22. Predictions and Projections of Pine Productivity and Hydrology
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
... demand for commercial, industrial, and residential water will also increase (USWRC, 1978). Forest species type, stand age, and the climate all influence the amount of water use and yield from these areas (Swank et al., 1988). Because forests cover approximately 55% of the southern United States land ...
Mission Report Downscalling - Global Climate Change Alliance
... detection of climatic change and assessment of climate-induced impacts. An explanation for this is that, as climate changes rapidly with height over relatively short horizontal distances, so does vegetation and hydrology (Whiteman, 2000). As a result, mountains exhibit high biodiversity, often with ...
... detection of climatic change and assessment of climate-induced impacts. An explanation for this is that, as climate changes rapidly with height over relatively short horizontal distances, so does vegetation and hydrology (Whiteman, 2000). As a result, mountains exhibit high biodiversity, often with ...
Participants and Biographies - Southeast Regional Climate Center
... Asheville, NC. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987 and served as an Assistant Professor in the Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Geography, Indiana UniversityBloomington from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 he moved to the National Climatic Data Center ...
... Asheville, NC. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1987 and served as an Assistant Professor in the Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Geography, Indiana UniversityBloomington from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 he moved to the National Climatic Data Center ...
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... to urban land. Construction of buildings and infrastructure has made undue unavoidable changes in land surface properties. One important property is the land surface temperature (LST). LST is responsible for the change in air temperature of a region [1]. Anthropogenic activities like use of vehicles ...
... to urban land. Construction of buildings and infrastructure has made undue unavoidable changes in land surface properties. One important property is the land surface temperature (LST). LST is responsible for the change in air temperature of a region [1]. Anthropogenic activities like use of vehicles ...
Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Water Resources Variability
... yet, there is no consensus on the effect of climate change on water availability in the region. Hence it is necessary to improve our understanding of the problems caused by the changing climate. In recent years, concern has increased over climate change caused by increasing concentrations of carbon ...
... yet, there is no consensus on the effect of climate change on water availability in the region. Hence it is necessary to improve our understanding of the problems caused by the changing climate. In recent years, concern has increased over climate change caused by increasing concentrations of carbon ...
Polarized frames on “climate change” and “global warming” across
... highlight uncertainties in climate science and question the causes and consequences of climate change. However, although the US media are still debating the authenticity of scientific claims, Australian media mostly focus on how to minimize the economic and environmental impact of climate change (Sch ...
... highlight uncertainties in climate science and question the causes and consequences of climate change. However, although the US media are still debating the authenticity of scientific claims, Australian media mostly focus on how to minimize the economic and environmental impact of climate change (Sch ...
Establishing Accountability for Climate Change Damages: Lessons
... to foster doubt about the science in the minds of the public. As one infamous internal memo from the Brown & Williamson company put it: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the minds of the general public.”2 The industry also managed t ...
... to foster doubt about the science in the minds of the public. As one infamous internal memo from the Brown & Williamson company put it: “Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the ‘body of fact’ that exists in the minds of the general public.”2 The industry also managed t ...
Edinburgh Adapts Our Vision
... Edinburgh is well-used to changes in the weather. Whether out catching rays in the Meadows or wrapped in a blanket watching fireworks crown Calton Hill, Edinburgh is not a place to let a little thing like the opening of the heavens to put a damper on its spirit. However, just as the barometer can sw ...
... Edinburgh is well-used to changes in the weather. Whether out catching rays in the Meadows or wrapped in a blanket watching fireworks crown Calton Hill, Edinburgh is not a place to let a little thing like the opening of the heavens to put a damper on its spirit. However, just as the barometer can sw ...
Chapter 14: Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future
... series of ensemble mean, (bottom) 2081-2100 vs 1986-2005 time means considerably as stratospheric ozone recovers through the mid21st c. with some, but not well documented, implications for S. America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ...
... series of ensemble mean, (bottom) 2081-2100 vs 1986-2005 time means considerably as stratospheric ozone recovers through the mid21st c. with some, but not well documented, implications for S. America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. ...
Climate Change and its Effects on Ecosystems, Habitats and Biota
... Recent work documents a decrease in salinity or “freshening” of Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation i ...
... Recent work documents a decrease in salinity or “freshening” of Scotian Shelf and Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation i ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... situations (Beck 1999, 34–7). Despite this acknowledgement, it is the appearance of risks as ‘unintended consequences of modernity’ created by, and providing the dynamic for, reflexive modernization (Figure 2) that forms the core of his thesis. Second, the sources and experiences of climate change r ...
... situations (Beck 1999, 34–7). Despite this acknowledgement, it is the appearance of risks as ‘unintended consequences of modernity’ created by, and providing the dynamic for, reflexive modernization (Figure 2) that forms the core of his thesis. Second, the sources and experiences of climate change r ...
EPA: planned GEOS-Chem / CMAQ interface
... Aerosols: Binkowski and Roselle [JGR, 2003] Resolution ranges from regional (e.g., 36 km2 grid) to urban (e.g., 4 km2 grid) scale Vertical layers range (e.g., 15 to 23) and go up to 100mb Emission fields based on USEPA National Emissions Inventory (e.g., NEI99 v2), BEIS 3.10, and Mobile 6 ...
... Aerosols: Binkowski and Roselle [JGR, 2003] Resolution ranges from regional (e.g., 36 km2 grid) to urban (e.g., 4 km2 grid) scale Vertical layers range (e.g., 15 to 23) and go up to 100mb Emission fields based on USEPA National Emissions Inventory (e.g., NEI99 v2), BEIS 3.10, and Mobile 6 ...
