Climate change impact on available water resources obtained using
... and global CHange; http://www.eu-watch.org). Here, climate projections from three state-of-the-art coupled atmosphere– ocean general circulation models (GCMs), eight global hydrology models (GHMs) and two emission scenarios are used to assess the response of the terrestrial hydrological cycle to cli ...
... and global CHange; http://www.eu-watch.org). Here, climate projections from three state-of-the-art coupled atmosphere– ocean general circulation models (GCMs), eight global hydrology models (GHMs) and two emission scenarios are used to assess the response of the terrestrial hydrological cycle to cli ...
First Year Booklet 2016-17
... Since oil was first struck in 1859, it has enabled and defined our economic, social, and political landscape across the world. In its transformation of how we go about our daily lives, oil has become the single most consumed commodity and our consumption continues to rise. However, the i ...
... Since oil was first struck in 1859, it has enabled and defined our economic, social, and political landscape across the world. In its transformation of how we go about our daily lives, oil has become the single most consumed commodity and our consumption continues to rise. However, the i ...
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... issue and continuing with business-as-usual (IPCC 2013, MA 2005). For climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that continued emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) would likely lead to significant warming over the coming centuries with the potential for large nega ...
... issue and continuing with business-as-usual (IPCC 2013, MA 2005). For climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that continued emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) would likely lead to significant warming over the coming centuries with the potential for large nega ...
Strengthening southern Africa`s response to global change
... continent will be one of the worst impacted by climate change; in fact, the results of a changing climate on Africa are already being documented. In this ScienceScope, we focus on science and technology that contribute to a better understanding of our changing planet. The CSIR’s work in this area co ...
... continent will be one of the worst impacted by climate change; in fact, the results of a changing climate on Africa are already being documented. In this ScienceScope, we focus on science and technology that contribute to a better understanding of our changing planet. The CSIR’s work in this area co ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... With the largest snow and ice cover in the world outside the polar regions, the Himalayan region is one of the most important mountain systems in the world and is referred to as the “third pole” (Schild, 2008) and the “water tower of Asia” (Xu et al., 2009). Extending along the northern fringe of th ...
... With the largest snow and ice cover in the world outside the polar regions, the Himalayan region is one of the most important mountain systems in the world and is referred to as the “third pole” (Schild, 2008) and the “water tower of Asia” (Xu et al., 2009). Extending along the northern fringe of th ...
Climate in the Pacific: a regional summary of new science and
... Small island developing states in the tropical Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability, extremes and change, including loss and damage to infrastructure and natural assets from climaterelated natural disasters and associated threats to health and wellbeing of the po ...
... Small island developing states in the tropical Pacific are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate variability, extremes and change, including loss and damage to infrastructure and natural assets from climaterelated natural disasters and associated threats to health and wellbeing of the po ...
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban
... This paper applies theory from the field of international relations to try and understand the role of the European Union (EU) in the Durban climate talks. In particular, it analyses the role of the EU’s alliance with groups of developing countries in facilitating an agreement on the Durban Platform ...
... This paper applies theory from the field of international relations to try and understand the role of the European Union (EU) in the Durban climate talks. In particular, it analyses the role of the EU’s alliance with groups of developing countries in facilitating an agreement on the Durban Platform ...
Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture
... place for irrigation for some time, and more recently, in 2006, the government initiated a subsidy for agriculture. Agricultural subsidies were aimed at convincing farmers to use non-cultivated land lots and improve competitiveness of small farms.10 The ‘Wheat Seed Production Development Program’ al ...
... place for irrigation for some time, and more recently, in 2006, the government initiated a subsidy for agriculture. Agricultural subsidies were aimed at convincing farmers to use non-cultivated land lots and improve competitiveness of small farms.10 The ‘Wheat Seed Production Development Program’ al ...
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SUB~ANTARCTIC
... there are little in the way of "conventional" observations. However, the increasing availability of remotely-sensed observations should gradually allow more detailed analyses of the climate of the entire sub-Antarctic. As with all climate studies, the homogeneity of data used to describe sub-Antarct ...
... there are little in the way of "conventional" observations. However, the increasing availability of remotely-sensed observations should gradually allow more detailed analyses of the climate of the entire sub-Antarctic. As with all climate studies, the homogeneity of data used to describe sub-Antarct ...
Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change
... the duty to bear the burdens caused by climate change, namely the doctrine that those who have caused the problem are responsible for bearing the burden. It argues that this doctrine, while in many ways appealing, is more problematic than might first appear and is also incomplete in a number of diff ...
... the duty to bear the burdens caused by climate change, namely the doctrine that those who have caused the problem are responsible for bearing the burden. It argues that this doctrine, while in many ways appealing, is more problematic than might first appear and is also incomplete in a number of diff ...
Protecting People Displaced by Weather
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
Climate Change and US Agriculture
... may have on agriculture in the United States. Its aim is to elucidate how warmer temperatures and an increase in extreme weather events (including spells of very high temperatures, torrential rains and flooding, and droughts) may affect a) crop yields, b) the incidence of weeds, insects, and plant d ...
... may have on agriculture in the United States. Its aim is to elucidate how warmer temperatures and an increase in extreme weather events (including spells of very high temperatures, torrential rains and flooding, and droughts) may affect a) crop yields, b) the incidence of weeds, insects, and plant d ...
Severe Storms over Europe
... Blue shaded bands show the 5–95% range for 19 simulations from five climate models using only the natural forcings due to solar activity and volcanoes. Red shaded bands show the 5–95% range for 58 simulationsfrom 14 climate models using both natural and anthropogenic forcings (IPCC 2007). ...
... Blue shaded bands show the 5–95% range for 19 simulations from five climate models using only the natural forcings due to solar activity and volcanoes. Red shaded bands show the 5–95% range for 58 simulationsfrom 14 climate models using both natural and anthropogenic forcings (IPCC 2007). ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON COFFEE PRODUCTION
... household; a total of 120 respondents were selected from 5 villages. Purposive sampling technique was employed to get the study wards and villages. Two wards were purposively selected and five villages from both wards were selected purposively. In each selected village, 24 households producing coffe ...
... household; a total of 120 respondents were selected from 5 villages. Purposive sampling technique was employed to get the study wards and villages. Two wards were purposively selected and five villages from both wards were selected purposively. In each selected village, 24 households producing coffe ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
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... greenhouse gases owing to human activities will cause warming (and other climatic changes) at Earth’s surface. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed an increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at highe ...
... greenhouse gases owing to human activities will cause warming (and other climatic changes) at Earth’s surface. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealed an increase in world average temperature by 2100 within the range 1·4–5·8ºC (IPCC, 2001). The increase will be greater at highe ...
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, Petra Tschakert
... attention) on floods stems from Asia as well as the industrialized world. It focuses to a great extent on low-lying floodplains (e.g. the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system in Bangladesh) and low-lying shorelines vulnerable to storm surges from cyclones, hurricanes, or tsunamis (Few 2003). Sadly ...
... attention) on floods stems from Asia as well as the industrialized world. It focuses to a great extent on low-lying floodplains (e.g. the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna river system in Bangladesh) and low-lying shorelines vulnerable to storm surges from cyclones, hurricanes, or tsunamis (Few 2003). Sadly ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
Four Case Studies in the United States
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
Entire Report - Center for Climate and Energy
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
... Climate change will also influence the functioning of ecosystems — the characteristic ways in which energy and chemicals flow through the plants, herbivores, carnivores, and soil organisms that comprise the living components of ecosystems. Models of overall changes in plant productivity indicate a ...
Climate change impacts and adaptation in the Southern
... correlative species distribution, or ‘bioclimatic’ modelling (Pearson and Dawson, 2003; Phillips et al., 2006; Yates et al., 2010). This approach provides reasonably good estimates of potential range shifts with climate change (Elith et al., 2006; Hijmans and Graham, 2006), and is thus thought to be ...
... correlative species distribution, or ‘bioclimatic’ modelling (Pearson and Dawson, 2003; Phillips et al., 2006; Yates et al., 2010). This approach provides reasonably good estimates of potential range shifts with climate change (Elith et al., 2006; Hijmans and Graham, 2006), and is thus thought to be ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... basins and permeable pavements, describing how these systems behave under varying rainfall conditions. Kuhn et al. (2011) have analyzed the effect of climate change and continuing land use change in the Gallocanta Basin (Spain), one of only a few bird sanctuaries. Therefore, in order to obtain an ap ...
... basins and permeable pavements, describing how these systems behave under varying rainfall conditions. Kuhn et al. (2011) have analyzed the effect of climate change and continuing land use change in the Gallocanta Basin (Spain), one of only a few bird sanctuaries. Therefore, in order to obtain an ap ...