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Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: are these useful for adaptation? - Working Paper 71 (699 kB) (opens in new window)
... insurance against extreme weather events and innovative financial products for carbon markets. This programme is funded by Munich Re and benefits from research collaborations across the industry and public sectors. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established ...
... insurance against extreme weather events and innovative financial products for carbon markets. This programme is funded by Munich Re and benefits from research collaborations across the industry and public sectors. The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established ...
MO House Testimony May 29 2014 Final
... described above, although the final round is by governments only. The draft SPM is then reviewed word by word at a Plenary Session of the governments of the Panel before final approval is given. This is the process that most people are familiar with and that has stirred the greatest controversy, so ...
... described above, although the final round is by governments only. The draft SPM is then reviewed word by word at a Plenary Session of the governments of the Panel before final approval is given. This is the process that most people are familiar with and that has stirred the greatest controversy, so ...
- Pacific Disaster Net
... The majority of the population of Samoa live near the coastal areas. These communities rely heavily on the resources present nearby for daily sustenance and income. Mangrove ecosystems are part of these resources and they have been around for a long time providing various services to these same comm ...
... The majority of the population of Samoa live near the coastal areas. These communities rely heavily on the resources present nearby for daily sustenance and income. Mangrove ecosystems are part of these resources and they have been around for a long time providing various services to these same comm ...
Impacts of climate change on temperature and evaporation from a
... Abstract: Determining evaporation rates is essential for efficient management of reservoirs and water resources, particularly in water-scarce countries such as Australia. Today, it is estimated that open water reservoirs in Australia lose around 40% of their total water storage capacity per year to ...
... Abstract: Determining evaporation rates is essential for efficient management of reservoirs and water resources, particularly in water-scarce countries such as Australia. Today, it is estimated that open water reservoirs in Australia lose around 40% of their total water storage capacity per year to ...
Shifting thresholds Climate Climate Change Effects on the
... The vegetation submodel comprises the processes growth, mortality (induced by drought or senescence), competition for water and space, dispersal and establishment for shrubs, perennial grasses and annuals. In addition to the model described by Tietjen et al. (2010), we introduced a grazing ⁄ browsin ...
... The vegetation submodel comprises the processes growth, mortality (induced by drought or senescence), competition for water and space, dispersal and establishment for shrubs, perennial grasses and annuals. In addition to the model described by Tietjen et al. (2010), we introduced a grazing ⁄ browsin ...
Ocean Acidification
... Emerging research is being published on the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms and coral reefs, but there is less data for its effects on marine fish. In order to obtain a whole understanding of how ocean acidification is changing marine life, researchers have been posing questio ...
... Emerging research is being published on the effects of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms and coral reefs, but there is less data for its effects on marine fish. In order to obtain a whole understanding of how ocean acidification is changing marine life, researchers have been posing questio ...
How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... amplification,” and predicted effects included thinning and decreased extent of sea ice, and of the Greenland ice sheet, decreased extent of permafrost regions, earlier spring thaws, and ramifying effects of these changes on indigenous peoples who depend on native species for their survival—all of w ...
... amplification,” and predicted effects included thinning and decreased extent of sea ice, and of the Greenland ice sheet, decreased extent of permafrost regions, earlier spring thaws, and ramifying effects of these changes on indigenous peoples who depend on native species for their survival—all of w ...
An intercomparison of observed and simulated extreme rainfall and
... and Marengo et al. (2008) using the PRECIS regional model system for the A2 and B2 scenarios, assessed projections of changes in climate extremes from an ensemble of eight global coupled models from IPCC-AR4 under scenario, and for the 2071– 2100 time slice. They found warming in South America and i ...
... and Marengo et al. (2008) using the PRECIS regional model system for the A2 and B2 scenarios, assessed projections of changes in climate extremes from an ensemble of eight global coupled models from IPCC-AR4 under scenario, and for the 2071– 2100 time slice. They found warming in South America and i ...
- Wiley Online Library
... constructed and updates this dataset from observations at meteorological stations across the world0 s land areas. Harris et al. (2014) compared it with other datasets and found a very good agreement for South America. Gridded data matched observations of temperatures much better than those of precip ...
... constructed and updates this dataset from observations at meteorological stations across the world0 s land areas. Harris et al. (2014) compared it with other datasets and found a very good agreement for South America. Gridded data matched observations of temperatures much better than those of precip ...
Streamflow timing of mountain rivers in spain: Recent changes and
... alteration of mountain ecosystems, economic losses in winter-tourism areas, or changes in the ...
