Climate Change Riparian Restoration
... adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a place-based understanding of climate change threats to riparian ecosystems. Restoration practitioners should consider how they ...
... adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a place-based understanding of climate change threats to riparian ecosystems. Restoration practitioners should consider how they ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... Higher temperatures leading to increased costs of air conditioning in stations and on passenger services (both capital and operating costs) and possible power overloads and failures on operational systems ...
... Higher temperatures leading to increased costs of air conditioning in stations and on passenger services (both capital and operating costs) and possible power overloads and failures on operational systems ...
Why Climate Change Makes Riparian Restoration More Important than Ever:
... adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a place-based understanding of climate change threats to riparian ecosystems. Restoration practitioners should consider how they ...
... adaptation to climate change. Because riparian systems and the projected impacts of climate change are highly variable geographically, there is a pressing need to develop a place-based understanding of climate change threats to riparian ecosystems. Restoration practitioners should consider how they ...
Climate Action Team Report to Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature December 2010
... Reducing the risks of climate change requires effective action among all the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters. While global efforts are necessary, local governments have critical roles in reducing climate change risks. In the United States and other countries, state, provincial, and local gover ...
... Reducing the risks of climate change requires effective action among all the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters. While global efforts are necessary, local governments have critical roles in reducing climate change risks. In the United States and other countries, state, provincial, and local gover ...
National Climate Change Action Plan
... This section examines the international advances in climate change science and provides details about the progress Chile has made in terms of climate change research and institutional management. Each thematic section below ends with a summary of conclusions and lists urgent needs that must be ...
... This section examines the international advances in climate change science and provides details about the progress Chile has made in terms of climate change research and institutional management. Each thematic section below ends with a summary of conclusions and lists urgent needs that must be ...
Abrupt intensification of ENSO forced by deglacial ice-sheet
... sheet on ENSO, to our knowledge, has not yet been studied. The retreating ice sheets since the LGM (Dyke 2004) are associated with extraordinary change in both orography and surface albedo and therefore may potentially exert significant climate impact on the coupled ocean–atmosphere system in the tr ...
... sheet on ENSO, to our knowledge, has not yet been studied. The retreating ice sheets since the LGM (Dyke 2004) are associated with extraordinary change in both orography and surface albedo and therefore may potentially exert significant climate impact on the coupled ocean–atmosphere system in the tr ...
A Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory for the Borough of State
... Service Learning: The Centre County Community Energy Project is an ongoing course devoted to encouraging residents of Centre County, Pennsylvania to use their energy ...
... Service Learning: The Centre County Community Energy Project is an ongoing course devoted to encouraging residents of Centre County, Pennsylvania to use their energy ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... offers a 100 per cent probability of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2°C. Our analysis suggests that we may not be able to ensure more than a 50-50 chance of limiting warming to 2°C or less. The atmospheric concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases (which are the most important in terms ...
... offers a 100 per cent probability of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2°C. Our analysis suggests that we may not be able to ensure more than a 50-50 chance of limiting warming to 2°C or less. The atmospheric concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases (which are the most important in terms ...
Guardians of the Amazon - Environmental Defense Fund
... oil-and-gas producers. The rules will cut volatile organic air pollution that causes smog and methane emissions by well over 100,000 tons each year. They’ll also include the nation’s first-ever direct controls on methane. That’s important because one third of the warming in the next couple of decade ...
... oil-and-gas producers. The rules will cut volatile organic air pollution that causes smog and methane emissions by well over 100,000 tons each year. They’ll also include the nation’s first-ever direct controls on methane. That’s important because one third of the warming in the next couple of decade ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... at the grid level over the course of a year. They use data reported by the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) for 2004 and regress it on a population- weighted average of daily temperature. The estimates show a nonlinear impact of average temperature on electricity load and a linear imp ...
... at the grid level over the course of a year. They use data reported by the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) for 2004 and regress it on a population- weighted average of daily temperature. The estimates show a nonlinear impact of average temperature on electricity load and a linear imp ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas
... offers a 100 per cent probability of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2°C. Our analysis suggests that we may not be able to ensure more than a 50-50 chance of limiting warming to 2°C or less. The atmospheric concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases (which are the most important in terms ...
... offers a 100 per cent probability of avoiding a temperature rise of more than 2°C. Our analysis suggests that we may not be able to ensure more than a 50-50 chance of limiting warming to 2°C or less. The atmospheric concentration of long-lived greenhouse gases (which are the most important in terms ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... production and its initial processing stages. Clearly this is the area in a business’ activities on which to focus significant attention and action. With this in mind, our ‘Climate Change: implications and strategies for the luxury fashion sector’ report aims to shine a light on the risks and opport ...
... production and its initial processing stages. Clearly this is the area in a business’ activities on which to focus significant attention and action. With this in mind, our ‘Climate Change: implications and strategies for the luxury fashion sector’ report aims to shine a light on the risks and opport ...
Submission DR134 - Chairman of the Australian Building Codes
... increased hailstorms especially in Sydney increased moisture variation of clay soils resulting in greater ground movement impacting on foundations and services. ...
