An investigation of the pattern scaling technique for describing future
... It is now generally recognised that climate change is real, and that humans are at least partly responsible. In 1996 a scientific consensus was reached that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC, 1996a, p5). In 2001 this scientific consensus was upd ...
... It is now generally recognised that climate change is real, and that humans are at least partly responsible. In 1996 a scientific consensus was reached that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC, 1996a, p5). In 2001 this scientific consensus was upd ...
Reining in Phaëthon`s Chariot: Principles for the
... Challenge in Light of Post-2000 Emission Trends, 366 PHIL. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOC’Y. 3863 (2008), available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18757271); THE ROYAL SOC’Y., GEOENGINEERING THE CLIMATE: SCIENCE, GOVERNANCE AND UNCERTAINTY 57 (2009) [hereinafter ...
... Challenge in Light of Post-2000 Emission Trends, 366 PHIL. TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOC’Y. 3863 (2008), available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18757271); THE ROYAL SOC’Y., GEOENGINEERING THE CLIMATE: SCIENCE, GOVERNANCE AND UNCERTAINTY 57 (2009) [hereinafter ...
Ocean Acidification
... Replace incandescent light bulbs with brighter, more eco-friendly LED bulbs. Save the world, and the ocean. Eat less red meat! This is surprisingly effective in reducing our footprint. Turn off the lights when you’re not in the room; it’s simple but the amount of electricity wasted due to this appar ...
... Replace incandescent light bulbs with brighter, more eco-friendly LED bulbs. Save the world, and the ocean. Eat less red meat! This is surprisingly effective in reducing our footprint. Turn off the lights when you’re not in the room; it’s simple but the amount of electricity wasted due to this appar ...
Free version - Derek Lemoine
... Figure 4 shows the domino effect underlying these policy interactions. Each line depicts the probability of eventually crossing another threshold if the stated tipping point occurs in period t. The thick black line depicts this probability in the absence of tipping point interactions or any policy ...
... Figure 4 shows the domino effect underlying these policy interactions. Each line depicts the probability of eventually crossing another threshold if the stated tipping point occurs in period t. The thick black line depicts this probability in the absence of tipping point interactions or any policy ...
Mid-Holocene monsoons - Macquarie University ResearchOnline
... summer insolation at 6 ka in the northern subtropics strengthens the northern-hemisphere summer monsoons and leads to increased monsoonal precipitation in western North America, northern Africa and China; ocean feedbacks amplify this response and lead to further increase in monsoon precipitation in ...
... summer insolation at 6 ka in the northern subtropics strengthens the northern-hemisphere summer monsoons and leads to increased monsoonal precipitation in western North America, northern Africa and China; ocean feedbacks amplify this response and lead to further increase in monsoon precipitation in ...
Venice and climate change
... 'MIXED REACTIONS TO VENICE BARRIER APPROVAL,' ANSA Italian National Press Agency,24.5.2004. 'OPPOSITION RISES AGAINST VENICE DAM PROJECT,' ANSA Italian National Press Agency,13.2.2004. ‘SEAWATER COULD SAVE VENICE FROM SINKING' ANSA Italian National Press Agency, 22.12.2003. 'WATER PROTESTS AGAINST V ...
... 'MIXED REACTIONS TO VENICE BARRIER APPROVAL,' ANSA Italian National Press Agency,24.5.2004. 'OPPOSITION RISES AGAINST VENICE DAM PROJECT,' ANSA Italian National Press Agency,13.2.2004. ‘SEAWATER COULD SAVE VENICE FROM SINKING' ANSA Italian National Press Agency, 22.12.2003. 'WATER PROTESTS AGAINST V ...
A Changing Arctic Climate Science and Policy in the
... The global climate is changing at an increasingly rapid rate. Not only are air temperatures rising but there is also widespread melting of ice and rising sea levels. The consequences of this include more unpredictable weather patterns with increasing risks of both droughts and flooding.1 And climate ...
