(Accredited) - AS Level Geography - H081
... at all geographical scales, and appreciate how these underpin understanding of some of the key issues facing the world today develop their understanding of, and ability to apply, the concepts of place, space, scale and environment, that underpin both the national curriculum and GCSE, including devel ...
... at all geographical scales, and appreciate how these underpin understanding of some of the key issues facing the world today develop their understanding of, and ability to apply, the concepts of place, space, scale and environment, that underpin both the national curriculum and GCSE, including devel ...
Trends in Extreme Precipitation Events for the Northeastern United
... significant differences in weather and climate at these locations compared to surrounding stations. Each record was inspected individually to assess its completeness and reliability for use in trend analysis. If a station contained less than 80 percent of the daily precipitation measurements for the ...
... significant differences in weather and climate at these locations compared to surrounding stations. Each record was inspected individually to assess its completeness and reliability for use in trend analysis. If a station contained less than 80 percent of the daily precipitation measurements for the ...
Climate change and its impact on the livelihood of farmers and
... However, we are currently facing a rapid warming cycle with CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere with increasing evidence from ice cores that show that current atmospheric concentrations exceed the natural range of the last six hundred and fifty thousand (650,000) years. Industrialization in the nin ...
... However, we are currently facing a rapid warming cycle with CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere with increasing evidence from ice cores that show that current atmospheric concentrations exceed the natural range of the last six hundred and fifty thousand (650,000) years. Industrialization in the nin ...
The Northeast Asia mountain glaciers in the near
... Krenke, 2005). Comparison of data obtained between the late 1950s and 2001 about the glaciers of northeast Asia and their mass exchange, shows that they have undergone appreciable changes – as revealed through retreat of their termini, surface lowering, formation of new morainic deposits, etc. By ou ...
... Krenke, 2005). Comparison of data obtained between the late 1950s and 2001 about the glaciers of northeast Asia and their mass exchange, shows that they have undergone appreciable changes – as revealed through retreat of their termini, surface lowering, formation of new morainic deposits, etc. By ou ...
Scholarly networks on resilience, vulnerability
... interested to identify the structure and dynamics of major fields contributing to the particular concepts within the research on human dimensions of global environmental change (HDGEC). The study of HDGEC is performed by scholars from many different disciplines, including geography, political scienc ...
... interested to identify the structure and dynamics of major fields contributing to the particular concepts within the research on human dimensions of global environmental change (HDGEC). The study of HDGEC is performed by scholars from many different disciplines, including geography, political scienc ...
Chapter 1: The climate of the Eastern
... could be attributed to the sun’s light being blocked by anthropogenic atmospheric aerosols and volcanic dust (global dimming). In any case, the recent upward trend in temperature is statistically significant at a confidence level of 95% in almost all inhabited areas of the planet and, according to ...
... could be attributed to the sun’s light being blocked by anthropogenic atmospheric aerosols and volcanic dust (global dimming). In any case, the recent upward trend in temperature is statistically significant at a confidence level of 95% in almost all inhabited areas of the planet and, according to ...
STRIVE Ireland in a Warmer Report Series No.27
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
... a particular focus on coastal regions surrounding Ireland. While the impact is seasonally dependent, there is evidence that extreme wave heights may increase by up to 10% in some Irish waters. Chapter 5 describes an investigation into the impact of warmer ocean temperatures on storminess. The result ...
Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should Humanity Aim?
... larger on Pleistocene time scales (see Supplementary Material), but the sensitivity may be reduced by negative feedbacks on geologic time scales [29, 30]. The 6°C sensitivity reduces to 3°C when the planet has become warm enough to lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant ...
... larger on Pleistocene time scales (see Supplementary Material), but the sensitivity may be reduced by negative feedbacks on geologic time scales [29, 30]. The 6°C sensitivity reduces to 3°C when the planet has become warm enough to lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant ...
fellmann
... Figure 1). Thus, the adaptive capacity of a system affects its vulnerability to climate change by modulating exposure and sensitivity (Yohe and Tol, 2002, Gallopin, 2006, Adger et al., 2007). The IPCC (2007) defines adaptive capacity as the ability (or potential) of a system to successfully adjust t ...
... Figure 1). Thus, the adaptive capacity of a system affects its vulnerability to climate change by modulating exposure and sensitivity (Yohe and Tol, 2002, Gallopin, 2006, Adger et al., 2007). The IPCC (2007) defines adaptive capacity as the ability (or potential) of a system to successfully adjust t ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
... warmer than at the beginning of the 20th Century, with global temperatures having increased by around 0.6˚C; > it is likely that 1990-1999 was the warmest decade in the last 1,000 years, at least in the Northern Hemisphere; > most of the observed warming in the last 50 years is attributable to human ...
Erler, A.R., Peltier, W.R., dOrgeville, M. Dynamically downscaled
... the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challenging because of the lack of a well-established offline ...
... the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challenging because of the lack of a well-established offline ...
THE BIG LIE - Council for American Students in International
... When the issue of climate change was first brought to the attention of the general American public in the late 1980s, there appeared to be general support for governmental response to the crisis. 18 As a result of press coverage of Senate hearings on climate change during a severe heat wave in June ...
... When the issue of climate change was first brought to the attention of the general American public in the late 1980s, there appeared to be general support for governmental response to the crisis. 18 As a result of press coverage of Senate hearings on climate change during a severe heat wave in June ...
