Upper limit for sea level projections by 2100
... of the ice sheet contribution to global sea level rise from process based models led to only a likely range (66%) and with medium confidence being given for sea level projections in the recently released AR5 IPCC report (Church et al 2013a). This range leaves roughly a 30% chance of sea level rise be ...
... of the ice sheet contribution to global sea level rise from process based models led to only a likely range (66%) and with medium confidence being given for sea level projections in the recently released AR5 IPCC report (Church et al 2013a). This range leaves roughly a 30% chance of sea level rise be ...
Ecosystem Based Adaptation
... Magaud liaised with the French Government; and Edmund Barrow provided overall support. Last but certainly not least; IUCN appreciates the support of the French Government without which this important study would not have been possible. ...
... Magaud liaised with the French Government; and Edmund Barrow provided overall support. Last but certainly not least; IUCN appreciates the support of the French Government without which this important study would not have been possible. ...
Nunavut`s Natural Environment - Nunavut Climate Change Centre
... with shorter winters, longer summers, and more extreme weather events. Many of the changes which have already been witnessed are projected to increase over time, and still more changes are projected to occur in the future. Some of the climate-related changes which have been witnessed in Nunavut thus ...
... with shorter winters, longer summers, and more extreme weather events. Many of the changes which have already been witnessed are projected to increase over time, and still more changes are projected to occur in the future. Some of the climate-related changes which have been witnessed in Nunavut thus ...
Reversible and irreversible impacts of greenhouse gas
... and the decadal-to-century timescales of changes in the chemical state of the ocean are addressed. Our set of emission commitment scenario simulations allow us to tackle important gaps in knowledge with respect to the legacy of historical and the impacts of 21st century GHG emissions on regional cli ...
... and the decadal-to-century timescales of changes in the chemical state of the ocean are addressed. Our set of emission commitment scenario simulations allow us to tackle important gaps in knowledge with respect to the legacy of historical and the impacts of 21st century GHG emissions on regional cli ...
Effects of increasing average air temperature on thermal gradient of
... physical data will be used in conjunction with SSTEMP, a computer program that models temperature change in sections of a stream based on specific parameters (available through USGS). To measure air & stream temperatures, data loggers will be placed along and in different reaches o f the stream(s) i ...
... physical data will be used in conjunction with SSTEMP, a computer program that models temperature change in sections of a stream based on specific parameters (available through USGS). To measure air & stream temperatures, data loggers will be placed along and in different reaches o f the stream(s) i ...
Successful adaptation to climate change across scales
... whilst an action may be successful in terms of one stated objective, it may impose externalities at other spatial and temporal scales. What appears successful in the short term turns out to be less successful in the longer term. The rush to install domestic and commercial airconditioning in western ...
... whilst an action may be successful in terms of one stated objective, it may impose externalities at other spatial and temporal scales. What appears successful in the short term turns out to be less successful in the longer term. The rush to install domestic and commercial airconditioning in western ...
Last millennium Northern Hemisphere summer temperatures from
... radiative forcing, and large-scale modes of ocean-atmosphere variability, and provide spatiotemporal targets for climate model comparison and evaluation. Here we use a multiproxy network of tree-ring chronologies to reconstruct spatially resolved warm season (MayeAugust) mean temperatures across the ...
... radiative forcing, and large-scale modes of ocean-atmosphere variability, and provide spatiotemporal targets for climate model comparison and evaluation. Here we use a multiproxy network of tree-ring chronologies to reconstruct spatially resolved warm season (MayeAugust) mean temperatures across the ...
Evidence for a Rapid Global Climate Shift across the Late 1960s
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...
Importance of carbon dioxide physiological forcing to future climate
... CO2 -physiological forcing is represented by simulated climate change in which the calculations of plant physiology used a CO2 value of 800 ppm, but the calculations of radiative transfer used the control concentration of 400 ppm. Similarly, the effect of CO2 -radiative forcing is represented by sim ...
