Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling
... downwardly propagating positive feedbacks. Those feedbacks not only tend to hold the system in a temporary stable state, but they also render it vulnerable to radical reorganization by rapid external forcing. The vulnerability of the USA agricultural production system to climate change is given as a ...
... downwardly propagating positive feedbacks. Those feedbacks not only tend to hold the system in a temporary stable state, but they also render it vulnerable to radical reorganization by rapid external forcing. The vulnerability of the USA agricultural production system to climate change is given as a ...
Gore rebuttal comments
... meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterso ...
... meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterso ...
Climate Change on the Millennial Timescale
... continents at the latitude of the UK in MoBidiC it is 1.2-10°C, whereas in 2100 it is only 12°C in either model (Figure 4). The UKCIP02 scenarios [Hulme et al., 2002] have annual average UK warming by the 2080s of 1-5°C corresponding to warming rates of 0.1-0.5°C per decade, depending on the emissio ...
... continents at the latitude of the UK in MoBidiC it is 1.2-10°C, whereas in 2100 it is only 12°C in either model (Figure 4). The UKCIP02 scenarios [Hulme et al., 2002] have annual average UK warming by the 2080s of 1-5°C corresponding to warming rates of 0.1-0.5°C per decade, depending on the emissio ...
About the Guide - American Chemical Society
... water as part of the natural hydrologic cycle and some of it drives convection currents. However, some of the incoming energy that is absorbed by the surface is reflected back through the atmosphere as infrared energy (heat) and into space. In general, the Earth maintains an energy balance in order ...
... water as part of the natural hydrologic cycle and some of it drives convection currents. However, some of the incoming energy that is absorbed by the surface is reflected back through the atmosphere as infrared energy (heat) and into space. In general, the Earth maintains an energy balance in order ...
Economic Evaluation of Climatic Change Impacts
... users. The physical impacts on water supply are modeled using the SWAT hydrologic model for the basin, and the potential economic responses of distinct water users are analyzed using an appropriate combination of econometric and optimization methods. This approach allows us to identify both the econ ...
... users. The physical impacts on water supply are modeled using the SWAT hydrologic model for the basin, and the potential economic responses of distinct water users are analyzed using an appropriate combination of econometric and optimization methods. This approach allows us to identify both the econ ...
Global Warming`s Increasingly Visible Impacts
... undisputed that the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has increased over the past century by about 1°F (0.6°C), with both the air and the oceans warming.1 Since 1880, when people in many locations first began to keep temperature records, the 25 warmest years have all occurred within th ...
... undisputed that the average temperature at the surface of the Earth has increased over the past century by about 1°F (0.6°C), with both the air and the oceans warming.1 Since 1880, when people in many locations first began to keep temperature records, the 25 warmest years have all occurred within th ...
Regional Climate Messages for Southern Africa
... The increases were greatest (up to 2°C) in the interior regions of southern Africa and there is evidence suggesting the increases were higher during the dry season. Future projections of temperature change show significant increases across the region. Temperatures in the Kalahari region and central ...
... The increases were greatest (up to 2°C) in the interior regions of southern Africa and there is evidence suggesting the increases were higher during the dry season. Future projections of temperature change show significant increases across the region. Temperatures in the Kalahari region and central ...
the presentation - Adapting Canadian Work and
... • Ontario Climate Change Plan (June) – Commitment to implement WCI cap-and-trade system (2017) – New electric vehicle infrastructure and consumer incentives – Additional $3 billion to improve energy efficiency in buildings – “Net zero” standard for new buildings by 2030 ...
... • Ontario Climate Change Plan (June) – Commitment to implement WCI cap-and-trade system (2017) – New electric vehicle infrastructure and consumer incentives – Additional $3 billion to improve energy efficiency in buildings – “Net zero” standard for new buildings by 2030 ...
From mitigation to creativity: the agency of museums and science
... strategies, like those of the science centre and the museum. A number justified their selection by arguing for the primacy of education: ‘if more people are educated, then they will do other things on this list’.2 Education was viewed as a precursor to decision-making; empowering the individual to w ...
... strategies, like those of the science centre and the museum. A number justified their selection by arguing for the primacy of education: ‘if more people are educated, then they will do other things on this list’.2 Education was viewed as a precursor to decision-making; empowering the individual to w ...
Our Dynamic Climate - science-b
... • Climate = an area’s long-term atmospheric conditions - Temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, etc. • Weather = conditions at localized sites over hours or days • Global climate change = describes trends and variations in Earth’s climate - Temperature, precipitation, storm frequency • ...
... • Climate = an area’s long-term atmospheric conditions - Temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, etc. • Weather = conditions at localized sites over hours or days • Global climate change = describes trends and variations in Earth’s climate - Temperature, precipitation, storm frequency • ...
the journal Nature Climate Change
... Competing effects of moisture and circulation change on P – E can be understood by decomposing the P – E response into a thermodynamic component due to moisture increase with no circulation change, and a dynamic component due to circulation change with no moisture change. The thermodynamic component ...
... Competing effects of moisture and circulation change on P – E can be understood by decomposing the P – E response into a thermodynamic component due to moisture increase with no circulation change, and a dynamic component due to circulation change with no moisture change. The thermodynamic component ...
Climate change and Sea-level rise
... enhanced the heat-trapping capability of Earth‟s atmosphere and caused important changes to air temperature.11 Other research indicates that snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean has decreased.12 Globally, sea level has risen four to eight inches over the past c ...
