Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Forests in the
... increases in urban population in a subset of cities throughout the WA State. Our results indicate that both urban populations and air temperatures have increased in the cities of Puget Sound in recent decades. The link between the increases in urban temperature and urban population was more pronounc ...
... increases in urban population in a subset of cities throughout the WA State. Our results indicate that both urban populations and air temperatures have increased in the cities of Puget Sound in recent decades. The link between the increases in urban temperature and urban population was more pronounc ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Secondary Activities: A
... quality (skill and productivity) are essential. Any factor that affects these two characteristics of labour (quantity and quality) affects production and profitability of the industry. To be productive a labour should be healthy enough both mentally and physically. Any impact on labour health (morta ...
... quality (skill and productivity) are essential. Any factor that affects these two characteristics of labour (quantity and quality) affects production and profitability of the industry. To be productive a labour should be healthy enough both mentally and physically. Any impact on labour health (morta ...
WACA-program_mauritius-conference_-sept-2016
... Coastal areas home to 31% of West Africa’s population (51% of its urban population including Nigeria) and generate 56% of the region’s GDP Home to major industries, including agro-industry, fisheries, offshore petroleum exploration and production, and tourism, as well as city and seaside residen ...
... Coastal areas home to 31% of West Africa’s population (51% of its urban population including Nigeria) and generate 56% of the region’s GDP Home to major industries, including agro-industry, fisheries, offshore petroleum exploration and production, and tourism, as well as city and seaside residen ...
off the charts: 2013 was australia`s hottest year
... and November experienced its second highest average SST on record. For the year through to November (December SST data are not yet available), 2013 is on track to be the third highest for SSTs since 1910, about 0.51°C above the longterm average. Over the past century, SSTs for the seas surrounding A ...
... and November experienced its second highest average SST on record. For the year through to November (December SST data are not yet available), 2013 is on track to be the third highest for SSTs since 1910, about 0.51°C above the longterm average. Over the past century, SSTs for the seas surrounding A ...
Slide 1
... integrated into national, regional and global observing priorities. The observing system is not just to estimate the mean climate or for weather forecasting but to look for relatively small changes early,. ...
... integrated into national, regional and global observing priorities. The observing system is not just to estimate the mean climate or for weather forecasting but to look for relatively small changes early,. ...
Health Climate Change impacts report card technical paper
... which feeds readily on humans, is now known to be a good vector of a virus closely related to WNV, and it may also be competent for WNV itself (Mackenzie-Impoinvil et al., 2015). Invasive mosquitoes also present a risk of the introduction of new diseases. There was an outbreak of Chikungunya fever i ...
... which feeds readily on humans, is now known to be a good vector of a virus closely related to WNV, and it may also be competent for WNV itself (Mackenzie-Impoinvil et al., 2015). Invasive mosquitoes also present a risk of the introduction of new diseases. There was an outbreak of Chikungunya fever i ...
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... Bayelsa state and on the South west by the Bight of Benin which covers approximately 160km of the states coastline, (Delta state govt. N.D). Southern parts of the state which is transverse by numerous flat floored rivers that drain into the Atlantic ocean is generally low lying without remarkable hi ...
... Bayelsa state and on the South west by the Bight of Benin which covers approximately 160km of the states coastline, (Delta state govt. N.D). Southern parts of the state which is transverse by numerous flat floored rivers that drain into the Atlantic ocean is generally low lying without remarkable hi ...
KEY MESSAGES FOR COP 20 AND 4:17 pm
... guaranteed that such funds and mechanisms effectively foster development and reach the most vulnerable communities, and not used as subsidies and risk guarantees for the private sector. Climate finance should be allocated and distributed in an equitable and non discriminatory way based on different ...
... guaranteed that such funds and mechanisms effectively foster development and reach the most vulnerable communities, and not used as subsidies and risk guarantees for the private sector. Climate finance should be allocated and distributed in an equitable and non discriminatory way based on different ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... Until recently, climate change research concentrated particularly on long-term changes despite user needs becoming increasingly focused on shorter terms. The reason for this dissonance between users and scientists was usually stated in the following way: in the short term, climate variability would ...
... Until recently, climate change research concentrated particularly on long-term changes despite user needs becoming increasingly focused on shorter terms. The reason for this dissonance between users and scientists was usually stated in the following way: in the short term, climate variability would ...
What`s New in TerrSet
... tool for this purpose and provides additional tools to quantify baseline carbon stock changes, including both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and the possible associated leakage from displaced baseline activities. LCM’s REDD tools follow the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund methodology and have ...
... tool for this purpose and provides additional tools to quantify baseline carbon stock changes, including both CO2 and non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and the possible associated leakage from displaced baseline activities. LCM’s REDD tools follow the World Bank’s BioCarbon Fund methodology and have ...
Climate Trends in the Casco Bay Region
... Tropical cyclones have generally grown more intense. Warmer air temperatures and increased water vapor, along with warmer sea-surface temperatures, provide more fuel to tropical storms, increasing their wind speeds (NASA 2015). Warming ocean temperatures could also cause more frequent high-intensity ...
... Tropical cyclones have generally grown more intense. Warmer air temperatures and increased water vapor, along with warmer sea-surface temperatures, provide more fuel to tropical storms, increasing their wind speeds (NASA 2015). Warming ocean temperatures could also cause more frequent high-intensity ...
Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 1: science and philosophy: Working Paper 84a (568 kB) (opens in new window)
... atmosphere that act to amplify or suppress the initial warming effect. Of substantial importance amongst these feedbacks is water vapour. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and water vapour, as a potent greenhouse gas, traps more heat, amplifying the initial warming caused by increasing CO2. Anot ...
... atmosphere that act to amplify or suppress the initial warming effect. Of substantial importance amongst these feedbacks is water vapour. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and water vapour, as a potent greenhouse gas, traps more heat, amplifying the initial warming caused by increasing CO2. Anot ...
Activity 1.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... ozone in this layer, it protects us from solar radiation. Regular oxygen molecules (O2), are made up of two oxygen atoms stuck together. Solar energy shoots in from space and splits that molecule into two atoms. These stray O atoms attach to other O2 molecules to create ozone (O3). Ozone helps block ...
... ozone in this layer, it protects us from solar radiation. Regular oxygen molecules (O2), are made up of two oxygen atoms stuck together. Solar energy shoots in from space and splits that molecule into two atoms. These stray O atoms attach to other O2 molecules to create ozone (O3). Ozone helps block ...
McDowell N, On how trees die and predictions of global forest mortality
... Theoretical predictions from Darcy’s law corollary Rising VPD = reduced stomatal conductance, unless hydraulic architecture shifts at the ecosystem scale. ...
... Theoretical predictions from Darcy’s law corollary Rising VPD = reduced stomatal conductance, unless hydraulic architecture shifts at the ecosystem scale. ...
O I M
... the Ice Age. Within a century, modern plastics will be unmanufacturable due to the use of oil products in their production. Countries which have focused their economies on certain kinds of agriculture will be unable to grow their staple crops, requiring adaptation of both economies and human diets. ...
... the Ice Age. Within a century, modern plastics will be unmanufacturable due to the use of oil products in their production. Countries which have focused their economies on certain kinds of agriculture will be unable to grow their staple crops, requiring adaptation of both economies and human diets. ...
1950-2100
... project several RCMs runs have been produced at a high horizontal resolution (25km). The control run represents the base period 1961-1990 ...
... project several RCMs runs have been produced at a high horizontal resolution (25km). The control run represents the base period 1961-1990 ...
article - Minnesota Public Radio
... is consistent with observations in the region during the late 20th century, which show increases in temperature twice that of the global mean temperature rise and greater temporal variability in precipitation, leading to more droughts, shorter winters and longer growing seasons (M Seeley, pers comm) ...
... is consistent with observations in the region during the late 20th century, which show increases in temperature twice that of the global mean temperature rise and greater temporal variability in precipitation, leading to more droughts, shorter winters and longer growing seasons (M Seeley, pers comm) ...
Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate
... Sierra Nevada mountain system, Tague et al. (2009) found significant elevational differences in vegetation water use and sensitivity to climate, which will probably be critical for the vulnerability of similar ecosystems under climate change. In these model results, transpiration was consistent acro ...
... Sierra Nevada mountain system, Tague et al. (2009) found significant elevational differences in vegetation water use and sensitivity to climate, which will probably be critical for the vulnerability of similar ecosystems under climate change. In these model results, transpiration was consistent acro ...
Addressing the assumption of stationarityin statistical bias correction
... statistical characteristics of the biases between the modeled data and the observations remain unchanged in time." (l. 27-29) and further state that they would develop "a method to overcome the assumption of stationarity and its drawbacks". (l. 30-31) These statements are mirrored multiple times in ...
... statistical characteristics of the biases between the modeled data and the observations remain unchanged in time." (l. 27-29) and further state that they would develop "a method to overcome the assumption of stationarity and its drawbacks". (l. 30-31) These statements are mirrored multiple times in ...
Partners for Resilience
... is to be reinforced. The work will include: risk analysis; risk-reduction plans; early warning across a range of timescales; support to communities and civil society. 3. Policy dialogue. The PfR will seek to create a policycontext more conducive to DRR and CCA at the local, national and internationa ...
... is to be reinforced. The work will include: risk analysis; risk-reduction plans; early warning across a range of timescales; support to communities and civil society. 3. Policy dialogue. The PfR will seek to create a policycontext more conducive to DRR and CCA at the local, national and internationa ...
Forest resilience, tipping points and global change processes
... need to restore them. Enhanced understanding of resilience processes and mechanisms can help to manage degraded ecosystems. Jakovac et al. (2015) investigate the consequences of land-use on the resilience of secondary forests in the Amazon basin. The importance of these secondary forests for maintai ...
... need to restore them. Enhanced understanding of resilience processes and mechanisms can help to manage degraded ecosystems. Jakovac et al. (2015) investigate the consequences of land-use on the resilience of secondary forests in the Amazon basin. The importance of these secondary forests for maintai ...
Chemical Relationships between Greenhouse Gases
... Sulfur dioxide, coupled with “elemental carbon emissions,” contributes to the formation of aerosols, which directly and indirectly affect warming and cooling in the earth’s atmosphere. Aerosols are exceptionally small particles or liquid droplets (United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Inve ...
... Sulfur dioxide, coupled with “elemental carbon emissions,” contributes to the formation of aerosols, which directly and indirectly affect warming and cooling in the earth’s atmosphere. Aerosols are exceptionally small particles or liquid droplets (United States Environmental Protection Agency, “Inve ...
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).