Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
- NERC Open Research Archive
... the ranges of natural climate and environmental variability on timescales from decades to millennia over the past million years, and at coarser resolution across deep geological timescales. Knowing this natural variability, researchers can identify when present day changes exceed the natural range. ...
... the ranges of natural climate and environmental variability on timescales from decades to millennia over the past million years, and at coarser resolution across deep geological timescales. Knowing this natural variability, researchers can identify when present day changes exceed the natural range. ...
Observational evidence for human impact on aerosol cloud
... carbonaceous aerosols. Bond et al. (2013) stated that the global atmospheric absorption attributable to BC is too low in many models and should be increased by a factor of almost 3. Those authors found the best estimate of industrial-era climate forcing of BC including all forcing mechanisms to be + ...
... carbonaceous aerosols. Bond et al. (2013) stated that the global atmospheric absorption attributable to BC is too low in many models and should be increased by a factor of almost 3. Those authors found the best estimate of industrial-era climate forcing of BC including all forcing mechanisms to be + ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... In an urbanising world, where more than 50% of the population already lives in cities, addressing the effects of climate change at the local level is critical to saving lives and livelihoods as well as to maintain social and economic well-being. In the global south, where Millennium Development Goal ...
... In an urbanising world, where more than 50% of the population already lives in cities, addressing the effects of climate change at the local level is critical to saving lives and livelihoods as well as to maintain social and economic well-being. In the global south, where Millennium Development Goal ...
Climate Change and College Students
... thinking astray on the issue of global climate change, such as the distinction between weather and climate (Lombardi and Sinatra 2010). As an example, when students are asked about their views on climate change, they often recall from their personal experience very cold periods and use their recolle ...
... thinking astray on the issue of global climate change, such as the distinction between weather and climate (Lombardi and Sinatra 2010). As an example, when students are asked about their views on climate change, they often recall from their personal experience very cold periods and use their recolle ...
The effects of global change upon United States air quality
... set was created using a 1992 global cropland data set (Ramankutty and Foley, 1998) modified by characterizing limitations to crop growth based on both climatic and soil properties. The future global cropland extent distribution was generated by analyzing predicted changes in agriculture on a contine ...
... set was created using a 1992 global cropland data set (Ramankutty and Foley, 1998) modified by characterizing limitations to crop growth based on both climatic and soil properties. The future global cropland extent distribution was generated by analyzing predicted changes in agriculture on a contine ...
Changes in the sensitivity of agricultural plants to the impact of
... changes which can essentially affect the growth and development of vegetation (Fuhrer, 2003; Norby, Luo, 2004). According to the most reliable scenario of global climatic change, the con∗ ...
... changes which can essentially affect the growth and development of vegetation (Fuhrer, 2003; Norby, Luo, 2004). According to the most reliable scenario of global climatic change, the con∗ ...
IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... As global efforts to address climate change accelerate, IFC recognizes that climate-related interventions led by the private sector will be critical. Climate finance is likely to flow from a variety of sources and be mobilized through a wide-range of financial instruments to be used for a broad rang ...
... As global efforts to address climate change accelerate, IFC recognizes that climate-related interventions led by the private sector will be critical. Climate finance is likely to flow from a variety of sources and be mobilized through a wide-range of financial instruments to be used for a broad rang ...
Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
... CaCO3-secreting organisms, including shellfish. Orr et al. (2005) showed that [CO2 3 ] and pH decreases averaging about 10% and 0.1, respectively, have already taken place throughout the surface ocean due to the invasion of anthropogenic CO2. Under a greenhouse gas scenario similar to the Intergover ...
... CaCO3-secreting organisms, including shellfish. Orr et al. (2005) showed that [CO2 3 ] and pH decreases averaging about 10% and 0.1, respectively, have already taken place throughout the surface ocean due to the invasion of anthropogenic CO2. Under a greenhouse gas scenario similar to the Intergover ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIMITED
... In this study, an attempt is made to assess the economic impact of climate change on Aruba. This study has three main objectives. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and supply of tourism in Aruba. The second is to forecast the cost of climate change to the tourism sector u ...
