Agriculture in the Midwest
... reported by Hatfield (2010) reveal that which are related to extremes due to drought (1988) or climate has already affected crop production. The recent flooding (1993). In the grain crops, exposure to extremes, study by Schlenker and Roberts (2009) discussed the e.g., drought in 1988 created a 30% r ...
... reported by Hatfield (2010) reveal that which are related to extremes due to drought (1988) or climate has already affected crop production. The recent flooding (1993). In the grain crops, exposure to extremes, study by Schlenker and Roberts (2009) discussed the e.g., drought in 1988 created a 30% r ...
⢠News in Brief 1 ⢠Graduate Studies Program 3 - IMK - IFU
... Stakeholder workshops in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Accra, Ghana The scientific work of UNU-EHS and DLR in work package 5.1 focuses on a vulnerability and risk assessment in the context of climate change related hazards such as floods and droughts and climatic variability. Risk and vulnerability ...
... Stakeholder workshops in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Accra, Ghana The scientific work of UNU-EHS and DLR in work package 5.1 focuses on a vulnerability and risk assessment in the context of climate change related hazards such as floods and droughts and climatic variability. Risk and vulnerability ...
Section 10 - steadyserverpages.com
... •GEO is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations. As of March 2012, GEO’s Members include 88 Governments and the European Commission. In addition, 64 intergovernmental, international, and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related issues have ...
... •GEO is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations. As of March 2012, GEO’s Members include 88 Governments and the European Commission. In addition, 64 intergovernmental, international, and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related issues have ...
Spurring Climate Change Adaptation in Seychelles Schools through
... Date project established: January 2010 ...
... Date project established: January 2010 ...
Analysis of factors affecting resilience towards climate
... bLeibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany Background: Global climate change impacts natural ecosystems, with consequences for the livelihoods of people depending on these systems. Projected impacts for coastal regions and small islands include sealevel rise ...
... bLeibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Fahrenheitstr. 6, 28359 Bremen, Germany Background: Global climate change impacts natural ecosystems, with consequences for the livelihoods of people depending on these systems. Projected impacts for coastal regions and small islands include sealevel rise ...
Carlo_Vadehavsforskning 2013_v1
... •Quantification of the current and recent net gain of sediment (sediment budget) in front of Wadden Sea Islands and on shoals and ebb-tidal deltas and of the potential sources (Sylt, Germany and Skallingen/Jutland West Coast); • Modeling of sediment transport changes, sediment redistribution and mor ...
... •Quantification of the current and recent net gain of sediment (sediment budget) in front of Wadden Sea Islands and on shoals and ebb-tidal deltas and of the potential sources (Sylt, Germany and Skallingen/Jutland West Coast); • Modeling of sediment transport changes, sediment redistribution and mor ...
The oceans warm and cool much slower than land for a number of
... The Oceans’ Role in Seasonal and Longer Term Climate Why the recent cooling is likely just the start Although, I believe ultimately the sun is the primary driver for the changes to global climate, the oceans may provide the mechanisms for the changes on year-to-year to multidecadal time scales. In a ...
... The Oceans’ Role in Seasonal and Longer Term Climate Why the recent cooling is likely just the start Although, I believe ultimately the sun is the primary driver for the changes to global climate, the oceans may provide the mechanisms for the changes on year-to-year to multidecadal time scales. In a ...
Slowing anthropomorphic climate change
... At the same time, economic evidence makes increasingly clear ...
... At the same time, economic evidence makes increasingly clear ...
High Seas Fisheries Governance: Prospects and Challenges
... • Impacts of climate change, globalization and modern technologies – have changed basic premises of high seas fisheries governance • Time to close the open-access loophole and further constrain high seas freedom of fishing • Only those fisheries that are shown to be ecologically sustainable should b ...
... • Impacts of climate change, globalization and modern technologies – have changed basic premises of high seas fisheries governance • Time to close the open-access loophole and further constrain high seas freedom of fishing • Only those fisheries that are shown to be ecologically sustainable should b ...
Climate Change and the National Forests
... ◦ Smart to Start: Select initial scorecard elements that build on existing efforts and focus on those priorities. ◦ Smart to Grow: Be responsive in the near-term by working toward initial priorities while at the same time growing capacity to adopt a more robust framework at the eco-regional scale ◦ ...
... ◦ Smart to Start: Select initial scorecard elements that build on existing efforts and focus on those priorities. ◦ Smart to Grow: Be responsive in the near-term by working toward initial priorities while at the same time growing capacity to adopt a more robust framework at the eco-regional scale ◦ ...
Increasing climate resiliency of Philippine
... that will likely to get warmer as average sea-surface temperatures continue to rise. The projected additional heat in the ocean and air could lead to stronger and more frequent ...
... that will likely to get warmer as average sea-surface temperatures continue to rise. The projected additional heat in the ocean and air could lead to stronger and more frequent ...
Jeremy D. Shakun
... I use the geologic record to understand the behavior of the climate system on decadal to million-year time scales. Given the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of global change science, my research takes a broad and highly collaborative approach. I generate new reconstructions of climate change ...
... I use the geologic record to understand the behavior of the climate system on decadal to million-year time scales. Given the complexity and interdisciplinary nature of global change science, my research takes a broad and highly collaborative approach. I generate new reconstructions of climate change ...
