Climate Change and Animals - Chicago Unbound
... Contingent valuation studies consistently show high willingness-to-pay for the protection of animals. Other recent studies have suggested highly significant instrumental value for biodiversity in areas such as agriculture and medical research. Second, the scientific uncertainty over the impact of cl ...
... Contingent valuation studies consistently show high willingness-to-pay for the protection of animals. Other recent studies have suggested highly significant instrumental value for biodiversity in areas such as agriculture and medical research. Second, the scientific uncertainty over the impact of cl ...
SHAKY SCIENCE: INCONVENIENT TRUTHS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
... would be appropriate to use the most recent IPCC reports, including the chapters focusing on North America, and the U.S. government Climate Change Science Program [CCSP] Synthesis Reports as scientific assessments that could serve as an important source or as the primary basis for the Agency’s issua ...
... would be appropriate to use the most recent IPCC reports, including the chapters focusing on North America, and the U.S. government Climate Change Science Program [CCSP] Synthesis Reports as scientific assessments that could serve as an important source or as the primary basis for the Agency’s issua ...
Antarctic climate change and the environment
... The marine carbon cycle can be described in terms of anthropogenic and natural carbon cycles, but from an oceanic perspective these two are treated almost exactly the same. The anthropogenic carbon cycle includes the emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere that have continued at an increasing rate sinc ...
... The marine carbon cycle can be described in terms of anthropogenic and natural carbon cycles, but from an oceanic perspective these two are treated almost exactly the same. The anthropogenic carbon cycle includes the emissions of CO2 into the atmosphere that have continued at an increasing rate sinc ...
Chapter 10
... with El-Niño were reported to be more frequent and intense in the past 20 years (Trenberth and Hoar, 1997; Aldhous, 2004). Significantly longer heatwave duration has been observed in many countries of Asia, as indicated by pronounced warming trends and several cases of severe heatwaves (De and Mukho ...
... with El-Niño were reported to be more frequent and intense in the past 20 years (Trenberth and Hoar, 1997; Aldhous, 2004). Significantly longer heatwave duration has been observed in many countries of Asia, as indicated by pronounced warming trends and several cases of severe heatwaves (De and Mukho ...
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... achievability of different policies, and current international policy dynamics to various options to move forward on climate change. This “decision tree” investigates what to do with a 2°C target that becomes increasingly difficult to achieve. It leads to two unsettled issues. First, we do not know ...
... achievability of different policies, and current international policy dynamics to various options to move forward on climate change. This “decision tree” investigates what to do with a 2°C target that becomes increasingly difficult to achieve. It leads to two unsettled issues. First, we do not know ...
Assessing the Response of Terrestrial Ecosystems to Potential
... to promote additional precipitation studies, strengthen collaborative research, and facilitate exchange of information about the impacts of precipitation change on terrestrial ecosystems and on the natural resources that support human activities. ...
... to promote additional precipitation studies, strengthen collaborative research, and facilitate exchange of information about the impacts of precipitation change on terrestrial ecosystems and on the natural resources that support human activities. ...
Climate Change Impacts on International Seaports
... The nature of their business locates seaports in one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change impacts: in coastal areas susceptible to sea-level rise (SLR) and increased storm intensity or at mouths of rivers susceptible to flooding. 90% of the world’s freight moves by ship (IMO 2008).Thus, se ...
... The nature of their business locates seaports in one of the most vulnerable areas to climate change impacts: in coastal areas susceptible to sea-level rise (SLR) and increased storm intensity or at mouths of rivers susceptible to flooding. 90% of the world’s freight moves by ship (IMO 2008).Thus, se ...
from boom to bust? climate risk in the golden state
... to the fertile Central Valley, and from the Mojave Desert ...
... to the fertile Central Valley, and from the Mojave Desert ...
Pribulick_mines_0052N_10764
... sparse. The moist, densely vegetated soil zones experienced slightly cooler soil temperatures as a result of vegetative shading. The soil moisture did not change much in the shallow soil zones, but decreases were seen in the deeper zone where root uptake is likely. Harte and Shaw (1995) used the sam ...
... sparse. The moist, densely vegetated soil zones experienced slightly cooler soil temperatures as a result of vegetative shading. The soil moisture did not change much in the shallow soil zones, but decreases were seen in the deeper zone where root uptake is likely. Harte and Shaw (1995) used the sam ...
Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in
... including biodiversity and productivity; phenology, connectivity, wildland fire, insect infestations, plant and wildlife disease, and invasion dynamics; ●● communities of interest, including alpine and tree line, forests and woodlands, five-needle pines, aspen, sagebrush and grasslands, aquatic syst ...
... including biodiversity and productivity; phenology, connectivity, wildland fire, insect infestations, plant and wildlife disease, and invasion dynamics; ●● communities of interest, including alpine and tree line, forests and woodlands, five-needle pines, aspen, sagebrush and grasslands, aquatic syst ...
EuropeAid EuropeAid
... AWG-LCA and AWG-KP • AWG-KP: discussions around further reductions • AWG-LCA: mitigation goals, shared vision for adaptation, mitigation, technology and finance. • Bali road map: COP decides to launch process to enable implementation of the Convention through long term cooperative action in order to ...
... AWG-LCA and AWG-KP • AWG-KP: discussions around further reductions • AWG-LCA: mitigation goals, shared vision for adaptation, mitigation, technology and finance. • Bali road map: COP decides to launch process to enable implementation of the Convention through long term cooperative action in order to ...
North Atlantic Ocean Wave Climate Change Scenarios for the
... detailed assessment of changes in the projected wave heights. Strictly speaking, a climate change scenario refers to the difference between some plausible future climate and the current or control climate (usually as represented in a climate model). Such differences can be viewed as an interim step ...
