Ontario`s Climate Change Strategy
... most northern reaches, winter temperatures could rise by up to 9°C. Here’s what these climate projections could mean for Ontario: • more days above 30°C in southern Ontario, affecting sensitive populations including seniors • extreme heat, worsening air quality, new and migrating disease vectors, ...
... most northern reaches, winter temperatures could rise by up to 9°C. Here’s what these climate projections could mean for Ontario: • more days above 30°C in southern Ontario, affecting sensitive populations including seniors • extreme heat, worsening air quality, new and migrating disease vectors, ...
Chapter 15
... increase energy efficiency, sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rely more on renewable energy resources, and slow population ...
... increase energy efficiency, sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, rely more on renewable energy resources, and slow population ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Midwest
... lethal in cities, where urban landscapes absorb more heat during the day and are less effective at releasing it at night (the “heat island” effect), our analysis focused on the extreme heat projected for the state’s largest urban area, St. Louis, and the number of days each year likely to exceed 90° ...
... lethal in cities, where urban landscapes absorb more heat during the day and are less effective at releasing it at night (the “heat island” effect), our analysis focused on the extreme heat projected for the state’s largest urban area, St. Louis, and the number of days each year likely to exceed 90° ...
Thailand_1 - Georgia Institute of Technology
... Calculation of higher-order derivatives: If taking the derivative once is good, twice must be better ...
... Calculation of higher-order derivatives: If taking the derivative once is good, twice must be better ...
OCR - Geographical Association
... conflict and persecution have increased the number of refugees ...
... conflict and persecution have increased the number of refugees ...
Poster template
... White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32. ...
... White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1-32. ...
Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Rising More Rapidly Than Expected?
... Monitoring Emissions Trends. Watchfulness over annual CO2 and other GHG emissions is a vital element of addressing climate change and evaluating the effectiveness of actions to mitigate it, and it is important to use appropriate data in monitoring progress. Evaluating recent trends may help to disce ...
... Monitoring Emissions Trends. Watchfulness over annual CO2 and other GHG emissions is a vital element of addressing climate change and evaluating the effectiveness of actions to mitigate it, and it is important to use appropriate data in monitoring progress. Evaluating recent trends may help to disce ...
The Potential Contribution of the 2010 Exploratory Study among Tourism Industry
... make to climate change. However, when these contributions are linked to an event such as the 2010 Soccer World Cup, greater consideration is given to this phenomenon in their business operations. This study indicates that it is of crucial importance to consider and responsibly manage the impacts tha ...
... make to climate change. However, when these contributions are linked to an event such as the 2010 Soccer World Cup, greater consideration is given to this phenomenon in their business operations. This study indicates that it is of crucial importance to consider and responsibly manage the impacts tha ...
External Copyright permission (if applicable)
... warming’ to ‘climate change’. There have been many reasons for this shift in terminology, not least regulations which restrict media organisations from acting any other way. However it doesn’t stop me being worried that in our pursuit of politically correct terms we are minimising both the impact of ...
... warming’ to ‘climate change’. There have been many reasons for this shift in terminology, not least regulations which restrict media organisations from acting any other way. However it doesn’t stop me being worried that in our pursuit of politically correct terms we are minimising both the impact of ...
LCCARL418_en.pdf
... Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 7 A. Motivation ................................................................................................................................ 7 ...
... Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 7 A. Motivation ................................................................................................................................ 7 ...
Warm Words II
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
Press Release - CGRER
... of Northern Iowa; Elizabeth A. Stone, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa. ...
... of Northern Iowa; Elizabeth A. Stone, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Iowa. ...
Changes in subduction in the South Atlantic Ocean during the
... This region is important because it takes up a lot of heat and CO2 from the atmosphere. Therefore, an important question is how water mass formation will change over the 21st century, especially if formation rates weaken, and the South Atlantic can’t take up as much heat and CO2 as it does at presen ...
... This region is important because it takes up a lot of heat and CO2 from the atmosphere. Therefore, an important question is how water mass formation will change over the 21st century, especially if formation rates weaken, and the South Atlantic can’t take up as much heat and CO2 as it does at presen ...
global_cooling_ESS_analysis_final
... The analysis also predicts, assuming current El Niño conditions hold, that 2010 will go down in history as the hottest year on record despite an unusually snowy winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The basic GISS temperature analysis scheme was defined in the late 1970s by James Hansen when a method ...