... increased hailstorms especially in Sydney increased moisture variation of clay soils resulting in greater ground movement impacting on foundations and services. ...
Unit 1 Review, clay minerals, atmosphere and oceans and ancient life
... through the cooling of a magma - a body of molten rock. Some geological materials are liquids at the high temperatures that exist deep within the crust and in the upper part of the mantle. As these magmas rise up through the crust they cool enough so that the minerals within them start to crystalliz ...
... through the cooling of a magma - a body of molten rock. Some geological materials are liquids at the high temperatures that exist deep within the crust and in the upper part of the mantle. As these magmas rise up through the crust they cool enough so that the minerals within them start to crystalliz ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... “Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests ...
... “Eleven of the last 12 years (1995–2006) rank among the warmest years in the instrumental record of global surface temperature (since 1850).” (IPCC, 2007) The IPCC expects that warming in the 21st century will be greatest over land, and at most, in the higher northern latitudes. It further suggests ...
4.2. Physics enriched by the climate change
... warning signal is also appears on the Web site of the HMS according to the regions of the country. The actual extreme weather conditions are analysed to inform the public. According to climate statistics, the occurrence of hot periods with 25 oC degrees Celsius average temperature grew by around six ...
... warning signal is also appears on the Web site of the HMS according to the regions of the country. The actual extreme weather conditions are analysed to inform the public. According to climate statistics, the occurrence of hot periods with 25 oC degrees Celsius average temperature grew by around six ...
Climate Change: what do we know about the IPCC?
... Hiramatsu et al. (2008) followed a different methodology, but reached a similar conclusion. They developed a mapping framework for climate change research content based on the relationships between nature and human society. This framework comprised seven elements: (1) socioeconomic activity and gree ...
... Hiramatsu et al. (2008) followed a different methodology, but reached a similar conclusion. They developed a mapping framework for climate change research content based on the relationships between nature and human society. This framework comprised seven elements: (1) socioeconomic activity and gree ...
Past and future influence of climate change on spatially
... and will be almost distributed in the north of China, except the northeast and northwest China with significant but varying influence of temperature rising, while the regions with temperature dominated vegetation activity mainly located in the southern part of China. There will be different climatic ...
... and will be almost distributed in the north of China, except the northeast and northwest China with significant but varying influence of temperature rising, while the regions with temperature dominated vegetation activity mainly located in the southern part of China. There will be different climatic ...
674_0 - Global Environment Facility
... This is not ignoring that Kiribati must carry out its obligations under the Convention which are intended to minimize impacts of climate change that would otherwise be experienced. For Kiribati to be able to do this, external assistance is needed. It will enable Kiribati to consolidate its needs for ...
... This is not ignoring that Kiribati must carry out its obligations under the Convention which are intended to minimize impacts of climate change that would otherwise be experienced. For Kiribati to be able to do this, external assistance is needed. It will enable Kiribati to consolidate its needs for ...
OZONE AND CARBON DIOXIDE
... the creation of ozone. It is important to note the Ozone Layer is essentially a selfcorrecting system because if more ultraviolet radiation is able to penetrate deeper into the atmosphere it confronts more free oxygen. This explains why there is little variation in the ultraviolet levels reaching th ...
... the creation of ozone. It is important to note the Ozone Layer is essentially a selfcorrecting system because if more ultraviolet radiation is able to penetrate deeper into the atmosphere it confronts more free oxygen. This explains why there is little variation in the ultraviolet levels reaching th ...
National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors
... Participants for many Australian Government programmes are required to report both direct and some indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimates. Direct emissions are produced from sources within the boundary of an organisation and as a result of that organisation’s activities. These emissions ma ...
... Participants for many Australian Government programmes are required to report both direct and some indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimates. Direct emissions are produced from sources within the boundary of an organisation and as a result of that organisation’s activities. These emissions ma ...
Potential Impacts of Changes in Climate on Water Quality in New
... et al., 2008). This shift has occurred due to the growing body of literature documenting the changes in the Earth’s climate. The National Climate Assessment (NCA; USGCRP, 2013) has reported that recent observations of the Northeast U.S. show warming and an increase in heavy precipitation events. Th ...
... et al., 2008). This shift has occurred due to the growing body of literature documenting the changes in the Earth’s climate. The National Climate Assessment (NCA; USGCRP, 2013) has reported that recent observations of the Northeast U.S. show warming and an increase in heavy precipitation events. Th ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 m sea-level rise by 2100 in the RCP8.5 scenario (Church et al. 2013), the scenario which most closely matches the current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory. These differences suggest policymakers may need to regularly ...
... The recent Fifth IPCC Assessment (‘‘AR5’’) reported a likely range of 0.52–0.98 m sea-level rise by 2100 in the RCP8.5 scenario (Church et al. 2013), the scenario which most closely matches the current greenhouse gas emissions trajectory. These differences suggest policymakers may need to regularly ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... Climate Change: Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Climate change may be due to ...
... Climate Change: Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Climate change may be due to ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.