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... Forty-six nations and 2.6 billion people are now at risk of being overwhelmed by armed conflict and war related to climate change. A further fifty-six countries face political destabilization, affecting another 1.2 billion individuals (Smith 2007). Climate change is today’s biggest threat to interna ...
... Forty-six nations and 2.6 billion people are now at risk of being overwhelmed by armed conflict and war related to climate change. A further fifty-six countries face political destabilization, affecting another 1.2 billion individuals (Smith 2007). Climate change is today’s biggest threat to interna ...
4.2. Physics enriched by the climate change
... Heat waves with over 27 oC temperature exhibited a three-day increase during the 1901-2006 period. Flash floods caused by torrential rain. Monitoring of flash floods depends on population density, due to the small coverage of such phenomena. Chronicles usually mention them in connection with large d ...
... Heat waves with over 27 oC temperature exhibited a three-day increase during the 1901-2006 period. Flash floods caused by torrential rain. Monitoring of flash floods depends on population density, due to the small coverage of such phenomena. Chronicles usually mention them in connection with large d ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... results of selected GCMs were interpolated to the geographic location 21.5°E and 41.5°N ‐ approximately to the middle of the country – using simple bilinear method (Press et al., 2001). The results of such approach, called direct GCM output, show the highest increase in air temperature till the e ...
... results of selected GCMs were interpolated to the geographic location 21.5°E and 41.5°N ‐ approximately to the middle of the country – using simple bilinear method (Press et al., 2001). The results of such approach, called direct GCM output, show the highest increase in air temperature till the e ...
Read and the brochure here
... to the Global Climate Observation System (GCOS), a joint undertaking of UN and science organisations. GCOS has defined essential variables to address the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, hydrologic, and cryospheric co ...
... to the Global Climate Observation System (GCOS), a joint undertaking of UN and science organisations. GCOS has defined essential variables to address the total climate system including physical, chemical and biological properties, and atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial, hydrologic, and cryospheric co ...
Climate impact on airborne particulate matter concentrations in
... moisture yielded considerably degraded performance for ambient relative humidity in California. The lack of soil moisture feedback disconnects the hydrology cycle from the air quality system other than the direct washout of pollutants during precipitation events. It would be highly desirable to cons ...
... moisture yielded considerably degraded performance for ambient relative humidity in California. The lack of soil moisture feedback disconnects the hydrology cycle from the air quality system other than the direct washout of pollutants during precipitation events. It would be highly desirable to cons ...
global temperature trends
... difference is probably caused by errors in the model radiative forcing5,12,14–16 or in the model response to radiative forcing5,14,17,18. The relative magnitudes of these three contributions are poorly known. Here we quantify how forcing, feedback and internal climate variability contribute to sprea ...
... difference is probably caused by errors in the model radiative forcing5,12,14–16 or in the model response to radiative forcing5,14,17,18. The relative magnitudes of these three contributions are poorly known. Here we quantify how forcing, feedback and internal climate variability contribute to sprea ...
Impact of temperature on the breeding performance and selection
... in heterogeneous patterns of climate change responses. Knowledge of the different factors driving these patterns is needed to predict and ultimately manage species responses. Here, we investigated the response of breeding parameters to climate for a long-distance migrant raptor not reliant on the lar ...
... in heterogeneous patterns of climate change responses. Knowledge of the different factors driving these patterns is needed to predict and ultimately manage species responses. Here, we investigated the response of breeding parameters to climate for a long-distance migrant raptor not reliant on the lar ...
AIT In The Classroom
... SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE What we see depends on where we are. Movie producers often use the idea of spatial perspective when making movies. One method used is called “POV” – or Point Of View. This means that the camera (and the audience) will see a scene just as one of the actors sees it. If there a ...
... SPATIAL PERSPECTIVE What we see depends on where we are. Movie producers often use the idea of spatial perspective when making movies. One method used is called “POV” – or Point Of View. This means that the camera (and the audience) will see a scene just as one of the actors sees it. If there a ...
Impact of climate change on soil frost under snow cover in a forested
... both snow depth and frost sum have larger values than in central-eastern Finland, and on average the maximum annual soil frost depths are greater than 100 cm. The thickness of the snow cover is in general smaller in forests than in the open countryside. This should in principal mean that the soil fr ...
... both snow depth and frost sum have larger values than in central-eastern Finland, and on average the maximum annual soil frost depths are greater than 100 cm. The thickness of the snow cover is in general smaller in forests than in the open countryside. This should in principal mean that the soil fr ...
`Future` climate and impacts - Climatic Research Unit
... Precipitation is increasing slightly in the present climate, while it is decreasing significantly in the ‘mid-century’ climate. Precipitation extremes do not show a clear trend. For Attica and the surrounding forest areas, a significant increase in peri-urban forest fires risk is expected. Mortality ...
... Precipitation is increasing slightly in the present climate, while it is decreasing significantly in the ‘mid-century’ climate. Precipitation extremes do not show a clear trend. For Attica and the surrounding forest areas, a significant increase in peri-urban forest fires risk is expected. Mortality ...
Global potential distribution of an invasive species, the yellow crazy
... precipitation, evaporation, annual minimal temperature, annual maximal temperature, and annual average temperature. These factors, typically being the output of GCMs, represent the global surface climate characteristics over land areas. The GCM used here is the second Hadley Centre coupled ocean-atm ...
