CO 2 - NSTA Learning Center - National Science Teachers
... 1. Biota living in the polar regions are special. Why is this and why as scientists should we be interested in studying polar biology? 2. Why are arctic terrestrial ecosystems important to global climate change. 3. Some reasons why Antarctic living systems are a unique natural laboratory to study fu ...
... 1. Biota living in the polar regions are special. Why is this and why as scientists should we be interested in studying polar biology? 2. Why are arctic terrestrial ecosystems important to global climate change. 3. Some reasons why Antarctic living systems are a unique natural laboratory to study fu ...
Wildlife Vulnerability to Climate Change
... and identify areas of further research – Vulnerability assessments pinpoint which factors cause species vulnerability and help to identify intervention points for management actions. Understanding the factors that cause vulnerability for a particular species allows managers to design adaptation stra ...
... and identify areas of further research – Vulnerability assessments pinpoint which factors cause species vulnerability and help to identify intervention points for management actions. Understanding the factors that cause vulnerability for a particular species allows managers to design adaptation stra ...
Csc_ADS_2011 - University of Minnesota
... NSF Expedition: Understanding Climate Change - A Data-Driven Approach ...
... NSF Expedition: Understanding Climate Change - A Data-Driven Approach ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... populations (35), the impacts of armed conflicts, from international wars to quasitraditional raiding, on pastoralists throughout the region are now well known (36). All these, and other stressors, are seen as contributing to an increased vulnerability to drought, which in turn feeds back in to envi ...
... populations (35), the impacts of armed conflicts, from international wars to quasitraditional raiding, on pastoralists throughout the region are now well known (36). All these, and other stressors, are seen as contributing to an increased vulnerability to drought, which in turn feeds back in to envi ...
April - Smithers Web Page
... BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina isn't likely to approve more corn exports anytime soon and if current expectations for low wheat planting hold, little or no wheat will be approved for export next year, the president of the agricultural trade office, or ONCCA, Emilio Eyras, told Dow Jones Newswir ...
... BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentina isn't likely to approve more corn exports anytime soon and if current expectations for low wheat planting hold, little or no wheat will be approved for export next year, the president of the agricultural trade office, or ONCCA, Emilio Eyras, told Dow Jones Newswir ...
A Discussion Paper on Climate Change and Forestry in Nova Scotia
... Since the end of the 19th century, the global average surface temperature has increased by 0.6°C (± 0.2°C) (Albritton et al., 2001). Depending on the source of information, the average global air temperature increase that will occur with effective doubling the concentration of atmospheric CO2 ranges ...
... Since the end of the 19th century, the global average surface temperature has increased by 0.6°C (± 0.2°C) (Albritton et al., 2001). Depending on the source of information, the average global air temperature increase that will occur with effective doubling the concentration of atmospheric CO2 ranges ...
A Pacific Regional Perspective on Capacity Building for Climate
... • PICs become Parties to many MEAs ...
... • PICs become Parties to many MEAs ...
The Optimal and Equitable Climate Finance Gap.
... introduced so as to achieve a concentration target of 450 parts per million of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) by 2100.3 This can be thought of as a carbon tax applied in all regions and on all GHGs covered by the Kyoto Protocol. This scenario delivers efficient climate-change mitigation, in the sense that su ...
... introduced so as to achieve a concentration target of 450 parts per million of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) by 2100.3 This can be thought of as a carbon tax applied in all regions and on all GHGs covered by the Kyoto Protocol. This scenario delivers efficient climate-change mitigation, in the sense that su ...
Teacher Guide, Level 3
... and Jen Lau from Michigan State University Research Background: Every day we add more greenhouse gases to our air by burning fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas. Greenhouse gasses trap the sun’s heat, so adding more causes the Earth to heat up! What does that mean for the species on our ...
... and Jen Lau from Michigan State University Research Background: Every day we add more greenhouse gases to our air by burning fossil fuels, such as oil, coal, and natural gas. Greenhouse gasses trap the sun’s heat, so adding more causes the Earth to heat up! What does that mean for the species on our ...
Lagos - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... Even more worrisome is the general sensitivity of the megacity to climate change due to its flat topography and low elevation location, high population, widespread poverty and weak institutional structures. Many more vulnerabilities stem from these characteristics including ...
... Even more worrisome is the general sensitivity of the megacity to climate change due to its flat topography and low elevation location, high population, widespread poverty and weak institutional structures. Many more vulnerabilities stem from these characteristics including ...
Sahelian climate
... has experienced an unprecedented and severe long lasting drought from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, with partial recovery through 2003, although the rainfall deficit has not ended (Nicholson et al., 2000; Biasutti and Giannini, 2006; Dai et al., 2004). In addition, West Afica has been identified ...
... has experienced an unprecedented and severe long lasting drought from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, with partial recovery through 2003, although the rainfall deficit has not ended (Nicholson et al., 2000; Biasutti and Giannini, 2006; Dai et al., 2004). In addition, West Afica has been identified ...
Now Naomi Klein has written This Changes Everything, a book she
... Naomi Klein fills Tuschinski theater to the brim. Literally hundreds of people had to be turned away and together with thousands of others they are watching the live stream. As I was preparing for this talk I tried to think of a more famous progressive public intellectual in the world right now. If ...
... Naomi Klein fills Tuschinski theater to the brim. Literally hundreds of people had to be turned away and together with thousands of others they are watching the live stream. As I was preparing for this talk I tried to think of a more famous progressive public intellectual in the world right now. If ...