Rwanda-Health Review - Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the
... relative importance of the disease. If climate change increases the burden of diseases that are existing major health issues, then we may face exacerbated, major health problems in future that severely test our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor import ...
... relative importance of the disease. If climate change increases the burden of diseases that are existing major health issues, then we may face exacerbated, major health problems in future that severely test our health services. If, however, climate change mostly affects diseases of only minor import ...
Global Circulation Models – the basis for climate change science
... factors, and it seems highly possible that this could occur given the current level of anthropogenic disturbance. However, not enough is know about this incredibly complex system to say this with any degree of certainty. ...
... factors, and it seems highly possible that this could occur given the current level of anthropogenic disturbance. However, not enough is know about this incredibly complex system to say this with any degree of certainty. ...
CV - Department of Earth Sciences
... • Drafted Climate Change Risks Letter for California Congressman Henry Waxman; co-author, precipitation, water scarcity, sea-level rise (2013) • Society of Women Engineers: Member (2010-2012) • Department Graduate Student Representative (2011-2012): Organized Earth Sciences Department Seminars for 1 ...
... • Drafted Climate Change Risks Letter for California Congressman Henry Waxman; co-author, precipitation, water scarcity, sea-level rise (2013) • Society of Women Engineers: Member (2010-2012) • Department Graduate Student Representative (2011-2012): Organized Earth Sciences Department Seminars for 1 ...
An Example - Department of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences
... Substantial areas of North America are likely to have more frequent droughts of greater severity. Hurricane wind speeds, rainfall intensity, and storm surge levels are projected to increase. The strongest cold season storms are likely to become more frequent, with stronger winds and more extreme wav ...
... Substantial areas of North America are likely to have more frequent droughts of greater severity. Hurricane wind speeds, rainfall intensity, and storm surge levels are projected to increase. The strongest cold season storms are likely to become more frequent, with stronger winds and more extreme wav ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration and
... change is a significant factor in causing migration, but it is always also connected with some of the other factors mentioned here (see Hugo, 2010). A narrow view that looks only at climate change and migration, and ignores all other causes is not useful as a guide to social action. Moreover, there ...
... change is a significant factor in causing migration, but it is always also connected with some of the other factors mentioned here (see Hugo, 2010). A narrow view that looks only at climate change and migration, and ignores all other causes is not useful as a guide to social action. Moreover, there ...
Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, Migration
... change is a significant factor in causing migration, but it is always also connected with some of the other factors mentioned here (see Hugo, 2010). A narrow view that looks only at climate change and migration, and ignores all other causes is not useful as a guide to social action. Moreover, there ...
... change is a significant factor in causing migration, but it is always also connected with some of the other factors mentioned here (see Hugo, 2010). A narrow view that looks only at climate change and migration, and ignores all other causes is not useful as a guide to social action. Moreover, there ...
Climate Change and Potatoes
... will become increasingly risky as a result of climate change, and limited to a few favourable areas. In contrast, with irrigation the land suitability hardly changes and most of the current rainfed potato production could remain in its present location, if it could be irrigated. Although only around ...
... will become increasingly risky as a result of climate change, and limited to a few favourable areas. In contrast, with irrigation the land suitability hardly changes and most of the current rainfed potato production could remain in its present location, if it could be irrigated. Although only around ...
Climate Sensitivity - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... No two of these are known with enough precision to usefully constrain uncertainty in the third, with the data available, although it is possible to fit the observations with fair precision using even a simple model. ...
... No two of these are known with enough precision to usefully constrain uncertainty in the third, with the data available, although it is possible to fit the observations with fair precision using even a simple model. ...
Climate Change and Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa: the Mother of
... others predict desertification. There is consensus, however, about the high vulnerability of the Sahel region and the fact that climate change effects could be amplified by the fragile character of states in the region, by the susceptibility to socio-economic crises as well as by violent conflicts w ...
... others predict desertification. There is consensus, however, about the high vulnerability of the Sahel region and the fact that climate change effects could be amplified by the fragile character of states in the region, by the susceptibility to socio-economic crises as well as by violent conflicts w ...
Climate Change and Food Security in the Context of the Cancun Agreements
... vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. This definition would seem inclusive of social, economic, ecological systems, which deliver sustainable development, food security and ecos ...
... vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity. This definition would seem inclusive of social, economic, ecological systems, which deliver sustainable development, food security and ecos ...
PLEASE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 31st Session of the Human
... THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY EFFORT, A CIRCULAR WAS ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 2015 FORMALIZING THE MENTIONED INITIATIVES AND DEFINING “LOW, MODERATE AND HIGH HAZARD ZONES, AND AGREED ON IMPLEMENTATION MODALITIES FOR HAZARD MAPPING”. BEYOND DISASTER-RESPONSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ...
... THROUGH AN INTERAGENCY EFFORT, A CIRCULAR WAS ISSUED IN NOVEMBER 2015 FORMALIZING THE MENTIONED INITIATIVES AND DEFINING “LOW, MODERATE AND HIGH HAZARD ZONES, AND AGREED ON IMPLEMENTATION MODALITIES FOR HAZARD MAPPING”. BEYOND DISASTER-RESPONSE, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ...
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the
... Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Con ...
... Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions .These amount to an average of five per cent against 1990 levels over the five-year period 2008-2012. The major distinction between the Protocol and the Con ...