An overview of regional land-use and land
... reported a reduction in the diurnal amplitude of temperature and wind speed when a semiarid surface is replaced by a partly irrigated one. The potential for moist convection also increased with surface moisture availability in their simulations. Lohar and Pal (1995) used the Regional Atmospheric Mod ...
... reported a reduction in the diurnal amplitude of temperature and wind speed when a semiarid surface is replaced by a partly irrigated one. The potential for moist convection also increased with surface moisture availability in their simulations. Lohar and Pal (1995) used the Regional Atmospheric Mod ...
The missing climate forcing
... the eruption. Aerosols from the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, for example, reflected to space sufficient sunlight to cause a (negative) forcing of about 3 Wm−# (Minnis et al. 1993 ; Hansen et al. 1996 b). By comparison, none of the other natural and anthropogenic radiative forcings that we know a ...
... the eruption. Aerosols from the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, for example, reflected to space sufficient sunlight to cause a (negative) forcing of about 3 Wm−# (Minnis et al. 1993 ; Hansen et al. 1996 b). By comparison, none of the other natural and anthropogenic radiative forcings that we know a ...
... reported a reduction in the diurnal amplitude of temperature and wind speed when a semiarid surface is replaced by a partly irrigated one. The potential for moist convection also increased with surface moisture availability in their simulations. Lohar and Pal (1995) used the Regional Atmospheric Mod ...
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Food Security
... goods in each traded commodity group in order to capture any quality-related differences between the two products. Under the small-country assumption, Yemen faces perfectly elastic world demand curves for its exports at fixed world prices. On the demand side, imported and domestic goods are treated ...
... goods in each traded commodity group in order to capture any quality-related differences between the two products. Under the small-country assumption, Yemen faces perfectly elastic world demand curves for its exports at fixed world prices. On the demand side, imported and domestic goods are treated ...
This Time is Different (opens in new window)
... and Social Research Council and Munich Re. More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political S ...
... and Social Research Council and Munich Re. More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established in 2008 at the London School of Economics and Political S ...
SP Booklet2.pub - Beloit College
... in the atmosphere. Along with these GHG concentrations, there has been a steady increase in global temperature (see figures below), along with a plethora of wild and wrathful weather events world-wide. ...
... in the atmosphere. Along with these GHG concentrations, there has been a steady increase in global temperature (see figures below), along with a plethora of wild and wrathful weather events world-wide. ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... and 30 % from electronic news ads (Media Insight Project 2014). With this high percentage of Americans getting news from the media, analysis of climate change reporting provides insights on shifts in public discourse and awareness. We apply two topic modeling techniques stemming from different areas ...
... and 30 % from electronic news ads (Media Insight Project 2014). With this high percentage of Americans getting news from the media, analysis of climate change reporting provides insights on shifts in public discourse and awareness. We apply two topic modeling techniques stemming from different areas ...
Paper 4: Climate Change and Biodiversity in High
... The planetary architecture, the pattern of continents and ocean basins, also has an important influence on the transport of heat from low to high latitudes in each hemisphere, and accounts for much of the difference between the climate of North America and South America at equivalent latitudes. The ...
... The planetary architecture, the pattern of continents and ocean basins, also has an important influence on the transport of heat from low to high latitudes in each hemisphere, and accounts for much of the difference between the climate of North America and South America at equivalent latitudes. The ...
Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable
... pre-industrial levels. Currently, international efforts, including those of Australia, are falling far short of what is required to achieve this goal, let alone the 1.5°C target that many developing countries continue to advocate for.5 Limiting warming below 2°C remains technically and economically ...
... pre-industrial levels. Currently, international efforts, including those of Australia, are falling far short of what is required to achieve this goal, let alone the 1.5°C target that many developing countries continue to advocate for.5 Limiting warming below 2°C remains technically and economically ...
A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the Poor 2014: The
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
... That sets up an unpleasant dilemma for EPA: We are breaking the law by not doing our job. Or we are liars. Or we are imposing lots of pain for no gain. Maybe it’s all three. In addition, implementing the rule would harm most Americans, especially the poor. A study by scholars at the Massachusetts In ...
4. DENMARK - European Commission
... At present, coastal defence in Denmark is generally not driven by adaptation to climate change. Currently, the general tendency in the coastal protection policy of national authorities is “wait and see”. The Danish tradition of rather strict spatial planning regulations limits the impact of flooding ...
... At present, coastal defence in Denmark is generally not driven by adaptation to climate change. Currently, the general tendency in the coastal protection policy of national authorities is “wait and see”. The Danish tradition of rather strict spatial planning regulations limits the impact of flooding ...
How far are biodiversity loss and climate change similar as policy
... climate is central to every human life. For this reason, climate change storylines are easily (even automatically) linked in a direct way to the issues of human welfare, both in the present day (those suffering extreme events such as droughts or floods or storms, even if the links to climate change ...
... climate is central to every human life. For this reason, climate change storylines are easily (even automatically) linked in a direct way to the issues of human welfare, both in the present day (those suffering extreme events such as droughts or floods or storms, even if the links to climate change ...
Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Multan
... Source: Directorate of Agriculture, Crop Reporting Service, Punjab. ...
... Source: Directorate of Agriculture, Crop Reporting Service, Punjab. ...
Climate change in the United States
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.