Climate challenge – the safety`s off
... write Bertil Forsberg and Anna-Karin Hurtig from Umeå University. The share of bioenergy in the energy mix should increase in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. At the same time, demand for food and other agricultural commodities is growing, and further competition can arise for limited ...
... write Bertil Forsberg and Anna-Karin Hurtig from Umeå University. The share of bioenergy in the energy mix should increase in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. At the same time, demand for food and other agricultural commodities is growing, and further competition can arise for limited ...
alabama and the surging sea - Surging Seas
... Local sea level rise can differ from global sea level rise for many reasons. The ocean is not flat, and shifting currents and sea surface temperatures can alter local sea level trends over years or decades. In addition, the land itself is slowly sinking or (more rarely) rising in many coastal areas, ...
... Local sea level rise can differ from global sea level rise for many reasons. The ocean is not flat, and shifting currents and sea surface temperatures can alter local sea level trends over years or decades. In addition, the land itself is slowly sinking or (more rarely) rising in many coastal areas, ...
Modelling the effects of climate change and
... Alaska (Osterkamp 2005) and Canada (Halsey et al. 1995) as a result of higher temperatures (Serreze et al. 2000, Chapin et al. 2005) and altered snow cover. Modelling results predict that small, sustained increases in air temperatures forecast by climate models will result in a 20−85 % decrease in t ...
... Alaska (Osterkamp 2005) and Canada (Halsey et al. 1995) as a result of higher temperatures (Serreze et al. 2000, Chapin et al. 2005) and altered snow cover. Modelling results predict that small, sustained increases in air temperatures forecast by climate models will result in a 20−85 % decrease in t ...
Climate-induced oceanic oxygen fluxes: Implications for the
... air-sea O2 flux [Matear et al., 2000; Plattner et al., 2001]. These all show significant O2 outgassing with climate change and a reduction in dissolved O2 broadly consistent with observations [Matear et al., 2000; Bindoff and McDougall, 2000; Ono et al., 2001]. However, the predicted ratio between t ...
... air-sea O2 flux [Matear et al., 2000; Plattner et al., 2001]. These all show significant O2 outgassing with climate change and a reduction in dissolved O2 broadly consistent with observations [Matear et al., 2000; Bindoff and McDougall, 2000; Ono et al., 2001]. However, the predicted ratio between t ...
potential and climate change vulnerability, impacts and
... • In the Kenya highlands, rises the giant Mount Kenya, a Tertiary volcanic cone with a base diameter of 80-100km and the highest peak of 5,200m a.s.l. It is an ecological island within a semi-arid environment. It provides natural resources such as water and fertile soils for agriculture and forestr ...
... • In the Kenya highlands, rises the giant Mount Kenya, a Tertiary volcanic cone with a base diameter of 80-100km and the highest peak of 5,200m a.s.l. It is an ecological island within a semi-arid environment. It provides natural resources such as water and fertile soils for agriculture and forestr ...
Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the
... conditions since minerals with different susceptibility to weathering display different 87Sr/86Sr ratios (Blum et al., 1993; Colin et al., 1999). For instance, Blum et al. (1993) have highlighted a significant dissolution of high 87Sr/86Sr phases in glaciated areas. Bulk sediments from the three reg ...
... conditions since minerals with different susceptibility to weathering display different 87Sr/86Sr ratios (Blum et al., 1993; Colin et al., 1999). For instance, Blum et al. (1993) have highlighted a significant dissolution of high 87Sr/86Sr phases in glaciated areas. Bulk sediments from the three reg ...
Brunei Darussalam INDC
... The Government of Brunei Darussalam also recognises the need for a more balanced economy; identifying growth areas in the country to promote the development of other sectors in addition to energy. These include the financial and service industries, which will diversify the economy to ensure future e ...
... The Government of Brunei Darussalam also recognises the need for a more balanced economy; identifying growth areas in the country to promote the development of other sectors in addition to energy. These include the financial and service industries, which will diversify the economy to ensure future e ...
12th Scientific Statement: Climate Change and the Food Chain
... gas emanating from the digestive systems of ruminant livestock. Some have therefore advocated a switch away from livestock production towards forms of agriculture (or food consumption) that generate lower GHG emissions. One proposed solution is a reduction in the average level of meat consumption, t ...
