The Politicization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...
... public differ in their beliefs and concern about global warming? Scholarship on the political bases of environmental attitudes (Dunlap, Xiao, and McCright 2001), as well as evidence of elite polarization on climate change, informs our investigation of political cleavages on global warming within the ...
Expected changes in future temperature extremes
... increases in the mean (Tmean ), maximum (Tmax ), and minimum (Tmin ) temperature over this region for the 21st century. This study complements the previous studies by including estimated changes in future temperature extremes using a number of indices and their elevation dependency. Changes in inter ...
... increases in the mean (Tmean ), maximum (Tmax ), and minimum (Tmin ) temperature over this region for the 21st century. This study complements the previous studies by including estimated changes in future temperature extremes using a number of indices and their elevation dependency. Changes in inter ...
Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in
... Our objective was to determine if long-term increases in precipitation can maintain grasslands susceptible to desertification, and initiate a reversal of historic regime shifts on desertified shrublands. Perennial grass production and species richness in a multi-year wet period were hypothesized to ...
... Our objective was to determine if long-term increases in precipitation can maintain grasslands susceptible to desertification, and initiate a reversal of historic regime shifts on desertified shrublands. Perennial grass production and species richness in a multi-year wet period were hypothesized to ...
Sample pages 1 PDF
... The lithosphere essentially floats on the top of the mantle, the plastic asthenosphere, and is broken up into what are called tectonic plates, which are moving in relation to one another, continuously changing shape and size. The lithosphere is divided into about 20 rigid plates (Fig. 2.7). Dissipat ...
... The lithosphere essentially floats on the top of the mantle, the plastic asthenosphere, and is broken up into what are called tectonic plates, which are moving in relation to one another, continuously changing shape and size. The lithosphere is divided into about 20 rigid plates (Fig. 2.7). Dissipat ...
FFESCsynthesisJune7 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
... the approaches for making good decisions about climate change are the same as those used to deal with uncertainty arising from other sources. Climate change makes existing uncertainties (e.g. wildfire, global markets) more acute while also challenging those attributes of forest and range management ...
... the approaches for making good decisions about climate change are the same as those used to deal with uncertainty arising from other sources. Climate change makes existing uncertainties (e.g. wildfire, global markets) more acute while also challenging those attributes of forest and range management ...
Interactive responses of old-field plant growth and composition to
... changes will in turn affect the rate of climate change. Here we describe responses of an old-field herbaceous community to a factorial combination of four levels of warming (up to 4 °C) and three precipitation regimes (drought, ambient and rain addition) over 2 years. Warming suppressed total produc ...
... changes will in turn affect the rate of climate change. Here we describe responses of an old-field herbaceous community to a factorial combination of four levels of warming (up to 4 °C) and three precipitation regimes (drought, ambient and rain addition) over 2 years. Warming suppressed total produc ...
Reserve Management Needs - Graham Sustainability Institute
... System (NERRS) Science Collaborative must address a management need of one or more reserves. This document is a compilation of the current management needs for each of the 28 reserves within NOAA’s NERRS. Management needs are submitted by reserve managers and updated on an annual basis. This summary ...
... System (NERRS) Science Collaborative must address a management need of one or more reserves. This document is a compilation of the current management needs for each of the 28 reserves within NOAA’s NERRS. Management needs are submitted by reserve managers and updated on an annual basis. This summary ...
Briefing Paper Five - University of Newcastle
... identified itself as taking a leadership role in several policy areas which will have direct or indirect impacts on the capacity of the rental sector to adjust to climate change. The Government’s commitment to principles of ecologically sustainable development is an important factor in many of these ...
... identified itself as taking a leadership role in several policy areas which will have direct or indirect impacts on the capacity of the rental sector to adjust to climate change. The Government’s commitment to principles of ecologically sustainable development is an important factor in many of these ...
Mercer. Divest Invest considerations for investors
... use of fossil fuels. Mercer is beginning to see strategies (funds) with policies that restrict exposure to fossil fuel companies but this is currently the exception rather than the rule. Investors specifically interested in “fossil fuel free” (FFF) funds are therefore required to contact managers di ...
