Non-CO2 greenhouse gases and climate change
... more definitive with measurements of additional trace gases and related variables. Measurements of CH4 isotopologues (for example 13CH4) contain information about CH4 sources because these sources can enrich or deplete the 13C or 2H content of atmospheric CH4. Methane measured at Alert, Canada, in t ...
... more definitive with measurements of additional trace gases and related variables. Measurements of CH4 isotopologues (for example 13CH4) contain information about CH4 sources because these sources can enrich or deplete the 13C or 2H content of atmospheric CH4. Methane measured at Alert, Canada, in t ...
Beckage, B., B. Osborne, D. G. Gavin, C. Pucko, T. Siccama
... We used historic vegetation plots and remotely sensed data to examine elevational shifts in the distribution of forests in the Green Mountains of Vermont in conjunction with regional climate change. In northeastern North America, montane forests exhibit distinct elevational zonation, with species’ e ...
... We used historic vegetation plots and remotely sensed data to examine elevational shifts in the distribution of forests in the Green Mountains of Vermont in conjunction with regional climate change. In northeastern North America, montane forests exhibit distinct elevational zonation, with species’ e ...
Climate change, water resources, and the politics
... scarcity in MENA are underdeveloped, the rest of the article proceeds as follows. In Section 2, we provide an overview of the vulnerability to climate change within MENA. Sections 3 to 6 then discuss the main impacts of climate change on precipitation, coastal water resources and agriculture, with a ...
... scarcity in MENA are underdeveloped, the rest of the article proceeds as follows. In Section 2, we provide an overview of the vulnerability to climate change within MENA. Sections 3 to 6 then discuss the main impacts of climate change on precipitation, coastal water resources and agriculture, with a ...
The role of meteorological processes in the
... for providing a quantitatively based description of the uncertainty space for the model outputs (i.e., temperature or precipitation), but they do not provide explanatory information about how models arrived at those outputs and whether or not that affects the decision being made. The ways that scien ...
... for providing a quantitatively based description of the uncertainty space for the model outputs (i.e., temperature or precipitation), but they do not provide explanatory information about how models arrived at those outputs and whether or not that affects the decision being made. The ways that scien ...
Coastal Processes and Climate Change Predictions
... shelf. Some have been accumulating over a period of thousands of years as the postglacial rise in sea level increasingly drowned the continental shelf around the modern landmass. As sea level has risen, earlier coastal deposits may have been driven landwards. In some areas extensive intertidal flat ...
... shelf. Some have been accumulating over a period of thousands of years as the postglacial rise in sea level increasingly drowned the continental shelf around the modern landmass. As sea level has risen, earlier coastal deposits may have been driven landwards. In some areas extensive intertidal flat ...
When It Rains, It Pours
... than 2° F over the past 50 years.5 Nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2000. The warmest year on record occurred in 2010; 2011 was the ninth warmest.6 July 2011 to June 2012 was the warmest 12-month period the contiguous United States has experienced since recordkeeping began ...
... than 2° F over the past 50 years.5 Nine of the ten warmest years on record have occurred since 2000. The warmest year on record occurred in 2010; 2011 was the ninth warmest.6 July 2011 to June 2012 was the warmest 12-month period the contiguous United States has experienced since recordkeeping began ...
Carbon-climate coupling in the Northern High Latitudes
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
... leveling off or even decreasing around 2060. This leveling-off is particularly visible in the HadCM3LC, FRCGC and BERN-CC models. The time integral of NEP is the amount of carbon the land takes up. The mean uptake of terrestrial carbon by 2100 is 38 PgC with a range of 17 to 82 PgC in the C4MIP mode ...
PRECIS – The Hadley Centre Regional Climate Modelling system
... How will the boundary conditions for PRECIS be supplied? The boundary conditions and other Hadley Centre fields required to drive PRECIS will be supplied on tape or hard disk. Requests for these data will be made through the PRECIS web site. In order to reduce costs, Hadley Centre boundary condition ...
