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... for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands © The Ecological Society of America ...
... for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands © The Ecological Society of America ...
- Wiley Online Library
... and Timbal (2008) provide an extensive analysis of the key large-scale drivers, but do not assess whether the terrestrial components affect the regional climate. This review paper builds from Murphy and Timbal (2008) to focus on the contribution that the regional scale atmospheric and land surface d ...
... and Timbal (2008) provide an extensive analysis of the key large-scale drivers, but do not assess whether the terrestrial components affect the regional climate. This review paper builds from Murphy and Timbal (2008) to focus on the contribution that the regional scale atmospheric and land surface d ...
Individual consumers and climate change: searching for a new moral compass - Working Paper 81 (358 kB) (opens in new window)
... convergence of a number of factors that threaten our ability to act ethically” (Gardiner, 2006; p398). There is an almost worldwide consensus that human activities associated with the burning of fossil fuels are contributing significantly to changing the world’s climate. ...
... convergence of a number of factors that threaten our ability to act ethically” (Gardiner, 2006; p398). There is an almost worldwide consensus that human activities associated with the burning of fossil fuels are contributing significantly to changing the world’s climate. ...
Maurits van der Vlugt
... that global averaged sea levels are tracking around the upper end (or above) IPCC projections over this timeframe. Alternative semi-empirical modelling approaches (for example, Vermeer and Rahmstorf 2009) project higher rates of sea level rise over the next century (as much as 1.6m). Recent sea leve ...
... that global averaged sea levels are tracking around the upper end (or above) IPCC projections over this timeframe. Alternative semi-empirical modelling approaches (for example, Vermeer and Rahmstorf 2009) project higher rates of sea level rise over the next century (as much as 1.6m). Recent sea leve ...
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management
... Nevertheless, Figure 1 shows that many articles referring to climate change and global warming are being published in the social sciences. Therefore, the small number of papers in management journals, and the other traditional social science disciplines, cannot be explained by a general lack of work ...
... Nevertheless, Figure 1 shows that many articles referring to climate change and global warming are being published in the social sciences. Therefore, the small number of papers in management journals, and the other traditional social science disciplines, cannot be explained by a general lack of work ...
climate changes and adaptation policies in the baltic and the adriatic
... **** The multiplication factor by which the frequency of flooding events of a given height is projected to increase between 2010 and 2100 as a result of regional sea level rise under the RCP4.5 scenario. Representative Concentration Pathwaygreenhouse gas concentration (not emissions) trajectory adop ...
... **** The multiplication factor by which the frequency of flooding events of a given height is projected to increase between 2010 and 2100 as a result of regional sea level rise under the RCP4.5 scenario. Representative Concentration Pathwaygreenhouse gas concentration (not emissions) trajectory adop ...
Draft 1:Layout 1.qxd - Defenders of Wildlife
... other resources. Generally, higher concentrations of CO2 are associated with greater plant productivity and more efficient water use. This may seem like good news, but it also appears to be changing competition between species, resulting in shifts in species composition, increasing fires, and the in ...
... other resources. Generally, higher concentrations of CO2 are associated with greater plant productivity and more efficient water use. This may seem like good news, but it also appears to be changing competition between species, resulting in shifts in species composition, increasing fires, and the in ...
11Climate Change
... millions of years. The study of Earth’s past climates is the science of paleoclimatology, which tells us that Earth’s climate has fluctuated over hundreds of millions of years. To learn about past climates, scientists use proxy methods instead of direct measurements. A climate proxy is a piece of in ...
... millions of years. The study of Earth’s past climates is the science of paleoclimatology, which tells us that Earth’s climate has fluctuated over hundreds of millions of years. To learn about past climates, scientists use proxy methods instead of direct measurements. A climate proxy is a piece of in ...
Climate Change and the Chugach and Tongass National Forests
... This report identifies potential changes that may occur according to climate change projections in southern Alaska. The report examines a broad array of resources that are managed on National Forest System lands, from yellow-cedar to tidewater glaciers. Because the report was written in 2009/2010, i ...
