Geography Specification B - Unit 1
... Examine the impact of a short-term historical event on people and the environment, e.g. the ‘Little Ice Age’. Consider the impact of major climatic changes in geological time, e.g. the mass extinction of megafauna at the end of the Quaternary Period. ...
... Examine the impact of a short-term historical event on people and the environment, e.g. the ‘Little Ice Age’. Consider the impact of major climatic changes in geological time, e.g. the mass extinction of megafauna at the end of the Quaternary Period. ...
How do carbon cycle uncertainties affect IPCC temperature
... increase, the upper bound most of all. For example, for RCP8.5, the AR5 projections span 2.6–4.8 ∘ C and the MAGICC results with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks off span a similar range of 2.5–4.9 ∘ C. Including carbon cycle temperature feedbacks increases the range to 2.7–5.5 ∘ C, mostly at ...
... increase, the upper bound most of all. For example, for RCP8.5, the AR5 projections span 2.6–4.8 ∘ C and the MAGICC results with the carbon cycle temperature feedbacks off span a similar range of 2.5–4.9 ∘ C. Including carbon cycle temperature feedbacks increases the range to 2.7–5.5 ∘ C, mostly at ...
22. Predictions and Projections of Pine Productivity and Hydrology
... Two tree core samples were collected 1.4 m above the forest floor (diameter at breastheight (DBH)) from each of twenty trees per site. The selected trees were randomly located within the plot, but represented the dominant or codominant size class. The first core was selected at a random azimuth, and ...
... Two tree core samples were collected 1.4 m above the forest floor (diameter at breastheight (DBH)) from each of twenty trees per site. The selected trees were randomly located within the plot, but represented the dominant or codominant size class. The first core was selected at a random azimuth, and ...
Efforts on Climate Change in Malaysia: A Preliminary Assessment
... consultation is, therefore, a crucial component in a climate change policy process. While ensuring transparency in policy-making, improve communication and increase acceptance in long run, the participatory and consultative approach could also provide support to decision makers throughout the proces ...
... consultation is, therefore, a crucial component in a climate change policy process. While ensuring transparency in policy-making, improve communication and increase acceptance in long run, the participatory and consultative approach could also provide support to decision makers throughout the proces ...
Accounting for Nature
... 3. National Environmental Accounts should be produced annually, as an aggregation of the regional (catchment) accounts, using an agreed common scaling standard. 4. National Environmental Accounts must be based on scientific measurements of specific indicators to measure the health and change in cond ...
... 3. National Environmental Accounts should be produced annually, as an aggregation of the regional (catchment) accounts, using an agreed common scaling standard. 4. National Environmental Accounts must be based on scientific measurements of specific indicators to measure the health and change in cond ...
Regional assessment of climate change impacts on maize
... climate scenarios to assess the impact of climate change on grain maize productivity and associated economic risk in Switzerland. In a first application, changes in the precipitation regime alone were shown to affect the distribution of yield considerably, with shifts not only in the mean but also i ...
... climate scenarios to assess the impact of climate change on grain maize productivity and associated economic risk in Switzerland. In a first application, changes in the precipitation regime alone were shown to affect the distribution of yield considerably, with shifts not only in the mean but also i ...
On Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions
... atmosphere and ocean components with 19 and 20 levels in the vertical respectively and the two components are coupled using flux adjustments – see Johns et al (1997) for more details. We use nine simulations of the coupled model. Four simulations from 1860 to 1996 with increases in greenhouse gases ...
... atmosphere and ocean components with 19 and 20 levels in the vertical respectively and the two components are coupled using flux adjustments – see Johns et al (1997) for more details. We use nine simulations of the coupled model. Four simulations from 1860 to 1996 with increases in greenhouse gases ...
NOAA 31st Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop Boulder, Colorado October 25 2006
... What attribution questions are of high relevance to decision makers, e.g., in water resources planning, agriculture, energy, and policy making for sustainable development? ...
... What attribution questions are of high relevance to decision makers, e.g., in water resources planning, agriculture, energy, and policy making for sustainable development? ...
Adaptation and the poor: development, resilience and transition ■ synthesis article
... pollution and resource depletion (Angel and Rock, 2005) imply that ‘modernity no longer seems so attractive in view of ecological problems’ (Pieterse, 2001). In light of these and other contested views of development, the relevance of the discourse may be questioned (Cornwall, 2007). Development is ...
... pollution and resource depletion (Angel and Rock, 2005) imply that ‘modernity no longer seems so attractive in view of ecological problems’ (Pieterse, 2001). In light of these and other contested views of development, the relevance of the discourse may be questioned (Cornwall, 2007). Development is ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... The former concern, about the relationship between greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere and warming, has very often been captured by the notion of climate sensitivity, that is, the equilibrium increase in global mean temperature resulting from a doubling in the atmospheric concentration o ...
... The former concern, about the relationship between greenhouse gases accumulating in the atmosphere and warming, has very often been captured by the notion of climate sensitivity, that is, the equilibrium increase in global mean temperature resulting from a doubling in the atmospheric concentration o ...
