Rapid climate change and no-analog vegetation in lowland Central
... from the Caribbean AWP and produces most of the precipitation that falls on the Yucatan Peninsula between June and October (Mestas-Nuñez et al., 2007). During winter, even though moisture from the Caribbean is diverted southward, polar air masses bring light sporadic rains into the area (Bradbury, 1 ...
... from the Caribbean AWP and produces most of the precipitation that falls on the Yucatan Peninsula between June and October (Mestas-Nuñez et al., 2007). During winter, even though moisture from the Caribbean is diverted southward, polar air masses bring light sporadic rains into the area (Bradbury, 1 ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. 2 Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Pek ...
... Key Laboratory of Alpine Ecology and Biodiversity, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. 2 Sino-French Institute for Earth System Science, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Pek ...
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... anthropogenic GHGs emissions [2]. Through natural systems, carbon sinks can be enhanced by carbon sequestration, while reducing carbon emission sources can be achieved by conserving carbon stocks exposed to degradation. Sequestration activities are aimed at transforming low carbon stock storing capa ...
... anthropogenic GHGs emissions [2]. Through natural systems, carbon sinks can be enhanced by carbon sequestration, while reducing carbon emission sources can be achieved by conserving carbon stocks exposed to degradation. Sequestration activities are aimed at transforming low carbon stock storing capa ...
Valuing the Ocean: Draft Executive Summary
... Integrated action is urgently required to prevent and remediate hypoxia. Its global extent and threat to human health and marine ecosystem services are just beginning to be appreciated, and much remains unknown regarding its social and economic consequences. Virtually all of the information we do ha ...
... Integrated action is urgently required to prevent and remediate hypoxia. Its global extent and threat to human health and marine ecosystem services are just beginning to be appreciated, and much remains unknown regarding its social and economic consequences. Virtually all of the information we do ha ...
Soil and Climate Change - Maharishi University of Management
... droughts—both of which are increasing with climate change. Plant roots go much deeper and the soil organisms create bridges between plants and minerals in soil particles so that the plants get all the nutrition they need. Nutrient dense plants naturally resist disease, become unpalatable to pests an ...
... droughts—both of which are increasing with climate change. Plant roots go much deeper and the soil organisms create bridges between plants and minerals in soil particles so that the plants get all the nutrition they need. Nutrient dense plants naturally resist disease, become unpalatable to pests an ...
Climate Change Law in Latin America
... forestry. At the time of writing, only one country in the region, Brazil, has passed a substantive law on climate change. Several countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Ecuador, have incorporated mitigation and adaptation objectives into their national development plans and ar ...
... forestry. At the time of writing, only one country in the region, Brazil, has passed a substantive law on climate change. Several countries, including Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico and Ecuador, have incorporated mitigation and adaptation objectives into their national development plans and ar ...
Putting a price on pollution: What it means for Australia`s property
... integrated strategy for market transformation which includes close collaboration between industry, government and NGOs in order to overcome various market failures. If these features are in place, the GBCA supports the introduction of a carbon pricing mechanism to help reduce the nation’s greenhouse ...
... integrated strategy for market transformation which includes close collaboration between industry, government and NGOs in order to overcome various market failures. If these features are in place, the GBCA supports the introduction of a carbon pricing mechanism to help reduce the nation’s greenhouse ...
Simulating Sea Ice - An abrupt change perspective
... • With thinner initial ice, melting translates more directly into open water formation and consequent albedo changes Complicates paleoclimate issues since “control state” not as well known ...
... • With thinner initial ice, melting translates more directly into open water formation and consequent albedo changes Complicates paleoclimate issues since “control state” not as well known ...
A multi-century ice-core perspective on 20th
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life
... 1. How will the distribution and abundance of marine species and communities alter with climate change? • Changes have already been observed in some regions, for example in the south-east. 2. Which species are candidate indicators for climate change impacts? • Species that provide structural integri ...
... 1. How will the distribution and abundance of marine species and communities alter with climate change? • Changes have already been observed in some regions, for example in the south-east. 2. Which species are candidate indicators for climate change impacts? • Species that provide structural integri ...
... integral part of the Dublin conurbation. As an educational institution it has a role in and a responsibility to society to promote sustainable development1 throughout its activities. This means that teaching, research, services and administrative operations should be conducted in a manner that prote ...
Impacts of changes in land use and land cover on atmospheric
... what extent changing land cover and land use will affect atmospheric chemistry and air quality are not well known. Sanderson et al. (2003) reported that neglecting potential future changes in land cover results in overestimates of 6 % in the projected increase in global isoprene emissions and of 5–3 ...
... what extent changing land cover and land use will affect atmospheric chemistry and air quality are not well known. Sanderson et al. (2003) reported that neglecting potential future changes in land cover results in overestimates of 6 % in the projected increase in global isoprene emissions and of 5–3 ...
