Arctic Climate Impact Science – an update since ACIA
... would rise by about 7.3 m (IPCC 2007), making its status a global concern. ACIA (which gave equal space to the Greenland Ice Sheet and other arctic glaciers) reoported, a net mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet was reported. Subsequent satellite findings (e.g. Chen et al. 2006, Velicogna & Wahr 200 ...
... would rise by about 7.3 m (IPCC 2007), making its status a global concern. ACIA (which gave equal space to the Greenland Ice Sheet and other arctic glaciers) reoported, a net mass loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet was reported. Subsequent satellite findings (e.g. Chen et al. 2006, Velicogna & Wahr 200 ...
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Climate Change Vulnerability
... dateline, in the Central Pacific Ocean. Its land area is some 811 km2 spread across 3.6 million km2 of ocean. With human populations growing and testing the limits of island resources, climate change is now becoming the most pressing threat to the nation. With three primary concerns: (1) eventual re ...
... dateline, in the Central Pacific Ocean. Its land area is some 811 km2 spread across 3.6 million km2 of ocean. With human populations growing and testing the limits of island resources, climate change is now becoming the most pressing threat to the nation. With three primary concerns: (1) eventual re ...
Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska - Alaska Native Tribal Health
... most important subsistence species are caribou, salmon, whitefish, and moose but over 50 other varieties of plants, waterfowl, fish, and wildlife are also harvested (ADF&G, 2006). Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC, 2008). In K ...
... most important subsistence species are caribou, salmon, whitefish, and moose but over 50 other varieties of plants, waterfowl, fish, and wildlife are also harvested (ADF&G, 2006). Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC, 2008). In K ...
BVOCs emission in a semi-arid grassland under climate warming
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
SEEKING CLIMATE JUSTICE: A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO SINGER
... animals and fishes. Due to increased acidity in ocean, number of fishes decrease day by day. According to 4th Assessment Report: “The uptake of anthropogenic carbon since 1750 has led to the ocean becoming more acidic with an average decrease in pH of 0.1 units. Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrat ...
... animals and fishes. Due to increased acidity in ocean, number of fishes decrease day by day. According to 4th Assessment Report: “The uptake of anthropogenic carbon since 1750 has led to the ocean becoming more acidic with an average decrease in pH of 0.1 units. Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrat ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core – Final
... Change. Muller and his daughter, Elizabeth, who co-founded the project, said they hope the study will help silence skeptics. Elizabeth Muller said she hopes their findings will "cool the debate over global warming by addressing many of the valid concerns of the skeptics in a clear and rigorous way." ...
... Change. Muller and his daughter, Elizabeth, who co-founded the project, said they hope the study will help silence skeptics. Elizabeth Muller said she hopes their findings will "cool the debate over global warming by addressing many of the valid concerns of the skeptics in a clear and rigorous way." ...
OCR physical-systems Specimen
... rejuvenation in river valleys as sea level fell during an earlier, colder period may have resulted in increased valley deepening before submergence occurred ...
... rejuvenation in river valleys as sea level fell during an earlier, colder period may have resulted in increased valley deepening before submergence occurred ...
Unified Sea Level Rise Projection
... The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact reconvened the Sea Level Rise Work Group for the purpose of updating the unified regional projection based on global projections, guidance documents and scientific literature released since the original regional projection in 2011 (Compact, 2011) ...
... The Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact reconvened the Sea Level Rise Work Group for the purpose of updating the unified regional projection based on global projections, guidance documents and scientific literature released since the original regional projection in 2011 (Compact, 2011) ...
Effect of outdoor temperature, heat primes and anchoring on belief
... drastically in the past year. For example, the PewResearch Center (2009) found that the percentage of Americans who agree that there is solid evidence the earth is warming dropped from 71% in 2008 to 57% in 2009. A FOX news poll found similar reductions (from 82% in 2007 to 69% in 2009; Blanton, 200 ...
... drastically in the past year. For example, the PewResearch Center (2009) found that the percentage of Americans who agree that there is solid evidence the earth is warming dropped from 71% in 2008 to 57% in 2009. A FOX news poll found similar reductions (from 82% in 2007 to 69% in 2009; Blanton, 200 ...
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
... in [McGranahan and Anderson, 2007]. One estimate has suggested that 10 million people are ...
... in [McGranahan and Anderson, 2007]. One estimate has suggested that 10 million people are ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Table 5. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual totals of rainfall (mm). .............. 32 Table 6. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual averages for minimum, maximum and mean daily temperatures (°C) over Tshwane. These averages were calculated over the period 196 ...
... Table 5. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual totals of rainfall (mm). .............. 32 Table 6. The present-day climate of Tshwane: Seasonal and annual averages for minimum, maximum and mean daily temperatures (°C) over Tshwane. These averages were calculated over the period 196 ...
Future changes in Mekong River hydrology
... (GCMs) that were found to perform well in the Mekong region. For the simulation of reservoir operation, we used an optimisation approach to estimate the operation of multiple reservoirs, including both existing and planned hydropower reservoirs. For the hydrological assessment, we used a distributed ...
... (GCMs) that were found to perform well in the Mekong region. For the simulation of reservoir operation, we used an optimisation approach to estimate the operation of multiple reservoirs, including both existing and planned hydropower reservoirs. For the hydrological assessment, we used a distributed ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... to citizens when they are flooded, lacking basic services and requiring urgent disaster risk responses. The African continent is warming at double the global average, and the responding changes in rainfall and precipitation, in particular, are potentially devastating. Numerous climate change related ...
