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Key aspects of global climate change
... (new projections with an agreement for a small number of models); 4) restrictedly probable (model results are not certain but changes are physically possible). A principal difficulty in substantiation of projections consists in impossibility to unanimously predict the evolution of GHGs in the futur ...
... (new projections with an agreement for a small number of models); 4) restrictedly probable (model results are not certain but changes are physically possible). A principal difficulty in substantiation of projections consists in impossibility to unanimously predict the evolution of GHGs in the futur ...
21st century climate change in the European Alps—A review
... mean temperature increase of about 2 °C (Auer et al., 2007). This observed warming was comparatively homogeneous over the Alpine region and was particularly pronounced from 1980 onwards with annual mean warming rates of about 0.5 °C per decade (EEA, 2009), mainly caused by water vapor-enhanced green ...
... mean temperature increase of about 2 °C (Auer et al., 2007). This observed warming was comparatively homogeneous over the Alpine region and was particularly pronounced from 1980 onwards with annual mean warming rates of about 0.5 °C per decade (EEA, 2009), mainly caused by water vapor-enhanced green ...
Impacts of Climate Change for the State of Indiana
... • An increase in the frequency and intensity of summer storms is likely to increase the frequency of flooding events and exacerbate summer soil moisture deficits in Indiana. • Vulnerability of soils to dry winters could increase the risk of multi-year droughts in Indiana. • The corn belt will likely ...
... • An increase in the frequency and intensity of summer storms is likely to increase the frequency of flooding events and exacerbate summer soil moisture deficits in Indiana. • Vulnerability of soils to dry winters could increase the risk of multi-year droughts in Indiana. • The corn belt will likely ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... temperature could still have significant direct effects on local microzooplankton species composition, abundances, feeding activities and growth efficiencies. At present, the response of most microzooplankton species to the direct effects of temperature is poorly characterized. A dramatic, direct ef ...
... temperature could still have significant direct effects on local microzooplankton species composition, abundances, feeding activities and growth efficiencies. At present, the response of most microzooplankton species to the direct effects of temperature is poorly characterized. A dramatic, direct ef ...
Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific coastal
... When subtropical air masses move into the Sierra Nevada in summer and early autumn, sucient moisture is available to generate extreme rainfall. These storms may generate the greatest ¯oods in some alpine basins that are high enough to avoid midwinter rain on snow events. Stream ¯ow in Sierra Nevada ...
... When subtropical air masses move into the Sierra Nevada in summer and early autumn, sucient moisture is available to generate extreme rainfall. These storms may generate the greatest ¯oods in some alpine basins that are high enough to avoid midwinter rain on snow events. Stream ¯ow in Sierra Nevada ...
Regional breakdown for IPCC AR5 WGII
... rates of urban poverty. Climate change will likely compound these issues by driving additional rural-urban migration and further stresses on food and water resources. Large urban centers located on mega-deltas (e.g., Alexandria in Egypt in the Nile delta, and Benin City, Port Harcourt, and Aba in Ni ...
... rates of urban poverty. Climate change will likely compound these issues by driving additional rural-urban migration and further stresses on food and water resources. Large urban centers located on mega-deltas (e.g., Alexandria in Egypt in the Nile delta, and Benin City, Port Harcourt, and Aba in Ni ...
View/Open - Sokoine University of Agriculture
... 2006; Williams and Funk, 2011), uncertainty concerning rainfall projections for East Africa remains, which is exacerbated by atmospheric processes associated with altitudinal gradients (Pepin et al., ...
... 2006; Williams and Funk, 2011), uncertainty concerning rainfall projections for East Africa remains, which is exacerbated by atmospheric processes associated with altitudinal gradients (Pepin et al., ...
The role of nutricline depth in regulating ocean`s carbon cycle
... diatoms and coccolithophorids, increases consistently from subtropical regions to ...
... diatoms and coccolithophorids, increases consistently from subtropical regions to ...
Hydrologic modeling of an arctic tundra watershed: Toward Pan
... water and energy fluxes resulting from this soil moisture heterogeneity on timescales relevant to today’s GCMs. The reason for this is that the depth of the hydrologically active soil column is anything but static during the short summer months, and therefore a unique calibration may be impractical. ...
... water and energy fluxes resulting from this soil moisture heterogeneity on timescales relevant to today’s GCMs. The reason for this is that the depth of the hydrologically active soil column is anything but static during the short summer months, and therefore a unique calibration may be impractical. ...
Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change
... 2006; Williams and Funk, 2011), uncertainty concerning rainfall projections for East Africa remains, which is exacerbated by atmospheric processes associated with altitudinal gradients (Pepin et al., ...
