Climate Change in the La Plata Basin
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
Assessing the Impacts of Land Cover Change on
... according to land use/cover change, whereby regions with increased wind speed reduce warm day temperature extremes, despite increasing mean temperature trend, and have a greater impact on atmospheric water demand than those regions that mainly increase sensible heat fluxes. These results can explain ...
... according to land use/cover change, whereby regions with increased wind speed reduce warm day temperature extremes, despite increasing mean temperature trend, and have a greater impact on atmospheric water demand than those regions that mainly increase sensible heat fluxes. These results can explain ...
Climate feedback efficiency and synergy - MPG.PuRe - Max
... positive. The cause of the large inter-model spread was not so much due to variation in the snow albedo feedback itself, but rather due to the interactions with clouds, water vapor and temperature feedbacks (Randall et al. 1994). Apart from this early model intercomparison study, most other studies ...
... positive. The cause of the large inter-model spread was not so much due to variation in the snow albedo feedback itself, but rather due to the interactions with clouds, water vapor and temperature feedbacks (Randall et al. 1994). Apart from this early model intercomparison study, most other studies ...
a carbon price
... • A uniform global carbon price (and prices on other greenhouse gases in proportion to their warming potential), delivered either by carbon taxes or carbon trading, would be an ideal tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply in a cost-effective way, based on the principle that the ‘polluter p ...
... • A uniform global carbon price (and prices on other greenhouse gases in proportion to their warming potential), delivered either by carbon taxes or carbon trading, would be an ideal tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions sharply in a cost-effective way, based on the principle that the ‘polluter p ...
The Governance of Scientific Assessment in the Context of the
... programme of work; undertakes outreach and communications activities; oversees the response to possible errors in completed assessment reports and other IPCC products, in line with the IPCC Protocol for Addressing Possible Errors; strengthens coordination among WGs and Task Forces in the preparation ...
... programme of work; undertakes outreach and communications activities; oversees the response to possible errors in completed assessment reports and other IPCC products, in line with the IPCC Protocol for Addressing Possible Errors; strengthens coordination among WGs and Task Forces in the preparation ...
Use of Traditional Weather/Climate Knowledge by Farmers in the
... area, based on their environmental understanding, interacting with nature and experiences within their area [3,4]. In our research, emphasis has been on what scientists learned from this traditional knowledge. What farmers learned is discussed, but was only qualitatively assessed. How successfully t ...
... area, based on their environmental understanding, interacting with nature and experiences within their area [3,4]. In our research, emphasis has been on what scientists learned from this traditional knowledge. What farmers learned is discussed, but was only qualitatively assessed. How successfully t ...
Climate Change and Resilient Livelihoods: CLP`s Approach to
... Apart from the risk of flooding, such events often have a serious impact on agricultural production. This affects chars-dwellers in at least two ways: price rises for food; and drops in household income as the demand for agricultural labour reduces. Chars-dwellers are always at risk of erosion, i.e. ...
... Apart from the risk of flooding, such events often have a serious impact on agricultural production. This affects chars-dwellers in at least two ways: price rises for food; and drops in household income as the demand for agricultural labour reduces. Chars-dwellers are always at risk of erosion, i.e. ...
Four Futures for Energy Markets and Climate Change
... The central role for energy Energy is one of the keys to economic development and in order to explore future European economies, a profound analysis of the role of energy is necessary. Societies are fuelled by energy and future economic growth will ask for increased availability and use of energy. T ...
... The central role for energy Energy is one of the keys to economic development and in order to explore future European economies, a profound analysis of the role of energy is necessary. Societies are fuelled by energy and future economic growth will ask for increased availability and use of energy. T ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean
... remained elusive due to the absence of suitable climatic datasets. Substantial data developments in the last decade, with some datasets now going back 25 years or more, have brought major new opportunities to investigate long-term water cycle variability in oceanic regions (e.g. Adler et al. 2003; W ...
... remained elusive due to the absence of suitable climatic datasets. Substantial data developments in the last decade, with some datasets now going back 25 years or more, have brought major new opportunities to investigate long-term water cycle variability in oceanic regions (e.g. Adler et al. 2003; W ...
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... future research activities. In addition, models are agrometeorology, soil science and agronomy is being used as decision support systems at the farm integrated in a coherent, quantitative and processlevel to optimize resource management. The cotton oriented manner. After proper validation, the simul ...
... future research activities. In addition, models are agrometeorology, soil science and agronomy is being used as decision support systems at the farm integrated in a coherent, quantitative and processlevel to optimize resource management. The cotton oriented manner. After proper validation, the simul ...
Possible impacts on climate change on biocontrol systems in New
... climate change threats. The focus is on the impact on the land-based sectors, in particular the productive sector. This report is written for central and local government, land managers in both the land-based productive and environment sectors, for whom the information is relevant when planning long ...