... detailed assessment of changes in the projected wave heights. Strictly speaking, a climate change scenario refers to the difference between some plausible future climate and the current or control climate (usually as represented in a climate model). Such differences can be viewed as an interim step ...
Author`s personal copy - Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung
... effect of an adaptation measure, the interaction of (1) and (2) and (1) and (3) results in a conflict or a synergy, respectively. These can either be inter-sectoral if different sectors are affected but also intra-sectoral if for example the adaptation measure enhances the economic but deteriorates ...
... effect of an adaptation measure, the interaction of (1) and (2) and (1) and (3) results in a conflict or a synergy, respectively. These can either be inter-sectoral if different sectors are affected but also intra-sectoral if for example the adaptation measure enhances the economic but deteriorates ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... Since the Torres Strait Climate Change Strategy was first released in 2010, there has been increased certainty in the scientific community around the timing and scale of changes to the Earth’s climate system driven predominately by human activity. Besides sea level rise, other impacts of climate cha ...
... Since the Torres Strait Climate Change Strategy was first released in 2010, there has been increased certainty in the scientific community around the timing and scale of changes to the Earth’s climate system driven predominately by human activity. Besides sea level rise, other impacts of climate cha ...
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... The scientific, economic, and political questions surrounding climate change have long been with us. This report focuses instead on a relative newcomer: the legal debate. Though the first court decision related to climate change appeared 19 years ago, the quantity of such litigation has mushroomed i ...
... The scientific, economic, and political questions surrounding climate change have long been with us. This report focuses instead on a relative newcomer: the legal debate. Though the first court decision related to climate change appeared 19 years ago, the quantity of such litigation has mushroomed i ...
The Hamburg Climate Action Plan
... presenting people and projects from the whole of Europe to promote environmental and climate protection. A series of “Green Capital Dialogues” are tale place in Hamburg to present ideas for the city of the future. They invite citizens, experts and those responsible in business and municipal governme ...
... presenting people and projects from the whole of Europe to promote environmental and climate protection. A series of “Green Capital Dialogues” are tale place in Hamburg to present ideas for the city of the future. They invite citizens, experts and those responsible in business and municipal governme ...
Volcanoes and climate - South Dakota State University
... sulfuric acid fallout is preserved in the snow layers accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years. Measurement of acidity and/or sulfate concentration in polar ice cores can be used to detect and quantify signals of past volcanic eruptions in the snow strata. The foundation for ice-core volcani ...
... sulfuric acid fallout is preserved in the snow layers accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years. Measurement of acidity and/or sulfate concentration in polar ice cores can be used to detect and quantify signals of past volcanic eruptions in the snow strata. The foundation for ice-core volcani ...
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... Executive Summary Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1940, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, from 1976 through 1998, more likely did. Both warmings were of simi ...
... Executive Summary Observations show unequivocally that there have been two periods of planetary warming in the past 160 years. The first, from roughly 1910 through 1940, likely had very little of a human component, while the second, from 1976 through 1998, more likely did. Both warmings were of simi ...
the critical decade:climate change and health
... knowledge of potential health risks remain. This information is critical for making the right decisions about climate change action, including the type and scale of actions we take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, and how we adapt to changes we cannot avoid. ...
... knowledge of potential health risks remain. This information is critical for making the right decisions about climate change action, including the type and scale of actions we take to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, and how we adapt to changes we cannot avoid. ...
English
... must be inclusive, gender-responsive, and prioritize the poorest and most vulnerable. The Paris Agreement has laid out the path for the world to work together and it is now our responsibility to take those steps and achieve those ambitions. We must now work with all members of society to take bold a ...
... must be inclusive, gender-responsive, and prioritize the poorest and most vulnerable. The Paris Agreement has laid out the path for the world to work together and it is now our responsibility to take those steps and achieve those ambitions. We must now work with all members of society to take bold a ...
kyoto protocol and aftermath
... Kyoto Protocol, defined in Annex A of the Text of the Protocol along with defined sectors and source contributions including emissions from fossil fuels, industry, and land use change and forestry. Despite the fact that the quantities in which they are emitted are far smaller than that of carbon dio ...
... Kyoto Protocol, defined in Annex A of the Text of the Protocol along with defined sectors and source contributions including emissions from fossil fuels, industry, and land use change and forestry. Despite the fact that the quantities in which they are emitted are far smaller than that of carbon dio ...
Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) posited as early as 1990 that “the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration.”1 ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) posited as early as 1990 that “the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration.”1 ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... Ideas in the context of adaptation planning refer to the ways in which knowledge alters local behavior (Dobbin, Simmons, & Garttre 2007). While incentives rely on the promise of benefits, ideas promote change by transmitting information and norms, both within and across countries (Strang & Meyer, 19 ...
... Ideas in the context of adaptation planning refer to the ways in which knowledge alters local behavior (Dobbin, Simmons, & Garttre 2007). While incentives rely on the promise of benefits, ideas promote change by transmitting information and norms, both within and across countries (Strang & Meyer, 19 ...
rapid evolution in the face of climate change
... atural selection is a central theme in biology and an important concept for student understanding of a wide variety of topics. One such topic is the ability for organisms to adapt to the increasing environmental stress predicted under contemporary global climate change. Global climate change will li ...
... atural selection is a central theme in biology and an important concept for student understanding of a wide variety of topics. One such topic is the ability for organisms to adapt to the increasing environmental stress predicted under contemporary global climate change. Global climate change will li ...
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) posited as early as 1990 that “the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration.”1 ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) posited as early as 1990 that “the gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration.”1 ...
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).