... alteration of mountain ecosystems, economic losses in winter-tourism areas, or changes in the ...
Nitrogen Flows in Agricultural Systems: A Modeling Perspective
... hydrogen ratio of the ice, reinforce the tight coupling between greenhouse-gas concentrations and climate observed in previous, shorter records. The 100,000-year ‘sawtooth’ variability undergoes a change about 450,000 years ago, with the amplitude of variation, especially in the carbon dioxide and t ...
... hydrogen ratio of the ice, reinforce the tight coupling between greenhouse-gas concentrations and climate observed in previous, shorter records. The 100,000-year ‘sawtooth’ variability undergoes a change about 450,000 years ago, with the amplitude of variation, especially in the carbon dioxide and t ...
Why Hasn`t Earth Warmed as Much as Expected?
... The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-lived greenhouse gases together with the best-estimate equilibrium climate sensitivity given by the 2007 Assessment Report of the Intergovernmenta ...
... The observed increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) over the industrial era is less than 40% of that expected from observed increases in long-lived greenhouse gases together with the best-estimate equilibrium climate sensitivity given by the 2007 Assessment Report of the Intergovernmenta ...
An imperative need for global change research in tropical forests
... Wright 2004), which was comparable to the global mean land surface temperature rise of 0.22 ± 0.08 °C per decade between 1976 and 2000 (IPCC 2007). The recent warming is strongest in the extratropics of the northern hemisphere with large El Niño events (IPCC 2007). Global climate models have predict ...
... Wright 2004), which was comparable to the global mean land surface temperature rise of 0.22 ± 0.08 °C per decade between 1976 and 2000 (IPCC 2007). The recent warming is strongest in the extratropics of the northern hemisphere with large El Niño events (IPCC 2007). Global climate models have predict ...
Chapter 3 - Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts
... Climate models predict that with rising temperatures in fall, winter and spring, ice cover will decrease in duration throughout the state. In the future many of Wisconsin’s lakes, particularly in the southern part of the state, may even be ice-free all winter. Variability in the ice cover of lakes i ...
... Climate models predict that with rising temperatures in fall, winter and spring, ice cover will decrease in duration throughout the state. In the future many of Wisconsin’s lakes, particularly in the southern part of the state, may even be ice-free all winter. Variability in the ice cover of lakes i ...
Arctic Climate and Water Change: Information Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation Arvid Bring
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
... e↵orts to understand transport and origin of key waterborne constituents. Further development of monitoring cannot rely only on a reconciliation of observations and projections on where climate change will be the most severe, as they diverge in this regard. Climate model simulations of drainage basi ...
- ACE CRC
... More than 90% of the extra heat energy stored by the planet in the last 50 years, and about 30% of the carbon dioxide released by human activities over the same period has been absorbed in the ocean. By absorbing heat and carbon dioxide, the oceans have slowed the rate of climate change. The Souther ...
... More than 90% of the extra heat energy stored by the planet in the last 50 years, and about 30% of the carbon dioxide released by human activities over the same period has been absorbed in the ocean. By absorbing heat and carbon dioxide, the oceans have slowed the rate of climate change. The Souther ...
Recent Climatology, Variability, and Trends in Global Surface Humidity
... tropical Pacific (Ross and Elliott 2001). However, because of their poor spatial sampling (e.g., no soundings over open oceans) and temporal inhomogeneities due to changes in radiosonde sensors (Elliott 1995; Wang et al. 2002), radiosonde measurements of atmospheric humidity are insufficient for est ...
... tropical Pacific (Ross and Elliott 2001). However, because of their poor spatial sampling (e.g., no soundings over open oceans) and temporal inhomogeneities due to changes in radiosonde sensors (Elliott 1995; Wang et al. 2002), radiosonde measurements of atmospheric humidity are insufficient for est ...
US-Swedish Planning Workshop on Joint Arctic Research using the
... including health, social issues and commerce. Over the last several decades climate change has been larger in the Arctic than elsewhere on Earth, and since the mid 1960’s the annually averaged near-surface air temperature north of 60°N has increased more than twice as much as the corresponding globa ...
... including health, social issues and commerce. Over the last several decades climate change has been larger in the Arctic than elsewhere on Earth, and since the mid 1960’s the annually averaged near-surface air temperature north of 60°N has increased more than twice as much as the corresponding globa ...
Physical impacts of climate change
This article is about the physical impacts of climate change. For some of these physical impacts, their effect on social and economic systems are also described.