... use of fossil fuels. Mercer is beginning to see strategies (funds) with policies that restrict exposure to fossil fuel companies but this is currently the exception rather than the rule. Investors specifically interested in “fossil fuel free” (FFF) funds are therefore required to contact managers di ...
Hydro_CC_0729 - University of Washington
... generate global land surface E and R (Qian et al. 2006; Dai et al. 2009). The CLM simulated monthly E and R, thereafter referred as CLM E and CLM R, and the NCAR P were collected in the period of 1950-99 at T42 (~2.8°) resolution. The data were converted to the same 0.5°×0.5° grid as the GCM outputs ...
... generate global land surface E and R (Qian et al. 2006; Dai et al. 2009). The CLM simulated monthly E and R, thereafter referred as CLM E and CLM R, and the NCAR P were collected in the period of 1950-99 at T42 (~2.8°) resolution. The data were converted to the same 0.5°×0.5° grid as the GCM outputs ...
a discussion based on contributions from climate modeling
... thought of as unwanted noise (Lane, 1923); presently, analyses of BTPs can be used to derive robust reconstructions of low frequency SAT changes. Since the first attempts to recover an air temperature signal (Cermak, 1971; Lachenbruch and Marshall, 1986) boreholes have offered a meaningful complemen ...
... thought of as unwanted noise (Lane, 1923); presently, analyses of BTPs can be used to derive robust reconstructions of low frequency SAT changes. Since the first attempts to recover an air temperature signal (Cermak, 1971; Lachenbruch and Marshall, 1986) boreholes have offered a meaningful complemen ...
Europe and International Polar Year
... A Brief History of IPY Three times over the past 125 years, scientists from around the world have joined forces to participate in a concentrated burst of polar science and exploration. Each represented a landmark in international scientific cooperation and extended our knowledge of the polar regions ...
... A Brief History of IPY Three times over the past 125 years, scientists from around the world have joined forces to participate in a concentrated burst of polar science and exploration. Each represented a landmark in international scientific cooperation and extended our knowledge of the polar regions ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... The assessment of vulnerability at the local and regional levels is strongly centered on the involvement and knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ invo ...
... The assessment of vulnerability at the local and regional levels is strongly centered on the involvement and knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ invo ...
Role of CO2 and Southern Ocean winds in glacial abrupt climate
... sea-ice model (Fichefet and Maqueda, 1997). CLIMBER3α satisfactorily describes the large-scale characteristics of the atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice on seasonal and longer timescales. The present study builds upon a previous climate simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ca. 21 kyr BP; Montoya ...
... sea-ice model (Fichefet and Maqueda, 1997). CLIMBER3α satisfactorily describes the large-scale characteristics of the atmosphere, ocean and sea-ice on seasonal and longer timescales. The present study builds upon a previous climate simulation of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, ca. 21 kyr BP; Montoya ...
Comparison of measured multi-decadal rainfall variability with
... assessed using one-tailed Kendall-Tau correlation tests with a significance level of 0.01. The Kendall–Theil robust line, which is affected minimally by outliers, was used to estimate changes over the 32-year period; the robust line is the median of the slopes between all combinations of two points ...
... assessed using one-tailed Kendall-Tau correlation tests with a significance level of 0.01. The Kendall–Theil robust line, which is affected minimally by outliers, was used to estimate changes over the 32-year period; the robust line is the median of the slopes between all combinations of two points ...
Census of seafloor sediments in the world`s ocean
... PSS, Practical Salinity Scale 1978) and high concentrations of nutrients. Under these conditions, diatom oozes will accumulate on the seafloor regardless of surface productivity as long as there is limited competition from biogenous and detrital components, and diatom frustules are not significantly ...
... PSS, Practical Salinity Scale 1978) and high concentrations of nutrients. Under these conditions, diatom oozes will accumulate on the seafloor regardless of surface productivity as long as there is limited competition from biogenous and detrital components, and diatom frustules are not significantly ...
The earTh ScienTiST - Galen McKinley
... occurred since the year 2000. On a daily basis, we hear about extreme events and changes in our environment. In mid July, NASA discovered a surprising sudden melting of the Greenland ice sheet, with melting underway across 97% of its surface. The Alaska Highway, which was built on permafrost (and re ...
