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Biomes - SPS186.org
... grasslands are known as savanna in Australia, whereas in southern Africa it is known as certain kinds of veld (from Afrikaans). Sometimes an entire biome may be targeted for protection, especially under an individual nation's biodiversity action plan. Climate is a major factor determining the distri ...
... grasslands are known as savanna in Australia, whereas in southern Africa it is known as certain kinds of veld (from Afrikaans). Sometimes an entire biome may be targeted for protection, especially under an individual nation's biodiversity action plan. Climate is a major factor determining the distri ...
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... Canada’s Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is part of the pothole region of North America’s Great Plains (Figure 1). Although the Canadian PPR represents a mere 10% of North America’s waterfowl breeding habitat, the region produces over 50% of the continent’s duck population (Baldassarre et al. 1994). Si ...
... Canada’s Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) is part of the pothole region of North America’s Great Plains (Figure 1). Although the Canadian PPR represents a mere 10% of North America’s waterfowl breeding habitat, the region produces over 50% of the continent’s duck population (Baldassarre et al. 1994). Si ...
En56-155-2000E - Publications du gouvernement du Canada
... trajectories, latitudinal and elevational ecotone shifts, extended growing season) and regional (sea-level rise, increased forest fire frequency and severity, diminished sea and lake-ice cover, waning permafrost, altered freshet and seasonal hydrology, wetland loses, retreat of low elevation glacier ...
... trajectories, latitudinal and elevational ecotone shifts, extended growing season) and regional (sea-level rise, increased forest fire frequency and severity, diminished sea and lake-ice cover, waning permafrost, altered freshet and seasonal hydrology, wetland loses, retreat of low elevation glacier ...
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
... science, we were proud to support the launch of Climate Central and their first production for PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Montana: Trout and Drought. We look forward to much more from this dynamic organization. We welcomed Grist as a new grantee and proudly supported their continued evolution ...
... science, we were proud to support the launch of Climate Central and their first production for PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Montana: Trout and Drought. We look forward to much more from this dynamic organization. We welcomed Grist as a new grantee and proudly supported their continued evolution ...
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... Ravishankara et al. (2) calculated an ozone depletion potential (ODP) for N2O. ODP is a metric used to evaluate the efficacy of a species’ stratospheric ozone destruction relative to CFC-11. Ravishankara et al. (2) reported an ODP for N2O of ∼0.02 (i.e., 1 kg N2O emissions destroy ∼2% of the stratosp ...
... Ravishankara et al. (2) calculated an ozone depletion potential (ODP) for N2O. ODP is a metric used to evaluate the efficacy of a species’ stratospheric ozone destruction relative to CFC-11. Ravishankara et al. (2) reported an ODP for N2O of ∼0.02 (i.e., 1 kg N2O emissions destroy ∼2% of the stratosp ...
G. NAPA Team - Global Environment Facility
... coastal areas will be partially or totally lost, and loss of biodiversity will be immeasurable. ...
... coastal areas will be partially or totally lost, and loss of biodiversity will be immeasurable. ...
Deconstructing the BRICS: Bargaining Coalition
... remembered as a geopolitical fad? Supporters of the developing world’s most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BR ...
... remembered as a geopolitical fad? Supporters of the developing world’s most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BR ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... All major components of the Australian coastal climate (terrestrial, marine and sea level) have changed over the last century and are projected to change over the next century under the current projected climate change scenarios. These changes vary regionally around the coastline as well as seasonal ...
... All major components of the Australian coastal climate (terrestrial, marine and sea level) have changed over the last century and are projected to change over the next century under the current projected climate change scenarios. These changes vary regionally around the coastline as well as seasonal ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... The signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, recordsetting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
... The signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, recordsetting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System
... Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range str ...
... Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range str ...
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... alpine wetland changes from 1986 to 2000 using GIS techniques, and found that the wetland area declined by 2744.77 km2 during 15 years, mainly as a result of climate warming, drying and human activities. Wetlands in the TRH region have seriously degraded due to integrated influence of natural events ...
... alpine wetland changes from 1986 to 2000 using GIS techniques, and found that the wetland area declined by 2744.77 km2 during 15 years, mainly as a result of climate warming, drying and human activities. Wetlands in the TRH region have seriously degraded due to integrated influence of natural events ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
The Resolution Dependence of Contiguous U.S. Precipitation
... cells (typical resolution in the CMIP5 archive) to 0.258 3 0.258 (tropical cyclone permitting). Analysis has been confined to the contiguous United States (CONUS). It is shown that, for these models, integrating at higher atmospheric resolution improves all aspects of simulated extreme precipitation ...
... cells (typical resolution in the CMIP5 archive) to 0.258 3 0.258 (tropical cyclone permitting). Analysis has been confined to the contiguous United States (CONUS). It is shown that, for these models, integrating at higher atmospheric resolution improves all aspects of simulated extreme precipitation ...
