21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... [1] River runoff is a key index of renewable water resources which affect almost all human and natural systems. Any substantial change in runoff will therefore have serious social, environmental, and ecological consequences. We estimate the runoff response to global mean temperature change implied b ...
... [1] River runoff is a key index of renewable water resources which affect almost all human and natural systems. Any substantial change in runoff will therefore have serious social, environmental, and ecological consequences. We estimate the runoff response to global mean temperature change implied b ...
Linking local data to regional effects
... Dominance of mid-latitude North Atlantic westerly air flows means that air quality in Ireland is generally good …but there are some problems: • Background levels of pollutants are low (except Ozone) – Spring/Summer peaks close to or above eco-system protection threshold, most exceedances occur on th ...
... Dominance of mid-latitude North Atlantic westerly air flows means that air quality in Ireland is generally good …but there are some problems: • Background levels of pollutants are low (except Ozone) – Spring/Summer peaks close to or above eco-system protection threshold, most exceedances occur on th ...
Water management for wheat grown in sandy soil under climate
... evidence of global warming (IPCC, 2001). ...
... evidence of global warming (IPCC, 2001). ...
CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS: AN
... Despite this diversity, three main models for conceptualizing and assessing vulnerability can be distinguished. The risk – hazard framework is characteristic for the technical literature on risk and disaster management. It conceptualizes vulnerability as the dose – response relationship between an e ...
... Despite this diversity, three main models for conceptualizing and assessing vulnerability can be distinguished. The risk – hazard framework is characteristic for the technical literature on risk and disaster management. It conceptualizes vulnerability as the dose – response relationship between an e ...
The missing climate forcing
... shown in more detail by Ramaswamy et al. (1996). The significance of temperature trends for such a short period is limited for two reasons. First, unforced variability, or chaos, can significantly influence a short trend, as quantified in figure 1 of Hansen et al. (1995 c). This chaotic factor can b ...
... shown in more detail by Ramaswamy et al. (1996). The significance of temperature trends for such a short period is limited for two reasons. First, unforced variability, or chaos, can significantly influence a short trend, as quantified in figure 1 of Hansen et al. (1995 c). This chaotic factor can b ...
Download country chapter
... shifted the forestry policy from greening the nation to achieving an environmentally healthy forest. The fourth National Forest Plan (1998-2007) introduced a new paradigm of sustainable forest management. The current Fifth National Forest Plan (2008-2017) was designed to further expand the implement ...
... shifted the forestry policy from greening the nation to achieving an environmentally healthy forest. The fourth National Forest Plan (1998-2007) introduced a new paradigm of sustainable forest management. The current Fifth National Forest Plan (2008-2017) was designed to further expand the implement ...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
... When a nation faces an important decision that risks its economic future, or perhaps the fate of the ecology, it should do the same. It is a time-honored tradition in science to set up a ‘Team B,’ which examines the same original evidence but may reach a different conclusion. The Nongovernmental Int ...
... When a nation faces an important decision that risks its economic future, or perhaps the fate of the ecology, it should do the same. It is a time-honored tradition in science to set up a ‘Team B,’ which examines the same original evidence but may reach a different conclusion. The Nongovernmental Int ...
El Niño – tracking a global climate phenomenon
... Pacific Ocean becomes unusually warm. This sets off a chain reaction of weather events around the world – some devastating and some beneficial, having various impacts on water supply and food production. The last major El Niño emerged in 1997/98, followed by weak and moderate ones in 2002/03, 2004/0 ...
... Pacific Ocean becomes unusually warm. This sets off a chain reaction of weather events around the world – some devastating and some beneficial, having various impacts on water supply and food production. The last major El Niño emerged in 1997/98, followed by weak and moderate ones in 2002/03, 2004/0 ...
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics and Climate
... in the sea. U.S. GLOBEC focuses primarily on the linkages between physical forcing variables and the dynamics of the planktonic stages of marine organisms, which are presumed to be the most vulnerable to changes in physical forcing associated with climate change. Target species include both the holo ...
... in the sea. U.S. GLOBEC focuses primarily on the linkages between physical forcing variables and the dynamics of the planktonic stages of marine organisms, which are presumed to be the most vulnerable to changes in physical forcing associated with climate change. Target species include both the holo ...
Energy, transportation, air quality, climate change
... quality and health. Climate change is expected to impact asthma and allergies by extending the growing seasons of vegetation that emit pollen (28). Global warming will also lead to more wildfires and dust storms which emit particulates that impact air quality and health (3). Along with extreme event ...
... quality and health. Climate change is expected to impact asthma and allergies by extending the growing seasons of vegetation that emit pollen (28). Global warming will also lead to more wildfires and dust storms which emit particulates that impact air quality and health (3). Along with extreme event ...
Nunavut`s Natural Environment - Nunavut Climate Change Centre
... environment are currently experiencing or expected to experience acute impacts of climate change, including those affecting sea ice, land and ice-based travel, protected areas, wildlife, endangered species, species distribution, and land use planning.3 Climate change adaptation is about taking actio ...
... environment are currently experiencing or expected to experience acute impacts of climate change, including those affecting sea ice, land and ice-based travel, protected areas, wildlife, endangered species, species distribution, and land use planning.3 Climate change adaptation is about taking actio ...
Jet trails above fueling weather changes below, researchers say
... Fluffy rows of cirrus clouds created by the increasing number of jet contrails can sometimes fill half the sky and may significantly affect ground temperatures, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the British science journal Nature. Using a unique opportunity to study the effect of contrail ...
