A method to consider whether dams mitigate climate change effects
... ABSTRACT: This article provides a method for examining mesoscale water quality objectives downstream of dams with anticipated climate change using a multimodel approach. Coldwater habitat for species such as trout and salmon has been reduced by water regulation, dam building, and land use change tha ...
... ABSTRACT: This article provides a method for examining mesoscale water quality objectives downstream of dams with anticipated climate change using a multimodel approach. Coldwater habitat for species such as trout and salmon has been reduced by water regulation, dam building, and land use change tha ...
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 ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... 1.1 INTRODUCTION The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipita ...
... 1.1 INTRODUCTION The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipita ...
Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing
... with sea ice. From 1870 to 2000 (Figure 1b), and from 2000 to 2050 (Figure 1c), much of this sea ice melts, increasing the temperature in the associated grid cells, and creating the impress ion of strong SST increases. This impression is valid, as this melting leads to strong, anomalous surface heat ...
... with sea ice. From 1870 to 2000 (Figure 1b), and from 2000 to 2050 (Figure 1c), much of this sea ice melts, increasing the temperature in the associated grid cells, and creating the impress ion of strong SST increases. This impression is valid, as this melting leads to strong, anomalous surface heat ...
Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment
... opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(52) Thus, this increase in information about global warming ...
... opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(52) Thus, this increase in information about global warming ...
Climate Change and US Interests
... try to insulate itself from outside events. Yet no model we know of accounts for the costs of isolationism.21 Although such costs are hard to quantify, this challenge is no reason to count them as zero. The fact that economic models fail to account for all relevant impacts is not news. The authors o ...
... try to insulate itself from outside events. Yet no model we know of accounts for the costs of isolationism.21 Although such costs are hard to quantify, this challenge is no reason to count them as zero. The fact that economic models fail to account for all relevant impacts is not news. The authors o ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... when they need an example for in-class practice and assignments to illustrate a concept, they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests ...
... when they need an example for in-class practice and assignments to illustrate a concept, they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests ...
Mk3.5 simulations
... These are quite rubbery as model development time scales are uncertain. ACCESS aims to deliver the core long-term experiments in to the CMIP5 in time for use in AR5. Australia will not be delivering to the near-term (decadal prediction) part of the AR5. No initialisation scheme readily at hand. ...
... These are quite rubbery as model development time scales are uncertain. ACCESS aims to deliver the core long-term experiments in to the CMIP5 in time for use in AR5. Australia will not be delivering to the near-term (decadal prediction) part of the AR5. No initialisation scheme readily at hand. ...
English - Stockholm Convention
... temperate species of fish and sea mammals has been observed in the Arctic during this period, while many populations of arctic species decline. Lower temperatures in the stratosphere, a consequence of climate change, is likely to increase the frequency and severity of ozone-depletion in the Arctic, ...
... temperate species of fish and sea mammals has been observed in the Arctic during this period, while many populations of arctic species decline. Lower temperatures in the stratosphere, a consequence of climate change, is likely to increase the frequency and severity of ozone-depletion in the Arctic, ...
- Adaptation Learning Mechanism
... In floods, the poor are usually displaced due to the temporary nature of their homes. They are also more susceptible to water borne diseases, since they rely on untreated water, which could get contaminated during floods. Adaptation measures for the poor have not been dealt with in Senegal, and will ...
... In floods, the poor are usually displaced due to the temporary nature of their homes. They are also more susceptible to water borne diseases, since they rely on untreated water, which could get contaminated during floods. Adaptation measures for the poor have not been dealt with in Senegal, and will ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector
... Consumption of meat and dairy produce is a major driver of climate change. • Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector are estimated to account for 14.5 per cent of the global total, more than direct emissions from the transport sector. • Even with ambitious supply-side action to reduce ...
... Consumption of meat and dairy produce is a major driver of climate change. • Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector are estimated to account for 14.5 per cent of the global total, more than direct emissions from the transport sector. • Even with ambitious supply-side action to reduce ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector: Global Public
... Consumption of meat and dairy produce is a major driver of climate change. • Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector are estimated to account for 14.5 per cent of the global total, more than direct emissions from the transport sector. • Even with ambitious supply-side action to reduce ...
... Consumption of meat and dairy produce is a major driver of climate change. • Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector are estimated to account for 14.5 per cent of the global total, more than direct emissions from the transport sector. • Even with ambitious supply-side action to reduce ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... when using models that ignore nitrogen processes (75.0 ± 42.6%, 0.051 ± 0.029 m2 m−2 yr−1 ). This suggests that, although incorporating nitrogen in ecosystem models does not significantly (t-test, p < 0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effects to the global trend of LAI, it reduc ...
... when using models that ignore nitrogen processes (75.0 ± 42.6%, 0.051 ± 0.029 m2 m−2 yr−1 ). This suggests that, although incorporating nitrogen in ecosystem models does not significantly (t-test, p < 0.05) change the contribution of the CO2 fertilization effects to the global trend of LAI, it reduc ...
Climate Risk and Business
... month, generally lying in the range of 27 to 29°C. Projections from 10 General Circulation Models (GCMs) for three greenhouse gas emission scenarios (A2, A1B and B2) point at future increases between 0.7–1.2°C and 1.2–2.2°C from the 1961–1990 baseline to the 2020s and 2050s respectively.5 However, e ...