The Risks of Multiple Breadbasket Failures in the 21st Century: A
... impact of increased trade liberalization on long-term food system resilience remains unknown. Trade can impact the price of agricultural commodities in a multitude of ways. In the long run, increased trade tends to lower prices globally and possibly price volatility as well. However, under some cond ...
... impact of increased trade liberalization on long-term food system resilience remains unknown. Trade can impact the price of agricultural commodities in a multitude of ways. In the long run, increased trade tends to lower prices globally and possibly price volatility as well. However, under some cond ...
A multi-century ice-core perspective on 20th
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
... 500 hPa and thereby isotopic fractionation over the Amazon Basin, the primary source of precipitation for Huascarán and Quelccaya. Vuille and others (2003) note that their modeled d18O values depend strongly on precipitation amount, but conclude that the d18O signal in precipitation is influenced b ...
Ch 10 – Climate Change
... temperature levels. Though it is true that a certain level of GHG is needed to keep the earth at a habitable temperature, the increase in the levels of GHG means that more heat is trapped, and temperatures rise in correlation. There are three unchallenged facts about the greenhouse gas effect: (1) t ...
... temperature levels. Though it is true that a certain level of GHG is needed to keep the earth at a habitable temperature, the increase in the levels of GHG means that more heat is trapped, and temperatures rise in correlation. There are three unchallenged facts about the greenhouse gas effect: (1) t ...
climate change adaptation: a collective action
... ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE IPCC (2007), available at http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4wg2.htm (click to download individual chapters))); see also Alejandro E. Camacho, Adapting Governance to Climate Change: Managing Uncertainty Through a Learning Infrastructure, 59 EMORY L.J. 1, 17 (2009) (“[N]o amou ...
... ASSESSMENT REPORT OF THE IPCC (2007), available at http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4wg2.htm (click to download individual chapters))); see also Alejandro E. Camacho, Adapting Governance to Climate Change: Managing Uncertainty Through a Learning Infrastructure, 59 EMORY L.J. 1, 17 (2009) (“[N]o amou ...
Tilburg University Climate change adaptation
... sustainable manner. Mitigation, according to the objective of the UNFCCC, is supposed to be successful so that ecosystems, food production, and the economy are more or less automatically kept as they were before. Fifteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded the ...
... sustainable manner. Mitigation, according to the objective of the UNFCCC, is supposed to be successful so that ecosystems, food production, and the economy are more or less automatically kept as they were before. Fifteen years later, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sounded the ...
Namibia Environmental and Climate Change Policy Brief
... earnings and fiscal revenues from the mining sector (especially diamonds), which contributes to 50% of all exports and almost 10% of GDP, but only employs 3%. The mining industry is likely to continue to form the backbone of the national economy as the potential is there to further intensify mining ...
... earnings and fiscal revenues from the mining sector (especially diamonds), which contributes to 50% of all exports and almost 10% of GDP, but only employs 3%. The mining industry is likely to continue to form the backbone of the national economy as the potential is there to further intensify mining ...
Climatic Threat Spaces as a Tool to Assess Current and Future
... *National Autonomous University of Mexico ...
... *National Autonomous University of Mexico ...
The Case of Climate Change
... creates a valuable research opportunity for an in-depth comparative study on how news are communicated through different types of online media, in particular mainstream news media (MSM) and social media. Understanding these differences offers insights into how such a complex and multifaceted topic i ...
... creates a valuable research opportunity for an in-depth comparative study on how news are communicated through different types of online media, in particular mainstream news media (MSM) and social media. Understanding these differences offers insights into how such a complex and multifaceted topic i ...
Climate change impact compared to life cycle assessment results: a
... 1. INTRODUCTION Since all installations with a net heat excess of 20 MW or more are subjected to the Kyoto Protocol and hence the European Union Emissions Trading System, 13 of the 18 Flemish asphalt plants have to monitor and report on their CO2 emissions. This system only accounts for the emission ...
... 1. INTRODUCTION Since all installations with a net heat excess of 20 MW or more are subjected to the Kyoto Protocol and hence the European Union Emissions Trading System, 13 of the 18 Flemish asphalt plants have to monitor and report on their CO2 emissions. This system only accounts for the emission ...
Encyclical from Pope makes special challenge to Catholic
... global lack of ‘‘political will’’ in addressing the problem. In contrast with various efforts to deal with other environmental issues, ‘‘with regard to climate change, the advances have been regrettably few. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility, above all on the par ...
... global lack of ‘‘political will’’ in addressing the problem. In contrast with various efforts to deal with other environmental issues, ‘‘with regard to climate change, the advances have been regrettably few. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility, above all on the par ...
cape verde_cida_prodoc_final
... recent decades. Mean annual temperature has increased by almost 1º C since the early 1990s, much more rapidly than the global trend. According to the NAPA, extremes such as high intensity precipitation events are occurring more frequently. c. ...
... recent decades. Mean annual temperature has increased by almost 1º C since the early 1990s, much more rapidly than the global trend. According to the NAPA, extremes such as high intensity precipitation events are occurring more frequently. c. ...