Research and systematic observation
... pollutants and their effects in the arctic environment. AMAP studies have focused on links between environmental pollution, pathways of pollutants and climate change. Assessment of impacts of climate change on the Arctic environment is one of the priority areas. After publishing the Arctic Climate I ...
... pollutants and their effects in the arctic environment. AMAP studies have focused on links between environmental pollution, pathways of pollutants and climate change. Assessment of impacts of climate change on the Arctic environment is one of the priority areas. After publishing the Arctic Climate I ...
Revisiting the urban - Durham Research Online
... policy-makers, and transnational corporations. In both cases, we found that these ‘spheres of authority’, which were constituted through sets of social, economic and political relations that cut across scales, served to sideline issues of climate protection and urban sustainability. This analysis le ...
... policy-makers, and transnational corporations. In both cases, we found that these ‘spheres of authority’, which were constituted through sets of social, economic and political relations that cut across scales, served to sideline issues of climate protection and urban sustainability. This analysis le ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... Increasing certainty about these fundamental climate change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et a ...
... Increasing certainty about these fundamental climate change phenomena is reflected in ever more definitive language in consensus judgments of the scientific community, such as the IPCC Assessment Reports of 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2007 and other independent assessments of the evidence (e.g., Karl et a ...
Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas
... by 2010. Despite these activities, mountains are still facing enormous pressure from various drivers of global change, including climate change. Under the influence of climate change, mountains are likely to experience wide ranging effects on the environment, natural resources including biodiversity ...
... by 2010. Despite these activities, mountains are still facing enormous pressure from various drivers of global change, including climate change. Under the influence of climate change, mountains are likely to experience wide ranging effects on the environment, natural resources including biodiversity ...
Barry - Climate change publications
... Recent temperature changes due to changes in the frequency and average temperature of weather types over the British Isles. R.G. Barry and A.H. Perry. Meteorolog. Mag. 102: 73-82. ...
... Recent temperature changes due to changes in the frequency and average temperature of weather types over the British Isles. R.G. Barry and A.H. Perry. Meteorolog. Mag. 102: 73-82. ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
Robust Sahel drying in response to late 20th century forcings
... drying with the XX-PI difference. The former is 1.1 mm day 1 (25% over 70 years), the latter is, on average, 0.3 mm day 1 (8%), indicating that perhaps a third of the longterm drying was externally forced (or more, considering possible amplifications by vegetation and dust dynamics). [13] The GCMs f ...
... drying with the XX-PI difference. The former is 1.1 mm day 1 (25% over 70 years), the latter is, on average, 0.3 mm day 1 (8%), indicating that perhaps a third of the longterm drying was externally forced (or more, considering possible amplifications by vegetation and dust dynamics). [13] The GCMs f ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon
... temporal dynamics and interannual variabilityusing annual climatic records.However, the climate can influence the C budget not only directly by affectingthe flux ratesbut also indirectlyby affecting both the disturbanceregime and the vegetation type. Earlierresearchon climate change focused on chang ...
... temporal dynamics and interannual variabilityusing annual climatic records.However, the climate can influence the C budget not only directly by affectingthe flux ratesbut also indirectlyby affecting both the disturbanceregime and the vegetation type. Earlierresearchon climate change focused on chang ...
Lesson: Concerning Climate- Weather Matters
... Climate Change and Weather 1. How are climate change and weather connected? Climate describes the normal conditions in a given area during different parts of the year, such as seasons and average temperature. When a change occurs in climate, it can affect the average for the area. For example, a glo ...
... Climate Change and Weather 1. How are climate change and weather connected? Climate describes the normal conditions in a given area during different parts of the year, such as seasons and average temperature. When a change occurs in climate, it can affect the average for the area. For example, a glo ...
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Western Water
... For example, there are regular seasonal changes in the global distribution of solar radiation, leading to predictable patterns of seasonal change in global atmospheric circulation. However, within those seasonal patterns, there is a great deal of intraseasonal and interannual variability. The variab ...
... For example, there are regular seasonal changes in the global distribution of solar radiation, leading to predictable patterns of seasonal change in global atmospheric circulation. However, within those seasonal patterns, there is a great deal of intraseasonal and interannual variability. The variab ...
Temperature and Heat-Related Mortality Trends in the Sonoran and
... with excessive heat in the country [12], and the current modeling results for climate change scenarios for Mexico indicate that this part of the country will reach the highest temperature anomaly [13]. For example, the city of Mexicali has the Mexican national record of heat related deaths, and othe ...
... with excessive heat in the country [12], and the current modeling results for climate change scenarios for Mexico indicate that this part of the country will reach the highest temperature anomaly [13]. For example, the city of Mexicali has the Mexican national record of heat related deaths, and othe ...
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... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
... discount rate therefore can be important in making recommendations about current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but ...
