Trophic amplification of climate warming
... Ecosystems can alternate suddenly between contrasting persistent states due to internal processes or external drivers. It is important to understand the mechanisms by which these shifts occur, especially in exploited ecosystems. There have been several abrupt marine ecosystem shifts attributed eithe ...
... Ecosystems can alternate suddenly between contrasting persistent states due to internal processes or external drivers. It is important to understand the mechanisms by which these shifts occur, especially in exploited ecosystems. There have been several abrupt marine ecosystem shifts attributed eithe ...
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPLESSNESS 1 Running head: CLIMATE
... in a moral light. Second, belief in the efficacy of individual behavior will predict motivation to perform those behaviors. Finally, we predict that moralization will mediate the link between efficacy and motivation. We test these predictions in three studies. Study 1 measured the correlational rela ...
... in a moral light. Second, belief in the efficacy of individual behavior will predict motivation to perform those behaviors. Finally, we predict that moralization will mediate the link between efficacy and motivation. We test these predictions in three studies. Study 1 measured the correlational rela ...
Documentation Support Specialist
... The Green Climate Fund (“the Fund”) is a new multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change. The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective ...
... The Green Climate Fund (“the Fund”) is a new multilateral fund created to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change. The Fund will contribute to the achievement of the ultimate objective ...
S1501144_en.pdf
... the British Government (UKAID) and the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central A ...
... the British Government (UKAID) and the Subregional Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City, and the Agreement between the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) and ECLAC as part of the “The Economics of Climate Change in Central A ...
Rethinking Private Land Conservation in the
... problems, that the nation and World will face over the next century and beyond. By now the litany is well known,6 and in most cases climate change is already taking place. Temperatures in many regions will increase. Indeed, mean land surface temperature already has risen almost 1º Celsius over the l ...
... problems, that the nation and World will face over the next century and beyond. By now the litany is well known,6 and in most cases climate change is already taking place. Temperatures in many regions will increase. Indeed, mean land surface temperature already has risen almost 1º Celsius over the l ...
Permafrost_breakout
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... focused on local governments in Africa that require development and shaping through an innovation process over a maximum of six months. The three day intensive workshop brought together representatives from different government sectors from four countries and five cities – South Africa (City of Tshw ...
... focused on local governments in Africa that require development and shaping through an innovation process over a maximum of six months. The three day intensive workshop brought together representatives from different government sectors from four countries and five cities – South Africa (City of Tshw ...
National Climate Change Action Plan
... that enables life as we know it on our planet, is being affected by human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Anthropogenic emissions change the concentration levels of these gases in the atmosphere, which consequently have an impact on ...
... that enables life as we know it on our planet, is being affected by human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. Anthropogenic emissions change the concentration levels of these gases in the atmosphere, which consequently have an impact on ...
Progress in Physical Geography Sea levels: resolution and uncertainty
... The complexity of dealing with these uncertainties led Rahmstorf (2007) to adopt a contrasting approach to projecting future sea-level rise. This employs a simple semiempirical model based on the relationship between global sea level (derived from Church and White, 2006) and temperature (derived fro ...
... The complexity of dealing with these uncertainties led Rahmstorf (2007) to adopt a contrasting approach to projecting future sea-level rise. This employs a simple semiempirical model based on the relationship between global sea level (derived from Church and White, 2006) and temperature (derived fro ...
Geography
... The syllabus adopts an inquiry-based approach to the learning of Geography. It provides coverage of physical and human aspects of the subject and the linkages that exist between them by presenting them in the form of geographical questions. It gives students a deeper and critical understanding of th ...
... The syllabus adopts an inquiry-based approach to the learning of Geography. It provides coverage of physical and human aspects of the subject and the linkages that exist between them by presenting them in the form of geographical questions. It gives students a deeper and critical understanding of th ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... given its high dependence on rain-fed agriculture and water resources for livelihoods; limited knowledge on climate change; limited resources for adaptation; and weak institutions and capacity to regulate river and stream flow. The purpose of this paper is to identify and profile key research instit ...
... given its high dependence on rain-fed agriculture and water resources for livelihoods; limited knowledge on climate change; limited resources for adaptation; and weak institutions and capacity to regulate river and stream flow. The purpose of this paper is to identify and profile key research instit ...
Link-Securitization - Open Evidence Archive
... alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primarily conceptual. Basic conceptual assumptions often take the form of metaphors (or conceptual models). Metaphors are not me ...
... alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primarily conceptual. Basic conceptual assumptions often take the form of metaphors (or conceptual models). Metaphors are not me ...
ACSRI report - Columbia University
... divestment: (1) that there must be broad consensus in the Columbia community, (2) that the merits must lie clearly on one side, and (3) that there be no feasible alternative to divestment. However, the Committee also decided that the issue warranted further investigation and thus established a stand ...
