Introduction
... Agricultural practices contribute to the atmospheric N2O increase being the major source of this gas and accounting for 24% of the global annual emission (IPCC 2007). Soil nitrification and denitrification are the microbial processes liable for the production of N2O, which also depends on soil chara ...
... Agricultural practices contribute to the atmospheric N2O increase being the major source of this gas and accounting for 24% of the global annual emission (IPCC 2007). Soil nitrification and denitrification are the microbial processes liable for the production of N2O, which also depends on soil chara ...
Climate change, drought and pastoralism in the Sahel
... region to hemispheric and global-scale changes in climate. The archaeological evidence overwhelmingly indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredi ...
... region to hemispheric and global-scale changes in climate. The archaeological evidence overwhelmingly indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredi ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Erin D. Baker
... B. Statement of contribution to curriculum development MIE 754: Economic Decision Making • This class was completely re-tooled to provide the graduate students with the skills and knowledge they need to apply economic analysis to research topics in IEOR as well as in ME. The class provides a solid g ...
... B. Statement of contribution to curriculum development MIE 754: Economic Decision Making • This class was completely re-tooled to provide the graduate students with the skills and knowledge they need to apply economic analysis to research topics in IEOR as well as in ME. The class provides a solid g ...
Climate Change in Cyprus: Impacts and Adaptation Policies 1
... According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is a change in the state of the climate that can be empirically identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of climate properties and that persists for an exte ...
... According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is a change in the state of the climate that can be empirically identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of climate properties and that persists for an exte ...
- Macquarie University ResearchOnline
... The palaeoceanographic community has recently completed a global reconstruction of LGM sea surface temperatures (MARGO Project Members 2009), which supersedes the widely used CLIMAP data set developed in the 1980s. Terrestrial environments are at least as diverse as marine environments, and as in th ...
... The palaeoceanographic community has recently completed a global reconstruction of LGM sea surface temperatures (MARGO Project Members 2009), which supersedes the widely used CLIMAP data set developed in the 1980s. Terrestrial environments are at least as diverse as marine environments, and as in th ...
Enabling environment for integrating disaster risk
... National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) Cambodian Climate Change Office (CCCO) Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity and Efficiency as framework for socio-economic dev. National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) approved 2006, framed as implementation of Rectangular Strategy ...
... National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) Cambodian Climate Change Office (CCCO) Rectangular Strategy for Growth, Employment, Equity and Efficiency as framework for socio-economic dev. National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) approved 2006, framed as implementation of Rectangular Strategy ...
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... farm and farmer characteristics on farm incomes that may be correlated with climate change. Further, it uses cross-section or repeated cross sections that are often misspecified; leading to bias in estimates (Schlenker and Roberts, 2006; Guiteras, 2007). Also, it does not account for the effects of ...
... farm and farmer characteristics on farm incomes that may be correlated with climate change. Further, it uses cross-section or repeated cross sections that are often misspecified; leading to bias in estimates (Schlenker and Roberts, 2006; Guiteras, 2007). Also, it does not account for the effects of ...
Fossil Fuel Employment and Public Opinion about Climate Change
... risk awareness and subsequently to increased support for policy. This view is often referred to as the information or knowledge deficit model (Bulkley 2000; Norgaard 2011) or science comprehension thesis (Kahan et al. 2012). The implication of these frameworks is that more information about clima ...
... risk awareness and subsequently to increased support for policy. This view is often referred to as the information or knowledge deficit model (Bulkley 2000; Norgaard 2011) or science comprehension thesis (Kahan et al. 2012). The implication of these frameworks is that more information about clima ...
pdf - The Paleoindian Database of the Americas
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
... As scientific knowledge of the causes of climate change has grown, so, too, has public interest in the subject. ‘‘An Inconvenient Truth,’’ a film about global warming produced by former United States Vice President Al Gore, won an Oscar for best documentary in February 2007 (see also Gore, 2006). Earl ...
Module 1: UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE Contents
... The foregoing worldviews have outlined three major attitudes of humans towards nature and the world as a whole. First, Protagoras, the founder of the Sophists, and his notion of HOMO MENSURA created the “attitude (that) centered on humankind and the rest of nature as being there for the good of huma ...
... The foregoing worldviews have outlined three major attitudes of humans towards nature and the world as a whole. First, Protagoras, the founder of the Sophists, and his notion of HOMO MENSURA created the “attitude (that) centered on humankind and the rest of nature as being there for the good of huma ...
The Artificial Intelligence of Geoengineering
... no longer certain how DNA and RNA function. In 2012, scientists discovered that there are six molecules other than DNA that are able to store genetic information and pass it on.6 We completed the first full map of the human genome 10 years ago, but our understanding of what to do with it isn’t exact ...
... no longer certain how DNA and RNA function. In 2012, scientists discovered that there are six molecules other than DNA that are able to store genetic information and pass it on.6 We completed the first full map of the human genome 10 years ago, but our understanding of what to do with it isn’t exact ...
Future development in extreme one-hour precipitation over Europe
... event recorded as a point measurement is furthermore higher than an areal measurement (e.g. Einfalt et al., 1998; Jørgensen et al., 2006), and space-time downscaling, possibly using stochastic high-resolution rainfall time-space simulators (e.g. Willems, 2001), should therefore ideally be performed ...
... event recorded as a point measurement is furthermore higher than an areal measurement (e.g. Einfalt et al., 1998; Jørgensen et al., 2006), and space-time downscaling, possibly using stochastic high-resolution rainfall time-space simulators (e.g. Willems, 2001), should therefore ideally be performed ...
Recent Changes in Rainfall, Temperature and Number of Rainy
... 2.1. Physical Characteristics and Absolute Location ...
... 2.1. Physical Characteristics and Absolute Location ...
