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Adaptation 101
... safeguard global security. As populations increase in some of the world’s poorest countries, a harsher climate can lead to migration; refugee crises; and conflicts over scarce natural resources, including land and water.19 Long-term economic destabilization in developing countries can also further u ...
... safeguard global security. As populations increase in some of the world’s poorest countries, a harsher climate can lead to migration; refugee crises; and conflicts over scarce natural resources, including land and water.19 Long-term economic destabilization in developing countries can also further u ...
Response to reviewer 1
... change run, 1979-2008) and future conditions with both stressors (High scenario run, 2069-2098). We have changed the text to reflect this better: ”Detritivore growth rates remained more or less equal when combined effects are applied (figure 5(d), High scenario 2069-2098 result compared to Temp scen ...
... change run, 1979-2008) and future conditions with both stressors (High scenario run, 2069-2098). We have changed the text to reflect this better: ”Detritivore growth rates remained more or less equal when combined effects are applied (figure 5(d), High scenario 2069-2098 result compared to Temp scen ...
Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how
... climate trend from their own casual observations of weather,’’ stated Kempton et al. in 1996. Many subsequent authors have agreed with this assessment for all but the most severely impacted portions of the world (Marx et al., 2007; Moser and Dilling, 2011; Weber, 2010; Weber and Stern, 2011). Climat ...
... climate trend from their own casual observations of weather,’’ stated Kempton et al. in 1996. Many subsequent authors have agreed with this assessment for all but the most severely impacted portions of the world (Marx et al., 2007; Moser and Dilling, 2011; Weber, 2010; Weber and Stern, 2011). Climat ...
Climate Change on the Millennial Timescale
... timescale, more than quadruple the 0.9–3.7°C they predicted on the centennial timescale, and more than double the 1.4–5.8°C the IPCC predict for the centennial timescale. At the UK scale, warming is 1.2–10°C on the millennial timescale compared to 1–2°C on the centennial timescale or 1–5°C from UKCI ...
... timescale, more than quadruple the 0.9–3.7°C they predicted on the centennial timescale, and more than double the 1.4–5.8°C the IPCC predict for the centennial timescale. At the UK scale, warming is 1.2–10°C on the millennial timescale compared to 1–2°C on the centennial timescale or 1–5°C from UKCI ...
Temperature Change in New England: 1895-2012
... temperatures is due to human activity and predicts the average global temperature can rise 2 to 11.5°F by 2100 (IPCC, 2013). Human Drivers of Climate Change Human activities started to influence the earth’s climate during the start of the Industrial Revolution around 1750. These activities altered t ...
... temperatures is due to human activity and predicts the average global temperature can rise 2 to 11.5°F by 2100 (IPCC, 2013). Human Drivers of Climate Change Human activities started to influence the earth’s climate during the start of the Industrial Revolution around 1750. These activities altered t ...
Climate Change`s Impact on the Caribbean`s Ability to Sustain
... tourism industry is based, including its biodiversity and beaches. Coral reefs, in particular, are an important tourist attraction.18 They play an essential role as physical barriers to ocean waves and as a vital habitat for fisheries.19 The Reefs at Risk project found that, in 2000, coral reefs pro ...
... tourism industry is based, including its biodiversity and beaches. Coral reefs, in particular, are an important tourist attraction.18 They play an essential role as physical barriers to ocean waves and as a vital habitat for fisheries.19 The Reefs at Risk project found that, in 2000, coral reefs pro ...
September
... and is now adrift, while two sections of the nearby Serson Ice Shelf detached, reducing its mass by 60 per cent or 122 sq km. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, which halved in July, lost an additional 22 sq km. "These changes are irreversible under the present climate and indicate that the environmental conditio ...
... and is now adrift, while two sections of the nearby Serson Ice Shelf detached, reducing its mass by 60 per cent or 122 sq km. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, which halved in July, lost an additional 22 sq km. "These changes are irreversible under the present climate and indicate that the environmental conditio ...
