iprc climate vol14 no1
... Until recently, the intense public and official interest in climate change in Hawai‘i perhaps was not matched by the activity of the climate research community. The physical science working group contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in ...
... Until recently, the intense public and official interest in climate change in Hawai‘i perhaps was not matched by the activity of the climate research community. The physical science working group contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in ...
Slide 1
... • The international political response to climate change began with adoption of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) in 1992. • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional p ...
... • The international political response to climate change began with adoption of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) in 1992. • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional p ...
Working Paper
... Figure 17. Projected annual changes in some indices for daily Tmin for 2081-2100 with respect to 1980-1999, based on 14 GCMs contributing to the CMIP3: fraction of warm days (days in which Tmax exceeds the 90th percentile of that day of the year, calculated from the 1961-1990 reference period); frac ...
... Figure 17. Projected annual changes in some indices for daily Tmin for 2081-2100 with respect to 1980-1999, based on 14 GCMs contributing to the CMIP3: fraction of warm days (days in which Tmax exceeds the 90th percentile of that day of the year, calculated from the 1961-1990 reference period); frac ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... by the International Panel on Climate Change and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).3 These assessments have emphasized summer season impacts, especially the impacts of longer and ...
... by the International Panel on Climate Change and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).3 These assessments have emphasized summer season impacts, especially the impacts of longer and ...
Zimbabwe Capacity Development Needs Assessment Report
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
Feedbacks and mechanisms affecting the global
... centered around the year t ∗ . Note that we do not assume t ∗ to be a time at which the glacier was actually in balance. If the climate has been warming and the glacier retreating, as is generally the case, t ∗ would be in the past, and the glacier actually would have had a negative mass balance at ...
... centered around the year t ∗ . Note that we do not assume t ∗ to be a time at which the glacier was actually in balance. If the climate has been warming and the glacier retreating, as is generally the case, t ∗ would be in the past, and the glacier actually would have had a negative mass balance at ...
Full-Text
... variables to fewer underlying dimensions viewed as representing more authentic measure of climate change perception factors [55,56]. The principal component analysis (PCA) was used as the data reduction method during the factor analysis to ensure that all the variability in the observed variables we ...
... variables to fewer underlying dimensions viewed as representing more authentic measure of climate change perception factors [55,56]. The principal component analysis (PCA) was used as the data reduction method during the factor analysis to ensure that all the variability in the observed variables we ...
Links between the Built Environment, Climate and Population Health
... events expressed differentially across the planet.4 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report projects that the globally averaged surface temperatures will increase by 1.8°C to 4.0°C (3.2°F to 7.2°F) by 2100. A warming climate over the next 50 years will confront ...
... events expressed differentially across the planet.4 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report projects that the globally averaged surface temperatures will increase by 1.8°C to 4.0°C (3.2°F to 7.2°F) by 2100. A warming climate over the next 50 years will confront ...
Climate change adaptation strategies for marine turtles - Eco
... have on marine turtles under future climate scenarios that are warmer, with stronger storms, rising sea levels and altered precipitation patterns. However, published anthropogenic threats to marine turtles, such as bycatch, boat strikes, direct harvest for eggs, meat and shell, pollution (both chemi ...
... have on marine turtles under future climate scenarios that are warmer, with stronger storms, rising sea levels and altered precipitation patterns. However, published anthropogenic threats to marine turtles, such as bycatch, boat strikes, direct harvest for eggs, meat and shell, pollution (both chemi ...
Forest ecotone response to climate change
... this model will produce a sharp ecotone subject to diebacks of northern types following warming. The curves of northern and southern types cross at about 2577 gdd, which should be the ecotone transition point. The standard parabolic model has been assumed to be based on biological principles, using ...
... this model will produce a sharp ecotone subject to diebacks of northern types following warming. The curves of northern and southern types cross at about 2577 gdd, which should be the ecotone transition point. The standard parabolic model has been assumed to be based on biological principles, using ...
Future deforestation in the Amazon and consequences
... convective dynamics and precipitation rates regionally. With changes in land use, the energy budget of the surface is modified. A forested surface is darker, has higher evapo-transpiration rates, and is rougher compared to a surface covered in grass. Changes in these properties lead to a respective ...
... convective dynamics and precipitation rates regionally. With changes in land use, the energy budget of the surface is modified. A forested surface is darker, has higher evapo-transpiration rates, and is rougher compared to a surface covered in grass. Changes in these properties lead to a respective ...
Metabolic theory explains latitudinal variation in common carp
... 21 North American common carp Cyprinus carpio populations spanning a latitudinal gradient of .2,700 km. We then evaluated (1) how metabolic rates vary with body size and temperature (i.e., metabolic theory of ecology) to interpret latitudinal patterns in life history traits and (2) how predicted inc ...
... 21 North American common carp Cyprinus carpio populations spanning a latitudinal gradient of .2,700 km. We then evaluated (1) how metabolic rates vary with body size and temperature (i.e., metabolic theory of ecology) to interpret latitudinal patterns in life history traits and (2) how predicted inc ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... slowing the rate of climate change over the next several decades and for protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to nearterm climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines i ...
... slowing the rate of climate change over the next several decades and for protecting the people and regions most vulnerable to nearterm climate impacts. Although we have known about SLCPs for more than thirty-five years,3 the following scientific developments have catapulted them to the front lines i ...
Sea level Rise impact on Singapore, Solomon Island, Saint Vincent
... Based on the report of David Anthoff, et al., the sea level rise scenario is obtained from Global DEM and LOICS data, a similar consideration is made for this analysis2. The various islands that are found to be vulnerable are analysed for sea level rise of 5m and the total area of impact is determin ...
