The effect of development on the climate sensitivity of agriculture
... outcome of warming in both the United States and India. In order to appreciate the data upon which the analysis rests, we present the range of climates observed for each country in table 3. The temperature range for each country is large compared to temperature changes predicted by warming. The diff ...
... outcome of warming in both the United States and India. In order to appreciate the data upon which the analysis rests, we present the range of climates observed for each country in table 3. The temperature range for each country is large compared to temperature changes predicted by warming. The diff ...
Polar Bears and Climate Change
... when available (Potapov and Sale 2005). Predicting the regional impact of warming on Gyrfalcons, therefore, is likely to be much more complicated than it is for Polar Bears. The same can be said of most other species that live in a greater variety of ecosystems and are less specialized foragers than ...
... when available (Potapov and Sale 2005). Predicting the regional impact of warming on Gyrfalcons, therefore, is likely to be much more complicated than it is for Polar Bears. The same can be said of most other species that live in a greater variety of ecosystems and are less specialized foragers than ...
Have the Tropical Pacific Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions
... generated the records of the alkenone sea surface temperature (SST) at the western and eastern margins of the mid-latitude North Pacific (MD012421 and ODP1014 in Fig. 1) during the last 145,000 years. The study showed that the antiphase variation between the SSTs of the northeast and northwest Pacif ...
... generated the records of the alkenone sea surface temperature (SST) at the western and eastern margins of the mid-latitude North Pacific (MD012421 and ODP1014 in Fig. 1) during the last 145,000 years. The study showed that the antiphase variation between the SSTs of the northeast and northwest Pacif ...
ocean climate change, phytoplankton community
... used here to include both anthropogenic climate change as well as the large-scale decadal oceanographic patterns such as the ENSO, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and NAO. This use is in contrast to ‘‘weather,’’ which occurs over short timescales of days to weeks (cf. Moore et al. 2008b). The eart ...
... used here to include both anthropogenic climate change as well as the large-scale decadal oceanographic patterns such as the ENSO, Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and NAO. This use is in contrast to ‘‘weather,’’ which occurs over short timescales of days to weeks (cf. Moore et al. 2008b). The eart ...
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
... Michigan Tribes are currently experiencing the impacts of climate change: warmer average annual air and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer tem ...
... Michigan Tribes are currently experiencing the impacts of climate change: warmer average annual air and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer tem ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Production
... where optimal temperatures already occur, or it may expand to cool, temperate environments where wheat does not yet grow.11 Many insects and mites affecting some crops may increase due to increasing temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... where optimal temperatures already occur, or it may expand to cool, temperate environments where wheat does not yet grow.11 Many insects and mites affecting some crops may increase due to increasing temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... global mean temperature. For instance, for RCP 8.5, global mean surface temperatures for 2081-2100, compared to those for 1986-2005, are likely to be in the range of 2.6 to 4.8 ºC, with a multi-model mean increase of 3.7 ºC. The projected warming for SRES A2 for the 2090-2099 period, relative to 198 ...
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... that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar with the system, the stories reflect local experiences, become more believable, and are accepted by the participants. A powerful learning moment occurs when stories are shared and workshop participants recognize how simple ...
... that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar with the system, the stories reflect local experiences, become more believable, and are accepted by the participants. A powerful learning moment occurs when stories are shared and workshop participants recognize how simple ...
Impacts of climate change on the worldTs most exceptional ecoregions
... 200 would be of immense value to conservation efforts worldwide because of their richness in endemic species, high taxonomic uniqueness, unique ecological or evolutionary phenomena, global rarity, and their representation of biomes (16). However, the majority of these regions are threatened by habit ...
... 200 would be of immense value to conservation efforts worldwide because of their richness in endemic species, high taxonomic uniqueness, unique ecological or evolutionary phenomena, global rarity, and their representation of biomes (16). However, the majority of these regions are threatened by habit ...
Abbreviation of "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms"
... understanding of the consequences. Current assessments place emphasis on practical effects such as increasing extremes of heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, floods, and encroaching seas (IPCC, 2014; USNCA, 2014). These assessments and our recent study (Hansen et al., 2013a) conclude that there is ...
... understanding of the consequences. Current assessments place emphasis on practical effects such as increasing extremes of heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, floods, and encroaching seas (IPCC, 2014; USNCA, 2014). These assessments and our recent study (Hansen et al., 2013a) conclude that there is ...
Worksheets on Climate Change: Going under! The threat of rising
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
Protected Area Policies and Climate Change: The Case of the
... Climate change has been identified as one of the key threats to prairie biodiversity (James et al. 2001). Two recent studies in Saskatchewan have examined the possible effects of climate change on prairie biodiversity (James et al. 2001) and island forests of the northern Great Plains (Henderson et ...
... Climate change has been identified as one of the key threats to prairie biodiversity (James et al. 2001). Two recent studies in Saskatchewan have examined the possible effects of climate change on prairie biodiversity (James et al. 2001) and island forests of the northern Great Plains (Henderson et ...
The Cultural Politics of Climate Change: Interactions in the Spaces
... predominant ‘claims makers’. Yet, in addition to climate science ‘speaking’ on behalf of the climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent ...
... predominant ‘claims makers’. Yet, in addition to climate science ‘speaking’ on behalf of the climate, carbon-based business and industry interests and ENGOs grappled for their particular discursive and material ‘locations’ from which to address climate challenges. Many of the struggles to represent ...
