The Effects of Climate Change on American Indian and Alaska
... growing number of tribes are showing interest in creating their own utilities or otherwise becoming involved on the supply side of electric power. With growing awareness of the need to deal with climate change and calls for action at all levels of government, a number of questions should be asked ab ...
... growing number of tribes are showing interest in creating their own utilities or otherwise becoming involved on the supply side of electric power. With growing awareness of the need to deal with climate change and calls for action at all levels of government, a number of questions should be asked ab ...
Options for support to
... Introduction: food security and agricultural livelihoods in the face of climate change Recent decades have seen global food production increasing in line with – and sometimes ahead of – demand. However, FAO projects that demand for cereals will increase by 70% by 2050, and will double in many low-in ...
... Introduction: food security and agricultural livelihoods in the face of climate change Recent decades have seen global food production increasing in line with – and sometimes ahead of – demand. However, FAO projects that demand for cereals will increase by 70% by 2050, and will double in many low-in ...
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene
... in particular to do with the realities of the nuclear bomb and competitive research on atmosphere and space. Climate change—or global warming— became a public concern in the late 1980s when scientists advised governments that this was the biggest threat human civilization had ever faced and tha ...
... in particular to do with the realities of the nuclear bomb and competitive research on atmosphere and space. Climate change—or global warming— became a public concern in the late 1980s when scientists advised governments that this was the biggest threat human civilization had ever faced and tha ...
Newsletter - New Mexico Audubon Council
... established wildlife refuges on private lands. But the profit to be made from bird plumage was so great that three game wardens hired by Audubon were murdered in the line of duty. The murders of game wardens made headlines throughout the country and helped engender the political will necessary to mo ...
... established wildlife refuges on private lands. But the profit to be made from bird plumage was so great that three game wardens hired by Audubon were murdered in the line of duty. The murders of game wardens made headlines throughout the country and helped engender the political will necessary to mo ...
Report on WCRP developments/response post Review
... WCRP should develop an implementation plan for its activities, taking into account new initiatives that have emerged since COPES was completed in 2005 as well as the observations of accelerated climate change which place new demands on the science to be relevant WCRP should shift its implementat ...
... WCRP should develop an implementation plan for its activities, taking into account new initiatives that have emerged since COPES was completed in 2005 as well as the observations of accelerated climate change which place new demands on the science to be relevant WCRP should shift its implementat ...
Moving Forward in the Climate Negotiations
... The second challenge is that critical theory’s standard of normative validity is essentially procedural rather than substantive. While critical theorists are able to offer judgments about the degree to which communicative contexts may be more or less inclusive, they do not typically make judgements ...
... The second challenge is that critical theory’s standard of normative validity is essentially procedural rather than substantive. While critical theorists are able to offer judgments about the degree to which communicative contexts may be more or less inclusive, they do not typically make judgements ...
Climate Change - Have We Lost the Battle Institution of Mechanical
... been set using a top-down approach based on the principle of contraction and convergence. This approach involves emissions from industrialised nations reducing (contracting). At the same time, emissions from all nations converge to an overall target consistent with stabilising greenhouse gas concent ...
... been set using a top-down approach based on the principle of contraction and convergence. This approach involves emissions from industrialised nations reducing (contracting). At the same time, emissions from all nations converge to an overall target consistent with stabilising greenhouse gas concent ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... These narratives can suggest and preclude ideas and norms, and thus actions or perspectives. In recognizing and acknowledging the power of these imagined trajectories, we can more easily see alternatives that might aid us in our work of understanding how the world works. Narrating anthropology’s pas ...
... These narratives can suggest and preclude ideas and norms, and thus actions or perspectives. In recognizing and acknowledging the power of these imagined trajectories, we can more easily see alternatives that might aid us in our work of understanding how the world works. Narrating anthropology’s pas ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... Earth’s Climate System: A Paleoclimatology Primer Changes in weather are familiar features of Earth’s surface, readily recognizable as diurnal variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by th ...
... Earth’s Climate System: A Paleoclimatology Primer Changes in weather are familiar features of Earth’s surface, readily recognizable as diurnal variations, seasonal cycles, and annual differences that irregularly include extremes of drought, wet, heat, and cold. All forms of life are influenced by th ...
pptx - WAIS Divide Ice Core - University of New Hampshire
... material (dust, soot from biomass burning, volcanic tephra), (2) soluble material (sea salts, organic compounds, minerals), water (with varying isotopic composition), and atmospheric gases. The layers are compressed into ice when they are buried by more snow. The deeper the ice, the older it is. By ...
... material (dust, soot from biomass burning, volcanic tephra), (2) soluble material (sea salts, organic compounds, minerals), water (with varying isotopic composition), and atmospheric gases. The layers are compressed into ice when they are buried by more snow. The deeper the ice, the older it is. By ...
Hawaii`s Changing Climate - School of Ocean and Earth Science
... that the temperature of Earth’s surface and shallow ocean have increased over the past century, and accelerated since the 1970’s. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration23 global surface temperatures have increased about 1.44°F since the late-19th century, and the linear trend ...
... that the temperature of Earth’s surface and shallow ocean have increased over the past century, and accelerated since the 1970’s. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration23 global surface temperatures have increased about 1.44°F since the late-19th century, and the linear trend ...