... This report identifies potential changes that may occur according to climate change projections in southern Alaska. The report examines a broad array of resources that are managed on National Forest System lands, from yellow-cedar to tidewater glaciers. Because the report was written in 2009/2010, i ...
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... scientists have developed understanding over generations by using multiple methods that scientists typically use to guard against error: (a) observations and experiments that build and test fundamental theories and concepts, such as the laws of physics; (b) systematic observation and measurement of ...
... scientists have developed understanding over generations by using multiple methods that scientists typically use to guard against error: (a) observations and experiments that build and test fundamental theories and concepts, such as the laws of physics; (b) systematic observation and measurement of ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Manual
... About This Adaptation Planning Manual This manual is for extension professionals, community organizers, local planning officials, teachers, or anyone else whose task is to help individuals, families, businesses, communities, and local governments think through the meaning of climate change on the ...
... About This Adaptation Planning Manual This manual is for extension professionals, community organizers, local planning officials, teachers, or anyone else whose task is to help individuals, families, businesses, communities, and local governments think through the meaning of climate change on the ...
Gregory et al. (2013) - American Meteorological Society
... Confidence in projections of global-mean sea level rise (GMSLR) depends on an ability to account for GMSLR during the twentieth century. There are contributions from ocean thermal expansion, mass loss from glaciers and ice sheets, groundwater extraction, and reservoir impoundment. Progress has been ...
... Confidence in projections of global-mean sea level rise (GMSLR) depends on an ability to account for GMSLR during the twentieth century. There are contributions from ocean thermal expansion, mass loss from glaciers and ice sheets, groundwater extraction, and reservoir impoundment. Progress has been ...
Twentieth-Century Global-Mean Sea Level Rise: Is the Whole
... verified by a demonstrable ability to account for sea level rise during the twentieth century. The relevant effects on multidecadal time scales are thermal expansion due to heat uptake by the global ocean, mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, mass loss from glaciers, and changes in ...
... verified by a demonstrable ability to account for sea level rise during the twentieth century. The relevant effects on multidecadal time scales are thermal expansion due to heat uptake by the global ocean, mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, mass loss from glaciers, and changes in ...
Role of Ocean in Global Warming - J
... the downward penetration of heat below the mixed layer was expressed as vertical diffusion. In the actual ocean, however, heat is transported downward not only by small scale eddies and convection but also by three-dimensional, large-scale circulation. This is why it is not appropriate to express oc ...
... the downward penetration of heat below the mixed layer was expressed as vertical diffusion. In the actual ocean, however, heat is transported downward not only by small scale eddies and convection but also by three-dimensional, large-scale circulation. This is why it is not appropriate to express oc ...
Long-term changes in environmental characteristics required by
... livestock grazing, energy development, and recreation. Global climate-change models for sagebrush regions predict more variable and severe weather events (drought, storms), increased levels of atmospheric CO2 and halocarbons, greater fire incidence, higher temperatures, wetter winter seasons, earlie ...
... livestock grazing, energy development, and recreation. Global climate-change models for sagebrush regions predict more variable and severe weather events (drought, storms), increased levels of atmospheric CO2 and halocarbons, greater fire incidence, higher temperatures, wetter winter seasons, earlie ...
Developing an `integrated` approach to
... thawed, and lie on a layer of permanently frozen subsoil (permafrost) consisting mostly of gravel and finer material. This vertical profile results in poor drainage, and where water saturates the upper surface, bogs and ponds are often present. Rainfall varies considerably within the Arctic region, ...
... thawed, and lie on a layer of permanently frozen subsoil (permafrost) consisting mostly of gravel and finer material. This vertical profile results in poor drainage, and where water saturates the upper surface, bogs and ponds are often present. Rainfall varies considerably within the Arctic region, ...
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE FRESHWATERS OF
... and nutrient status of lakes and most likely have deleterious eects on the food chain. Peatlands are extensive in region 2. They would move northwards at their southern boundaries, and, with sustained drying, many would change form or become inactive. Extensive wetlands and peatlands are an importa ...
