Global Change in Local Places: How Scale Matters
... global change, including the identification of interesting alternatives for mitigation and urgent needs for action that might otherwise be missed. An illustrative example is an investigation of causes of land-use decision making in 192 villages in Thailand, which found a larger variation in behavior ...
... global change, including the identification of interesting alternatives for mitigation and urgent needs for action that might otherwise be missed. An illustrative example is an investigation of causes of land-use decision making in 192 villages in Thailand, which found a larger variation in behavior ...
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... representation of the HAmburg Model of the Ocean Carbon Cycle (HAMOCC) (Maier-Reimer, 1993). An impulse-response function model can be used as an exact substitute for its parent 3-dimensional model as long as only the linearized response to small perturbations is required. In the case of the carbon- ...
... representation of the HAmburg Model of the Ocean Carbon Cycle (HAMOCC) (Maier-Reimer, 1993). An impulse-response function model can be used as an exact substitute for its parent 3-dimensional model as long as only the linearized response to small perturbations is required. In the case of the carbon- ...
Air Pollution and Climate
... – SRES NOx, CO, VOC, BC projections not in line with SRES storylines. Proposed emission increases would lead to catastrophic air quality – Recent legislation in Europe, Asia, US suggests significant and sustainable reductions ...
... – SRES NOx, CO, VOC, BC projections not in line with SRES storylines. Proposed emission increases would lead to catastrophic air quality – Recent legislation in Europe, Asia, US suggests significant and sustainable reductions ...
Detection of a Human Influence on North American Climate
... over the last 50 years is believed to have been due to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (1). Here, we investigated the causes of climate change in the North American region over the 20th century with the use of a number of simple indices of large-scale surface temperature va ...
... over the last 50 years is believed to have been due to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (1). Here, we investigated the causes of climate change in the North American region over the 20th century with the use of a number of simple indices of large-scale surface temperature va ...
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... combination of representative concentration pathway (RCP) and shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) taken from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. The RCP (climate signal) represents the future mitigation and adaptation challenges as the level of radiative forc ...
... combination of representative concentration pathway (RCP) and shared socioeconomic pathway (SSP) taken from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. The RCP (climate signal) represents the future mitigation and adaptation challenges as the level of radiative forc ...
Air Pollution and Climate
... – SRES NOx, CO, VOC, BC projections not in line with SRES storylines. Proposed emission increases would lead to catastrophic air quality – Recent legislation in Europe, Asia, US suggests significant and sustainable reductions ...
... – SRES NOx, CO, VOC, BC projections not in line with SRES storylines. Proposed emission increases would lead to catastrophic air quality – Recent legislation in Europe, Asia, US suggests significant and sustainable reductions ...
Climate, Glaciers and Permafrost in the Swiss Alps
... 2007). Based on corresponding assessments for various sectors of the environment, the economy and the society, recommendations were prepared to the Swiss Federal Government. The present contribution deals with glaciers and permafrost in the Swiss Alps as an example of corresponding analyses and asse ...
... 2007). Based on corresponding assessments for various sectors of the environment, the economy and the society, recommendations were prepared to the Swiss Federal Government. The present contribution deals with glaciers and permafrost in the Swiss Alps as an example of corresponding analyses and asse ...
Long-Term Ecological Records and Their Relevance to Climate
... a suite of predictive species distribution models (e.g., Guisan & Thuiller 2005). These bioclimatic envelope models predict current and future range shifts and estimate the distances and rates of movement required for species to track the change in climate and move into suitable new climate space (e ...
... a suite of predictive species distribution models (e.g., Guisan & Thuiller 2005). These bioclimatic envelope models predict current and future range shifts and estimate the distances and rates of movement required for species to track the change in climate and move into suitable new climate space (e ...
Fuelling America`s Climatic Apocalypse
... (IPCC) came out with the strong conclusion that human energy consumption is impacting the climate system, and this conclusion was further supported by the February 2007 release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report. Summarizing the early trends of this greenhouse effect, McNeill explains that “avera ...
... (IPCC) came out with the strong conclusion that human energy consumption is impacting the climate system, and this conclusion was further supported by the February 2007 release of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report. Summarizing the early trends of this greenhouse effect, McNeill explains that “avera ...
Predicting Hydrological Response to Climate Change in the White
... River Basin, Kenya to support better resource management. Again, Liu et al. [6] quantified the effect of land-use and land-cover change on green-water and blue-water using hydrological model. Studies have shown that with the increasing population growth, industrial development and expansion of irrig ...
... River Basin, Kenya to support better resource management. Again, Liu et al. [6] quantified the effect of land-use and land-cover change on green-water and blue-water using hydrological model. Studies have shown that with the increasing population growth, industrial development and expansion of irrig ...
CO 2 - NSTA Learning Center - National Science Teachers
... Why are arctic terrestrial ecosystems important to global climate change? 1. Human wellbeing and subsistence. 2. The albedo (reflective properties) of arctic terrestrial ecosystems is changing, altering the amount of sunlight reflected back to space. 3. There is a large carbon reservoir ‘locked’ in ...
