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 ...
Climate change and the slow reorientation of the American car
... The paper aims to make empirical and conceptual contributions. Empirically, the main contribution is to develop synthetic multidimensional account of low-carbon reorientation in the American car industry. The account is based on some original data-analysis of patents, newspapers and congressional re ...
... The paper aims to make empirical and conceptual contributions. Empirically, the main contribution is to develop synthetic multidimensional account of low-carbon reorientation in the American car industry. The account is based on some original data-analysis of patents, newspapers and congressional re ...
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 ...
Modeling climate mitigation and adaptation policies to predict their effectiveness: The limits of randomized controlled trials: Working Paper 120 (327 kB) (opens in new window)
... proposed. The difficulties we will discuss are shared with other kinds of social and economic policies, but they can be particularly problematic for climate change policies, as we will show below. Policies for addressing climate change are commonly divided into two categories, mitigation and adaptat ...
... proposed. The difficulties we will discuss are shared with other kinds of social and economic policies, but they can be particularly problematic for climate change policies, as we will show below. Policies for addressing climate change are commonly divided into two categories, mitigation and adaptat ...
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... of low precipitation, coastal cities will be affected by droughts to a greater extent than other areas due to the high demand for water and the phenomenon of the ‘urban heat island effect’ which causes the urban area to be several degrees hotter than surrounding areas (Corfee-Morlot, 2009). Globally ...
... of low precipitation, coastal cities will be affected by droughts to a greater extent than other areas due to the high demand for water and the phenomenon of the ‘urban heat island effect’ which causes the urban area to be several degrees hotter than surrounding areas (Corfee-Morlot, 2009). Globally ...
... of Sf ranged between 0 (all rain) and 100% (all snow). We acknowledge the limitation of an empirically derived SFE based on a temperature threshold alone, due primarily to the spatiotemporal variation and sensitivity of the temperature (i.e. TR and TS) for rain to snow transition. For example, based ...
Introduction
... the tree line of the Presidential ridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What is the tree line? The tree line is the point at which trees Study Area can no longer grow, due to inhospitable climate. At a certain elevation, which varies by geographical region, trees cannot survive the conditio ...
... the tree line of the Presidential ridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. What is the tree line? The tree line is the point at which trees Study Area can no longer grow, due to inhospitable climate. At a certain elevation, which varies by geographical region, trees cannot survive the conditio ...
Environmental Change and Infectious Disease - ECDC
... identify research needs, and make recommendations to Member States. The meeting brought together key scientists, researchers, public health practitioners, public health advocates, environment advocates and representatives from relevant European Union institutions and other international organisation ...
... identify research needs, and make recommendations to Member States. The meeting brought together key scientists, researchers, public health practitioners, public health advocates, environment advocates and representatives from relevant European Union institutions and other international organisation ...
Impacts of leaf phenology and water table on interannual variability
... •Precipitation -> Water table •Radiation -> Light quality •[CO2] -> Acclimation ...
... •Precipitation -> Water table •Radiation -> Light quality •[CO2] -> Acclimation ...
Predicted effects of climate change on indicator species of structural
... management? We analysed the presence of the model species in 300 grid cells of 1km2 along an altitudinal gradient in four biogeographic regions, in particular Black Forest, Swiss Jura, Northern PreAlps, and Eastern Central Alps. Field work has been carried out by one scientific assistant (coordinato ...
... management? We analysed the presence of the model species in 300 grid cells of 1km2 along an altitudinal gradient in four biogeographic regions, in particular Black Forest, Swiss Jura, Northern PreAlps, and Eastern Central Alps. Field work has been carried out by one scientific assistant (coordinato ...
'Deciding our future in Copenhagen: will the world rise to the challenge of climate change?' (pdf)
... Annual global emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to be about 47 billion tonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent next year. These emissions will add to the concentration in the atmosphere, which is about 435 parts per million of carbon-dioxideequivalent. The concentration is rising by about 2.5 par ...
... Annual global emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to be about 47 billion tonnes of carbon-dioxide-equivalent next year. These emissions will add to the concentration in the atmosphere, which is about 435 parts per million of carbon-dioxideequivalent. The concentration is rising by about 2.5 par ...
Statistical Classification of Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems for
... and impact indicators, including air temperature and plant phenology. The global annual mean temperature has increased by about 0.7° C whereas the European mean raised by 0.95° C in the last hundred years. From 1990 to 2100, the air temperatures are expected to further increase by 1.4° C to 5.8° C g ...
... and impact indicators, including air temperature and plant phenology. The global annual mean temperature has increased by about 0.7° C whereas the European mean raised by 0.95° C in the last hundred years. From 1990 to 2100, the air temperatures are expected to further increase by 1.4° C to 5.8° C g ...
Environmental tipping points and food system dynamics: Main Report
... provision of environmental goods and services, and impacting upon food security. • This report provides evidence that tipping points in environmental systems do occur and that they could have significant effects on food security. Agri-food systems rely on the maintenance of function of a wide range ...
