role in modifying climate vulnerabilities in different countries and to the distribution of adaptation costs (Dellink, et al. 2009) as vulnerability differs due to locational difference (Begum et al. 2011). However, adaptation p ...
... agreement need to pay special attention to adaptation and its potential role in modifying climate vulnerabilities in different countries and to the distribution of adaptation costs (Dellink, et al. 2009) as vulnerability differs due to locational difference (Begum et al. 2011). However, adaptation p ...
Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery
... other pelagic species, including anchovy and sardine, were also particularly affected with reductions to landings in the order of 55% compared to the previous year equivalent to lost revenues of more than $26m [70]. During these events, prices of substitute products such as Baltic sprat typically pe ...
... other pelagic species, including anchovy and sardine, were also particularly affected with reductions to landings in the order of 55% compared to the previous year equivalent to lost revenues of more than $26m [70]. During these events, prices of substitute products such as Baltic sprat typically pe ...
to view Design and Implementation of a Climate Change Adaptation
... and conservation goals 6. Base EbA decisions/actions on best available science and local knowledge and foster knowledge generation and diffusion 7. Ensure any EbA intervention is participatory, transparent, accountable, culturally appropriate and actively embraces equity and gender issues ...
... and conservation goals 6. Base EbA decisions/actions on best available science and local knowledge and foster knowledge generation and diffusion 7. Ensure any EbA intervention is participatory, transparent, accountable, culturally appropriate and actively embraces equity and gender issues ...
Towards Climate Change Resilient of Hail Haor, Sylhet:
... water) and extensive floodplains that are seasonally inundated (Akter 2011). Among the wetlands, haors have a great contribution for natural fish production and bio- diversity that is significant at local, national and regional levels. In Bangladesh, haors are found mainly in grater Sylhet and great ...
... water) and extensive floodplains that are seasonally inundated (Akter 2011). Among the wetlands, haors have a great contribution for natural fish production and bio- diversity that is significant at local, national and regional levels. In Bangladesh, haors are found mainly in grater Sylhet and great ...
Observations and their analysis in WCRP/COPES
... 5 Principles for Re-Processing Climate Data Records For climate, the value of an observational record increases with time, provided that the record is continuous and homogeneous. As datasets are used, characteristics of the data and problems are exposed, and often solutions to problems or algorithm ...
... 5 Principles for Re-Processing Climate Data Records For climate, the value of an observational record increases with time, provided that the record is continuous and homogeneous. As datasets are used, characteristics of the data and problems are exposed, and often solutions to problems or algorithm ...
34 pages - World bank documents
... effects of climate change. In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that climate changes that had taken place over the previous 30 years (see IPCC, 2001a; Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed o ...
... effects of climate change. In 2002 the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that climate changes that had taken place over the previous 30 years (see IPCC, 2001a; Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed o ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... frequency of precipitation events. Quantifying the potential effects of climate change and adapting to them is one way to reduce urban vulnerability. Since rainfall characteristics are often used to design water structures, reviewing and updating rainfall characteristics (i.e., Intensity–Duration–Fr ...
... frequency of precipitation events. Quantifying the potential effects of climate change and adapting to them is one way to reduce urban vulnerability. Since rainfall characteristics are often used to design water structures, reviewing and updating rainfall characteristics (i.e., Intensity–Duration–Fr ...
Geography (GEOG)
... the spatial distribution of resources and wealth at various scales. Introduction of site selection and location analysis. GEOG 315 Political Geography 3 Credit Hours The spatial dimensions of political activity from the local to the global scale. Themes include: control of territory, relatio ...
... the spatial distribution of resources and wealth at various scales. Introduction of site selection and location analysis. GEOG 315 Political Geography 3 Credit Hours The spatial dimensions of political activity from the local to the global scale. Themes include: control of territory, relatio ...
The Climate System: an Overview
... and release of greenhouse gases. Through the photosynthetic process, both marine and terrestrial plants (especially forests) store significant amounts of carbon from carbon dioxide. Thus, the biosphere plays a central role in the carbon cycle, as well as in the budgets of many other gases, such as m ...
... and release of greenhouse gases. Through the photosynthetic process, both marine and terrestrial plants (especially forests) store significant amounts of carbon from carbon dioxide. Thus, the biosphere plays a central role in the carbon cycle, as well as in the budgets of many other gases, such as m ...
Challenge of Weather and Climate
... wettest month in Plymouth. London is usually warmest in July and August. It rained heavily all afternoon. In September a terrible storm carried Richard’s garden shed away. A heavy fog on the motorway reduced visibility to less than a metre last night. January is a good time to head to Florida to cat ...
... wettest month in Plymouth. London is usually warmest in July and August. It rained heavily all afternoon. In September a terrible storm carried Richard’s garden shed away. A heavy fog on the motorway reduced visibility to less than a metre last night. January is a good time to head to Florida to cat ...
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.""