BMJ 1997 - University of Western Cape
... Changes in the risks of infectious disease would occur particularly as a result of climatic influences on the vector organisms for diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, trypanosomiasis, the viral encephalitides (including those in temperate zones), and schistosomiasis.10 18 19 Increased temperatur ...
... Changes in the risks of infectious disease would occur particularly as a result of climatic influences on the vector organisms for diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, trypanosomiasis, the viral encephalitides (including those in temperate zones), and schistosomiasis.10 18 19 Increased temperatur ...
Research Project Final Report
... Why is OSPAR concerned with climate change issues? The five OSPAR regions cover the north-eastern North Atlantic (east of Cape Farewell and north of Gibraltar) and its extended system into the shelves, high latitudes and Arctic. This region is one of key importance to the climate system on a global ...
... Why is OSPAR concerned with climate change issues? The five OSPAR regions cover the north-eastern North Atlantic (east of Cape Farewell and north of Gibraltar) and its extended system into the shelves, high latitudes and Arctic. This region is one of key importance to the climate system on a global ...
Hotte, Martin - Transportation Association of Canada
... last report of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2001, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface could increase by a further 1.4° to 5.8° C by 2100. A large part of the Arctic region could experience an annual average temperature increase of 6° C during this sa ...
... last report of the UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published in 2001, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface could increase by a further 1.4° to 5.8° C by 2100. A large part of the Arctic region could experience an annual average temperature increase of 6° C during this sa ...
Slide 1
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen and concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
... “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal” “The atmosphere and ocean have warmed, the amounts of snow and ice have diminished, sea level has risen and concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased.” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, AR5 WGI September 2013 ...
Tools for measuring climate change impacts on urban drainage systems
... According to results from SWECLIM (Swedish Regional Climate Modelling Programme), precipitation in Sweden during the winter will possibly increase by as much as 30 to 50% in the future. Summer precipitation in southern Sweden is likely to decrease in amount, but become more intense, whereas northern ...
... According to results from SWECLIM (Swedish Regional Climate Modelling Programme), precipitation in Sweden during the winter will possibly increase by as much as 30 to 50% in the future. Summer precipitation in southern Sweden is likely to decrease in amount, but become more intense, whereas northern ...
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... the state. The study therefore recommends that meteorological station units should be established in the rural farming households in the state where accessibility is extremely difficult. This will make available meteorological data (information) to the reach of the poor rural farming household for t ...
... the state. The study therefore recommends that meteorological station units should be established in the rural farming households in the state where accessibility is extremely difficult. This will make available meteorological data (information) to the reach of the poor rural farming household for t ...
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... DK: And those changes are even more pronounced in the winter -- average winter overnight lows have warmed by roughly 5 degrees since 1970, and we aren’t seeing as many recordbreaking cold days. ED: And the warming trend gets more pronounced as you travel north. "Northern Minnesota is definitely bear ...
... DK: And those changes are even more pronounced in the winter -- average winter overnight lows have warmed by roughly 5 degrees since 1970, and we aren’t seeing as many recordbreaking cold days. ED: And the warming trend gets more pronounced as you travel north. "Northern Minnesota is definitely bear ...
Introduction
... analysis of the problem. For example, since the time of the conference but before the publication of this volume, the British Treasury pub1 lished the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The review, done by a well known public finance economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, was startling for its ...
... analysis of the problem. For example, since the time of the conference but before the publication of this volume, the British Treasury pub1 lished the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The review, done by a well known public finance economist, Sir Nicholas Stern, was startling for its ...
AT: Transportation Infrastructure
... since C02 can be transported at steady-state flow in a pipeline whereas solid-fuel transportation is mostly carried out by railway and electricity transmission suffers from losses. Tor a large power station located far from the disposal site, a single pipeline from source to sink could be used. A si ...
... since C02 can be transported at steady-state flow in a pipeline whereas solid-fuel transportation is mostly carried out by railway and electricity transmission suffers from losses. Tor a large power station located far from the disposal site, a single pipeline from source to sink could be used. A si ...
Annex B. Glossary of Terms
... their interactions and feedback processes, and accounting for all or some of its known properties. The climate system can be represented by models of varying complexity—that is, for any one component or combination of components a “hierarchy” of models can be identified, differing in such aspects as ...
... their interactions and feedback processes, and accounting for all or some of its known properties. The climate system can be represented by models of varying complexity—that is, for any one component or combination of components a “hierarchy” of models can be identified, differing in such aspects as ...
Implementing Partners
... 4. RESULTS 4.1 An assessment of the extent to which the program components are progressing in relation to the outcomes and outputs expected for the year. Individual reports given by Agencies and their Implementing partners at the PMC meeting of February 2009 revealed that all Activities are progress ...
... 4. RESULTS 4.1 An assessment of the extent to which the program components are progressing in relation to the outcomes and outputs expected for the year. Individual reports given by Agencies and their Implementing partners at the PMC meeting of February 2009 revealed that all Activities are progress ...
Implications for Australia of a 1.5°C future
... By any reckoning, there is very little room for further emissions of greenhouse gases if global temperatures are to be kept “well below 2°C” – much less below 1.5°C. Exactly how much room is available depends on several factors. These include how strictly or leniently we choose to define those somew ...
... By any reckoning, there is very little room for further emissions of greenhouse gases if global temperatures are to be kept “well below 2°C” – much less below 1.5°C. Exactly how much room is available depends on several factors. These include how strictly or leniently we choose to define those somew ...