... occurred since the year 2000. On a daily basis, we hear about extreme events and changes in our environment. In mid July, NASA discovered a surprising sudden melting of the Greenland ice sheet, with melting underway across 97% of its surface. The Alaska Highway, which was built on permafrost (and re ...
ESG - Allianz Global Investors
... the development of the global green bond market. The added benefit for investors is that they are Aaa/AAA2 rated issuers. What contribution can green bonds make towards climate change mitigation and adaptation? In China, green bonds have helped to reduce community vulnerability to natural disasters ...
... the development of the global green bond market. The added benefit for investors is that they are Aaa/AAA2 rated issuers. What contribution can green bonds make towards climate change mitigation and adaptation? In China, green bonds have helped to reduce community vulnerability to natural disasters ...
Climate –carbon cycle feedback analysis, results from the C MIP
... including climate change showed a reduced terrestrial carbon sink in all models as a result of the impacts of climate change on net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of tropical and southern hemisphere ecosystems. Two recent studies by Berthelot (2005) and Ito (2005) each used one terrestrial carbon cyc ...
... including climate change showed a reduced terrestrial carbon sink in all models as a result of the impacts of climate change on net ecosystem productivity (NEP) of tropical and southern hemisphere ecosystems. Two recent studies by Berthelot (2005) and Ito (2005) each used one terrestrial carbon cyc ...
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change in California: Nine
... all of the state’s protected areas larger than 50,000 hectares span at least 1,000 meters of elevation, and many have deep valleys that may retain cool areas even in the face of 3-4 °C of warming. Today, cooler canyons and water-retaining soils support native species at the warmer and drier ends of ...
... all of the state’s protected areas larger than 50,000 hectares span at least 1,000 meters of elevation, and many have deep valleys that may retain cool areas even in the face of 3-4 °C of warming. Today, cooler canyons and water-retaining soils support native species at the warmer and drier ends of ...
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment
The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) is a research program of the World Climate Research Programme intended to observe, comprehend and model the Earth's water cycle. The experiment also observes how much energy the Earth receives, studies how much of that energy reaches surfaces of the Earth and how that energy is transformed. Sunlight's energy evaporates water to produce clouds and rain, and dries out land masses after rain. Rain that falls on land becomes the water budget which can be used by people for agricultural and other processes.GEWEX is a collaboration of researchers worldwide to find better ways of studying the water cycle and how it transforms energy through the atmosphere. If the Earth's climates were identical from year to year, then people could predict when, where and what crops to plant. However, instability created by solar variation, weather trends, and chaotic events create weather that is unpredictable on seasonal scales. Through weather patterns such as droughts and higher rainfall these cycles impact ecosystems and human activities. GEWEX is designed to collect a much greater amount of data, and see if better models of that data can forecast weather and climate change into the future.GEWEX is organized into several structures. As GEWEX was conceived projects were organized by participating factions, this task is now done by the International GEWEX Project Office (IGPO). IGPO oversees major initiatives and coordinates between national projects in an effort to bring about communication of researchers. IGPO claims to support communication exchange between 2000 scientist and is the instrument for publication of major reports. The Scientific Steering Group organizes the projects and assigns them to panels, which oversee progress and provide critique. The Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project (CEOP) the 'Hydrology Project' is a major instrument in GEWEX. This panel includes geographic study areas such as the Climate Prediction Program for the Americas operated by NOAA, but also examines several types of climate zones (e.g. high altitude and semi-arid). Another panel, the GEWEX Radiation Panel oversees the coordinated use of satellites and ground based observation to better estimate energy and water fluxes. One recent result GEWEX's Radiation panel has assessed data on rainfall for the last 25 years and determined that that global rainfall is 2.61 mm/day with a small statistical variation. While the study period is short, after 25 years of measurement regional trends are beginning to appear. The GEWEX Modeling and Prediction Panel takes current models and analyzes the models when climate forcing phenomena occur (global warming as an example of a 'climate forcing' event). GEWEX is now the core project of WCRP.