Aerosol-induced thermal effects increase modelled terrestrial
... over the 5-d simulation period and spatially over all grid cells in the YRR) calculated for leaf temperature (T leaf ), sunlit and shaded absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (APAR) and sunlit and shaded leaf photosynthesis for the two cases. The photosynthetic rates obtained here tend to be ...
... over the 5-d simulation period and spatially over all grid cells in the YRR) calculated for leaf temperature (T leaf ), sunlit and shaded absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (APAR) and sunlit and shaded leaf photosynthesis for the two cases. The photosynthetic rates obtained here tend to be ...
4B.4 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER ON
... percent of the time nationwide. This indicates that fatal accidents on wet pavement occur 3.9 to 4.5 times more often than might be expected, and that the wetpavement accident problem should be of concern to all States (NTSB 1980). Other studies have noted the persistent problem of wet pavement expo ...
... percent of the time nationwide. This indicates that fatal accidents on wet pavement occur 3.9 to 4.5 times more often than might be expected, and that the wetpavement accident problem should be of concern to all States (NTSB 1980). Other studies have noted the persistent problem of wet pavement expo ...
full report - Campaign against Climate Change
... well. During the day we had a public "street market style" event with the climate van and a marquee where 9 local groups taking part and Joining the climate caravan stalls: PCS Union, Friends of the Earth, Liverpool Climate Action Network, Liverpool Green Party, Greenpeace, Merseyside CND, Recycles ...
... well. During the day we had a public "street market style" event with the climate van and a marquee where 9 local groups taking part and Joining the climate caravan stalls: PCS Union, Friends of the Earth, Liverpool Climate Action Network, Liverpool Green Party, Greenpeace, Merseyside CND, Recycles ...
Issues relating to GHG, Sectors and Source Categories in IPCC
... fuelwood and mill residue may be burned in the year of harvest many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in sol ...
... fuelwood and mill residue may be burned in the year of harvest many types of paper are likely to have a use life in uses less than 5 years which may include recycling of paper sawnwood or panels used in buildings may be held for decades to over 100 years discarded HWP can be deposited in sol ...
Defining loss and damage: The science and politics around one of
... Yet the debate was far from over. At the Paris Climate Change Conference, even as the French hosts tried to focus on mitigation commitments, loss and damage emerged as a ...
... Yet the debate was far from over. At the Paris Climate Change Conference, even as the French hosts tried to focus on mitigation commitments, loss and damage emerged as a ...
Importance of stream temperature to climate change impact on water
... plants and direct discharge) and by industries according to their sector and declared level of activity. The last boundary conditions of RIVERSTRAHLER, water temperature and incoming radiation, were described by a sinusoidal annual cycle constrained by recent observations, as already mentioned. The ...
... plants and direct discharge) and by industries according to their sector and declared level of activity. The last boundary conditions of RIVERSTRAHLER, water temperature and incoming radiation, were described by a sinusoidal annual cycle constrained by recent observations, as already mentioned. The ...
Confronting Climate Change in New Mexico
... affecting temperatures, water availability, and weather extremes—that shape the lives of New Mexicans. As a result, the infrastructure and resource-management plans designed for the conditions of the past may not meet future needs of the farmers, ranchers, outdoor enthusiasts, and other residents of ...
... affecting temperatures, water availability, and weather extremes—that shape the lives of New Mexicans. As a result, the infrastructure and resource-management plans designed for the conditions of the past may not meet future needs of the farmers, ranchers, outdoor enthusiasts, and other residents of ...
Present weather and Climate: evolving Conditions
... applied to station data (as discussed further below; see also Fall et al. 2011). The key features of a warming Southwest appear robustly across various data sets and methods of analysis, as shown further in Appendix Table A5.1. With respect to the seasons, when looking at average seasonal temperatur ...
... applied to station data (as discussed further below; see also Fall et al. 2011). The key features of a warming Southwest appear robustly across various data sets and methods of analysis, as shown further in Appendix Table A5.1. With respect to the seasons, when looking at average seasonal temperatur ...
Uncertainty in the impacts of projected climate change on the
... found in the choice of the GCM selected, it is strongly recommended that outputs from several GCMs are used in an impact study (Prudhomme and Davis, 2009b). Considering all of the above, this study will use a welltested, semi-distributed hydrological model to examine the uncertainty in the impacts o ...
