The ABCs of Governing the Himalayas inResponse to Glacial Melt
... mass.17 As Kang et al. summarize the causation: Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are generally considered as the main cause of the climate warming in the TP [Tibetan Plateau], and impacts there are probably more serious than the rest of the world. However, other confounding factors, such as ch ...
... mass.17 As Kang et al. summarize the causation: Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are generally considered as the main cause of the climate warming in the TP [Tibetan Plateau], and impacts there are probably more serious than the rest of the world. However, other confounding factors, such as ch ...
National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change USDA Forest Service
... health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Americans rely on their forests and grasslands for a wide range of benefits—for provisioning services such as water, wood, and wild foods; for regulating services such as e ...
... health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Americans rely on their forests and grasslands for a wide range of benefits—for provisioning services such as water, wood, and wild foods; for regulating services such as e ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
Impacts of changes in land use and land cover on atmospheric
... gas concentrations and the resulting climate change may have large impacts on global land cover (Bachelet et al., 2001, 2003; Cox et al, 2000, 2004; Cramer et al., 2001, 2004). For example, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations may enhance vegetation growth through CO2 fertilization (Cramer et a ...
... gas concentrations and the resulting climate change may have large impacts on global land cover (Bachelet et al., 2001, 2003; Cox et al, 2000, 2004; Cramer et al., 2001, 2004). For example, increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations may enhance vegetation growth through CO2 fertilization (Cramer et a ...
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... levels of most of these naturally occurring gases. Since the middle of the 19th century, human agriculture and industrialization have dispensed an enormous quantity of these green house gases into the atmosphere, where these have trapped enough heat to begin climate change. There are many evidences ...
... levels of most of these naturally occurring gases. Since the middle of the 19th century, human agriculture and industrialization have dispensed an enormous quantity of these green house gases into the atmosphere, where these have trapped enough heat to begin climate change. There are many evidences ...
Reducing climate change impacts on agriculture: Global and
... mitigation would only be delayed by 2 years compared to the unmitigated case, reaching the same economic output in 2102 rather than in 2100 [29]. Therefore, as a first approximation, the two different levels of climate change–corresponding to either unmitigated or mitigated emissions–were linked to ...
... mitigation would only be delayed by 2 years compared to the unmitigated case, reaching the same economic output in 2102 rather than in 2100 [29]. Therefore, as a first approximation, the two different levels of climate change–corresponding to either unmitigated or mitigated emissions–were linked to ...
declining mountain snowpack in western north america
... temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), and 1930, . . . 1960), but in the interest of space we focus precipitation are the only variables needed; for this on 1 April 1950–97 (Fig. 1). For the model, trends are study, a new meteorological dataset has been devel- not shown at low elevations, w ...
... temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), and 1930, . . . 1960), but in the interest of space we focus precipitation are the only variables needed; for this on 1 April 1950–97 (Fig. 1). For the model, trends are study, a new meteorological dataset has been devel- not shown at low elevations, w ...
The origin of the savanna biome
... analysis that integrates recent advances in how fire influences cloud microphysics, climate and savanna ecology in a low carbon dioxide (CO2) world. We show that fire accelerates forest loss and C4 grassland expansion through multiple positive feedback loops that each promote drought and more fire. ...
... analysis that integrates recent advances in how fire influences cloud microphysics, climate and savanna ecology in a low carbon dioxide (CO2) world. We show that fire accelerates forest loss and C4 grassland expansion through multiple positive feedback loops that each promote drought and more fire. ...
Country Note Mexico
... During the past two decades, over 80% of the total economic losses from weather-related disasters occurred in the agricultural sector (CEPAL, 2007)7. The drought of 1997-1998, for example, produced a record number of forest fires; a period of drought during the 1990’s resulted in many water-related ...
... During the past two decades, over 80% of the total economic losses from weather-related disasters occurred in the agricultural sector (CEPAL, 2007)7. The drought of 1997-1998, for example, produced a record number of forest fires; a period of drought during the 1990’s resulted in many water-related ...
Curriculum Vitae - Center for Research on Environmental
... Ben Orlove, Renzo Taddei, Guillermo Podestá and Kenneth Broad. Environmental citizenship in Latin America: Climate, intermediate organizations and political subjects. Latin American Research Review 46(S1):115-140. Carla Roncoli, Benjamin S. Orlove, Merit R. Kabugo and Milton M. Waiswa. Cultural styl ...
... Ben Orlove, Renzo Taddei, Guillermo Podestá and Kenneth Broad. Environmental citizenship in Latin America: Climate, intermediate organizations and political subjects. Latin American Research Review 46(S1):115-140. Carla Roncoli, Benjamin S. Orlove, Merit R. Kabugo and Milton M. Waiswa. Cultural styl ...
Projected pH reductions by 2100 might put deep
... cold-water coral systems (Barry et al., 2005, 2013; Fleeger et al., 2006; Guinotte et al., 2006; Tittensor et al., 2010), quantifications of biological consequences of ocean acidification mostly targeted surface ocean or coastal environments (Kroeker et al., 2010).The aim of this study is to extend ...
... cold-water coral systems (Barry et al., 2005, 2013; Fleeger et al., 2006; Guinotte et al., 2006; Tittensor et al., 2010), quantifications of biological consequences of ocean acidification mostly targeted surface ocean or coastal environments (Kroeker et al., 2010).The aim of this study is to extend ...
