Effective education and communication strategies to
... understanding of the psychology behind environmental decision-making, particularly regarding why individuals often fail to understand the risks associated with the issue, and fail to make energy-saving decisions. In addition to studying such behavior, researchers have developed a number of technique ...
... understanding of the psychology behind environmental decision-making, particularly regarding why individuals often fail to understand the risks associated with the issue, and fail to make energy-saving decisions. In addition to studying such behavior, researchers have developed a number of technique ...
Shiri Avnery
... Depending on depth, soil columns may be represented by up to 10 layers and snow columns by up to five layers in the CLM. Vegetated landunit subgrids (as identified in the first-order landunit division) can be further divided into the final subgrid level: patches of plant functional types. Each PFT ...
... Depending on depth, soil columns may be represented by up to 10 layers and snow columns by up to five layers in the CLM. Vegetated landunit subgrids (as identified in the first-order landunit division) can be further divided into the final subgrid level: patches of plant functional types. Each PFT ...
Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... the closest level of government to the community, is well placed to respond to local vulnerabilities and priorities arising as a result of climate change, however local government is not sufficiently funded to undertake all adaptation measures that may be identified. Given the uncertainty of climate ...
... the closest level of government to the community, is well placed to respond to local vulnerabilities and priorities arising as a result of climate change, however local government is not sufficiently funded to undertake all adaptation measures that may be identified. Given the uncertainty of climate ...
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... (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Third Assessment Report (IPCC, 2001) indicates that there is sufficient evidence to link most of the warming observed over the last 50 years to human activities. Due to the strong influence of the oceans on the climate surrounding the Caribbean islands on ...
... (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Third Assessment Report (IPCC, 2001) indicates that there is sufficient evidence to link most of the warming observed over the last 50 years to human activities. Due to the strong influence of the oceans on the climate surrounding the Caribbean islands on ...
the nansen conference
... A group of international experts were consulted while developing the conference programme, in order to ensure selection of the most relevant topics for discussion. The advisory board consisted of the following organisations and individuals: • Mr. Jose Riera, representative of the United Nations High ...
... A group of international experts were consulted while developing the conference programme, in order to ensure selection of the most relevant topics for discussion. The advisory board consisted of the following organisations and individuals: • Mr. Jose Riera, representative of the United Nations High ...
Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species
... The magnitude of climate change varies considerably across locations and seasons. One midrange climate change scenario predicts that average annual global temperatures will increase by 2.45◦ C from 1950–1990 to 2070–2100. However, polar and temperate areas (>20◦ N and S) are expected to incur more p ...
... The magnitude of climate change varies considerably across locations and seasons. One midrange climate change scenario predicts that average annual global temperatures will increase by 2.45◦ C from 1950–1990 to 2070–2100. However, polar and temperate areas (>20◦ N and S) are expected to incur more p ...
Emergent Properties of Scale in Global Environmental Modeling
... into their logical contexts (scales) so that the observer=modeler can see structures arise from them for the first time. The stochastic interaction among low-level elements that gives rise to emergent properties may be part of a larger process of self-organization in hierarchical systems. Self-organ ...
... into their logical contexts (scales) so that the observer=modeler can see structures arise from them for the first time. The stochastic interaction among low-level elements that gives rise to emergent properties may be part of a larger process of self-organization in hierarchical systems. Self-organ ...
Climate Change: Guidance for Tree Species Selection
... temperature extremes over most land areas on daily and seasonal timescales as global mean temperatures increase. It is very likely that heat waves will occur with a higher frequency and duration. Occasional cold winter extremes will continue to occur (see Table SPM.1). {12.4} http://www.ipcc.ch/repo ...
... temperature extremes over most land areas on daily and seasonal timescales as global mean temperatures increase. It is very likely that heat waves will occur with a higher frequency and duration. Occasional cold winter extremes will continue to occur (see Table SPM.1). {12.4} http://www.ipcc.ch/repo ...
Clemmitt, "Climate change"
... ia parasite does show up in temperate regions, Patz says, but it’s not a problem because the disease’s ability to spread is restricted in moderate climates. Patz says the danger comes if malaria spreads into a region that has become warmer, which some scientists say may be already happening in Afric ...
... ia parasite does show up in temperate regions, Patz says, but it’s not a problem because the disease’s ability to spread is restricted in moderate climates. Patz says the danger comes if malaria spreads into a region that has become warmer, which some scientists say may be already happening in Afric ...
Hasan, F.A. Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture
... the intensity of archaeological research and dating objectives. It is important to infer climatic events from well-dated geological and environmental proxies. Archaeologists also need to pay attention to the screening of radiocarbon data to ensure that they accurately date the event under considerat ...