View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... Environment is devoted to an assessment of climate
change effects on ecosystems, and the consequences for people. Major topics of the issue:
Biodiversity: Ecologists have predicted that species will move out of their historic ranges as climate
changes and t ...
... Environment
Crying Wolf: Climate Change Far Greater Threat to Farmers Than
... Inaction will be far more costly for agriculture than the climate bill passed by the House of Representatives. Unless action is taken now to slow global warming, farmers can expect to see an acceleration of the extreme weather patterns heavy rains, flooding, droughts and higher temperatures that hav ...
... Inaction will be far more costly for agriculture than the climate bill passed by the House of Representatives. Unless action is taken now to slow global warming, farmers can expect to see an acceleration of the extreme weather patterns heavy rains, flooding, droughts and higher temperatures that hav ...
Call for Abstracts The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP
... among other topics, climate model improvement, sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, climate change scenarios and understanding, climate extremes prediction and sea-level rise. For sub-seasonal timescales, collaborative projects with the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) are ...
... among other topics, climate model improvement, sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction, decadal prediction, climate change scenarios and understanding, climate extremes prediction and sea-level rise. For sub-seasonal timescales, collaborative projects with the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) are ...
The feasibility of low CO2 concentration targets and the role of bio
... GtC (IPCC 2005). Stored CO2 over the course of the century as suggested by the scenario analysis here range between 350 to 500 GtC, which lies well within the global capacities reported above. However, much research remains before carbon storage can be applied at such scales. Surprises—physical or p ...
... GtC (IPCC 2005). Stored CO2 over the course of the century as suggested by the scenario analysis here range between 350 to 500 GtC, which lies well within the global capacities reported above. However, much research remains before carbon storage can be applied at such scales. Surprises—physical or p ...
Climate Change: An Indian Perspective
... Apart from action by non-annex 1 countries, many ideas have been floated for an agreement to reduce GHG emissions. Among these are: Continue along CDM with much deeper cuts by A1Cs; Get developing countries to take measurable verifiable actions under Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) w ...
... Apart from action by non-annex 1 countries, many ideas have been floated for an agreement to reduce GHG emissions. Among these are: Continue along CDM with much deeper cuts by A1Cs; Get developing countries to take measurable verifiable actions under Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) w ...
Slide 1
... The projected precipitation and temperature changes were downscaled to the Pacific Northwest by the Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington. ...
... The projected precipitation and temperature changes were downscaled to the Pacific Northwest by the Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Oceans Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington. ...
Full text (pdf format) - Boreal Environment Research
... Obviously, as a direct response to the rise in ...
... Obviously, as a direct response to the rise in ...
Impacts of global environmental change on future health and health
... destruction and political rigidity will be vulnerable to various global change impacts. Food security indices have recently been developed based on criteria such as current and future land-use, water supply, population and climate, and groups in Zimbabwe that are vulnerable to downturns in food supp ...
... destruction and political rigidity will be vulnerable to various global change impacts. Food security indices have recently been developed based on criteria such as current and future land-use, water supply, population and climate, and groups in Zimbabwe that are vulnerable to downturns in food supp ...
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
... this sector include the retrofitting of street lighting nationally, a new building code and an energy labelling scheme for appliances. ...
... this sector include the retrofitting of street lighting nationally, a new building code and an energy labelling scheme for appliances. ...
27. Coastal saltmarsh - Natural England publications
... defences and unable to roll back naturally. Saltmarshes exist as part of a wider coastal sedimentary system, so factors influencing the function of estuaries and barrier coasts will impact on this element of the intertidal habitat, with the potential for abrupt changes (Mieszkowska, 2010). Relative ...
... defences and unable to roll back naturally. Saltmarshes exist as part of a wider coastal sedimentary system, so factors influencing the function of estuaries and barrier coasts will impact on this element of the intertidal habitat, with the potential for abrupt changes (Mieszkowska, 2010). Relative ...
