Frequently asked questions about ocean acidification Introduction
... remain. Ocean acidification is also a multi-disciplinary research area that encompasses topics such as chemistry, paleontology, biology, ecology, biogeochemistry, modeling, and social sciences. Furthermore, some aspects of ocean acidification research, for example the carbonate chemistry, are intric ...
... remain. Ocean acidification is also a multi-disciplinary research area that encompasses topics such as chemistry, paleontology, biology, ecology, biogeochemistry, modeling, and social sciences. Furthermore, some aspects of ocean acidification research, for example the carbonate chemistry, are intric ...
Precipitation and temperatures extremes in East Africa in past and
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
CDM in Crisis – What is at Stake?
... their emissions to zero, if emissions continue to grow in the BICs in line with the baseline scenario, global temperatures will still rise well above 2⁰C. Supporting climate action in these countries is therefore critical. According to a recent study, China is estimated to require a massive $280bn o ...
... their emissions to zero, if emissions continue to grow in the BICs in line with the baseline scenario, global temperatures will still rise well above 2⁰C. Supporting climate action in these countries is therefore critical. According to a recent study, China is estimated to require a massive $280bn o ...
International Council on Human Rights Policy, Beyond Technology Transfer: Protecting Human Rights in a Climate-Constrained World (ICHRP, 2011) - FULL TEXT
... also featured in the Cancún Agreements of late 2010, at a time when human rights also formally entered the treaty language. Technology transfer is needed both to help poorer and more vulnerable countries and communities adapt to the now inevitable consequences of climate change in the short term, an ...
... also featured in the Cancún Agreements of late 2010, at a time when human rights also formally entered the treaty language. Technology transfer is needed both to help poorer and more vulnerable countries and communities adapt to the now inevitable consequences of climate change in the short term, an ...
Effect of ocean gateway changes under
... Process studies using ocean general circulation models have attempted to demonstrate the thermal isolation of Antarctica by applying a small land bridge between Antarctica and South America in present day (Mikolajewicz et al. 1993; Nong et al. 2000; Sijp and England 2004, 2005) or idealized (Toggwei ...
... Process studies using ocean general circulation models have attempted to demonstrate the thermal isolation of Antarctica by applying a small land bridge between Antarctica and South America in present day (Mikolajewicz et al. 1993; Nong et al. 2000; Sijp and England 2004, 2005) or idealized (Toggwei ...
Camels and Climate Resilience: Adaptation in Northern Kenya
... ‘the amount of change a system can undergo and still retain the same function and structure while maintaining options to develop’ (Nelson et al. 2007). Derived from the field of ecological modelling, this approach emphasises non-linear dynamics, surprises and uncertainty. Its characteristics suggest ...
... ‘the amount of change a system can undergo and still retain the same function and structure while maintaining options to develop’ (Nelson et al. 2007). Derived from the field of ecological modelling, this approach emphasises non-linear dynamics, surprises and uncertainty. Its characteristics suggest ...
An Analysis of Methane Mitigation as a Response
... Extreme weather events are already causing enormous economic damages. However, estimates of future climate change damages and their economic consequences are highly uncertain (cp. Tol 2002a and Tol 2002b, Stern 2006, Weizman 2007, Nordhaus 2007, OECD 2008). One reason for this is that the effects ar ...
... Extreme weather events are already causing enormous economic damages. However, estimates of future climate change damages and their economic consequences are highly uncertain (cp. Tol 2002a and Tol 2002b, Stern 2006, Weizman 2007, Nordhaus 2007, OECD 2008). One reason for this is that the effects ar ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: annual
... 3 themes discussed. It may be premature to gauge the impact of this round table, but it was certainly timely and addressed an issue important to the most vulnerable communities. These communities are placed in unenviable positions as climate change adaptation strategies have to account for emissions ...
... 3 themes discussed. It may be premature to gauge the impact of this round table, but it was certainly timely and addressed an issue important to the most vulnerable communities. These communities are placed in unenviable positions as climate change adaptation strategies have to account for emissions ...
- Arjen Y. Hoekstra
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: annual
... 3 themes discussed. It may be premature to gauge the impact of this round table, but it was certainly timely and addressed an issue important to the most vulnerable communities. These communities are placed in unenviable positions as climate change adaptation strategies have to account for emissions ...
... 3 themes discussed. It may be premature to gauge the impact of this round table, but it was certainly timely and addressed an issue important to the most vulnerable communities. These communities are placed in unenviable positions as climate change adaptation strategies have to account for emissions ...
Human health and climate change in Pacific island countries
... 1.2 WHO’s work on climate change and health in the Pacific region............................................................................. 4 Chapter 2. Health impacts of climate change: science and evidence.................................................................... 9 2.1 Climate ch ...
... 1.2 WHO’s work on climate change and health in the Pacific region............................................................................. 4 Chapter 2. Health impacts of climate change: science and evidence.................................................................... 9 2.1 Climate ch ...
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate
... dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon emissions, create price signal ...
... dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon emissions, create price signal ...
Taiga Cordillera Ecozone Evidence for key
... each terrestrial ecozone+ to present the ecozone+-specific evidence related to each of the 22 national key findings (the Evidence for Key Findings Summary Report Series). Together, the full complement of these products constitutes the 2010 Ecosystem Status and Trends Report (ESTR). This report, Taig ...
... each terrestrial ecozone+ to present the ecozone+-specific evidence related to each of the 22 national key findings (the Evidence for Key Findings Summary Report Series). Together, the full complement of these products constitutes the 2010 Ecosystem Status and Trends Report (ESTR). This report, Taig ...
