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... directly impact on people whose life depends on the fishery. Today millions of people around the world depend on fisheries and aquaculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. In 2004, an estimated 41 million people worked as fishers and fish farmers. Therefore, any change in fishery can ...
... directly impact on people whose life depends on the fishery. Today millions of people around the world depend on fisheries and aquaculture, directly or indirectly, for their livelihoods. In 2004, an estimated 41 million people worked as fishers and fish farmers. Therefore, any change in fishery can ...
Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press
... suggests is the ‘‘joint product of internalized professional values and of newsgathering routines.’’ This leads to distorted news, and, in fact, Gans (1979, pp. 304–305) equates bias loosely with ‘‘distortion.’’ He argues that while ‘‘objective or absolute nondistortion is impossible,’’ the notion o ...
... suggests is the ‘‘joint product of internalized professional values and of newsgathering routines.’’ This leads to distorted news, and, in fact, Gans (1979, pp. 304–305) equates bias loosely with ‘‘distortion.’’ He argues that while ‘‘objective or absolute nondistortion is impossible,’’ the notion o ...
Global Warming Treaty
... sphere like the glass enclosure of a 1990 levels. As the world’s largest called scrubbers, were awarded credgreenhouse. Scientists warned that the producer of such gases, the United its they could then sell to utilities that trapped heat would eventually raise States agreed to cut its emissions by d ...
... sphere like the glass enclosure of a 1990 levels. As the world’s largest called scrubbers, were awarded credgreenhouse. Scientists warned that the producer of such gases, the United its they could then sell to utilities that trapped heat would eventually raise States agreed to cut its emissions by d ...
Future Climate Projections around Turkey by Global Climate Models
... runoff has decreased. This is particularly true over the central Anatolia in spring, where precipitation increased but runoff decreased. Over the lower Seyhan River Basin, decrease in runoff is projected in winter but changes its sign in spring. On the other hand, opposite runoff changes are seen ov ...
... runoff has decreased. This is particularly true over the central Anatolia in spring, where precipitation increased but runoff decreased. Over the lower Seyhan River Basin, decrease in runoff is projected in winter but changes its sign in spring. On the other hand, opposite runoff changes are seen ov ...
Sea Level Activities and Changes on the Islands of the Western
... The monthly research quality dataset for 13 island stations in the WIO between 06°N and 46°S and between the African coast and 80°E from the Joint Archive for Sea Level, located at the University of Hawaii, was used for the study. Using linear regression and 12-month moving average statistical metho ...
... The monthly research quality dataset for 13 island stations in the WIO between 06°N and 46°S and between the African coast and 80°E from the Joint Archive for Sea Level, located at the University of Hawaii, was used for the study. Using linear regression and 12-month moving average statistical metho ...
How to read a Climate-Fact-Sheet
... Intercomparision Project No. 3” (CMIP3) and form the data basis of climate projections for the fourth assessment report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), published in 2007. Model simulations are available from several different global climate models for a low (B1); medium (A1B ...
... Intercomparision Project No. 3” (CMIP3) and form the data basis of climate projections for the fourth assessment report of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), published in 2007. Model simulations are available from several different global climate models for a low (B1); medium (A1B ...
Probable maximum precipitation and climate change
... [9] Schreiner and Riedel [1978] developed the most recent estimates of PMP values for much of the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. They based their analysis on a set of 55 extreme storms occurring at scattered locations during the period 1878–1972 whose precipitation totals constitute the Pstorm se ...
... [9] Schreiner and Riedel [1978] developed the most recent estimates of PMP values for much of the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains. They based their analysis on a set of 55 extreme storms occurring at scattered locations during the period 1878–1972 whose precipitation totals constitute the Pstorm se ...
Extreme Weather and Climate Change
... Extreme weather is also potentially destructive, although not all extreme weather events end in disasters. For some weather events, the idea of what constitutes an extreme can vary from place to place. It often depends on what a region is used to experiencing and what it is prepared for. A 20-cm sno ...
... Extreme weather is also potentially destructive, although not all extreme weather events end in disasters. For some weather events, the idea of what constitutes an extreme can vary from place to place. It often depends on what a region is used to experiencing and what it is prepared for. A 20-cm sno ...