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... provides examples of climate-smart practices. It also makes available a wide range of data and tools for use in assessments of climate change impacts and vulnerabilities and in planning adaptation and mitigation measures related to agriculture and food security. One example of such a tool is the Ex ...
... provides examples of climate-smart practices. It also makes available a wide range of data and tools for use in assessments of climate change impacts and vulnerabilities and in planning adaptation and mitigation measures related to agriculture and food security. One example of such a tool is the Ex ...
The Nature of Science - Florida Center for Environmental Studies
... check before scientific research is published. Scientists submit their research in the form of an article (or paper) to a scientific journal. Scientists in related fields (peers) read and evaluate the submitted article. After fellow scientists read the paper, they recommend changes to the author(s) ...
... check before scientific research is published. Scientists submit their research in the form of an article (or paper) to a scientific journal. Scientists in related fields (peers) read and evaluate the submitted article. After fellow scientists read the paper, they recommend changes to the author(s) ...
compilation of experiences in the field of climate change
... stress from agricultural expansion, invasive alien species and pollution. In most drylands climate change implies increased temperatures, higher evaporation rates, sporadic rainfall patterns and increased seasonal aridity, all of which are major determinants of drylands ecological processes. Climate ...
... stress from agricultural expansion, invasive alien species and pollution. In most drylands climate change implies increased temperatures, higher evaporation rates, sporadic rainfall patterns and increased seasonal aridity, all of which are major determinants of drylands ecological processes. Climate ...
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... Jatropha Curcas plantations to over 3.2 million hectares for bio-diesel production for export and for rural household energy needs by 2010 was abandoned by the government in 2013. The Energy Planning Department (EPD) within the Ministry of Energy co-ordinates the activities of Myanmar’s three energy ...
... Jatropha Curcas plantations to over 3.2 million hectares for bio-diesel production for export and for rural household energy needs by 2010 was abandoned by the government in 2013. The Energy Planning Department (EPD) within the Ministry of Energy co-ordinates the activities of Myanmar’s three energy ...
Ocean heat uptake and the global surface temperature record
... analysis employed11, but even taking the choice of start date and analysis methods into account there may have been a slowdown in surface temperature rise over the last decade. In this paper we consider the contribution that changing ocean heat uptake could have made to this hiatus. The rate of temp ...
... analysis employed11, but even taking the choice of start date and analysis methods into account there may have been a slowdown in surface temperature rise over the last decade. In this paper we consider the contribution that changing ocean heat uptake could have made to this hiatus. The rate of temp ...
INFORMATION DOCUMENT
... (College Park, MD, USA, 6–9 April 2009) The Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP was held on 6-9 April 2009 in College Park, USA. Its main focus was on the WCRP path forward. The Session also reviewed implementation considerations of WCRP core projects and main working groups, as well as consid ...
... (College Park, MD, USA, 6–9 April 2009) The Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) for WCRP was held on 6-9 April 2009 in College Park, USA. Its main focus was on the WCRP path forward. The Session also reviewed implementation considerations of WCRP core projects and main working groups, as well as consid ...
... - What were the major elements of the UN FCCC (1992)? What were the major elements of the Kyoto Protocol (1997)? For each of these treaties, consider such elements as: gases covered; emissions reductions obligations (how much, by when, by whom); flexibility mechanisms; monitoring and reporting; fina ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... Bob Rogers, Chair, N.D.C.A. Paul Sajatovic, Watershed Management Services Director, N.D.C.A. ...
... Bob Rogers, Chair, N.D.C.A. Paul Sajatovic, Watershed Management Services Director, N.D.C.A. ...
Five centuries of climate change in Australia: the view from
... anomaly series, we employ the trend-matching convention of Pollack and Smerdon (2004), modified slightly because the majority of the borehole temperature profiles used in the Australian reconstruction were logged relatively early in the second half of the 20th century (Fig. 3). The dataset has a med ...
... anomaly series, we employ the trend-matching convention of Pollack and Smerdon (2004), modified slightly because the majority of the borehole temperature profiles used in the Australian reconstruction were logged relatively early in the second half of the 20th century (Fig. 3). The dataset has a med ...
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... from a field, are dropped for yield estimates and all analyses in this paper. When fewer than 30 observations can be found within a study site, the geographic range is expanded to the province. In the model, we do not account for expected losses in storage. ...
... from a field, are dropped for yield estimates and all analyses in this paper. When fewer than 30 observations can be found within a study site, the geographic range is expanded to the province. In the model, we do not account for expected losses in storage. ...
Pulling Answers Out of the Air
... which is concentrated primarily in the lowest few miles of the troposphere (the lowest level of the atmosphere); there, it alone can range from 1 to 4 percent of air, while in the upper atmosphere it is essentially zero. Carbon dioxide is not a chemical pollutant in the same sense that the constitue ...
... which is concentrated primarily in the lowest few miles of the troposphere (the lowest level of the atmosphere); there, it alone can range from 1 to 4 percent of air, while in the upper atmosphere it is essentially zero. Carbon dioxide is not a chemical pollutant in the same sense that the constitue ...
Novel Approaches to Study Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial
... for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global temperature has co-occurred with elevated atmospheric CO2 (Watson and others 1991; Luxmoore and others 1998). Therefore, scenarios for anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases predict an increased global mean surface ...
... for the effects (Alward and others 1999). This increase in global temperature has co-occurred with elevated atmospheric CO2 (Watson and others 1991; Luxmoore and others 1998). Therefore, scenarios for anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases predict an increased global mean surface ...
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).