• Foreward (Mike Depledge)
... urgent need for the continuation, restoration and enhancement of marine observations around the UK and, in response to this, the Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN) was established. This report outlines the findings of the pilot phase of the MECN from 2002 to 2005. The report outlines the ori ...
... urgent need for the continuation, restoration and enhancement of marine observations around the UK and, in response to this, the Marine Environmental Change Network (MECN) was established. This report outlines the findings of the pilot phase of the MECN from 2002 to 2005. The report outlines the ori ...
Climate change and drought policy in Victoria: context and
... The last five years have seen some of the most severe bushfire seasons on record, as well as severe flooding in Gippsland. Losses of personal property, damage to farms and rural businesses have had a direct impact on the local economy in affected areas, resulting in less employment opportunities par ...
... The last five years have seen some of the most severe bushfire seasons on record, as well as severe flooding in Gippsland. Losses of personal property, damage to farms and rural businesses have had a direct impact on the local economy in affected areas, resulting in less employment opportunities par ...
Assessing risk of and adaptation to sea-level rise
... Sea-level rise will raise mean and extreme sea levels threatening the world’s coastal zones with a range of impacts. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that global average sea level rose about 17 cm during the 20th century and project ...
... Sea-level rise will raise mean and extreme sea levels threatening the world’s coastal zones with a range of impacts. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that global average sea level rose about 17 cm during the 20th century and project ...
Modelling the Response of Mountain Glacier Discharge
... fluctuations, changes in glacier size can be neglected. However, a high temporal resolution, e.g. hourly time steps, is necessary to capture peak flows, especially when considering the enormous diurnal discharge amplitudes typical of glacier regimes. This effect is important for watershed management a ...
... fluctuations, changes in glacier size can be neglected. However, a high temporal resolution, e.g. hourly time steps, is necessary to capture peak flows, especially when considering the enormous diurnal discharge amplitudes typical of glacier regimes. This effect is important for watershed management a ...
A Review of Downscaling Methods for Climate
... known but often cannot be fully represented in the models due to limitations on computing resources and input data. Thus, GCM results should only be considered at global or continental scales for climatic conditions averaged at monthly, seasonal, annual, and longer time scales. Any information that ...
... known but often cannot be fully represented in the models due to limitations on computing resources and input data. Thus, GCM results should only be considered at global or continental scales for climatic conditions averaged at monthly, seasonal, annual, and longer time scales. Any information that ...
Analyzing Urban Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: A
... Asia, the Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean (Carius et al. 2008: 34f). Global climate change can be a threat to many mega-cities. It has stimulated several local and international initiatives to combat the adverse effects of climate change such as the C40 Initiative representing the 40 ...
... Asia, the Pacific region, Latin America and the Caribbean (Carius et al. 2008: 34f). Global climate change can be a threat to many mega-cities. It has stimulated several local and international initiatives to combat the adverse effects of climate change such as the C40 Initiative representing the 40 ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... idea that has captured a good deal of attention is development of a new generation of mechanical CO2 “scrubbers.” The hope for these machines is that they could pull large quantities of CO2 directly from the air. This is quite different from most carbon capture and storage schemes currently unFigure ...
... idea that has captured a good deal of attention is development of a new generation of mechanical CO2 “scrubbers.” The hope for these machines is that they could pull large quantities of CO2 directly from the air. This is quite different from most carbon capture and storage schemes currently unFigure ...
KidsCall-Climate Change
... http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climatechange-knowledge-in-a-nutshell ...
... http://www.pik-potsdam.de/infodesk/climatechange-knowledge-in-a-nutshell ...
Adaptation
... But “crowding out ” between adaptation and mitigation Mitigation halves adaptation effort (wrt adaptation alone). Still adaptation expendiure non negligible. ...
... But “crowding out ” between adaptation and mitigation Mitigation halves adaptation effort (wrt adaptation alone). Still adaptation expendiure non negligible. ...
NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE Increasing Great Lake–Effect
... lakes (Fig. 2). These sites were chosen based on a review of the lake-effect snowfall maps presented by Norton and Bolsegna (1993). The cold season total snowfall values were based on October–April data contained in the Monthly Summary Observations (digital database TD3220) distributed through the N ...
... lakes (Fig. 2). These sites were chosen based on a review of the lake-effect snowfall maps presented by Norton and Bolsegna (1993). The cold season total snowfall values were based on October–April data contained in the Monthly Summary Observations (digital database TD3220) distributed through the N ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... DSI values are calculated from visibility data recorded by BoM observers. A number of different wind erosion event types are evaluated by BoM, ranging from severe dust storms to local blowing dust. The intensity of these event types can be approximated by the extent to which they reduce visibility. ...
... DSI values are calculated from visibility data recorded by BoM observers. A number of different wind erosion event types are evaluated by BoM, ranging from severe dust storms to local blowing dust. The intensity of these event types can be approximated by the extent to which they reduce visibility. ...
Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU
... been correlated to warmer temperatures. Disease vectors (e.g., mosquitoes, sandflies and ticks) are highly sensitive to climatic conditions, including temperature and humidity. The distribution of these vectors is expected to shift in Europe, particularly at their latitudinal and altitudinal limits, ...
... been correlated to warmer temperatures. Disease vectors (e.g., mosquitoes, sandflies and ticks) are highly sensitive to climatic conditions, including temperature and humidity. The distribution of these vectors is expected to shift in Europe, particularly at their latitudinal and altitudinal limits, ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... stimuli needed to promote economic growth and development, Jamaica, like many other island states in the Caribbean subregion, has come to rely on tourism as an instrument of transformation of the macroeconomy. It is believed this shift in economic imperative would eventually provide the economic imp ...
