Climatic change and dynastic cycles in Chinese history: a review
... Twenty years earlier, Bret Hinsch had drawn the same conclusion: This information shows that the Tang fell during an exceptionally dry period, a fact which may have exacerbated other troubles faced by the dynasty. The uprising of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao in 875, which ended in the destruction of ...
... Twenty years earlier, Bret Hinsch had drawn the same conclusion: This information shows that the Tang fell during an exceptionally dry period, a fact which may have exacerbated other troubles faced by the dynasty. The uprising of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao in 875, which ended in the destruction of ...
NIIRTA Submission to Climate Change Enquiry
... Northern Ireland is a small business economy with 98% of all business classified as ‘small’. The independent retail sector is the biggest sub-sector of that economy and plays a crucial role as the backbone of the private sector. In addition, NIIRTA is also a socially responsible organisation who thr ...
... Northern Ireland is a small business economy with 98% of all business classified as ‘small’. The independent retail sector is the biggest sub-sector of that economy and plays a crucial role as the backbone of the private sector. In addition, NIIRTA is also a socially responsible organisation who thr ...
Written Testimony for the House Committee on Science, Space, and... Hearing on “Examining the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
... While the greenhouse and aerosol emissions, in particular, have resulted in changes to the global average radiative forcings, the use of a global averaged radiative forcing or a global average surface temperature are grossly inadequate metrics to diagnose such effects as circulation changes on multi ...
... While the greenhouse and aerosol emissions, in particular, have resulted in changes to the global average radiative forcings, the use of a global averaged radiative forcing or a global average surface temperature are grossly inadequate metrics to diagnose such effects as circulation changes on multi ...
Adaptation - ACCA Global
... account in both strategic and project-level decision making. All decisions taken by directors and professional advisers that do not take inevitable climate change into account may be open to legal challenge. In the future, the courts may examine claims and decide that it was reasonable, at the time ...
... account in both strategic and project-level decision making. All decisions taken by directors and professional advisers that do not take inevitable climate change into account may be open to legal challenge. In the future, the courts may examine claims and decide that it was reasonable, at the time ...
Oilfield Review Autumn 2001 - Global Warming and
... err on the side of understatement. During the mid-1990s, in the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), leading scientists from around the world expressed a consensus view that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate ...
... err on the side of understatement. During the mid-1990s, in the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), leading scientists from around the world expressed a consensus view that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate ...
Carbon cycle
... Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter? ...
... Humans and Ecology: What are we doing, what should we do, what can we do, and does it matter? ...
Zero-Dimensional Model of Earth`s Climate
... Fast vs. Slow Processes • When using paleoclimate information to evaluate climate sensitivity for application to decadal-to-centennial scale climate change, it is useful to distnguish between “fast” and “slow” processes. • Fast → time scales of years to decades • Slow → time scales of centuries or ...
... Fast vs. Slow Processes • When using paleoclimate information to evaluate climate sensitivity for application to decadal-to-centennial scale climate change, it is useful to distnguish between “fast” and “slow” processes. • Fast → time scales of years to decades • Slow → time scales of centuries or ...
madagascar`s intended nationally determined contribution
... based adaptation approach (forests, mangroves, biodiversity, water resources) can have significant benefits on the mitigation. In fact, these actions may contribute to the strengthening of carbon stocks. Forests and mangroves sustainable management, in addition to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduc ...
... based adaptation approach (forests, mangroves, biodiversity, water resources) can have significant benefits on the mitigation. In fact, these actions may contribute to the strengthening of carbon stocks. Forests and mangroves sustainable management, in addition to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduc ...
Innovative Solutions to Global Warming
... attention, especially some scientists. It’s listed as one of the six global environmental concerns with population growth, air pollution, and extinction of organism species, land degradation and ecological balance. Most of us are worried about global warming. It’s a problem that will change the futu ...
... attention, especially some scientists. It’s listed as one of the six global environmental concerns with population growth, air pollution, and extinction of organism species, land degradation and ecological balance. Most of us are worried about global warming. It’s a problem that will change the futu ...
Climate change from Poles to Tropics
... such as the Falkland Islands because species and associated habitats have little ‘room for manoeuvre’ in terms of latitudinal shifts. Even in areas where latitudinal shifts are possible, it is With a civilian population of approximately 2,500 possible that rates of climatic change may exceed and a m ...
... such as the Falkland Islands because species and associated habitats have little ‘room for manoeuvre’ in terms of latitudinal shifts. Even in areas where latitudinal shifts are possible, it is With a civilian population of approximately 2,500 possible that rates of climatic change may exceed and a m ...
Word - Green Ninja
... Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a certain place over many years. For example, the climate in Minnesota is cold and snowy in the winter, and the climate in Honolulu, Hawaii, is warm and humid all year long. The climate in one area, like the Midwest or Hawaii, is called a regional ...
... Climate refers to the average weather conditions in a certain place over many years. For example, the climate in Minnesota is cold and snowy in the winter, and the climate in Honolulu, Hawaii, is warm and humid all year long. The climate in one area, like the Midwest or Hawaii, is called a regional ...
Implications of the response to Climate change for women`s
... the changing climate conditions. Women, as farmers and major producers of food, must also adapt production and growing practices that ensure food security, in spite of climate change. Yet women in communities continue to have in adequate decision-making with regard to adaptation decision-making at l ...