... climate change threats. The focus is on the impact on the land-based sectors, in particular the productive sector. This report is written for central and local government, land managers in both the land-based productive and environment sectors, for whom the information is relevant when planning long ...
sea level rise in the caribbean - M
... of aesthetics), which are projected to accelerate in the coming decades and compound the existing threats to natural systems and society. Dulal et al. conclude that: “If the Caribbean countries fail to adapt, they are likely to take direct and substantial economic hits to their most important indust ...
... of aesthetics), which are projected to accelerate in the coming decades and compound the existing threats to natural systems and society. Dulal et al. conclude that: “If the Caribbean countries fail to adapt, they are likely to take direct and substantial economic hits to their most important indust ...
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... that there have been several methane hydrate release events associated with warming periods in the Earth’s history but slump slides of sediments or other sudden impacts are thought to be the likely cause rather than any gradual effect of warming temperatures. Nevertheless, recent modelling suggests ...
... that there have been several methane hydrate release events associated with warming periods in the Earth’s history but slump slides of sediments or other sudden impacts are thought to be the likely cause rather than any gradual effect of warming temperatures. Nevertheless, recent modelling suggests ...
Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise and the Vulnerability of
... period2 of flooding events that occur on annual to decadal time scales decreased by a factor of about three from the pre-1950 period to the post-1950 period. This is mainly caused by sea-level rise, with a smaller contribution coming from enhanced intra-annual, inter-annual or decadal variability, w ...
... period2 of flooding events that occur on annual to decadal time scales decreased by a factor of about three from the pre-1950 period to the post-1950 period. This is mainly caused by sea-level rise, with a smaller contribution coming from enhanced intra-annual, inter-annual or decadal variability, w ...
Contribution potential of glaciers to water availability in different
... the warm months they increase, the total input of water into the basin. The red line shows the maximum of the monthly percentage of total water input into the basin that experiences seasonally delayed release by the glaciers (MMP). To estimate the societal importance of seasonally delayed glacier me ...
... the warm months they increase, the total input of water into the basin. The red line shows the maximum of the monthly percentage of total water input into the basin that experiences seasonally delayed release by the glaciers (MMP). To estimate the societal importance of seasonally delayed glacier me ...
Impact of Global Warming on Insurance Lawyers and Their Clients
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
Deadly Waters: How Rising Seas Threaten 233 Endangered Species
... Sea levels worldwide are rising as warming temperatures melt ice sheets and glaciers and expand ocean water. Sea level rose 8 inches during the past century, and the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the world warms.1 Globally, an average of 3 to 4 feet of sea-level rise is expected in this ...
... Sea levels worldwide are rising as warming temperatures melt ice sheets and glaciers and expand ocean water. Sea level rose 8 inches during the past century, and the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the world warms.1 Globally, an average of 3 to 4 feet of sea-level rise is expected in this ...
Deadly Waters - Center for Biological Diversity
... Sea levels worldwide are rising as warming temperatures melt ice sheets and glaciers and expand ocean water. Sea level rose 8 inches during the past century, and the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the world warms.1 Globally, an average of 3 to 4 feet of sea-level rise is expected in this ...
... Sea levels worldwide are rising as warming temperatures melt ice sheets and glaciers and expand ocean water. Sea level rose 8 inches during the past century, and the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating as the world warms.1 Globally, an average of 3 to 4 feet of sea-level rise is expected in this ...
Cartography of pathways: A new model for environmental
... different public policy objectives in order to find an acceptable compromise between them is an exercise that requires a social welfare function and fair democratic procedures. Fig. 1 summarizes these thoughts on the role of practical consequences in the (r)evaluation of policy objectives and means. ...
... different public policy objectives in order to find an acceptable compromise between them is an exercise that requires a social welfare function and fair democratic procedures. Fig. 1 summarizes these thoughts on the role of practical consequences in the (r)evaluation of policy objectives and means. ...
Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison Please share
... (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. Coordinated experiments include simulations of the climate of the past millennium and simulations of long-term future climate change, in addition to a set of idealized experiments. This paper discusses the future climate projections (performed by 12 model ...
... (EMICs) participated in the intercomparison. Coordinated experiments include simulations of the climate of the past millennium and simulations of long-term future climate change, in addition to a set of idealized experiments. This paper discusses the future climate projections (performed by 12 model ...
Paper - Department of Economics
... to a restricted cointegrated system that can be mapped to a cointegrated vector autoregression (CVAR). This provides a system-based statistical framework in which an EBM can be estimated jointly (rather than one equation at a time) and therefore can be tested against observed data. Equally, this mat ...
... to a restricted cointegrated system that can be mapped to a cointegrated vector autoregression (CVAR). This provides a system-based statistical framework in which an EBM can be estimated jointly (rather than one equation at a time) and therefore can be tested against observed data. Equally, this mat ...
Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and
... from additive, single-factor effects, though low statistical power limits the strength of these conclusions. New experiments with combined temperature and precipitation manipulations are needed to conclusively determine the importance of temperature–precipitation interactions on the C balance of ter ...
... from additive, single-factor effects, though low statistical power limits the strength of these conclusions. New experiments with combined temperature and precipitation manipulations are needed to conclusively determine the importance of temperature–precipitation interactions on the C balance of ter ...