... 2006; Williams and Funk, 2011), uncertainty concerning rainfall projections for East Africa remains, which is exacerbated by atmospheric processes associated with altitudinal gradients (Pepin et al., ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... possible. “Probable” means that an effect is highly likely to occur in the future, while “possible” means that it may occur, but that predicted impacts must be carefully qualified to reflect the level of certainty. ...
... possible. “Probable” means that an effect is highly likely to occur in the future, while “possible” means that it may occur, but that predicted impacts must be carefully qualified to reflect the level of certainty. ...
Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern
... 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
... 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
Update on Selected Climate Issues of Concern
... particularly important in the Arctic, especially during the spring melt. These climate forcers are also relatively short-lived and have the potential for relatively rapid reductions in emissions and thus in atmospheric levels. There are various options for emissions reductions that can be taken in n ...
... particularly important in the Arctic, especially during the spring melt. These climate forcers are also relatively short-lived and have the potential for relatively rapid reductions in emissions and thus in atmospheric levels. There are various options for emissions reductions that can be taken in n ...
Human Impacts on Weather and Climate - Recent Research Results
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
... other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates ...
Sensitivity of Twentieth-Century Sahel Rainfall to
... aerosol changes are likely to explain most of the underlying 1940–80 drying signal and a notable proportion of the more pronounced 1950–80 drying. ...
... aerosol changes are likely to explain most of the underlying 1940–80 drying signal and a notable proportion of the more pronounced 1950–80 drying. ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
Assessing ``Dangerous Climate Change
... shed ice at a rate, now several hundred cubic kilometers per year, which is continuing to accelerate [23–25]. Mountain glaciers are receding rapidly all around the world [26–29] with effects on seasonal freshwater availability of major rivers [30–32]. The hot dry subtropical climate belts have expan ...
... shed ice at a rate, now several hundred cubic kilometers per year, which is continuing to accelerate [23–25]. Mountain glaciers are receding rapidly all around the world [26–29] with effects on seasonal freshwater availability of major rivers [30–32]. The hot dry subtropical climate belts have expan ...
NPS SWAN report - UAF SNAP - University of Alaska Fairbanks
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
Global Increasing Trends in Annual Maximum Daily Precipitation
... from 11 391 land-based observing stations across the globe. These data represent the most comprehensive, long-running, high-quality data of precipitation extremes currently available and have been used to develop the Hadley Center Global Climate Extremes Index 2 (HadEX2) dataset (Donat et al. 2013). ...
... from 11 391 land-based observing stations across the globe. These data represent the most comprehensive, long-running, high-quality data of precipitation extremes currently available and have been used to develop the Hadley Center Global Climate Extremes Index 2 (HadEX2) dataset (Donat et al. 2013). ...
climate change in the texan mind
... More than four in ten Texans (44%) say that, in the past 12 months, they have rewarded companies that are taking steps to reduce global warming by buying their products at least once, and 40% would like to do it more often in the next 12 months. Moreover, one in three (32%) have punished companies t ...
... More than four in ten Texans (44%) say that, in the past 12 months, they have rewarded companies that are taking steps to reduce global warming by buying their products at least once, and 40% would like to do it more often in the next 12 months. Moreover, one in three (32%) have punished companies t ...
Responses to Climate Change and their Implications on
... As the Committee knows, the international policy community defines the term climate change as human-caused changes in climate and geophysical processes. The current assumption is that, if we do nothing, greenhouse gases will cause further increases in global temperature that, in turn, will cause no ...
... As the Committee knows, the international policy community defines the term climate change as human-caused changes in climate and geophysical processes. The current assumption is that, if we do nothing, greenhouse gases will cause further increases in global temperature that, in turn, will cause no ...
Less Snow, Less Water: Climate Disruption in the West
... scientists believe that some predicted changes, such as temperature increases, are likely, and that others, such as projections about how precipitation may change in a particular region, are still unreliable. In the West, scientists consider some key changes to be either very likely or likely, inclu ...
... scientists believe that some predicted changes, such as temperature increases, are likely, and that others, such as projections about how precipitation may change in a particular region, are still unreliable. In the West, scientists consider some key changes to be either very likely or likely, inclu ...
An Adaptation Portfolio for the United States Coastal and Marine
... Understanding the context, in turn, requires a number of steps. First, the anticipated physical changes associated with climate change and the likely impacts of those changes need to be downscaled to particular locations. The set of physical and chemical impacts discussed in the “Climate Change I ...
... Understanding the context, in turn, requires a number of steps. First, the anticipated physical changes associated with climate change and the likely impacts of those changes need to be downscaled to particular locations. The set of physical and chemical impacts discussed in the “Climate Change I ...
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.