... to citizens when they are flooded, lacking basic services and requiring urgent disaster risk responses. The African continent is warming at double the global average, and the responding changes in rainfall and precipitation, in particular, are potentially devastating. Numerous climate change related ...
Observed and simulated full-depth ocean heat
... use the XBT bias-correction scheme from Cheng et al. (2014) applied to the most recent version of the World Ocean Database (WOD2013; Boyer et al., 2013). MBT bias is corrected using the method provided in Ishii and Kimoto (2009). Because the choice of reference climatology to compute anomalies can l ...
... use the XBT bias-correction scheme from Cheng et al. (2014) applied to the most recent version of the World Ocean Database (WOD2013; Boyer et al., 2013). MBT bias is corrected using the method provided in Ishii and Kimoto (2009). Because the choice of reference climatology to compute anomalies can l ...
The effects of deforestation and climate variability on the
... were not available in the CMAP dataset to create a 1979 mean water-year, therefore to maintain consistency it was not calculated for any of them. The Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to measure the agreement of the inter-annual variability of the 19 years of the observed mean precipitatio ...
... were not available in the CMAP dataset to create a 1979 mean water-year, therefore to maintain consistency it was not calculated for any of them. The Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to measure the agreement of the inter-annual variability of the 19 years of the observed mean precipitatio ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... As the previous discussion suggests, incentives, ideas, and capacity can foster institutional change in cities. Incentives create imperatives. In some instances they are a response to external pressures stemming from sources such as regulation and funder requirements. In other instances they are bas ...
... As the previous discussion suggests, incentives, ideas, and capacity can foster institutional change in cities. Incentives create imperatives. In some instances they are a response to external pressures stemming from sources such as regulation and funder requirements. In other instances they are bas ...
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... Eurasia and increases the latent heat flux, enhancing the cloud cover, thus resulting in decreased daily maximum temperatures. This study also found a decrease in the diurnal temperature range over India that was due to an increase in the daily minimum temperature, which resulted from changes in alb ...
... Eurasia and increases the latent heat flux, enhancing the cloud cover, thus resulting in decreased daily maximum temperatures. This study also found a decrease in the diurnal temperature range over India that was due to an increase in the daily minimum temperature, which resulted from changes in alb ...
Uncertainty in climate change projections: the role of internal
... This archive, consisting of forced twentieth and twenty-first century integrations from 23 coupled ocean-atmosphere models, forms the basis for much of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of Working Group I (Solomon et al. 2007). Uncertainty, as estimated ...
... This archive, consisting of forced twentieth and twenty-first century integrations from 23 coupled ocean-atmosphere models, forms the basis for much of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of Working Group I (Solomon et al. 2007). Uncertainty, as estimated ...
Determinants of Farmers` Climate Risk Perceptions in Agriculture—A
... farmers’ awareness, perceptions and concerns of climate risks. Previous studies of agricultural conservation practice adoption have reported positive correlation between awareness of environmental problems, attitudes toward potential solutions, and willingness to adopt those solutions [9]. Furthermo ...
... farmers’ awareness, perceptions and concerns of climate risks. Previous studies of agricultural conservation practice adoption have reported positive correlation between awareness of environmental problems, attitudes toward potential solutions, and willingness to adopt those solutions [9]. Furthermo ...
Permafrost_breakout
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
Climate warming will reduce growth and survival of Scots pine
... For European sites, the data set was limited to sites for which sufficient climatic data were available, and for sites where a local population (or a population from a similar climatic region) was among those planted. We used the Worldclim data base (Hijmans et al. 2005) as a source of climatic data ...
... For European sites, the data set was limited to sites for which sufficient climatic data were available, and for sites where a local population (or a population from a similar climatic region) was among those planted. We used the Worldclim data base (Hijmans et al. 2005) as a source of climatic data ...
Xeni Gwet`in Community-based Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... presents the world is so pervasive and complex. The mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) since the Industrial Revolution, and increasing scientific evidence suggests that this is due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere.2 Historicall ...
... presents the world is so pervasive and complex. The mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) since the Industrial Revolution, and increasing scientific evidence suggests that this is due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere.2 Historicall ...
1) Bad Ideas - CBC Ombudsman - Radio
... make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-makers for hire. Anyone willing to do a modicum of research (i.e., not CBC producers) can easily find out what company Moore keeps; his record of erroneous statements; and the causes (corporations and rightwin ...
... make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-makers for hire. Anyone willing to do a modicum of research (i.e., not CBC producers) can easily find out what company Moore keeps; his record of erroneous statements; and the causes (corporations and rightwin ...
Outline for Inter-Mountain West Report - City of Flagstaff
... greenhouse gas emissions reductions while at the same time helping Flagstaff adapt to expected climate change. Energy efficiency, for example, is a common strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can also improve the City’s energy management and increase capacity to cope with future climate i ...
... greenhouse gas emissions reductions while at the same time helping Flagstaff adapt to expected climate change. Energy efficiency, for example, is a common strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It can also improve the City’s energy management and increase capacity to cope with future climate i ...
What happens in the arctic doesn`t stay in the arctic
... that significantly more heat is being exchanged between the Arctic ocean and the surrounding atmosphere. The Arctic environment is integral to global climate systems, and this higher heat flux not only results in profound changes within local Arctic ecosystems, but also impacts climate systems throu ...
... that significantly more heat is being exchanged between the Arctic ocean and the surrounding atmosphere. The Arctic environment is integral to global climate systems, and this higher heat flux not only results in profound changes within local Arctic ecosystems, but also impacts climate systems throu ...
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.