... the intensity of archaeological research and dating objectives. It is important to infer climatic events from well-dated geological and environmental proxies. Archaeologists also need to pay attention to the screening of radiocarbon data to ensure that they accurately date the event under considerat ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... In 1966, three years after Lorenz’s insight into the nonlinearity of weather, the first real-world evidence of abrupt changes in the Earth’s climatic history were unearthed in Greenland (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2009). Analysis of the first ice cores to be drilled to bedrock c ...
... In 1966, three years after Lorenz’s insight into the nonlinearity of weather, the first real-world evidence of abrupt changes in the Earth’s climatic history were unearthed in Greenland (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 2009). Analysis of the first ice cores to be drilled to bedrock c ...
Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change: Survey
... plans anticipate future development), compared with 45% of land from Georgia to Delaware (Titus et al., 2009). The vulnerability posed by climate change demands careful risk assessment and anticipatory adaptation policies (Pielke, 2007). Recent climate related observations (e.g., rising temperatures ...
... plans anticipate future development), compared with 45% of land from Georgia to Delaware (Titus et al., 2009). The vulnerability posed by climate change demands careful risk assessment and anticipatory adaptation policies (Pielke, 2007). Recent climate related observations (e.g., rising temperatures ...
Physiological Basis
... Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage-level responses to climate change are individual-level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of ...
... Global climate change is altering freshwater ecosystems and affecting fish populations and communities. Underpinning changes in fish distribution and assemblage-level responses to climate change are individual-level physiological constraints. In this review, we synthesize the mechanistic effects of ...
Ireland Adapts to Climate Change Report Series No. 9
... Sweeney, 2007) and material from the IPCC, Fourth ...
... Sweeney, 2007) and material from the IPCC, Fourth ...
Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
Executive Report
... changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period of time. Climate change may be due to natural earth processes, external phenomena such as modulations of the solar cycle, and human activity, such as CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and changes in ...
... changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period of time. Climate change may be due to natural earth processes, external phenomena such as modulations of the solar cycle, and human activity, such as CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and changes in ...
Journal of Geography Agnotology as a Teaching Tool: Learning
... The first approach is to assert the absence of scientific consensus (despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary cited earlier) by referring to the stated opinions of a relatively small number of scientists who disagree that global warming is real, or agree that global warming is occurring but ...
... The first approach is to assert the absence of scientific consensus (despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary cited earlier) by referring to the stated opinions of a relatively small number of scientists who disagree that global warming is real, or agree that global warming is occurring but ...
Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and... past climate change
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
... model and an extensive compilation of surface measurements to better represent global air pollution exposure. These exposure estimates were then used to estimate 3.2 ± 0.4 million premature deaths due to PM2.5 and 150 000 (50 000 to 270 000) due to ozone (Lim et al 2012). Few studies have assessed t ...
Deep-ocean contribution to sea level and energy budget - e
... longer than one month, which is supported by previous estimates of uncertainty22 . The two estimates exhibit similar behaviour, although the inferred estimate has slightly larger interannual variability. The inferred thermal expansion estimate explains 54% of the fractional variance of the 0–2,000 m ...
... longer than one month, which is supported by previous estimates of uncertainty22 . The two estimates exhibit similar behaviour, although the inferred estimate has slightly larger interannual variability. The inferred thermal expansion estimate explains 54% of the fractional variance of the 0–2,000 m ...
1. dia - The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern
... permafrost) have led a Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientist to warn that "as a society we are facing a climate crisis that is larger and harder to deal with than any of us thought." "Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, i ...
... permafrost) have led a Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientist to warn that "as a society we are facing a climate crisis that is larger and harder to deal with than any of us thought." "Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, i ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... 2005) or New Zealand (Kenix, 2008). However, if we try to find literature from non English spoken countries, overall from developing countries, what we find is scarce literature regarding this issue. To know what treatment of «Climate Change» is giving the mass media at countries like China or Brazi ...
... 2005) or New Zealand (Kenix, 2008). However, if we try to find literature from non English spoken countries, overall from developing countries, what we find is scarce literature regarding this issue. To know what treatment of «Climate Change» is giving the mass media at countries like China or Brazi ...
Ms. Cassandra Carter Climate Change Intern Ministry of Natural
... Our comments include general background and comments on the strategy. We then use the remainder of our comments to focus on Goal 1 (Mainstream adaptation), Goal 2 (Build resilience and biodiversity) and Goal 3 (Increase Science, Research, and Monitoring) because these goals are most aligned with o ...
... Our comments include general background and comments on the strategy. We then use the remainder of our comments to focus on Goal 1 (Mainstream adaptation), Goal 2 (Build resilience and biodiversity) and Goal 3 (Increase Science, Research, and Monitoring) because these goals are most aligned with o ...