Crop response to elevated CO2 and world food supply A
... IPCC TAR 3.1.1. The meta-analysis of Long et al. (2006) does not show significantly lower crop yield response to elevated CO2 in FACE compared to non-FACE experiments, and is consistent with reviews in IPCC TAR (2001) Long et al. (2006) stated that results from free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) were 50% ...
... IPCC TAR 3.1.1. The meta-analysis of Long et al. (2006) does not show significantly lower crop yield response to elevated CO2 in FACE compared to non-FACE experiments, and is consistent with reviews in IPCC TAR (2001) Long et al. (2006) stated that results from free-air CO2 enrichment (FACE) were 50% ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... Three years have past since the previous Oregon Climate Assessment Report (Dalton et al., 2013). These years have been the three warmest years globally (NOAA, 2016), and the last three decades have been the warmest three decades (IPCC, 2013). The Earth’s climate undoubtedly is warming. The warming o ...
... Three years have past since the previous Oregon Climate Assessment Report (Dalton et al., 2013). These years have been the three warmest years globally (NOAA, 2016), and the last three decades have been the warmest three decades (IPCC, 2013). The Earth’s climate undoubtedly is warming. The warming o ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... First, a compelling nexus exists between NEPA required impact analyses and project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumul ...
... First, a compelling nexus exists between NEPA required impact analyses and project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumul ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... In this third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3), we build on the previous two assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth ...
... In this third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3), we build on the previous two assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth ...
Global indirect aerosol effects: a review
... These systematic differences in cloud thickness between clean and polluted clouds also affect the correlation between optical thickness and effective radius as investigated by Brenguier et al. (2003). This correlation is negative, as anticipated by Twomey (1977) if only cases of comparable values of ...
... These systematic differences in cloud thickness between clean and polluted clouds also affect the correlation between optical thickness and effective radius as investigated by Brenguier et al. (2003). This correlation is negative, as anticipated by Twomey (1977) if only cases of comparable values of ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... In this third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3), we build on the previous two assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth ...
... In this third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3), we build on the previous two assessment reports (Dalton et al., 2013; Dello and Mote, 2010) by summarizing recent published literature between 2013 and 2016 on climate change science and impacts as it relates to the state of Oregon. The breadth ...
ecosystem approach to fisheries management
... Ecosystem approach (EA) – A strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. Often used interchangeably with ecosystem-based management (EBM) (CBD 2000). Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) – ...
... Ecosystem approach (EA) – A strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. Often used interchangeably with ecosystem-based management (EBM) (CBD 2000). Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) – ...
Economics of Climate Change Kenya
... Health. The study estimates in the absence of adaptation, there could be a potentially large increase in the rural health burden of malaria in Kenya. This arises because a large part of the rural population lives at higher elevations, where the disease is currently restricted by temperature. The stu ...
... Health. The study estimates in the absence of adaptation, there could be a potentially large increase in the rural health burden of malaria in Kenya. This arises because a large part of the rural population lives at higher elevations, where the disease is currently restricted by temperature. The stu ...
Eco-physiological adaptations that favour freshwater cyanobacteria
... warming trend is expected to continue, with higher latitudes warming more than lower latitudes (Solomon et al., 2007). Warming will be strongest in winter for northern areas in Europe and North America and most of Asia, and warming is predicted to be stronger in summer for the southern areas of Euro ...
... warming trend is expected to continue, with higher latitudes warming more than lower latitudes (Solomon et al., 2007). Warming will be strongest in winter for northern areas in Europe and North America and most of Asia, and warming is predicted to be stronger in summer for the southern areas of Euro ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in ...
... in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in ...
The effects of deforestation and climate variability on the
... because measurement errors are also low and a measurement at one location explicitly integrates results from the entire area of the watershed. Two other commonly used precipitation datasets, the CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation, (CMAP, Xie and Arkin 1997), and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis (NCEP, Kalnay ...
... because measurement errors are also low and a measurement at one location explicitly integrates results from the entire area of the watershed. Two other commonly used precipitation datasets, the CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation, (CMAP, Xie and Arkin 1997), and NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis (NCEP, Kalnay ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... the Convention; this coordination extends not only to government entities but, in some cases, to NGOs as well. The Eritrean Environmental Agency (EEA) under the Ministry of Local Government was initially responsible for environmental policy in Eritrea. In 1997, however, the EEA was transformed into ...
... the Convention; this coordination extends not only to government entities but, in some cases, to NGOs as well. The Eritrean Environmental Agency (EEA) under the Ministry of Local Government was initially responsible for environmental policy in Eritrea. In 1997, however, the EEA was transformed into ...
A Framework for Elucidating the Temperature Dependence of Fitness.
... life-history traits that constitute fitness components (e.g., fecundity, development, survivorship). There are currently no extensions of reaction rate theory that integrate the kinetics of several major enzymes that each drive separate fitness components. Moreover, empirically quantified temperatur ...