... precipitation, evaporation, annual minimal temperature, annual maximal temperature, and annual average temperature. These factors, typically being the output of GCMs, represent the global surface climate characteristics over land areas. The GCM used here is the second Hadley Centre coupled ocean-atm ...
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... Precipitation in the Andes would increase 100–170 mm, with more rain during the wet season. In contrast, precipitation in Brazil would decrease by 50 mm in the dry season. The number of dry months in the Andes would increase from 1 month to 2 months, while in Brazil the dry season would be unchanged ...
... Precipitation in the Andes would increase 100–170 mm, with more rain during the wet season. In contrast, precipitation in Brazil would decrease by 50 mm in the dry season. The number of dry months in the Andes would increase from 1 month to 2 months, while in Brazil the dry season would be unchanged ...
Simulating Picea schrenkiana forest productivity under climatic
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
Predicting population consequences of ocean climate
... Forecasting the ecological effects of climate change on marine species is critical for informing greenhouse gas mitigation targets and developing marine conservation strategies that remain effective and increase species’ resilience under changing climate conditions. Highly productive coastal upwelli ...
... Forecasting the ecological effects of climate change on marine species is critical for informing greenhouse gas mitigation targets and developing marine conservation strategies that remain effective and increase species’ resilience under changing climate conditions. Highly productive coastal upwelli ...
Climate change adaptation plan for the
... On the Montréal agglomeration territory, the impacts of the increase in average temperatures on the built environment are mainly observed in the wintertime. The increased number of freeze-thaw cycles entails an accelerated deterioration of the arteries of the Montréal roadway system and a greater pr ...
... On the Montréal agglomeration territory, the impacts of the increase in average temperatures on the built environment are mainly observed in the wintertime. The increased number of freeze-thaw cycles entails an accelerated deterioration of the arteries of the Montréal roadway system and a greater pr ...
Climate Change in Japanese History and Prehistory
... expect if present trends continue and what, if anything, we can do to slow or halt them. Although popular accounts sometimes give the impression that climate was relatively stable before people began burning fossil fuels, that is far from the case: it changed frequently, and for largely natural reas ...
... expect if present trends continue and what, if anything, we can do to slow or halt them. Although popular accounts sometimes give the impression that climate was relatively stable before people began burning fossil fuels, that is far from the case: it changed frequently, and for largely natural reas ...
No consensus on consensus
... The IPCC itself expends considerable effort in assessing uncertainty and levels of confidence in the scientific findings as described in the recent special issue in Climatic Change on Guidance for Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Confidence in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic ...
... The IPCC itself expends considerable effort in assessing uncertainty and levels of confidence in the scientific findings as described in the recent special issue in Climatic Change on Guidance for Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Confidence in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic ...
Climate Change and Adaptation in Muskoka
... Climate change will have a significant impact on the Muskoka watersheds over the next 100 years. Although mitigation is necessary to reduce future climate change impacts, the climate would continue to warm until the end of the current century, even if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is ...
... Climate change will have a significant impact on the Muskoka watersheds over the next 100 years. Although mitigation is necessary to reduce future climate change impacts, the climate would continue to warm until the end of the current century, even if all carbon emissions ceased today. Adaptation is ...
Climate debt: A primer
... countries; and/or 5) extends developed countries’ excessive historical emission levels, and therefore part inequities, into a new agreement. Despite these concerns, the approach, as proposed by developed countries, now form the basis of the “shared vision” set out in the Chair’s text. The text: 1) ...
... countries; and/or 5) extends developed countries’ excessive historical emission levels, and therefore part inequities, into a new agreement. Despite these concerns, the approach, as proposed by developed countries, now form the basis of the “shared vision” set out in the Chair’s text. The text: 1) ...
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... agriculture and the more general economy of and employment in the basin; studies for the Proposed Plan are compiled and summarised in MDBA (2011b). Several analyses suggest that the impact on irrigated agriculture and the basin economy is likely to be small overall, but some communities could bear m ...
... agriculture and the more general economy of and employment in the basin; studies for the Proposed Plan are compiled and summarised in MDBA (2011b). Several analyses suggest that the impact on irrigated agriculture and the basin economy is likely to be small overall, but some communities could bear m ...
A spatiotemporal analysis of US station temperature trends over the
... effects of global warming where they live. Because the background climate variability plays a much larger role on smaller spatial scales than for the global mean [Hawkins and Sutton, 2009], local and regional temperature trends are easily masked by natural temperature fluctuations, and their identific ...
... effects of global warming where they live. Because the background climate variability plays a much larger role on smaller spatial scales than for the global mean [Hawkins and Sutton, 2009], local and regional temperature trends are easily masked by natural temperature fluctuations, and their identific ...
THERMAL METROLOGY FOR METEOROLOGY AND
... A wide measurement range with a factor of more than 10 000 from tropical conditions at sea level to upper air below -80 °C and 1 kPa sets a challenge for the reliability of the measurements, in the extensive meteorological sensor networks and for long time series . Calibration procedures must guaran ...
... A wide measurement range with a factor of more than 10 000 from tropical conditions at sea level to upper air below -80 °C and 1 kPa sets a challenge for the reliability of the measurements, in the extensive meteorological sensor networks and for long time series . Calibration procedures must guaran ...
NCEP’s Climate Forecast System as a National Model Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
... fisheries regime change likely ...
... fisheries regime change likely ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.