Bluie West
... The audience will be led to believe the science is fiction, or that it is model projections of the future. Even though the science is happening now, virtually nobody knows. The more believable nature of these things happening in the future will give the story credibility. Actual events, times and pl ...
... The audience will be led to believe the science is fiction, or that it is model projections of the future. Even though the science is happening now, virtually nobody knows. The more believable nature of these things happening in the future will give the story credibility. Actual events, times and pl ...
FROM THE HARPOON TO THE HEATEAT
... Some of the outgoing infrared radiation is absorbed by naturally occurring atmospheric gases — principally water vapor (H2 O) -- as well as carbon dioxide (CO2 ), ozone (O 3 ), methane (CH4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), and clouds.4 This absorption is termed the ‘natural greenhouse effect,’ because the ...
... Some of the outgoing infrared radiation is absorbed by naturally occurring atmospheric gases — principally water vapor (H2 O) -- as well as carbon dioxide (CO2 ), ozone (O 3 ), methane (CH4 ), nitrous oxide (N 2 0), and clouds.4 This absorption is termed the ‘natural greenhouse effect,’ because the ...
Multilateral Climate Change Mitigation
... Scientific Consensus on Current Climate Instability The atmosphere's concentration of carbon dioxide has increased by more than 30 percent over the last 250 years, largely due to ...
... Scientific Consensus on Current Climate Instability The atmosphere's concentration of carbon dioxide has increased by more than 30 percent over the last 250 years, largely due to ...
Climate Change, Adaptive Strategies and Rural Livelihoods in
... and variability, a situation that is aggravated by the interaction of multiple stresses, occurring at various levels [1,4]. This is partly due to low adaptive capacity and higher reliance on natural resources, such as agricultural land, forests and water which are very sensitive to ...
... and variability, a situation that is aggravated by the interaction of multiple stresses, occurring at various levels [1,4]. This is partly due to low adaptive capacity and higher reliance on natural resources, such as agricultural land, forests and water which are very sensitive to ...
THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... almost surely be characterized by abrupt changes for which prediction and adaptation are very difficult. Here, the term “abrupt” refers to changes in major features of Earth System functioning that occur at an unexpectedly rapid rate. The definition of “unexpectedly rapid” depends on the time scale ...
... almost surely be characterized by abrupt changes for which prediction and adaptation are very difficult. Here, the term “abrupt” refers to changes in major features of Earth System functioning that occur at an unexpectedly rapid rate. The definition of “unexpectedly rapid” depends on the time scale ...
PDF
... response to today’s climate challenges. As a result, the concept of transformation is moving to the forefront of debates about responses to climate change (WBGU, 2011; O’Brien, 2012; Park et al., 2012). Nonetheless, there are some very different conversations taking place around transformation. Tran ...
... response to today’s climate challenges. As a result, the concept of transformation is moving to the forefront of debates about responses to climate change (WBGU, 2011; O’Brien, 2012; Park et al., 2012). Nonetheless, there are some very different conversations taking place around transformation. Tran ...
CDP and GRI to Coordinate Reporting Guidelines
... Recently, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) have produced a document showing the similarities and differences between the GRI’s indicators and the CDP questionnaire. At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while ...
... Recently, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) and CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) have produced a document showing the similarities and differences between the GRI’s indicators and the CDP questionnaire. At least 2500 organizations globally use CDP’s questionnaire to report climate change data, while ...
Climate change and extreme weather events: can developing
... tropical cyclones (high confidence) Thermal and water stress, flood and drought, sea-level rise, and tropical cyclones would diminish food security in countries of arid, tropical, and temperate Asia; agriculture would expand and increase in productivity in northern areas (medium confidence) Sea-leve ...
... tropical cyclones (high confidence) Thermal and water stress, flood and drought, sea-level rise, and tropical cyclones would diminish food security in countries of arid, tropical, and temperate Asia; agriculture would expand and increase in productivity in northern areas (medium confidence) Sea-leve ...
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.