Emulating coupled atmosphere-ocean and carbon cycle models
... M. Meinshausen et al.: MAGICC6 – Part 1 necessary condition for model credibility is that the emulation of the variables of interest is suitably accurate over a wide range of emissions or concentration scenarios actually performed with AOGCMs. Various authors (e.g. Kattenberg et al., 1996; Raper and ...
... M. Meinshausen et al.: MAGICC6 – Part 1 necessary condition for model credibility is that the emulation of the variables of interest is suitably accurate over a wide range of emissions or concentration scenarios actually performed with AOGCMs. Various authors (e.g. Kattenberg et al., 1996; Raper and ...
Detecting an external influence on recent changes
... 2008). Ocean deoxygenation and expansion of the OMZs has also been projected to persist on millennial timescales for EMIC simulations with high greenhouse gas emissions or high climate sensitivity (Shaffer et al., 2009). All global models simulate that the most significant [O2 ] decreases occur at m ...
... 2008). Ocean deoxygenation and expansion of the OMZs has also been projected to persist on millennial timescales for EMIC simulations with high greenhouse gas emissions or high climate sensitivity (Shaffer et al., 2009). All global models simulate that the most significant [O2 ] decreases occur at m ...
Modelling forest growth and carbon storage in response to
... in the soil. When both water and nutrients were adequate, growth was increased by about 15–20% with no decrease over time. Increasing ambient temperature had a positive effect on growth under nutrient limited conditions by stimulating nitrogen mineralisation rates, but had very little effect when nu ...
... in the soil. When both water and nutrients were adequate, growth was increased by about 15–20% with no decrease over time. Increasing ambient temperature had a positive effect on growth under nutrient limited conditions by stimulating nitrogen mineralisation rates, but had very little effect when nu ...
Issue 04 Autumn 2006
... high salinities in the bottom water, about 35.8 psu compared to that of the surface mixed layer 34.8 psu. The fjord bottom water had not been ventilated since last summer and the high salinity was a result of brine production during sea ice formation. The high salinity bottom waters had elevated con ...
... high salinities in the bottom water, about 35.8 psu compared to that of the surface mixed layer 34.8 psu. The fjord bottom water had not been ventilated since last summer and the high salinity was a result of brine production during sea ice formation. The high salinity bottom waters had elevated con ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will depend largely on the effectiveness of policies to reduce emissions, and on changes in population and technology. The precise temperature response to future greenhouse gas concentrations is also uncertain; climate models project f ...
... Future levels of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will depend largely on the effectiveness of policies to reduce emissions, and on changes in population and technology. The precise temperature response to future greenhouse gas concentrations is also uncertain; climate models project f ...
Win-win? CDM hydropower projects and their - diss.fu
... dominant. It accounts for around 83% of the globally produced renewable electricity; the vast majority of the approximately 18% that all renewables together contribute to the total electricity generation (REN21 2009). Although hydropower is an ‘old-timer’ in the group of renewable energies it benefi ...
... dominant. It accounts for around 83% of the globally produced renewable electricity; the vast majority of the approximately 18% that all renewables together contribute to the total electricity generation (REN21 2009). Although hydropower is an ‘old-timer’ in the group of renewable energies it benefi ...
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
... Quadrennial Defense Review, and the 2010 National Security Strategy all identify climate change as likely to trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This ti ...
... Quadrennial Defense Review, and the 2010 National Security Strategy all identify climate change as likely to trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This ti ...
UNITED UNTIIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME ( UNEP)
... hand tools and low cash incomes. Upland rice, vegetables and cassava produced for household consumption and various cash crops, including coffee, cocoa and palm generate meager cash incomes used to purchase basic needs and services. This sector contributed approximately 19% of GDP in 2001 and 15% in ...
... hand tools and low cash incomes. Upland rice, vegetables and cassava produced for household consumption and various cash crops, including coffee, cocoa and palm generate meager cash incomes used to purchase basic needs and services. This sector contributed approximately 19% of GDP in 2001 and 15% in ...
C - Morey Publishing
... Over the last two centuries, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has risen by 40 percent while the concentration of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas, has more than doubled. It’s scientific findings like these that are driving the regulatory bodies to act. According to a recent ...
... Over the last two centuries, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air has risen by 40 percent while the concentration of methane, an even more potent greenhouse gas, has more than doubled. It’s scientific findings like these that are driving the regulatory bodies to act. According to a recent ...
Climate Policy Integration, Coherence, and Governance
... of the Lafferty and Hovden definition). This argument is based on the view that environmental concerns cannot be balanced with other objectives, because they relate to the preservation of the carrying capacity of nature, i.e. the basis for any survival (Lafferty and Hovden 2003: 10). In the case of ...
... of the Lafferty and Hovden definition). This argument is based on the view that environmental concerns cannot be balanced with other objectives, because they relate to the preservation of the carrying capacity of nature, i.e. the basis for any survival (Lafferty and Hovden 2003: 10). In the case of ...
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... Defoliation is a highly variable parameter in forest, between species and between geographical distribution in according to previous observations. The important predictors in affecting defoliation have been identified and ranked through the use of Random Forest Analysis. It is interesting that Nitro ...
... Defoliation is a highly variable parameter in forest, between species and between geographical distribution in according to previous observations. The important predictors in affecting defoliation have been identified and ranked through the use of Random Forest Analysis. It is interesting that Nitro ...
Vulnerability Assessment of the Belize Coastal Zone
... biophysical vulnerability to climate change. As recommended by the IPCC a scenario developed by the National Meteorological Service (NMS) was used to provide socioeconomic context for the report. It attempts to provide an idea of what the social and economic driver will be in the future and it predi ...