... In this study, an attempt is made to assess the economic impact of climate change on Aruba. This study has three main objectives. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and supply of tourism in Aruba. The second is to forecast the cost of climate change to the tourism sector u ...
Royal Government of Cambodia Climate Change
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
... On behalf of National Council for Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Environment, I would like to express my profound admiration and sincere gratitude to Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo HUN SEN, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, for his full support and strong commitment to addr ...
Weather Files and Future Climate
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
... temperatures at a given location. This is partly due to the relatively small number of files available for the UK and also the locations of the weather stations used to create the CIBSE TRYs and DSYs are generally located next to cities. This may seem to be a good idea since this is where the majori ...
Australia – Vietnam Climate Change Delivery Strategy 2011
... Vulnerability to climate change and its impacts Climate change poses a serious threat for Vietnam. It threatens to destabilise economic growth, exacerbate food shortages and erode recent gains in poverty reduction – all of which can negatively impact progress towards achieving the Millennium Develop ...
... Vulnerability to climate change and its impacts Climate change poses a serious threat for Vietnam. It threatens to destabilise economic growth, exacerbate food shortages and erode recent gains in poverty reduction – all of which can negatively impact progress towards achieving the Millennium Develop ...
Diagnosing Present and Future Permafrost from Climate Models
... year for which diagnostics are presented (e.g., the year 2000 uses data averaged over 1981–2000). As these models provide equilibrium solutions, the disappearance of permafrost based on their metrics does not necessarily mean that deep permafrost will have completely degraded from that area at the t ...
... year for which diagnostics are presented (e.g., the year 2000 uses data averaged over 1981–2000). As these models provide equilibrium solutions, the disappearance of permafrost based on their metrics does not necessarily mean that deep permafrost will have completely degraded from that area at the t ...
Great Barrier Reef - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... magnitude of the problem and they will no longer tolerate elected leaders that do not act accordingly. I turned 18 this year and am now among the many that will vote for the climate. I’ve grown out of the training wheels on my bike. So has the climate regime. “I have nothing but my future ahead of m ...
... magnitude of the problem and they will no longer tolerate elected leaders that do not act accordingly. I turned 18 this year and am now among the many that will vote for the climate. I’ve grown out of the training wheels on my bike. So has the climate regime. “I have nothing but my future ahead of m ...
migratory species and climate change
... In addition to changes in the global climate, human activities are exerting additional pressure on biodiversity and are expected to exacerbate climate-mediated biodiversity loss through land use change, soil and water pollution, diversion of water to managed ecosystems and urban systems, habitat fra ...
... In addition to changes in the global climate, human activities are exerting additional pressure on biodiversity and are expected to exacerbate climate-mediated biodiversity loss through land use change, soil and water pollution, diversion of water to managed ecosystems and urban systems, habitat fra ...
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... gender, age, assets, migration experience, risk attitude, and social networks. Error term is not included in Eq. 1, since this equation is only used for prediction purpose with β i calibrated from other empirical models. In the real world, there are many more factors affecting agent’s migration beha ...
... gender, age, assets, migration experience, risk attitude, and social networks. Error term is not included in Eq. 1, since this equation is only used for prediction purpose with β i calibrated from other empirical models. In the real world, there are many more factors affecting agent’s migration beha ...
Working Paper No.7 - Climate Learning and Knowledge
... agriculture, for employment of over 70% of the population, for foreign exchange earnings, and as a source of local raw materials for industries. Considered one of the most vulnerable and least ...
... agriculture, for employment of over 70% of the population, for foreign exchange earnings, and as a source of local raw materials for industries. Considered one of the most vulnerable and least ...
Survival and population size of a resident bird species are declining
... within each bin was used for analyses (Buckland et al. 2001). Observations were right-truncated for analyses at 84 m, which is where the best-fitting detection function was approximately equal to 0Æ10 (Buckland et al. 2001). As a result, 69 observations (14Æ8% of total) made beyond 84 m were not incl ...
... within each bin was used for analyses (Buckland et al. 2001). Observations were right-truncated for analyses at 84 m, which is where the best-fitting detection function was approximately equal to 0Æ10 (Buckland et al. 2001). As a result, 69 observations (14Æ8% of total) made beyond 84 m were not incl ...