Global Climate Risk Index 2015
... long heatwave with temperatures continuously above 38°C, causing damage in all realms of society. 13 The situation was significantly worsened by extensive flooding that plagued the country in August. 14 Pakistan is again affected after having been among the three highest ranked countries in the inde ...
... long heatwave with temperatures continuously above 38°C, causing damage in all realms of society. 13 The situation was significantly worsened by extensive flooding that plagued the country in August. 14 Pakistan is again affected after having been among the three highest ranked countries in the inde ...
SRI Company Briefing April 2011
... o Policy statements and documents, strategies, undertakings, commitments – ideally publicly ...
... o Policy statements and documents, strategies, undertakings, commitments – ideally publicly ...
Dan McEvoy
... Optical Properties” Module using data from the MILAGRO campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7325-7340, 2010. Molina, L. T. et al., 2010: An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8697-8760. ...
... Optical Properties” Module using data from the MILAGRO campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 7325-7340, 2010. Molina, L. T. et al., 2010: An overview of the MILAGRO 2006 Campaign: Mexico City emissions and their transport, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8697-8760. ...
Climate and Biodiversity - Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
... The intersection of climate change and biodiversity is a point of the utmost importance for the future of humanity. Biodiversity is especially sensitive to climate change after 10,000 years of adjusting to a stable climate. The fingerprints of climate change can be seen anywhere one looks in nature. ...
... The intersection of climate change and biodiversity is a point of the utmost importance for the future of humanity. Biodiversity is especially sensitive to climate change after 10,000 years of adjusting to a stable climate. The fingerprints of climate change can be seen anywhere one looks in nature. ...
Center for Policy Research
... accessible to all subscribers. Most respondents obtained the questionnaire by downloading it from SCIENCEnet, but some requested copies by telefax or mail. A "day message" which appeared automatically whenever any user logged onto the system was also posted for one week to alert users to the survey. ...
... accessible to all subscribers. Most respondents obtained the questionnaire by downloading it from SCIENCEnet, but some requested copies by telefax or mail. A "day message" which appeared automatically whenever any user logged onto the system was also posted for one week to alert users to the survey. ...
Polar Bears and Climate Change
... ABSTRACT.—The spatiotemporal distribution of arctic sea ice has been in decline for decades. Polar Bears are dependent on the sea ice for access to their marine mammal prey. Observed sea ice declines have been linked to reduced body condition and stature, altered feeding and movement patterns, reduc ...
... ABSTRACT.—The spatiotemporal distribution of arctic sea ice has been in decline for decades. Polar Bears are dependent on the sea ice for access to their marine mammal prey. Observed sea ice declines have been linked to reduced body condition and stature, altered feeding and movement patterns, reduc ...
Will plant movements keep up with climate change?
... range expansion, depending on what genes it brings. Beneficial effects have been predicted to dominate at the leading edge of forest tree populations, because these pollen flows can replenish the genetic variance needed for adaptive evolution [16]. By contrast, if individual plants are locally adapt ...
... range expansion, depending on what genes it brings. Beneficial effects have been predicted to dominate at the leading edge of forest tree populations, because these pollen flows can replenish the genetic variance needed for adaptive evolution [16]. By contrast, if individual plants are locally adapt ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... policies and interventions on pastoralist livelihoods and displacement, and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of different adaptation strategies under different climate scenarios. The Framework for Assessing, Monitoring and Evaluating the Environment in Refugee-related Operations, developed ...
... policies and interventions on pastoralist livelihoods and displacement, and can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of different adaptation strategies under different climate scenarios. The Framework for Assessing, Monitoring and Evaluating the Environment in Refugee-related Operations, developed ...
Our Changing Climate - Climate Research Division
... one to two weeks earlier. These regional changes are consistent with global trends. During the past 100 years, average temperatures have risen more than one degree Fahrenheit worldwide. Research indicates that much of this warming is due to human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels and clea ...
... one to two weeks earlier. These regional changes are consistent with global trends. During the past 100 years, average temperatures have risen more than one degree Fahrenheit worldwide. Research indicates that much of this warming is due to human activities, primarily burning fossil fuels and clea ...
SRI Company Briefing April 2011
... o Policy statements and documents, strategies, undertakings, commitments – ideally publicly ...
... o Policy statements and documents, strategies, undertakings, commitments – ideally publicly ...
Climate change and sustainable development have given rise to a
... in particular Principles 1, 4, 10 and 12, relate to the provision and use of earth observation data for climate change issues. However, the author contends that these Principles are vague and therefore weak, and in particular lacking, especially since there is no mention of global warming. The autho ...
... in particular Principles 1, 4, 10 and 12, relate to the provision and use of earth observation data for climate change issues. However, the author contends that these Principles are vague and therefore weak, and in particular lacking, especially since there is no mention of global warming. The autho ...
The origin of the savanna biome
... grasses that encompasses open woodland and grassland (Fig. 1, Sankaran et al., 2005). At the global scale, they cover an area of some 33 million km2 (Fig. 1, Ramankutty & Foley, 1999), are inhabited by one-fifth of the world’s population and subject to intense human exploitation by conversion to agr ...
... grasses that encompasses open woodland and grassland (Fig. 1, Sankaran et al., 2005). At the global scale, they cover an area of some 33 million km2 (Fig. 1, Ramankutty & Foley, 1999), are inhabited by one-fifth of the world’s population and subject to intense human exploitation by conversion to agr ...
article - Minnesota Public Radio
... their ranges northward by up to 500 km in central North America (Prasad et al. 2008). This is consistent with northward range shifts observed during episodes of Holocene warming that were similar in magnitude to those predicted for the 21st century, although the rate of change during the 21st centur ...
