‘information barrier’: Comparing perspectives on Unpacking the
... “improving accessibility and coordination of science for decision making” as one of the five key areas where federal adaptation progress has been made (ICCATF, 2011). Given all of these reports of success in the area of providing information, we can infer that at least some useful information is avai ...
... “improving accessibility and coordination of science for decision making” as one of the five key areas where federal adaptation progress has been made (ICCATF, 2011). Given all of these reports of success in the area of providing information, we can infer that at least some useful information is avai ...
Impact of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation
... upwelling-diffusive process [e.g., Hoffert et al., 1980; Wigley and Raper, 1987; Raper and Cubasch, 1996], modern general circulation models (GCMs) reveal a variety of important vertical heat transport processes at work, such as stirring along sloped isopycnals and advection by the mean ocean circulat ...
... upwelling-diffusive process [e.g., Hoffert et al., 1980; Wigley and Raper, 1987; Raper and Cubasch, 1996], modern general circulation models (GCMs) reveal a variety of important vertical heat transport processes at work, such as stirring along sloped isopycnals and advection by the mean ocean circulat ...
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... on Climate Change and Food Security, and Social Protection for Food Security, which we are presenting this year. --Food insecurity and climate change are, more than ever, the two major global challenges humanity is facing, and climate change is increasingly perceived as one of the greatest challenge ...
... on Climate Change and Food Security, and Social Protection for Food Security, which we are presenting this year. --Food insecurity and climate change are, more than ever, the two major global challenges humanity is facing, and climate change is increasingly perceived as one of the greatest challenge ...
Detecting Signals of Global Change
... UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden is unique among the German biosphere reserves in that it is the only alpine landscape. The mountain landscape of the north limestone Alps with differences in height of more than 2,000 metres offers a rich diversity of habitats such as alpine mixed ...
... UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden is unique among the German biosphere reserves in that it is the only alpine landscape. The mountain landscape of the north limestone Alps with differences in height of more than 2,000 metres offers a rich diversity of habitats such as alpine mixed ...
Advancing Climate Action in Queensland
... reduction targets. In order to hold nations accountable, these targets will be reviewed every five years and adjusted based on the best available science. ...
... reduction targets. In order to hold nations accountable, these targets will be reviewed every five years and adjusted based on the best available science. ...
http://iklim.cob.gov.tr/iklim/Files/IDEP/%C4%B0DEP_ENG.pdf
... Within the scope of the Climate Change Action Plan, we are preparing a road map that covers all sectors and identifies our short, medium and long-term targets for combating climate change. Our aim in preparing this action plan that foresees year 2023, is to integrate Turkey’s future development and ...
... Within the scope of the Climate Change Action Plan, we are preparing a road map that covers all sectors and identifies our short, medium and long-term targets for combating climate change. Our aim in preparing this action plan that foresees year 2023, is to integrate Turkey’s future development and ...
Evaluating the sensitivity of glacier rivers to climate change based
... The magnitude and variability of water system’s response to climate change impacts have been assessed through a detailed analysis of discharge composition of two selected typical glacier rivers originated from Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in West China, which is considered as ...
... The magnitude and variability of water system’s response to climate change impacts have been assessed through a detailed analysis of discharge composition of two selected typical glacier rivers originated from Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in West China, which is considered as ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... and precipitation were found to display a considerable ...
... and precipitation were found to display a considerable ...
How warm was the last interglacial? New model–data comparisons
... atmospheric model and includes specified but multiple land covers and plant functional types within a grid cell [29]. The ocean model is the NCAR implementation of the Parallel Ocean Program (POP), a three-dimensional primitive equation model in vertical z-coordinate [30]. The ×1 ocean grid has 320 × ...
... atmospheric model and includes specified but multiple land covers and plant functional types within a grid cell [29]. The ocean model is the NCAR implementation of the Parallel Ocean Program (POP), a three-dimensional primitive equation model in vertical z-coordinate [30]. The ×1 ocean grid has 320 × ...
Projected responses of North American grassland - ace
... ABSTRACT. Across North America, grassland songbirds have undergone steep population declines over recent decades, commonly attributed to agricultural intensification. Understanding the potential interactions between the impacts of climate change on the future distributions of these species and the a ...
... ABSTRACT. Across North America, grassland songbirds have undergone steep population declines over recent decades, commonly attributed to agricultural intensification. Understanding the potential interactions between the impacts of climate change on the future distributions of these species and the a ...
The Solar Radiation Budget, and High
... Here is the contribution of the clear-sky atmosphere over both Eurasia and North America in the transient climate change experiments with current generation of models used in the IPCC AR4 assessment for springtime. The calculation was done for the present climate (dark green) and the climate 100 ye ...
... Here is the contribution of the clear-sky atmosphere over both Eurasia and North America in the transient climate change experiments with current generation of models used in the IPCC AR4 assessment for springtime. The calculation was done for the present climate (dark green) and the climate 100 ye ...
Read the report - Alaska Geobotany Center
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... ernance!to!support!adaptation!to!and!mitigation!of!change.!Framing!these!dimensions!holisZ tically!requires!transdisciplinary!approaches!that!link!science!with!policy.!! 2.! Permafrost! response! to! a! combination! of! infrastructure! and! climate! change! is! a! pressing!ecological!issue!that!has! ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on the predictive information that we are likely to be able to acquire. As results become available from the work in Part 3 of the Center's research, these tools will be modified to incorporate additional informatio ...
... to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on the predictive information that we are likely to be able to acquire. As results become available from the work in Part 3 of the Center's research, these tools will be modified to incorporate additional informatio ...
