Evaluation of Carrying Capacity of Pacific Salmon in the North
... in the biomass of hatchery populations. Biological interaction between wild and hatchery populations should be an important consideration in the sustainable management of Pacific salmon production based at the ecosystem level. In the North Pacific Ocean, the annual catch of Pacific salmon increased ...
... in the biomass of hatchery populations. Biological interaction between wild and hatchery populations should be an important consideration in the sustainable management of Pacific salmon production based at the ecosystem level. In the North Pacific Ocean, the annual catch of Pacific salmon increased ...
Observed 20th Century Desert Dust Variability: Impact on Climate
... converted to a Palmer Drought Severity Index (Dai et al., 2004). There is a statistically significant correlation (r=-0.66, p <0.0001) between the Palmer drought severity index for the Sahel region and the Cape Verde coral record for the 1955-2000 time period. This relationship is slightly stronger ...
... converted to a Palmer Drought Severity Index (Dai et al., 2004). There is a statistically significant correlation (r=-0.66, p <0.0001) between the Palmer drought severity index for the Sahel region and the Cape Verde coral record for the 1955-2000 time period. This relationship is slightly stronger ...
Master in de rechten
... Description of the problem In order to combat climate change, Parties concluded the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Five years later, the Kyoto Protocol to this Convention was adopted. Although this protocol can hardly be regarded as perfect, it indicated a s ...
... Description of the problem In order to combat climate change, Parties concluded the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Five years later, the Kyoto Protocol to this Convention was adopted. Although this protocol can hardly be regarded as perfect, it indicated a s ...
Arctic Ecozone + highlights and key findings
... the landscape scale, altering amounts and quality of freshwater and wetland ecosystems and affecting tundra carbon balance. Pond and lake extent increased in some Southern Arctic areas from melting permafrost and greater precipitation (including over 3% gain, 2000-2009, in the Mackenzie Delta) Pond ...
... the landscape scale, altering amounts and quality of freshwater and wetland ecosystems and affecting tundra carbon balance. Pond and lake extent increased in some Southern Arctic areas from melting permafrost and greater precipitation (including over 3% gain, 2000-2009, in the Mackenzie Delta) Pond ...
Chapter 3 – The cost-effective path to 2050
... UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 were 36% below 1990 levels and 25% below 2005 (Figure 3.3). In part this is due to the economic downturn, in particular a 9% reduction in GHG emissions in 2009. However, the reductions since 1990 also reflect some longer-term trends and more recent impacts of pol ...
... UK greenhouse gas emissions in 2014 were 36% below 1990 levels and 25% below 2005 (Figure 3.3). In part this is due to the economic downturn, in particular a 9% reduction in GHG emissions in 2009. However, the reductions since 1990 also reflect some longer-term trends and more recent impacts of pol ...
Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference
... way of life is changing, and new health and disease concerns are arising as climate changes in the North. If this were not sufficient cause for the urgent attention of policy makers, concerns also have arisen about whether the Arctic could become the focal point for a new “great game” of power polit ...
... way of life is changing, and new health and disease concerns are arising as climate changes in the North. If this were not sufficient cause for the urgent attention of policy makers, concerns also have arisen about whether the Arctic could become the focal point for a new “great game” of power polit ...
The effectiveness of climate finance: a review of the Adaptation Fund
... fund, particularly in with respect to the private sector, recognising the diversity of ways in which investment and implementation capacities may be harnessed in support of low carbon climate resilient development. Recognising the central importance of finance for (9) innovation to global efforts to ...
... fund, particularly in with respect to the private sector, recognising the diversity of ways in which investment and implementation capacities may be harnessed in support of low carbon climate resilient development. Recognising the central importance of finance for (9) innovation to global efforts to ...
The Resolution Dependence of Contiguous U.S. Precipitation
... number or duration of precipitation events (e.g., number of days with precipitation exceeding 25 mm, frequency of wet days, and the duration of dry periods; Curriero et al. 2001; Durman et al. 2001; Sen Roy and Balling 2004). In some cases the resulting data are fitted to a statistical distribution ...
... number or duration of precipitation events (e.g., number of days with precipitation exceeding 25 mm, frequency of wet days, and the duration of dry periods; Curriero et al. 2001; Durman et al. 2001; Sen Roy and Balling 2004). In some cases the resulting data are fitted to a statistical distribution ...
DISCUSSION PAPER Paving the Way for U.S. Climate
... 4. Convince other nations that if they work with the United States to advance a common vision, the United States will follow through by joining and implementing new international agreements that embody the approach. To achieve these goals cooperation between the President and Congress is essential b ...
... 4. Convince other nations that if they work with the United States to advance a common vision, the United States will follow through by joining and implementing new international agreements that embody the approach. To achieve these goals cooperation between the President and Congress is essential b ...
Climate change and the conservation of marmots
... extinction. Climate change, an indirect human impact, threatens marmot survival through global warming and extreme weather events. Most marmot species occupy a harsh environment characterized by a short growing season and a long, cold season without food. Marmots cope with seasonality by hibernating ...
... extinction. Climate change, an indirect human impact, threatens marmot survival through global warming and extreme weather events. Most marmot species occupy a harsh environment characterized by a short growing season and a long, cold season without food. Marmots cope with seasonality by hibernating ...
BVOCs emission in a semi-arid grassland under climate warming
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
Contrasting the direct radiative effect and direct radiative forcing of
... C. L. Heald et al.: Direct radiative effect and direct radiative forcing of aerosols also includes organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (BC) (Park et al., 2003), sea salt aerosol (2 size bins) (Alexander et al., 2005; Jaegle et al., 2010), and soil dust (4 size bins) (Fairlie et al., 2007; Ridley ...
