Coastal Hazard Guide - Victorian Coastal Council
... permanent removal of material from a part of the coast. While erosion/recession is a natural process that has formed the present coastal edge, it is a hazard if it can adversely affect human life, property or aspects of the natural environment. ...
... permanent removal of material from a part of the coast. While erosion/recession is a natural process that has formed the present coastal edge, it is a hazard if it can adversely affect human life, property or aspects of the natural environment. ...
full report - Royal Society of New Zealand
... 3–4oC temperature rise. This will result in negative impacts on the global economy and significantly increase the risks from climate change through rising temperatures, accelerated sea level rise, changes in rainfall patterns, more frequent extreme weather events, and higher costs to adapt or protec ...
... 3–4oC temperature rise. This will result in negative impacts on the global economy and significantly increase the risks from climate change through rising temperatures, accelerated sea level rise, changes in rainfall patterns, more frequent extreme weather events, and higher costs to adapt or protec ...
Arctic Environment Ministers meeting
... further reduce global warming by between 0.4 and 0.5°C and Arctic warming by 0.7°C in the coming decades. Carbon dioxide is the dominant factor contributing to observed and projected rates of global warming, and carbon dioxide emission reductions should be the backbone of any climate change mitigati ...
... further reduce global warming by between 0.4 and 0.5°C and Arctic warming by 0.7°C in the coming decades. Carbon dioxide is the dominant factor contributing to observed and projected rates of global warming, and carbon dioxide emission reductions should be the backbone of any climate change mitigati ...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
... Briefly stated, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) will help us to sustain many of the benefits of using hydrocarbons to generate energy as we move into a carbon-constrained world. Even though the CO2 generated by burning hydrocarbons cannot always be captured easily in some cases (as in oil use ...
... Briefly stated, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) will help us to sustain many of the benefits of using hydrocarbons to generate energy as we move into a carbon-constrained world. Even though the CO2 generated by burning hydrocarbons cannot always be captured easily in some cases (as in oil use ...
Salim Damerdji – Corgi DA (SO13)
... One-fifth of all corgis go onto higher education. corgiaddict.com 43. The other four-fifths just love to party, which is also chill and fun. The other four-fifths just love to party, which is also chill and fun. franklinthecorgi.tumblr.com 44. Have a bunch of balloons? No problem! Corgis are great a ...
... One-fifth of all corgis go onto higher education. corgiaddict.com 43. The other four-fifths just love to party, which is also chill and fun. The other four-fifths just love to party, which is also chill and fun. franklinthecorgi.tumblr.com 44. Have a bunch of balloons? No problem! Corgis are great a ...
Our food choices can have positive or negative effects on
... we release greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, oil or gas) for energy. When humans add more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than the ones that occur naturally there is a general warming effect on the Earth’s surface because these gases trap heat and prevent it from escaping to ...
... we release greenhouse gases by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, oil or gas) for energy. When humans add more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than the ones that occur naturally there is a general warming effect on the Earth’s surface because these gases trap heat and prevent it from escaping to ...
Flexibility of the coral-algal symbiosis in the face of climate
... longest symbiont monitoring study to date indicates stability rather than wholesale changes in symbiont communities (Thornhill et al. 2006). Symbiont ‘switching’, i.e. the acquisition of new symbionts from the surrounding environment (Baker 2003), may be another way by which corals can achieve a fun ...
... longest symbiont monitoring study to date indicates stability rather than wholesale changes in symbiont communities (Thornhill et al. 2006). Symbiont ‘switching’, i.e. the acquisition of new symbionts from the surrounding environment (Baker 2003), may be another way by which corals can achieve a fun ...
The Sixth National Communication of the Republic of Belarus
... land use optimization, allocation of land for various construction works, etc. The area of the environment stabilizing lands (forests, natural meadow, tree and shrubbery vegetation, wetlands and lands with water bodies) accounts for over 50% of the total area of lands. The level of woodland and ...
... land use optimization, allocation of land for various construction works, etc. The area of the environment stabilizing lands (forests, natural meadow, tree and shrubbery vegetation, wetlands and lands with water bodies) accounts for over 50% of the total area of lands. The level of woodland and ...
Interannual climatic variation mediates elevated CO2
... cycle: that changes in climate can affect the function of C sources and sinks, both abiotic (e.g. carbonate rock weathering and reprecipitation, Liu & Zhao, 1999) and biotic (e.g. photosynthesis and respiration, Lenton, 2000). However, relatively little is known about the second linkage, thus few ha ...
... cycle: that changes in climate can affect the function of C sources and sinks, both abiotic (e.g. carbonate rock weathering and reprecipitation, Liu & Zhao, 1999) and biotic (e.g. photosynthesis and respiration, Lenton, 2000). However, relatively little is known about the second linkage, thus few ha ...
MODELING THE EMISSIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE ) FROM THE (N
... the freezing point. The hydrological model and the two-factor model are driven by surface temperature and precipitation, which links methane emission with climate. For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spa ...
... the freezing point. The hydrological model and the two-factor model are driven by surface temperature and precipitation, which links methane emission with climate. For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spa ...