... life-history traits that constitute fitness components (e.g., fecundity, development, survivorship). There are currently no extensions of reaction rate theory that integrate the kinetics of several major enzymes that each drive separate fitness components. Moreover, empirically quantified temperatur ...
health perspectives
... on published studies from other northeastern states. For example, in New Hampshire, the projected increase in the frequency of hot days (Tables ES-1 and ES-2) and the associated increase in heat stress will likely lead to more heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rat ...
... on published studies from other northeastern states. For example, in New Hampshire, the projected increase in the frequency of hot days (Tables ES-1 and ES-2) and the associated increase in heat stress will likely lead to more heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rat ...
a weather generator based on analogues of atmospheric circulation
... with the aim of simulating long sequences of precipitation, for agronomical applications (Mavromatis and Hansen, 2001; Huth et al., 2001; Hansen et al., 2006; Semenov and Barrow, 1997; Flecher et al., 2010; Busuioc and von Storch, 2003), by using an empirical relation between large and small scale v ...
... with the aim of simulating long sequences of precipitation, for agronomical applications (Mavromatis and Hansen, 2001; Huth et al., 2001; Hansen et al., 2006; Semenov and Barrow, 1997; Flecher et al., 2010; Busuioc and von Storch, 2003), by using an empirical relation between large and small scale v ...
Sensitivity of burned area in Europe to climate change, atmospheric
... biogeochemical cycles and biogeophysical properties [Bowman et al., 2009]. Fire has influenced the Earth System over hundreds of millions of years, but changes in fire regimes have been documented best since the last ice age [Marlon et al., 2008; Daniau et al., 2010]. From an atmospheric perspective, ...
... biogeochemical cycles and biogeophysical properties [Bowman et al., 2009]. Fire has influenced the Earth System over hundreds of millions of years, but changes in fire regimes have been documented best since the last ice age [Marlon et al., 2008; Daniau et al., 2010]. From an atmospheric perspective, ...
Fourth Carbon Budget Review – part 1
... fluctuations and cooling from other natural factors. Similar periods occurred in the 20th Century, and they are consistent with longer-term warming. • Recent assessments of the likely temperature change in response to greenhouse gas concentrations confirm previous ones. In particular, the IPCC prov ...
... fluctuations and cooling from other natural factors. Similar periods occurred in the 20th Century, and they are consistent with longer-term warming. • Recent assessments of the likely temperature change in response to greenhouse gas concentrations confirm previous ones. In particular, the IPCC prov ...
Drought in the Sahel - Lund University Publications
... zone with precipitation values between 150 and 400 mm (Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), 1999). The annual average of precipitation is 371 mm, derived from the period 1961-1990. One has to note that this 30-year period was itself a substantially dry pe ...
... zone with precipitation values between 150 and 400 mm (Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS), 1999). The annual average of precipitation is 371 mm, derived from the period 1961-1990. One has to note that this 30-year period was itself a substantially dry pe ...
The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... Lahsen 2005; Demeritt 2006; Jacques 2006). Analyzing the growing tension between reflexive and anti-reflexive forces is crucial for assessing the potential for effective societal responses to global environmental problems such as climate change. Since it first emerged on the U.S. national agenda in ...
... Lahsen 2005; Demeritt 2006; Jacques 2006). Analyzing the growing tension between reflexive and anti-reflexive forces is crucial for assessing the potential for effective societal responses to global environmental problems such as climate change. Since it first emerged on the U.S. national agenda in ...
Simulating Future Wheat Yields` Response to Climate Change and
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
... forcing (RF) is used. It is a metric that “represents the net change in the energy balance (radiative flux) of the Earth system” which results in a warming of the planet (Myhre et al. 2013). Between 1750 and 2005 RF has increased by 0.2 W/m2 mainly due to the increase in CO2 concentrations (from 27 ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... Whatever its evolutionary cause, the observed insect/ plant phenological mismatch renders E. editha populations feeding on annual plants vulnerable to year-to-year climatic fluctuations. Any climatic event that advances the phenology of the plants more than that of the insects increases larval morta ...
... Whatever its evolutionary cause, the observed insect/ plant phenological mismatch renders E. editha populations feeding on annual plants vulnerable to year-to-year climatic fluctuations. Any climatic event that advances the phenology of the plants more than that of the insects increases larval morta ...
here - Urgenda
... shows that CO2 and other greenhouse gases such as CH4 (methane) are a threat to the health of current and future generations, due to the changes to the climate that they cause. According to the EPA, these health threats include decreased air quality, rising temperatures, increases in extreme weather ...
... shows that CO2 and other greenhouse gases such as CH4 (methane) are a threat to the health of current and future generations, due to the changes to the climate that they cause. According to the EPA, these health threats include decreased air quality, rising temperatures, increases in extreme weather ...