Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project
... The assessment process used a multi-model ensemble of six general circulation models, two global emissions scenarios, statistical downscaling techniques, and a suite of modeling tools developed for the Mekong over the past 15 years to build an evidence base of climate change vulnerability. Results b ...
... The assessment process used a multi-model ensemble of six general circulation models, two global emissions scenarios, statistical downscaling techniques, and a suite of modeling tools developed for the Mekong over the past 15 years to build an evidence base of climate change vulnerability. Results b ...
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... the latter, in the form of deforestation or transformation of natural grassland into urban or cropland areas [3]. As of the year 2000, savannahs, grasslands and forests, with a global area of 15 million km2 (which is almost 40% of Earth’s ice free land surface [4]), have been replaced for agricultur ...
... the latter, in the form of deforestation or transformation of natural grassland into urban or cropland areas [3]. As of the year 2000, savannahs, grasslands and forests, with a global area of 15 million km2 (which is almost 40% of Earth’s ice free land surface [4]), have been replaced for agricultur ...
Potential Climate Change Impacts on Marine Resources
... Georges Bank, Western Gulf of Maine, and Eastern Gulf of Maine. Dramatic differences are evident for the low and high emission scenarios for projected bottom temperature levels. For the low emission scenario in particular, substantial differences are noted among models and over the time course of th ...
... Georges Bank, Western Gulf of Maine, and Eastern Gulf of Maine. Dramatic differences are evident for the low and high emission scenarios for projected bottom temperature levels. For the low emission scenario in particular, substantial differences are noted among models and over the time course of th ...
Sep 6, 2014 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... dud. The leaders of both China and India have sent their regrets. The countries are the number 1 and number 3 world emitters CO2, accounting to about one-third of global emissions. One can speculate that perhaps the leaders realize that CO2 is vital plant food. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ha ...
... dud. The leaders of both China and India have sent their regrets. The countries are the number 1 and number 3 world emitters CO2, accounting to about one-third of global emissions. One can speculate that perhaps the leaders realize that CO2 is vital plant food. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ha ...
Climate Action Plan - City of Emeryville
... The time to act is now. Never in the past 1000 years has the planet warmed at a faster rate than during the 20th century, and the most recent decade has been the warmest ever on record. Allowing this trend to continue could result in decreased agricultural output, increased catastrophic weather even ...
... The time to act is now. Never in the past 1000 years has the planet warmed at a faster rate than during the 20th century, and the most recent decade has been the warmest ever on record. Allowing this trend to continue could result in decreased agricultural output, increased catastrophic weather even ...
North America
... possibly encouraging more human activity in at-risk areas. • Responses by insurers to recent extreme events through limiting insurance availability, increasing prices and establishing new risk-spreading mechanisms. Improving building codes, land-use planning and disaster preparedness also reduce dis ...
... possibly encouraging more human activity in at-risk areas. • Responses by insurers to recent extreme events through limiting insurance availability, increasing prices and establishing new risk-spreading mechanisms. Improving building codes, land-use planning and disaster preparedness also reduce dis ...
The effects of deforestation and climate variability on the
... less (Fetter 2001). However, derivation of a spatially extensive precipitation dataset requires interpolation in space between relatively sparsely distributed gauges or augmentation of data from other sources such as ...
... less (Fetter 2001). However, derivation of a spatially extensive precipitation dataset requires interpolation in space between relatively sparsely distributed gauges or augmentation of data from other sources such as ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... meeting. Give me some good news that I can tell my daughter when I get home.” ...
... meeting. Give me some good news that I can tell my daughter when I get home.” ...
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
Collapse of the California Current During Glacial Maxima Linked to
... links the anomalous SST response to the dynamics of the regional wind system during glacial maxima. We argue that the glacial-interglacial response of SST along the California margin comes from two distinct scales of atmospheric and oceanic variability. For most of the record, SST marches tightly wi ...
... links the anomalous SST response to the dynamics of the regional wind system during glacial maxima. We argue that the glacial-interglacial response of SST along the California margin comes from two distinct scales of atmospheric and oceanic variability. For most of the record, SST marches tightly wi ...
Quantifying climate change induced effects upon glaciers and their
... pattern since the end of the Little Ice Age 150 years ago, approximately 1870 when temperatures reached so low that many farms and villages were engulfed in the Swiss Alps. The rate of retreat since the Little Ice Age passed has substantially increased in many areas since the beginning of the 1980s, ...
... pattern since the end of the Little Ice Age 150 years ago, approximately 1870 when temperatures reached so low that many farms and villages were engulfed in the Swiss Alps. The rate of retreat since the Little Ice Age passed has substantially increased in many areas since the beginning of the 1980s, ...
Full list of `Environment` briefings - European Parliament
... production and well-being (IPCC, 2001a). Scientific evidence exists which indicates that human-induced changes are being made to the climate, mainly through the emission of greenhouse gases. In particular, the carbon emissions of the present energy system, approximately 85 % of which rely on fossil ...
