Forecasting the End of Climate Change Litigation: Why Expert
... of the fact that previous litigation in this area has been easily disposed of under federal law. Part III defines and explains the scientific models that may have been used in those cases and models that could be used in future similar cases. It first describes the makeup and function of a scientif ...
... of the fact that previous litigation in this area has been easily disposed of under federal law. Part III defines and explains the scientific models that may have been used in those cases and models that could be used in future similar cases. It first describes the makeup and function of a scientif ...
Protected Area Policies and Climate Change: The Case of the
... modeling that 50% of Canada’s National Parks will undergo significant vegetation changes with climate change and identified major policy challenges for Parks Canada. These studies suggest the need for major changes in protected area selection and management policies to respond to current and anticip ...
... modeling that 50% of Canada’s National Parks will undergo significant vegetation changes with climate change and identified major policy challenges for Parks Canada. These studies suggest the need for major changes in protected area selection and management policies to respond to current and anticip ...
Towards Efficiency Resilience in Agriculture for Food Security in a Changing Climate
... Agricultural production has to increase, particularly in developing countries, both in quantity and diversity to ensure food and nutrition security and to address the growing demand. Business as usual, this increase will translate in a proportionate increase in direct emissions from the agricultural ...
... Agricultural production has to increase, particularly in developing countries, both in quantity and diversity to ensure food and nutrition security and to address the growing demand. Business as usual, this increase will translate in a proportionate increase in direct emissions from the agricultural ...
Title Climate change awareness in a developing nations` second
... Climate change is a major issue facing today’s society. Successive reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) present ever stronger evidence of the anthropogenic influence on climate: observations of increased atmospheric and ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and i ...
... Climate change is a major issue facing today’s society. Successive reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) present ever stronger evidence of the anthropogenic influence on climate: observations of increased atmospheric and ocean temperature, widespread melting of snow and i ...
Too late, too sudden: Transition to a low
... action. As a result, there is considerable uncertainty about whether the shift to a low-carbon economy will be slow, gradual and benign – or late, abrupt and costly (see Box). The adverse scenario for the EU financial system is one of late adjustment, resulting in a “hard landing”. In this scenario, ...
... action. As a result, there is considerable uncertainty about whether the shift to a low-carbon economy will be slow, gradual and benign – or late, abrupt and costly (see Box). The adverse scenario for the EU financial system is one of late adjustment, resulting in a “hard landing”. In this scenario, ...
Dealing With Complexity and Extreme Events Using a Bottom-Up,
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
... We discuss the adoption of a bottom-up, resource-based vulnerability approach in evaluating the effect of climate and other environmental and societal threats to societally critical resources. This vulnerability concept requires the determination of the major threats to local and regional water, foo ...
Likelihood of rapidly increasing surface temperatures unaccompanied by strong warming
... time and give some indication of natural climate variability in the absence of other influences. Control simulations were available for CGCM1, GISS and GFDL, and we examined these for signs that accelerated trends at the surface relative to at 500 mb are possible or become more likely under naturall ...
... time and give some indication of natural climate variability in the absence of other influences. Control simulations were available for CGCM1, GISS and GFDL, and we examined these for signs that accelerated trends at the surface relative to at 500 mb are possible or become more likely under naturall ...
Global Warming: The Origin and Nature of the Alleged Scientif
... clouds accompany diminishing snow cover to such an extent as to make that feedback factor negative. If, however, one asks why current models predict that large warming will accompany increasing carbon dioxide, the answer is mostly due to the effect of the water vapor feedback. Current models all pre ...
... clouds accompany diminishing snow cover to such an extent as to make that feedback factor negative. If, however, one asks why current models predict that large warming will accompany increasing carbon dioxide, the answer is mostly due to the effect of the water vapor feedback. Current models all pre ...
Implications of the EU Climate Protection Target for Ireland
... Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth ...
... Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth ...
Danish Climate Centre Report 07-02 Regional climate change
... global climate models (GCMs; Stendel and Christensen, 2002), the spatial resolution of such models is generally not sufficient to reliably simulate arctic climate. On the other hand, the Arctic is a large region so that only few attempts have been made to use regional climate models (RCMs) over a pa ...
... global climate models (GCMs; Stendel and Christensen, 2002), the spatial resolution of such models is generally not sufficient to reliably simulate arctic climate. On the other hand, the Arctic is a large region so that only few attempts have been made to use regional climate models (RCMs) over a pa ...
Nitrogen and phosphorous limitations significantly reduce future
... Jones et al., 2013]. By mass balance, the allowable emission for each RCP is calculated as the sum of the changes in atmospheric CO2 and land and ocean carbon pools. However, only two ESMs used in the IPCC AR5 include nitrogen (N) limitation and none include phosphorus (P) limitation. Given the crit ...
... Jones et al., 2013]. By mass balance, the allowable emission for each RCP is calculated as the sum of the changes in atmospheric CO2 and land and ocean carbon pools. However, only two ESMs used in the IPCC AR5 include nitrogen (N) limitation and none include phosphorus (P) limitation. Given the crit ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
... will induce more cooling (generally from electricity) while cooler weather will induce more heating (generally from natural gas, fuel oil, or propane) (Gotham, et al., 2012). Increased cooling needs would increase summerpeaking electricity loads based not only on temperature but also on humidity lev ...
... will induce more cooling (generally from electricity) while cooler weather will induce more heating (generally from natural gas, fuel oil, or propane) (Gotham, et al., 2012). Increased cooling needs would increase summerpeaking electricity loads based not only on temperature but also on humidity lev ...