... divestment: (1) that there must be broad consensus in the Columbia community, (2) that the merits must lie clearly on one side, and (3) that there be no feasible alternative to divestment. However, the Committee also decided that the issue warranted further investigation and thus established a stand ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... Developing countries will suffer the most. Coupled with rapid population growth, climate change can undermine the carrying capacity of many developing countries. Water and food shortages, and land loss will stress already marginal livings standards. Economic instability will leave communities highly ...
... Developing countries will suffer the most. Coupled with rapid population growth, climate change can undermine the carrying capacity of many developing countries. Water and food shortages, and land loss will stress already marginal livings standards. Economic instability will leave communities highly ...
John M. Pandolfi , 418 (2011); DOI: 10.1126/science.1204794
... for such feedbacks and lead to simultaneous millennial time scales (21, 22), in one location at declines in Warag (15) (fig. S1B). Such departures rates comparable to those projected for the coming are more in line with the seemingly unprecedented century [figure 2 in (23)]. None of these post-LGM r ...
... for such feedbacks and lead to simultaneous millennial time scales (21, 22), in one location at declines in Warag (15) (fig. S1B). Such departures rates comparable to those projected for the coming are more in line with the seemingly unprecedented century [figure 2 in (23)]. None of these post-LGM r ...
Climate Change in Southern New Hampshire
... EARTH’S CLIMATE CHANGES. It always has and always will. However, an extensive and growing body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are no ...
... EARTH’S CLIMATE CHANGES. It always has and always will. However, an extensive and growing body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are no ...
COMMUNITIES AT RISK? Tool 2, Activity 8 Greenland Defends
... stands well below that of the rest of the country. Young Inuits, especially, are uninterested in what is perceived to be the empty bureaucratic work of the government. Jesse Mike, the interim president of the Inuit Youth Council, an organization aimed at preserving Inuit language and culture and add ...
... stands well below that of the rest of the country. Young Inuits, especially, are uninterested in what is perceived to be the empty bureaucratic work of the government. Jesse Mike, the interim president of the Inuit Youth Council, an organization aimed at preserving Inuit language and culture and add ...
Studying Climate Change: Proxy Indicators
... • Climate: an area’s long-term atmospheric conditions - Temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, etc. • Weather: conditions at localized sites over hours or days ...
... • Climate: an area’s long-term atmospheric conditions - Temperature, moisture content, wind, precipitation, etc. • Weather: conditions at localized sites over hours or days ...
Southern New Hampshire
... EARTH’S CLIMATE CHANGES. It always has and always will. However, an extensive and growing body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are no ...
... EARTH’S CLIMATE CHANGES. It always has and always will. However, an extensive and growing body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are no ...
Projected responses of North American grassland - ace
... attributed to agricultural intensification. Understanding the potential interactions between the impacts of climate change on the future distributions of these species and the availability of suitable vegetation for nesting can support improved risk assessments and conservation planning for this gro ...
... attributed to agricultural intensification. Understanding the potential interactions between the impacts of climate change on the future distributions of these species and the availability of suitable vegetation for nesting can support improved risk assessments and conservation planning for this gro ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
Russia`s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic
... greenhouse gas emissions even as Russia’s economy grows. At the international level, the lead up to the 2009 COP 15 Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change inspired a period of attention to climate change as a foreign-policy issue. Domestically, factors behind this change include efforts to construct ...
... greenhouse gas emissions even as Russia’s economy grows. At the international level, the lead up to the 2009 COP 15 Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change inspired a period of attention to climate change as a foreign-policy issue. Domestically, factors behind this change include efforts to construct ...
Vulnerability of coastal communities to key
... alike are how reef-dependant societies are being affected by, and what capacity they have to adapt to, climate change impacts. Research on social vulnerability to disasters, global environmental change, famine, and poverty has a long history in social science disciplines such as human geography (Adg ...
... alike are how reef-dependant societies are being affected by, and what capacity they have to adapt to, climate change impacts. Research on social vulnerability to disasters, global environmental change, famine, and poverty has a long history in social science disciplines such as human geography (Adg ...
Independent effects of warming and nitrogen addition on plant
... warming. Better understanding of the interactive effects between warming and other environmental change factors, such as increasing atmosphere nitrogen (N) deposition, is critical for projection of future plant phenology. † Methods A 4-year field experiment manipulating temperature and N has been co ...
... warming. Better understanding of the interactive effects between warming and other environmental change factors, such as increasing atmosphere nitrogen (N) deposition, is critical for projection of future plant phenology. † Methods A 4-year field experiment manipulating temperature and N has been co ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).