... The global climate is changing at an increasingly rapid rate. Not only are air temperatures rising but there is also widespread melting of ice and rising sea levels. The consequences of this include more unpredictable weather patterns with increasing risks of both droughts and flooding.1 And climate ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?
... Canada poses an unusual challenge in the international struggle to slow global warming. Almost alone among developed countries, Canadian national policy ‘has remained largely dormant on the national scale,’ according to the Climatico National Policy Assessment Report in 2009.2 The Canadian public co ...
... Canada poses an unusual challenge in the international struggle to slow global warming. Almost alone among developed countries, Canadian national policy ‘has remained largely dormant on the national scale,’ according to the Climatico National Policy Assessment Report in 2009.2 The Canadian public co ...
C IESM Workshop Monographs Climate warming and related changes in
... CLIMATE WARMING AND RELATED CHANGES IN MEDITERRANEAN MARINE BIOTA - Helgoland, 27-31 May 2008 ...
... CLIMATE WARMING AND RELATED CHANGES IN MEDITERRANEAN MARINE BIOTA - Helgoland, 27-31 May 2008 ...
3rd GLOBE review of climate change legislation
... onthegroundandtheinternationalagreement.Atthenationallevel,itisclearthat whencountriesenactcleanenergypolicies,investmentfollows.Attheinternational level, it is equally clear that domestic legislation opens the political space for internationalagreementsandf ...
... onthegroundandtheinternationalagreement.Atthenationallevel,itisclearthat whencountriesenactcleanenergypolicies,investmentfollows.Attheinternational level, it is equally clear that domestic legislation opens the political space for internationalagreementsandf ...
Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the
... need to prevent from happening. Already happening, climate change is something we need to reduce the effect of. The warming launch code has been entered, and we are now bracing for impact. Nuclear weapons established the possibility for assured destruction. Climate change has in some ways actualized ...
... need to prevent from happening. Already happening, climate change is something we need to reduce the effect of. The warming launch code has been entered, and we are now bracing for impact. Nuclear weapons established the possibility for assured destruction. Climate change has in some ways actualized ...
ABSTRACT
... aspect of this work is to quantify the direct and indirect effects of soil wetness vegetation activities and consequently on land-atmosphere carbon fluxes. Besides this canonic dominance of the tropical response to ENSO, our modeling study simulated a large carbon flux from the northern mid-latitud ...
... aspect of this work is to quantify the direct and indirect effects of soil wetness vegetation activities and consequently on land-atmosphere carbon fluxes. Besides this canonic dominance of the tropical response to ENSO, our modeling study simulated a large carbon flux from the northern mid-latitud ...
Can Carbon Sinks be Operational? An RFF Workshop Summary
... Protocol. This debate should be kept separate from the broader issue of sinks’ potential and the steps needed to realize that potential. In what follows we summarize the discussion of key issues at the workshop. 1. Problems of measurement and monitoring for sinks do exist but are manageable. The con ...
... Protocol. This debate should be kept separate from the broader issue of sinks’ potential and the steps needed to realize that potential. In what follows we summarize the discussion of key issues at the workshop. 1. Problems of measurement and monitoring for sinks do exist but are manageable. The con ...
Investigating the response of subtropical forests to environmental
... During my PhD I have had support from many people and would like them for their help and encouragement. Firstly I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor Alistair Jump for giving me the opportunity to do this research and for his continued support, advice and belief in my work. My PhD was funde ...
... During my PhD I have had support from many people and would like them for their help and encouragement. Firstly I would like to thank my supervisor, Professor Alistair Jump for giving me the opportunity to do this research and for his continued support, advice and belief in my work. My PhD was funde ...
Setting Australia`s post-2020 target for reducing greenhouse gas
... For example, coal exports will be impacted – largely as a consequence of the climate actions of other countries rather than those of Australia. There are also upsides such as increased demand for agricultural and services exports. Ultimately, the costs and benefits of our target will depend on the ...