... How will the boundary conditions for PRECIS be supplied? The boundary conditions and other Hadley Centre fields required to drive PRECIS will be supplied on tape or hard disk. Requests for these data will be made through the PRECIS web site. In order to reduce costs, Hadley Centre boundary condition ...
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... A key imperative for transition to low-emission pathways for all countries, including developing countries, is the significant global emissions reduction needed by 2050 to keep the increase in average global temperature below 20C, a goal agreed by all countries under the UNFCCC. This requires immedi ...
... A key imperative for transition to low-emission pathways for all countries, including developing countries, is the significant global emissions reduction needed by 2050 to keep the increase in average global temperature below 20C, a goal agreed by all countries under the UNFCCC. This requires immedi ...
Human Identity - Portland State University
... policy achievements and have often created significant leverage with business constituencies, it seems clear that more ambitious interventions are needed. ...
... policy achievements and have often created significant leverage with business constituencies, it seems clear that more ambitious interventions are needed. ...
Climate Change - Think Namibia
... and unpredictable rainfall and the average annual rainfall is 250 millimetres per annum. Most of Namibia receives summer rainfall, except for the south-western part that receives some winter rainfall. Due to the erratic rainfall conditions, the flow in the rivers in the interior of Namibia is epheme ...
... and unpredictable rainfall and the average annual rainfall is 250 millimetres per annum. Most of Namibia receives summer rainfall, except for the south-western part that receives some winter rainfall. Due to the erratic rainfall conditions, the flow in the rivers in the interior of Namibia is epheme ...
The Academic Journal of St Clements University
... new feeder road to less expensive learning. This route will create open access to the academic highway allowing participation through a cheaper tollgate – the www. ...
... new feeder road to less expensive learning. This route will create open access to the academic highway allowing participation through a cheaper tollgate – the www. ...
Tropospheric temperature response to stratospheric ozone recovery
... Near the surface, changes in the SAM are expected to be associated with regional warming and cooling. For instance, Thompson et al. (2011) suggest that about half of the surface warming over the Antarctic Peninsula and nearly all of the surface cooling over east Antarctica which were observed during ...
... Near the surface, changes in the SAM are expected to be associated with regional warming and cooling. For instance, Thompson et al. (2011) suggest that about half of the surface warming over the Antarctic Peninsula and nearly all of the surface cooling over east Antarctica which were observed during ...
osu climate plan draft - Finance and Administration
... emphasis on sustainability in the Strategic Plan, which outlines the following Signature Areas of Distinction: Advancing the Science of Sustainable Earth Ecosystems Improving Human Health and Wellness Promoting Economic Growth and Social Progress Building on the OSU Strategic Plan and other pl ...
... emphasis on sustainability in the Strategic Plan, which outlines the following Signature Areas of Distinction: Advancing the Science of Sustainable Earth Ecosystems Improving Human Health and Wellness Promoting Economic Growth and Social Progress Building on the OSU Strategic Plan and other pl ...
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
... threshold response and are more strongly related to the rate of sea level rise, rather than the absolute change. These natural-system effects have a range of potential socio-economic impacts, including the following identified by McLean and Tsyban (2001): i) increased loss of property and coastal ha ...
... threshold response and are more strongly related to the rate of sea level rise, rather than the absolute change. These natural-system effects have a range of potential socio-economic impacts, including the following identified by McLean and Tsyban (2001): i) increased loss of property and coastal ha ...
Financial Support Mechanisms and Financing Instruments for
... especially for hydrological events and climatological events after 2006. There were more than 950 natural disasters and 90% of them were weather related in 2010, costing a total of at least $130 billion. An increase in climate-related extreme weather events potentially manifest the fact that governm ...
... especially for hydrological events and climatological events after 2006. There were more than 950 natural disasters and 90% of them were weather related in 2010, costing a total of at least $130 billion. An increase in climate-related extreme weather events potentially manifest the fact that governm ...