Global Climate Change - kelleymarine
... Research Program is RAPID (Rapid Climate Change Program) ...
... Research Program is RAPID (Rapid Climate Change Program) ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties; (b) A general description of steps taken or envisaged by the Party to implement the Convention; and (c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the ach ...
... the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties; (b) A general description of steps taken or envisaged by the Party to implement the Convention; and (c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the ach ...
In Defense of the Clean Power Plan: Why Greenhouse Gas
... Arrhenius, who believed a warmer climate would benefit mankind.6 Arrhenius was far ahead of his time, but today, the world burns fossil fuels on a scale beyond his imagination. A recent estimate set global GHG emissions at a record forty billion tons in 2014.7 If current trends continue, scientists ...
... Arrhenius, who believed a warmer climate would benefit mankind.6 Arrhenius was far ahead of his time, but today, the world burns fossil fuels on a scale beyond his imagination. A recent estimate set global GHG emissions at a record forty billion tons in 2014.7 If current trends continue, scientists ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties; (b) A general description of steps taken or envisaged by the Party to implement the Convention; and (c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the ach ...
... the extent its capacities permit, using comparable methodologies to be promoted and agreed upon by the Conference of the Parties; (b) A general description of steps taken or envisaged by the Party to implement the Convention; and (c) Any other information that the Party considers relevant to the ach ...
Selling Sustainability
... to take their share of responsibility – and more importantly, to take action. How we bridge this gap – between recognising our responsibility and taking action – is the subject of this report. Encouraging people to make this move will require expertise and insight from as many relevant fields as pos ...
... to take their share of responsibility – and more importantly, to take action. How we bridge this gap – between recognising our responsibility and taking action – is the subject of this report. Encouraging people to make this move will require expertise and insight from as many relevant fields as pos ...
Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
... of a restorative land use and recommended management practices (RMPs) on agricultural soils can reduce the rate of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 while having positive impacts on food security, agro-industries, water quality and the environment. A considerable part of the depleted SOC pool can be res ...
... of a restorative land use and recommended management practices (RMPs) on agricultural soils can reduce the rate of enrichment of atmospheric CO2 while having positive impacts on food security, agro-industries, water quality and the environment. A considerable part of the depleted SOC pool can be res ...
Distribution and diversity of Acacia in East Africa
... used to parameterise a niche or multidimensional envelope that can be used to infer the suitability of other geographic locations across a broader region. The application of Distribution Models (hereafter, DMs) is increasingly far-reaching, and includes use for managing resources, predicting the spr ...
... used to parameterise a niche or multidimensional envelope that can be used to infer the suitability of other geographic locations across a broader region. The application of Distribution Models (hereafter, DMs) is increasingly far-reaching, and includes use for managing resources, predicting the spr ...
Dave`s CV - Adaptation Partners
... Lyons-Tinsley, C. and D.L. Peterson. 2011. Heterogeneity in forest structure and fuels affects fire severity in mixed conifer forest, east Cascade Range, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 270:117-125. Peterson, D.L., C.I. Millar, L.A. Joyce, M.J. Furniss, J.E. Halofsky, R.P. Neilson, and T.L. More ...
... Lyons-Tinsley, C. and D.L. Peterson. 2011. Heterogeneity in forest structure and fuels affects fire severity in mixed conifer forest, east Cascade Range, USA. Forest Ecology and Management 270:117-125. Peterson, D.L., C.I. Millar, L.A. Joyce, M.J. Furniss, J.E. Halofsky, R.P. Neilson, and T.L. More ...
Current and Future Exposure of Infrastructure in the United States to
... • More granular information is needed about specific natural hazard exposure and the specific infrastructure communities will need to respond effectively to climate changeinduced natural hazard exposure changes. The exposures presented in this report are lower bound on current and future exposures ...
... • More granular information is needed about specific natural hazard exposure and the specific infrastructure communities will need to respond effectively to climate changeinduced natural hazard exposure changes. The exposures presented in this report are lower bound on current and future exposures ...
Resilience of Great Barrier Reef ecosystems and drivers of change
... will have confounding influences on Great Barrier Reef health” (Brodie et al., 2008). Primarily these findings focused on the complex synergies between the impacts of stress related to poor water quality and climate change (e.g. thermal bleaching and ocean acidification). A key finding was that poor ...
... will have confounding influences on Great Barrier Reef health” (Brodie et al., 2008). Primarily these findings focused on the complex synergies between the impacts of stress related to poor water quality and climate change (e.g. thermal bleaching and ocean acidification). A key finding was that poor ...
Atmospheric CO2 fluctuations during the last millennium
... Analysis of the coupling between atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change under natural conditions in the past is crucial in the forecasting of the impact of anthropogenically produced CO2 on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. At present, the notion of covarying atmospheric CO2 levels and cli ...
... Analysis of the coupling between atmospheric CO2 levels and climate change under natural conditions in the past is crucial in the forecasting of the impact of anthropogenically produced CO2 on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. At present, the notion of covarying atmospheric CO2 levels and cli ...