... month, generally lying in the range of 27 to 29°C. Projections from 10 General Circulation Models (GCMs) for three greenhouse gas emission scenarios (A2, A1B and B2) point at future increases between 0.7–1.2°C and 1.2–2.2°C from the 1961–1990 baseline to the 2020s and 2050s respectively.5 However, e ...
Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever:
... a mix of successional stages), realigning disrupted conditions, expecting surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons ...
... a mix of successional stages), realigning disrupted conditions, expecting surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons ...
Maryland Commission on Climate Change
... the STWG concludes that science has demonstrated with a high degree of certainty that Earth’s climate is being changed by human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases. Science has also provided a reliable description of how increased emissions will warm the Earth and how that warm ...
... the STWG concludes that science has demonstrated with a high degree of certainty that Earth’s climate is being changed by human activities, particularly the emission of greenhouse gases. Science has also provided a reliable description of how increased emissions will warm the Earth and how that warm ...
The Impact of Climate Change on the Agricultural Sector
... the Industrial Revolution which was accompanied by a rapid increase of fossil fuel consumption. This issue has attracted international interests as the scientific knowledge of climate has accumulated since the 1970s and it has been widely accepted by scientists that the anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...
... the Industrial Revolution which was accompanied by a rapid increase of fossil fuel consumption. This issue has attracted international interests as the scientific knowledge of climate has accumulated since the 1970s and it has been widely accepted by scientists that the anthropogenic greenhouse gas ...
1 Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches in Climate Change and
... together the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, irrespective of their GDP. The Kyoto Protocol’s stipulation that only Annex I countries reduce their GHG emissions does not reflect today’s or tomorrow’s climate change reality. Major developing countries that are major GHG emitters should also be as ...
... together the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, irrespective of their GDP. The Kyoto Protocol’s stipulation that only Annex I countries reduce their GHG emissions does not reflect today’s or tomorrow’s climate change reality. Major developing countries that are major GHG emitters should also be as ...
Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... a mix of successional stages), realigning disrupted conditions, expecting surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons ...
... a mix of successional stages), realigning disrupted conditions, expecting surprises, and identifying and protecting refugia (Millar et al. 2007). Similar recommendations have been made for a wide variety of habitats (Hansen et al. 2003). We use this general framework to review five specific reasons ...
Text - American Meteorological Society
... cover in the summer months causes increased ocean heat uptake, resulting in increased heat fluxes from the ocean to the atmosphere in autumn and winter (Screen and Simmonds 2010). The land–sea warming ratio, although previously thought to result from the thermal inertia of the ocean, does not change ...
... cover in the summer months causes increased ocean heat uptake, resulting in increased heat fluxes from the ocean to the atmosphere in autumn and winter (Screen and Simmonds 2010). The land–sea warming ratio, although previously thought to result from the thermal inertia of the ocean, does not change ...
A climate change report card for water Working Technical Paper 9
... of sediments to lakes, thereby impacting water quality and freshwater habitats in both lake and stream systems. This paper reviews the potential impacts of climate change on rivers and lakes in the UK. Widely accepted climate change scenarios suggest more frequent droughts in summer, as well as flas ...
... of sediments to lakes, thereby impacting water quality and freshwater habitats in both lake and stream systems. This paper reviews the potential impacts of climate change on rivers and lakes in the UK. Widely accepted climate change scenarios suggest more frequent droughts in summer, as well as flas ...
Climate Change - WeatherAction
... See http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews14No11.pdf and links in Article about BBC-MetO charlatan John Hammond's Science Denialist claims, in WeatherAction blog http://bit.ly/1xKYPrJ (sec3) FACT Changing CO2 has no effect EVEN the Models used by the Met Office and UN's Climate Committee (the IPCC ...
... See http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews14No11.pdf and links in Article about BBC-MetO charlatan John Hammond's Science Denialist claims, in WeatherAction blog http://bit.ly/1xKYPrJ (sec3) FACT Changing CO2 has no effect EVEN the Models used by the Met Office and UN's Climate Committee (the IPCC ...
1 - WMO
... The proposals under sub-section 2.1 that are devoted to GSN and GUAN are critical in the enhancement of climate observation network. Although GSN and GUAN are ranked as key priority areas, it was noted that GAW programme collects, distributes, and archives observations of atmospheric constituents, ...
... The proposals under sub-section 2.1 that are devoted to GSN and GUAN are critical in the enhancement of climate observation network. Although GSN and GUAN are ranked as key priority areas, it was noted that GAW programme collects, distributes, and archives observations of atmospheric constituents, ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... A richer appreciation for the social processes of scientific knowledge construction is as important for scientists themselves as it is for wider public credibility of their knowledge. In the particular case of climate change, heavy reliance upon diverse, highly specialized, and multidisciplinary bod ...
... A richer appreciation for the social processes of scientific knowledge construction is as important for scientists themselves as it is for wider public credibility of their knowledge. In the particular case of climate change, heavy reliance upon diverse, highly specialized, and multidisciplinary bod ...