The Role of Regional SST Warming Variations in the - NCAR-RAL
... Chou and Neelin 2004). However, the drying over MA is particularly robust compared to other regions on convective margins (Neelin et al. 2006). The question of why MA is the strongest climate change ‘‘hot spot’’ (Giorgi 2006) (or in this case, ‘‘dry spot’’) in the tropics and subtropics requires fur ...
... Chou and Neelin 2004). However, the drying over MA is particularly robust compared to other regions on convective margins (Neelin et al. 2006). The question of why MA is the strongest climate change ‘‘hot spot’’ (Giorgi 2006) (or in this case, ‘‘dry spot’’) in the tropics and subtropics requires fur ...
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... globally averaged per capita income and total population figures2. The Stern Review suggests that a more appropriate aggregation would take up regional data when deriving the welfare measure. Due to time constraints, the Stern Review seems not to have carried out those calculations. Here, we do use ...
... globally averaged per capita income and total population figures2. The Stern Review suggests that a more appropriate aggregation would take up regional data when deriving the welfare measure. Due to time constraints, the Stern Review seems not to have carried out those calculations. Here, we do use ...
3. The role of Sustainable Land Management in Sub
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
... These changes are predicted to reduce the area of land suitable for rainfed agriculture by 6% (averaged across several projections), and reduce total agricultural GDP in Africa by 2 to 9%. Agricultural losses are expected to be as much as 50% in southern Africa during drought years. These problems c ...
Impact of climate change on thermal comfort, heating and cooling
... cooling devices has been maintained constant and thus, these results represent the impact on the building only (excluding the impact on efficiency of the HVAC system). The relative increase of buildings with medium cooling energy demand (40 to some 100 MJ/m2a) varies between 20 % and 50 % (Figure 4, ...
... cooling devices has been maintained constant and thus, these results represent the impact on the building only (excluding the impact on efficiency of the HVAC system). The relative increase of buildings with medium cooling energy demand (40 to some 100 MJ/m2a) varies between 20 % and 50 % (Figure 4, ...
Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels and Forest Management
... compared to controls (typically 550 parts per million compared to ambient levels of 380 parts per million or below, depending on the year of the experiment). ...
... compared to controls (typically 550 parts per million compared to ambient levels of 380 parts per million or below, depending on the year of the experiment). ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... ward. One important thing to keep in mind is that move required carbon sequestration from coal-ired not all geoengineering proposals are alike. A catchpower plants, then activity would be prompted at a all category like this hides some very important large-enough scale to constitute geoengineering. ...
... ward. One important thing to keep in mind is that move required carbon sequestration from coal-ired not all geoengineering proposals are alike. A catchpower plants, then activity would be prompted at a all category like this hides some very important large-enough scale to constitute geoengineering. ...
Climate Change Impacts On Rainfed Corn Production In
... and 2090s. Probability assessment of bounded range with known distributions is used to deal with the uncertainties of GCMs’ outputs. These GCMs outputs are weighted by considering the ability of each model to simulate historical records. AquaCrop, a new model developed by FAO that simulates the crop ...
... and 2090s. Probability assessment of bounded range with known distributions is used to deal with the uncertainties of GCMs’ outputs. These GCMs outputs are weighted by considering the ability of each model to simulate historical records. AquaCrop, a new model developed by FAO that simulates the crop ...
States Should Think Twice Before Refusing Any Response to EPA`s
... course, the state and its utilities could challenge the FIP's legality in court. Still, the state's inaction could very well result in EPA imposing the legal mandate entirely on the power plants, and they are certain to be quite disturbed about that outcome. ...
... course, the state and its utilities could challenge the FIP's legality in court. Still, the state's inaction could very well result in EPA imposing the legal mandate entirely on the power plants, and they are certain to be quite disturbed about that outcome. ...
Effects of systematic biases in the stratosphere on the tropospheric
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
... Climate science makes use of observations, theory, and modelling to understand better the functioning of the climate system on Earth in present and past conditions, and to explore possible future climates. Comprehensive climate models developed for this purpose integrate the knowledge on the process ...
Fishermen`s Views of a Changing Ocean
... The profession of fishing is often multigenerational, with knowledge typically passed down from parent to child to grandchild. The combination of constant exposure to all kinds of weather; the consistent logging of data in the form of catch totals and locations; and a seemingly imperceptible unders ...
... The profession of fishing is often multigenerational, with knowledge typically passed down from parent to child to grandchild. The combination of constant exposure to all kinds of weather; the consistent logging of data in the form of catch totals and locations; and a seemingly imperceptible unders ...
emissions - Alan Robock
... of sea level. Observations after large volcanic eruptions show that stratospheric sulfate aerosols drastically change the partitioning of downward solar flux into direct and diffuse [Robock, 2000]. After the 1982 El Chichón eruption, observations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on mornings wi ...
... of sea level. Observations after large volcanic eruptions show that stratospheric sulfate aerosols drastically change the partitioning of downward solar flux into direct and diffuse [Robock, 2000]. After the 1982 El Chichón eruption, observations at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii on mornings wi ...
