environmental, economic and social impacts of
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
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... heavily dependent on climatic conditions. This makes agricultural activities extremely vulnerable to climatic changes. Droughts in most parts of the country especially the low lying areas have become recurrent over the last two decades and farmers have been experiencing droughts every two to three ...
... heavily dependent on climatic conditions. This makes agricultural activities extremely vulnerable to climatic changes. Droughts in most parts of the country especially the low lying areas have become recurrent over the last two decades and farmers have been experiencing droughts every two to three ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that water resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems (Bates et al., 2008). Numerous internal and external feedbac ...
... Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that water resources are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems (Bates et al., 2008). Numerous internal and external feedbac ...
Cooling of US Midwest summer temperature extremes from cropland
... evapotranspiration potential (Supplementary Information). The inference of trends towards greater potential for evapotranspiration is supported by observations of increased specific and relative humidity across the Midwest during summer39,40 , a positive evapotranspiration trend in the region inferr ...
... evapotranspiration potential (Supplementary Information). The inference of trends towards greater potential for evapotranspiration is supported by observations of increased specific and relative humidity across the Midwest during summer39,40 , a positive evapotranspiration trend in the region inferr ...
Climate Change and Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care
... of snow and ice with rising sea levels, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding and drought, more intense hurricanes and storms, wildfires, as well as poorer air quality, highlight the critical need for us to consider the consequences of these environmental changes on health. The earth’s temp ...
... of snow and ice with rising sea levels, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding and drought, more intense hurricanes and storms, wildfires, as well as poorer air quality, highlight the critical need for us to consider the consequences of these environmental changes on health. The earth’s temp ...
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... Exposure was categorized using arbitrary thresholds (Table 3), with temperature categorized using increases in mean annual temperature, with below 2 °C being seen as a target for climate change negotiations and policy, and beyond which many more ecosystems could be negatively affected [28], while 4 ...
... Exposure was categorized using arbitrary thresholds (Table 3), with temperature categorized using increases in mean annual temperature, with below 2 °C being seen as a target for climate change negotiations and policy, and beyond which many more ecosystems could be negatively affected [28], while 4 ...
Amphibian Breeding and Climate Change
... breeding earlier. Furthermore, he found that the breeding dates of two species of April–June breeding anurans were negatively correlated with average minimum temperatures in March and April and maximum temperatures in March. The spawning date of one early-breeding anuran species whose breeding date ...
... breeding earlier. Furthermore, he found that the breeding dates of two species of April–June breeding anurans were negatively correlated with average minimum temperatures in March and April and maximum temperatures in March. The spawning date of one early-breeding anuran species whose breeding date ...
Environmental Sustainability Management Plan
... levels. Greenhouse gas concentrations are increasing at an alarming rate and most of the human caused greenhouse gas emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels. South Australia is becoming warmer. In the last century the global surface temperature has increased by a 0.89°C in Australia and 0 ...
... levels. Greenhouse gas concentrations are increasing at an alarming rate and most of the human caused greenhouse gas emissions come from the combustion of fossil fuels. South Australia is becoming warmer. In the last century the global surface temperature has increased by a 0.89°C in Australia and 0 ...
International Geoscience Syllabus, to be encountered by all pupils
... positive – increasing area of polar ice sheets gives increased reflection of solar energy, gives increased cooling, gives increasing area of polar ice sheets; negative – the more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the more that is absorbed in the oceans unique properties of water, evapo ...
... positive – increasing area of polar ice sheets gives increased reflection of solar energy, gives increased cooling, gives increasing area of polar ice sheets; negative – the more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the more that is absorbed in the oceans unique properties of water, evapo ...
pub02_GulfEcosystem_met_climate
... The global atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice caps must be viewed as a single interrelated system. Processes in any part of the system will have some impact on all parts of the system by way of “teleconnection” pathways. The teleconnections work both ways in complex feedback networks and thus certain ...
... The global atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice caps must be viewed as a single interrelated system. Processes in any part of the system will have some impact on all parts of the system by way of “teleconnection” pathways. The teleconnections work both ways in complex feedback networks and thus certain ...
Quantifying Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
... Table 1 and the main results in Table 2.) We then illustrate the use of these metrics in studying past and ...
... Table 1 and the main results in Table 2.) We then illustrate the use of these metrics in studying past and ...
Resolving the effect of climate change on fish - Climate
... If this is a general phenomenon, it may provide a powerful basis for predicting the potential response of a species to changes in temperature, but further research is needed to test its generality. The sensitivity of larval stages to climate change may be further increased, because of their small bo ...
... If this is a general phenomenon, it may provide a powerful basis for predicting the potential response of a species to changes in temperature, but further research is needed to test its generality. The sensitivity of larval stages to climate change may be further increased, because of their small bo ...
