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... to comparisons of tree vulnerability across sites within a given system (but see Schröter et al. 2005). Different researchers have found either enhancement or decline responses in radial growth to increasing temperatures (Boisvenue and Running 2006, Andreu et al. 2007). Many studies have focused on t ...
... to comparisons of tree vulnerability across sites within a given system (but see Schröter et al. 2005). Different researchers have found either enhancement or decline responses in radial growth to increasing temperatures (Boisvenue and Running 2006, Andreu et al. 2007). Many studies have focused on t ...
Constraining temperature variations over the last
... climate variations have been modest during the last millennium. CO2 data from several Antarctic ice cores (Fig. 1C) show that atmospheric CO2 varied by less than 15 ppm during the last millennium until the onset of industrialization (Siegenthaler et al. 1988; Barnola et al. 1995; Etheridge et al. 19 ...
... climate variations have been modest during the last millennium. CO2 data from several Antarctic ice cores (Fig. 1C) show that atmospheric CO2 varied by less than 15 ppm during the last millennium until the onset of industrialization (Siegenthaler et al. 1988; Barnola et al. 1995; Etheridge et al. 19 ...
Presidential Leadership on Climate Change: Opportunities and
... did not matter so much because Shultz had “raised and carefully talked over the ozone layer issue on several occasions” in private meetings with the President that Nancy Reagan had arranged for him on pending matters. Shultz told the President that “although there was still some controversy over the ...
... did not matter so much because Shultz had “raised and carefully talked over the ozone layer issue on several occasions” in private meetings with the President that Nancy Reagan had arranged for him on pending matters. Shultz told the President that “although there was still some controversy over the ...
Climate Change - Have We Lost the Battle Institution of Mechanical
... been set using a top-down approach based on the principle of contraction and convergence. This approach involves emissions from industrialised nations reducing (contracting). At the same time, emissions from all nations converge to an overall target consistent with stabilising greenhouse gas concent ...
... been set using a top-down approach based on the principle of contraction and convergence. This approach involves emissions from industrialised nations reducing (contracting). At the same time, emissions from all nations converge to an overall target consistent with stabilising greenhouse gas concent ...
No. 2005:5 A BASIC FINNISH CLIMATE DATA SET 1961
... as obtained using the kriging interpolation method were compared (Kuittinen et al., 1999) with results obtained using the interpolation method used in the crop growth monitoring system of the Joint Research Centre. According to that comparison, the results obtained using kriging were better, especia ...
... as obtained using the kriging interpolation method were compared (Kuittinen et al., 1999) with results obtained using the interpolation method used in the crop growth monitoring system of the Joint Research Centre. According to that comparison, the results obtained using kriging were better, especia ...
Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a
... on annual rainfall, temperature and the perhumidity index (PI [17]) that attempts to summarize both the dry- and wet-season precipitation characteristics into a single index value. In this scheme, a low-temperature boundary is used to separate a group of tropical climates associated with biologicall ...
... on annual rainfall, temperature and the perhumidity index (PI [17]) that attempts to summarize both the dry- and wet-season precipitation characteristics into a single index value. In this scheme, a low-temperature boundary is used to separate a group of tropical climates associated with biologicall ...
Linking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change
... to “look after their country.” (Green et al. 2009) On the north coast of Australia, Aborigines have reflected on how climate change–induced animal migrations and sealevel rise threaten their own survival and identities (Castillo 2009a, 2009b). For example, saltwater intrusion threatens the Kowanyama ...
... to “look after their country.” (Green et al. 2009) On the north coast of Australia, Aborigines have reflected on how climate change–induced animal migrations and sealevel rise threaten their own survival and identities (Castillo 2009a, 2009b). For example, saltwater intrusion threatens the Kowanyama ...
Public Enemy No. 1? Understanding Media Representations of
... (Signals and) Noise” Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadl ...
... (Signals and) Noise” Numerous events in recent years have recalibrated “contrarian” considerations in the public arena. For example, in October 2009, possibilities for “global cooling” (echoing claims made in the 1970s) permeated mass media accounts. The news hook was that the U.K. Met Office’s Hadl ...
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... change and adaptation with high marginal impact. The variable also had significant effect on adaptation (P<10%). Livestock ownership plays a major role as a store of wealth in the households and also provides traction and manure required for grazing maintenance. Thus in this study the variable was h ...
... change and adaptation with high marginal impact. The variable also had significant effect on adaptation (P<10%). Livestock ownership plays a major role as a store of wealth in the households and also provides traction and manure required for grazing maintenance. Thus in this study the variable was h ...
Catastrophe modelling and climate change
... published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) . Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, largely due to human activity such as combustion of fossil fuels and land use change, result in an enhancement of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect and in increased su ...
... published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) . Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, largely due to human activity such as combustion of fossil fuels and land use change, result in an enhancement of the planet’s natural greenhouse effect and in increased su ...
IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE WIDER
... format in assessing the implications of climate change. The common format is called the "Terms of Reference", which was developed at the WMO/ICSU/UNEP (1985) meeting in Villach, Austria, and is given in Table 1. At Villach, an equilibrium global warming of 1.5 - 4.50C and a global sea level rise of ...