1 The Politics of the Carbon Economy Peter Newell and Matthew
... Our claim is not only a normative one; that we need such a transformation of capitalism to occur. This much is fairly obvious. We also claim that a wide range of contemporary climate governance activities, from the Kyoto system to the voluntary offset markets, are starting to imagine and aim for su ...
... Our claim is not only a normative one; that we need such a transformation of capitalism to occur. This much is fairly obvious. We also claim that a wide range of contemporary climate governance activities, from the Kyoto system to the voluntary offset markets, are starting to imagine and aim for su ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... Articles in Preparation forthcoming “Linking vulnerability, adaptation and resilience science to practice: Players, pathways and partnerships.” Global Environmental Change, in preparation (first author Coleen Vogel; other co-authors, Roger Kasperson and Geoff Debalko) forthcoming Moser, Susanne. “D ...
... Articles in Preparation forthcoming “Linking vulnerability, adaptation and resilience science to practice: Players, pathways and partnerships.” Global Environmental Change, in preparation (first author Coleen Vogel; other co-authors, Roger Kasperson and Geoff Debalko) forthcoming Moser, Susanne. “D ...
Projected climate-induced faunal change in the Western Hemisphere
... Recent climatic changes have already caused shifts in species distributions (Parmesan 2006). In general, species have been found to be moving their ranges poleward in latitude and upward in elevation at rates that are consistent with recent temperature increases. Because future changes in climate ar ...
... Recent climatic changes have already caused shifts in species distributions (Parmesan 2006). In general, species have been found to be moving their ranges poleward in latitude and upward in elevation at rates that are consistent with recent temperature increases. Because future changes in climate ar ...
Regional climate change projections for Chicago and the US Great
... Toronto during hot summer months, as well as the record snowfalls experienced by Buffalo and its surrounding area during the winter. In the past, most climate variations in the Great Lakes region and around the world have been driven by natural factors such as changes in solar radiation, dust from v ...
... Toronto during hot summer months, as well as the record snowfalls experienced by Buffalo and its surrounding area during the winter. In the past, most climate variations in the Great Lakes region and around the world have been driven by natural factors such as changes in solar radiation, dust from v ...
Climate Change`s Impact on the Caribbean`s Ability to Sustain
... Source: Adapted from UNWTO-UNEP-WMO, Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges (Madrid: 2008). ...
... Source: Adapted from UNWTO-UNEP-WMO, Climate Change and Tourism: Responding to Global Challenges (Madrid: 2008). ...
NEWSLETTER - Forschungszentrum Jülich
... next. How are they dispersed? Are they broken down or do they accumulate over time? What effects do they have in the long-term? In particular, what can be done to minimize extensive release of these substances? In addition to finding answers to these questions we need better model systems so that we ...
... next. How are they dispersed? Are they broken down or do they accumulate over time? What effects do they have in the long-term? In particular, what can be done to minimize extensive release of these substances? In addition to finding answers to these questions we need better model systems so that we ...
Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
Climate Change and Health
... threat and a major opportunity for planetary health and health equity. This document is the first in a series of three Position Statements by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) on climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s wor ...
... threat and a major opportunity for planetary health and health equity. This document is the first in a series of three Position Statements by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) on climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s wor ...
December 3, 2015 Via online complaint form Commissioner of
... mislead the public about the health risks of smoking.1 Among other activities, these front groups misrepresented established science in order to sow doubt about the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer. This benefitted the tobacco industry by delaying, for decades, corrective market and r ...
... mislead the public about the health risks of smoking.1 Among other activities, these front groups misrepresented established science in order to sow doubt about the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer. This benefitted the tobacco industry by delaying, for decades, corrective market and r ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... institutions. Flash floods occur regularly throughout the country, particularly after a long dry spell. More recently, in the years 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2006, major floods inflicted significant losses in terms of human life as well as productive capital. Floods are occurring with greate ...
... institutions. Flash floods occur regularly throughout the country, particularly after a long dry spell. More recently, in the years 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2006, major floods inflicted significant losses in terms of human life as well as productive capital. Floods are occurring with greate ...
Folie 1 - Hans von Storch
... Time series of pressure-based storminess indices derived from pressure readings in Lund (blue) and Stockholm (red). From top to bottom: Annual number of pressure observations below 980 hPa (Np980), annual number of absolute pressure differences exceeding 16 hPa/12 h (NDp/Dt), Intra-annual 95-percent ...
... Time series of pressure-based storminess indices derived from pressure readings in Lund (blue) and Stockholm (red). From top to bottom: Annual number of pressure observations below 980 hPa (Np980), annual number of absolute pressure differences exceeding 16 hPa/12 h (NDp/Dt), Intra-annual 95-percent ...
Scenari_Uncert_Impac.. - The Global Change Program at the
... • Develop environmental options for the energy system • Use a systems engineering and ecological approach to reduce resource use • Improve understanding of the relationship between population and consumption as a means to reducing the environmental impacts of ...
... • Develop environmental options for the energy system • Use a systems engineering and ecological approach to reduce resource use • Improve understanding of the relationship between population and consumption as a means to reducing the environmental impacts of ...
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).