Exploring the impacts of climate change on water resources
... The model has been refined such that it is composed of a coarse-scale GBM-wide model at 0.5 degrees resolution and a fine-scale model at 0.1 degrees representing Bangladesh (Fig. 1). The “downscaling” of the model to the fine-scale grid has been necessary not only for scientific interest, but to pro ...
... The model has been refined such that it is composed of a coarse-scale GBM-wide model at 0.5 degrees resolution and a fine-scale model at 0.1 degrees representing Bangladesh (Fig. 1). The “downscaling” of the model to the fine-scale grid has been necessary not only for scientific interest, but to pro ...
Climate change, fires, and carbon aerosol over N. America
... • Regressions of annual area burned in western US capture 50-57% of interannual variablity. Temperature and fuel moisture are best predictors. • Using GISS GCM output, forest fire emissions of OC predicted to increase by 50% by 2045-2055 (over 1995-2004) resulting in mean summertime OC to increase b ...
... • Regressions of annual area burned in western US capture 50-57% of interannual variablity. Temperature and fuel moisture are best predictors. • Using GISS GCM output, forest fire emissions of OC predicted to increase by 50% by 2045-2055 (over 1995-2004) resulting in mean summertime OC to increase b ...
Climate Change Impacts on East Africa
... Africa contains about one-fifth of all known species of plants, mammals, and birds, as well as one-sixth of amphibians and reptiles. These species compose some of the world’s most diverse and biologically important ecosystems such as savannahs, tropical forests, coral reef marine and freshwater habi ...
... Africa contains about one-fifth of all known species of plants, mammals, and birds, as well as one-sixth of amphibians and reptiles. These species compose some of the world’s most diverse and biologically important ecosystems such as savannahs, tropical forests, coral reef marine and freshwater habi ...
Can Climate Influence Cultural Development? A View through Time
... disturbance during the last 5000 years, and particularly within the last 2000 years, may be partly related to increased climatic variability brought on by the influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-type events. These climate changes appear to coincide with shifts in subsistence strategies ...
... disturbance during the last 5000 years, and particularly within the last 2000 years, may be partly related to increased climatic variability brought on by the influence of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)-type events. These climate changes appear to coincide with shifts in subsistence strategies ...
Key NGO Priorities in Energy and Climate Change
... • Lobbying weight of the energy sector • Concerns over fuel poverty • Reluctance to tackle transport ...
... • Lobbying weight of the energy sector • Concerns over fuel poverty • Reluctance to tackle transport ...
Gt C - Carbon Finance at the World Bank
... Climate change is occurring, in part because of human activities, and further human-induced climate change is inevitable Most people will be adversely affected by climate change, particularly the poor within developing countries Climate change is a serious environmental/development issue that ...
... Climate change is occurring, in part because of human activities, and further human-induced climate change is inevitable Most people will be adversely affected by climate change, particularly the poor within developing countries Climate change is a serious environmental/development issue that ...
Crop yield simulation
... change is likely to further reduce agricultural productivity. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting temperature zones, climate change is expected to significantly affect agricultural production in the Southern African region and this could be detrimental to the region’s foo ...
... change is likely to further reduce agricultural productivity. With likely long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting temperature zones, climate change is expected to significantly affect agricultural production in the Southern African region and this could be detrimental to the region’s foo ...
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
... Association for the Advancement of IIASA Professor Dr Helga Weisz, Head of Research Domain Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Industrial Ecology and Climate Change at Humboldt University of Berlin, is the IIASA Council Member for Ge ...
... Association for the Advancement of IIASA Professor Dr Helga Weisz, Head of Research Domain Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Industrial Ecology and Climate Change at Humboldt University of Berlin, is the IIASA Council Member for Ge ...
Running rings around climate change
... Written in the kauri NIWA scientists are involved in several tree-ring projects that aim to reconstruct different aspects of past climate. One such project, led by the University of Auckland, is climate reconstruction from kauri (Agathis australis) tree rings and speleothems (calcium carbonate cave ...
... Written in the kauri NIWA scientists are involved in several tree-ring projects that aim to reconstruct different aspects of past climate. One such project, led by the University of Auckland, is climate reconstruction from kauri (Agathis australis) tree rings and speleothems (calcium carbonate cave ...
on the occasion of the Sport, Environment and Climate Change
... (UNFCCC) have been meeting annually to assess progress in dealing with issues related to Climate Change. ...
... (UNFCCC) have been meeting annually to assess progress in dealing with issues related to Climate Change. ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... acute mental distress and shortly before his silent final decade, were not well received. However, to re-read them in 2017 might be both salutary and troubling. The early twenty-first century seems to thrive on apocalyptic visions of imminent catastrophe. Indeed, contemporary writers have become ext ...
... acute mental distress and shortly before his silent final decade, were not well received. However, to re-read them in 2017 might be both salutary and troubling. The early twenty-first century seems to thrive on apocalyptic visions of imminent catastrophe. Indeed, contemporary writers have become ext ...
A decade of dirty tricks
... Exxon’s campaign of misinformation concerning the consensus on global warming and its manipulation and distortion of climate science can be traced back to May 1990, when it attempted to water down the conclusions of the first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IP ...