... provision of environmental goods and services, and impacting upon food security. • This report provides evidence that tipping points in environmental systems do occur and that they could have significant effects on food security. Agri-food systems rely on the maintenance of function of a wide range ...
Climate change vulnerability and resilience: Conceptual
... climate change?’, Climate Change, September 2008 The McCaughey Centre VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing Melbourne School of Population Health ...
... climate change?’, Climate Change, September 2008 The McCaughey Centre VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing Melbourne School of Population Health ...
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... into a new era. However, fluctuating weather conditions, meaning large inter- and intraannual as well as spatial variation, are typical for high latitude agro-ecosystems. Therefore, variable conditions have required hitherto continuous adaptation and measures by farmers to manage production risks. B ...
... into a new era. However, fluctuating weather conditions, meaning large inter- and intraannual as well as spatial variation, are typical for high latitude agro-ecosystems. Therefore, variable conditions have required hitherto continuous adaptation and measures by farmers to manage production risks. B ...
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... into a new era. However, fluctuating weather conditions, meaning large inter- and intraannual as well as spatial variation, are typical for high latitude agro-ecosystems. Therefore, variable conditions have required hitherto continuous adaptation and measures by farmers to manage production risks. B ...
... into a new era. However, fluctuating weather conditions, meaning large inter- and intraannual as well as spatial variation, are typical for high latitude agro-ecosystems. Therefore, variable conditions have required hitherto continuous adaptation and measures by farmers to manage production risks. B ...
A Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework for Carbon
... management and monitoring, in addition helping to make their activities more transparent and accountable. Secondly, these partnerships provide a means of mobilising the necessary capital through private financial flows, a way of capturing foreign direct investment and channelling it towards environ ...
... management and monitoring, in addition helping to make their activities more transparent and accountable. Secondly, these partnerships provide a means of mobilising the necessary capital through private financial flows, a way of capturing foreign direct investment and channelling it towards environ ...
DISCUSSION PAPER International Technology-Oriented
... agreements that are aimed at advancing research, development, demonstration, and/or deployment of technologies. With respect to TOAs to address global climate change, these technologies would be aimed specifically at reducing GHG emissions. This is in contrast with agreements framed primarily in ter ...
... agreements that are aimed at advancing research, development, demonstration, and/or deployment of technologies. With respect to TOAs to address global climate change, these technologies would be aimed specifically at reducing GHG emissions. This is in contrast with agreements framed primarily in ter ...
... have been carried out with the students, prospective teachers and in-service teachers on their conception of climate change related issues like global warming, green house effects, with some linking these issues to ozone layer depletion. Most of the studies show the results that both the students an ...
... have been carried out with the students, prospective teachers and in-service teachers on their conception of climate change related issues like global warming, green house effects, with some linking these issues to ozone layer depletion. Most of the studies show the results that both the students an ...
Nitrogen deposition
... • Global increase in Ndep tends to closely follow the increase in emissions, especially in the NCAR model. Unclear if the increase in other models from climate change is statistically significant • What is happening to GISS_2100? • The hydrological cycle (as identified by lightning and wet depositio ...
... • Global increase in Ndep tends to closely follow the increase in emissions, especially in the NCAR model. Unclear if the increase in other models from climate change is statistically significant • What is happening to GISS_2100? • The hydrological cycle (as identified by lightning and wet depositio ...
19. Global change
... carbon dioxide exaggerating their potential for warming. It is increasingly clear that we can't turn the clock back to a time prior to the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Global temperature records for the past century reveal an average rise of 1oF that obscures greater increa ...
... carbon dioxide exaggerating their potential for warming. It is increasingly clear that we can't turn the clock back to a time prior to the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Global temperature records for the past century reveal an average rise of 1oF that obscures greater increa ...
California Bar Environmental Law Conference Presentation
... projections and the inevitability of the changes on which those projections are based…Population growth, with its concomitant effects on traffic and air quality, is not hypothetical in Los Angeles, it is inevitable.” ...
... projections and the inevitability of the changes on which those projections are based…Population growth, with its concomitant effects on traffic and air quality, is not hypothetical in Los Angeles, it is inevitable.” ...
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... A popular (but misleading) term for a trading system through which countries may buy or sell units of GHG emissions in an effort to meet their national limits on emissions, either under the Kyoto Protocol or under other agreements, such as that among member states of the European Union. The term com ...
... A popular (but misleading) term for a trading system through which countries may buy or sell units of GHG emissions in an effort to meet their national limits on emissions, either under the Kyoto Protocol or under other agreements, such as that among member states of the European Union. The term com ...
1 introduction
... African region, climate change is expected to lead to: an increase in the number of days with temperatures greater than 30˚C; a change in rainfall distribution, with longer periods of no rainfall and shorter periods of intense rainfall; and a wetter escarpment in the east and drying in the far west ...
... African region, climate change is expected to lead to: an increase in the number of days with temperatures greater than 30˚C; a change in rainfall distribution, with longer periods of no rainfall and shorter periods of intense rainfall; and a wetter escarpment in the east and drying in the far west ...