Changing climate, changing biodiversity in South-East Europe
... both the scientific level and amongst policymakers and, increasingly, politicians and the general public. Nobody can predict the future; however, all the current data and information and a range of sophisticated models suggest that ecosystems, the goods and services that they provide, and the biodiv ...
... both the scientific level and amongst policymakers and, increasingly, politicians and the general public. Nobody can predict the future; however, all the current data and information and a range of sophisticated models suggest that ecosystems, the goods and services that they provide, and the biodiv ...
Minnesota Climate and Health Profile 2015
... When assessing the full range of health impacts from climate change, it is important to consider not only direct effects, such as heat wave deaths, but also indirect effects that are mediated by the environment. For example, extreme heat could indirectly affect many Minnesotans by hurting the state’ ...
... When assessing the full range of health impacts from climate change, it is important to consider not only direct effects, such as heat wave deaths, but also indirect effects that are mediated by the environment. For example, extreme heat could indirectly affect many Minnesotans by hurting the state’ ...
Flammable Planet - The Cost of Carbon Pollution
... While the interaction of forest and wildfire dynamics often increases fire risks, climate change could also decrease certain risks. An increased CO2 fertilization effect will increase the level and rate of growth of woody plants in savanna ecosystems, such that they are more likely to escape low-lyi ...
... While the interaction of forest and wildfire dynamics often increases fire risks, climate change could also decrease certain risks. An increased CO2 fertilization effect will increase the level and rate of growth of woody plants in savanna ecosystems, such that they are more likely to escape low-lyi ...
Appendix L: Climate impacts and adaptation actions for shrub
... Climatic niche vegetation models mathematically define the climatic conditions within a given vegetation type’s current distribution and then project where on the landscape those conditions are expected to occur in the future. These models do not incorporate other important factors that determine ...
... Climatic niche vegetation models mathematically define the climatic conditions within a given vegetation type’s current distribution and then project where on the landscape those conditions are expected to occur in the future. These models do not incorporate other important factors that determine ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate Change
... created a multinational assessment of changes in extremes and also created a draft Data Dictionary of a vast range of possible Indices, some of which are now incorporated in the IPCC Third Assessment (TAR). As a result, the TAR contains a markedly wider range of indices than did the Second Assessmen ...
... created a multinational assessment of changes in extremes and also created a draft Data Dictionary of a vast range of possible Indices, some of which are now incorporated in the IPCC Third Assessment (TAR). As a result, the TAR contains a markedly wider range of indices than did the Second Assessmen ...
The Geopolitics of Climate Change
... growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest World Energy Outlook was published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Th ...
... growing. However, from the perspective of the individual researcher it is rather problematic since it is well nigh impossible to keep up with the existing state of research. As this report was being finalised, the latest World Energy Outlook was published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Th ...
Friending Planet Earth - Catholic Climate Covenant
... written in Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good: We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human ...
... written in Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence and the Common Good: We all breathe the same air. Guarding the integrity of the atmosphere— without which complex life could not have evolved on this planet—seems like common sense. Yet a broad consensus of modern science is that human ...
Climate Change in Zimbabwe - Konrad-Adenauer
... highlighting different sectors that could be affected by climate change. The second chapter gives a brief overview of the causes of climate change. The third discusses the future impacts of climate change globally, on Africa and on Zimbabwe. Chapter 4 looks at ways in which we can adapt to the impac ...
... highlighting different sectors that could be affected by climate change. The second chapter gives a brief overview of the causes of climate change. The third discusses the future impacts of climate change globally, on Africa and on Zimbabwe. Chapter 4 looks at ways in which we can adapt to the impac ...
Studying Climate Change: Proxy Indicators
... • Solar output: drives temperature change on Earth’s surface - The Sun varies in the radiation it emits - Variation in solar energy (i.e., solar flares) has not been great enough to change Earth’s temperature • Ocean absorption: the ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs it ...
... • Solar output: drives temperature change on Earth’s surface - The Sun varies in the radiation it emits - Variation in solar energy (i.e., solar flares) has not been great enough to change Earth’s temperature • Ocean absorption: the ocean holds 50 times more carbon than the atmosphere and absorbs it ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate
... created a multinational assessment of changes in extremes and also created a draft Data Dictionary of a vast range of possible Indices, some of which are now incorporated in the IPCC Third Assessment (TAR). As a result, the TAR contains a markedly wider range of indices than did the Second Assessmen ...
