Earth System Processes
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
... regular orbit of the Earth around the Sun, we expect them, and we look forward to them. We plan summer vacations and winter ski trips accordingly. Farmers plan their crops and harvests around the seasonal cycle. By comparison, variations in the average weather from one year to the next are quite mod ...
Central Coast Climate change snapshot
... The Central Coast is expected to experience an increase in all temperature variables (average, maximum and minimum) for the near future and the far future (Figure 2). Maximum temperatures are projected to increase by 0.7°C in the near future and by 1.9°C in the far future (Figure 2b). The largest ch ...
... The Central Coast is expected to experience an increase in all temperature variables (average, maximum and minimum) for the near future and the far future (Figure 2). Maximum temperatures are projected to increase by 0.7°C in the near future and by 1.9°C in the far future (Figure 2b). The largest ch ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
The Changing Himalayas - India Environment Portal
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
Lesson 3 - Climate Classroom
... while related, are different. Weather is what we experience on a daily basis. It helps us decide what we should wear for the day or what to bring on an upcoming getaway in the next week. Weather is a prediction based on a variety of data collected in a variety of ways from ground stations to radars ...
... while related, are different. Weather is what we experience on a daily basis. It helps us decide what we should wear for the day or what to bring on an upcoming getaway in the next week. Weather is a prediction based on a variety of data collected in a variety of ways from ground stations to radars ...
The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... present scientific knowledge, of some key questions about climate change. It is an extensively revised update of a similarly titled Academy publication in 2010 that summarised the state of knowledge at that time. It has been prepared by a broadly-based Working Group of Australian climate scientists ...
... present scientific knowledge, of some key questions about climate change. It is an extensively revised update of a similarly titled Academy publication in 2010 that summarised the state of knowledge at that time. It has been prepared by a broadly-based Working Group of Australian climate scientists ...
Dorsey.18.2.Jun_.07
... Sunoco.14 Hardline corporate lobby groups, including the presently defunct Global Climate Coalition (GCC), the Business Roundtable, and the American Petroleum Institute, for years openly denied the very existence of climate change and opposed the Kyoto Protocol up-front.15 In 1998, a leaked memo rev ...
... Sunoco.14 Hardline corporate lobby groups, including the presently defunct Global Climate Coalition (GCC), the Business Roundtable, and the American Petroleum Institute, for years openly denied the very existence of climate change and opposed the Kyoto Protocol up-front.15 In 1998, a leaked memo rev ...
ITU ICT and the environment
... channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these countries with power of up to 100-150 kW each, most of them operating 24 hours a day the energy savings will be very important! ITU-R Study Group 5 has developed the ITU-R “Intelligent Transport System” ...
... channel). Taking into account that there are roughly one hundred thousands transmitters in these countries with power of up to 100-150 kW each, most of them operating 24 hours a day the energy savings will be very important! ITU-R Study Group 5 has developed the ITU-R “Intelligent Transport System” ...
Climate Denial and the Construction of Innocence Reproducing
... be the limiting factor in this equation. These studies emphasized either the complexity of climate science or political economic corruption as reasons people do not adequately understand what is at stake. Yet as Read et al. (1994) pointed out more than a decade ago, only two simple facts are essenti ...
... be the limiting factor in this equation. These studies emphasized either the complexity of climate science or political economic corruption as reasons people do not adequately understand what is at stake. Yet as Read et al. (1994) pointed out more than a decade ago, only two simple facts are essenti ...
Modelling the impact of future changes in climate, CO2
... LUCF in the early part of the 21st century, whereafter it returns to near zero, as in the A1F scenario. In both these scenarios, the decline in cropland area (Fig. 2) contributes strongly to the high NEP, as abandoned cropland is converted back to the natural state where regrowth of woody vegetation ...
... LUCF in the early part of the 21st century, whereafter it returns to near zero, as in the A1F scenario. In both these scenarios, the decline in cropland area (Fig. 2) contributes strongly to the high NEP, as abandoned cropland is converted back to the natural state where regrowth of woody vegetation ...
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... Gaggini, N., T. Eichler, and Z. Pan, 2015: A comparison of storm track precipitation in the IPCC AR4 and AR5 Suite of Models (Revise and resubmit to JGR). Eichler, T. and J. Gottschalk, 2015: The climatology and interannual variability of storm tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model for the Southern Hemisphere ...
... Gaggini, N., T. Eichler, and Z. Pan, 2015: A comparison of storm track precipitation in the IPCC AR4 and AR5 Suite of Models (Revise and resubmit to JGR). Eichler, T. and J. Gottschalk, 2015: The climatology and interannual variability of storm tracks in NCEP’s CFS Model for the Southern Hemisphere ...
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... • What risk management strategies are agricultural industries implementing to adapt to climate risk? • What role could government play in assisting rural industries and communities with respect to drought and climate change adaptation? www.brs.gov.au ...
... • What risk management strategies are agricultural industries implementing to adapt to climate risk? • What role could government play in assisting rural industries and communities with respect to drought and climate change adaptation? www.brs.gov.au ...
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... 1.1 Climate Change, Global warming and the Greenhouse effect Climate change, also known as global warming and the greenhouse effect, is caused by man-made or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leads to an increase in the mean global temperature ...
... 1.1 Climate Change, Global warming and the Greenhouse effect Climate change, also known as global warming and the greenhouse effect, is caused by man-made or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leads to an increase in the mean global temperature ...