... the changing climate conditions. Women, as farmers and major producers of food, must also adapt production and growing practices that ensure food security, in spite of climate change. Yet women in communities continue to have in adequate decision-making with regard to adaptation decision-making at l ...
How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate
... harvests along the WAP (41). The Fig. 1. Changes observed along the WAP over the past 30 years. Annual average air temperatures at Faraday/ changes along the WAP are just one Vernadsky Station (65°15′S, 64°16′W) and Rothera Station (67°34′S, 68°08′W) have increased. There has example of how rapid cl ...
... harvests along the WAP (41). The Fig. 1. Changes observed along the WAP over the past 30 years. Annual average air temperatures at Faraday/ changes along the WAP are just one Vernadsky Station (65°15′S, 64°16′W) and Rothera Station (67°34′S, 68°08′W) have increased. There has example of how rapid cl ...
Integrating ozone and UV research with climate change
... Building materials, in particular plastics, are known to degrade under UV radiation, but also to show a strong temperature response. Recent research has started that can address the question of whether these responses are purely additive or may exhibit a synergistic behaviour (Jones, 2002), but addi ...
... Building materials, in particular plastics, are known to degrade under UV radiation, but also to show a strong temperature response. Recent research has started that can address the question of whether these responses are purely additive or may exhibit a synergistic behaviour (Jones, 2002), but addi ...
Slide 1
... • Implications for Financial Liberalization and Regulation in GATS? • Implications for Domestic Regulation under GATS? ...
... • Implications for Financial Liberalization and Regulation in GATS? • Implications for Domestic Regulation under GATS? ...
A Call for Climate Leadership
... An immense and ever-growing body of scientific evidence concludes that over-reliance on fossil fuels is destabilizing the climate and causing the planet to warm at dangerous rates.1 This threatens our ability to continue the human progress that has occurred over the last 10,000 years - a time of rel ...
... An immense and ever-growing body of scientific evidence concludes that over-reliance on fossil fuels is destabilizing the climate and causing the planet to warm at dangerous rates.1 This threatens our ability to continue the human progress that has occurred over the last 10,000 years - a time of rel ...
Here - Cato Institute
... earth’s plant life—including food crops. CO2 acts as a fertilizer, increasing plant growth rate and mass by increasing photosynthetic capacity. It increases plant water use efficiency and drought tolerance as well as performance under low light conditions and in high temperatures. CO2 also increases ...
... earth’s plant life—including food crops. CO2 acts as a fertilizer, increasing plant growth rate and mass by increasing photosynthetic capacity. It increases plant water use efficiency and drought tolerance as well as performance under low light conditions and in high temperatures. CO2 also increases ...
Mountain Waters in a Changing World
... Switzerland at the beginning of the 17th century, in the late 18th century, and between 1850 and 1910. It seems that we are now entering a new “high frequency period”. Does this mean that both climate change and flood cycle are overlapping or will overlap within the next years or even decades? If so ...
... Switzerland at the beginning of the 17th century, in the late 18th century, and between 1850 and 1910. It seems that we are now entering a new “high frequency period”. Does this mean that both climate change and flood cycle are overlapping or will overlap within the next years or even decades? If so ...
udall rcrf update boulder 4 21 2009
... physical aspects of climate change that are important for evaluating impacts on Colorado’s water resources, and developing adaptation strategies out to the mid-21st century ...
... physical aspects of climate change that are important for evaluating impacts on Colorado’s water resources, and developing adaptation strategies out to the mid-21st century ...
CLIMATE CHANGE
... part of the decision-making process. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide authoritative advice to governments on climate change. Since then, three major ...
... part of the decision-making process. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to provide authoritative advice to governments on climate change. Since then, three major ...
Phenology as a management tool to forecast climate
... entire groups of species may be vulnerable to climate change, possibly easing the identification of vulnerable species, but also possibly leading to the declines of genera or families. Using phenology and phylogeny as tools to predict species responses to climate change, particularly changes in abun ...
... entire groups of species may be vulnerable to climate change, possibly easing the identification of vulnerable species, but also possibly leading to the declines of genera or families. Using phenology and phylogeny as tools to predict species responses to climate change, particularly changes in abun ...
1 - MEDiterranean PROspects
... The first step of this assessment consists in estimating the relationship between water availability and crops productivity in main MED11 regions for major crops. This relationship will be investigated by IAMB and UPM. The research will potentially integrate data from two sources. If possible, infor ...
... The first step of this assessment consists in estimating the relationship between water availability and crops productivity in main MED11 regions for major crops. This relationship will be investigated by IAMB and UPM. The research will potentially integrate data from two sources. If possible, infor ...
The San Diego Minisymposia Two Minisymposia
... the Atmospheric Sciences (in press) “The scaling laws for the dependence of eddy fields on mean fields exhibit a regime transition, between a regime in which the extratropical thermal stratification and tropopause height are controlled by radiation and convection and a regime in which baroclinic ent ...
... the Atmospheric Sciences (in press) “The scaling laws for the dependence of eddy fields on mean fields exhibit a regime transition, between a regime in which the extratropical thermal stratification and tropopause height are controlled by radiation and convection and a regime in which baroclinic ent ...