... enhanced the heat-trapping capability of Earth‟s atmosphere and caused important changes to air temperature.11 Other research indicates that snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean has decreased.12 Globally, sea level has risen four to eight inches over the past c ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop
... atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and ozone (O3), and changes in temperature (T) and precipitation (P) conditions. This Update focuses on changes in weather, CO2, and O3 in agricultural areas and how that has affected and will affect crop productivity. In doing so, we recognize that this is only par ...
... atmospheric concentrations of CO2 and ozone (O3), and changes in temperature (T) and precipitation (P) conditions. This Update focuses on changes in weather, CO2, and O3 in agricultural areas and how that has affected and will affect crop productivity. In doing so, we recognize that this is only par ...
skepticism-ce-footnotes
... Now it is time to act.” [OBAMA] Energy Independence and the Safety of Our Planet (2006) : “All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or ...
... Now it is time to act.” [OBAMA] Energy Independence and the Safety of Our Planet (2006) : “All across the world, in every kind of environment and region known to man, increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether or ...
Climate change and agriculture - NSW Department of Primary
... variable costs in northern NSW) and farms with the most home-grown feed (grazing + conserved hay and silage) tend to have the lowest variable costs and the highest operating profit per cow (Murphy et al. 2006). Impacts of climate change on the feed base will therefore be of major importance to the ...
... variable costs in northern NSW) and farms with the most home-grown feed (grazing + conserved hay and silage) tend to have the lowest variable costs and the highest operating profit per cow (Murphy et al. 2006). Impacts of climate change on the feed base will therefore be of major importance to the ...
Climate Change
... each of the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events. Projections of future water temperatures suggest coral bleaching could become more extreme in the course of this century. Many other species including microbes, fish, marine turtles and seabirds are also temperature sensitive. Scientists predict ...
... each of the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events. Projections of future water temperatures suggest coral bleaching could become more extreme in the course of this century. Many other species including microbes, fish, marine turtles and seabirds are also temperature sensitive. Scientists predict ...
Food Crisis, Climate Change and the Importance of Sustainable
... in 2050. Responses to climate related threats in agriculture underestimate the problem and there is little work on how the negative effects can be mitigated, according to IFPRI. According to the recent report of the IAASTD (Independent assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology for ...
... in 2050. Responses to climate related threats in agriculture underestimate the problem and there is little work on how the negative effects can be mitigated, according to IFPRI. According to the recent report of the IAASTD (Independent assessment of agricultural knowledge, science and technology for ...
Russia`s Role in the Post-2012 Climate Change Policy: Key
... information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy, carbon emissions from the USSR grew from 10,881 thousand tons of carbon (KtC) in 1918 to 1,127,936 KtC in 1988 (Boden et al. 2009). For comparison, carbon emissions from the United States grew during the same period from 455,368 KtC to 1, ...
... information analysis center of the U.S. Department of Energy, carbon emissions from the USSR grew from 10,881 thousand tons of carbon (KtC) in 1918 to 1,127,936 KtC in 1988 (Boden et al. 2009). For comparison, carbon emissions from the United States grew during the same period from 455,368 KtC to 1, ...
The adaptation and mitigation potential of traditional agriculture in a
... in the world is derived from 5,000 domesticated crop species and 1.9 million peasant-bred locally adapted plant varieties mostly grown without agrochemicals (ETC 2009). It may be extremely difficult to establish the actual numbers, but some estimate that approximately 50 % of these peasants use reso ...
... in the world is derived from 5,000 domesticated crop species and 1.9 million peasant-bred locally adapted plant varieties mostly grown without agrochemicals (ETC 2009). It may be extremely difficult to establish the actual numbers, but some estimate that approximately 50 % of these peasants use reso ...
How to design a building envelope to provide thermal
... - Temperature: There will be regional differences in the effects on temperature due to increased GHG emissions, but overall, there will be a global rise in temperature. The rise in global temperature means it is imperative to start off with a building envelope design that is already optimised before ...
... - Temperature: There will be regional differences in the effects on temperature due to increased GHG emissions, but overall, there will be a global rise in temperature. The rise in global temperature means it is imperative to start off with a building envelope design that is already optimised before ...
Climate change in New Brunswick (Canada): statistical downscaling
... climate system remains largely unknown, limiting our ability to anticipate and adapt to these changes. General Circulation Models (GCM’s), based on mathematical representations of atmosphere, ocean, ice cap and land surface processes, are considered to be the only credible tools currently available ...
... climate system remains largely unknown, limiting our ability to anticipate and adapt to these changes. General Circulation Models (GCM’s), based on mathematical representations of atmosphere, ocean, ice cap and land surface processes, are considered to be the only credible tools currently available ...
Updated global carbon map
... carbon stocks relates to other values, high biodiversity value or ecosystem services and factors such as human population density, at global or regional scale. It can also serve as a frame of reference national scale analyses to support decision‐making in relation to REDD. ...
... carbon stocks relates to other values, high biodiversity value or ecosystem services and factors such as human population density, at global or regional scale. It can also serve as a frame of reference national scale analyses to support decision‐making in relation to REDD. ...
Climate change and Tourism in the Alps: a position paper in view of
... Data about past average trends is certainly informative but its usefulness can be questioned when it comes to the estimation of future climate dynamics at the local level. This is because (a) the climate system exhibits a complex and non linear behaviour, and (b) different micro-climates may coexist ...
... Data about past average trends is certainly informative but its usefulness can be questioned when it comes to the estimation of future climate dynamics at the local level. This is because (a) the climate system exhibits a complex and non linear behaviour, and (b) different micro-climates may coexist ...