Ocean acidification - Natural England publications
... n This hidden ocean ‘service’ has been estimated to represent an annual subsidy to the global economy of US$60 – US$400 billion per year.1 n The increasing volume and rate of our CO2 emissions is progressively impacting the ocean system, causing the acidity of sea water to increase – this phenomen ...
... n This hidden ocean ‘service’ has been estimated to represent an annual subsidy to the global economy of US$60 – US$400 billion per year.1 n The increasing volume and rate of our CO2 emissions is progressively impacting the ocean system, causing the acidity of sea water to increase – this phenomen ...
Name and describe 2 external factors which affect climate change
... Rainforest vegetation is strongly adapted to the climate and has a tight cycle of nutrients. If vegetation is removed the source of nutrients is gone. The soils in the rainforest are poor and with no nutrient cycling they rapidly become infertile and soil erosion occurs. Cutting down the trees can a ...
... Rainforest vegetation is strongly adapted to the climate and has a tight cycle of nutrients. If vegetation is removed the source of nutrients is gone. The soils in the rainforest are poor and with no nutrient cycling they rapidly become infertile and soil erosion occurs. Cutting down the trees can a ...
Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation
... risks to a development project, or any other specified ...
... risks to a development project, or any other specified ...
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Migration and Conflict
... 2007 and assess the estimated risk of future environmental crisis within and across countries by tabulating future hotspots based on disaster risk, population density and sub national GDP. We then turn to actual migration patterns, emphasizing that the most adverse effects of climate change will un ...
... 2007 and assess the estimated risk of future environmental crisis within and across countries by tabulating future hotspots based on disaster risk, population density and sub national GDP. We then turn to actual migration patterns, emphasizing that the most adverse effects of climate change will un ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... herbivorous rotifer Keratella maintained a corresponding phenological response and experienced no apparent decoupling of the predator-prey relationship.105 In the future, populations that are most mistimed are generally expected to decline most in number.106 For fishes dependent on water temperature ...
... herbivorous rotifer Keratella maintained a corresponding phenological response and experienced no apparent decoupling of the predator-prey relationship.105 In the future, populations that are most mistimed are generally expected to decline most in number.106 For fishes dependent on water temperature ...
HENRY N. POLLACK, PhD Professor of Geophysics
... Henry Pollack is a geophysicist engaged in research on many aspects of Earth’s changing climate. As a contributing author to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report he shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice-President Al Gore and IPPC colleagues. He cre ...
... Henry Pollack is a geophysicist engaged in research on many aspects of Earth’s changing climate. As a contributing author to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report he shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice-President Al Gore and IPPC colleagues. He cre ...
Saltwater Intrusion and Climate Change
... Several studies in Atlantic Canada have examined the prevalence of saltwater intrusion. • New Brunswick: Saltwater intrusion was found to have occurred at Shippagan (NE New Brunswick), where lower freshwater heads on Taylor Island limit available supply (Brown 1971; Cruickshanks et al. 1987, 45–54), ...
... Several studies in Atlantic Canada have examined the prevalence of saltwater intrusion. • New Brunswick: Saltwater intrusion was found to have occurred at Shippagan (NE New Brunswick), where lower freshwater heads on Taylor Island limit available supply (Brown 1971; Cruickshanks et al. 1987, 45–54), ...
S2013034_en.pdf
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
... incentives to develop projects that reduce GHG emissions to receive carbon credits, which they can later sell to Annex I countries to help these countries achieve their GHG emissions targets. At the same time, and because of the scale of emissions reductions required, an effective agreement among co ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... adaptation goods and services could be worth US$186 billion worldwide. Yet, little is known about the magnitude of climate change adaptation efforts and investment levels in the private sector. At the global level, commitments have been made to make US$100 billion available each year by 2020 onward ...
... adaptation goods and services could be worth US$186 billion worldwide. Yet, little is known about the magnitude of climate change adaptation efforts and investment levels in the private sector. At the global level, commitments have been made to make US$100 billion available each year by 2020 onward ...
Socio-Economic Implications of Climate Change for Bangladesh
... Although the “greenhouse effect” and “global climate change” have been the subjects of scientific scrutiny for many decades, only recently have they received widespread public attention. Two major events helped generate this attention. First, in 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP ...
... Although the “greenhouse effect” and “global climate change” have been the subjects of scientific scrutiny for many decades, only recently have they received widespread public attention. Two major events helped generate this attention. First, in 1990 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IP ...
Montane forest root growth and soil organic layer depth as potential
... Soil organic layer depth sharply decreased with increased mean annual temperatures between the upland and lowland sites across the Peruvian transect indicating organic layer depth is a strongly temperaturedependent ecosystem property (Figure 1d). This thinning of the organic layer led to an estimate ...
... Soil organic layer depth sharply decreased with increased mean annual temperatures between the upland and lowland sites across the Peruvian transect indicating organic layer depth is a strongly temperaturedependent ecosystem property (Figure 1d). This thinning of the organic layer led to an estimate ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... efforts (Commission of the European Communities 2009; Ki-moon 2009). National climate legislation is especially hard to pass because the US government gives a great deal of power to the states, and many states would be affected by such legislation differently. In 1998, The National Energy Policy Act ...
