Letters to the editor (7/19/10)
... look back and say, '[Grandpa] understood what was happening, but he did not make it clear.' " Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called " ...
... look back and say, '[Grandpa] understood what was happening, but he did not make it clear.' " Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called " ...
published in Global Environmental Change in 2011
... found 9% held this view. One BBC World Service (2007) survey indicated the proportion of ‘sceptics’ (i.e., those rejecting any human cause for climate change) could be as high as 17%. While a minority in the UK is certain that climate change is not anthropogenic, far more express some level of doubt ...
... found 9% held this view. One BBC World Service (2007) survey indicated the proportion of ‘sceptics’ (i.e., those rejecting any human cause for climate change) could be as high as 17%. While a minority in the UK is certain that climate change is not anthropogenic, far more express some level of doubt ...
Paper 4: Climate Change and Biodiversity in High
... Global and regional models of climate, based on data of recent and current temperature and precipitation and present knowledge of the characteristics of land/ocean/atmosphere energy fluxes, vary among themselves depending on the assumptions made and scale simplifications, but all are consistent in i ...
... Global and regional models of climate, based on data of recent and current temperature and precipitation and present knowledge of the characteristics of land/ocean/atmosphere energy fluxes, vary among themselves depending on the assumptions made and scale simplifications, but all are consistent in i ...
Eurasian Arctic greening reveals teleconnections and the potential
... higher NDVI, correspond to regions with topographically dissected valleys and extensive landslide activity18 . Regardless of overall biomass accumulation due to differences in substrate, all ringwidth chronologies and overall NDVI variability were found to be strongly linked to summer temperature (F ...
... higher NDVI, correspond to regions with topographically dissected valleys and extensive landslide activity18 . Regardless of overall biomass accumulation due to differences in substrate, all ringwidth chronologies and overall NDVI variability were found to be strongly linked to summer temperature (F ...
population dynamics and climate change - 12
... Where runoff is currently low, the decline in run off projected though small in absolute terms is substantial, 30% relative to current levels. This would exacerbate the seasonal periodic water shortages. Drought could become more extreme and less predictable, the change in run off impacting electric ...
... Where runoff is currently low, the decline in run off projected though small in absolute terms is substantial, 30% relative to current levels. This would exacerbate the seasonal periodic water shortages. Drought could become more extreme and less predictable, the change in run off impacting electric ...
Word - Council of Europe
... Migratory Species (CMS), presented the links between animal migration and climatic factors, highlighting that although many migratory species have successfully adapted to climate change, the speed of climate change is such that many populations are reaching the limit of their adaptive ...
... Migratory Species (CMS), presented the links between animal migration and climatic factors, highlighting that although many migratory species have successfully adapted to climate change, the speed of climate change is such that many populations are reaching the limit of their adaptive ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... overlain by inter-annual, multi-decadal and millennial variations in climate, over whatever timescale climate is defined. Ecosystems and species have moved, often freely, in response to such past changes and have evolved within this climatic history. The causes of contemporary and future changes in ...
... overlain by inter-annual, multi-decadal and millennial variations in climate, over whatever timescale climate is defined. Ecosystems and species have moved, often freely, in response to such past changes and have evolved within this climatic history. The causes of contemporary and future changes in ...
FAQ 4.2 | Are Glaciers in Mountain Regions Disappearing?
... m for each degree Celsius of atmospheric warming. Such an upward shift and its consequences for glaciers of different size and elevation range are illustrated in FAQ 4.2, Figure 1. Initially, all glaciers have an accumulation area (white) above and an ablation area (light blue) below the ELA (FAQ 4. ...
... m for each degree Celsius of atmospheric warming. Such an upward shift and its consequences for glaciers of different size and elevation range are illustrated in FAQ 4.2, Figure 1. Initially, all glaciers have an accumulation area (white) above and an ablation area (light blue) below the ELA (FAQ 4. ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... Arctic communities and Pacific island nations are the ‘canaries in the coalmine’ for climate change (Ford el at 2006; Farbotko 2010). As the ice caps melt and sea levels rise, it is the indigenous communities that rely on glacial and tropical marine environments that are experiencing the most dramat ...
... Arctic communities and Pacific island nations are the ‘canaries in the coalmine’ for climate change (Ford el at 2006; Farbotko 2010). As the ice caps melt and sea levels rise, it is the indigenous communities that rely on glacial and tropical marine environments that are experiencing the most dramat ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... African Rift Valley. Moreover, even for coastal states, sea surface temperature predictions from global climate models downscaled at the country level were not available at the time of analysis. For ...
... African Rift Valley. Moreover, even for coastal states, sea surface temperature predictions from global climate models downscaled at the country level were not available at the time of analysis. For ...
Club Club - OECD.org
... concerns such as desertification, arable land erosion and deforestation (Frederick, 1993). More recently, climate change concerns combine with the older, broader environmental concerns. However, even before trying to clarify relationship between these variables, the interactions among all environmen ...
... concerns such as desertification, arable land erosion and deforestation (Frederick, 1993). More recently, climate change concerns combine with the older, broader environmental concerns. However, even before trying to clarify relationship between these variables, the interactions among all environmen ...
Children`s health and Climate Change
... As doctors we make daily decisions on whether to start treatment based on available evidence. In the case of climate change we have more than enough information to act. We therefore must speak up on behalf of our children, who cannot take action themselves, yet whose health will be the most affected ...