... CO2 -physiological forcing is represented by simulated climate change in which the calculations of plant physiology used a CO2 value of 800 ppm, but the calculations of radiative transfer used the control concentration of 400 ppm. Similarly, the effect of CO2 -radiative forcing is represented by sim ...
Sample Chapter - Brookings Institution
... percent, methane levels have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide levels have climbed by 15 to 20 percent.2 This rate of increase has been particularly dramatic in recent decades, owing to population growth and continuing changes in economic development and transportation. In the event that no polic ...
... percent, methane levels have more than doubled, and nitrous oxide levels have climbed by 15 to 20 percent.2 This rate of increase has been particularly dramatic in recent decades, owing to population growth and continuing changes in economic development and transportation. In the event that no polic ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... South Island. Conversely, the north and east are predicted to receive less rainfall, and be particularly dry in summer and autumn; thus, there would be less rain in the north and east of the North Island, and in coastal Canterbury and coastal Marlborough in the South Island. Climate change is also p ...
... South Island. Conversely, the north and east are predicted to receive less rainfall, and be particularly dry in summer and autumn; thus, there would be less rain in the north and east of the North Island, and in coastal Canterbury and coastal Marlborough in the South Island. Climate change is also p ...
Adaptation
... consist in (a) investments (no pure costs) (b) not necessarily related only to climate change. E.g.: coastal defence, irrigation, health care, landscape management and risk reduction programs that (c) can spur e.g. “welfare”, employment and technological innovation in addition to environmental benef ...
... consist in (a) investments (no pure costs) (b) not necessarily related only to climate change. E.g.: coastal defence, irrigation, health care, landscape management and risk reduction programs that (c) can spur e.g. “welfare”, employment and technological innovation in addition to environmental benef ...
North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... Despite rapid progress developing the paleoclimate record since Stine5 and Woodhouse and Overpeck6, little is known about what caused the megadroughts. These events are not evenly distributed in time, clustering during the MCA (approximately 800–1300 CE) and the centuries immediately thereafter (130 ...
... Despite rapid progress developing the paleoclimate record since Stine5 and Woodhouse and Overpeck6, little is known about what caused the megadroughts. These events are not evenly distributed in time, clustering during the MCA (approximately 800–1300 CE) and the centuries immediately thereafter (130 ...
dispersal, adaptation and the response of spatially structured
... to changing climate has already been demonstrated for a range of taxa [10–14], including the rapid adaptation of both dispersal traits and thermal tolerance [15]. The dispersal characteristics of a species, combined with such exogenous factors as landscape structure [16] and endogenous factors inclu ...
... to changing climate has already been demonstrated for a range of taxa [10–14], including the rapid adaptation of both dispersal traits and thermal tolerance [15]. The dispersal characteristics of a species, combined with such exogenous factors as landscape structure [16] and endogenous factors inclu ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... Meteorological Congress (Geneva, May/June 2011). This publication highlights the significant linkages between WMO weather-, climate- and water-related programmes and activities, and the achievement of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, t ...
... Meteorological Congress (Geneva, May/June 2011). This publication highlights the significant linkages between WMO weather-, climate- and water-related programmes and activities, and the achievement of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, t ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The research group used the Providing Regional Climate for Impacts Studies (PRECIS) system (Jones et al. 2004) to create highresolution (50×50 km) climate data scenarios in China for the late twenty-first century on the basis of greenhouse gas emission scena ...
... Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. The research group used the Providing Regional Climate for Impacts Studies (PRECIS) system (Jones et al. 2004) to create highresolution (50×50 km) climate data scenarios in China for the late twenty-first century on the basis of greenhouse gas emission scena ...
Responses of reference evapotranspiration to changes in
... Global warming due to the enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause major changes in various climatic variables, such as precipitation, absolute humidity, net terrestrial, solar radiation and temperature (IPCC 2007). Atmospheric temperature is the most widely used indicator of climatic changes ...
