aberdeen beach case study
... The effects of climate change on coastal erosion and flooding are the focus of this case study. The main ways in which these phenomena are likely to be affected are through predicted increases in storminess (ACC 2002) and wave velocity, as well as increases in sea level which, although predicted to ...
... The effects of climate change on coastal erosion and flooding are the focus of this case study. The main ways in which these phenomena are likely to be affected are through predicted increases in storminess (ACC 2002) and wave velocity, as well as increases in sea level which, although predicted to ...
Assessment of impacts of agricultural and climate change scenarios
... provided. The model is comprised of climate, soil, hydrology, management, nutrient cycling and transport, pesticide fate and transport, and several other components. Release 622 also features enhanced algorithms that account for more accurate representation of important switchgrass and miscanthus gr ...
... provided. The model is comprised of climate, soil, hydrology, management, nutrient cycling and transport, pesticide fate and transport, and several other components. Release 622 also features enhanced algorithms that account for more accurate representation of important switchgrass and miscanthus gr ...
Blöschl, G., A. Viglione and A. Montanari (2013)
... of climate impacts on floods (Figure 2), the ‘top-down’ approach starts at the global scale and cascades information from emission scenarios of future societies to simulated climates using global and regional climate models, to runoff using hydrological models, to inundations using hydrodynamic model ...
... of climate impacts on floods (Figure 2), the ‘top-down’ approach starts at the global scale and cascades information from emission scenarios of future societies to simulated climates using global and regional climate models, to runoff using hydrological models, to inundations using hydrodynamic model ...
Beyond the Limits - The Climate Institute
... temperature goal is to be met, the physical presence of such high concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere means some level of negative emissions is virtually unavoidable at this stage, even with very rapid emissions reductions between now and 2050. These negative emissions technologies ...
... temperature goal is to be met, the physical presence of such high concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere means some level of negative emissions is virtually unavoidable at this stage, even with very rapid emissions reductions between now and 2050. These negative emissions technologies ...
OVERCOMING THE BARRIERS How to ensure future food production under
... Over 200 farmers were interviewed for this report and all said that over the past 10 years they have noticed changes in the climate as compared with the 1990s. The most widespread change, observed by all farmers in all countries, is changing distribution and intensity of rainfall. In particular, sum ...
... Over 200 farmers were interviewed for this report and all said that over the past 10 years they have noticed changes in the climate as compared with the 1990s. The most widespread change, observed by all farmers in all countries, is changing distribution and intensity of rainfall. In particular, sum ...
Mechanisms for millennial-scale global synchronization during the
... which mostly affect the North Atlantic region. The model is freely available from http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ ecbilt.html. In the standard model setup an imbalance in the global, interannual freshwater budget is compensated globally for numerical reasons. However, in our experiment the imbalance ...
... which mostly affect the North Atlantic region. The model is freely available from http://www.knmi.nl/onderzk/CKO/ ecbilt.html. In the standard model setup an imbalance in the global, interannual freshwater budget is compensated globally for numerical reasons. However, in our experiment the imbalance ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... Equally, several LSMs exist and, to a greater or lesser extent, they all incorporate existing process knowledge into their parameterizations (Gash et al., 2004; Keller et al., 2009). However, because of their different structures and the values of the parameters used, LSMs also simulate a range of c ...
... Equally, several LSMs exist and, to a greater or lesser extent, they all incorporate existing process knowledge into their parameterizations (Gash et al., 2004; Keller et al., 2009). However, because of their different structures and the values of the parameters used, LSMs also simulate a range of c ...
Climate Change and Heat Deaths: Newest Estimates
... emission control policy (B1), or a business-as-usual option (A1F1). The AOGCM simulations were then developed using these carbon equivalent values. To account of any potential biases in the AOGCM scenario estimates, the values produced for the 1990s were compared to the actual data from that time pe ...