... Exxon’s campaign of misinformation concerning the consensus on global warming and its manipulation and distortion of climate science can be traced back to May 1990, when it attempted to water down the conclusions of the first assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The IP ...
THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... used in connection with global change and is encompassed within the Earth System. Climate usually refers to the aggregation of all components of weather—precipitation, temperature, and cloudiness, for example—averaged over a long period of time (usually decades, centuries, or longer). The processes ...
... used in connection with global change and is encompassed within the Earth System. Climate usually refers to the aggregation of all components of weather—precipitation, temperature, and cloudiness, for example—averaged over a long period of time (usually decades, centuries, or longer). The processes ...
Primary, secondary and tertiary effects of eco
... and tidal waves, have contributed to the demise of many civilisations.1 Unless we change course, there is a high probability that the current trajectory of climate change, resource depletion and ecological loss will undermine our own civilisation. This should motivate intense preventive activity. Cl ...
... and tidal waves, have contributed to the demise of many civilisations.1 Unless we change course, there is a high probability that the current trajectory of climate change, resource depletion and ecological loss will undermine our own civilisation. This should motivate intense preventive activity. Cl ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Minnesota
... goals and efforts in Minnesota. Also note that the ICAT is not considering why the climate is changing, only how to adapt to a changing climate. In a parallel effort, the University of Minnesota Water Resources Institute is facilitating communication within Minnesota’s scientific and academic commun ...
... goals and efforts in Minnesota. Also note that the ICAT is not considering why the climate is changing, only how to adapt to a changing climate. In a parallel effort, the University of Minnesota Water Resources Institute is facilitating communication within Minnesota’s scientific and academic commun ...
01-04_iniziali:Layout 1 - Associazione Italiana di Agrometeorologia
... Ibadan in the Tropical Wet-and Dry Climate, during the period 1981-2010 is characterized by strong climatic variations. Agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and depends on 6 to 7 months of rainfall with intermittent dry spells in between rains. The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibada ...
... Ibadan in the Tropical Wet-and Dry Climate, during the period 1981-2010 is characterized by strong climatic variations. Agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and depends on 6 to 7 months of rainfall with intermittent dry spells in between rains. The study conducted in the last three decades in Ibada ...
IS THERE A HOLE IN THE OZONE LAYER OF YOUR CLIMATE
... If you share this belief, either the basic version or one of its variants, you should be aware that this connection was never confirmed by science. The relationship between the two phenomena is tangential. Obviously, both are the result of the negative impact of human activity on the delicate physic ...
... If you share this belief, either the basic version or one of its variants, you should be aware that this connection was never confirmed by science. The relationship between the two phenomena is tangential. Obviously, both are the result of the negative impact of human activity on the delicate physic ...
ISSUE GUIDE: Changing the Social Climate
... First, California passed the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the nation’s very first piece of climate change legislation. Second, the White House announced a national plan to address global warming. The California law is truly a landmark piece of legislation. And while the merits of ...
... First, California passed the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the nation’s very first piece of climate change legislation. Second, the White House announced a national plan to address global warming. The California law is truly a landmark piece of legislation. And while the merits of ...
A CHANGING AGRICULTURE - Campaign for Science & …
... Press speculation that the Earth could be heading for cooling rather than warming Top left: Nigel Calder's 1974 book entitled The Weather Machine and the Threat of Ice ...
... Press speculation that the Earth could be heading for cooling rather than warming Top left: Nigel Calder's 1974 book entitled The Weather Machine and the Threat of Ice ...
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... Successes of Kyoto so far and in the future: The IPCC summary says: “Notable achievements of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto protocol are the establishment of a global response to the climate problem, stimulation of an array of national policies, the creation of an international carbon market and the estab ...
... Successes of Kyoto so far and in the future: The IPCC summary says: “Notable achievements of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto protocol are the establishment of a global response to the climate problem, stimulation of an array of national policies, the creation of an international carbon market and the estab ...
CO2 as a primary driver of Phanerozoic climate: COMMENT
... likely in the form of solar modulation of the cosmic ray flux (CRF) (e.g., Tinsley and Deen, 1991; Svensmark, 1998, 2000; Marsh and Svensmark, 2000, 2003; Palle Bago and Butler, 2000; Egorova et al., 2000). Note that Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Sha ...
... likely in the form of solar modulation of the cosmic ray flux (CRF) (e.g., Tinsley and Deen, 1991; Svensmark, 1998, 2000; Marsh and Svensmark, 2000, 2003; Palle Bago and Butler, 2000; Egorova et al., 2000). Note that Royer et al. do not dispute the existence of the CRF/temperature correlation of Sha ...
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... radiation, resulting in increased global surface temperatures. This is the basic mechanism commonly called the greenhouse effect. There is no question that the greenhouse effect is real. Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the planet would be cold and lifeless with average atmospheric temperat ...
... radiation, resulting in increased global surface temperatures. This is the basic mechanism commonly called the greenhouse effect. There is no question that the greenhouse effect is real. Without carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, the planet would be cold and lifeless with average atmospheric temperat ...
Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... Full paper for discussion at 2008 Annual Meetings ...
... Full paper for discussion at 2008 Annual Meetings ...
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).