... and nutrient status of lakes and most likely have deleterious eects on the food chain. Peatlands are extensive in region 2. They would move northwards at their southern boundaries, and, with sustained drying, many would change form or become inactive. Extensive wetlands and peatlands are an importa ...
scientific questions and motivations
... are now sequestered in permafrost and ground ice. Climate warming can potentially thaw the permafrost and greatly enhance the microbial activities in the formerly frozen soils. Thawing permafrost and melting ground ice would release the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. If this occurs, the vast ...
... are now sequestered in permafrost and ground ice. Climate warming can potentially thaw the permafrost and greatly enhance the microbial activities in the formerly frozen soils. Thawing permafrost and melting ground ice would release the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. If this occurs, the vast ...
The effects of extreme drought on climate change beliefs, risk
... mobilize people and resources to prevent and/or adapt to such events. In this study, we use a natural experiment to investigate the effects of the severe 2012 Midwestern US drought on climate change beliefs and adaptation attitudes among agricultural advisors, a group with both a significant stake i ...
... mobilize people and resources to prevent and/or adapt to such events. In this study, we use a natural experiment to investigate the effects of the severe 2012 Midwestern US drought on climate change beliefs and adaptation attitudes among agricultural advisors, a group with both a significant stake i ...
Estimating Effects of Tidal Power Projects and Climate Change on
... stressors resulting from climate change may affect Puget Sound species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and their food web. We used risk tables to assess the singular and combined effects of tidal power development and climate change. Tidal power development and climate change pose ...
... stressors resulting from climate change may affect Puget Sound species listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) and their food web. We used risk tables to assess the singular and combined effects of tidal power development and climate change. Tidal power development and climate change pose ...
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... In part III of a three-part study on North American climate in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) models, the authors examine projections of twenty-first-century climate in the representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) emission experiments. This paper summarizes and ...
... In part III of a three-part study on North American climate in phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) models, the authors examine projections of twenty-first-century climate in the representative concentration pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5) emission experiments. This paper summarizes and ...
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement
... UNHCR is a leading agency of the United Nations responsible for and possessing the expertise in the area of forced displacement. It is projected that climate change will over time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to rende ...
... UNHCR is a leading agency of the United Nations responsible for and possessing the expertise in the area of forced displacement. It is projected that climate change will over time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to rende ...
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... Mu, J.E., B.A. McCarl, and A.M. Wein, "Adaptation to climate change: changes in farmland use and stocking rate in the U. S", Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, doi:10. 1007/s11027-012-9384-4, 2012. ...
... Mu, J.E., B.A. McCarl, and A.M. Wein, "Adaptation to climate change: changes in farmland use and stocking rate in the U. S", Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, doi:10. 1007/s11027-012-9384-4, 2012. ...
A bitter cup: climate change profile of global production of Arabica
... may reduce yields of C. arabica, while C. canephora could suffer from increasing variability of intra-seasonal temperatures. Climate change will reduce the global area suitable for coffee by about 50 % across emission scenarios. Impacts are highest at low latitudes and low altitudes. Impacts at high ...
... may reduce yields of C. arabica, while C. canephora could suffer from increasing variability of intra-seasonal temperatures. Climate change will reduce the global area suitable for coffee by about 50 % across emission scenarios. Impacts are highest at low latitudes and low altitudes. Impacts at high ...
Effects of global warming
The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.Future effects of climate change will vary depending on climate change policies and social development. The two main policies to address climate change are reducing human greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Geoengineering is another policy option.Near-term climate change policies could significantly affect long-term climate change impacts. Stringent mitigation policies might be able to limit global warming (in 2100) to around 2 °C or below, relative to pre-industrial levels. Without mitigation, increased energy demand and extensive use of fossil fuels might lead to global warming of around 4 °C. Higher magnitudes of global warming would be more difficult to adapt to, and would increase the risk of negative impacts.