October 6, 2007 Ecological Debt Day
... “Overall there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributed to human activities.” o ...
... “Overall there is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributed to human activities.” o ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... Thermal Maximum. Blue bars indicate ice sheet presence, with dark blue for ice sheets near full size. Holsteinian and Eemian are known in paleoclimate literature as Marine Isotope Stages 11 and 5e. ...
... Thermal Maximum. Blue bars indicate ice sheet presence, with dark blue for ice sheets near full size. Holsteinian and Eemian are known in paleoclimate literature as Marine Isotope Stages 11 and 5e. ...
Diving for science • Living highways • A history of UK coastal
... ‘The current way of doing this is tedious and inefficient,’ says Dr David Roberts, co-author of the paper, published in PeerJ Computer Science. ‘We hope that using machine learning will let law enforcement identify illegal ivory and build a case more quickly.’ Two former law-enforcement experts spen ...
... ‘The current way of doing this is tedious and inefficient,’ says Dr David Roberts, co-author of the paper, published in PeerJ Computer Science. ‘We hope that using machine learning will let law enforcement identify illegal ivory and build a case more quickly.’ Two former law-enforcement experts spen ...
Viticultureclimate relationships in Greece: the impacts
... zones, in present (Jones et al ., 2005a) and future conditions (Kenny and Harrison, 1992). Especially, hot viticultural regions (like Greece) are expected to experience negative impacts from increased ripening period temperatures, imposing challenges in ripening balanced fruit and producing quality ...
... zones, in present (Jones et al ., 2005a) and future conditions (Kenny and Harrison, 1992). Especially, hot viticultural regions (like Greece) are expected to experience negative impacts from increased ripening period temperatures, imposing challenges in ripening balanced fruit and producing quality ...
BCS331 Module 10
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
Global Temperature in 2016
... summary are available from Makiko Sato on the latter web site.) For the second year in a row the prior record was broken by a substantial margin. 2015 and 2016 annual temperatures were, in part, boosted by the 2015-16 El Niño. Because of the delayed global response to the natural El Niño/La Niña var ...
... summary are available from Makiko Sato on the latter web site.) For the second year in a row the prior record was broken by a substantial margin. 2015 and 2016 annual temperatures were, in part, boosted by the 2015-16 El Niño. Because of the delayed global response to the natural El Niño/La Niña var ...
Mandate and framework for the evaluation of Norwegian climate
... Secretariat and external support The Research Council will establish a secretariat with expertise related to the work involved with subject-specific evaluations, Norwegian and international research policy, the Norwegian research system, the players involved in Norwegian climate research and climate ...
... Secretariat and external support The Research Council will establish a secretariat with expertise related to the work involved with subject-specific evaluations, Norwegian and international research policy, the Norwegian research system, the players involved in Norwegian climate research and climate ...
carbon geography: the political economy of congressional support
... geographically located at the powerplant location and not at the individual consumer endpoint; to keep readers aware of this we use the term per-capita geo-specific carbon emissions. We begin our empirical work by presenting a series of maps (see Figures 1–3) to highlight the geography of per-capita ...
... geographically located at the powerplant location and not at the individual consumer endpoint; to keep readers aware of this we use the term per-capita geo-specific carbon emissions. We begin our empirical work by presenting a series of maps (see Figures 1–3) to highlight the geography of per-capita ...
Climate Change in Australia: Risks to Human Wellbeing and Health
... to the geographic range and size of the population at risk can be estimated). These three outcomes were chosen because, first, they have a previously welldemonstrated association with climate and, second, there existed both relevant Australian data and an understanding of causal mechanisms. In the c ...
... to the geographic range and size of the population at risk can be estimated). These three outcomes were chosen because, first, they have a previously welldemonstrated association with climate and, second, there existed both relevant Australian data and an understanding of causal mechanisms. In the c ...
WORKING DOCUMENT: NOT FOR CITATION (please also note that this
... With a backdrop of what was and wasn’t achieved in Copenhagen and Cancun, South Africa is also aware of past COP failures with regards to a lack of transparency, multilateralism and inclusiveness. As a result it needs to strategise in terms of an all-inclusive approach that, at its centre, addresse ...
