Climate Change News 24 December 11
... raise downstream water availability. A second group of authors argue the opposite: planting additional forests should raise downstream water availability and intensify the hydrologic cycle. Obtaining supporting evidence for this second group of authors has been more difficult due to the larger scale ...
... raise downstream water availability. A second group of authors argue the opposite: planting additional forests should raise downstream water availability and intensify the hydrologic cycle. Obtaining supporting evidence for this second group of authors has been more difficult due to the larger scale ...
Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Demand and Crop Growth in a Mediterranean Environment of Turkey
... time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop management. This sub-model of the SWAP is a version of the WOFOST (WOrld FOod STudies) which require ...
... time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop management. This sub-model of the SWAP is a version of the WOFOST (WOrld FOod STudies) which require ...
Mechanisms of change in fish populations
... a barrier to colonization by new species and recruitment bottlenecks for young fish are likely to be a common limiting factor. As such, it’s important to fully understand the processes in these streams and specifically where these bottlenecks occur geographically across a river network as these area ...
... a barrier to colonization by new species and recruitment bottlenecks for young fish are likely to be a common limiting factor. As such, it’s important to fully understand the processes in these streams and specifically where these bottlenecks occur geographically across a river network as these area ...
Pacific Region Climate Change Science and Learning Opportunities
... national parks, and in some cases in rapid and concerning ways. These changes will have implications for what visitors see and experience in national parks and will require new approaches to the protection of natural and historic resources within parks. “Studies like this are critical to inform nati ...
... national parks, and in some cases in rapid and concerning ways. These changes will have implications for what visitors see and experience in national parks and will require new approaches to the protection of natural and historic resources within parks. “Studies like this are critical to inform nati ...
climate change, small island developing States
... resources of the Special Climate Change Fund would initially be used to support priority activities in adaptation and technology transfer and in associated capacitybuilding. At the end of 2004, the SCCF became operational, and pledges of USD 34.7 million had been received. Ready to support eligible ...
... resources of the Special Climate Change Fund would initially be used to support priority activities in adaptation and technology transfer and in associated capacitybuilding. At the end of 2004, the SCCF became operational, and pledges of USD 34.7 million had been received. Ready to support eligible ...
Climate change and ecosystems of the Mid
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
1.2 Climate Change and the Water Cycle
... ppm (nearly constant since the termination of the last ice age c. 10,500 years ago) to more than 380 ppm in 2006. In combination with the concentration increase of some other GHG (CH4, N2O, CFCs, tropospheric O3 etc.) climate model simulations as well as statistical assessments attribute to this GHG ...
... ppm (nearly constant since the termination of the last ice age c. 10,500 years ago) to more than 380 ppm in 2006. In combination with the concentration increase of some other GHG (CH4, N2O, CFCs, tropospheric O3 etc.) climate model simulations as well as statistical assessments attribute to this GHG ...
Document
... Inter-annual and seasonal changes in precipitation patterns, evaporation, hydrological cycles, and their ultimate impacts on water resources have a significant impact on agriculture. However, rainfall projections are even more uncertain than those on temperature, because rainfall is a more complex v ...
... Inter-annual and seasonal changes in precipitation patterns, evaporation, hydrological cycles, and their ultimate impacts on water resources have a significant impact on agriculture. However, rainfall projections are even more uncertain than those on temperature, because rainfall is a more complex v ...
PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
... There has been a steady evolution of the concept of security within international law and the United Nations Security Council. Since 1990, the Council has dramatically increased its activity in numerous spheres and the number of issues that threaten international peace and security. Among other item ...
... There has been a steady evolution of the concept of security within international law and the United Nations Security Council. Since 1990, the Council has dramatically increased its activity in numerous spheres and the number of issues that threaten international peace and security. Among other item ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... linked to the lags between oceanic and atmospheric temperature), if emissions were set to zero by 2000, temperature would still keep increasing by another several tenths of a degree Celsius for another ⬇30 years (Fig. 4), although atmospheric CO2 would display some decrease (Fig. 3). Thus, the compa ...
... linked to the lags between oceanic and atmospheric temperature), if emissions were set to zero by 2000, temperature would still keep increasing by another several tenths of a degree Celsius for another ⬇30 years (Fig. 4), although atmospheric CO2 would display some decrease (Fig. 3). Thus, the compa ...
alongside the unfccc - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... and mobilize resources for actions. The CCAC is a government-led public-private partnership. Its nature is non-legally binding, with each partner determining the extent of its participation.13 To date, 33 countries (as well as the European Commission) have joined the partnership, including both deve ...
... and mobilize resources for actions. The CCAC is a government-led public-private partnership. Its nature is non-legally binding, with each partner determining the extent of its participation.13 To date, 33 countries (as well as the European Commission) have joined the partnership, including both deve ...
Office of Sustainability Newsletter University of Vermont NEWS FLASH!
... In response to the problem of global climate change the University of Vermont has made a commitment to become a carbon neutral institution. That means that our ultimate goal is zero net emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane from operating campus buildings and transportati ...
... In response to the problem of global climate change the University of Vermont has made a commitment to become a carbon neutral institution. That means that our ultimate goal is zero net emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane from operating campus buildings and transportati ...
The terrestrial Arctic response to (and role in) local and global
... Sea ice loss leads to substantial warming over land, peaking in autumn and winter. In CCSM3, the sea ice loss induced warming extends over 1500km inland. ...
... Sea ice loss leads to substantial warming over land, peaking in autumn and winter. In CCSM3, the sea ice loss induced warming extends over 1500km inland. ...
Climate Change Global Climate is Changing
... • Tourism can play a significant role in addressing climate change. It must show leadership as an agent of change for both adaptation and mitigation – the time for action is now. ...