Arctic Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interactions at small and large Scales
... view on regional scales, these systems allow an in-depth study of local processes. Satellite observations allow additional synoptic insight and are needed to connect observational scales. Building on the expertise of the consortium, we propose to study key local processes involving sea-iceatmosphere ...
... view on regional scales, these systems allow an in-depth study of local processes. Satellite observations allow additional synoptic insight and are needed to connect observational scales. Building on the expertise of the consortium, we propose to study key local processes involving sea-iceatmosphere ...
- ROAR - University of East London
... In the decades that followed independence of many countries, the persistence of poverty despite economic growth altered the focus to poverty alleviation and fulfilment of basic needs. Since the 1970s, additional concerns appeared broadening wellbeing beyond minimalist measurements and well into the ...
... In the decades that followed independence of many countries, the persistence of poverty despite economic growth altered the focus to poverty alleviation and fulfilment of basic needs. Since the 1970s, additional concerns appeared broadening wellbeing beyond minimalist measurements and well into the ...
Climate - Discovery Education
... for WGN-TV, and CNN. Each program is supported by exercises, quizzes, Internet references, and hands-on experiments to make the weather come alive to students. The series is an entire "course" in the wonders of weather while each program stands alone in approaching the various facets of meteorology. ...
... for WGN-TV, and CNN. Each program is supported by exercises, quizzes, Internet references, and hands-on experiments to make the weather come alive to students. The series is an entire "course" in the wonders of weather while each program stands alone in approaching the various facets of meteorology. ...
climate change Adaptation for building Designers
... This paper is a product of the Federal Government’s Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals (CCASP) program. The program aimed to determine the preparedness of Australian professionals to adapt to climate change, and to develop resources and accreditation courses that will build that capa ...
... This paper is a product of the Federal Government’s Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals (CCASP) program. The program aimed to determine the preparedness of Australian professionals to adapt to climate change, and to develop resources and accreditation courses that will build that capa ...
Climate Change and Variability in Southeast Zimbabwe
... helped in the provision of informed assessment of the role that could be played by exploitation of climate change opportunities and food availability in the region. The questionnaires were then checked for completeness and other data quality related issues before being coded and entered in SPSS for ...
... helped in the provision of informed assessment of the role that could be played by exploitation of climate change opportunities and food availability in the region. The questionnaires were then checked for completeness and other data quality related issues before being coded and entered in SPSS for ...
Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Improving Disaster Data Towards Building Resilience
... UN-OCHA and WHO, or media sources), which in turn rely on nationally produced data. National level data sources vary, depending on data availability, ranging from official information to media sources to mixtures of these. In all cases, users must check with data producers to get a good idea of accu ...
... UN-OCHA and WHO, or media sources), which in turn rely on nationally produced data. National level data sources vary, depending on data availability, ranging from official information to media sources to mixtures of these. In all cases, users must check with data producers to get a good idea of accu ...
References
... Goosse H, Fichefet T (1999) Importance of ice-ocean interactions for the global ocean circulation: A model study. J Geophys Res-Oceans 104 (C10):23337-23355 Goosse H, Fichefet T (2001) Open-ocean convection and polynya formation in a large-scale ice-ocean model. Tellus Ser A-Dyn Meteorol Oceanol 53 ...
... Goosse H, Fichefet T (1999) Importance of ice-ocean interactions for the global ocean circulation: A model study. J Geophys Res-Oceans 104 (C10):23337-23355 Goosse H, Fichefet T (2001) Open-ocean convection and polynya formation in a large-scale ice-ocean model. Tellus Ser A-Dyn Meteorol Oceanol 53 ...
June 2013 ISSN 2070-4593
... be agreement on the policy priorities and key themes to be addressed in the Draft Policy obtained through an open, transparent and inclusive consultative process. Further a Draft CARICOM Policy and Action Programme in relation to the environment and natural resources management would have been devel ...
... be agreement on the policy priorities and key themes to be addressed in the Draft Policy obtained through an open, transparent and inclusive consultative process. Further a Draft CARICOM Policy and Action Programme in relation to the environment and natural resources management would have been devel ...
7 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
... Water, being a renewable resource, is affected by rainfall and severe weather events. Water supply is influenced by the unpredictable weather events brought on by climate change. Problems related to water supply in Africa and southern Africa include: the unpredictability of rainfall; the seasonality ...
... Water, being a renewable resource, is affected by rainfall and severe weather events. Water supply is influenced by the unpredictable weather events brought on by climate change. Problems related to water supply in Africa and southern Africa include: the unpredictability of rainfall; the seasonality ...
Case_FR final
... from February to September, but now lasts only from April to August due to the earlier start of the rainy season. Floods and rain destroy the salt fields and the soil needed to make salt. The water sweeps away the sand and reduces nutrition in the sand. Rain causes salt stocks to melt. At the same t ...
... from February to September, but now lasts only from April to August due to the earlier start of the rainy season. Floods and rain destroy the salt fields and the soil needed to make salt. The water sweeps away the sand and reduces nutrition in the sand. Rain causes salt stocks to melt. At the same t ...
NONLINEARITIES, FEEDBACKS AND CRITICAL THRESHOLDS
... 2.1. THE NONLINEAR PACEMAKER OF THE ICE AGES Nature has been performing climate experiments for millions of years, and many of the results are recorded in deep-sea sediments and ice cores (e.g., Cronin, 1999). It is therefore important that we begin our discussion describing paleoclimate data to pro ...
... 2.1. THE NONLINEAR PACEMAKER OF THE ICE AGES Nature has been performing climate experiments for millions of years, and many of the results are recorded in deep-sea sediments and ice cores (e.g., Cronin, 1999). It is therefore important that we begin our discussion describing paleoclimate data to pro ...
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.""