Greenland
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
Observed Climate Variations and Change
... *** A steady increase of cloudiness of a few percent has been observed since 1950 over the USA. * A larger, more sudden, but less certain increase of cloudiness has been observed over Australia. Observational and palaeo-climatic evidence indicates that the Earth's climate has varied in the past on t ...
... *** A steady increase of cloudiness of a few percent has been observed since 1950 over the USA. * A larger, more sudden, but less certain increase of cloudiness has been observed over Australia. Observational and palaeo-climatic evidence indicates that the Earth's climate has varied in the past on t ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... The variability of the earth’s climate has been the subject of much debate over the past decade as a result of the observation that emissions of air pollutants (greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances) from human activity have had an observable effect on the chemical composition of the earth ...
... The variability of the earth’s climate has been the subject of much debate over the past decade as a result of the observation that emissions of air pollutants (greenhouse gases and ozone depleting substances) from human activity have had an observable effect on the chemical composition of the earth ...
Regional climate change and its impact on photooxidant
... [12] The coupled meteorology-chemistry model MCCM [Grell et al., 2000] is based on the NCAR/Penn State University meteorological model MM5 [Grell et al., 1994]. In addition to the meteorological variables predicted by MM5, MCCM includes prognostic equations for the concentrations of gas phase pollut ...
... [12] The coupled meteorology-chemistry model MCCM [Grell et al., 2000] is based on the NCAR/Penn State University meteorological model MM5 [Grell et al., 1994]. In addition to the meteorological variables predicted by MM5, MCCM includes prognostic equations for the concentrations of gas phase pollut ...
The Wave Climate of Ireland: From Averages to Extremes
... Potential for both wind & wave renewable industry ...
... Potential for both wind & wave renewable industry ...
Global Massive Change
... the number of interactions and the nature (type) of those interactions. One of the problems in addressing complexity issues has always been distinguishing between the large number of elements and relationships, or interactions evident in chaotic (unconstrained) systems - and the still large, but sig ...
... the number of interactions and the nature (type) of those interactions. One of the problems in addressing complexity issues has always been distinguishing between the large number of elements and relationships, or interactions evident in chaotic (unconstrained) systems - and the still large, but sig ...
Effects of 2°C Warming IMPACT2C modelling results: climate
... level of total radiative forcing (W/m2) in the year 2100. The first RCP is a deep mitigation scenario that leads to a very low forcing level of 2.6 W/m2 (RCP2.6), only marginally higher compared to today’s situation (2.29 W/m2, IPCC, 2013). It is a “peak-and-decline” scenario and is representative o ...
... level of total radiative forcing (W/m2) in the year 2100. The first RCP is a deep mitigation scenario that leads to a very low forcing level of 2.6 W/m2 (RCP2.6), only marginally higher compared to today’s situation (2.29 W/m2, IPCC, 2013). It is a “peak-and-decline” scenario and is representative o ...
View/Open
... environmental policy. The relationship between climate change and economics is two-way. While climate change has repercussions on economic activity, economic activity also plays a role in climate change. The realization that human activity is contributing to climate change has inspired abundant rese ...
... environmental policy. The relationship between climate change and economics is two-way. While climate change has repercussions on economic activity, economic activity also plays a role in climate change. The realization that human activity is contributing to climate change has inspired abundant rese ...
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... governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth assessment report (2007), which predicts an 8.3°F increase in U.S. temperatures by 2100. Our simulated welfare effects are predicated on technology and preferences remaining constant and are therefore best interpreted as a benchmark case.4 We view ...
... governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fourth assessment report (2007), which predicts an 8.3°F increase in U.S. temperatures by 2100. Our simulated welfare effects are predicated on technology and preferences remaining constant and are therefore best interpreted as a benchmark case.4 We view ...
Impact of Climate Change on Annual Cooling and
... Building energy simulation INTRODUCTION Climate change phenomena, such as global warming and urban heat island effects, cause serious problems (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013). During architectural design processes, energy simulations are often used to evaluate the indoor thermal en ...
... Building energy simulation INTRODUCTION Climate change phenomena, such as global warming and urban heat island effects, cause serious problems (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013). During architectural design processes, energy simulations are often used to evaluate the indoor thermal en ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
Global Problems, african Solutions: african Climate Scientists
... This paper offers a preliminary survey of Africa’s climate scientists’ views on the critical problem of climate change, which has been described as an “out of Africa” problem crying out for “made in Africa” solutions. Based on interviews with these scientists, this paper presents their views on the ...
... This paper offers a preliminary survey of Africa’s climate scientists’ views on the critical problem of climate change, which has been described as an “out of Africa” problem crying out for “made in Africa” solutions. Based on interviews with these scientists, this paper presents their views on the ...