Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a
... heterogeneity in climate change across Europe, with spring temperatures increasing in some regions but not in others (10). ...
... heterogeneity in climate change across Europe, with spring temperatures increasing in some regions but not in others (10). ...
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... incorporating assumptions about a reasonable range of temperatures and precipitation levels. Given anticipated climate changes and the inherent uncertainty associated with such changes, a pavement could be subjected to very different climatic conditions over the design life and might be inadequat ...
... incorporating assumptions about a reasonable range of temperatures and precipitation levels. Given anticipated climate changes and the inherent uncertainty associated with such changes, a pavement could be subjected to very different climatic conditions over the design life and might be inadequat ...
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... period of the Kyoto Protocol ends. An option to make developing countries participate could be to grant them a generous allowance allocation, so that they could benefit from participating in the global cap-and-trade system by selling allowances (cf. e.g. Tirole, 2009). However, as we shall see in se ...
... period of the Kyoto Protocol ends. An option to make developing countries participate could be to grant them a generous allowance allocation, so that they could benefit from participating in the global cap-and-trade system by selling allowances (cf. e.g. Tirole, 2009). However, as we shall see in se ...
Desertification In The Sahel
... You also read that both nature and humans influence desertification. Here we look at one region that has captured the attention of the world for at least the past 40 years— the Sahel of north Africa. Beginning in the 1960s, the area became very dry and hundreds of thousands died of starvation. Was t ...
... You also read that both nature and humans influence desertification. Here we look at one region that has captured the attention of the world for at least the past 40 years— the Sahel of north Africa. Beginning in the 1960s, the area became very dry and hundreds of thousands died of starvation. Was t ...
Summary - Environmental limits and Swiss footprints based on
... sealing) acts as a slow variable affecting several environmental aspects such as soil, landscape, water, biodiversity and climate. Land cover is usually considered a regional issue rather than a global issue since changes occur at a local or regional scale. A global perspective can however be adopte ...
... sealing) acts as a slow variable affecting several environmental aspects such as soil, landscape, water, biodiversity and climate. Land cover is usually considered a regional issue rather than a global issue since changes occur at a local or regional scale. A global perspective can however be adopte ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... Research into the detection and attribution (D&A) of climate change is concerned with identifying forced changes in the observed climate record and assessing the roles of various possible contributors to those observed changes (Hegerl et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anth ...
... Research into the detection and attribution (D&A) of climate change is concerned with identifying forced changes in the observed climate record and assessing the roles of various possible contributors to those observed changes (Hegerl et al., 2010). This research is key for our understanding of anth ...
End of Program Report - Pacific Climate Change Science
... (although some activities started earlier than this date). The PCCSP is being followed by the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) Program, which commenced in July 2011 - the two programs ran in parallel during the six month period July-December 2011. This repor ...
... (although some activities started earlier than this date). The PCCSP is being followed by the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science and Adaptation Planning (PACCSAP) Program, which commenced in July 2011 - the two programs ran in parallel during the six month period July-December 2011. This repor ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... Salaam (Tanzania) and Douala (Cameroon). Starting from daily rainfall observed data, to define the IDF curves and the extreme values in a smaller time window (10′, 30′, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h), disaggregation techniques of the collected data have been used, in order to generate a synthetic sequence of ...
... Salaam (Tanzania) and Douala (Cameroon). Starting from daily rainfall observed data, to define the IDF curves and the extreme values in a smaller time window (10′, 30′, 1 h, 3 h, 6 h, 12 h), disaggregation techniques of the collected data have been used, in order to generate a synthetic sequence of ...
Abandoning Fossil Fuel - OxCarre
... Armon Rezai* and Frederick van der Ploeg**†‡ Abstract Climate change must deal with two market failures: global warming and learning by doing in renewable use. A third way for climate policy is therefore required consisting of an aggressive renewables subsidy in the near term and a gradually rising ...
... Armon Rezai* and Frederick van der Ploeg**†‡ Abstract Climate change must deal with two market failures: global warming and learning by doing in renewable use. A third way for climate policy is therefore required consisting of an aggressive renewables subsidy in the near term and a gradually rising ...
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jordan/docs/News/Climate%20change%20policy_JO.pdf
... Being a pioneer is not new to Jordan as it was the first Non-Annex I country to produce an Initial National Communication back in 1997 and has been an active member in almost all Climate Change and other UN Conventions’ global treaties, partnerships and programmes. UNDP, as a neutral and trusted glo ...
... Being a pioneer is not new to Jordan as it was the first Non-Annex I country to produce an Initial National Communication back in 1997 and has been an active member in almost all Climate Change and other UN Conventions’ global treaties, partnerships and programmes. UNDP, as a neutral and trusted glo ...
Chapter 9: The economic costs of conservation response options for
... The management costs of an area tend to vary, depending largely on the vegetation type, but also on several factors associated with both climate and species richness. Coastal habitats such as dune pioneer vegetation tend to have a high invasive potential, and are highly susceptible to wildfires, dri ...
... The management costs of an area tend to vary, depending largely on the vegetation type, but also on several factors associated with both climate and species richness. Coastal habitats such as dune pioneer vegetation tend to have a high invasive potential, and are highly susceptible to wildfires, dri ...