... C. L. Heald et al.: Direct radiative effect and direct radiative forcing of aerosols also includes organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (BC) (Park et al., 2003), sea salt aerosol (2 size bins) (Alexander et al., 2005; Jaegle et al., 2010), and soil dust (4 size bins) (Fairlie et al., 2007; Ridley ...
Misconceptions PowerPoint KB
... 6. Ice core data shows that CO2 rises after the temperature. 7. CO2 absorption is saturated. Australian Institute of Physics (Vic Branch) Education Committee ...
... 6. Ice core data shows that CO2 rises after the temperature. 7. CO2 absorption is saturated. Australian Institute of Physics (Vic Branch) Education Committee ...
NERC impact report 2015
... Enabling new industries – 1gigawatt of wind energy capacity in Eskdalemuir, Scotland will go ahead after NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value te ...
... Enabling new industries – 1gigawatt of wind energy capacity in Eskdalemuir, Scotland will go ahead after NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value te ...
Comparative evaluation of the main factors that
... and assets is also important as a social aspect of flood risk. Climate change is now considered an important factor increasing flood risk, with its increasingly frequent torrential storms (IPCC, 2007; Patrik Willems et al., 2012). To reduce flood risk, national and local governments have been implem ...
... and assets is also important as a social aspect of flood risk. Climate change is now considered an important factor increasing flood risk, with its increasingly frequent torrential storms (IPCC, 2007; Patrik Willems et al., 2012). To reduce flood risk, national and local governments have been implem ...
GEOGRAPHY
... the contact belt between forest-steppe and steppe (the right banks of the rivers Korocha, Valuy, and Tihaya Sosna, and the basin of the river Oskol); other parts of the transect have low percentage of the forested land (4–7%) within all phytogeographical zonal belts. Large planted pine stands are si ...
... the contact belt between forest-steppe and steppe (the right banks of the rivers Korocha, Valuy, and Tihaya Sosna, and the basin of the river Oskol); other parts of the transect have low percentage of the forested land (4–7%) within all phytogeographical zonal belts. Large planted pine stands are si ...
Land Use and Driving - Urban Land Institute
... has a central role to play in forging feasible and effective solutions to address global climate change that are at the nexus of land use, real estate, energy, and infrastructure. So how does ULI’s mission to provide leadership in the responsible use of land relate to the need to reduce automobile-r ...
... has a central role to play in forging feasible and effective solutions to address global climate change that are at the nexus of land use, real estate, energy, and infrastructure. So how does ULI’s mission to provide leadership in the responsible use of land relate to the need to reduce automobile-r ...
Full-Text PDF
... factors, such as vegetation productivity, biomass, interannual and seasonal vegetation productivity, and phenology [5]. The relationship between vegetation dynamics and climate change has been widely explored in many regions, with many studies have addressed the link of vegetation dynamics with temp ...
... factors, such as vegetation productivity, biomass, interannual and seasonal vegetation productivity, and phenology [5]. The relationship between vegetation dynamics and climate change has been widely explored in many regions, with many studies have addressed the link of vegetation dynamics with temp ...
Microsoft Word - geoadv070108_2.doc
... Ocean circulation and abrupt climate change As mentioned above, ideas about sudden changes in climate (mode-switching) in the ocean-atmosphere system were already being voiced in Broecker’s work from the 1960s. However, it seems to have been after the publication of the DYE3 ice core record from Gre ...
... Ocean circulation and abrupt climate change As mentioned above, ideas about sudden changes in climate (mode-switching) in the ocean-atmosphere system were already being voiced in Broecker’s work from the 1960s. However, it seems to have been after the publication of the DYE3 ice core record from Gre ...
Enhancing endorsement of scientific inquiry increases support for
... (assuming, of course, the publics’ motivation and ability to process the evidence analytically [15]). However, greater scientific literacy does not entail greater acceptance of evidence for climate change. When examined across a large sample with diverse socio-cultural views, the relationship betwee ...
... (assuming, of course, the publics’ motivation and ability to process the evidence analytically [15]). However, greater scientific literacy does not entail greater acceptance of evidence for climate change. When examined across a large sample with diverse socio-cultural views, the relationship betwee ...
United Kingdom
... The UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) funds an ongoing monitoring programme that records total values of stratospheric ozone at two UK locations. Measurements with a Dobson instrument are taken at the Lerwick Observatory in the Shetland Islands (N of Scotland) ...
... The UK Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) funds an ongoing monitoring programme that records total values of stratospheric ozone at two UK locations. Measurements with a Dobson instrument are taken at the Lerwick Observatory in the Shetland Islands (N of Scotland) ...
Global Climate Models and Their Limitations
... simple portrayal because different components of the climate system interact with limited bands of the infrared radiation spectrum. In particular, variation in ...
... simple portrayal because different components of the climate system interact with limited bands of the infrared radiation spectrum. In particular, variation in ...
OFFICIAL VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2007-2012:
... energy, security and the climate in April 2007 (UN, 2007). The UNSC specifically debated the “security implications of climate change, including the impact of climate change as a potential driver of conflict involving energy, water, food and other scarce resources; population movements; and border d ...
... energy, security and the climate in April 2007 (UN, 2007). The UNSC specifically debated the “security implications of climate change, including the impact of climate change as a potential driver of conflict involving energy, water, food and other scarce resources; population movements; and border d ...