The First Decade of Long-Lead U.S. Seasonal Forecasts
... the focus of this paper. Through a straightforward skill analysis with minimum complication we hope to contribute to meeting four objectives: • Calibrate skill and measure its progress for those who manage operational climate prediction to help them support the long-lead suite of products and guide ...
... the focus of this paper. Through a straightforward skill analysis with minimum complication we hope to contribute to meeting four objectives: • Calibrate skill and measure its progress for those who manage operational climate prediction to help them support the long-lead suite of products and guide ...
Enhanced precipitation variability effects on water losses
... increased precipitation variability results from the warming of the atmosphere and its increased water-holding capacity yielding increases in variability that range from 2.5 % when constrained by the troposphere energy budget (Liu et al. 2013) to 7 % per degree Kelvin as predicted by Clausius-Clapey ...
... increased precipitation variability results from the warming of the atmosphere and its increased water-holding capacity yielding increases in variability that range from 2.5 % when constrained by the troposphere energy budget (Liu et al. 2013) to 7 % per degree Kelvin as predicted by Clausius-Clapey ...
Plan of action for disaster risk reduction and management in agriculture
... chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides have been promoted during the past few years as part of the Government’s effort to introduce green and clean agricultural development. Despite such progress, only about 12 percent of farming systems are irrigated, which limits many farmers to cultivate ...
... chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides have been promoted during the past few years as part of the Government’s effort to introduce green and clean agricultural development. Despite such progress, only about 12 percent of farming systems are irrigated, which limits many farmers to cultivate ...
Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009
... developing environmentally-friendly energy solutions. The Nordic countries have a significant contribution to make in this area. Over the last few decades each country has, in its own way, been at the forefront of producing and using renewable energy. This pioneering work should be continued, and No ...
... developing environmentally-friendly energy solutions. The Nordic countries have a significant contribution to make in this area. Over the last few decades each country has, in its own way, been at the forefront of producing and using renewable energy. This pioneering work should be continued, and No ...
The Hard Facts About Coal - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
... CCS is an evolving technology (or, more accurately, a suite of technologies) for reducing CO2 emissions from large, stationary emissions sources such as coal-fired power plants. The process involves the “capture” of CO2 from power plants and CO2-intensive industries, its subsequent transport to a st ...
... CCS is an evolving technology (or, more accurately, a suite of technologies) for reducing CO2 emissions from large, stationary emissions sources such as coal-fired power plants. The process involves the “capture” of CO2 from power plants and CO2-intensive industries, its subsequent transport to a st ...
lakshadweep action plan on climate change
... 3.3.2.2 LAPCC and National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency ................................................................... 104 3.3.2.3 LAPCC and National Mission on Sustainable Habitat .................................................................................. 106 3.3.2.4 LAPCC and ...
... 3.3.2.2 LAPCC and National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency ................................................................... 104 3.3.2.3 LAPCC and National Mission on Sustainable Habitat .................................................................................. 106 3.3.2.4 LAPCC and ...
Weather-Related Disasters and International Migration
... in less developed countries financed by the developed countries, but their model does not have a policy ...
... in less developed countries financed by the developed countries, but their model does not have a policy ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... models of the global effects – shows that climate change will have serious impacts on world output, on human life and on the environment. All countries will be affected. The most vulnerable – the poorest countries and populations – will suffer earliest and most, even though they have contributed lea ...
... models of the global effects – shows that climate change will have serious impacts on world output, on human life and on the environment. All countries will be affected. The most vulnerable – the poorest countries and populations – will suffer earliest and most, even though they have contributed lea ...
PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
... Other forests belong mostly to small, individual owners. Official rates of deforestation in Mexico are moderate; the R-PP estimates an average deforestation rate of 0.25% annually over the period 1993-2007. The major direct drivers of deforestation are variable by region, but primarily include fores ...
... Other forests belong mostly to small, individual owners. Official rates of deforestation in Mexico are moderate; the R-PP estimates an average deforestation rate of 0.25% annually over the period 1993-2007. The major direct drivers of deforestation are variable by region, but primarily include fores ...
Cotton 2040: The Scenarios
... money, vouchers or a service in exchange for used cotton clothing. Labour supply in the industry is plentiful with the masses of climate change refugees providing the bulk of the workforce – especially those that escape the global south where we’ve seen the most population growth and the most intens ...
... money, vouchers or a service in exchange for used cotton clothing. Labour supply in the industry is plentiful with the masses of climate change refugees providing the bulk of the workforce – especially those that escape the global south where we’ve seen the most population growth and the most intens ...
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... between things that we value, when these values often pull in different directions. It might also require transforming the way we, and others, value our world. Value systems are often informed by ...
... between things that we value, when these values often pull in different directions. It might also require transforming the way we, and others, value our world. Value systems are often informed by ...
Mechanisms of Southern Ocean Heat Uptake and Transport in a
... in the Southern Ocean, between 508 and 608S. This latitude range aligns with the region where the upwelling waters reach the base of the winter mixed layer (not shown). The heat uptake south of 308S accounts for 51% of the net global uptake in CM2.6. In the control simulation, the sea surface temper ...