... efforts (Commission of the European Communities 2009; Ki-moon 2009). National climate legislation is especially hard to pass because the US government gives a great deal of power to the states, and many states would be affected by such legislation differently. In 1998, The National Energy Policy Act ...
Future Changes in Northern Hemisphere Snowfall
... Using simulations performed with 18 coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate models from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), projections of the Northern Hemisphere snowfall under the representative concentration pathway (RCP4.5) scenario are analyzed for the period 2006–2100 ...
... Using simulations performed with 18 coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate models from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), projections of the Northern Hemisphere snowfall under the representative concentration pathway (RCP4.5) scenario are analyzed for the period 2006–2100 ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... austral spring (−11.9 % dec-1 compared to observed ~ −13.9 ± 10.4 % dec-1), although ...
... austral spring (−11.9 % dec-1 compared to observed ~ −13.9 ± 10.4 % dec-1), although ...
Disaster Risk Reduction in South East Asia
... In addition to identifying key risks, VCAs provide information on existing capacities that can be used to eliminate or reduce these risks. And finally, the hazard maps produced in this context imply the identification of high-risk zones and safe spots in the respective area. The aim is to succeed in d ...
... In addition to identifying key risks, VCAs provide information on existing capacities that can be used to eliminate or reduce these risks. And finally, the hazard maps produced in this context imply the identification of high-risk zones and safe spots in the respective area. The aim is to succeed in d ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... Balston, JM – Jacqueline Balston and Associates, University South Australia Kellett, J – University South Australia Li, S – University South Australia Wells, G – University South Australia Iankov, I – University South Australia Taylor, M – University South Australia Vogiatzis, N - University South A ...
... Balston, JM – Jacqueline Balston and Associates, University South Australia Kellett, J – University South Australia Li, S – University South Australia Wells, G – University South Australia Iankov, I – University South Australia Taylor, M – University South Australia Vogiatzis, N - University South A ...
View PDF - CiteSeerX
... the past several million years (Crowley, 1990). As in the past, this climate change can be expected to lead to shifts in the geographical distributions of organisms. Perhaps equally significantly, however, the warming is expected to occur at a higher rate than during the glacial retreat, with potent ...
... the past several million years (Crowley, 1990). As in the past, this climate change can be expected to lead to shifts in the geographical distributions of organisms. Perhaps equally significantly, however, the warming is expected to occur at a higher rate than during the glacial retreat, with potent ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
CRP.13 - the United Nations
... Climate change has led to long drought periods leading to the water crisis, food insecurity, increased health problems, and forest fires. The burdens of indigenous women and children are much heavier because of the need to seek for water sources far away from their homes and the care of increasing n ...
... Climate change has led to long drought periods leading to the water crisis, food insecurity, increased health problems, and forest fires. The burdens of indigenous women and children are much heavier because of the need to seek for water sources far away from their homes and the care of increasing n ...
Great Lakes Restoration and the Threat of Global Warming
... People, businesses and communities will see changes to the regional economy and quality of life, including potential conflicts between shoreline property owners and the public; diminished fishing, hunting and swimming opportunities; challenges to our economy such as impacts to the shipping industry. ...
... People, businesses and communities will see changes to the regional economy and quality of life, including potential conflicts between shoreline property owners and the public; diminished fishing, hunting and swimming opportunities; challenges to our economy such as impacts to the shipping industry. ...
Coral reef ecosystems and anthropogenic climate change
... Because of the clear relationship between elevated temperature and mass coral bleaching and mortality, it has been possible to project how the incidence of coral bleaching and mortality is likely to change. The first projections (Hoegh-Guldberg 1999) foresaw a steady increase in the frequency and in ...
... Because of the clear relationship between elevated temperature and mass coral bleaching and mortality, it has been possible to project how the incidence of coral bleaching and mortality is likely to change. The first projections (Hoegh-Guldberg 1999) foresaw a steady increase in the frequency and in ...
Colorado Climate Preparedness Project Final Report
... many activities central to Colorado’s economy. Attention to climate variability and change varies across agencies and sectors, yet overall there is widespread awareness of the value of reducing the state’s vulnerability to climate impacts. Climate change is beginning to factor into strategic plans, ...
... many activities central to Colorado’s economy. Attention to climate variability and change varies across agencies and sectors, yet overall there is widespread awareness of the value of reducing the state’s vulnerability to climate impacts. Climate change is beginning to factor into strategic plans, ...
Special Report on Divestment at the University of
... warmest January on record. These monthly records follow the year 2015, which was itself the warmest in recorded history.2 Beyond increased average temperature, we can observe other recent changes in the Earth’s systems as well. Arctic sea ice levels have fallen to record lows for this time of year, ...
... warmest January on record. These monthly records follow the year 2015, which was itself the warmest in recorded history.2 Beyond increased average temperature, we can observe other recent changes in the Earth’s systems as well. Arctic sea ice levels have fallen to record lows for this time of year, ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
The durability of the `Antarctic Model` and - Research Online
... the effect of climate change on the Antarctic environment and more generally: We will not be able to fully understand how the Earth system works without comprehensive knowledge of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place within and above Antarctica and its surrounding ...
... the effect of climate change on the Antarctic environment and more generally: We will not be able to fully understand how the Earth system works without comprehensive knowledge of the physical, biological, chemical and geological processes taking place within and above Antarctica and its surrounding ...
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.