Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
A Question of Equilibrium
... potentially catastrophic outcomes. Negative feedback processes help to slow down and control climate change. They do not pose a threat to the system but are weakening as global warming increases. This paper is therefore principally concerned with the positive (change reinforcing) feedback loops and, ...
... potentially catastrophic outcomes. Negative feedback processes help to slow down and control climate change. They do not pose a threat to the system but are weakening as global warming increases. This paper is therefore principally concerned with the positive (change reinforcing) feedback loops and, ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... The ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management adopted the SFDRR vision by encouraging ASEAN member states to develop new DRR strategies by 2020. The Vision that states that “AADMER (The Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response) will need to be linked to the integration efforts u ...
... The ASEAN Vision 2025 on Disaster Management adopted the SFDRR vision by encouraging ASEAN member states to develop new DRR strategies by 2020. The Vision that states that “AADMER (The Asean Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response) will need to be linked to the integration efforts u ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... to weather the next storm, another comes and undoes our work. Our contribution to change is just a drop in a rising ocean. Yet, developed countries can do something to address this problem because of their wealth and power but refuse. ...
... to weather the next storm, another comes and undoes our work. Our contribution to change is just a drop in a rising ocean. Yet, developed countries can do something to address this problem because of their wealth and power but refuse. ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
On the persistent spread in snow-albedo feedback
... Eq. (1), the variations in it from model to model are negligible. Therefore it is not discussed in this work.) The magnitude of the second term is determined by the combined strength of the snow cover and snow metamorphosis feedbacks described above. We note that in some cases, changes in surface al ...
... Eq. (1), the variations in it from model to model are negligible. Therefore it is not discussed in this work.) The magnitude of the second term is determined by the combined strength of the snow cover and snow metamorphosis feedbacks described above. We note that in some cases, changes in surface al ...
Farmer Resiliency in a Changing Climate
... to become more resilient. Resilience is the ability of a system to absorb change while still maintaining basic structure and function. In Vermont, there there has been research done on farmer perception of climate change and practiced adaptations. In Massachusetts, there is very little research on t ...
... to become more resilient. Resilience is the ability of a system to absorb change while still maintaining basic structure and function. In Vermont, there there has been research done on farmer perception of climate change and practiced adaptations. In Massachusetts, there is very little research on t ...
Brown, Lessons Learned From The Climate Change Disinformation
... Brown, Why the US Academy of Science and the Royal Academy’s Easy To Understand Report On Climate Change Science Has Ethical Significance, http://blogs.law.widener.edu/climate/2014/03/06/why-the-us-academy-of-sciences-easy-tounderstand-report-on-climate-change-science-has-ethical-significane/ , Mar ...
... Brown, Why the US Academy of Science and the Royal Academy’s Easy To Understand Report On Climate Change Science Has Ethical Significance, http://blogs.law.widener.edu/climate/2014/03/06/why-the-us-academy-of-sciences-easy-tounderstand-report-on-climate-change-science-has-ethical-significane/ , Mar ...
Faith Based Statements on Climate Change
... training missionaries from the global south to share stories of how climate change is directly affecting life in the developing world to people in the United States, who may not understand its direct effects. Michael Schut, economic and environmental affairs officer for the Episcopal Church, address ...
... training missionaries from the global south to share stories of how climate change is directly affecting life in the developing world to people in the United States, who may not understand its direct effects. Michael Schut, economic and environmental affairs officer for the Episcopal Church, address ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
Climate change challenges Tuvalu
... which is two to four times higher than that of the past 100 years (IPCC 2001, pp. 3 and 847). The impacts of such a development will be tremendous and are already partially perceptible; these include the loss of coastal lands, flooding and soil salinization in addition to harm to crops, ground water ...
... which is two to four times higher than that of the past 100 years (IPCC 2001, pp. 3 and 847). The impacts of such a development will be tremendous and are already partially perceptible; these include the loss of coastal lands, flooding and soil salinization in addition to harm to crops, ground water ...
The climate of the UK and recent trends
... UKCP09, planned for launch in late 2008, and these are shown in Section 1 of this report. In addition, following the success of A handbook of climate trends across Scotland published by SNIFFER (Barnett et al., 2006), its was suggested that similar detailed graphics of climatology and trends be incl ...
... UKCP09, planned for launch in late 2008, and these are shown in Section 1 of this report. In addition, following the success of A handbook of climate trends across Scotland published by SNIFFER (Barnett et al., 2006), its was suggested that similar detailed graphics of climatology and trends be incl ...
International Legal Protection for Climate Refugees: Where Lies the
... beautiful chain of over 1,1900 islands that lie in the Indian Ocean just south of India, the Maldives is considered a paradise for many. With its luxurious hotels and breath-taking resorts, it has been a popular destination for the rich and famous. However, the very reason that makes the Maldives th ...