... gas emanating from the digestive systems of ruminant livestock. Some have therefore advocated a switch away from livestock production towards forms of agriculture (or food consumption) that generate lower GHG emissions. One proposed solution is a reduction in the average level of meat consumption, t ...
Forest insects and climate change: longterm
... Positive indirect effects might be observed if densitydependent population regulation becomes weaker; this could potentially lead to similar variation around an increasing population mean. On the other hand, if natural enemy pressure becomes stronger or the potential number of individuals sustained ...
... Positive indirect effects might be observed if densitydependent population regulation becomes weaker; this could potentially lead to similar variation around an increasing population mean. On the other hand, if natural enemy pressure becomes stronger or the potential number of individuals sustained ...
Urban vulnerability and the contribution of socio
... that generate the uneven distribution of exposure, capacities and resources. Here, vulnerability to climate change is characteristic of a specific system and a function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (Adger, 2006). Consequently, the aim of reducing outcome vulnerability with climate ...
... that generate the uneven distribution of exposure, capacities and resources. Here, vulnerability to climate change is characteristic of a specific system and a function of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity (Adger, 2006). Consequently, the aim of reducing outcome vulnerability with climate ...
Soils and Climate Change: Gas Fluxes and Soil Processes
... 100 yr. While this is not a large amount, there are other reasons to sequester carbon in agricultural soils, including rehabilitation of degraded soils and overall improvement of soil quality, which can lead to increased crop production and enhanced food security (Brevik, 2009; Lal, 2010). Intensel ...
... 100 yr. While this is not a large amount, there are other reasons to sequester carbon in agricultural soils, including rehabilitation of degraded soils and overall improvement of soil quality, which can lead to increased crop production and enhanced food security (Brevik, 2009; Lal, 2010). Intensel ...
Arctic Climate Impact Science – an update since ACIA
... positive feedback causing its ever-more rapid decline, and will contribute much more than previously estimated to global sea-level rise during the 21st century. Two issues complicate this picture and currently make it impossible to predict the short or long term future of the Greenland Ice Sheet wit ...
... positive feedback causing its ever-more rapid decline, and will contribute much more than previously estimated to global sea-level rise during the 21st century. Two issues complicate this picture and currently make it impossible to predict the short or long term future of the Greenland Ice Sheet wit ...
Climate smartness of GIZ soil protection and rehabilitation
... developing countries. The majority of future increase in agricultural emissions is expected to take place in low- to middle-income countries (Smith et al., 2007). While industrialized countries must dramatically reduce current levels of GHG emissions, developing countries face the challenge of findi ...
... developing countries. The majority of future increase in agricultural emissions is expected to take place in low- to middle-income countries (Smith et al., 2007). While industrialized countries must dramatically reduce current levels of GHG emissions, developing countries face the challenge of findi ...
toward a constructive dialogue on federal and state roles in u.s.
... 30 percent by 2016. Sixteen other states have adopted or have announced their intention to follow California’s lead and adopt the tailpipe standards.3 Under the federal Clean Air Act, states may adopt the vehicle tailpipe regulations adopted in California.4 Effectively, this has meant that two sets ...
... 30 percent by 2016. Sixteen other states have adopted or have announced their intention to follow California’s lead and adopt the tailpipe standards.3 Under the federal Clean Air Act, states may adopt the vehicle tailpipe regulations adopted in California.4 Effectively, this has meant that two sets ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... month the IPCC published a separate study on the science of climate change, which concluded that humans are "very likely" to be responsible for most of the recent warming, and that average temperatures would probably increase by 4C this century if emissions continue to rise. Even under its most opti ...
... month the IPCC published a separate study on the science of climate change, which concluded that humans are "very likely" to be responsible for most of the recent warming, and that average temperatures would probably increase by 4C this century if emissions continue to rise. Even under its most opti ...
Applied Energy - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford
... new supplies and new technologies that have moderated concerns about resource scarcity [9]. However, accurate price signals are absent for climate change and other natural capital such as biodiversity and fisheries. The trends are highly adverse, particularly on climate change [10,11]. Electricity g ...