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... their surroundings (Turner et al., 1990), but only recently have anthropogenic drivers become major factors at the planetary level (Steffen et al., 2004). We have appropriated half the planet’s land surface for human uses, eliminated 90 percent of the big fishes in the oceans, severely depleted the e ...
... their surroundings (Turner et al., 1990), but only recently have anthropogenic drivers become major factors at the planetary level (Steffen et al., 2004). We have appropriated half the planet’s land surface for human uses, eliminated 90 percent of the big fishes in the oceans, severely depleted the e ...
Forest Service Chief`s Climate Change and Wilderness Briefing
... compromise the untrammeled quality of wilderness character. Biodiversity Conservation. With “medium confidence,” the IPCC (2007b) estimates that 20 to 30% of plant and animal species are likely to be at an increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperatures exceed 2.7 to 4.5° F. ...
... compromise the untrammeled quality of wilderness character. Biodiversity Conservation. With “medium confidence,” the IPCC (2007b) estimates that 20 to 30% of plant and animal species are likely to be at an increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperatures exceed 2.7 to 4.5° F. ...
High Flows and Freshet Timing in Canada: Observed Trends CCRR
... Fishes have responded to earlier freshets and warmer temperatures by spawning earlier. Focusing on water temperature, Wedekind and Kung (2010) found that by 2009 the spawning season for grayling (Thymallus thymallus) was 3–4 weeks earlier than in the early 1960s. The shift in the timing of spawning ...
... Fishes have responded to earlier freshets and warmer temperatures by spawning earlier. Focusing on water temperature, Wedekind and Kung (2010) found that by 2009 the spawning season for grayling (Thymallus thymallus) was 3–4 weeks earlier than in the early 1960s. The shift in the timing of spawning ...
2009 Climate Change - The Bush School of Government and Public
... Within these, 40 model scenarios were created to cover the full range of GHGs and SO2 emissions estimates and represent different demographic, social, economic, technological, and environmental developments. Climate scientists use these various scenarios in their models to project changes and impact ...
... Within these, 40 model scenarios were created to cover the full range of GHGs and SO2 emissions estimates and represent different demographic, social, economic, technological, and environmental developments. Climate scientists use these various scenarios in their models to project changes and impact ...
Ruti et al. BAMS - Med
... significantly impact on African Monsoon variability and strength (Fontaine et al., 2009). The RCSMs are more reliable than GCMs in simulating the SST small scale spatial features (Figure 3). Especially in winter, the RCSMs are able to better reproduce the SST pattern despite the fact that different ...
... significantly impact on African Monsoon variability and strength (Fontaine et al., 2009). The RCSMs are more reliable than GCMs in simulating the SST small scale spatial features (Figure 3). Especially in winter, the RCSMs are able to better reproduce the SST pattern despite the fact that different ...
Frequency of wet and dry soil conditions in Tasmanian beef and
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
Newsletter - New Mexico Audubon Council
... be linked to wild bee declines in England. The results suggest that this could be the case. Using 18 years of data collected on more than 60 bee species in England, the researchers found that species foraging on pesticidetreated crops have experienced much more severe losses than species foraging on ...
... be linked to wild bee declines in England. The results suggest that this could be the case. Using 18 years of data collected on more than 60 bee species in England, the researchers found that species foraging on pesticidetreated crops have experienced much more severe losses than species foraging on ...
Projected increases in near‑surface air temperature over Ontario
... In the past few decades, extraordinary changes have taken place to the climatology over the Province of Ontario where people are seeing more frequent and intense weather anomalies including heat waves, floods, droughts, and wind gust, as well as shorter duration of ice cover on and fluctuating water ...
... In the past few decades, extraordinary changes have taken place to the climatology over the Province of Ontario where people are seeing more frequent and intense weather anomalies including heat waves, floods, droughts, and wind gust, as well as shorter duration of ice cover on and fluctuating water ...
Facing the challenges of climate change
... businesses, the vast majority of which are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Possibly due to the size and nature of the sector, the carbon footprint of the tourism industry has never been calculated, and very little information exists to enable this to happen. As a result of this it is diffi ...
... businesses, the vast majority of which are small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Possibly due to the size and nature of the sector, the carbon footprint of the tourism industry has never been calculated, and very little information exists to enable this to happen. As a result of this it is diffi ...
Hadley Cell (HC) Circulation response to Climate
... land-sea contrast), as long as this heat contrast imposed by the sun does not change (more radiation at the tropics, less radiations at higher latitudes). They concluded land- sea temperature contrast is more related with monsoon circulations rather than Hadley circulation. Thus this circulation wou ...
... land-sea contrast), as long as this heat contrast imposed by the sun does not change (more radiation at the tropics, less radiations at higher latitudes). They concluded land- sea temperature contrast is more related with monsoon circulations rather than Hadley circulation. Thus this circulation wou ...
Student Conceptions about Global Warming and Climate Change
... conceptions may or may not fit current scientific perspectives because their conceptions are built on a combination of unique personal and social experiences (Driver, Guesne & Tiberghien, 1985). Consequently, there is a lack of what Driver et al. (1994) called curricular continuity, a sequence of ex ...
... conceptions may or may not fit current scientific perspectives because their conceptions are built on a combination of unique personal and social experiences (Driver, Guesne & Tiberghien, 1985). Consequently, there is a lack of what Driver et al. (1994) called curricular continuity, a sequence of ex ...
Oxfam Education Session 5: adapting to climate change Age range
... Show slide 10. Discuss learners‟ ideas about what climate change adaptation means. Explain that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around ...
... Show slide 10. Discuss learners‟ ideas about what climate change adaptation means. Explain that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around ...
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.