... Fluffy rows of cirrus clouds created by the increasing number of jet contrails can sometimes fill half the sky and may significantly affect ground temperatures, according to a report in Thursday's issue of the British science journal Nature. Using a unique opportunity to study the effect of contrail ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Brazil: Costs and
... Global Climate Change Research (Rede CLIMA) and the National Institute for Climate Change Science and Technology, which include the majority of EMCB’s research teams. ...
... Global Climate Change Research (Rede CLIMA) and the National Institute for Climate Change Science and Technology, which include the majority of EMCB’s research teams. ...
Predicting the effects of climate change on fire frequency in the
... (ignition agents, fire suppression activities etc.). Increasing fire severity would be anticipated with increasing temperatures if the other factors such as relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount remain unchanged. Precipitation amounts and relative humidity are somewhat higher over t ...
... (ignition agents, fire suppression activities etc.). Increasing fire severity would be anticipated with increasing temperatures if the other factors such as relative humidity, wind speed and precipitation amount remain unchanged. Precipitation amounts and relative humidity are somewhat higher over t ...
Clouds and Climate
... planetary climate system. This section discusses some of those involving clouds. Feedback Loops in General A feedback is a process that responds to a system change by enhancing or diminishing the change. When a fraction of the output from a system feeds back to the system, it either speeds it up (po ...
... planetary climate system. This section discusses some of those involving clouds. Feedback Loops in General A feedback is a process that responds to a system change by enhancing or diminishing the change. When a fraction of the output from a system feeds back to the system, it either speeds it up (po ...
How Agricultural Trade Policies Fuel Climate Change
... Furthermore, environmental groups did not make the case for addressing these implications. Their overwhelming preoccupation was with the impacts of WTO rules on environmental standards and regulations. The environmental impacts associated with the structures and systems of globalization have not ye ...
... Furthermore, environmental groups did not make the case for addressing these implications. Their overwhelming preoccupation was with the impacts of WTO rules on environmental standards and regulations. The environmental impacts associated with the structures and systems of globalization have not ye ...
The energy challenge and climate change
... available at scale, relatively low cost and lower carbon than other fossil fuels. By 2035 gas is expected to provide 26% of global energy, placing it on a par with oil and coal. We believe shale gas will contribute more than half of the growth in natural gas globally between 2014 and 2035. In the US ...
... available at scale, relatively low cost and lower carbon than other fossil fuels. By 2035 gas is expected to provide 26% of global energy, placing it on a par with oil and coal. We believe shale gas will contribute more than half of the growth in natural gas globally between 2014 and 2035. In the US ...
Managing Wild Salmon Biodiversity (DFO 2005)
... Cirunna 2008) made up of more than 9,000 local spawning populations (Slaney et al 1996) of wild salmon distributed in more than 3000 stream and river systems in BC and the Yukon ...
... Cirunna 2008) made up of more than 9,000 local spawning populations (Slaney et al 1996) of wild salmon distributed in more than 3000 stream and river systems in BC and the Yukon ...
Climate Change and Conflict in the Southern Philippines
... to the climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) limits its use of the term to “a change in climate is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of ...
... to the climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity”. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) limits its use of the term to “a change in climate is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of ...
Rainfall - Climate Ireland
... synoptic stations, readings are made every minute; at climate and rainfall stations a daily rainfall total is recorded. There are also a number of rain gauges in remote locations which are read once a month. Data from rainfall stations are available in digital format from January 1941. Rainfall rada ...
... synoptic stations, readings are made every minute; at climate and rainfall stations a daily rainfall total is recorded. There are also a number of rain gauges in remote locations which are read once a month. Data from rainfall stations are available in digital format from January 1941. Rainfall rada ...
Conference Proceeding
... Mountain systems are essential building blocks for long-term sustainable global development, poverty alleviation, and transition to a green economy. Communities in the Himalayan river basins need to be empowered and their livelihoods improved enabling them to take responsibility for the preservation ...
... Mountain systems are essential building blocks for long-term sustainable global development, poverty alleviation, and transition to a green economy. Communities in the Himalayan river basins need to be empowered and their livelihoods improved enabling them to take responsibility for the preservation ...
Carbon Dioxide: Present Scenario, Future Trends and Techniques
... future trends as well as the threat it poses to the atmosphere are the area of scrutiny for our present generation. The rate at which carbon dioxide is rising in the atmosphere, it would put the future generation in the perilous condition for sure. To keep this alarming levels on check various inter ...
... future trends as well as the threat it poses to the atmosphere are the area of scrutiny for our present generation. The rate at which carbon dioxide is rising in the atmosphere, it would put the future generation in the perilous condition for sure. To keep this alarming levels on check various inter ...
Full text in PDF - What is Climate
... covers two topics [15], express the matter, inter alias, as follows: • The atmospheric component of the climate system most obviously characterises climate; • Climate is generally defined as average weather, and as such, climate change and weather are intertwined. • While weather and climate are clo ...
... covers two topics [15], express the matter, inter alias, as follows: • The atmospheric component of the climate system most obviously characterises climate; • Climate is generally defined as average weather, and as such, climate change and weather are intertwined. • While weather and climate are clo ...
Biodiversity and the Millennium Development Goals
... air and water purification, flood and drought mitigation and soil production, free of charge. These services can not be replaced at a reasonable price (WRI, 2002). The direct economic benefits of biodiversity run into trillions of dollars per year (Costanza et.al. 1997). Some of the significant ben ...
... air and water purification, flood and drought mitigation and soil production, free of charge. These services can not be replaced at a reasonable price (WRI, 2002). The direct economic benefits of biodiversity run into trillions of dollars per year (Costanza et.al. 1997). Some of the significant ben ...