Impact of climate change on infectious diseases of animals
... 4.1.1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4; 17 Nov. 2007, http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessmentreport/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf) provides an integrated view of climate change. There is now major consensus of ongoing global warming, as evidenced from observ ...
... 4.1.1. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4; 17 Nov. 2007, http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessmentreport/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf) provides an integrated view of climate change. There is now major consensus of ongoing global warming, as evidenced from observ ...
Almada - NACLIM
... Conclusion: Green roofs have a small cooling effect on nighttime temperatures.The area with high heat stress is reduced by more than Workshop: Towards Urban50% ClimateAlso Servicespositive effects on indoor temperatures Brussels, 21st to 22nd June 2016 ...
... Conclusion: Green roofs have a small cooling effect on nighttime temperatures.The area with high heat stress is reduced by more than Workshop: Towards Urban50% ClimateAlso Servicespositive effects on indoor temperatures Brussels, 21st to 22nd June 2016 ...
Semiarid watershed response in central New Mexico and its
... NAM. In a comparison of 19 climate change simulations, Nohara et al. (2006) found lower annual streamflow for the Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, sugge ...
... NAM. In a comparison of 19 climate change simulations, Nohara et al. (2006) found lower annual streamflow for the Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, sugge ...
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... understanding of good sense into resources we can use to stop runaway global warming in time. Although I conclude by briefly outlining the politics of good sense on global warming, the article is not primarily concerned with how we use good sense on global warming. Before using something, we must kn ...
... understanding of good sense into resources we can use to stop runaway global warming in time. Although I conclude by briefly outlining the politics of good sense on global warming, the article is not primarily concerned with how we use good sense on global warming. Before using something, we must kn ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... consider or address potential impacts of climate change on federal programs or assets, likely existed prior to their being identified as climate change-related, so that funding may have occurred prior or in addition to activities listed in these tables. Other caveats about comparing or examining pos ...
... consider or address potential impacts of climate change on federal programs or assets, likely existed prior to their being identified as climate change-related, so that funding may have occurred prior or in addition to activities listed in these tables. Other caveats about comparing or examining pos ...
Financing an efficient adaptation programme to climate change: A
... poor rains and heatwave conditions. Similar findings have been reached by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recent publications and reports (IPPC, 2014). On these grounds, climate variability poses major challenges to developing countries as their economies are agro-based (Stern and ...
... poor rains and heatwave conditions. Similar findings have been reached by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) recent publications and reports (IPPC, 2014). On these grounds, climate variability poses major challenges to developing countries as their economies are agro-based (Stern and ...
Climate change and global justice
... following: Do robust duties of justice exist between people that do not live in the same country? In virtue of what (if anything) are there such duties? And which principles best characterize those duties? Cosmopolitans argue that robust duties of justice exist between noncompatriots.1–9 Noncosmopol ...
... following: Do robust duties of justice exist between people that do not live in the same country? In virtue of what (if anything) are there such duties? And which principles best characterize those duties? Cosmopolitans argue that robust duties of justice exist between noncompatriots.1–9 Noncosmopol ...
Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to
... Increased evaporation and changed rainfall patterns are expected to increase salinity levels and to shorten hydroperiods under climate change (Schindler 2001; Moss 2012). In contrast to temperature, effects of salinity and hydroperiod on fitness-related traits have been much less studied in freshwat ...
... Increased evaporation and changed rainfall patterns are expected to increase salinity levels and to shorten hydroperiods under climate change (Schindler 2001; Moss 2012). In contrast to temperature, effects of salinity and hydroperiod on fitness-related traits have been much less studied in freshwat ...
STRIVE An Assessment of Uncertainties Report Series No.48
... in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting or refraining fr ...
... in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting or refraining fr ...
American Behavioral Scientist - Dana R. Fisher
... (see Sheppard, 2011, for a full review). With the National Academy of Sciences maintaining a consistent position since 2001 that human-induced climate change is occurring and “temperatures are, in fact, rising” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1), it is surprising ...
... (see Sheppard, 2011, for a full review). With the National Academy of Sciences maintaining a consistent position since 2001 that human-induced climate change is occurring and “temperatures are, in fact, rising” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1), it is surprising ...
Transcript from COP-22 Ocean Panel moderated by Fred Krueger
... Keeling. Keeling was the only person in the world at that time who could measure the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere with enough precision to actually detect how it evolves, how it changes with the seasons as the trees grow and then release it, in the Northern hemisphere particularly. So Keel ...
... Keeling. Keeling was the only person in the world at that time who could measure the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere with enough precision to actually detect how it evolves, how it changes with the seasons as the trees grow and then release it, in the Northern hemisphere particularly. So Keel ...