... For example, coal exports will be impacted – largely as a consequence of the climate actions of other countries rather than those of Australia. There are also upsides such as increased demand for agricultural and services exports. Ultimately, the costs and benefits of our target will depend on the ...
Playing the Climate Dominoes: Tipping Points and the Cost of
... We integrate three tipping points into the DICE integrated assessment model [14, 15]. DICE combines an economic growth model with a simplified climate module (Schematic 1, left). The policymaker decides how to allocate output between consumption, investment in capital, and emission reductions. Unaba ...
... We integrate three tipping points into the DICE integrated assessment model [14, 15]. DICE combines an economic growth model with a simplified climate module (Schematic 1, left). The policymaker decides how to allocate output between consumption, investment in capital, and emission reductions. Unaba ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... ‘are likely to become a major driver of war and conflict.’ . . . Global temperature shifts may also hasten the speed at which infectious diseases emerge and reemerge.”36 Additional effects include “severe and irreversible changes to natural ecosystems.”37 Some regions of the world “are likely to suf ...
... ‘are likely to become a major driver of war and conflict.’ . . . Global temperature shifts may also hasten the speed at which infectious diseases emerge and reemerge.”36 Additional effects include “severe and irreversible changes to natural ecosystems.”37 Some regions of the world “are likely to suf ...
Corporate Report Draft.indd
... ICLEI is a diverse, robust, global organization with profound ambitions, a long history and myriad accomplishments. But at its core, ICLEI’s primary focus – in every initiative across five continents – has been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ...
... ICLEI is a diverse, robust, global organization with profound ambitions, a long history and myriad accomplishments. But at its core, ICLEI’s primary focus – in every initiative across five continents – has been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ...
Climate Change and Migratory Species
... Summary of potential effects of climate change on marine species ...........................94 6.9.1. Adaptation: Implications of climate change for conservation and management ......................................................................................................94 6.9.2. Knowledge G ...
... Summary of potential effects of climate change on marine species ...........................94 6.9.1. Adaptation: Implications of climate change for conservation and management ......................................................................................................94 6.9.2. Knowledge G ...
Glacier volume response time and its links to climate
... glacier: glaciers in temperate maritime climate, ice caps in arctic Canada and for the Greenland ice sheet. The resulting response times are respectively 15–60, 250–1000 and 3000 a. The short response time for the first class (with smallest area?) is noteworthy because a theoretical analysis by Nye ...
... glacier: glaciers in temperate maritime climate, ice caps in arctic Canada and for the Greenland ice sheet. The resulting response times are respectively 15–60, 250–1000 and 3000 a. The short response time for the first class (with smallest area?) is noteworthy because a theoretical analysis by Nye ...
solas 2015-2025 - Surface Ocean
... International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP). The human biogeochemical footprint on the planet is now so large that future quality and sustainability of environmental resources will be determined by societal choices as well as natural variability. There is an enorm ...
... International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP). The human biogeochemical footprint on the planet is now so large that future quality and sustainability of environmental resources will be determined by societal choices as well as natural variability. There is an enorm ...
The High Mountain Asia glacier contribution to sea
... contains outlines of glacier complexes rather than individual glaciers, which may lead to considerable bias in the glacier volume estimate due to the nonlinearity of the volume–area scaling relationship (Grinsted, 2013). The newly distributed RGI version 4.0 (Arendt and others, 2014) makes improveme ...
... contains outlines of glacier complexes rather than individual glaciers, which may lead to considerable bias in the glacier volume estimate due to the nonlinearity of the volume–area scaling relationship (Grinsted, 2013). The newly distributed RGI version 4.0 (Arendt and others, 2014) makes improveme ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... make to global climate change would have another international impact: It would encourage other nations to take similar measures.32 This is particularly important because the global warming impact of animals raised for food in other countries is generally greater than in the United States.33 In addi ...
... make to global climate change would have another international impact: It would encourage other nations to take similar measures.32 This is particularly important because the global warming impact of animals raised for food in other countries is generally greater than in the United States.33 In addi ...