Fall 2015
... contexts and related topics including how tectonics and ice sheets affect climate, the stability of the tropical ocean atmosphere circulation structure, the conceptual underpinnings of climate sensitivity, and the ability of models to inform interpretations of paleoclimate information. In a final pu ...
... contexts and related topics including how tectonics and ice sheets affect climate, the stability of the tropical ocean atmosphere circulation structure, the conceptual underpinnings of climate sensitivity, and the ability of models to inform interpretations of paleoclimate information. In a final pu ...
Mechanisms of drought in present and future climate
... cool tropical Pacific SSTs) also drive future droughts; a warmer base state appears to qualitatively reduce drought severity somewhat with respect to the new future climate 3. A mechanism proposed to explain the decadal pattern of SSTs in the tropical Pacific associated with droughts over North Amer ...
... cool tropical Pacific SSTs) also drive future droughts; a warmer base state appears to qualitatively reduce drought severity somewhat with respect to the new future climate 3. A mechanism proposed to explain the decadal pattern of SSTs in the tropical Pacific associated with droughts over North Amer ...
The Evolution of Multilateral Regimes: Implications for
... typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different now than it did in the 1950s and 1960s. Initially, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was adopted only provisionally, its legal basis was unclear, and it did not establish any formal international i ...
... typically evolves over time. The world trade regime, for example, looks very different now than it did in the 1950s and 1960s. Initially, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was adopted only provisionally, its legal basis was unclear, and it did not establish any formal international i ...
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... Systematics, which quantified the carbon reduction benefits of various transportation strategies. The analysis here evaluates how well state-level transportation decisions are aligned with efforts to reduce GHG emissions by examining a selection of key transportation policies currently in place in t ...
... Systematics, which quantified the carbon reduction benefits of various transportation strategies. The analysis here evaluates how well state-level transportation decisions are aligned with efforts to reduce GHG emissions by examining a selection of key transportation policies currently in place in t ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the dialogue group should be raised, nonetheless commitment of the dialogue group should be achieved, so eventually, the dialogue group will take over responsibility, act and implement change. Different di ...
... recipient(s). This is of high significance, as not only the awareness on climate change within the dialogue group should be raised, nonetheless commitment of the dialogue group should be achieved, so eventually, the dialogue group will take over responsibility, act and implement change. Different di ...
1 Simulation of Black Sea and Caspian Sea responses to
... eccentricity slowly varies, inducing small changes in the annual mean total insolation received by the Earth. Obliquity oscillates from 221 to 251 over a 41,000-year period, and the position of the equinoxes precesses relative to the perihelion with 19,000- and 23,000 - year periodicities. Obliquity ...
... eccentricity slowly varies, inducing small changes in the annual mean total insolation received by the Earth. Obliquity oscillates from 221 to 251 over a 41,000-year period, and the position of the equinoxes precesses relative to the perihelion with 19,000- and 23,000 - year periodicities. Obliquity ...
Québec and Climate change 2006-2012 Action Plan
... government submitted the draft regulation that will introduce the mechanism. The consultation period for the draft regulation is 45 days. Thus, it should be adopted by the end of August 2007. The Régie de l’Énergie will then transmit the fee notice to fossil fuel distributors, who will be required t ...
... government submitted the draft regulation that will introduce the mechanism. The consultation period for the draft regulation is 45 days. Thus, it should be adopted by the end of August 2007. The Régie de l’Énergie will then transmit the fee notice to fossil fuel distributors, who will be required t ...
AllanRP_PAGODA2013Nov - University of Reading, Meteorology
... ③ More positive dP/dT over land under climate change (rcp4.5 vs historical) as Temperature rises un-related to ENSO for climate change response CONCLUSIONS: a. Amplification of precipitation extremes with climate warming b. Interannual variability is not a good proxy for climate change over land ...
... ③ More positive dP/dT over land under climate change (rcp4.5 vs historical) as Temperature rises un-related to ENSO for climate change response CONCLUSIONS: a. Amplification of precipitation extremes with climate warming b. Interannual variability is not a good proxy for climate change over land ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... (Academic and Applied)* This resource provides two possible culminating tasks: students are introduced to an actual problem and asked to propose solutions to either The Impact of Transportation Choices or Forest Management and Climate Change. Climate change related concepts have been identified in e ...