... beautiful chain of over 1,1900 islands that lie in the Indian Ocean just south of India, the Maldives is considered a paradise for many. With its luxurious hotels and breath-taking resorts, it has been a popular destination for the rich and famous. However, the very reason that makes the Maldives th ...
Potential Arctic tundra vegetation shifts in
... temperatures. Southwards, with increasing summer temperatures, graminoids and dwarf shrubs increase in abundance (Walker et al., 2005). Climate change influences the tundra vegetation in multiple ways. Warming experiments in tundra ecosystems showed an increase in graminoids and deciduous shrubs in ...
... temperatures. Southwards, with increasing summer temperatures, graminoids and dwarf shrubs increase in abundance (Walker et al., 2005). Climate change influences the tundra vegetation in multiple ways. Warming experiments in tundra ecosystems showed an increase in graminoids and deciduous shrubs in ...
Scenarios of Storminess and Regional Wind Extremes under
... significant because the winds are potentially very damaging, and some parts of New Zealand are notorious for their history of extreme downslope (lee) winds. For example, Hill (1979) records a downslope windstorm in 1975 where gusts over 160 km/hr caused considerable wind-throw damage at Eyrewell For ...
... significant because the winds are potentially very damaging, and some parts of New Zealand are notorious for their history of extreme downslope (lee) winds. For example, Hill (1979) records a downslope windstorm in 1975 where gusts over 160 km/hr caused considerable wind-throw damage at Eyrewell For ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... and Senior Policy Advisor Chris Wheat, “Cities like Chicago have been working on resilience for decades, but it wasn’t always called that. Resilience is just part of smart and equitable planning.”22 Increasingly, city and community leaders define community resilience as action that creates opportuni ...
... and Senior Policy Advisor Chris Wheat, “Cities like Chicago have been working on resilience for decades, but it wasn’t always called that. Resilience is just part of smart and equitable planning.”22 Increasingly, city and community leaders define community resilience as action that creates opportuni ...
MCCA Regulations and Syllabus -Masters
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
Feedback Dynamics, Sensitivity - Apollo-Gaia
... Change in the dynamic thermal equilibrium of the Planet Planet earth exists in a state of dynamic thermal equilibrium with its environment. Energy received at its surface (from geo-thermal and solar sources) is dynamically balanced by energy transmitted through its atmosphere and radiated to space. ...
... Change in the dynamic thermal equilibrium of the Planet Planet earth exists in a state of dynamic thermal equilibrium with its environment. Energy received at its surface (from geo-thermal and solar sources) is dynamically balanced by energy transmitted through its atmosphere and radiated to space. ...
Making Paris Work for Vulnerable Populations
... gard to specific populations or groups of people is not very ...
... gard to specific populations or groups of people is not very ...
Nota di lavoro 2000.038 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... Human population is attracted to coastal zones to a greater extent than to other regions. Urbanisation and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the wor ...
... Human population is attracted to coastal zones to a greater extent than to other regions. Urbanisation and the rapid growth of coastal cities have therefore been a dominant population trend over the last decades, leading to the development of numerous megacities in all coastal regions around the wor ...
An Experimental Investigation of the Impacts of Persuasion and Information Acquisition on Non-Use Values for Climate Change Adaptation: Working Paper 125 (290 kB) (opens in new window)
... 2. Green growth 3. Practical aspects of climate policy 4. Adaptation and development 5. Resource security More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 2. Green growth 3. Practical aspects of climate policy 4. Adaptation and development 5. Resource security More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Gregory et al. (2013) - American Meteorological Society
... during the twentieth century. There are contributions from ocean thermal expansion, mass loss from glaciers and ice sheets, groundwater extraction, and reservoir impoundment. Progress has been made toward solving the ‘‘enigma’’ of twentieth-century GMSLR, which is that the observed GMSLR has previou ...
... during the twentieth century. There are contributions from ocean thermal expansion, mass loss from glaciers and ice sheets, groundwater extraction, and reservoir impoundment. Progress has been made toward solving the ‘‘enigma’’ of twentieth-century GMSLR, which is that the observed GMSLR has previou ...
Constraining temperature variations over the last
... Ice core data of the atmospheric CO2 history provide information on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based ...
... Ice core data of the atmospheric CO2 history provide information on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based ...
Twentieth-Century Global-Mean Sea Level Rise: Is the Whole
... level rise during the twentieth century. The relevant effects on multidecadal time scales are thermal expansion due to heat uptake by the global ocean, mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, mass loss from glaciers, and changes in water storage on land due principally to groundwater ...
... level rise during the twentieth century. The relevant effects on multidecadal time scales are thermal expansion due to heat uptake by the global ocean, mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, mass loss from glaciers, and changes in water storage on land due principally to groundwater ...
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.""