Full Paper - Agronomy 2015
... Due to the combination of increasing population and rising living standards, demand for staple foods such as wheat continues to increase. Most Australian wheat is produced in water-limited environments, and is exported. Recent climate projections indicate that Australia will experience increased tem ...
... Due to the combination of increasing population and rising living standards, demand for staple foods such as wheat continues to increase. Most Australian wheat is produced in water-limited environments, and is exported. Recent climate projections indicate that Australia will experience increased tem ...
IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM) e-ISSN: 2278-5728, p-ISSN:
... Global warming is anthropogenic, and when it occurs, it’s dangerous consequences include climate change which is caused by change in climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind current, relative humidity e.t.c. The increasing global consensus built on empirical evidence that the world is fa ...
... Global warming is anthropogenic, and when it occurs, it’s dangerous consequences include climate change which is caused by change in climatic factors such as rainfall, temperature, wind current, relative humidity e.t.c. The increasing global consensus built on empirical evidence that the world is fa ...
Cultural Responses to Climate Change During the Late Holocene
... well-dated paleoclimate records now show that Holocene climate was punctuated by several widespread cooling events, which persisted for many centuries and recurred roughly every 1500 ⫾ 500 years (17–22) (Fig. 2). Paleoceanographic data indicate that these events were associated with changes in subpo ...
... well-dated paleoclimate records now show that Holocene climate was punctuated by several widespread cooling events, which persisted for many centuries and recurred roughly every 1500 ⫾ 500 years (17–22) (Fig. 2). Paleoceanographic data indicate that these events were associated with changes in subpo ...
THE WEATHER MAKERS RE-‐EXAMINED
... ŝŶϮϬϬϰ'ƌĞĞŶůĂŶĚ͛ƐŐůĂĐŝĞƌƐǁĞƌĞŵĞůƚŝŶŐϭϬƚŝŵĞƐĨĂƐƚĞƌƚŚĂŶ previously thought Patagonian ice fields are contributing more water per unit area to global sea level rise (0.1 mm per year) than even the gigantic glaciers of Alaska Greenland ice cap contains enough ...
... ŝŶϮϬϬϰ'ƌĞĞŶůĂŶĚ͛ƐŐůĂĐŝĞƌƐǁĞƌĞŵĞůƚŝŶŐϭϬƚŝŵĞƐĨĂƐƚĞƌƚŚĂŶ previously thought Patagonian ice fields are contributing more water per unit area to global sea level rise (0.1 mm per year) than even the gigantic glaciers of Alaska Greenland ice cap contains enough ...
1 workshop proceedings day one: 20 th october 2016 - ClimDev
... respective countries will be functional (e.g., Liberia, Sierra Leone); strengthened (increased budgets; increased number of technical experts; investment in high-tech equipment) and given mandate to be the sole custodian of climate information. 2. It was noted that most meteorology departments do th ...
... respective countries will be functional (e.g., Liberia, Sierra Leone); strengthened (increased budgets; increased number of technical experts; investment in high-tech equipment) and given mandate to be the sole custodian of climate information. 2. It was noted that most meteorology departments do th ...
Climate Change in Cyprus: Impacts and Adaptation Policies 1
... According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is a change in the state of the climate that can be empirically identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of climate properties and that persists for an exte ...
... According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate change is a change in the state of the climate that can be empirically identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of climate properties and that persists for an exte ...
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... Regional Climate Model (CRCM5), over North America. With this objective, CRCM5 simulations, driven by two different GCMs (MPI and CanESM2), are performed with and without land-atmosphere interactions for current (1981–2010) and future (2071–2100) climates, for RCPs 4.5 and 8.5. Analysis suggests tha ...
... Regional Climate Model (CRCM5), over North America. With this objective, CRCM5 simulations, driven by two different GCMs (MPI and CanESM2), are performed with and without land-atmosphere interactions for current (1981–2010) and future (2071–2100) climates, for RCPs 4.5 and 8.5. Analysis suggests tha ...
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... warming is caused by human activity. They explain the sources of scientific knowledge about climate change as well as the basis for the models scientists use to predict how the climate will behave in the future. Although they acknowledge the large degree of uncertainty that surrounds predictions of ...
... warming is caused by human activity. They explain the sources of scientific knowledge about climate change as well as the basis for the models scientists use to predict how the climate will behave in the future. Although they acknowledge the large degree of uncertainty that surrounds predictions of ...
The Psychology of Global Warming - American Meteorological Society
... it is simply the by-product of most human activities. We measure the impact of increasing CO2 in terms of radiative forcing. The increase in radiative forcing to date has been about 1.6 W m−2 because of all forcing and an increase of about 2.64 W m−2 from the long-lived greenhouse gases. This small ...
... it is simply the by-product of most human activities. We measure the impact of increasing CO2 in terms of radiative forcing. The increase in radiative forcing to date has been about 1.6 W m−2 because of all forcing and an increase of about 2.64 W m−2 from the long-lived greenhouse gases. This small ...
Interpretation of Climate Change Scenarios
... GCMs (CCCSNc). This technique, associated with Regional Climate Models (RCM), which are introduced in the next section, enables results to be obtained in the form of variables that are physically consistent in time and space, as well as among themselves. Statistical downscaling relates to the quanti ...
... GCMs (CCCSNc). This technique, associated with Regional Climate Models (RCM), which are introduced in the next section, enables results to be obtained in the form of variables that are physically consistent in time and space, as well as among themselves. Statistical downscaling relates to the quanti ...