... Why are arctic terrestrial ecosystems important to global climate change? 1. Human wellbeing and subsistence. 2. The albedo (reflective properties) of arctic terrestrial ecosystems is changing, altering the amount of sunlight reflected back to space. 3. There is a large carbon reservoir ‘locked’ in ...
protecting our future environment in a changing climate
... changes could mean more smog may form in urban areas. A preliminary analysis conducted by EPA found that if air emissions were kept at current levels the expected temperature increase from climate change is likely to increase peak ozone levels in Melbourne over the next 50 years, with the potential ...
... changes could mean more smog may form in urban areas. A preliminary analysis conducted by EPA found that if air emissions were kept at current levels the expected temperature increase from climate change is likely to increase peak ozone levels in Melbourne over the next 50 years, with the potential ...
Climate change and groundwater: a short review Geological Society
... sea level at the end of the twenty-first century are between 0.18 –0.38 m, but an extreme scenario gives a rise up to 0.59 m; † It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent; and † Increases in the amount of precipitation are ver ...
... sea level at the end of the twenty-first century are between 0.18 –0.38 m, but an extreme scenario gives a rise up to 0.59 m; † It is very likely that hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will continue to become more frequent; and † Increases in the amount of precipitation are ver ...
Impact of Climate Change on Migration from Vietnam to Russia as a
... the allied states of the near abroad - the former Soviet republics, the traditional allies of the USSR-Russia in the Arab world and in the Balkans, Cuba, India and China, as well as Greece, which, in spite of NATO membership, is an Orthodox country, which was demonstrated in its position on the war ...
... the allied states of the near abroad - the former Soviet republics, the traditional allies of the USSR-Russia in the Arab world and in the Balkans, Cuba, India and China, as well as Greece, which, in spite of NATO membership, is an Orthodox country, which was demonstrated in its position on the war ...
Joint projections of temperature and precipitation change from
... however, just projections from a marginal aspect of multifaceted regional climatic changes that are very likely to affect societies and ecosystems in adverse more than beneficial ways. If high latitude regions may see warmer temperatures as beneficial, enjoying longer growing seasons and lower heating ...
... however, just projections from a marginal aspect of multifaceted regional climatic changes that are very likely to affect societies and ecosystems in adverse more than beneficial ways. If high latitude regions may see warmer temperatures as beneficial, enjoying longer growing seasons and lower heating ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CLUSTER
... natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived. There is a significant risk that many of the trends will accelerate, leading to extreme climatic events and to an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climatic shifts (IPCC, 2007, IARU congress, 2009). ...
... natural variability within which our society and economy have developed and thrived. There is a significant risk that many of the trends will accelerate, leading to extreme climatic events and to an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climatic shifts (IPCC, 2007, IARU congress, 2009). ...
Effects of climate change on life history
... capacity to recover from long-term change due to their low reproductive potential and high degree of specialization. Conversely, r-selected species inhabiting more variable environments may be more affected in the short term due to their higher population variability. However, species with a faster ...
... capacity to recover from long-term change due to their low reproductive potential and high degree of specialization. Conversely, r-selected species inhabiting more variable environments may be more affected in the short term due to their higher population variability. However, species with a faster ...
Climate change and ecosystems of the Mid
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
... Freshwater resources have multiple, sometimes conflicting, values. These include fishing, swimming, boating, water supply, beauty, flood control, navigation and transportation, and hydropower. Freshwater ecosystems support aquatic plants and animals, as well as organisms in wetland and terrestrial e ...
The Climate Change Debate in the United
... reevaluated: the Earth Climate is warming up, and following unprecedented rates. Starting in the 1970's a consensus between scientists formed on the implication of greenhouse gases in the process, and that these emissions created by human activities were deeply influencing the Climate. Since the 199 ...
... reevaluated: the Earth Climate is warming up, and following unprecedented rates. Starting in the 1970's a consensus between scientists formed on the implication of greenhouse gases in the process, and that these emissions created by human activities were deeply influencing the Climate. Since the 199 ...
Th1 Ch4 Weblinks - Dynamic Learning
... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/weather-view-photos-readers-aroundworld ...
... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/13/weather-view-photos-readers-aroundworld ...
Author`s personal copy
... release increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. The total carbon contained in permafrost has been estimated at 1672 gigatons, more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere (Tarnocai et al., 2009). This means that the potential amplifying effect of greenhouse gas release from permafrost melt ...
... release increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. The total carbon contained in permafrost has been estimated at 1672 gigatons, more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere (Tarnocai et al., 2009). This means that the potential amplifying effect of greenhouse gas release from permafrost melt ...
- Wiley Online Library
... range shifts are tightly coupled to shifts in thermal envelope (Pinksy et al., 2013). Therefore, the magnitude of anticipated climate warming effects on thermally constrained latitudinal ranges of hypothetical oxygen- and capacity-limited FENs was estimated based on the best supported mean temperatu ...
... range shifts are tightly coupled to shifts in thermal envelope (Pinksy et al., 2013). Therefore, the magnitude of anticipated climate warming effects on thermally constrained latitudinal ranges of hypothetical oxygen- and capacity-limited FENs was estimated based on the best supported mean temperatu ...
An Overview On the Complexity of Humans Within It
... pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
... pp. http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11175.html ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
... Climate change scenarios for impacts assessment are basically generated by General Circulation Models (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale feat ...
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.