... As doctors we make daily decisions on whether to start treatment based on available evidence. In the case of climate change we have more than enough information to act. We therefore must speak up on behalf of our children, who cannot take action themselves, yet whose health will be the most affected ...
Water Quality and Quantity, Climate Change and Public Health
... Winter temperatures have been rising about twice as fast as annual average temperatures Minimum or 'overnight low' temperatures have been rising faster than the maximum temperature, or ‘daytime high’ Since the early 1980s, the temperature has risen slightly over 1°F in southern Minnesota to a ...
... Winter temperatures have been rising about twice as fast as annual average temperatures Minimum or 'overnight low' temperatures have been rising faster than the maximum temperature, or ‘daytime high’ Since the early 1980s, the temperature has risen slightly over 1°F in southern Minnesota to a ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabilistic in formulation. For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to ...
... even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabilistic in formulation. For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to ...
Moving beyond scientific knowledge: leveraging
... change, progress is far from sufficient: expanded and immediate institutional, societal, and community changes are necessary to address the effects of current global climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013; Sun et al., 2010). Climate change education for children and adults, ...
... change, progress is far from sufficient: expanded and immediate institutional, societal, and community changes are necessary to address the effects of current global climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2013; Sun et al., 2010). Climate change education for children and adults, ...
How can decision-makers in developing countries incorporate uncertainty about future climate risks into existing planning and policymaking processes? (424 kB) (opens in new window)
... were spent on agriculture, flood protection and water supply projects alone8 and it has previously been suggested that roughly 40% of all World Bank lending (in total, over $20 billion per year) for projects in developing countries could contain climate-sensitive components9. This, of course, const ...
... were spent on agriculture, flood protection and water supply projects alone8 and it has previously been suggested that roughly 40% of all World Bank lending (in total, over $20 billion per year) for projects in developing countries could contain climate-sensitive components9. This, of course, const ...
`Future` climate and impacts - Climatic Research Unit
... Energy mainly peaks in winter; however, a second significant peak is also apparent in summer. In the city of Athens, ozone enhances with temperature although there are still high ozone concentrations at lower temperatures. This information sheet focuses on climate scenarios for the present and futur ...
... Energy mainly peaks in winter; however, a second significant peak is also apparent in summer. In the city of Athens, ozone enhances with temperature although there are still high ozone concentrations at lower temperatures. This information sheet focuses on climate scenarios for the present and futur ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Physical Characteristics of
... mixing. Both processes have far reaching ecological implications. Compared to the response of physical lake parameters to climate forcing, the chemical and biological responses are much more complex and site specific. Even in ecosystems containing only simplified food webs, the interactions of envir ...
... mixing. Both processes have far reaching ecological implications. Compared to the response of physical lake parameters to climate forcing, the chemical and biological responses are much more complex and site specific. Even in ecosystems containing only simplified food webs, the interactions of envir ...
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... encompassing the whole catchment and cooperation projects should be set up to enhance expertise and mutual learning (Renn, 2006). The latter can be very beneficial and needs to be horizontal, involving people who share background and knowledge on the same issue in different places. However, mutual l ...
... encompassing the whole catchment and cooperation projects should be set up to enhance expertise and mutual learning (Renn, 2006). The latter can be very beneficial and needs to be horizontal, involving people who share background and knowledge on the same issue in different places. However, mutual l ...
to the Program - International Conference on Climate
... those conferences, making a powerful case that the human impact on climate is small, future changes are uncertain, and there is little humans can do to change the weather. Climate “realists” won that debate. Today, surveys show most Americans don’t believe climate change is a due to human activities ...
... those conferences, making a powerful case that the human impact on climate is small, future changes are uncertain, and there is little humans can do to change the weather. Climate “realists” won that debate. Today, surveys show most Americans don’t believe climate change is a due to human activities ...
Global Change in Local Places: How Scale Matters
... which regional problems become global ones. Global systemic changes are direct changes in the functioning of a global system, as exemplified by effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate system or ozone-depleting gases on the stratosphere. Cumulative global changes are those in which ...
... which regional problems become global ones. Global systemic changes are direct changes in the functioning of a global system, as exemplified by effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the global climate system or ozone-depleting gases on the stratosphere. Cumulative global changes are those in which ...
2014 Energy and Climate Outlook
... been slow, and efforts appear to be falling well behind the ambitious long‑term goals set by the international community. Whether those goals are achieved or not, any hope of averting considerable climate consequences by stabilizing atmospheric GHG concentrations will require significant emissions r ...
... been slow, and efforts appear to be falling well behind the ambitious long‑term goals set by the international community. Whether those goals are achieved or not, any hope of averting considerable climate consequences by stabilizing atmospheric GHG concentrations will require significant emissions r ...
Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... fluctuations, improved energy security and so on. These benefits can be a sufficient motivation for mitigation actions although not perhaps on a comprehensive scale. ...
... fluctuations, improved energy security and so on. These benefits can be a sufficient motivation for mitigation actions although not perhaps on a comprehensive scale. ...
IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
... Climate change adaptation refers to adjustments in practices, processes or structures in response to projected or actual changes in climate (Dixon, 2003), with the goal of maintaining the capacity to deal with current and future changes. Developing effective adaptation options to the numerous extrem ...
... Climate change adaptation refers to adjustments in practices, processes or structures in response to projected or actual changes in climate (Dixon, 2003), with the goal of maintaining the capacity to deal with current and future changes. Developing effective adaptation options to the numerous extrem ...