US Senate Minority Report - US Senate Committee on Environment
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
... and a reasonable range of alternatives. EPCA’s fuel economy requirements, including the four EPCA factors, NHTSA must consider in determining “maximum feasible” CAFE levels – technological feasibility, economic practicability, the need to conserve energy, and the effect of other standards of the Gov ...
... and a reasonable range of alternatives. EPCA’s fuel economy requirements, including the four EPCA factors, NHTSA must consider in determining “maximum feasible” CAFE levels – technological feasibility, economic practicability, the need to conserve energy, and the effect of other standards of the Gov ...
Precipitation and temperatures extremes in East Africa in past and
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
... There is strong evidence that enhanced greenhouse effect will result not only in changes in the mean weather conditions, but also in increase of the variability of climate (IPCC, 2012&2013). These impacts of climate change in East Africa (EA) have materialized through changes in extreme events such ...
US Senate Minority Report
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and
... he signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, record-setting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
... he signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, record-setting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration
... he signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, record-setting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
... he signs of a warming planet are all around us: rising seas, melting ice sheets, record-setting temperatures, with impacts cascading to ecosystems, humans, and our economy. At the root of the problem, anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere continue to increase, a substantial fracti ...
The Implications of Global Climate Change for Mountain Gorilla
... Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for 1900 to 2002. Red and orange areas have tended to be drier than average and blue and green areas, wetter than average over the course of the century. Adapted from IPCC 2007 FAQ 3.2. ...
... Drought Severity Index (PDSI) for 1900 to 2002. Red and orange areas have tended to be drier than average and blue and green areas, wetter than average over the course of the century. Adapted from IPCC 2007 FAQ 3.2. ...
US Senate Minority Report
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
Climate-Smart Development - Open Knowledge Repository
... Figure E.1: Total annual benefits in 2030 of key sector policies in six regions........................................................... xix Figure E.2: Aggregate benefits over 20 years of four development projects............................................................. xix Figure 2.1: Ana ...
... Figure E.1: Total annual benefits in 2030 of key sector policies in six regions........................................................... xix Figure E.2: Aggregate benefits over 20 years of four development projects............................................................. xix Figure 2.1: Ana ...
Climate-Smart Development
... Figure E.1: Total annual benefits in 2030 of key sector policies in six regions........................................................... xix Figure E.2: Aggregate benefits over 20 years of four development projects............................................................. xix Figure 2.1: Ana ...
... Figure E.1: Total annual benefits in 2030 of key sector policies in six regions........................................................... xix Figure E.2: Aggregate benefits over 20 years of four development projects............................................................. xix Figure 2.1: Ana ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... already perceive changes in coffee production that can be linked with changing climate conditions, although only two of the countries can count on specific climate predictions. In Guatemala and Brazil, where scientific institutions provide suitability maps, large changes in the distribution of the c ...
... already perceive changes in coffee production that can be linked with changing climate conditions, although only two of the countries can count on specific climate predictions. In Guatemala and Brazil, where scientific institutions provide suitability maps, large changes in the distribution of the c ...
Torres Strait Regional Adaptation and Resilience Plan
... For many years now, our communities have noticed changes in the seasons and tides that indicate different patterns to our traditional knowledge. Since 2007 we have been undertaking scientific investigations of key climate related changes in our region. We are already seeing changes in sea levels, co ...
... For many years now, our communities have noticed changes in the seasons and tides that indicate different patterns to our traditional knowledge. Since 2007 we have been undertaking scientific investigations of key climate related changes in our region. We are already seeing changes in sea levels, co ...
Climate change in the United States
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Because of global warming, there has been concern in the United States and internationally, that the country should reduce total greenhouse gas which is relatively high per capita.In 2012, the United States experienced its warmest year on record. As of 2012, the thirteen warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, transcending those from 1880.From 1950 to 2009, the American government's surface temperature record shows an increase by 1 °F (0.56 °C), approximately. Global warming has caused many changes in the U.S. According to a 2009 statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), trends include lake and river ice melting earlier in the spring, plants blooming earlier, multiple animal species shifting their habitat ranges northward, and reductions in the size of glaciers.Predicting future climate changes are fraught with difficultly. Some research has warned against possible problems due to American climate changes such as the spread of invasive species and possibilities of floods as well as droughts. Changes in climate in the regions of the United States appear significant. Drought conditions appear to be worsening in the southwest while improving in the northeast for example.President Barack Obama committed in the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the range of 17% below 2005 levels by 2020, 42% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. In an address towards the U.S. Congress in June 2013, Obama detailed a specific action plan to achieve the 17% carbon emissions cut from 2005 by 2020. He included such measures as shifting from coal-based power generation to solar and natural gas production.