... Based on the report of David Anthoff, et al., the sea level rise scenario is obtained from Global DEM and LOICS data, a similar consideration is made for this analysis2. The various islands that are found to be vulnerable are analysed for sea level rise of 5m and the total area of impact is determin ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... Climate change1 is affecting livelihoods in coastal communities throughout the Caribbean. Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Port Antonio in Portland Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of ...
... Climate change1 is affecting livelihoods in coastal communities throughout the Caribbean. Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Port Antonio in Portland Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of ...
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... shrub-tundra are replaced by graminoid and forb tundra in dry habitats, especially areas that are regularly denuded of snow. Graminoid and forb tundra occurs with progressively higher levels of soil moisture as the growing-season temperature sum decreases. Figure 1 also shows the bioclimatic relatio ...
... shrub-tundra are replaced by graminoid and forb tundra in dry habitats, especially areas that are regularly denuded of snow. Graminoid and forb tundra occurs with progressively higher levels of soil moisture as the growing-season temperature sum decreases. Figure 1 also shows the bioclimatic relatio ...
loss and damage
... source of water for the river systems in the region. But in the last 30-year period from 1963-1993, the glaciers in Nepal have retreated in volume by nearly 8%16. The IPCC 5th Assessment Report has also confirmed a further decline in the first decade of the 21st century for high mountain areas in As ...
... source of water for the river systems in the region. But in the last 30-year period from 1963-1993, the glaciers in Nepal have retreated in volume by nearly 8%16. The IPCC 5th Assessment Report has also confirmed a further decline in the first decade of the 21st century for high mountain areas in As ...
Climate change impacts on glacial lakes and glacierized basins in
... trend in annual maximum temperatures from 0.06 to 0.12oC year-1 after 1977 for the middle mountains and Himalayan regions of Nepal. Another study of average annual temperature for 15 stations above 1800 m in Nepal has reported an annual increase of over 0.1oC year-1 for the period 1976–1996. (Rees & ...
... trend in annual maximum temperatures from 0.06 to 0.12oC year-1 after 1977 for the middle mountains and Himalayan regions of Nepal. Another study of average annual temperature for 15 stations above 1800 m in Nepal has reported an annual increase of over 0.1oC year-1 for the period 1976–1996. (Rees & ...
CARE brief on the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction
... CARE welcomes an integrated approach pursued in the goal formulated for the post-2015 framework for DRR, by aiming at economic, social, cultural and environmental measures. The recognition of the relationship between disaster risk, climate change and ecosystems is essential. The degradation of ecosy ...
... CARE welcomes an integrated approach pursued in the goal formulated for the post-2015 framework for DRR, by aiming at economic, social, cultural and environmental measures. The recognition of the relationship between disaster risk, climate change and ecosystems is essential. The degradation of ecosy ...
The Role of Regional SST Warming Variations in the - NCAR-RAL
... First, SSTs over the tropical North Atlantic (TNA) do not warm as much as the surrounding ocean. The troposphere senses a TNA that is cooler than the tropical Pacific, potentially exciting a Gill-type response, increasing the strength of the North Atlantic subtropical high. Second, the warm ENSO-lik ...
... First, SSTs over the tropical North Atlantic (TNA) do not warm as much as the surrounding ocean. The troposphere senses a TNA that is cooler than the tropical Pacific, potentially exciting a Gill-type response, increasing the strength of the North Atlantic subtropical high. Second, the warm ENSO-lik ...
Sub-Theme 2
... events and may not be caused by a single individual extreme event. Evidence of the impacts of climate change on sea level rise, change of frequency and severity of tropical cyclones or extreme water-related disasters, and prolonged drought periods are being studied by the scientists all over the wor ...
... events and may not be caused by a single individual extreme event. Evidence of the impacts of climate change on sea level rise, change of frequency and severity of tropical cyclones or extreme water-related disasters, and prolonged drought periods are being studied by the scientists all over the wor ...
IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IOSR-JEEE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676,p-ISSN: 2320-3331,
... lightning observations do not exist, relationships are normally investigated on shorter time scales. Many time scales have been explored; on all these timescales we observe a positive relationship between temperature and lightning. Recent studies continue to show the high positive correlation betwee ...
... lightning observations do not exist, relationships are normally investigated on shorter time scales. Many time scales have been explored; on all these timescales we observe a positive relationship between temperature and lightning. Recent studies continue to show the high positive correlation betwee ...
On the use of imagery for climate change engagement
... promotes feelings of salience, but undermines self-efficacy; that imagery of energy futures imagery promotes self-efficacy; and that images of politicians and celebrities strongly undermine saliency, and undermine self-efficacy for the Australian cohort. These results, if widely replicable, have implic ...
... promotes feelings of salience, but undermines self-efficacy; that imagery of energy futures imagery promotes self-efficacy; and that images of politicians and celebrities strongly undermine saliency, and undermine self-efficacy for the Australian cohort. These results, if widely replicable, have implic ...
The Future of Vascular Plant Diversity Under Four
... examining the future of biodiversity is small. Moreover, such studies are generally limited in scope, drivers, or scenarios. An important reason for this is that not many models exist that can quantitatively relate biodiversity to changes in variables that are covered in different scenarios. Sala et ...
... examining the future of biodiversity is small. Moreover, such studies are generally limited in scope, drivers, or scenarios. An important reason for this is that not many models exist that can quantitatively relate biodiversity to changes in variables that are covered in different scenarios. Sala et ...