Food security and adaptation in the context of potential CSA
... Conclusions- yield effects • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
... Conclusions- yield effects • Climatic shock variables significantly change the impacts of practices • Rainfall variability drives yield effects: In high variability areas… • Crop rotation has positive effects • Inorganic fertilizer & hybrids not effective ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional
... In providing an assessment of extreme events it also important to realise that such events may be very localised in their nature. To address this issue, readings from a number of individual Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) recording stations throughout the coastal zone of the Central, ...
... In providing an assessment of extreme events it also important to realise that such events may be very localised in their nature. To address this issue, readings from a number of individual Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) recording stations throughout the coastal zone of the Central, ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional Climate Change
... In providing an assessment of extreme events it also important to realise that such events may be very localised in their nature. To address this issue, readings from a number of individual Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) recording stations throughout the coastal zone of the Central, ...
... In providing an assessment of extreme events it also important to realise that such events may be very localised in their nature. To address this issue, readings from a number of individual Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) recording stations throughout the coastal zone of the Central, ...
Simulating climate change and its effects on the wind energy
... Greenhouse gas emissions are having a significant effect on the Earth’s climate. Globally, an increasing rate of warming has taken place over the last 25 years, and 11 of the 12 warmest years on record occurred in the 1990s and 2000s.1 Temperatures in Ireland have mirrored this global trend.2,3 Clim ...
... Greenhouse gas emissions are having a significant effect on the Earth’s climate. Globally, an increasing rate of warming has taken place over the last 25 years, and 11 of the 12 warmest years on record occurred in the 1990s and 2000s.1 Temperatures in Ireland have mirrored this global trend.2,3 Clim ...
Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts
... increased weather volatility. Agriculture is a key economic sector and a major source of livelihoods for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no ada ...
... increased weather volatility. Agriculture is a key economic sector and a major source of livelihoods for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no ada ...
Climate impact on airborne particulate matter concentrations in
... events and the intra-annual variability in the climate data that to ∼4 hPa. More recent applications of GCMs have inwould have different implications in the final air quality recreased the horizontal and vertical resolution of the calcusults (see for example, Aw and Kleeman, 2003). lations, but this ...
... events and the intra-annual variability in the climate data that to ∼4 hPa. More recent applications of GCMs have inwould have different implications in the final air quality recreased the horizontal and vertical resolution of the calcusults (see for example, Aw and Kleeman, 2003). lations, but this ...
Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting
... with the statement “Rich countries, such as the U.S., Japan and Germany, should do more than developing countries because they have produced most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions so far.” A median of just 38% believe that “Developing countries should do just as much as rich countries because ...
... with the statement “Rich countries, such as the U.S., Japan and Germany, should do more than developing countries because they have produced most of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions so far.” A median of just 38% believe that “Developing countries should do just as much as rich countries because ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... 4/3 transition. This hypothesis was based on faunal data from two main sites: Qafzeh, dated to 100–90 ka, and Kebara, dated to ca. 65 ka. However, these two sites are located in two distinct regions in the Southern Levant, Qafzeh being further east than Kebara, which is located in Mount Carmel on th ...
... 4/3 transition. This hypothesis was based on faunal data from two main sites: Qafzeh, dated to 100–90 ka, and Kebara, dated to ca. 65 ka. However, these two sites are located in two distinct regions in the Southern Levant, Qafzeh being further east than Kebara, which is located in Mount Carmel on th ...
The Positive Externalities of Carbon Dioxide
... and Agriculture Organization (FAO), annual global crop yield and production data were obtained, as well as the monetary value associated with that production (FAO, 2013). These data sources are published in the FAO’s statistical database FAOSTAT, which is available online at http://faostat.fao.org/s ...
... and Agriculture Organization (FAO), annual global crop yield and production data were obtained, as well as the monetary value associated with that production (FAO, 2013). These data sources are published in the FAO’s statistical database FAOSTAT, which is available online at http://faostat.fao.org/s ...
the User Guide
... Ricketts, J.Ha., Kokic, P.Nb. and Carter, J.Oa. (2011). Estimating trends in monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in GCMs for which these data are not archived. aQueensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Queensland Government. bCSIRO, Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics. 19th Internati ...
... Ricketts, J.Ha., Kokic, P.Nb. and Carter, J.Oa. (2011). Estimating trends in monthly maximum and minimum temperatures in GCMs for which these data are not archived. aQueensland Climate Change Centre of Excellence, Queensland Government. bCSIRO, Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics. 19th Internati ...
pdf Antarctic Research Centre File size
... insights into the likely response of Earth’s climate. Ice sheets and oceans are some of the slowest responding elements of the climate system to an atmospheric CO2 perturbation taking centuries to millennia to play out, and are therefore potentially irreversible on human timescales. Paleoclimate rec ...
