A Dielectric Omnidirectional Reflector
... 376 (1996)]; and the U.K. Hadley Centre model (HadCM2) [S. F. B. Tett, T. C. Johns, J. F. B. Mitchell, Clim. Dyn. 13, 303 (1997)]. For the control-run results we used the full areal coverage to define the hemispheric means. For the observed data, coverage is incomplete and tends to increase with tim ...
... 376 (1996)]; and the U.K. Hadley Centre model (HadCM2) [S. F. B. Tett, T. C. Johns, J. F. B. Mitchell, Clim. Dyn. 13, 303 (1997)]. For the control-run results we used the full areal coverage to define the hemispheric means. For the observed data, coverage is incomplete and tends to increase with tim ...
Altai Sayan Ecoregion
... rate of approximately 0.02 OC every 100 years, which, by comparison, is 10100 times slower than the warming that results from anthropogenic causes. It is evident that the speed of natural changes is so much lower that this nature impact can only be considered significant on a scale of several thous ...
... rate of approximately 0.02 OC every 100 years, which, by comparison, is 10100 times slower than the warming that results from anthropogenic causes. It is evident that the speed of natural changes is so much lower that this nature impact can only be considered significant on a scale of several thous ...
Cairo Roadmap
... used more effectively to monitor the global environment/ecosystem and what new standards are required? How can ICT standards be used and adapted to more effectively disseminate information on both natural and man-made disasters (early warning) to communities (e.g. supporting GDACS under the UN fra ...
... used more effectively to monitor the global environment/ecosystem and what new standards are required? How can ICT standards be used and adapted to more effectively disseminate information on both natural and man-made disasters (early warning) to communities (e.g. supporting GDACS under the UN fra ...
Student Conceptions about Global Warming and Climate Change
... that global warming causes the ozone hole. Although a number of students believed that increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide causes global warming and climate change they rarely identified methane or nitrous oxides as greenhouse gases or as a cause of global warming and climate change. Fur ...
... that global warming causes the ozone hole. Although a number of students believed that increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide causes global warming and climate change they rarely identified methane or nitrous oxides as greenhouse gases or as a cause of global warming and climate change. Fur ...
Horticulture
... Warmer winters are likely to improve survival of plant pathogens and higher average temperatures throughout the year will accelerate pathogen life cycles. (H) Presence of free water is very important for successful completion of the life cycles of many micro-organisms. For fungi, both infection and ...
... Warmer winters are likely to improve survival of plant pathogens and higher average temperatures throughout the year will accelerate pathogen life cycles. (H) Presence of free water is very important for successful completion of the life cycles of many micro-organisms. For fungi, both infection and ...
Policy Brief Series - IOM Online Bookstore
... thematic partnership between the African Union Commission and European Commission, Mauritius should continue to make steps towards delivering the full development potential of migration, such as facilitating access to credit, reducing barriers to remittance flows and improving the ability of Mauriti ...
... thematic partnership between the African Union Commission and European Commission, Mauritius should continue to make steps towards delivering the full development potential of migration, such as facilitating access to credit, reducing barriers to remittance flows and improving the ability of Mauriti ...
Future climate warming and changes to mountain permafrost in the
... Permafrost is defined as ground which remains at or below 0 °C for at least two consecutive years (Harris et al. 2003). Although the environmental conditions suitable for permafrost exist in most mountainous regions of sufficient elevation (Travassos et al. 2008; Viviroli et al. 2011), present under ...
... Permafrost is defined as ground which remains at or below 0 °C for at least two consecutive years (Harris et al. 2003). Although the environmental conditions suitable for permafrost exist in most mountainous regions of sufficient elevation (Travassos et al. 2008; Viviroli et al. 2011), present under ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... about the value attached to change (in relative space) as evidenced by the facts (phenomena in absolute space) and its implications for relational space (how would/should agents reposition themselves to adjust to the reported change), sometimes very specifically conceived as in the import of a polit ...
... about the value attached to change (in relative space) as evidenced by the facts (phenomena in absolute space) and its implications for relational space (how would/should agents reposition themselves to adjust to the reported change), sometimes very specifically conceived as in the import of a polit ...
Recent changes in freezing level heights in the Tropics with
... the Tropics, but over the region from 20°N to 20°S, the freezing level is found within 4800 ± 300 m for most of the year [Harris et al., 2000]. Trends in FLH over the last 30 years (1977– 2007) were computed and are shown in Figure 2 (left, units of m/yr), together with their zonal averages (Figu ...
... the Tropics, but over the region from 20°N to 20°S, the freezing level is found within 4800 ± 300 m for most of the year [Harris et al., 2000]. Trends in FLH over the last 30 years (1977– 2007) were computed and are shown in Figure 2 (left, units of m/yr), together with their zonal averages (Figu ...
Workshop report, 22-23 April 2010
... of forests, the indigenous, woodlands and plantations. Hence different approaches are used to manage these different types of forests. The issue of how to minimize GHGs both in the long term and short term was addressed though looking at two possible options for mitigation – where it was highlighted ...
... of forests, the indigenous, woodlands and plantations. Hence different approaches are used to manage these different types of forests. The issue of how to minimize GHGs both in the long term and short term was addressed though looking at two possible options for mitigation – where it was highlighted ...
Climate variability over the last 2000 years
... greatest (IPCC, 2001). Synthesis of ∼50 well-dated, continuous palaeoclimate records covering the current interglacial (the last ∼10 000 years, Holocene) reveals the occurrence of at least six periods of naturally forced abrupt climate change, of which several coincide with major disruptions in civi ...