... format in assessing the implications of climate change. The common format is called the "Terms of Reference", which was developed at the WMO/ICSU/UNEP (1985) meeting in Villach, Austria, and is given in Table 1. At Villach, an equilibrium global warming of 1.5 - 4.50C and a global sea level rise of ...
8_ecosystem-models-for-gcc
... and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (Reynolds et al. 1996). The problem with these models is that their long-term predictions are impossible to test unambiguously except by allowing enough time for the full ecosystem response to develop. Unfortunately, when one must assess potentia ...
... and elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (Reynolds et al. 1996). The problem with these models is that their long-term predictions are impossible to test unambiguously except by allowing enough time for the full ecosystem response to develop. Unfortunately, when one must assess potentia ...
Will plant movements keep up with climate change?
... traits is sparse for many vegetation types. Alternative approaches include using a widely available variable, plant height, as a proxy for mean dispersal distance [25], or adding dispersal traits to PFTs based on other, correlated, traits, such as those associated with the pioneer–climax axis [85]. ...
... traits is sparse for many vegetation types. Alternative approaches include using a widely available variable, plant height, as a proxy for mean dispersal distance [25], or adding dispersal traits to PFTs based on other, correlated, traits, such as those associated with the pioneer–climax axis [85]. ...
Sierra Leone Government GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE
... article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Moreover, decision 5th of the 7th Conference of the Parties (5/CP.7) recognizes that LDCs do not have the necessary means to deal with problems associated with adaptation to climate change. Finally, Decision 28/CP.7 set ...
... article 4 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Moreover, decision 5th of the 7th Conference of the Parties (5/CP.7) recognizes that LDCs do not have the necessary means to deal with problems associated with adaptation to climate change. Finally, Decision 28/CP.7 set ...
On development, demography and climate change: The end of the
... from a general social scientific consideration of the subject - one that starts from a concern with development and demography. The view taken here, however, is that looking at global warming and climate change in historical perspective, examining the subject in the round (i.e. drawing on material f ...
... from a general social scientific consideration of the subject - one that starts from a concern with development and demography. The view taken here, however, is that looking at global warming and climate change in historical perspective, examining the subject in the round (i.e. drawing on material f ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation: Implications for Climate Policy
... concentrations at levels that would ”prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” Causing a breakdown of the ocean circulation system might well deserve the label ”dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. A policy that maximizes a weighted sum of the w ...
... concentrations at levels that would ”prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” Causing a breakdown of the ocean circulation system might well deserve the label ”dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. A policy that maximizes a weighted sum of the w ...
Full text (pdf format) - Boreal Environment Research
... 2007 Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. The data were taken from the so-called CMIP3 multimodel dataset (Meehl et al. 2007). The scenarios describe changes in 30-year averages of monthly mean temperatures relative to the period 1971– 2000. We considered two future periods, 2010– 2039 and 2040–206 ...
... 2007 Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. The data were taken from the so-called CMIP3 multimodel dataset (Meehl et al. 2007). The scenarios describe changes in 30-year averages of monthly mean temperatures relative to the period 1971– 2000. We considered two future periods, 2010– 2039 and 2040–206 ...
Costing Climate Change Adaptation: A Review of Estimates and Approaches
... There has been an increasing trend in the occurrence of natural disasters and climate change will aggravate the devastating impacts of disasters. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, partial estimates of the economic impact of a temperature increase of 2.5°C (a mid-range value ...
... There has been an increasing trend in the occurrence of natural disasters and climate change will aggravate the devastating impacts of disasters. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, partial estimates of the economic impact of a temperature increase of 2.5°C (a mid-range value ...
Issue Brief #1: Do reflective roofs cool the world? Existing research
... (direct from the sun or emitted from the atmosphere) and outgoing energy (reflected this cooling effect is sunlight and heat radiated from the surface and atmosphere). Image source: Douglas DL instantaneous, sooner is better (2010) Climate change and social adaptation: how the past can inform the fu ...
... (direct from the sun or emitted from the atmosphere) and outgoing energy (reflected this cooling effect is sunlight and heat radiated from the surface and atmosphere). Image source: Douglas DL instantaneous, sooner is better (2010) Climate change and social adaptation: how the past can inform the fu ...
Implementation of UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and CDM in Vietnam
... • Due to these activities, global average temperature increased 0.60C over the last 100 years. • It is estimated that global temperature would increase from 1 to 3,50C. ...
... • Due to these activities, global average temperature increased 0.60C over the last 100 years. • It is estimated that global temperature would increase from 1 to 3,50C. ...
Climate Change and Geohazards in South West England
... In order to produce projections of future climate, scientists use climate models. These are mathematical models which encapsulate within a set of equations the essential physics of the climate system. These equations are solved, at an appropriate resolution, in space and time. As with most types of ...
... In order to produce projections of future climate, scientists use climate models. These are mathematical models which encapsulate within a set of equations the essential physics of the climate system. These equations are solved, at an appropriate resolution, in space and time. As with most types of ...