EPA Research - 2014 Call Technical Description
... additional carbon through appropriate management. At present, the EPA assumes these systems are in a state of equilibrium with respect to carbon uptake, and only includes estimates of carbon change associated with loss of hedgerows due to new settlement activity. The EPA wish to invite proposals for ...
... additional carbon through appropriate management. At present, the EPA assumes these systems are in a state of equilibrium with respect to carbon uptake, and only includes estimates of carbon change associated with loss of hedgerows due to new settlement activity. The EPA wish to invite proposals for ...
GEOSS Web Services (GWS) OGC support of GEOSS
... vegetation etc. These layers could be then added to Google Earth (GE) as the analysis client (at this point our client and map server doesn't support the Polar Projection). Basically, we could show the different seasonally migration and ice extents, plus any other relevant layers, in switch able lay ...
... vegetation etc. These layers could be then added to Google Earth (GE) as the analysis client (at this point our client and map server doesn't support the Polar Projection). Basically, we could show the different seasonally migration and ice extents, plus any other relevant layers, in switch able lay ...
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... D- How to improve our knowledge on present change and response ? • Use ACW as a climate change experiment for biology Need in depth analysis, both spatial and time patterns, of joint satellite surveys (Chl, SST, SSH, etc) • Use O2 (or other proxy) as an imprint of convection/climate variability an ...
... D- How to improve our knowledge on present change and response ? • Use ACW as a climate change experiment for biology Need in depth analysis, both spatial and time patterns, of joint satellite surveys (Chl, SST, SSH, etc) • Use O2 (or other proxy) as an imprint of convection/climate variability an ...
Impacts of climate change on plant food allergens: a previously
... Received: 18 February 2008 / Accepted: 18 July 2008 / Published online: 3 September 2008 # The Author(s) 2008. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
... Received: 18 February 2008 / Accepted: 18 July 2008 / Published online: 3 September 2008 # The Author(s) 2008. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... likely, that increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global surface temperatures are measured, i.e. since 1850.3 Over the last 100 years, global ...
... likely, that increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global surface temperatures are measured, i.e. since 1850.3 Over the last 100 years, global ...
8_ecosystem-models-for-gcc
... analog for corroboration of ERCC models against data from experiments lasting less than ten years. I use three-week projections made with the Farquhar model as the analog to 20-to 200-year projections made with ERCC models. Is this strong corroboration on a seconds-to-minutes time scale (short term) ...
... analog for corroboration of ERCC models against data from experiments lasting less than ten years. I use three-week projections made with the Farquhar model as the analog to 20-to 200-year projections made with ERCC models. Is this strong corroboration on a seconds-to-minutes time scale (short term) ...
Recent changes in freezing level heights in the Tropics with
... Diaz, H. F., and N. E. Graham (1996), Recent changes in tropical freezing heights and the role of sea surface temperature, Nature, 383, 152 – 155, doi:10.1038/383152a0. Diaz, H. F., J. K. Eischeid, C. Duncan, and R. S. Bradley (2003), Variability of freezing levels, melting season indicators, and sn ...
... Diaz, H. F., and N. E. Graham (1996), Recent changes in tropical freezing heights and the role of sea surface temperature, Nature, 383, 152 – 155, doi:10.1038/383152a0. Diaz, H. F., J. K. Eischeid, C. Duncan, and R. S. Bradley (2003), Variability of freezing levels, melting season indicators, and sn ...
The Arctic: Changing Ecosystems and Resilience
... advantage of unique learning opportunities, actual course content varies from semester to semester. ...
... advantage of unique learning opportunities, actual course content varies from semester to semester. ...
Abrupt Climate Change
... rapid transition between climate states there are at least three well supported hypotheses for the causes, abrupt climate change woods hole oceanographic institution - september 26 2007 extinction of neanderthals was not a climate disaster scenario new research reveals that abrupt climate change was ...
... rapid transition between climate states there are at least three well supported hypotheses for the causes, abrupt climate change woods hole oceanographic institution - september 26 2007 extinction of neanderthals was not a climate disaster scenario new research reveals that abrupt climate change was ...
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The impact of climate change on children[6]
... is harder to map the influence of climate change on extremes than on averages, but it is increasing. By 2015, the number of people affected by climate-related disasters each year is likely to rise, for a number of different reasons, by an estimated 50%, from an average of 250 million over the last d ...
... is harder to map the influence of climate change on extremes than on averages, but it is increasing. By 2015, the number of people affected by climate-related disasters each year is likely to rise, for a number of different reasons, by an estimated 50%, from an average of 250 million over the last d ...
IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... goal of food security in Nigeria. It has been described by authors in different ways according to their understanding and perception of the phenomenon. According to IPCC (2007), climate change is defined as statistically significant variations that persist for an extended period typically decades or ...
... goal of food security in Nigeria. It has been described by authors in different ways according to their understanding and perception of the phenomenon. According to IPCC (2007), climate change is defined as statistically significant variations that persist for an extended period typically decades or ...
ICLEI Milestone 2 Report Climate Changes and Impacts for the City
... the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regional climate projections and local historic trends Within Metro Vancouver the historical rates at which ...
... the City’s climate will hardly be recognizable by the end of the century, and without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. Regional climate projections and local historic trends Within Metro Vancouver the historical rates at which ...
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.""