Climate Extremes: Challenges in Estimating
... statistical perspective may not necessarily lead to impacts if there is either no exposure or no vulnerability to the particular event. Also, the impact of an extreme event may depend on its season, its duration, and co-occurrence of further extremes, such as drought conditions with heat waves (Sene ...
... statistical perspective may not necessarily lead to impacts if there is either no exposure or no vulnerability to the particular event. Also, the impact of an extreme event may depend on its season, its duration, and co-occurrence of further extremes, such as drought conditions with heat waves (Sene ...
Environment and Climate Change Assessment
... environment and climate change and responding to lessons learned in Viet Nam’s operations to improve ongoing and future priority sector activities. The paper does not attempt to give a comprehensive scientific analysis of environment and climate change in Viet Nam; rather, it is a review of major en ...
... environment and climate change and responding to lessons learned in Viet Nam’s operations to improve ongoing and future priority sector activities. The paper does not attempt to give a comprehensive scientific analysis of environment and climate change in Viet Nam; rather, it is a review of major en ...
Urbanisation Challenges in the Himalayan Region in the Context of
... can be attributed to the tourism sector that is the main stay of the economy of hill states. Tourist arrivals, as a percentage of resident population is as high as 300% in Uttarakhand, 185% in Himachal Pradesh, 118% in Sikkim and 80% in the J&K. The main pressure of tourism influx in borne by cities ...
... can be attributed to the tourism sector that is the main stay of the economy of hill states. Tourist arrivals, as a percentage of resident population is as high as 300% in Uttarakhand, 185% in Himachal Pradesh, 118% in Sikkim and 80% in the J&K. The main pressure of tourism influx in borne by cities ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... as multi-decade droughts or multi-century sea-level rise. Vulnerability and exposure are both sensitive to a wide range of social and economic processes, with possible increases or decreases depending on development pathways. (1.5) Risks and co-benefits also arise from policies that aim to mitigate ...
... as multi-decade droughts or multi-century sea-level rise. Vulnerability and exposure are both sensitive to a wide range of social and economic processes, with possible increases or decreases depending on development pathways. (1.5) Risks and co-benefits also arise from policies that aim to mitigate ...
Children and Climate Change
... change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to the direct effects of extreme heat, drought, and natural disasters. Climate change’s i ...
... change, but they ought to be central to these debates because they—as well as future generations—have a much larger stake in the outcome than we do. Compared with adults, children are physically more vulnerable to the direct effects of extreme heat, drought, and natural disasters. Climate change’s i ...
2010 - Policy Considerations for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from
... amount of emissions is affected by various factors, including reservoir design, climate conditions and the productivity of the natural carbon cycle. The gases are released into the atmosphere through multiple pathways at the reservoir surface and when water is released from the dam. For reservoirs i ...
... amount of emissions is affected by various factors, including reservoir design, climate conditions and the productivity of the natural carbon cycle. The gases are released into the atmosphere through multiple pathways at the reservoir surface and when water is released from the dam. For reservoirs i ...
Rapid thinning of the late Pleistocene Patagonian Ice Sheet
... fluctuations are out of phase, then it suggests the operation of an oceanic bipolar seesaw linked to the thermohaline circulation that causes warm conditions in the north to coincide with cold oceanic conditions in the south and vice versa8. Other, regional factors may also play a role, including th ...
... fluctuations are out of phase, then it suggests the operation of an oceanic bipolar seesaw linked to the thermohaline circulation that causes warm conditions in the north to coincide with cold oceanic conditions in the south and vice versa8. Other, regional factors may also play a role, including th ...
Future sea level rise constrained by observations and long
... With the 12 calibrated tuples of α and τ, we project the sea level contribution from thermal expansion within the 21st century for the three representative concentration pathways RCP26, RCP45, and RCP85 (17). Fig. 2A shows the median and very likely (5–95%) uncertainty range for the three RCP scenar ...
... With the 12 calibrated tuples of α and τ, we project the sea level contribution from thermal expansion within the 21st century for the three representative concentration pathways RCP26, RCP45, and RCP85 (17). Fig. 2A shows the median and very likely (5–95%) uncertainty range for the three RCP scenar ...
Module 5
... options and the types of policies (national and international) that could help implement the identified mitigation options – Identify capacity-building needs for the identification, evaluation and implementation of mitigation policies and measures – Identify long-term needs for education and buildin ...
... options and the types of policies (national and international) that could help implement the identified mitigation options – Identify capacity-building needs for the identification, evaluation and implementation of mitigation policies and measures – Identify long-term needs for education and buildin ...
Climate change may threaten habitat suitability of threatened plant
... 2014; Wang et al., 2015). ENMs are a popular tool used to model climate suitability or potential distributions of plant species based on species occurrence data and environmental variables across current species ranges (Elith et al., 2011; Merow, Smith & Silander, 2013). The changes in species distr ...
... 2014; Wang et al., 2015). ENMs are a popular tool used to model climate suitability or potential distributions of plant species based on species occurrence data and environmental variables across current species ranges (Elith et al., 2011; Merow, Smith & Silander, 2013). The changes in species distr ...
Report
... over tropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean. They are fueled by the latent heat energy released by condensing water vapor. The latent heat required for a hurricane’s creation is only possible over warm, tropical oceans during summer.19 Severe hurricanes can produce damaging winds, torrential rainfall ...
... over tropical waters in the Atlantic Ocean. They are fueled by the latent heat energy released by condensing water vapor. The latent heat required for a hurricane’s creation is only possible over warm, tropical oceans during summer.19 Severe hurricanes can produce damaging winds, torrential rainfall ...