Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... changes in evapotranspiration in the region are not completely consistent in the different assessments. This is probably caused by the fact that different hydrological models were used and that different numbers of climate scenarios have been used as input for the hydrological models. For the climat ...
... changes in evapotranspiration in the region are not completely consistent in the different assessments. This is probably caused by the fact that different hydrological models were used and that different numbers of climate scenarios have been used as input for the hydrological models. For the climat ...
11. Minutes of the 11th meeting
... Regime Shifts, Ecosystem Productivity and Structural Responses to Physical Forcing and PanPacific Comparisons. He reflected on the difficulties involved in conducting synthesis and discussed the plans for the development of a new science programme inside PICES. The new programme, although yet to be ...
... Regime Shifts, Ecosystem Productivity and Structural Responses to Physical Forcing and PanPacific Comparisons. He reflected on the difficulties involved in conducting synthesis and discussed the plans for the development of a new science programme inside PICES. The new programme, although yet to be ...
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... three barriers related specifically and directly to adaptation to climate change: the long time scale of climate change, the reliance on scientific knowledge of climate change, and its inherent uncertainties and ambiguities. From a municipality’s perspective, the fact that climate change is an ongoi ...
... three barriers related specifically and directly to adaptation to climate change: the long time scale of climate change, the reliance on scientific knowledge of climate change, and its inherent uncertainties and ambiguities. From a municipality’s perspective, the fact that climate change is an ongoi ...
climate change - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... adaptation There are two simultaneous ways of how humankind can (and does) react to climate change: Adaptation and mitigation ...
... adaptation There are two simultaneous ways of how humankind can (and does) react to climate change: Adaptation and mitigation ...
Expert Meeting on How to feed the world in 2050 . Critical evaluation of selected projections
... agricultural price projections, only for total agriculture and only to 2030 (they have no statements about price projections for 2050, nor for any commodity or group). It says: “The baseline scenario……yields a benign price pattern for overall agriculture, i.e. there is a small negative trend over th ...
... agricultural price projections, only for total agriculture and only to 2030 (they have no statements about price projections for 2050, nor for any commodity or group). It says: “The baseline scenario……yields a benign price pattern for overall agriculture, i.e. there is a small negative trend over th ...
Climate Change and Ontario`s Provincial Parks
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
Mesozoic Climates. - Return to Home Page
... soils, sediments and rocks (geosphere). Only by consideration of the climate system in these terms is it possible to understand the flows and cycles of energy and matter in the atmosphere, an understanding which is required to investigate the causes (and effects) of climatic change. Having stressed ...
... soils, sediments and rocks (geosphere). Only by consideration of the climate system in these terms is it possible to understand the flows and cycles of energy and matter in the atmosphere, an understanding which is required to investigate the causes (and effects) of climatic change. Having stressed ...
Climate Change and Ontario`s Provincial Parks: Towards an
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England (625 kB) (opens in new window)
... There is a case for early Government action to promote and enable better adaptation to climate change. Although the UK’s climate is relatively benign, it is already vulnerable to extremes of weather. Climate change will exacerbate these risks. Adaptation is about risk management – to reduce harm and ...
... There is a case for early Government action to promote and enable better adaptation to climate change. Although the UK’s climate is relatively benign, it is already vulnerable to extremes of weather. Climate change will exacerbate these risks. Adaptation is about risk management – to reduce harm and ...
Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... beach areas and historic settlement patterns that are sea-based. The Israel Antiquities Authority have prepared a first report and analysis, the questionnaire of which is added to this paper. Further studies will be conducted on the implications on underwater archaeology. These studies will also hav ...
... beach areas and historic settlement patterns that are sea-based. The Israel Antiquities Authority have prepared a first report and analysis, the questionnaire of which is added to this paper. Further studies will be conducted on the implications on underwater archaeology. These studies will also hav ...
Impact of ocean warming and ocean acidification on marin
... change on the marine environment has generated a new focus on these stressors in order to understand how marine species will respond to ocean change. In contrast to point source pollution, the oceans are experiencing long-term pervasive perturbation due to increased warming and CO2 uptake that has t ...
... change on the marine environment has generated a new focus on these stressors in order to understand how marine species will respond to ocean change. In contrast to point source pollution, the oceans are experiencing long-term pervasive perturbation due to increased warming and CO2 uptake that has t ...
The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries
... scarcity, a depletion of natural resources, rising food prices and deforestation (Pirages 1997; Adger et al. 2003; Brown 2012). Climate change will continue to exacerbate these issues. Besides nuclear war, no other environmental problem has the potential scope for such widespread impact in the same ...
... scarcity, a depletion of natural resources, rising food prices and deforestation (Pirages 1997; Adger et al. 2003; Brown 2012). Climate change will continue to exacerbate these issues. Besides nuclear war, no other environmental problem has the potential scope for such widespread impact in the same ...
Uganda National Adaptation Programmes of Action
... Global warming, the gradual increase in the average temperature on the earth, affects every sector of development. It is a frightening reality that every country has to come to terms with, as evidenced by the highly destructive hurricanes in the USA (2005), severe droughts in Niger (2005) and the de ...