... emission control policy (B1), or a business-as-usual option (A1F1). The AOGCM simulations were then developed using these carbon equivalent values. To account of any potential biases in the AOGCM scenario estimates, the values produced for the 1990s were compared to the actual data from that time pe ...
Bony et al., 2006
... climate system that either amplify or dampen the climate system’s response to the external forcing [(National Research Council) NRC (2003)]. These processes are referred to as climate feedbacks (see appendix A for a more formal definition of climate feedbacks). Every climate variable that responds t ...
... climate system that either amplify or dampen the climate system’s response to the external forcing [(National Research Council) NRC (2003)]. These processes are referred to as climate feedbacks (see appendix A for a more formal definition of climate feedbacks). Every climate variable that responds t ...
Fishermen`s Views of a Changing Ocean
... frequently inundated during extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy, which swamped much of northern New Jersey and New York City in 2012, and some areas will be completely underwater. These projections are based on scientific observations and honed data-gathering techniques. And the big fact ...
... frequently inundated during extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy, which swamped much of northern New Jersey and New York City in 2012, and some areas will be completely underwater. These projections are based on scientific observations and honed data-gathering techniques. And the big fact ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... when they consider options for development. However, climate change presents another very different challenge, one which most planners will be aware of, but may not have sufficient information, time or guidance to consider fully. Concentrating on climate change adaptation (as opposed to climate chan ...
... when they consider options for development. However, climate change presents another very different challenge, one which most planners will be aware of, but may not have sufficient information, time or guidance to consider fully. Concentrating on climate change adaptation (as opposed to climate chan ...
Modeled current and future soil thermal regime for northeast Canada
... Given these projections, an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime becomes desirable for a number of reasons including assessments of possible ecosystem responses and impacts on man-made infrastructures. Such an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime for northeastern Canada is pr ...
... Given these projections, an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime becomes desirable for a number of reasons including assessments of possible ecosystem responses and impacts on man-made infrastructures. Such an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime for northeastern Canada is pr ...
Implications of climate warming for Boreal Shield lakes: a review
... from studies conducted in the Sudbury region of northeastern Ontario. For many decades this area near the geographical centre of the Boreal Shield (Fig. 1) has been the focus of intensive research and monitoring programs investigating the effects of various anthropogenic stressors on lakes. In parti ...
... from studies conducted in the Sudbury region of northeastern Ontario. For many decades this area near the geographical centre of the Boreal Shield (Fig. 1) has been the focus of intensive research and monitoring programs investigating the effects of various anthropogenic stressors on lakes. In parti ...
ontario`s climate change
... Understanding Climate Change Climate change is defined as any significant change in long-term weather patterns. It can apply to any major variation in temperature, wind patterns or precipitation that occurs over time. Global warming describes the recent rise in the average global temperature. Since ...
... Understanding Climate Change Climate change is defined as any significant change in long-term weather patterns. It can apply to any major variation in temperature, wind patterns or precipitation that occurs over time. Global warming describes the recent rise in the average global temperature. Since ...
Is climate an important driver of post
... rare or uncommon trees or trees outside of the scatter of component study locations. For those studies reporting tree data at the genus level, component species temperatures were averaged and assigned a temperature class at that taxonomic level (Table 1). One exception was with pine (Pinus), which, ...
... rare or uncommon trees or trees outside of the scatter of component study locations. For those studies reporting tree data at the genus level, component species temperatures were averaged and assigned a temperature class at that taxonomic level (Table 1). One exception was with pine (Pinus), which, ...
Ontario`s Climate Change Strategy
... Understanding Climate Change Climate change is defined as any significant change in long-term weather patterns. It can apply to any major variation in temperature, wind patterns or precipitation that occurs over time. Global warming describes the recent rise in the average global temperature. Since ...
... Understanding Climate Change Climate change is defined as any significant change in long-term weather patterns. It can apply to any major variation in temperature, wind patterns or precipitation that occurs over time. Global warming describes the recent rise in the average global temperature. Since ...