Read our full comments here. - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... intensive materials”. Results from a recent life cycle analysis of the forestry industry in the U.S. found that the industry was adding much more carbon to the atmosphere than it was removing (Heath et al. 2010). Carbon sequestration in both wood products and the forest itself comprised only 34-42% ...
... intensive materials”. Results from a recent life cycle analysis of the forestry industry in the U.S. found that the industry was adding much more carbon to the atmosphere than it was removing (Heath et al. 2010). Carbon sequestration in both wood products and the forest itself comprised only 34-42% ...
Vector-Borne Diseases: Impact of Climate
... climate has changed. As reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001), a mean increase of temperature by 0.09 K per decade was observed globally from 1951 to 1989. Up to now, 2006, this trend has continued. Europe experienced an extraordinary heat wave in summer 2003, with d ...
... climate has changed. As reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001), a mean increase of temperature by 0.09 K per decade was observed globally from 1951 to 1989. Up to now, 2006, this trend has continued. Europe experienced an extraordinary heat wave in summer 2003, with d ...
Annex - Environment Bureau
... 1.9 In the 2008/09 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announced that the Government would make early preparations to meet the challenge of climate change. In particular, we will enhance energy efficiency, use clean fuels, rely less on fossil fuels, and promote a low carbon economy – an economy base ...
... 1.9 In the 2008/09 Policy Address, the Chief Executive announced that the Government would make early preparations to meet the challenge of climate change. In particular, we will enhance energy efficiency, use clean fuels, rely less on fossil fuels, and promote a low carbon economy – an economy base ...
Blue Jeans, Chewing Gum, and Climate Change Litigation
... Nicola Scafetta, Climate Change and Its Causes: A Discussion About Some Key Issues, Sci. & Pub. Pol’y Institute 4–5 (Mar. 18, 2010), http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/ climate_change_cause.pdf (observing that over 30,000 scientists in the United States (among them 9,0 ...
... Nicola Scafetta, Climate Change and Its Causes: A Discussion About Some Key Issues, Sci. & Pub. Pol’y Institute 4–5 (Mar. 18, 2010), http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/ climate_change_cause.pdf (observing that over 30,000 scientists in the United States (among them 9,0 ...
Visualizing Future Climate in Latin America
... species and exacerbate the stresses already being experienced by ecosystems. There is now consensus that drastic actions are required to avert these scenarios. Climate change is the most serious challenge being faced by the global ecosystem. Regional Impacts In Latin America, climate impacts are ver ...
... species and exacerbate the stresses already being experienced by ecosystems. There is now consensus that drastic actions are required to avert these scenarios. Climate change is the most serious challenge being faced by the global ecosystem. Regional Impacts In Latin America, climate impacts are ver ...
Global climate change scenario
... Human Health impacts Expansion of the areas of potential transmission of malaria and dengue fever (medium-to-high confidence); roughly 300 million more people at risk of malaria Increased heat-related deaths and illness, affecting particularly the elderly, sick, and those without access to air ...
... Human Health impacts Expansion of the areas of potential transmission of malaria and dengue fever (medium-to-high confidence); roughly 300 million more people at risk of malaria Increased heat-related deaths and illness, affecting particularly the elderly, sick, and those without access to air ...
lecture25 - The University of Arizona Department of Atmospheric
... A) I believe it is currently happening and I believe the projections that our climate will change for the worse in the future. B) I believe it is currently happening, but I don’t have confidence in future climate change projections. C) I’m not sure whether it’s happening or not and don’t know about ...
... A) I believe it is currently happening and I believe the projections that our climate will change for the worse in the future. B) I believe it is currently happening, but I don’t have confidence in future climate change projections. C) I’m not sure whether it’s happening or not and don’t know about ...
ICE AGES - Boston College
... to understand the mountain of evidence showing that humans are changing the climate, and will continue to do so ever more profoundly if we keep burning fossil fuels. As certain as this basic point is, there is also lots of uncertainty in just how much, how fast, and in precisely what ways climate wi ...
... to understand the mountain of evidence showing that humans are changing the climate, and will continue to do so ever more profoundly if we keep burning fossil fuels. As certain as this basic point is, there is also lots of uncertainty in just how much, how fast, and in precisely what ways climate wi ...
Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
... SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the impacts from extreme events. The report was the product of a multi-national and multi-disciplinary authorship from Working Groups I and II of the IPCC, assisted by a large pool of academic ...
... SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the impacts from extreme events. The report was the product of a multi-national and multi-disciplinary authorship from Working Groups I and II of the IPCC, assisted by a large pool of academic ...
Insights into Media Coverage of Climate Change and Severe
... credible, between impacts and climate change. Other stakeholders expressed greater reluctance to regularly emphasize this connection in their reporting, though they noted that it is important to make an accurate link when broadly discussing climate trends in New Jersey or nationally. One stakeholde ...
... credible, between impacts and climate change. Other stakeholders expressed greater reluctance to regularly emphasize this connection in their reporting, though they noted that it is important to make an accurate link when broadly discussing climate trends in New Jersey or nationally. One stakeholde ...