Human health and climate change in Pacific island countries
... in Pacific island countries and areas............................................................................................................................. 107 6.1 Opportunities and comparative advantage for health adaptation................................................................ ...
... in Pacific island countries and areas............................................................................................................................. 107 6.1 Opportunities and comparative advantage for health adaptation................................................................ ...
A Critical Study of the Literature about Deforestation in the Brazilian
... The need for the study undertaken in this honors thesis is rooted in the idea that the open and free debate of ideas is important to the workings of a democracy and important to the testing of the truth of ideas. The prevailing theory of truth in contemporary American culture seems to be the concept ...
... The need for the study undertaken in this honors thesis is rooted in the idea that the open and free debate of ideas is important to the workings of a democracy and important to the testing of the truth of ideas. The prevailing theory of truth in contemporary American culture seems to be the concept ...
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... developing countries, with China‟s emissions intensity target spanning almost the same range as the implicit intensity reductions in the United States, EU, Japan, Australia and Canada. Targeted deviations from business-as-usual are also remarkably similar across countries, and the majority of total ...
... developing countries, with China‟s emissions intensity target spanning almost the same range as the implicit intensity reductions in the United States, EU, Japan, Australia and Canada. Targeted deviations from business-as-usual are also remarkably similar across countries, and the majority of total ...
letter
... We understand, that you, Mr. Chairman, have raised questions about the causes of climate change and the extent to which human activity versus other factors such as "natural cycles" and "sun spots" contribute to this problem.16 Nevertheless, as state and federal law recognize, the overwhelming scient ...
... We understand, that you, Mr. Chairman, have raised questions about the causes of climate change and the extent to which human activity versus other factors such as "natural cycles" and "sun spots" contribute to this problem.16 Nevertheless, as state and federal law recognize, the overwhelming scient ...
Impacts of greenhouse gases and aerosol direct and indirect effects
... analyses. Secondly, the real climate evolution is already imposed to a certain degree, so some feedback processes due to radiative impacts can be analysed under more realistic conditions. Finally, this model configuration is computationally relatively inexpensive and a larger number of simulations c ...
... analyses. Secondly, the real climate evolution is already imposed to a certain degree, so some feedback processes due to radiative impacts can be analysed under more realistic conditions. Finally, this model configuration is computationally relatively inexpensive and a larger number of simulations c ...
Treeline advance – driving processes and adverse factors
... the favourable climatic period from the 1920s to the 1940s (1950s) and during the last three decades (Holtmeier 2003, there further references). Comparatively little information is available on treeline response to present climate changes in the southern hemisphere and in the tropics (Rundel et al. ...
... the favourable climatic period from the 1920s to the 1940s (1950s) and during the last three decades (Holtmeier 2003, there further references). Comparatively little information is available on treeline response to present climate changes in the southern hemisphere and in the tropics (Rundel et al. ...
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage – What, Why, Where, and Texas’s role
... “Each of the last 3 decades have been progressively warmer…” “Ocean warming dominates increase in energy stored….” “Over the last 2 decades polar ice sheets have been losing mass….” “Rate of sea level rise larger than previous millennia…” “Levels of CO2 increased to levels unprecedented in the last ...
... “Each of the last 3 decades have been progressively warmer…” “Ocean warming dominates increase in energy stored….” “Over the last 2 decades polar ice sheets have been losing mass….” “Rate of sea level rise larger than previous millennia…” “Levels of CO2 increased to levels unprecedented in the last ...
Figure 3-1 - Trace: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
... Science Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I appreciate my fellow students at the University of Tennessee, particularly Lauren Raup-Plummer, Jennifer Ribbeck, and Melissa Allen, for being friends as well as colleagues, and for listening to me whine. Thank you to my family whose support has ...
... Science Institute at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I appreciate my fellow students at the University of Tennessee, particularly Lauren Raup-Plummer, Jennifer Ribbeck, and Melissa Allen, for being friends as well as colleagues, and for listening to me whine. Thank you to my family whose support has ...
Global Cycle Analysis of N2O Using Isotopomers Sakae TOYODA
... Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (IPCC, 2007) and is the most important ozone-depleting gas in the stratosphere (Ravishankara et al., 2009). Its global average tropospheric concentration in 2010 is about 322 ppb, which is lower than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) b ...
... Nitrous oxide (N2O) is one of the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (IPCC, 2007) and is the most important ozone-depleting gas in the stratosphere (Ravishankara et al., 2009). Its global average tropospheric concentration in 2010 is about 322 ppb, which is lower than that of carbon dioxide (CO2) b ...
Price Caps and Price Floors in Climate Policy
... five degrees Celsius and perhaps more in the very long term, depending on still poorly understood, slow feedback. While these uncertainties should not delay action to mitigate emissions, they do make the task of setting policy objectives challenging. Benefit cost analysis is beyond reach, but abatem ...
... five degrees Celsius and perhaps more in the very long term, depending on still poorly understood, slow feedback. While these uncertainties should not delay action to mitigate emissions, they do make the task of setting policy objectives challenging. Benefit cost analysis is beyond reach, but abatem ...
key parameters for trend detection
... determines the latent heat flux, a major term in the energy exchange between the atmosphere and ocean. It is also an important measure (with temperature) of human comfort, for which many different national indices exist. There are various ways of expressing the humidity, depending on the particular ...
... determines the latent heat flux, a major term in the energy exchange between the atmosphere and ocean. It is also an important measure (with temperature) of human comfort, for which many different national indices exist. There are various ways of expressing the humidity, depending on the particular ...