... (Academic and Applied)* This resource provides two possible culminating tasks: students are introduced to an actual problem and asked to propose solutions to either The Impact of Transportation Choices or Forest Management and Climate Change. Climate change related concepts have been identified in e ...
Clare Palmer, “Does Nature Matter? The Place of the Nonhuman in
... changes in climate.11 Climate change may also result in the loss of some species; the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report notes that “There is medium confidence that approximately 20–30% of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average warming excee ...
... changes in climate.11 Climate change may also result in the loss of some species; the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report notes that “There is medium confidence that approximately 20–30% of species assessed so far are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average warming excee ...
Impact of Climate Change Heating and Cooling Energy Use in
... This study used the HadCM3 model to project future climate change for three different CO2 emission scenarios (A1F1: high emission; A2: medium emission, and B1: low emission) [1]. This model contain coupled the atmosphere model HadAM3, with a horizontal resolution of 2.5° latitude by 3.75° longitude, ...
... This study used the HadCM3 model to project future climate change for three different CO2 emission scenarios (A1F1: high emission; A2: medium emission, and B1: low emission) [1]. This model contain coupled the atmosphere model HadAM3, with a horizontal resolution of 2.5° latitude by 3.75° longitude, ...
A blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data
... 2010)—climate scientists’ rejection of contrarian claims may not be considered strong evidence by a notable segment of the public (Lewandowsky et al., 2013a,b; Smith and Leiserowitz, 2012). The present article therefore reports a blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data. Blind exper ...
... 2010)—climate scientists’ rejection of contrarian claims may not be considered strong evidence by a notable segment of the public (Lewandowsky et al., 2013a,b; Smith and Leiserowitz, 2012). The present article therefore reports a blind expert test of contrarian claims about climate data. Blind exper ...
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... use of solar energy to react to shifts in demand caused by climate change: less heat demand in the winter and more demand for cooling in the summer. Moreover, there are fluctuations of 15 percent in the use of solar energy due to fairly unstable weather conditions. However, long term fluctuations of ...
... use of solar energy to react to shifts in demand caused by climate change: less heat demand in the winter and more demand for cooling in the summer. Moreover, there are fluctuations of 15 percent in the use of solar energy due to fairly unstable weather conditions. However, long term fluctuations of ...
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... literature is that changes in temperature and precipitation result in changes in land and water regimes that subsequently affect agricultural productivity (Kurukulasuriya and Rosenthal 2003). Analysis of our climate data for the U.S. indicates that average temperature has risen by roughly 0.04◦C per ...
... literature is that changes in temperature and precipitation result in changes in land and water regimes that subsequently affect agricultural productivity (Kurukulasuriya and Rosenthal 2003). Analysis of our climate data for the U.S. indicates that average temperature has risen by roughly 0.04◦C per ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... did not advocate its use as a rigid checklist, but as a scoping tool. The theoretical aim of this article is to test whether the Harvey-Lefebvre matrix is a useful methodological tool for the evaluation of journalistic research practice. I have argued elsewhere (Nash, 2015, forthcoming) that news va ...
... did not advocate its use as a rigid checklist, but as a scoping tool. The theoretical aim of this article is to test whether the Harvey-Lefebvre matrix is a useful methodological tool for the evaluation of journalistic research practice. I have argued elsewhere (Nash, 2015, forthcoming) that news va ...
Adaptation for Climate Change in the Coastal Sector of Saint Lucia
... days and hot nights with that of cool days and cool nights decreasing. 17 An overall warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will ...
... days and hot nights with that of cool days and cool nights decreasing. 17 An overall warming of between 1 and 5oC or greater is expected, depending on the scenario used, and this warming far exceeds natural variability.18 It is also expected that the wet season will be dryer!. 19 Climate change will ...
biodiversity and ground-level ozone
... from a combination of field observations, chamber studies and long-term field exposure experiments. Current O3 concentrations are estimated to reduce biomass of young trees by 7%, but this varies significantly between and within tree species. An 8-year field release experiment in Germany demonstrate ...