The Cost of Climate Change: What We`ll Pay if
... which the world continues to emit heat-trapping gases at an increasing rate. We base our economic projections on the most pessimistic of the business-as-usual climate forecasts considered “likely” by the scientific community.1 In this projected climate future, which is still far from the worst case ...
... which the world continues to emit heat-trapping gases at an increasing rate. We base our economic projections on the most pessimistic of the business-as-usual climate forecasts considered “likely” by the scientific community.1 In this projected climate future, which is still far from the worst case ...
... patterns derived form different use [6]-[8]. Odum Emergy concept studies through to the actual macro perspective simplify complex systems architecture complete model, taking into consideration the relationship between energy flow transformation mathematical equations, in order to facilitate the subs ...
Influence of feedback on the stochastic evolution of simple climate systems
... time is τc = 200 years, the value qτ /c(0) = 2.45 is chosen so that, after 100 years, t/τc = 0.5 in dimensionless units of time, the concentration reaches the value c(1) = 550 ppm, twice the pre-industrial level. The feedback parameter γ = 0.34 and the equilibrium temperature difference T0 = 8.84 ...
... time is τc = 200 years, the value qτ /c(0) = 2.45 is chosen so that, after 100 years, t/τc = 0.5 in dimensionless units of time, the concentration reaches the value c(1) = 550 ppm, twice the pre-industrial level. The feedback parameter γ = 0.34 and the equilibrium temperature difference T0 = 8.84 ...
Sea Level Rise - Parliament UK
... Programme9. The project covers 4 years (2009-2013) with a schedule designed to provide input to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2013. Ice2sea has twin goals of improving the science behind sea level predictions, and making projections of future sea lev ...
... Programme9. The project covers 4 years (2009-2013) with a schedule designed to provide input to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2013. Ice2sea has twin goals of improving the science behind sea level predictions, and making projections of future sea lev ...
On the Chopping Block - Allegheny Highlands Climate Change
... period is projected to continue to expand by a month or more. Under "business-as-usual" high-greenhouse-gas-emission scenarios, the number of days when temperatures in the Highlands fall below 10 degrees will continue to decline by 50 percent or more and cold periods that have historically lasted fo ...
... period is projected to continue to expand by a month or more. Under "business-as-usual" high-greenhouse-gas-emission scenarios, the number of days when temperatures in the Highlands fall below 10 degrees will continue to decline by 50 percent or more and cold periods that have historically lasted fo ...
Progress in Modeling the Impact of Land Cover Change on the Global Climate (PiPG - December 2006 Issue)
... Global Climate Abstract: The prediction of the impact of anthropogenic land use change on the climate system hinges on the ability to properly model the interaction between the heterogeneous land surface and the atmosphere in global climate models. This paper contains a review of techniques in gener ...
... Global Climate Abstract: The prediction of the impact of anthropogenic land use change on the climate system hinges on the ability to properly model the interaction between the heterogeneous land surface and the atmosphere in global climate models. This paper contains a review of techniques in gener ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
Climate Change and Water Resources in the Tropical Andes
... tropical Andes, hence these episodes can generally be characterized as being warm and dry, while La Niña events tend to lead to cold and wet conditions in much of the tropical Andes.8 The mean climatic conditions in the tropical Andes underwent significant changes during the twentieth century. The ...
... tropical Andes, hence these episodes can generally be characterized as being warm and dry, while La Niña events tend to lead to cold and wet conditions in much of the tropical Andes.8 The mean climatic conditions in the tropical Andes underwent significant changes during the twentieth century. The ...
Impact of Climate Change on the Poor in Bolivia
... reduced cloud cover and precipitation in the highlands. It is the effect of climate change on people, specifically Bolivia’s poor and indigent, which is of capital concern. Any sudden change in the quantity of a given resource has an economic cost. Infrastructure must be rearranged to accommodate ch ...
... reduced cloud cover and precipitation in the highlands. It is the effect of climate change on people, specifically Bolivia’s poor and indigent, which is of capital concern. Any sudden change in the quantity of a given resource has an economic cost. Infrastructure must be rearranged to accommodate ch ...
Eyring_CCMValOverview_SPARCSSG_091028
... Stratospheric ozone is known to vary in response to a number of natural factors, such as the seasonal and the 11-year cycles in solar irradiance, the QBO, ENSO, variations in transport associated with large-scale circulations (i.e., Brewer Dobson circulation) and dynamical variability associated wit ...
... Stratospheric ozone is known to vary in response to a number of natural factors, such as the seasonal and the 11-year cycles in solar irradiance, the QBO, ENSO, variations in transport associated with large-scale circulations (i.e., Brewer Dobson circulation) and dynamical variability associated wit ...
BCS331 Module 10
... radiation and their consequences. In November 2004, the report concluded that the Arctic was warming at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and increasing greenhouse gases from human activities were projected to make it warmer. Other findings included: ...
... radiation and their consequences. In November 2004, the report concluded that the Arctic was warming at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the globe, and increasing greenhouse gases from human activities were projected to make it warmer. Other findings included: ...
Anthropogenic Climate Change in the Playa Lakes Joint Venture
... associations based on one or more climate models into the future. There are some habitat-specific studies for particular regions (e.g., the northeastern U.S. in Matthews et al. 2004). However, these studies are not generally useful for understanding precise species-level impacts (Pearson & Dawson 20 ...
... associations based on one or more climate models into the future. There are some habitat-specific studies for particular regions (e.g., the northeastern U.S. in Matthews et al. 2004). However, these studies are not generally useful for understanding precise species-level impacts (Pearson & Dawson 20 ...
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.