... The analysis also predicts, assuming current El Niño conditions hold, that 2010 will go down in history as the hottest year on record despite an unusually snowy winter in the Northern Hemisphere. The basic GISS temperature analysis scheme was defined in the late 1970s by James Hansen when a method ...
successful adaptation implementation
... concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to move from good and robust policymaking to successful implementation? This report focuses on ...
... concerning how cities might reduce the production of greenhouse gases or adapt to a warming planet. There are, though, significant challenges associated with making such ideas actionable. What does it take to move from good and robust policymaking to successful implementation? This report focuses on ...
- Wiley Online Library
... This study aims to assess how high-latitude vegetation may respond under various climate scenarios during the 21st century with a focus on analyzing model parameters induced uncertainty and how this uncertainty compares to the uncertainty induced by various climates. The analysis was based on a set ...
... This study aims to assess how high-latitude vegetation may respond under various climate scenarios during the 21st century with a focus on analyzing model parameters induced uncertainty and how this uncertainty compares to the uncertainty induced by various climates. The analysis was based on a set ...
by Ralph F. Keeling
... variability in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beck furthermore asserts that these earlier data have been discredited merely on the ground that they didn't fit an assumption of a CO 2 climate connection, in effect accusing the scientific community of exercising inappropriate bias. If Beck's conte ...
... variability in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Beck furthermore asserts that these earlier data have been discredited merely on the ground that they didn't fit an assumption of a CO 2 climate connection, in effect accusing the scientific community of exercising inappropriate bias. If Beck's conte ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... However, with rapid warming (+ 1°C by AD 2040) and decreased rainfall in eastern regions being predicted for the future (Mullan et al. 2008), a more obvious response to climate change from biodiversity seems likely in the long term (McGlone & Walker 2011). Predicting the direct responses of terrestr ...
... However, with rapid warming (+ 1°C by AD 2040) and decreased rainfall in eastern regions being predicted for the future (Mullan et al. 2008), a more obvious response to climate change from biodiversity seems likely in the long term (McGlone & Walker 2011). Predicting the direct responses of terrestr ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... difficult to discern from limited historical experience. Prospective climate change complicates long-term water resources planning because it will alter streamflow probability distributions and the characteristics of aquatic ecosystems in ways that are not yet entirely clear. The available evidence ...
... difficult to discern from limited historical experience. Prospective climate change complicates long-term water resources planning because it will alter streamflow probability distributions and the characteristics of aquatic ecosystems in ways that are not yet entirely clear. The available evidence ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... Historically, vulnerability has been approached from two points of view, the top-down and bottom-upapproach (Figure 3). The Bottom-up approach is often used more in social sciences studies, with focus on vulnerability of society or communities. It derives its data from studying the existing local so ...
... Historically, vulnerability has been approached from two points of view, the top-down and bottom-upapproach (Figure 3). The Bottom-up approach is often used more in social sciences studies, with focus on vulnerability of society or communities. It derives its data from studying the existing local so ...
Broader perspectives for comparing different greenhouse gases
... on further reduction of methane rather than CO2 . This may have short-term value, but is not consistent with long-term climate-change stabilization strategies. Furthermore, the use of a fixed time horizon for the GWP concept does not cover our understanding that about 20 per cent of CO2 emitted to th ...
... on further reduction of methane rather than CO2 . This may have short-term value, but is not consistent with long-term climate-change stabilization strategies. Furthermore, the use of a fixed time horizon for the GWP concept does not cover our understanding that about 20 per cent of CO2 emitted to th ...
Adapting to environmental change in North Africa
... The livestock sector has been described as a major contributor to global warming, accounting for 18% of the world anthropogenic GHG emissions, namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) (Koneswaran & Nierenberg, 2008; Steinfeld et al., 2006). Such large contribution of livest ...
... The livestock sector has been described as a major contributor to global warming, accounting for 18% of the world anthropogenic GHG emissions, namely carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) (Koneswaran & Nierenberg, 2008; Steinfeld et al., 2006). Such large contribution of livest ...