Death and Death Rates Due to Extreme Weather Events Indur M. Goklany
... temperatures – increasing them at some locations and for some periods, while decreasing them at other locations and other periods. Some of the effects of these changes will tend to offset each other and/or be redistributed over space and time. For instance, an increase in deaths due to heat waves at ...
... temperatures – increasing them at some locations and for some periods, while decreasing them at other locations and other periods. Some of the effects of these changes will tend to offset each other and/or be redistributed over space and time. For instance, an increase in deaths due to heat waves at ...
and Aquaculture Projects
... “Climate‑Smart Smallholder Agriculture: What’s Different?” This paper acknowledged the growing consensus that “climate change is transforming the context for rural development, changing physical and socio-economic landscapes, and ...
... “Climate‑Smart Smallholder Agriculture: What’s Different?” This paper acknowledged the growing consensus that “climate change is transforming the context for rural development, changing physical and socio-economic landscapes, and ...
Transformational Adaptation: Concepts, Examples, and their
... psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme events or conditions at other locations. Anticipatory approaches that move from incremental approache ...
... psychological barriers that make it difficult for people to imagine the possible nature and impacts of climate change. This might be addressed using analogues of future impacts based on past extreme events or conditions at other locations. Anticipatory approaches that move from incremental approache ...
Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies for Natural
... today’s management actions – planners are increasingly required to rigorously forecast future conditions. It is no longer sufficient to assess “how are we doing?” and then decide what actions should be prioritized for the upcoming 5-15 year management plan. One must now ask “where are we going, and ...
... today’s management actions – planners are increasingly required to rigorously forecast future conditions. It is no longer sufficient to assess “how are we doing?” and then decide what actions should be prioritized for the upcoming 5-15 year management plan. One must now ask “where are we going, and ...
Developing and Applying Scenarios
... Scenarios of the 21st Century The IPCC recently completed the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) to replace the earlier set of six IS92 scenarios developed for the IPCC in 1992. These new scenarios consider the period 1990–2100 and include a range of socioeconomic assumptions [e.g., a glob ...
... Scenarios of the 21st Century The IPCC recently completed the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) to replace the earlier set of six IS92 scenarios developed for the IPCC in 1992. These new scenarios consider the period 1990–2100 and include a range of socioeconomic assumptions [e.g., a glob ...
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... The impacts of climate change and increased carbon dioxide concentrations on plant growth, productivity and the nutrient value of crops commonly grown in Vanuatu is not well understood. However, general knowledge of possible impacts suggests changes may be detrimental to agricultural production and ...
... The impacts of climate change and increased carbon dioxide concentrations on plant growth, productivity and the nutrient value of crops commonly grown in Vanuatu is not well understood. However, general knowledge of possible impacts suggests changes may be detrimental to agricultural production and ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
... The Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)4 notes that “In recent decades, changes in climate have caused impacts on natural and human systems on all continents and across the oceans. Impacts are due to observed climate change, irrespective of it ...
Degrees of Change: Climate Warming and the Stakes for Canada
... No greater environmental and economic challenge faces Canada and Canadians than climate change. From melting sea ice in the Arctic to the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia to more extreme weather events, a warming globe from increased greenhouse gas emissions is making its effects known ri ...
... No greater environmental and economic challenge faces Canada and Canadians than climate change. From melting sea ice in the Arctic to the pine beetle infestation in British Columbia to more extreme weather events, a warming globe from increased greenhouse gas emissions is making its effects known ri ...
before the secretary of the interior petition to list the emperor penguin
... predators such as emperor penguins. Containing more than half of Southern Ocean krill stocks, the southwest Atlantic sector has suffered a decline in krill density of as great as 80% since the 1970s, at least in part caused by changes in ocean biological productivity brought on by climate change. Oc ...
... predators such as emperor penguins. Containing more than half of Southern Ocean krill stocks, the southwest Atlantic sector has suffered a decline in krill density of as great as 80% since the 1970s, at least in part caused by changes in ocean biological productivity brought on by climate change. Oc ...
Northern Canada
... e climate of the Arctic has shown an unprecedented rate of change during the past 50 years. Over the last half century, the Canadian Arctic has experienced significant increases in both temperature and precipitation, consistent with trends in other circumpolar regions. Increases in air temperature h ...
... e climate of the Arctic has shown an unprecedented rate of change during the past 50 years. Over the last half century, the Canadian Arctic has experienced significant increases in both temperature and precipitation, consistent with trends in other circumpolar regions. Increases in air temperature h ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Coastal and Inland Wetlands in
... completing a vulnerability assessment of Great Lakes coastal species in Michigan1 (funded by the DEQ Coastal Management Program). The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has undertaken a parallel effort for inland species, with the exception of game fish.2 Both vulnerability assessments take in ...
... completing a vulnerability assessment of Great Lakes coastal species in Michigan1 (funded by the DEQ Coastal Management Program). The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has undertaken a parallel effort for inland species, with the exception of game fish.2 Both vulnerability assessments take in ...
global climate change and health – a new theme for research in
... Environmental medicine research is missing in the field of climate change and health The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Resear ...
... Environmental medicine research is missing in the field of climate change and health The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Resear ...
Vulnerability of Tasmania`s Natural Environment to Climate Change
... Natural values potentially at risk from climate change This report undertakes an initial assessment of the projected impact of climate change on the natural values of Tasmania’s terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems, considering the potential impacts on physical and biological processes. Clima ...
... Natural values potentially at risk from climate change This report undertakes an initial assessment of the projected impact of climate change on the natural values of Tasmania’s terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems, considering the potential impacts on physical and biological processes. Clima ...
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.