... Global warming, the gradual increase in the average temperature on the earth, affects every sector of development. It is a frightening reality that every country has to come to terms with, as evidenced by the highly destructive hurricanes in the USA (2005), severe droughts in Niger (2005) and the de ...
Climate Change and Renewable Energy - Minnesota DNR - MN-dnr
... challenge, they have become immediate. Just look at northern Minnesota, where average annual temperature have increased by more than 2° F over the past century. Our mandate comes from legislation and the Governor himself. Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 requires the state to reduce fo ...
... challenge, they have become immediate. Just look at northern Minnesota, where average annual temperature have increased by more than 2° F over the past century. Our mandate comes from legislation and the Governor himself. Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act of 2007 requires the state to reduce fo ...
Climate change and Ontario`s provincial parks
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ont ...
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ont ...
21st Century Precipitation Changes over the Los Angeles Region
... et al. (2012) rely only on historical relationships (i.e. they assume stationarity) between variables ...
... et al. (2012) rely only on historical relationships (i.e. they assume stationarity) between variables ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences Regulate Streamflow Response to Climate Change at
... temperature in water-surplus ecosystems and lower than was predicted in water-deficit ecosystems. Streamflow was correlated with climate variability indices (e.g., the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation), especially in seasons when vegetatio ...
... temperature in water-surplus ecosystems and lower than was predicted in water-deficit ecosystems. Streamflow was correlated with climate variability indices (e.g., the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation), especially in seasons when vegetatio ...
Ecosystem Processes and Human Influences
... temperature in water-surplus ecosystems and lower than was predicted in water-deficit ecosystems. Streamflow was correlated with climate variability indices (e.g., the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation), especially in seasons when vegetatio ...
... temperature in water-surplus ecosystems and lower than was predicted in water-deficit ecosystems. Streamflow was correlated with climate variability indices (e.g., the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, the North Atlantic Oscillation), especially in seasons when vegetatio ...
Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya
... monthly mean minimum temperature was decreasing while monthly mean maximum temperature was increasing significantly (Supplementary Fig. S1). Similarly, mean annual rainfall at Larke, Gorkha, was 1252 mm (SD = 535). In Larke, during the past 30 years (1980–2009) there was a significant (n = 30, R 2 = ...
... monthly mean minimum temperature was decreasing while monthly mean maximum temperature was increasing significantly (Supplementary Fig. S1). Similarly, mean annual rainfall at Larke, Gorkha, was 1252 mm (SD = 535). In Larke, during the past 30 years (1980–2009) there was a significant (n = 30, R 2 = ...
The Status of Climate Change Data: A Case Study for
... The findings revealed that some infrastructure currently exists for climate data. The essential climate variables rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and wind speed are collected by nine (9) weather stations, two (2) of which are manned stations and seven (7) of which are autom ...
... The findings revealed that some infrastructure currently exists for climate data. The essential climate variables rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and wind speed are collected by nine (9) weather stations, two (2) of which are manned stations and seven (7) of which are autom ...
A Review of Downscaling Methods for Climate
... Convective precipitation: Intense precipitation of short duration that characterizes most of the rainfall in the tropics. Direct and indirect effect of aerosols: Atmospheric aerosols are solid and liquid particles suspended in air that influence the amount of solar radiation that reaches the surface ...
... Convective precipitation: Intense precipitation of short duration that characterizes most of the rainfall in the tropics. Direct and indirect effect of aerosols: Atmospheric aerosols are solid and liquid particles suspended in air that influence the amount of solar radiation that reaches the surface ...
Establishing Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate
... Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund are the main strategies to address CCA at the national level. Progress on each front is encouraging in its own right, but with respect to faci ...
... Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund and the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund are the main strategies to address CCA at the national level. Progress on each front is encouraging in its own right, but with respect to faci ...
Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems
... climate processes operating at the regional scale are capable of overriding globalscale trends (Haywood et al. 2000a). To test these and other ideas Haywood & Valdes (2004), using the HadCM3 GCM, carried out the first fully coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM simulation for the Mid-Pliocene. The simulation ...
... climate processes operating at the regional scale are capable of overriding globalscale trends (Haywood et al. 2000a). To test these and other ideas Haywood & Valdes (2004), using the HadCM3 GCM, carried out the first fully coupled ocean–atmosphere GCM simulation for the Mid-Pliocene. The simulation ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea
... Precipitation is low in winter; inland January total precipitation long-term means may be < 25 mm (Steinhauser, 1979; World Meteorological Organization, 1981), but southern regions of the study area receive abundant orographically enhanced precipitation of 1 m yr−1 or more. Typically, there is a lat ...
... Precipitation is low in winter; inland January total precipitation long-term means may be < 25 mm (Steinhauser, 1979; World Meteorological Organization, 1981), but southern regions of the study area receive abundant orographically enhanced precipitation of 1 m yr−1 or more. Typically, there is a lat ...
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.