... With a backdrop of what was and wasn’t achieved in Copenhagen and Cancun, South Africa is also aware of past COP failures with regards to a lack of transparency, multilateralism and inclusiveness. As a result it needs to strategise in terms of an all-inclusive approach that, at its centre, addresse ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... change the risk of violent conflict in the future. The resource scarcity element of the paper is primarily focused on resources required to meet basic needs such as food, land and water, as opposed to highvalue commodities associated with the ‘resource curse’, such as diamonds, coltan or hardwood (a ...
... change the risk of violent conflict in the future. The resource scarcity element of the paper is primarily focused on resources required to meet basic needs such as food, land and water, as opposed to highvalue commodities associated with the ‘resource curse’, such as diamonds, coltan or hardwood (a ...
Buckley CV - University of Washington
... 25. Davies TJ* and Buckley LB*. 2012. Exploring the phylogenetic history of contemporary mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1096-1105. 24. Hawkins BA, McCain CM, Davies TJ, Buckley LB, Anacker BL, Cornell HV, Damschen EI, Grytnes JA, Harrison SP, Hawkins BA, Holt RD, Kraft ...
... 25. Davies TJ* and Buckley LB*. 2012. Exploring the phylogenetic history of contemporary mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1096-1105. 24. Hawkins BA, McCain CM, Davies TJ, Buckley LB, Anacker BL, Cornell HV, Damschen EI, Grytnes JA, Harrison SP, Hawkins BA, Holt RD, Kraft ...
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... account. The positions are neither mutually exclusive nor all-encompassing, but as ideal–typical categories, they can be helpful for exploring the connections between social movements and climate change knowledge. It is the contention of this article that these three contending positions have been s ...
... account. The positions are neither mutually exclusive nor all-encompassing, but as ideal–typical categories, they can be helpful for exploring the connections between social movements and climate change knowledge. It is the contention of this article that these three contending positions have been s ...
Alaska’s Thawing Permafrost
... defined as permanently frozen ground that remains at or below 0º C (32º F) for at least two years at a time. Not only wildlife, but people too, have built their lives and livelihoods on permafrost in Alaska. Roads, buildings, and pipelines rest and rely on hard permafrost foundations. But permafrost ...
... defined as permanently frozen ground that remains at or below 0º C (32º F) for at least two years at a time. Not only wildlife, but people too, have built their lives and livelihoods on permafrost in Alaska. Roads, buildings, and pipelines rest and rely on hard permafrost foundations. But permafrost ...
Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United
... individual changes from before to after the workshops. The vast majority (>90%) of federal lands in Idaho and Montana are managed by the USFS and the BLM, and these lands account for approximately 62% and 29%, respectively, of the land base of these two states (Gorte et al. 2012). Therefore, we elec ...
... individual changes from before to after the workshops. The vast majority (>90%) of federal lands in Idaho and Montana are managed by the USFS and the BLM, and these lands account for approximately 62% and 29%, respectively, of the land base of these two states (Gorte et al. 2012). Therefore, we elec ...
C02 Levels in the Atmosphere Worksheet Introduction: The Earth`s
... Introduction: The Earth’s thermostat is a complex and delicate mechanism. At the centre of this control is Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a colourless, odorless, invisible gas. CO2 in the atmosphere helps keep the earth warm, because it traps heat near the planet’s surface in a process called the Greenhouse ...
... Introduction: The Earth’s thermostat is a complex and delicate mechanism. At the centre of this control is Carbon Dioxide (CO2), a colourless, odorless, invisible gas. CO2 in the atmosphere helps keep the earth warm, because it traps heat near the planet’s surface in a process called the Greenhouse ...
Pulse response functions are cost-e cient tools to model the link
... sudden doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration. In Fig. 4 we compare the temperature response of the pulse model with results obtained with the Hamburg Large Scale global ocean circulation model for a very small step-function increment in the CO2 concentration (but scaled to an equilibrium tem ...