Can We Feed the World in 2050? A Scoping Paper
... often relies on “business-as-usual” scenarios that treat current practices as inevitable. Yet climate change, which is characterized by a daunting array of uncertainties, will generate impacts on future agricultural production even if steps are taken now to slow emissions of greenhouse gases. Finall ...
... often relies on “business-as-usual” scenarios that treat current practices as inevitable. Yet climate change, which is characterized by a daunting array of uncertainties, will generate impacts on future agricultural production even if steps are taken now to slow emissions of greenhouse gases. Finall ...
Chapter 13 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
... The conservation status of sharks on the GBR is of concern to marine managers due to increases in reported catch and the general lack of information available on population trends10. This is especially relevant given the inherent vulnerability of sharks and rays to fishing pressure and the poor sust ...
... The conservation status of sharks on the GBR is of concern to marine managers due to increases in reported catch and the general lack of information available on population trends10. This is especially relevant given the inherent vulnerability of sharks and rays to fishing pressure and the poor sust ...
A Review of Frameworks for Developing Environmental
... work by Semenza and Menne [6] the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control identified the need to develop a blueprint for an environmental and epidemiological network to link existing resources. Integration and analysis of such data would benefit and advance the understanding of the relati ...
... work by Semenza and Menne [6] the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control identified the need to develop a blueprint for an environmental and epidemiological network to link existing resources. Integration and analysis of such data would benefit and advance the understanding of the relati ...
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK, Department of Health
... by the year 2050 excess cold weather deaths will have declined significantly, perhaps by 20 000 per year.This estimation assumes that other social and material conditions do not change.We also estimate that heat-related deaths occurring in the summer will increase from about 800 to around 2800 per y ...
... by the year 2050 excess cold weather deaths will have declined significantly, perhaps by 20 000 per year.This estimation assumes that other social and material conditions do not change.We also estimate that heat-related deaths occurring in the summer will increase from about 800 to around 2800 per y ...
Full Text - Oxford Academic
... tribution of pathogens. More research is needed to understand how infectious disease risks due to climate change vary across other factors such as access to safe water and sanitation, demographics and local climate norms. ...
... tribution of pathogens. More research is needed to understand how infectious disease risks due to climate change vary across other factors such as access to safe water and sanitation, demographics and local climate norms. ...
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... linked to the observed environmental and ecological changes and transformations. The rate and the characteristics of the changes, however, vary according to the biophysical, geographical, social, cultural, and economic conditions and the intensity with which materials and energy are used and industr ...
... linked to the observed environmental and ecological changes and transformations. The rate and the characteristics of the changes, however, vary according to the biophysical, geographical, social, cultural, and economic conditions and the intensity with which materials and energy are used and industr ...
Climate change and water: an overview from the World
... Water is an integral component of climate change and the primary medium through which it exhibits its impacts. With the world facing growing water challenges in many regions, how climate change will affect future societies cannot be understood without looking at its impact on this most vital of our ...
... Water is an integral component of climate change and the primary medium through which it exhibits its impacts. With the world facing growing water challenges in many regions, how climate change will affect future societies cannot be understood without looking at its impact on this most vital of our ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture
... Rising sea levels will displace brackish and fresh waters in delta zones and wipe out a range of productive agricultural practices. This will also destroy wetlands and have an impact on freshwater fisheries and aquaculture. On the other hand, higher sea levels may also create new environments and op ...
... Rising sea levels will displace brackish and fresh waters in delta zones and wipe out a range of productive agricultural practices. This will also destroy wetlands and have an impact on freshwater fisheries and aquaculture. On the other hand, higher sea levels may also create new environments and op ...
Assessing Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation:
... Global warming, causing climate change, is becoming a serious issue of concern due to its potential adverse effects on human and natural systems. At the global scale, the average temperature of the earth surface is reported to have increased by 0.8°C over the period 1880-2012 with the great deal of ...
... Global warming, causing climate change, is becoming a serious issue of concern due to its potential adverse effects on human and natural systems. At the global scale, the average temperature of the earth surface is reported to have increased by 0.8°C over the period 1880-2012 with the great deal of ...