... greenhouse gases). Current climate change is very likely driven by the increase in the concentration of greenhouse gases (IPCC 2007b), and therefore the scenarios do not correctly represent the future climate. The disadvantage of using the spatial analogue lies in the fact that the location is geogr ...
Expected changes in future temperature extremes
... warming is expected to continue into the future under enhanced greenhouse gas forcing (IPCC, 2007). A primary concern in estimating impacts from climate changes are the potential changes in variability and hence extreme events that could be associated with global climate change (Marengo et al., 2010 ...
... warming is expected to continue into the future under enhanced greenhouse gas forcing (IPCC, 2007). A primary concern in estimating impacts from climate changes are the potential changes in variability and hence extreme events that could be associated with global climate change (Marengo et al., 2010 ...
An evaluation of the level of ambition and implications of the Bush
... The Initiative, conceived and presented as a new approach to defining GHG emission targets, suggests the intensity target approach as being an interesting alternative for other countries, in particular, developing countries, in taking on quantified commitments in the future. In evaluating its intern ...
... The Initiative, conceived and presented as a new approach to defining GHG emission targets, suggests the intensity target approach as being an interesting alternative for other countries, in particular, developing countries, in taking on quantified commitments in the future. In evaluating its intern ...
Climate Change and the Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU) Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
... areas with recurrent droughts, extreme precipitation and snow, damaging cyclones, sea level rise, ocean acidification and carbon dioxide fertilization. These trends may have varied effects on Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU). ...
... areas with recurrent droughts, extreme precipitation and snow, damaging cyclones, sea level rise, ocean acidification and carbon dioxide fertilization. These trends may have varied effects on Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use (AFOLU). ...
Sustainability of the Great Plains in an Uncertain Climate
... of change is ten times faster than ever experienced in human history! Not surprisingly, the threat has evoked both public and policy-maker notice, especially in climate-sensitive regions such as the Great Plains. Some observers argue that society can cope with anticipated climate change, supporting ...
... of change is ten times faster than ever experienced in human history! Not surprisingly, the threat has evoked both public and policy-maker notice, especially in climate-sensitive regions such as the Great Plains. Some observers argue that society can cope with anticipated climate change, supporting ...
WRS-08 Presentation
... provides for the radio-frequency spectrum and orbit resources for radio systems and applications used for climate monitoring, weather forecasting, disaster prediction, detection, mitigation of negative effect of disasters and data exchange and dissimilation systems; develops mandatory and volunt ...
... provides for the radio-frequency spectrum and orbit resources for radio systems and applications used for climate monitoring, weather forecasting, disaster prediction, detection, mitigation of negative effect of disasters and data exchange and dissimilation systems; develops mandatory and volunt ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The City has a strong history of mitigation – preventing or slowing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – but this is only one half of the two-pronged approach needed to address climate change. The other half of a comprehensive climate change strategy is adaptation – making adj ...
... The City has a strong history of mitigation – preventing or slowing climate change by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – but this is only one half of the two-pronged approach needed to address climate change. The other half of a comprehensive climate change strategy is adaptation – making adj ...
Climate Change and the Historic Environment
... During 2007 the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007a to d) published its Fourth Assessment Report. IPPC Working Group I, charged with examining the physical science basis for climate change, concluded that global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxi ...
... During 2007 the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2007a to d) published its Fourth Assessment Report. IPPC Working Group I, charged with examining the physical science basis for climate change, concluded that global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxi ...
Climate Predictions and Projections Program
... • Global Change Research Act: This act mandates the development of a research program whose goal is to understand climate variability and its predictability • Weather Service Organic Act: Outlines NOAA’s responsibility to produce climate forecasts • Coastal Zone Management Act: Requires understandin ...
... • Global Change Research Act: This act mandates the development of a research program whose goal is to understand climate variability and its predictability • Weather Service Organic Act: Outlines NOAA’s responsibility to produce climate forecasts • Coastal Zone Management Act: Requires understandin ...
An independent and combined effect analysis of land use and
... method was applied for an estimation of surface runoff volume. Evapotranspiration is evaluated by SWAT using various methods including FAO PenmaneMonteith, Hargreaves, and Priestley-Taylor. The Hargreaves method was found appropriate for this study based upon initial model performance before calibra ...
... method was applied for an estimation of surface runoff volume. Evapotranspiration is evaluated by SWAT using various methods including FAO PenmaneMonteith, Hargreaves, and Priestley-Taylor. The Hargreaves method was found appropriate for this study based upon initial model performance before calibra ...