... insights into the likely response of Earth’s climate. Ice sheets and oceans are some of the slowest responding elements of the climate system to an atmospheric CO2 perturbation taking centuries to millennia to play out, and are therefore potentially irreversible on human timescales. Paleoclimate rec ...
Environmental Change and Infectious Disease - ECDC
... This report presents the key findings and discussions from a meeting organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra. T ...
... This report presents the key findings and discussions from a meeting organised by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Europe (WHO EURO), the European Environment Agency (EEA), and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) at Ispra. T ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. In this regard, we consider potential mechanisms from cli ...
... These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) as a fundamental determinant of relative prosperity, or indirectly by modifying the environmental context in which political and economic institutions evolve. In this regard, we consider potential mechanisms from cli ...
Wildlife in a changing climate - Food and Agriculture Organization of
... water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Katila, 2009). Major impacts are also predicted elsewhere, particularly in polar ecosystems, inland waters, grasslands and in the oceans, where climate-driven acidificatio ...
... water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Katila, 2009). Major impacts are also predicted elsewhere, particularly in polar ecosystems, inland waters, grasslands and in the oceans, where climate-driven acidificatio ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the emerging understanding of human-induced climate influences that are referred to as climate c ...
... in climate has become the major challenge facing most African climate scientists in recent years. The work of examining climate variability, especially rainfall, has also been set in the wider context of the emerging understanding of human-induced climate influences that are referred to as climate c ...
Arctic oscillation response to the 1991 Pinatubo
... region that is very similar to that of the familiar North Atlantic oscillation [Hurrell, 1995; Hurrell and van Loon, 1997]. A positive AO index corresponds to intensified westerly flow, particularly over the North Atlantic sector, and at the surface this leads to a characteristic warming over northe ...
... region that is very similar to that of the familiar North Atlantic oscillation [Hurrell, 1995; Hurrell and van Loon, 1997]. A positive AO index corresponds to intensified westerly flow, particularly over the North Atlantic sector, and at the surface this leads to a characteristic warming over northe ...
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... addition to those accruing from a decrease in average global temperature, due for example to favorable change in regional climatic conditions. In this case ci could take negative values. ...
... addition to those accruing from a decrease in average global temperature, due for example to favorable change in regional climatic conditions. In this case ci could take negative values. ...
Come Rain or Shine - Integrating Climate Risk Management into
... changes during the next decades are inevitable (IPCC, 2007a). During the last century, the global climate warmed by about 0.7°C. At the same time, there were distinct changes in rainfall patterns, an increase in both frequency and severity of extreme weather events, and a rise in sea levels. The imp ...
... changes during the next decades are inevitable (IPCC, 2007a). During the last century, the global climate warmed by about 0.7°C. At the same time, there were distinct changes in rainfall patterns, an increase in both frequency and severity of extreme weather events, and a rise in sea levels. The imp ...
rosenberg_stormwater_cc_jan10 - UW Hydro
... distribution of precipitation extremes is statistically stationary. This assumption is called into question by climate change, resulting in uncertainty about the future performance of systems constructed under this paradigm. We therefore examined both historical precipitation records and simulations ...
... distribution of precipitation extremes is statistically stationary. This assumption is called into question by climate change, resulting in uncertainty about the future performance of systems constructed under this paradigm. We therefore examined both historical precipitation records and simulations ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
ACIA Ch01 Final - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... programs.The ACIA Scientific Report fulfills this goal. 2.To provide an accessible summary of the scientific findings, written in plain language but conveying the key points of the scientific synthesis.This summary, the ACIA Overview Report (ACIA, 2004a), is for policy makers and the general public. ...
... programs.The ACIA Scientific Report fulfills this goal. 2.To provide an accessible summary of the scientific findings, written in plain language but conveying the key points of the scientific synthesis.This summary, the ACIA Overview Report (ACIA, 2004a), is for policy makers and the general public. ...
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... As local labor markets experience negative weather shocks, individuals may seek employment at other locations in order to adapt. International migration, a relatively longer-run decision, may be especially likely in the context of Mexico given its history of labor migration and status as the larges ...
... As local labor markets experience negative weather shocks, individuals may seek employment at other locations in order to adapt. International migration, a relatively longer-run decision, may be especially likely in the context of Mexico given its history of labor migration and status as the larges ...
Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer
... perspective of climate change, simulations with the present and future land use maps and a temperature perturbation of +1 ◦ C are conducted. These will be referred to as REF+1 and FUT+1. The global surface temperature is predicted to increase by at least 1 ◦ C under all concentration pathways by 205 ...
... perspective of climate change, simulations with the present and future land use maps and a temperature perturbation of +1 ◦ C are conducted. These will be referred to as REF+1 and FUT+1. The global surface temperature is predicted to increase by at least 1 ◦ C under all concentration pathways by 205 ...