3 - Environmental Intermediate
... The atmosphere is the name for a layer of gases that surround a body of sufficiently large mass. The gases are attracted by the gravity of the body, and held fast if gravity is sufficient (thaerefore mass must be large) and the atmosphere's temperature is low. Some planets (called gas giants) consis ...
... The atmosphere is the name for a layer of gases that surround a body of sufficiently large mass. The gases are attracted by the gravity of the body, and held fast if gravity is sufficient (thaerefore mass must be large) and the atmosphere's temperature is low. Some planets (called gas giants) consis ...
GEF Trust Fund
... Adaptation to climate change through Effective Water Governance in Ecuador (UNDP) => SCCF $3 M Adaptation to climate change and health: Barbados and Fiji (low-lying), Uzbekistan and Jordan (desert/desert-fringe), Bhutan, Kenya and China (highland) (UNDP/WHO) => SCCF $6 M Implementation of Pilot Clim ...
... Adaptation to climate change through Effective Water Governance in Ecuador (UNDP) => SCCF $3 M Adaptation to climate change and health: Barbados and Fiji (low-lying), Uzbekistan and Jordan (desert/desert-fringe), Bhutan, Kenya and China (highland) (UNDP/WHO) => SCCF $6 M Implementation of Pilot Clim ...
Beyond collapse - Climate change and causality
... livelihoods and migration undertaken within the context of development studies, since the 1950s (e.g. Jónsson, 2010). The extent to which such recent historical evidence can be used as a basis for understanding how human populations might respond to climate change over the coming decades, and even c ...
... livelihoods and migration undertaken within the context of development studies, since the 1950s (e.g. Jónsson, 2010). The extent to which such recent historical evidence can be used as a basis for understanding how human populations might respond to climate change over the coming decades, and even c ...
Tales of future weather
... is more easily identified in forecasts that can be evaluated empirically12,14. While it is widely ...
... is more easily identified in forecasts that can be evaluated empirically12,14. While it is widely ...
National Park
... Arctic National Parks as INoRMs Integrated Network of Research and Monitoring 1. ‘baselines’ of Arctic ecological change 2. Focal Watersheds Model: ecological inventories, long term monitoring sites, stream discharge, weather stations; 3. “sites for science” 4. long term commitment to EI monitoring ...
... Arctic National Parks as INoRMs Integrated Network of Research and Monitoring 1. ‘baselines’ of Arctic ecological change 2. Focal Watersheds Model: ecological inventories, long term monitoring sites, stream discharge, weather stations; 3. “sites for science” 4. long term commitment to EI monitoring ...
a system with dangerous thresholds?
... periments, including the causes for differences or apparent contradictions between models. Many early model studies were performed with ocean-only models with nearly fixed sea surface temperature (SST), neglecting the feedback of the ocean circulation on SST. This distorts the parabola in Figure 2 i ...
... periments, including the causes for differences or apparent contradictions between models. Many early model studies were performed with ocean-only models with nearly fixed sea surface temperature (SST), neglecting the feedback of the ocean circulation on SST. This distorts the parabola in Figure 2 i ...
Biodiversity, climate, and the Kyoto Protocol
... the land is already covered by forests, projects are likely to be ineligible for reforestanoted in the IPCC Third Assessment Report, nitrogen tion credit, according to the most recent Marrakesh fertilizers used in tropical ecosystems (which are often Accords, since they are already considered to be ...
... the land is already covered by forests, projects are likely to be ineligible for reforestanoted in the IPCC Third Assessment Report, nitrogen tion credit, according to the most recent Marrakesh fertilizers used in tropical ecosystems (which are often Accords, since they are already considered to be ...
How to design a building envelope to provide thermal
... The effects generally observed as a result of increasing GHG emissions can be found in the IPCC Working Group III, Fourth Assessment Report (2007). The following are a few key observations and their implications for building envelope design: - Temperature: There will be regional differences in the e ...
... The effects generally observed as a result of increasing GHG emissions can be found in the IPCC Working Group III, Fourth Assessment Report (2007). The following are a few key observations and their implications for building envelope design: - Temperature: There will be regional differences in the e ...
Architecture, Energy and Climate - Nordic Journal of Architectural
... summer conditions produced by anthropogenic climate change—a key challenge for building designers in the 21st century. These issues are evaluated by predictions of thermal comfort performance under a climate change scenario. Climate conditions independent of building types were studied in order to g ...
... summer conditions produced by anthropogenic climate change—a key challenge for building designers in the 21st century. These issues are evaluated by predictions of thermal comfort performance under a climate change scenario. Climate conditions independent of building types were studied in order to g ...
Climate Change Impacts on Rural Based Women
... animals such as donkeys and cattle, labor supply is affected for women, especially considering the fact that generally women lack the necessary stamina to carry out some chores. It is worth noting that in all the focus group discussions women concurred that water scarcity brought on by climate chang ...
... animals such as donkeys and cattle, labor supply is affected for women, especially considering the fact that generally women lack the necessary stamina to carry out some chores. It is worth noting that in all the focus group discussions women concurred that water scarcity brought on by climate chang ...
Articles
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
... The ocean at Palmer Station, Antarctic. LTER investigators haveemployed an understanding of time and spacevariations in the stratosphere and Antarctic waters, radiation transfer theory, remote sensing, and sea-surfaceand hydrographic observations to provide one of the first piecesof evidenceof an ec ...
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).