... found in the choice of the GCM selected, it is strongly recommended that outputs from several GCMs are used in an impact study (Prudhomme and Davis, 2009b). Considering all of the above, this study will use a welltested, semi-distributed hydrological model to examine the uncertainty in the impacts o ...
Sea Ice–Albedo Feedback and Nonlinear Arctic Climate Change
... shows some gentle downward arcing in its albedo/temperature relationship (Plate 3). Since this arcing is not apparent in the polar amplification plot, other feedbacks must be compensating for its slightly nonlinear impact. An examination of a similar plot for the planetary albedo (not shown) does no ...
... shows some gentle downward arcing in its albedo/temperature relationship (Plate 3). Since this arcing is not apparent in the polar amplification plot, other feedbacks must be compensating for its slightly nonlinear impact. An examination of a similar plot for the planetary albedo (not shown) does no ...
Inventory analysis
... • ISO 14040 definition: assigning impact categories into one or more sets • Sorting: grouping on a nominal basis – e.g., global versus regional • Ranking: grouping on an ordinal basis – e.g., high, medium and low priority – based on value choices ...
... • ISO 14040 definition: assigning impact categories into one or more sets • Sorting: grouping on a nominal basis – e.g., global versus regional • Ranking: grouping on an ordinal basis – e.g., high, medium and low priority – based on value choices ...
Land consolidation and its effect on climate
... increased during the past decades the benefits arising from the increase in size have not been realized due to the continually growing fragmentation. The structural development of farm economy has increased the need to re-arrange land parcels in Finland. This has meant that land consolidation projec ...
... increased during the past decades the benefits arising from the increase in size have not been realized due to the continually growing fragmentation. The structural development of farm economy has increased the need to re-arrange land parcels in Finland. This has meant that land consolidation projec ...
Challenging Knowledge: How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... warming will be seen first, and most strongly, in the Arctic, due to what is known as “ice-albedo feedback”. Ice and snow strongly reflect solar radiation, helping to keep cold regions cold. But if you melt some of this snow or ice, exposing bare land or sea water, then more solar radiation is absor ...
... warming will be seen first, and most strongly, in the Arctic, due to what is known as “ice-albedo feedback”. Ice and snow strongly reflect solar radiation, helping to keep cold regions cold. But if you melt some of this snow or ice, exposing bare land or sea water, then more solar radiation is absor ...
Climate Change and its Effects on Ecosystems, Habitats and Biota
... Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation in the ocean system. Sea ice extent (the area of the ocean covered by at least 15% ...
... Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation in the ocean system. Sea ice extent (the area of the ocean covered by at least 15% ...
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... rate, R represents revenue, and c are production costs incurred. Crop damage in year t, given by Dt, is a random variable with density function given by ft ( Dt | Dt−1 , xt , yt , T , B ) . Hence, current decisions will affect the distribution of damages in future periods. The operator Et denotes t ...
... rate, R represents revenue, and c are production costs incurred. Crop damage in year t, given by Dt, is a random variable with density function given by ft ( Dt | Dt−1 , xt , yt , T , B ) . Hence, current decisions will affect the distribution of damages in future periods. The operator Et denotes t ...
Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change
... One concern about how policy-makers are addressing climate change is the way in which it is categorised as a distinct problem, added to a list of existing concerns and then assigned to some specially created policy team. In EU Member States, it is common for the structure of governance to have remai ...
... One concern about how policy-makers are addressing climate change is the way in which it is categorised as a distinct problem, added to a list of existing concerns and then assigned to some specially created policy team. In EU Member States, it is common for the structure of governance to have remai ...
Adaptation to changing water resources in the Ganges basin
... in the Himalaya, and retreat rates are variable (Raina, 2009) so that it is difficult to assess the impact of climate change on glaciers. Between 2000 and 2008, more than 65% of monsooninfluenced glaciers that were observed by remote-sensing were retreating (Scherler et al., 2011). However, heavily ...
... in the Himalaya, and retreat rates are variable (Raina, 2009) so that it is difficult to assess the impact of climate change on glaciers. Between 2000 and 2008, more than 65% of monsooninfluenced glaciers that were observed by remote-sensing were retreating (Scherler et al., 2011). However, heavily ...