... Global warming due to the enhanced greenhouse effect is expected to cause major changes in various climatic variables, such as precipitation, absolute humidity, net terrestrial, solar radiation and temperature (IPCC 2007). Atmospheric temperature is the most widely used indicator of climatic changes ...
Community Adaptation Plan Bluefields, Jamaica
... linked to changing climate conditions. For example, residents report longer dry seasons that have resulted in people not having enough water for use at home and in their fields. Farmers say in some years the traditional dry and rainy seasons are no longer predictable. Some residents have suffered da ...
... linked to changing climate conditions. For example, residents report longer dry seasons that have resulted in people not having enough water for use at home and in their fields. Farmers say in some years the traditional dry and rainy seasons are no longer predictable. Some residents have suffered da ...
Migration and Climate Change - Development Research Centre on
... person” (IDP). Given that the majority of people displaced by climate change will likely stay within their own borders, restricting the definition to those who cross international borders may seriously understate the extent of the problem. Second, the concept of a “refugee” tends to imply a right of ...
... person” (IDP). Given that the majority of people displaced by climate change will likely stay within their own borders, restricting the definition to those who cross international borders may seriously understate the extent of the problem. Second, the concept of a “refugee” tends to imply a right of ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... external climate forcing), a 20th century simulation (containing the observed changes of greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For th ...
... external climate forcing), a 20th century simulation (containing the observed changes of greenhouse gases, sulphate aerosols, volcanic aerosols, and solar irradiance from the 20th century), and 21st century scenarios (containing estimated changes in greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations). For th ...
Arctic amplification: can the past constrain the future?
... Ocean. The largest of these shelves extends seaward from the Eurasian continent, and it is the dominant region of seasonal sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean (e.g., Barry et al., 1993). Sea ice that forms along the Eurasian shelves drifts toward Fram Strait; its transit time is 2–3 years in the ...
... Ocean. The largest of these shelves extends seaward from the Eurasian continent, and it is the dominant region of seasonal sea ice production in the Arctic Ocean (e.g., Barry et al., 1993). Sea ice that forms along the Eurasian shelves drifts toward Fram Strait; its transit time is 2–3 years in the ...
1650_Velders_ODSuncertainties
... Uncertainties in GWP-weighted emissions and RF ● Uncertainties can also be translated to climate metrics: GWP and RF ● Additional uncertainties from radiative efficiency and CO2 forcing ● Uncertainties: 20-40% ...
... Uncertainties in GWP-weighted emissions and RF ● Uncertainties can also be translated to climate metrics: GWP and RF ● Additional uncertainties from radiative efficiency and CO2 forcing ● Uncertainties: 20-40% ...
10584_2014_1078_MOESM1_ESM
... 1. Relevancy: Actions must be concerned with impacts of climatic changes, not impacts of general climate processes (including carbon sequestration or release) or weather, introductory or background statements, ...
... 1. Relevancy: Actions must be concerned with impacts of climatic changes, not impacts of general climate processes (including carbon sequestration or release) or weather, introductory or background statements, ...
A Narrative Analysis of Climate Change Coverage in the New York
... whereby certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat near the earth’s surface and keep the earth’s temperature significantly higher than it would otherwise be, making it suitable for life. As greenhouse gases increase in the atmosphere, the extra heat they trap leads to global warming. This warming, in ...
... whereby certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat near the earth’s surface and keep the earth’s temperature significantly higher than it would otherwise be, making it suitable for life. As greenhouse gases increase in the atmosphere, the extra heat they trap leads to global warming. This warming, in ...
Recommendations on Early Actions on Climate Change for the 44th
... and will require a renewed focus on the interconnection between the economy, national security and the environment. This report outlines 25 early-action recommendations through which the new Administration can lay the foundations for success in addressing climate change at both the domestic and inte ...
... and will require a renewed focus on the interconnection between the economy, national security and the environment. This report outlines 25 early-action recommendations through which the new Administration can lay the foundations for success in addressing climate change at both the domestic and inte ...