... greatest (IPCC, 2001). Synthesis of ∼50 well-dated, continuous palaeoclimate records covering the current interglacial (the last ∼10 000 years, Holocene) reveals the occurrence of at least six periods of naturally forced abrupt climate change, of which several coincide with major disruptions in civi ...
Climate change - The Open University
... I included) emit electromagnetic radiation. Further, they do so at a rate that depends on the temperature of the object: the hotter an object becomes, the higher its radiative power - the rate at which it emits radiation. For our planet, a steady or equilibrium temperature is maintained by a dynamic ...
... I included) emit electromagnetic radiation. Further, they do so at a rate that depends on the temperature of the object: the hotter an object becomes, the higher its radiative power - the rate at which it emits radiation. For our planet, a steady or equilibrium temperature is maintained by a dynamic ...
Atmospheric Rivers State of Knowledge Report
... How Climate Change may Affect Atmospheric River Behaviour The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report Working Group 1 Summary for Policy Makers states that a ”warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in gl ...
... How Climate Change may Affect Atmospheric River Behaviour The 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report Working Group 1 Summary for Policy Makers states that a ”warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in gl ...
2005 Exxon Foundation 990 vs Exxon Giving Report
... In July 2006, ExxonMobil met with officials from the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of science. When the Royal Society raised concerns about the company’s funding of groups that were misrepresenting the consensus on global warming science, ExxonMobil officials indicated that th ...
... In July 2006, ExxonMobil met with officials from the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s national academy of science. When the Royal Society raised concerns about the company’s funding of groups that were misrepresenting the consensus on global warming science, ExxonMobil officials indicated that th ...
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... NIOSH, 2001). But common sense suggests that climate change should be stopped at a lower level. Our best estimates challenge the common sense, but it is as yet unclear whether our research findings are superior to our gut feelings. Having worked in this field for 15 years, I do not know. There are t ...
... NIOSH, 2001). But common sense suggests that climate change should be stopped at a lower level. Our best estimates challenge the common sense, but it is as yet unclear whether our research findings are superior to our gut feelings. Having worked in this field for 15 years, I do not know. There are t ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: Scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments
... the GCMs as well as the downscaling models are tuned toward the present-day climate. In this study, the breadth of the scenario set is constrained by the condition that modeling and approaches are grounded in scientific theory and published in the peer-reviewed literature. Our constraint is supported ...
... the GCMs as well as the downscaling models are tuned toward the present-day climate. In this study, the breadth of the scenario set is constrained by the condition that modeling and approaches are grounded in scientific theory and published in the peer-reviewed literature. Our constraint is supported ...
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... and specification issues of variable inclusion or exclusion. The Net Revenue equation is weighted by net cropped area, to adjust for heteroscedasticity. Standard errors have been estimated by White’s consistent estimator of the least squares covariance matrix, and the resultant estimated t-ratios ar ...
... and specification issues of variable inclusion or exclusion. The Net Revenue equation is weighted by net cropped area, to adjust for heteroscedasticity. Standard errors have been estimated by White’s consistent estimator of the least squares covariance matrix, and the resultant estimated t-ratios ar ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the melt season in September has declined sharply. All models participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) show declining Arctic ice cover over this period. However, depending on the time window for analysis, none or very few individual model sim ...
... the melt season in September has declined sharply. All models participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) show declining Arctic ice cover over this period. However, depending on the time window for analysis, none or very few individual model sim ...
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... the principles of liability (for damages) and compensation. Compensating victims for damages caused by climate change is one extension of the polluter pays principle with respect to adaptation costs. Attempts to apply this principle to climate change have been limited to assigning property rights to ...
... the principles of liability (for damages) and compensation. Compensating victims for damages caused by climate change is one extension of the polluter pays principle with respect to adaptation costs. Attempts to apply this principle to climate change have been limited to assigning property rights to ...
Vulnerability and climate change hotspots in Africa
... change over the Sahel and the southern Sahara. The frequency of extreme events will increase in the various parts of the continent and Africa is very likely to warm in 21st century. The African continent is vulnerable to climate variability and change due to the sensitiveness of all the economic sec ...
... change over the Sahel and the southern Sahara. The frequency of extreme events will increase in the various parts of the continent and Africa is very likely to warm in 21st century. The African continent is vulnerable to climate variability and change due to the sensitiveness of all the economic sec ...
Psychological Impacts of Global Climate Change
... Thomas J. Doherty, Department of Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling; Susan Clayton, Department of Psychology, College of Wooster. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Thomas J. Doherty, Department of Counseling Psychology, Lewis ...
... Thomas J. Doherty, Department of Counseling Psychology, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling; Susan Clayton, Department of Psychology, College of Wooster. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Thomas J. Doherty, Department of Counseling Psychology, Lewis ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the melt season in September has declined sharply. All models participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) show declining Arctic ice cover over this period. However, depending on the time window for analysis, none or very few individual model sim ...
... the melt season in September has declined sharply. All models participating in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4) show declining Arctic ice cover over this period. However, depending on the time window for analysis, none or very few individual model sim ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Concepts, Issues
... change, and that capacity to respond to climate change is lowest in developing countries and among the poorest people in those countries. It seems clear that vulnerability to climate change is closely related to poverty, as the poor are least able to respond to climatic stimuli. Furthermore, certain ...
... change, and that capacity to respond to climate change is lowest in developing countries and among the poorest people in those countries. It seems clear that vulnerability to climate change is closely related to poverty, as the poor are least able to respond to climatic stimuli. Furthermore, certain ...