... created a multinational assessment of changes in extremes and also created a draft Data Dictionary of a vast range of possible Indices, some of which are now incorporated in the IPCC Third Assessment (TAR). As a result, the TAR contains a markedly wider range of indices than did the Second Assessmen ...
Vulnerability of Tasmania`s Natural Environment to Climate Change
... IPCC AR4, and shows that the pace and scale of climate change is increasing at a greater rate than previously thought by scientists. The assessment identified that biodiversity and other natural values are one of the most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate change. ...
... IPCC AR4, and shows that the pace and scale of climate change is increasing at a greater rate than previously thought by scientists. The assessment identified that biodiversity and other natural values are one of the most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate change. ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 3 Do Not Cite
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
WaterfoWl and WetlandS amid Climate Change
... the sun’s heat and prevent it from being lost to space. This “greenhouse effect” is a natural phenomenon that maintains livable temperatures on the earth. Climate varies on all time scales, from one year to the next, as well as from one decade, century or millennium to the next. The complex nature o ...
... the sun’s heat and prevent it from being lost to space. This “greenhouse effect” is a natural phenomenon that maintains livable temperatures on the earth. Climate varies on all time scales, from one year to the next, as well as from one decade, century or millennium to the next. The complex nature o ...
Paleoclimate forcing by the solar De Vries/Suess cycle
... in subtropical caves of China, Turkey, USA. Novello et al. (2012) find the AMO plus De Vries/Suess cycle the dominant contribution to the nordeast Brazilian climate for the last 3000 years, in correspondence with our results (Lüdecke, 2012). Wagner et al. (2001) demonstrate that the De Vries/Suess c ...
... in subtropical caves of China, Turkey, USA. Novello et al. (2012) find the AMO plus De Vries/Suess cycle the dominant contribution to the nordeast Brazilian climate for the last 3000 years, in correspondence with our results (Lüdecke, 2012). Wagner et al. (2001) demonstrate that the De Vries/Suess c ...
3 Professor Christos ZEREFOS Parousiasi
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
... by 3,1 W/m2 (SRES B2) by 4,1 W/m2 (SRES A2) The increase is more prominent over land, especially in western and northern parts Mean Annual Downward Sort Wave Surface Radiation Change between 2071-2100 and 1961-1990 ...
Ontario Climate Change and Health Vulnerability and
... (December–February) average temperature in Ontario is projected to increase by 3.2°C (with a range of 2.4–4.1°C, relative to the 1986–2005 baseline period; see Table 1 and Figure 2) under a mid-range atmospheric GHG concentration scenario characterized by RCP4.5 (one of the four Representative Conce ...
... (December–February) average temperature in Ontario is projected to increase by 3.2°C (with a range of 2.4–4.1°C, relative to the 1986–2005 baseline period; see Table 1 and Figure 2) under a mid-range atmospheric GHG concentration scenario characterized by RCP4.5 (one of the four Representative Conce ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... region across Georgia. It is abundantly clear that this region needs comprehensive adaptation strategies, which the MEP and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) recognize. What is missing in the report to the UNFCCC is a component that addresses the social impacts of environmental and climate ch ...
... region across Georgia. It is abundantly clear that this region needs comprehensive adaptation strategies, which the MEP and United Nation Development Program (UNDP) recognize. What is missing in the report to the UNFCCC is a component that addresses the social impacts of environmental and climate ch ...
A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
The Paris Agreement and Beyond: International Climate Change
... theoretical equivalence, in practice the degree of transparency is associated with the target type. • It seems important to distinguish between “narrow” and “broad” transparency. The first concept refers to how information under the GHG target is provided, and the second has to do with possible pro ...
... theoretical equivalence, in practice the degree of transparency is associated with the target type. • It seems important to distinguish between “narrow” and “broad” transparency. The first concept refers to how information under the GHG target is provided, and the second has to do with possible pro ...
Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in 14 IPCC AR4
... Assessment Report (AR4). Eight years of daily precipitation from each model’s twentieth-century climate simulation are analyzed and compared with daily satellite-retrieved precipitation. Space–time spectral analysis is used to obtain the variance and phase speed of dominant convectively coupled equa ...
... Assessment Report (AR4). Eight years of daily precipitation from each model’s twentieth-century climate simulation are analyzed and compared with daily satellite-retrieved precipitation. Space–time spectral analysis is used to obtain the variance and phase speed of dominant convectively coupled equa ...