... • Tourism can play a significant role in addressing climate change. It must show leadership as an agent of change for both adaptation and mitigation – the time for action is now. ...
The politics of accuracy in judging global warming films
... questions of balance. Maxwell Boykoff’s content analyses show how newspapers and television news bulletins, in applying the journalistic norm of reporting both sides of an argument, have “perpetrated an informational bias by significantly diverging from the consensus view in climate science that hum ...
... questions of balance. Maxwell Boykoff’s content analyses show how newspapers and television news bulletins, in applying the journalistic norm of reporting both sides of an argument, have “perpetrated an informational bias by significantly diverging from the consensus view in climate science that hum ...
Climate Change, Yosemite National Park, California
... statistically significant change. Measurements from 1911 to 2015 at the weather station at Hetch Hetchy showed similar trends. Published analyses of field research that includes data from Yosemite N.P. detected changes that have been attributed to human climate change. These impacts include snowpack ...
... statistically significant change. Measurements from 1911 to 2015 at the weather station at Hetch Hetchy showed similar trends. Published analyses of field research that includes data from Yosemite N.P. detected changes that have been attributed to human climate change. These impacts include snowpack ...
a comparative study of biodiversity conservation coping with climate
... Climate change is a real and urgent challenge that is already affecting people and the environment worldwide. Significant changes are occurring on Earth, including increasing air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising sea levels. Biodiversity loss and ecosystems degra ...
... Climate change is a real and urgent challenge that is already affecting people and the environment worldwide. Significant changes are occurring on Earth, including increasing air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising sea levels. Biodiversity loss and ecosystems degra ...
Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change
... Kaplan, 2006) and between overall ship and buoy observations (Rayner et al., 2006). These biases may arise from the different measurement depths (buckets, typically 30 cm; buoys, typically 1 m; engine inlets, typically 10 m) and from heat inputs from the ship near engine inlets. Biases can also vary ...
... Kaplan, 2006) and between overall ship and buoy observations (Rayner et al., 2006). These biases may arise from the different measurement depths (buckets, typically 30 cm; buoys, typically 1 m; engine inlets, typically 10 m) and from heat inputs from the ship near engine inlets. Biases can also vary ...
Supplementary Information - Stockholm Resilience Centre
... in 1970 the half-life of aggregate pollution was one year. Comparing this approach with the planetary boundaries concept, there are several major differences. Beside the very high level of aggregation of the variable and the admittedly enormous uncertainty around the half-life assumption (Turner 200 ...
... in 1970 the half-life of aggregate pollution was one year. Comparing this approach with the planetary boundaries concept, there are several major differences. Beside the very high level of aggregation of the variable and the admittedly enormous uncertainty around the half-life assumption (Turner 200 ...
Science integration into US climate and ocean policy
... of animal protein2. Oceans are inherently linked to economic productivity and to the vibrancy of coastal communities. The ocean and coastal economy contributed 2.8 million jobs and over $282 billion to the US gross domestic product in 20113. In the United States, coastal watershed counties make up ...
... of animal protein2. Oceans are inherently linked to economic productivity and to the vibrancy of coastal communities. The ocean and coastal economy contributed 2.8 million jobs and over $282 billion to the US gross domestic product in 20113. In the United States, coastal watershed counties make up ...
Submission PDF Communicating the deadly consequences of
... Earth’s land surface experiencing dangerous HI, and is the areaweighted mean number of days experienced within this region), non-linearity will result if both terms are a function of global air temperature (as evident from the product rule of calculus). The practical implication of this relationship ...
... Earth’s land surface experiencing dangerous HI, and is the areaweighted mean number of days experienced within this region), non-linearity will result if both terms are a function of global air temperature (as evident from the product rule of calculus). The practical implication of this relationship ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish
... media attention was calculated by information space dedicated rather than by the number of pieces of information. Five extension categories of information were established, and a numerical value was adjudicated to each of them, from high to low (see Table 1). A content analysis [52, 53] was applied ...
... media attention was calculated by information space dedicated rather than by the number of pieces of information. Five extension categories of information were established, and a numerical value was adjudicated to each of them, from high to low (see Table 1). A content analysis [52, 53] was applied ...
Highly Significant Responses to Anthropogenic Forcings of the
... models in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5; Barnes and Polvani 2013). These two metrics are compared to the southern annual mode (SAM), here calculated as the difference between zonalmean surface pressure at 408 and 658S (Gong and Wang 1999). We demonstrate that the SAM re ...
... models in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5; Barnes and Polvani 2013). These two metrics are compared to the southern annual mode (SAM), here calculated as the difference between zonalmean surface pressure at 408 and 658S (Gong and Wang 1999). We demonstrate that the SAM re ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish daily
... media attention was calculated by information space dedicated rather than by the number of pieces of information. Five extension categories of information were established, and a numerical value was adjudicated to each of them, from high to low (see Table 1). A content analysis [52, 53] was applied ...
... media attention was calculated by information space dedicated rather than by the number of pieces of information. Five extension categories of information were established, and a numerical value was adjudicated to each of them, from high to low (see Table 1). A content analysis [52, 53] was applied ...
A trait-based approach to assess climate change sensitivity of
... above the mean Holocene temperature (Marcott et al., 2013). At high northern latitudes (north of 45° N), both summer extreme temperatures and decadal averages measured in the last 10 years were warmer than those reported since 1400 (Tingley and Huybers, 2013). This is in agreement with the notion th ...
... above the mean Holocene temperature (Marcott et al., 2013). At high northern latitudes (north of 45° N), both summer extreme temperatures and decadal averages measured in the last 10 years were warmer than those reported since 1400 (Tingley and Huybers, 2013). This is in agreement with the notion th ...
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).