KPMG - UNFCCC PSI database report
... measures can target both climate variability (at an inter-annual scale) as well as longer-term mean climatic changes. • Adaptation is an essential response strategy to climate change for a number of reasons:2 • A time-lag exists between the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and the a ...
... measures can target both climate variability (at an inter-annual scale) as well as longer-term mean climatic changes. • Adaptation is an essential response strategy to climate change for a number of reasons:2 • A time-lag exists between the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and the a ...
Biogeosciences
... Export fluxes of organic carbon (OC) are even harder to constrain than PP. They are difficult to be measured directly and in some approaches have to be referred to a certain depth level, which is defined differently across studies (Dunne et al., 2005; Oschlies and Kähler, 2004; Laws et al., 2000; S ...
... Export fluxes of organic carbon (OC) are even harder to constrain than PP. They are difficult to be measured directly and in some approaches have to be referred to a certain depth level, which is defined differently across studies (Dunne et al., 2005; Oschlies and Kähler, 2004; Laws et al., 2000; S ...
Changes in terrestrial aridity for the period 850–2080 from the
... the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not considered in the latter. The CESM-LME and CESM-LE employed the same model except the resolution of atmospheri ...
... the RCP8.5 scenario forcing for 2006–2080. The CESM-LME used the same forcings as the CESM-LE during the overlapping period with the exception of including orbital changes in insolation not considered in the latter. The CESM-LME and CESM-LE employed the same model except the resolution of atmospheri ...
12 - Chinese Academy of Sciences
... As locust outbreaks caused serious food shortages and threatened the stabilization of political power, likely “long years of locust outbreaks caused the peasant uprising and the destruction of West-Han Dynasty” (recorded in History of East-Han Dynasty, a book published circa 25–220 A.D), the first l ...
... As locust outbreaks caused serious food shortages and threatened the stabilization of political power, likely “long years of locust outbreaks caused the peasant uprising and the destruction of West-Han Dynasty” (recorded in History of East-Han Dynasty, a book published circa 25–220 A.D), the first l ...
... the decreasing fish stock due to over exploitation fishing activities in coastal area by the commercial fishery (Tan, 1998; CICS, 2000). In 2002, the aquaculture output increased 5.8% due to 2.7% reduction of marine fishing output (Malaysia, 2002). Aquaculture sector also has been greatly modernized ...
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act 2010
... (f) actions taken or strategies implemented by private entities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change; (g) commercial, regional, national and international practices or policies, including technological developments, to address climate change that may be used in the ACT. (4) ...
... (f) actions taken or strategies implemented by private entities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change; (g) commercial, regional, national and international practices or policies, including technological developments, to address climate change that may be used in the ACT. (4) ...
View/Open
... al., 2005). Given the large soil organic carbon stocks in permafrost (Zimov et al., 2006a; Tarnocai et al., 2009), there is a major concern that these stocks get decomposed and subsequently released as CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere (Dutta et al., 2006; McGuire et al., 2009). An increase in greenhous ...
... al., 2005). Given the large soil organic carbon stocks in permafrost (Zimov et al., 2006a; Tarnocai et al., 2009), there is a major concern that these stocks get decomposed and subsequently released as CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere (Dutta et al., 2006; McGuire et al., 2009). An increase in greenhous ...
Extinction vulnerability of tropical montane endemism from warming
... species distributions. In the tropics, because montane assemblages frequently include local endemics that are distributed close to summits, these species may be especially vulnerable to experiencing complete habitat loss from warming. However, there is currently a dearth of information available for ...
... species distributions. In the tropics, because montane assemblages frequently include local endemics that are distributed close to summits, these species may be especially vulnerable to experiencing complete habitat loss from warming. However, there is currently a dearth of information available for ...
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... study in an updated version (Yang, 2008). Closely related is the ClimNeg World Simulation (CWS) model, a modified version of the RICE model, updated to new data in its cost and damage parameters (Bréchet et al., 2011; Eyckmans and Finus, 2006; Eyckmans and Tulkens, 2003). The Model of International ...
... study in an updated version (Yang, 2008). Closely related is the ClimNeg World Simulation (CWS) model, a modified version of the RICE model, updated to new data in its cost and damage parameters (Bréchet et al., 2011; Eyckmans and Finus, 2006; Eyckmans and Tulkens, 2003). The Model of International ...
CA PÍTU LO - Blucher Open Access
... increasingly go beyond political borders and standard dichotomies (rural/urban or natural/social, for example). But how can today’s urban environmental questions be conceived, both those that are restricted to local contexts, and those considered potential risks to the global environment? What new d ...
... increasingly go beyond political borders and standard dichotomies (rural/urban or natural/social, for example). But how can today’s urban environmental questions be conceived, both those that are restricted to local contexts, and those considered potential risks to the global environment? What new d ...
The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas are increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These increased concentrations cause additional energy to be retained in Earth’s climate system, thus increasing Earth’s temperature. Various methods have been proposed to preven ...
... Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas are increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations. These increased concentrations cause additional energy to be retained in Earth’s climate system, thus increasing Earth’s temperature. Various methods have been proposed to preven ...