Valuing the Ocean: Draft Executive Summary
... Integrated action is urgently required to prevent and remediate hypoxia. Its global extent and threat to human health and marine ecosystem services are just beginning to be appreciated, and much remains unknown regarding its social and economic consequences. Virtually all of the information we do ha ...
... Integrated action is urgently required to prevent and remediate hypoxia. Its global extent and threat to human health and marine ecosystem services are just beginning to be appreciated, and much remains unknown regarding its social and economic consequences. Virtually all of the information we do ha ...
Winter precipitation and cyclones in the Mediterranean region: future
... of the A2 and B2 scenarios, which confirm this opposite precipitation change and link it to the change of cyclone activity. The increase of the winter cyclone activity in future climate scenarios over western Europe is responsible for the larger precipitation at the northern coast of the basin, thou ...
... of the A2 and B2 scenarios, which confirm this opposite precipitation change and link it to the change of cyclone activity. The increase of the winter cyclone activity in future climate scenarios over western Europe is responsible for the larger precipitation at the northern coast of the basin, thou ...
Heat stress, outdoor public space use and
... 7: A Greener City’ comprise an initiative to ‘Reduce the impact of negative urban climate impacts through measures for urban heat island mitigation’, including maintaining sufficient open space and increased vegetation cover, restricting street canyon height to width ratios, improving energy efficie ...
... 7: A Greener City’ comprise an initiative to ‘Reduce the impact of negative urban climate impacts through measures for urban heat island mitigation’, including maintaining sufficient open space and increased vegetation cover, restricting street canyon height to width ratios, improving energy efficie ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
... greenhouse gases at a level that will “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. Which stabilization level for greenhouse gases would avoid dangerous interference and whether this risk justifies costly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is controversial. The policies ...
Miller-vita-short web version-2016 - UCAR Staff
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
After which threshold do anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions
... forcings is not necessarily linear in its parameters. Intuitively, this suggests that anthropogenic forcings may have an influence on temperature only after a threshold value, or more generally that the correlation between the two is not constant over time. Such a hypothesis is in line with the fact ...
... forcings is not necessarily linear in its parameters. Intuitively, this suggests that anthropogenic forcings may have an influence on temperature only after a threshold value, or more generally that the correlation between the two is not constant over time. Such a hypothesis is in line with the fact ...
Regional Summaries - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... Uncertainty is particularly large for East Africa due to concerns about whether the GCM models adequately capture the dynamics of the rainy seasons in that region and because higher resolution regional climate models do not seem to reproduce, but rather contradict, the increase in precipitation seen ...
... Uncertainty is particularly large for East Africa due to concerns about whether the GCM models adequately capture the dynamics of the rainy seasons in that region and because higher resolution regional climate models do not seem to reproduce, but rather contradict, the increase in precipitation seen ...
Climate Change, Energy and South Africa`s Foreign Policy
... South Africa in a position where the country’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are higher than those of European countries, four times the average for developing countries based on per capita figures, and twenty times the CO2 emissions of the US measured per unit of per-person economic output.12 Inde ...
... South Africa in a position where the country’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are higher than those of European countries, four times the average for developing countries based on per capita figures, and twenty times the CO2 emissions of the US measured per unit of per-person economic output.12 Inde ...
chapter one evaluation of solid waste management
... as “greenhouse gases,” which hold in the sun’s warmth . Scientists call this naturally occurring phenomenon the “greenhouse effect.” Greenhouse gases help regulate global temperatures. Certain human activities such as burning fossil fuels and dumping solid waste, however, produce additional greenhou ...
... as “greenhouse gases,” which hold in the sun’s warmth . Scientists call this naturally occurring phenomenon the “greenhouse effect.” Greenhouse gases help regulate global temperatures. Certain human activities such as burning fossil fuels and dumping solid waste, however, produce additional greenhou ...
Here - Lawrence Torcello
... relationship between ethics and epistemology. This relationship is captured by the following proposition: We are ethically responsible for the consequences of our beliefs (including fact oriented, value laden, and attitudinal beliefs). As a general rule, professional ethicists aim to rationally ana ...
... relationship between ethics and epistemology. This relationship is captured by the following proposition: We are ethically responsible for the consequences of our beliefs (including fact oriented, value laden, and attitudinal beliefs). As a general rule, professional ethicists aim to rationally ana ...
Final Report of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of
... 1. The Ministerial segment of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began with an opening ceremony on Wednesday 12 March 2014 at 15:15 with words from the Minister of Environment of Ecuador, Ms. Lorena Tapia, as outgoing Chair of the ...
... 1. The Ministerial segment of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began with an opening ceremony on Wednesday 12 March 2014 at 15:15 with words from the Minister of Environment of Ecuador, Ms. Lorena Tapia, as outgoing Chair of the ...
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.