... biophysical vulnerability to climate change. As recommended by the IPCC a scenario developed by the National Meteorological Service (NMS) was used to provide socioeconomic context for the report. It attempts to provide an idea of what the social and economic driver will be in the future and it predi ...
Climate Change on the Navajo Nation Lands
... the Americas. However, the costs have been more than monetary. Indigenous peoples have been relocated to what was seen as ‘useless pieces of land’. These lands were deemed ‘useless’ because they had poor vegetation. Now, these ‘useless pieces of land’ are rich in oil, gas, coal, uranium, and water. ...
... the Americas. However, the costs have been more than monetary. Indigenous peoples have been relocated to what was seen as ‘useless pieces of land’. These lands were deemed ‘useless’ because they had poor vegetation. Now, these ‘useless pieces of land’ are rich in oil, gas, coal, uranium, and water. ...
The Folded Crane - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... editorial in support of the Clean emphysema to cardiovascular disease Electricity and Coal Transition Bill by and even premature death, the Oregon PSR member Mona J. McArdle, consequences of burning coal are clear MD, which ran in the Medford Mailfor physicians like me. The Centers for Tribune on Fe ...
... editorial in support of the Clean emphysema to cardiovascular disease Electricity and Coal Transition Bill by and even premature death, the Oregon PSR member Mona J. McArdle, consequences of burning coal are clear MD, which ran in the Medford Mailfor physicians like me. The Centers for Tribune on Fe ...
state action plan on climate change for telangana state
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...
Risk Management in Water and Climate
... the opportunities that are being offered by insurance and other financial services, in preparing for disasters and helping to rehabilitate by providing financial buffer. They can both enable and complement other adaptation measures. Making creative use of insurance and financial services products is ...
... the opportunities that are being offered by insurance and other financial services, in preparing for disasters and helping to rehabilitate by providing financial buffer. They can both enable and complement other adaptation measures. Making creative use of insurance and financial services products is ...
Global Climate Change The Evidence of Climate Change 2.1 Short
... A) They are remarkably uniform up to distances of 1,200 km. B) Choosing a different base period will skew the values. C) Location of thermometers will skew the values. D) They are always much smaller in value than actual temperatures. Answer: C ...
... A) They are remarkably uniform up to distances of 1,200 km. B) Choosing a different base period will skew the values. C) Location of thermometers will skew the values. D) They are always much smaller in value than actual temperatures. Answer: C ...
POTENTIAL MARKET BARRIERS FOR VOLUNTARY CLIMATE CHANGE
... The challenge of the twenty first century is to enable economic growth and increase both the environmental quality and social inclusiveness, while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable ...
... The challenge of the twenty first century is to enable economic growth and increase both the environmental quality and social inclusiveness, while mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change. The need for a transition to more sustainable consumption and production patterns is undeniable ...
Hydroclimatic Variability and Predictability: A Survey of Recent
... drought (i.e., a rainfall deficit), for example, is ever to be predicted, it would be through consideration of the connections, through the atmospheric circulation, between the local rainfall and the large-scale spatial patterns of ocean and land conditions. Another topic requiring a global-scale pe ...
... drought (i.e., a rainfall deficit), for example, is ever to be predicted, it would be through consideration of the connections, through the atmospheric circulation, between the local rainfall and the large-scale spatial patterns of ocean and land conditions. Another topic requiring a global-scale pe ...
Climate-smart agriculture: The emporor`s new clothes?
... in its failure to question the way in which food systems are designed, leaving several dimensions of the food chain – other than the production one – aside (see below and pages 10 and 13 for more). Whilst climate change is clearly undermining food production capacities, CIDSE reminds decision makers ...
... in its failure to question the way in which food systems are designed, leaving several dimensions of the food chain – other than the production one – aside (see below and pages 10 and 13 for more). Whilst climate change is clearly undermining food production capacities, CIDSE reminds decision makers ...
The effects of buffer and temperature feedback on the
... atmospheric CO2 concentration. The buffer feedback would result in an increase of 95 ppm in the atmospheric CO2 concentration and a decrease of 236 GtC absorbed by the oceans from the atmosphere between year 2000 and 2100 under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92e. By ...
... atmospheric CO2 concentration. The buffer feedback would result in an increase of 95 ppm in the atmospheric CO2 concentration and a decrease of 236 GtC absorbed by the oceans from the atmosphere between year 2000 and 2100 under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92e. By ...
The scientific and international context for the fifth
... to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels. It follows on from the first four legislated carbon budgets, which were set on the basis that UK emissions are reduced by at least 50% in 2025 relative to 1990 (25% relative to 2014). The advice must take into account criteria set ...
... to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% below 1990 levels. It follows on from the first four legislated carbon budgets, which were set on the basis that UK emissions are reduced by at least 50% in 2025 relative to 1990 (25% relative to 2014). The advice must take into account criteria set ...
A Green Industrial Revolution: Climate Justice, Green Jobs and
... programs to develop Canada’s knowledge capital in this area and ensure a supply of skilled workers. There are also opportunities to develop local green jobs in the supply of equipment like hyper-efficient windows, heat pumps and other parts currently imported from Europe and Asia. While net zero is ...
... programs to develop Canada’s knowledge capital in this area and ensure a supply of skilled workers. There are also opportunities to develop local green jobs in the supply of equipment like hyper-efficient windows, heat pumps and other parts currently imported from Europe and Asia. While net zero is ...