... new supplies and new technologies that have moderated concerns about resource scarcity [9]. However, accurate price signals are absent for climate change and other natural capital such as biodiversity and fisheries. The trends are highly adverse, particularly on climate change [10,11]. Electricity g ...
Deep South Challenge Research and Business Plan
... prioritise future research, and (ii) integrate our tools, skills and information into their policy and decision processes. Past and recent workshops with communities have identified the key climate-affected outcomes. While not pre-judging what might eventually emerge, and that priorities are expect ...
... prioritise future research, and (ii) integrate our tools, skills and information into their policy and decision processes. Past and recent workshops with communities have identified the key climate-affected outcomes. While not pre-judging what might eventually emerge, and that priorities are expect ...
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... also reviews the main perceived challenges that climate change poses to forests and their managers. It summarizes experiences in preparing for and reacting to climate change in different types of forests. Finally, it indicates a number of gaps in enabling conditions (related to knowledge, institutio ...
... also reviews the main perceived challenges that climate change poses to forests and their managers. It summarizes experiences in preparing for and reacting to climate change in different types of forests. Finally, it indicates a number of gaps in enabling conditions (related to knowledge, institutio ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... The American Sociological Association (ASA) has joined the NSF to make print copies of this workshop report available to ASA members, other social scientists and the general public, under the auspices of the joint ASA-NSF Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline. ASA plans to continue this collabo ...
... The American Sociological Association (ASA) has joined the NSF to make print copies of this workshop report available to ASA members, other social scientists and the general public, under the auspices of the joint ASA-NSF Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline. ASA plans to continue this collabo ...
Glantz 2004 - Ilan Kelman
... among the needs and interests of specific targeted audiences for a report on the development of a Climate Affairs Program (or activity) and Center at education or training center. As I see it, while the direct contact for setting up a climate affairs activity (i.e., a client) is an agency of governm ...
... among the needs and interests of specific targeted audiences for a report on the development of a Climate Affairs Program (or activity) and Center at education or training center. As I see it, while the direct contact for setting up a climate affairs activity (i.e., a client) is an agency of governm ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... change in tundra vegetation surveyed between 1980 and 2010 in 158 plant communities spread across 46 locations. We found biome-wide trends of increased height of the plant canopy and maximum observed plant height for most vascular growth forms; increased abundance of litter; increased abundance of e ...
... change in tundra vegetation surveyed between 1980 and 2010 in 158 plant communities spread across 46 locations. We found biome-wide trends of increased height of the plant canopy and maximum observed plant height for most vascular growth forms; increased abundance of litter; increased abundance of e ...
Full Paper - EEE Seminar
... climate-change externality has frequently been characterized as the most di¢ cult public goods problem that humanity has ever faced. I concentrate in this paper on carbon dioxide (CO2 ), which is by far the most important greenhouse gas (GHG), but in principle the discussion could be extended to emi ...
... climate-change externality has frequently been characterized as the most di¢ cult public goods problem that humanity has ever faced. I concentrate in this paper on carbon dioxide (CO2 ), which is by far the most important greenhouse gas (GHG), but in principle the discussion could be extended to emi ...
Predicting the effects of climate change on water yield and forest
... yield, gross and net carbon exchange and biomass production. The validation exercise suggests that the determination of actual water availability to stands and the occurrence or non-occurrence of soilbased water stress are critical to accurate modeling of forest net primary production (NPP) and net ...
... yield, gross and net carbon exchange and biomass production. The validation exercise suggests that the determination of actual water availability to stands and the occurrence or non-occurrence of soilbased water stress are critical to accurate modeling of forest net primary production (NPP) and net ...
Microevolutionary Response to Climatic Change
... potential of dispersal. However, the availability of appropriate food at the newly colonised site may limit this process (Root, 1993; Huntley, 1994; Price and Glick, 2001). Irrespective of whether organisms colonise a new area, or if they stay within their traditional ranges, populations have to res ...
... potential of dispersal. However, the availability of appropriate food at the newly colonised site may limit this process (Root, 1993; Huntley, 1994; Price and Glick, 2001). Irrespective of whether organisms colonise a new area, or if they stay within their traditional ranges, populations have to res ...