Evolution of marine storminess in the Belgian part of the North Sea
... indicator and in other studies storm surge or air surface pressure is used. Recently Haerens et al. (2011) have used five indicators to provide a first estimate of the storm threshold inducing significant morphological changes along the sandy beaches in Belgium. Based on their investigations, it was ...
... indicator and in other studies storm surge or air surface pressure is used. Recently Haerens et al. (2011) have used five indicators to provide a first estimate of the storm threshold inducing significant morphological changes along the sandy beaches in Belgium. Based on their investigations, it was ...
GCOS Status and Plans
... GCOS Continuous Improvement & Assessment Cycle The GCOS programme has started the process for: • a 2015 report on the progress and status of climate observation • a new “Implementation Plan” in 2016, which should identify: − continuing and new requirements, including a restatement of the rationale ...
... GCOS Continuous Improvement & Assessment Cycle The GCOS programme has started the process for: • a 2015 report on the progress and status of climate observation • a new “Implementation Plan” in 2016, which should identify: − continuing and new requirements, including a restatement of the rationale ...
ST 2011 02
... longwave (infrared) radiation, convection, land surface processes, albedo, hydrology, cloud cover, and sea ice dynamics (Rupp et al., 2009). Many global climate models (GCMs) have been developed and evaluated around the world. These models have come to many fairly consistent conclusions. In general, ...
... longwave (infrared) radiation, convection, land surface processes, albedo, hydrology, cloud cover, and sea ice dynamics (Rupp et al., 2009). Many global climate models (GCMs) have been developed and evaluated around the world. These models have come to many fairly consistent conclusions. In general, ...
Chapter 5 - Government.se
... mean annual precipitation (P) and net precipitation/ evaporation (P-E). The latter is an approximate measure of available water for the formation of aquifers, soil moisture and drainage into watercourses. The greatest increases in both precipitation (P) and Precipitationevaportion (P-E) are along th ...
... mean annual precipitation (P) and net precipitation/ evaporation (P-E). The latter is an approximate measure of available water for the formation of aquifers, soil moisture and drainage into watercourses. The greatest increases in both precipitation (P) and Precipitationevaportion (P-E) are along th ...
Journal Paper Format
... The issues of global warming and climate change have become a subject of intense interest all over the world since the last decade. Warming of the climate system is now evidenced from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and risi ...
... The issues of global warming and climate change have become a subject of intense interest all over the world since the last decade. Warming of the climate system is now evidenced from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and risi ...
... or any other derived spatial data. These errors can be introduced by an irregularly spaced underlying station network, inaccurate and missing observations, and the interpolation method used. In many mountainous regions, such as the western United States, the network of meteorological stations at mid ...
Climate Risk and Resilience Planning for Wastewater Infrastructure
... Climate Change Threats: Rainfall, Extreme Storms and Sea Level Rise - Impacts Vary Based on System Function and Source (Drainage, Riverine, and Coastal) Precipitation ...
... Climate Change Threats: Rainfall, Extreme Storms and Sea Level Rise - Impacts Vary Based on System Function and Source (Drainage, Riverine, and Coastal) Precipitation ...
the global warming- extreme weather link
... Revelle and Suess estimated the rate at which humans were increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and expressed concern that this build-up could adversely impact the Earth’s climate in the future. Revelle, an eminent American geophysicist, was instrumental in establishing the first ...
... Revelle and Suess estimated the rate at which humans were increasing the levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and expressed concern that this build-up could adversely impact the Earth’s climate in the future. Revelle, an eminent American geophysicist, was instrumental in establishing the first ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Union of Concerned Scientists
... energy the Earth receives from the Sun, amplified by natural feedbacks within the earth-oceanatmosphere system. Climate changes have also been caused by sudden, short-term changes caused by events such as volcanic eruptions or meteorite collisions. Today, however, the story is very different. Since ...
... energy the Earth receives from the Sun, amplified by natural feedbacks within the earth-oceanatmosphere system. Climate changes have also been caused by sudden, short-term changes caused by events such as volcanic eruptions or meteorite collisions. Today, however, the story is very different. Since ...
2016/03/PR PRESS RELEASE 14 April 2016 IPCC agrees special
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the world body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly, to ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the world body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC was set up in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly, to ...
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.