argue - DLR ELIB
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...
The 3D Printing Revolution, Climate Change and
... distribute it to the troops as opposed to the six-plus months it would normally take to do so. These mobile units can be utilized not just for combat missions, but also for critical disaster relief operations.8 Other current uses of 3D printing in the military include the printing of parts for the B ...
... distribute it to the troops as opposed to the six-plus months it would normally take to do so. These mobile units can be utilized not just for combat missions, but also for critical disaster relief operations.8 Other current uses of 3D printing in the military include the printing of parts for the B ...
Climate Resilient Development - EDA
... and managing water resources comprehensively and efficiently. The plan suggests that all levels of Government need to act together to combat the challenge of climate change, which is slightly different in practice. The planning at the national policy level includes recommendations of scientists and ...
... and managing water resources comprehensively and efficiently. The plan suggests that all levels of Government need to act together to combat the challenge of climate change, which is slightly different in practice. The planning at the national policy level includes recommendations of scientists and ...
use of regional climate for hydrological simulations for the
... One field of application of hydrological models is the creation of runoff scenarios for different climate and glaciation conditions. However glacier storage is not handled well by current conceptual or physically-based hydrological models. Hence, holistic approaches to study and model glacier storag ...
... One field of application of hydrological models is the creation of runoff scenarios for different climate and glaciation conditions. However glacier storage is not handled well by current conceptual or physically-based hydrological models. Hence, holistic approaches to study and model glacier storag ...
Climate in the Pacific: a regional summary of new science and
... of Meteorology in collaboration with partner countries and regional organisations, including the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). This report tells the story of the climate science delivered by PACCSAP in mostly non-technical language for stakeholders, including pol ...
... of Meteorology in collaboration with partner countries and regional organisations, including the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). This report tells the story of the climate science delivered by PACCSAP in mostly non-technical language for stakeholders, including pol ...
Chapter 2: An Overview of Canada`s Changing Climate
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
... A 100-year warming trend1 of 0.74°C ± 0.18 °C in global surface air temperature was observed for the period 19062005 (IPCC, 2007). Several reports, including the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Statement on the Status of the Global Climate (WMO, 2013) and the American Meteorological Society ...
Regional Atmospheric Circulation and Rainfall Variability in South
... (Fig. 2). This pattern is most evident for 3-day composites, but it is also the dominant mode of variability for precipitation composited on any period from 2 to 5 days (we tested EOF for averaging periods ranging from 1 to 15 days). In all four months this first principal component (PC) of variabil ...
... (Fig. 2). This pattern is most evident for 3-day composites, but it is also the dominant mode of variability for precipitation composited on any period from 2 to 5 days (we tested EOF for averaging periods ranging from 1 to 15 days). In all four months this first principal component (PC) of variabil ...
Historical and Idealized Climate Model Experiments: An EMIC
... Abstract. Both historical and idealized climate model experiments are performed with a variety of Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) as part of a community contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. Historical simulations start at 850 ...
... Abstract. Both historical and idealized climate model experiments are performed with a variety of Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) as part of a community contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report. Historical simulations start at 850 ...
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... particularly necessary to help designing effective responses to climate change in areas where freshwater systems are threatened or likely to be threatened in the future. The objective of this paper is to critically review existing assessments of the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate chan ...
... particularly necessary to help designing effective responses to climate change in areas where freshwater systems are threatened or likely to be threatened in the future. The objective of this paper is to critically review existing assessments of the costs of adaptation to the effects of climate chan ...
Thermal physiology and species distribution models
... equatorial ectotherms, which also occupy thermal environments closer in their Topt resulting in smaller TSMs. By comparison, more variable temperatures experienced by temperate ectotherms result in broad Tbr, and these species occupy much cooler thermal environments than Topt, resulting in larger TS ...
... equatorial ectotherms, which also occupy thermal environments closer in their Topt resulting in smaller TSMs. By comparison, more variable temperatures experienced by temperate ectotherms result in broad Tbr, and these species occupy much cooler thermal environments than Topt, resulting in larger TS ...
Program of the Climate Engineering Conference 2014
... Over the past ten years research into climate engineering – particularly Solar Radiation Management techniques and their governance – has grown tremendously. How was this trend sparked and sustained? What has been learned, and how have early assumptions about CE techniques and their appropriateness ...
... Over the past ten years research into climate engineering – particularly Solar Radiation Management techniques and their governance – has grown tremendously. How was this trend sparked and sustained? What has been learned, and how have early assumptions about CE techniques and their appropriateness ...
Agroecology and the design of climate change-resilient
... carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere maybe positive for agriculture because they increase the rate of photosynthesis and water use efficiency (Fuhrer 2003). These effects are strongest for plants with the C3 photosynthetic pathway, which include crops such as wheat, rice, and soybean, who ...
... carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere maybe positive for agriculture because they increase the rate of photosynthesis and water use efficiency (Fuhrer 2003). These effects are strongest for plants with the C3 photosynthetic pathway, which include crops such as wheat, rice, and soybean, who ...
Climate Change in the Midwest: Impacts on Biodiversity
... occurring in the Midwest suggests that many, if not most, wild species and natural systems will experience climate change as a major stressor. Like other regions at moderate to high latitudes, both observed rates of temperature change, and climate change projections for the Midwest region are higher ...
... occurring in the Midwest suggests that many, if not most, wild species and natural systems will experience climate change as a major stressor. Like other regions at moderate to high latitudes, both observed rates of temperature change, and climate change projections for the Midwest region are higher ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... carbon ’sinks‘. Adaptation consists of action(s) to reduce the consequences or avoid impacts of climate change on a project, thereby reducing potential for costly modifications to projects in areas prone to climate change impacts. Both mitigation and adaptation help to re ...
... carbon ’sinks‘. Adaptation consists of action(s) to reduce the consequences or avoid impacts of climate change on a project, thereby reducing potential for costly modifications to projects in areas prone to climate change impacts. Both mitigation and adaptation help to re ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in global temperatures through a phenomenon common ...
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHG) have risen, with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increasing from 280 to around 400 parts per million (ppm). An increase in GHGs causes an increase in global temperatures through a phenomenon common ...
Developing countries call for historical responsibility as basis for
... countries that should be honored as the basis of a successful outcome in Copenhagen. A number of presenters called for negative emissions and/or emission allocations by Annex I countries, compensation for climate related harm and forgone atmospheric space, as well as financing and technology to enab ...
... countries that should be honored as the basis of a successful outcome in Copenhagen. A number of presenters called for negative emissions and/or emission allocations by Annex I countries, compensation for climate related harm and forgone atmospheric space, as well as financing and technology to enab ...
Mean, interannual variability and trends in a regional climate
... Europe as simulated by a regional climate model (RCM) nested within time-slice atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments. Changes in mean and interannual variability are discussed for the 30-year period of 2071–2100 with respect to the present day period of 1961–1990 under forcing fro ...
... Europe as simulated by a regional climate model (RCM) nested within time-slice atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) experiments. Changes in mean and interannual variability are discussed for the 30-year period of 2071–2100 with respect to the present day period of 1961–1990 under forcing fro ...
The Hamburg Climate Action Plan
... 11. Communication of climate change Hamburg seeks to raise awareness in the general population of all aspects of climate change and climate protection. It is systematically ...
... 11. Communication of climate change Hamburg seeks to raise awareness in the general population of all aspects of climate change and climate protection. It is systematically ...
Future Climate Projections around Turkey by Global Climate Models
... performed for the present and future conditions, respectively. Due to increased resolution, synoptic scale atmospheric circulations are very well simulated together with orographic precipitation features. There is a discrepancy between low-resolution AOGCM results and high-resolution AGCM results on ...
... performed for the present and future conditions, respectively. Due to increased resolution, synoptic scale atmospheric circulations are very well simulated together with orographic precipitation features. There is a discrepancy between low-resolution AOGCM results and high-resolution AGCM results on ...
The impact of climate change is one of the biggest and most complicated challenges facing society today
... The solid can be easily separated from the gas stream and sent for regeneration in a different reactor. Instead of moving the solids, the reactor can also be switched between sorption and regeneration modes of operation in a batch wise, cyclic operation. Sorbent has to have good CO2 absorption capac ...
... The solid can be easily separated from the gas stream and sent for regeneration in a different reactor. Instead of moving the solids, the reactor can also be switched between sorption and regeneration modes of operation in a batch wise, cyclic operation. Sorbent has to have good CO2 absorption capac ...
VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE
... The Pacific Islands Action Plan was used as a pilot by GCOS therefore many activities have already been implemented. Although less advanced in its implementation, the Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean has also prompted activities which will increase the effectiveness of observations in ...
... The Pacific Islands Action Plan was used as a pilot by GCOS therefore many activities have already been implemented. Although less advanced in its implementation, the Action Plan for Latin America and the Caribbean has also prompted activities which will increase the effectiveness of observations in ...
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... s global emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) continue relatively unabated, their impact on climate is already being felt. Furthermore, the acceleration of climate change in coming years is virtually assured, due at least in part to the long half-lives of most GHGs. While many of the i ...
... s global emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) continue relatively unabated, their impact on climate is already being felt. Furthermore, the acceleration of climate change in coming years is virtually assured, due at least in part to the long half-lives of most GHGs. While many of the i ...
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.