Protecting Food Security of Mekong River Basin through Climate Change Adaptation A Regional Collaborative Effort – MRC Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative
... and -2 to 11% in Mekong Delta Yield increase is higher in A2 while yield decrease is higher in B2 High variation in yield from year to year indicates higher uncertainty of the climatic variables. Food security of the basin is unlikely to be affected by the increased population, and the impact of CC. ...
... and -2 to 11% in Mekong Delta Yield increase is higher in A2 while yield decrease is higher in B2 High variation in yield from year to year indicates higher uncertainty of the climatic variables. Food security of the basin is unlikely to be affected by the increased population, and the impact of CC. ...
global warming - Libertarian Alliance
... fossil fuels. But, contrary to popular misconceptions, there is no consensus on what the consequences of this will be. Before discussing those consequences a number of further facts can be cited. (1) All the greenhouse gases are produced in nature, as well as by humans. To give one example, termites ...
... fossil fuels. But, contrary to popular misconceptions, there is no consensus on what the consequences of this will be. Before discussing those consequences a number of further facts can be cited. (1) All the greenhouse gases are produced in nature, as well as by humans. To give one example, termites ...
Climate Change Impacts on Native Plant
... Plants differ in their direct physiological response to elevated CO2, as well as in the less obvious responses such as changes in tissue composition, stress resistance, or rhizosphere interactions (Korner 1998). While rising CO2 concentrations are projected to increase productivity of some communit ...
... Plants differ in their direct physiological response to elevated CO2, as well as in the less obvious responses such as changes in tissue composition, stress resistance, or rhizosphere interactions (Korner 1998). While rising CO2 concentrations are projected to increase productivity of some communit ...
response of climate change on the morphological behavior of
... The Jamuna River travels about 240 km from the international border to meet the Ganges River at Aricha. The average width of this river within Bangladesh is 12 km. The annual average flow as measured at Bahadurabad is 20,000 m3/s with a maximum estimated discharge of 100,000 m3/s. The average flood ...
... The Jamuna River travels about 240 km from the international border to meet the Ganges River at Aricha. The average width of this river within Bangladesh is 12 km. The annual average flow as measured at Bahadurabad is 20,000 m3/s with a maximum estimated discharge of 100,000 m3/s. The average flood ...
Climate Change and Landscape Preservation
... twentieth century, and the total twentieth-century rise is estimated to be 0.17 meter, or more than half a foot. Geological observations indicate that sea-level rise over the previous 2,000 years was far less (Fig. 1). • Snow cover is decreasing in most regions, particularly in spring. The maximum e ...
... twentieth century, and the total twentieth-century rise is estimated to be 0.17 meter, or more than half a foot. Geological observations indicate that sea-level rise over the previous 2,000 years was far less (Fig. 1). • Snow cover is decreasing in most regions, particularly in spring. The maximum e ...
14 January 2013
... he annual North American Major Groups and Stakeholders Consultation was held on 12 and 13 December at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 60 participants representing a range of constituencies from the region. The programme included briefings on important ...
... he annual North American Major Groups and Stakeholders Consultation was held on 12 and 13 December at the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 60 participants representing a range of constituencies from the region. The programme included briefings on important ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... temperature during the past several decades. The figure below shows the observed global surface temperature history from 1951-2013 compared with the temperature evolution projected by the collection of models used in the new IPCC 2013 report. We broke the climate models down into two groups—those wh ...
... temperature during the past several decades. The figure below shows the observed global surface temperature history from 1951-2013 compared with the temperature evolution projected by the collection of models used in the new IPCC 2013 report. We broke the climate models down into two groups—those wh ...
Research priorities in land use and land
... groups to utilize modelled results are those that study climate interactions with ecosystems, water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, human settlements and ultimately for understanding the potential for human adaptation to climatic changes, as well as for finer resolution analysis of potential s ...
... groups to utilize modelled results are those that study climate interactions with ecosystems, water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, human settlements and ultimately for understanding the potential for human adaptation to climatic changes, as well as for finer resolution analysis of potential s ...
Improving evaluation of climate change impacts on the water cycle
... predictions. In the present work, a robust methodology for building climate multimodel ensembles of meteorological data was presented. The final aim was to increase the reliability of both climatological and hydrological projections. The introduction of GIS has facilitated the spatial modelling of t ...
... predictions. In the present work, a robust methodology for building climate multimodel ensembles of meteorological data was presented. The final aim was to increase the reliability of both climatological and hydrological projections. The introduction of GIS has facilitated the spatial modelling of t ...
1 - MEDiterranean PROspects
... The first step of this assessment consists in estimating the relationship between water availability and crops productivity in main MED11 regions for major crops. This relationship will be investigated by IAMB and UPM. The research will potentially integrate data from two sources. If possible, infor ...
... The first step of this assessment consists in estimating the relationship between water availability and crops productivity in main MED11 regions for major crops. This relationship will be investigated by IAMB and UPM. The research will potentially integrate data from two sources. If possible, infor ...
Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?
... [8] GCM updrafts are stronger over land than ocean solely because of land-ocean differences in thermodynamic profiles. The updrafts are most sensitive to the thermal structure below the freezing level, which controls the acceleration due to buoyancy (Tv0). Convective available potential energy (CAPE ...
... [8] GCM updrafts are stronger over land than ocean solely because of land-ocean differences in thermodynamic profiles. The updrafts are most sensitive to the thermal structure below the freezing level, which controls the acceleration due to buoyancy (Tv0). Convective available potential energy (CAPE ...
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.