... their ranges northward by up to 500 km in central North America (Prasad et al. 2008). This is consistent with northward range shifts observed during episodes of Holocene warming that were similar in magnitude to those predicted for the 21st century, although the rate of change during the 21st centur ...
Developing and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
... management agencies over the last few years. This activity has led to a variety of assessments, strategies, guiding documents, and new agency positions and organizations focused on climate change. Currently, most federal agencies have broad-scale strategic plans that describe approaches and prioriti ...
... management agencies over the last few years. This activity has led to a variety of assessments, strategies, guiding documents, and new agency positions and organizations focused on climate change. Currently, most federal agencies have broad-scale strategic plans that describe approaches and prioriti ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part II: Modelling
... simulations use time steps of approximately 30 minutes, taking weeks or months in real time on supercomputers to simulate a century of climate evolution. In order to compute a single hypothetical evolution of the climate system (a ‘model run’), we also require initial conditions and boundary conditi ...
... simulations use time steps of approximately 30 minutes, taking weeks or months in real time on supercomputers to simulate a century of climate evolution. In order to compute a single hypothetical evolution of the climate system (a ‘model run’), we also require initial conditions and boundary conditi ...
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... from one sector to another explicitly. Moreover, most studies were focused on a single sector, either crops or animal husbandry or forestry. Any change in an individual sector, however, would alter relative profitabilities among them which would spur the changes in allocation of land resources (von T ...
... from one sector to another explicitly. Moreover, most studies were focused on a single sector, either crops or animal husbandry or forestry. Any change in an individual sector, however, would alter relative profitabilities among them which would spur the changes in allocation of land resources (von T ...
NAME - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... Surface processes/flux towers Mesoscale Modeling Mesoscale meteorology Hydrologic modeling Climate variability Climate change scenarios Flood risk and vulnerability Water resources management ...
... Surface processes/flux towers Mesoscale Modeling Mesoscale meteorology Hydrologic modeling Climate variability Climate change scenarios Flood risk and vulnerability Water resources management ...
Effects of Global Warming on Precipitable Water Vapor Above Sub
... Global warming over the last century is an established fact. Ground-based temperatures averaged over the year and averaged over the earth have increased by about 0.6 C. Relating this measured increase in global temperature to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is somewhat conjectur ...
... Global warming over the last century is an established fact. Ground-based temperatures averaged over the year and averaged over the earth have increased by about 0.6 C. Relating this measured increase in global temperature to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is somewhat conjectur ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... clear by the U.S. Administration's hostility to the Kyoto Protocol and by the history of the negotiations themselves, reliance on nations to address local emissions is subject to national and local politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in ...
... clear by the U.S. Administration's hostility to the Kyoto Protocol and by the history of the negotiations themselves, reliance on nations to address local emissions is subject to national and local politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... The project outcomes are closely aligned and coordinated with efforts already underway within Benin to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor clim ...
... The project outcomes are closely aligned and coordinated with efforts already underway within Benin to promote development which is resilient to climate change at the national and local levels. The project is focused on strengthening the capacity of national and sub-national entities to monitor clim ...
Regional Climate Messages for Southern Africa
... external influences on the climate system. However, factors such as solar cycles, volcanic eruptions, biosphere processes, and more recently human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and aerosols (particulates in the atmosphere), exert external forcings on the climate system that can also cause var ...
... external influences on the climate system. However, factors such as solar cycles, volcanic eruptions, biosphere processes, and more recently human emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and aerosols (particulates in the atmosphere), exert external forcings on the climate system that can also cause var ...
Climate Stabilization at 2°C and Net Zero Carbon Emissions
... range. Changes in the surface temperature beyond 2100 depend on the emission profiles after 2100. For post-2100 carbon emissions decreasing at a rate of about 1.5% per year along with continued decreases in non-CO2 emissions, our projections indicate that natural ecosystems will be able to absorb en ...
... range. Changes in the surface temperature beyond 2100 depend on the emission profiles after 2100. For post-2100 carbon emissions decreasing at a rate of about 1.5% per year along with continued decreases in non-CO2 emissions, our projections indicate that natural ecosystems will be able to absorb en ...
UCLA_IOE_Feb2007 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... correlated with its strength in climate change. We compared snow albedo feedback's strength in the real seasonal cycle to simulated values. They mostly fall well outside the range of the observed estimate, suggesting many models have an unrealistic snow albedo feedback. The range in the feedback str ...
... correlated with its strength in climate change. We compared snow albedo feedback's strength in the real seasonal cycle to simulated values. They mostly fall well outside the range of the observed estimate, suggesting many models have an unrealistic snow albedo feedback. The range in the feedback str ...
Week 7, Part 2 - Atmospheric Sciences at UNBC
... changes are usually restricted in areal extent, climatic change can affect extensive areas of permafrost. • Even modest climatic warming could have drastic effects for terrain conditions and northern engineering, since thousands of square kilometers of warm permafrost would be directly affected. • W ...
... changes are usually restricted in areal extent, climatic change can affect extensive areas of permafrost. • Even modest climatic warming could have drastic effects for terrain conditions and northern engineering, since thousands of square kilometers of warm permafrost would be directly affected. • W ...
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.