How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... climate system that either amplify or dampen the climate system’s response to the external forcing [(National Research Council) NRC (2003)]. These processes are referred to as climate feedbacks (see appendix A for a more formal definition of climate feedbacks). Every climate variable that responds t ...
... climate system that either amplify or dampen the climate system’s response to the external forcing [(National Research Council) NRC (2003)]. These processes are referred to as climate feedbacks (see appendix A for a more formal definition of climate feedbacks). Every climate variable that responds t ...
Climate Change vs Soil Management
... The climate change is an outcome of a set of complex phenomenon that could be enlisted in terms of both natural and man-made components or spectra in order to develop a strategic management planning for mitigation, since efforts in isolation cannot be sustainable. The man-made components imposing ch ...
... The climate change is an outcome of a set of complex phenomenon that could be enlisted in terms of both natural and man-made components or spectra in order to develop a strategic management planning for mitigation, since efforts in isolation cannot be sustainable. The man-made components imposing ch ...
Global change and eutrophication of coastal waters
... gases and rising temperatures. The effects of global climate change (GCC) are already detectable in the decline in snow cover, glaciers and polar ice, which have led to a poleward shift in plant and animal distributions, and caused changes in algal and fish communities and foodwebs (IPCC, 2007). The ...
... gases and rising temperatures. The effects of global climate change (GCC) are already detectable in the decline in snow cover, glaciers and polar ice, which have led to a poleward shift in plant and animal distributions, and caused changes in algal and fish communities and foodwebs (IPCC, 2007). The ...
NB Climate Change Hub | News Monitoring | April
... NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS - India softened climate demands on Friday, helping bridge a richpoor divide, but said a global deal may miss a December deadline by a few months. In contrast, European Union states struggled to agree a common stance for financing a U.N. climate pact, meant to be agreed in Copenha ...
... NEW DELHI/BRUSSELS - India softened climate demands on Friday, helping bridge a richpoor divide, but said a global deal may miss a December deadline by a few months. In contrast, European Union states struggled to agree a common stance for financing a U.N. climate pact, meant to be agreed in Copenha ...
a i5165e
... and livelihoods of people. The agricultural sectors – including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry – absorbs approximately 22 percent of the economic impact caused by medium and largescale natural hazards and disasters in developing countries. Considering the vital role of these sectors to glo ...
... and livelihoods of people. The agricultural sectors – including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry – absorbs approximately 22 percent of the economic impact caused by medium and largescale natural hazards and disasters in developing countries. Considering the vital role of these sectors to glo ...
Accepted Article
... growth might affect flowering in the following summer. Finally, increases in winter (rather than spring) temperatures have been found to be important in delaying phenology in some alpine species, likely due to a delay in chilling requirements (Yu et al., 2010; Cook et al., 2012). ...
... growth might affect flowering in the following summer. Finally, increases in winter (rather than spring) temperatures have been found to be important in delaying phenology in some alpine species, likely due to a delay in chilling requirements (Yu et al., 2010; Cook et al., 2012). ...
The Science of Geoengineering - Carnegie Department of Global
... owing to changes in regional precipitation. One key difference between the spaced-based approach and the stratospheric aerosol–based approach is that the scattering effect of sulfate aerosols increases the amount of diffuse solar radiation that reaches the land surface in spite of the reduction in t ...
... owing to changes in regional precipitation. One key difference between the spaced-based approach and the stratospheric aerosol–based approach is that the scattering effect of sulfate aerosols increases the amount of diffuse solar radiation that reaches the land surface in spite of the reduction in t ...
Migration as a contribution to resilience and innovation
... to develop adequate institutional mechanisms that help to overcome the barriers and enable innovative solutions in the migration process, such as self-help, social rules, joint and sustainable management. These serve as a basis for cooperation between governments, citizen groups and businesses. To m ...
... to develop adequate institutional mechanisms that help to overcome the barriers and enable innovative solutions in the migration process, such as self-help, social rules, joint and sustainable management. These serve as a basis for cooperation between governments, citizen groups and businesses. To m ...
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).