... stimuli needed to promote economic growth and development, Jamaica, like many other island states in the Caribbean subregion, has come to rely on tourism as an instrument of transformation of the macroeconomy. It is believed this shift in economic imperative would eventually provide the economic imp ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... 2010). Changes in geographic distributions do not simply result from the simultaneous migration of populations throughout the range. Instead, they are generated by widespread establishment of new populations at the leading edge of a species distribution and extinction of populations at the retreatin ...
... 2010). Changes in geographic distributions do not simply result from the simultaneous migration of populations throughout the range. Instead, they are generated by widespread establishment of new populations at the leading edge of a species distribution and extinction of populations at the retreatin ...
Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the
... magnitude of changes in silicate weathering rates using a constant clay-water fractionation: an increase of clay d7 Li from -4 ‰ to +3 ‰ corresponds to an increase of water d7 Li of 7 ‰ for the considered period. As a first approximation, using the relationship between water d7 Li and weathering rat ...
... magnitude of changes in silicate weathering rates using a constant clay-water fractionation: an increase of clay d7 Li from -4 ‰ to +3 ‰ corresponds to an increase of water d7 Li of 7 ‰ for the considered period. As a first approximation, using the relationship between water d7 Li and weathering rat ...
Interactive responses of old-field plant growth and composition to
... composition, with C4 grasses and other annual and biennial species entering the C3 perennial-dominated community in ambient rainfall and rain addition treatments as well as in warmed treatments. Our results suggest that, in this mesic system, expected changes in temperature or large changes in preci ...
... composition, with C4 grasses and other annual and biennial species entering the C3 perennial-dominated community in ambient rainfall and rain addition treatments as well as in warmed treatments. Our results suggest that, in this mesic system, expected changes in temperature or large changes in preci ...
Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global
... flow regimes. However, with one exception, transferable quantitative relations between flow alterations and ecological responses have not yet been derived. While discharge decreases are generally considered to be detrimental for ecosystems, the effect of future discharge increases is unclear. As a f ...
... flow regimes. However, with one exception, transferable quantitative relations between flow alterations and ecological responses have not yet been derived. While discharge decreases are generally considered to be detrimental for ecosystems, the effect of future discharge increases is unclear. As a f ...
Update on CCS in the Global Climate Picture Tim Dixon 23 January 2015
... • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal fired power plants with modern high efficiency natural g ...
... • The share of low‐carbon electricity supply (incl CCS) increases from 30% to more than 80 % by 2050, • Fossil fuel power generation without CCS is phased out by 2100. GHG emissions reduced significantly by: • Replacing average efficiency coal fired power plants with modern high efficiency natural g ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... What does climate change adaptation mean for national, regional and local development planning? This guidance document introduces a range of tools that will help spatial planners to carry out a high level qualitative climate risk assessment to help answer these questions. The guidance adopts the Uni ...
... What does climate change adaptation mean for national, regional and local development planning? This guidance document introduces a range of tools that will help spatial planners to carry out a high level qualitative climate risk assessment to help answer these questions. The guidance adopts the Uni ...
Cartography of pathways: A new model for environmental
... practical consequences of hypotheses, be they scientific, ethical or just verbalized gut feelings in ordinary life. Hypotheses are possible means to solve any kind of practical problems; the ‘‘rightness’’ of hypotheses (of any kind) depends on their potential to solve problematic situations, as expe ...
... practical consequences of hypotheses, be they scientific, ethical or just verbalized gut feelings in ordinary life. Hypotheses are possible means to solve any kind of practical problems; the ‘‘rightness’’ of hypotheses (of any kind) depends on their potential to solve problematic situations, as expe ...
Combat vs. Climate - Institute for Policy Studies
... of military security and on climate security since 2008.2 But the last FCCE report came out in August of 2013. So IPS has stepped in to produce a climate change budget for the United States. This is a stopgap measure, filling in for a task that is properly the responsibility of the federal governmen ...
... of military security and on climate security since 2008.2 But the last FCCE report came out in August of 2013. So IPS has stepped in to produce a climate change budget for the United States. This is a stopgap measure, filling in for a task that is properly the responsibility of the federal governmen ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Dr. Diego Rodriguez on 02/24/12. For personal use only. ...
... Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 2011.42:313-333. Downloaded from www.annualreviews.org by Dr. Diego Rodriguez on 02/24/12. For personal use only. ...
national adaptation forum media guide
... I wanted to convey how impressed I was with the National Adaptation Forum – it was extremely thought‐ provoking and I learned a lot. I also wanted to ask you to convey my thanks once again to all of the sponsors who contributed to defraying our costs such that we were able to bring quite a number o ...
... I wanted to convey how impressed I was with the National Adaptation Forum – it was extremely thought‐ provoking and I learned a lot. I also wanted to ask you to convey my thanks once again to all of the sponsors who contributed to defraying our costs such that we were able to bring quite a number o ...
Climate Science, the Public and the News Media
... findings from the focus groups and a review of the relevant literature on how communication of climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public assimilate and process information and these should be taken into account when designing a comm ...
... findings from the focus groups and a review of the relevant literature on how communication of climate science through the news media might be improved are: • Cultural factors influence the way the public assimilate and process information and these should be taken into account when designing a comm ...
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.""