... sudden doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration. In Fig. 4 we compare the temperature response of the pulse model with results obtained with the Hamburg Large Scale global ocean circulation model for a very small step-function increment in the CO2 concentration (but scaled to an equilibrium tem ...
Freshwater biodiversity versus anthropogenic climate
... increased prevalence of invasive species. Current approaches used to project the future effects of climate change, such as statistical niche and deterministic climate modelling, are presented and the need for monitoring tools to assess such changes is also considered. Finally, by discussing the mana ...
... increased prevalence of invasive species. Current approaches used to project the future effects of climate change, such as statistical niche and deterministic climate modelling, are presented and the need for monitoring tools to assess such changes is also considered. Finally, by discussing the mana ...
National Climate Change Response Strategy
... More specifically, since the early 1960s, both minimum (night time) and maximum (daytime) temperatures have been on an increasing (warming) trend. The minimum temperature has risen generally by 0.7 – 2.0 oC and the maximum by 0.2 – 1.3 oC, depending on the season and the region. In areas near large ...
... More specifically, since the early 1960s, both minimum (night time) and maximum (daytime) temperatures have been on an increasing (warming) trend. The minimum temperature has risen generally by 0.7 – 2.0 oC and the maximum by 0.2 – 1.3 oC, depending on the season and the region. In areas near large ...
CLIMATE POLICY IN LIGHT OF CLIMATE SCIENCE: THE ICLIPS
... rises sharply. After 500 years, it is projected to increase 6.2 ◦ C over the 1900 global climate. While we have only the foggiest idea of what this would imply in terms of ecological, economic, and social outcomes, it would make most thoughtful people – even economists – nervous to induce such a lar ...
... rises sharply. After 500 years, it is projected to increase 6.2 ◦ C over the 1900 global climate. While we have only the foggiest idea of what this would imply in terms of ecological, economic, and social outcomes, it would make most thoughtful people – even economists – nervous to induce such a lar ...
Further action needed on carbon pricing
... price is a by-product of a cap-and-trade system whereas the appropriate carbon tax rate must be set by policy makers, though theoretically under both systems the required price should be similar. Estimates of this price vary, but Environment and Climate Change Canada has estimated that the social co ...
... price is a by-product of a cap-and-trade system whereas the appropriate carbon tax rate must be set by policy makers, though theoretically under both systems the required price should be similar. Estimates of this price vary, but Environment and Climate Change Canada has estimated that the social co ...
Announcement of Opportunity
... nations to strengthen their emission reduction ambitions through the 5-year review and ‘ratchet’ mechanism. This is a stated diplomatic priority for the UK (Prime Minister’s speech to COP21 summit in Paris, 30 November 2015). The exceptional significance of the SO in the global carbon cycle stems fr ...
... nations to strengthen their emission reduction ambitions through the 5-year review and ‘ratchet’ mechanism. This is a stated diplomatic priority for the UK (Prime Minister’s speech to COP21 summit in Paris, 30 November 2015). The exceptional significance of the SO in the global carbon cycle stems fr ...
Climate change and Tourism in the Alps: a position paper in view of
... resorts of the European Alps are considered not to be snow-reliable1 (Agrawala 2007). The orientation and the gradient of slopes also have an important impact on the reliability of snow cover. Indeed, downhill skiing is the most vulnerable activity. Also cross-country skiing faces the risk of the ab ...
... resorts of the European Alps are considered not to be snow-reliable1 (Agrawala 2007). The orientation and the gradient of slopes also have an important impact on the reliability of snow cover. Indeed, downhill skiing is the most vulnerable activity. Also cross-country skiing faces the risk of the ab ...
PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM: TAUGHT PROGRAMMES – THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION SECTION 1
... address the risks posed by climate change through only scientific, political and economic analysis. The programme therefore aims to provide students with the theories, methods and skills to analyse climate change from different historical and cultural perspectives, thereby enabling them to better un ...
... address the risks posed by climate change through only scientific, political and economic analysis. The programme therefore aims to provide students with the theories, methods and skills to analyse climate change from different historical and cultural perspectives, thereby enabling them to better un ...
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.