... in the Southern Ocean, between 508 and 608S. This latitude range aligns with the region where the upwelling waters reach the base of the winter mixed layer (not shown). The heat uptake south of 308S accounts for 51% of the net global uptake in CM2.6. In the control simulation, the sea surface temper ...
(2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities
... 13. Tape, K. D., Hallinger, M., Welker, J. M., and Ruess, R. W. (2012) Landscape heterogeneity of shrub expansion in Arctic Alaska. Ecosystems doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9540-4. 14. Elmendorf, S., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Welker, J. M. et al. (2012a) Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation ch ...
... 13. Tape, K. D., Hallinger, M., Welker, J. M., and Ruess, R. W. (2012) Landscape heterogeneity of shrub expansion in Arctic Alaska. Ecosystems doi:10.1007/s10021-012-9540-4. 14. Elmendorf, S., Henry, G. H. R., Hollister, R. D., Welker, J. M. et al. (2012a) Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation ch ...
Climate Change and the Clean Air Act
... In 1999, the International Center for Technology Assessment and other parties petitioned EPA to set standards for four chemicals emitted by new motor vehicles: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons. 16 The petition asserted that, due to effects on climate, motor vehicles emi ...
... In 1999, the International Center for Technology Assessment and other parties petitioned EPA to set standards for four chemicals emitted by new motor vehicles: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons. 16 The petition asserted that, due to effects on climate, motor vehicles emi ...
Contrasting trends in floods for two sub
... indicator to estimate climate-induced shifts in the hydrological cycle of these regions. Although several studies have focused on the hydrologic effects of climate variability and change, relatively few have examined the interactions between climate variability and change, glacier response and the r ...
... indicator to estimate climate-induced shifts in the hydrological cycle of these regions. Although several studies have focused on the hydrologic effects of climate variability and change, relatively few have examined the interactions between climate variability and change, glacier response and the r ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... Climate change forecasts include alterations in climatic means, greater climatic variability, and increases in the frequency of climatic extremes such as floods, droughts and heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the I ...
... Climate change forecasts include alterations in climatic means, greater climatic variability, and increases in the frequency of climatic extremes such as floods, droughts and heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the I ...
MASTER THESIS`S 2010
... shed from tree Ozone also effects black cherry (Prunus serotina), Eucalyptus globulus and different varieties of bean (Emberson et al., 2003). The result of meta-analysis demonstrated that, in terms of leaf chemistry, angiosperms are more responsive to elevated O 3 than gymnosperms (Valkama et al., ...
... shed from tree Ozone also effects black cherry (Prunus serotina), Eucalyptus globulus and different varieties of bean (Emberson et al., 2003). The result of meta-analysis demonstrated that, in terms of leaf chemistry, angiosperms are more responsive to elevated O 3 than gymnosperms (Valkama et al., ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Outcomes from the Great Barrier Reef
... within their tissues (zooxanthellae) is fundamental to their survival. This symbiosis is sensitive to changes in temperature. Temperature increases of only 1–2°C can result in coral bleaching. If high temperatures are sustained, corals can die. Record high temperatures during 1998 destroyed an estim ...
... within their tissues (zooxanthellae) is fundamental to their survival. This symbiosis is sensitive to changes in temperature. Temperature increases of only 1–2°C can result in coral bleaching. If high temperatures are sustained, corals can die. Record high temperatures during 1998 destroyed an estim ...
climate change and the south african commercial forestry sector
... implemented now, as the time scales for these processes to take effect and be adopted are likely to be long in the case of commercial forestry. The changes in climate which are being observed at present already are occurring at a far faster rate than the changes in climate which have occurred in the ...
... implemented now, as the time scales for these processes to take effect and be adopted are likely to be long in the case of commercial forestry. The changes in climate which are being observed at present already are occurring at a far faster rate than the changes in climate which have occurred in the ...
State of the Environment | South Australia | 2013
... Bushfires, storms, floods and extreme temperatures are tangible and often traumatic events that remind us of the close interrelationship between people and the natural environment. There are also less visible but important changes in the environment that escape attention because they develop over a ...
... Bushfires, storms, floods and extreme temperatures are tangible and often traumatic events that remind us of the close interrelationship between people and the natural environment. There are also less visible but important changes in the environment that escape attention because they develop over a ...
The Fate of the Kyoto Protocol under the Bush Administration
... which Bush outlined his views on the Kyoto Protocol and other environmental policies: As you know I oppose the Kyoto Protocol. because it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the U.S. economy. Th ...
... which Bush outlined his views on the Kyoto Protocol and other environmental policies: As you know I oppose the Kyoto Protocol. because it exempts 80 percent of the world, including major population centers such as China and India, from compliance, and would cause serious harm to the U.S. economy. Th ...
Norwegian mountain glaciers in the past, present and
... of the 1990s. Since 2000 most of the observed glaciers have retreated remarkably fast (annual frontal retreat N 100 m) mainly due to high summer temperatures. The last glacier inventory in Norway published in 1988 shows that there were 1627 glaciers covering a total area of 2609 km2 with an estimate ...
... of the 1990s. Since 2000 most of the observed glaciers have retreated remarkably fast (annual frontal retreat N 100 m) mainly due to high summer temperatures. The last glacier inventory in Norway published in 1988 shows that there were 1627 glaciers covering a total area of 2609 km2 with an estimate ...