Multi-model trends in the Sahara induced by increasing CO2
... changes of the Sahara, and provide a starting point for future studies with improved models. [20] Acknowledgments. This research was partly supported by the Frontier Research System for Global Change through its sponsorship of the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). A portion of this study ...
... changes of the Sahara, and provide a starting point for future studies with improved models. [20] Acknowledgments. This research was partly supported by the Frontier Research System for Global Change through its sponsorship of the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC). A portion of this study ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... While these kinds of risk are largely omitted from IPCC assessments, due to the high degree of uncertainty associated with them, they nonetheless remain a real consideration for policymakers wanting to take a risk management approach based on feasible worst case scenarios.28 Some best-guess estimate ...
... While these kinds of risk are largely omitted from IPCC assessments, due to the high degree of uncertainty associated with them, they nonetheless remain a real consideration for policymakers wanting to take a risk management approach based on feasible worst case scenarios.28 Some best-guess estimate ...
Assessing Effects of Variation in Global Climate Data Sets on Spatial
... model widely used to forecast potential climate change effects on biodiversity (Thomas et al. 2004; Lawler et al. 2009). A general approach to climate envelope modeling is to describe the climate conditions currently experienced by a species (the climate envelope) and forecast the future spatial dis ...
... model widely used to forecast potential climate change effects on biodiversity (Thomas et al. 2004; Lawler et al. 2009). A general approach to climate envelope modeling is to describe the climate conditions currently experienced by a species (the climate envelope) and forecast the future spatial dis ...
Product User Guide Version 4 (PUGv4) for the XCO2 - GHG-CCI
... denoted XCO2 (in ppmv) and XCH4 (in ppbv) generated from SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS onboard GOSAT. Typically, we have generated the same product (e.g., XCO2 from GOSAT) using different retrieval algorithms. We encourage users of our data products to make use of the fact that typically severa ...
... denoted XCO2 (in ppmv) and XCH4 (in ppbv) generated from SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT and TANSO-FTS onboard GOSAT. Typically, we have generated the same product (e.g., XCO2 from GOSAT) using different retrieval algorithms. We encourage users of our data products to make use of the fact that typically severa ...
Agricultural production, food security, climate change, rainfall
... Available evidences showed that Nigeria is already being plagued with diverse ecological problems which have been directly linked to the on-going climate change (Adefolalu, 2007; Ikhile, 2007). The southern ecological zone of Nigeria largely known for high rainfall is currently confronted by irregul ...
... Available evidences showed that Nigeria is already being plagued with diverse ecological problems which have been directly linked to the on-going climate change (Adefolalu, 2007; Ikhile, 2007). The southern ecological zone of Nigeria largely known for high rainfall is currently confronted by irregul ...
Queries for ecol-90-04-15 1. AU: Should Dieckmann be changed to
... approaches: static dynamics and time-series approaches. Static approaches focus on global climate change and use expressions for R0 (basic reproductive number), or ‘‘entomological potential’’ to examine how potential changes in climate will modify the potential range of specific human pathogens. Most ...
... approaches: static dynamics and time-series approaches. Static approaches focus on global climate change and use expressions for R0 (basic reproductive number), or ‘‘entomological potential’’ to examine how potential changes in climate will modify the potential range of specific human pathogens. Most ...
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... to altered conditions. The risks of future climatic changes such as higher temperatures, changes in precipitation and increased climate variability can result in significant impacts on agriculture and rural areas, and attendant macroeconomic consequences for nation states (ROSENZWEIG and PARRY, 1993 ...
... to altered conditions. The risks of future climatic changes such as higher temperatures, changes in precipitation and increased climate variability can result in significant impacts on agriculture and rural areas, and attendant macroeconomic consequences for nation states (ROSENZWEIG and PARRY, 1993 ...
Republic Act 9729
... Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to afford full protection and the advancement of the right of the people to a healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. In this light, the State has adopted the Philippine Agenda 21 framework which espouses su ...
... Section 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to afford full protection and the advancement of the right of the people to a healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature. In this light, the State has adopted the Philippine Agenda 21 framework which espouses su ...