... production and well-being (IPCC, 2001a). Scientific evidence exists which indicates that human-induced changes are being made to the climate, mainly through the emission of greenhouse gases. In particular, the carbon emissions of the present energy system, approximately 85 % of which rely on fossil ...
The Effects of Global Change upon United States Air Quality
... transport of ozone O3 and PM2.5 precursors from Asia and their influence over the western ...
... transport of ozone O3 and PM2.5 precursors from Asia and their influence over the western ...
Pension Fund Trustees and climate change: one Year on Discussion PaPer
... coastline could also disappear with rises of this level, including London, Hull and Portsmouth. Another serious effect of global warming, which has not been publicised widely, is the impact on sea water. This has been called the ‘other CO2 problem’ because it has been sidelined, compared with the ef ...
... coastline could also disappear with rises of this level, including London, Hull and Portsmouth. Another serious effect of global warming, which has not been publicised widely, is the impact on sea water. This has been called the ‘other CO2 problem’ because it has been sidelined, compared with the ef ...
South Africa`s climate change technology needs assessment 2007
... dangerous anthropogenic activities from interfering with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable development to proceed in a sustainable ...
... dangerous anthropogenic activities from interfering with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable development to proceed in a sustainable ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
... assets upon which tourism and boating industries rely.4 Scientists are studying the relationship between ocean acidification and carbon dioxide (C02) emissions. Many of these climatological, oceanographic, ecological, and economic changes and transformations are occurring more rapidly than anticipat ...
Changes in Global Ocean Bottom Properties and Volume Transports
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
... Montégut et al. 2004). The observed MLD in the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean was obtained from the climatology of de Boyer Montégut et al. (2004), using the same density threshold criterion. The sea ice is also shown, as it can have a large impact on the MLD at high latitudes through brine rejec ...
CURRICULUM SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES 7 April 2016
... Teaching program estimates that about one-third to one-half of majors will find the Composite attractive. For students who decide not to continue in English Teaching, it provides an easier option to move into the second major and still graduate on time. In terms of capacity issues, the advisors coun ...
... Teaching program estimates that about one-third to one-half of majors will find the Composite attractive. For students who decide not to continue in English Teaching, it provides an easier option to move into the second major and still graduate on time. In terms of capacity issues, the advisors coun ...
georgia - Climate Forum East
... becoming more unpredictable, and the sea level is rising, with these trends expected to continue over the coming decades. A warmer climate has also been linked with more frequent and intense climate-related disasters and extreme weather. Records indicate that the number of climate-related disasters ...
... becoming more unpredictable, and the sea level is rising, with these trends expected to continue over the coming decades. A warmer climate has also been linked with more frequent and intense climate-related disasters and extreme weather. Records indicate that the number of climate-related disasters ...
MIGRATION AS AN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1
... model is illustrated using the case of 1930s migration patterns in rural Eastern Oklahoma, which took place during a period of repeated crop failures due to drought and flooding. ...
... model is illustrated using the case of 1930s migration patterns in rural Eastern Oklahoma, which took place during a period of repeated crop failures due to drought and flooding. ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... well as the health of insurers’ investments. Managing and transferring risks are the first responses of the insurance industry — and rising insurance premiums and exclusions are already making front-page news. Many corporations are changing practices and some are seizing business opportunities for p ...
... well as the health of insurers’ investments. Managing and transferring risks are the first responses of the insurance industry — and rising insurance premiums and exclusions are already making front-page news. Many corporations are changing practices and some are seizing business opportunities for p ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... lies in the choice of the metric used to measure distance and the corresponding weight given to the observations and the prior estimate, and in the choice of which fields or parameters are allowed to be adjusted in order to produce the final estimate. Modern methods generally allow the error fields ...
... lies in the choice of the metric used to measure distance and the corresponding weight given to the observations and the prior estimate, and in the choice of which fields or parameters are allowed to be adjusted in order to produce the final estimate. Modern methods generally allow the error fields ...
Climate feedback efficiency and synergy - MPG.PuRe - Max
... efficient technique whereby mean changes in the state variables are multiplied by radiative kernels, which linearize the radiative fluxes about the basic state (Soden et al. 2008). Instead of comparing before and after states, Gregory et al. (2004) studied how a climate model approaches equilibrium ...
... efficient technique whereby mean changes in the state variables are multiplied by radiative kernels, which linearize the radiative fluxes about the basic state (Soden et al. 2008). Instead of comparing before and after states, Gregory et al. (2004) studied how a climate model approaches equilibrium ...
Present and future responses of growing degree days for
... Abstract. Climate affects practically all the physiological processes that determine plant life (IPCC, 2014). ...
... Abstract. Climate affects practically all the physiological processes that determine plant life (IPCC, 2014). ...
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).