... from a combination of field observations, chamber studies and long-term field exposure experiments. Current O3 concentrations are estimated to reduce biomass of young trees by 7%, but this varies significantly between and within tree species. An 8-year field release experiment in Germany demonstrate ...
Ghana`s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC)
... actions1 in 7 priority economic sectors are being proposed for implementation in the 10year period (2020-2030). The implementation of the actions are expected to help attain low carbon climate resilience through effective adaptation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in the following priori ...
... actions1 in 7 priority economic sectors are being proposed for implementation in the 10year period (2020-2030). The implementation of the actions are expected to help attain low carbon climate resilience through effective adaptation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in the following priori ...
Business Responses to Climate Change in Developing Countries: A
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...
... developing countries, others are proper for developed countries that does not occur in the developing countries such as changing expert opinion (a specific strategy of firms in the U.S. and Australia), acquisition of emission credits strategy, and policy inputs or lobbying activities in the informat ...
Trend and Change Analysis of Monthly and Seasonal Temperature
... these variations not mostly a result of the natural variations of influential factors from one location to the other? Yobe recorded the highest mean temperature, followed by Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Adamawa and Taraba (Fig. 2). The high temperature observed in Yobe is influenced by climatic fluctuation ...
... these variations not mostly a result of the natural variations of influential factors from one location to the other? Yobe recorded the highest mean temperature, followed by Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, Adamawa and Taraba (Fig. 2). The high temperature observed in Yobe is influenced by climatic fluctuation ...
Greenhouse Gas Pledges by Parties to the Climate Change Jane A. Leggett
... 0.04% of the atmosphere. Because CO2 concentrations were roughly stable for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, scientists conclude that natural emissions and natural removals were approximately equal. The human-related addition to the previously balanced “carbon flux” is currently ...
... 0.04% of the atmosphere. Because CO2 concentrations were roughly stable for thousands of years before the industrial revolution, scientists conclude that natural emissions and natural removals were approximately equal. The human-related addition to the previously balanced “carbon flux” is currently ...
Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by
... oceanic circulation. Because AGCMs are computationally expensive, most deforestation simulations with AGCMs have been performed to assess the equilibrium response of the climate system to the forcing. A reaction of the climate system on a dynamic land cover forcing, however, is not an equilibrium re ...
... oceanic circulation. Because AGCMs are computationally expensive, most deforestation simulations with AGCMs have been performed to assess the equilibrium response of the climate system to the forcing. A reaction of the climate system on a dynamic land cover forcing, however, is not an equilibrium re ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... consequences of steadily increasing temperatures, driven by mankind’s use of fossil fuels. But I have a confession to make: I was too optimistic. My projections about increasing global temperature have been proved true. But I failed to fully explore how quickly that average rise would drive an incre ...
... consequences of steadily increasing temperatures, driven by mankind’s use of fossil fuels. But I have a confession to make: I was too optimistic. My projections about increasing global temperature have been proved true. But I failed to fully explore how quickly that average rise would drive an incre ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... When talking about direct impacts of climate change on tourism, one of the most essential motivators for travelling is meant: the climate. Climate is one of the major attractors for tourists to travel to a specific destination. Realizing this fact, one can grasp the enormous sensitivity of the touri ...
... When talking about direct impacts of climate change on tourism, one of the most essential motivators for travelling is meant: the climate. Climate is one of the major attractors for tourists to travel to a specific destination. Realizing this fact, one can grasp the enormous sensitivity of the touri ...
Exploring negative territory Carbon dioxide removal and climate
... time’ suggests time will be spent in developing alternatives and preparing a greater emissions reduction effort in the future. But it might simply be an excuse for deferring inconvenient societal adjustment. Reduced costs or the possibility of attaining a lower initial stabilization target sound gre ...
... time’ suggests time will be spent in developing alternatives and preparing a greater emissions reduction effort in the future. But it might simply be an excuse for deferring inconvenient societal adjustment. Reduced costs or the possibility of attaining a lower initial stabilization target sound gre ...
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.