Adapting agriculture to climate change
... The farming community is sceptical about the reality of climate change or, at very least, about the need for action now. Generally, education and extension work around adaptation does not engage in this debate. Rather, the message is about the need for actions that address climate variability and so ...
... The farming community is sceptical about the reality of climate change or, at very least, about the need for action now. Generally, education and extension work around adaptation does not engage in this debate. Rather, the message is about the need for actions that address climate variability and so ...
Aerosol-induced thermal effects increase modelled terrestrial
... strongly influenced by environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, light and CO 2 concentrations) and is therefore affected by regional and global climate change. However, vegetation also has the ability to exert an influence on atmospheric composition and climate via the exchange of energy, water v ...
... strongly influenced by environmental parameters (e.g. temperature, light and CO 2 concentrations) and is therefore affected by regional and global climate change. However, vegetation also has the ability to exert an influence on atmospheric composition and climate via the exchange of energy, water v ...
Carbon Credit 30 Dec 2013
... • Every part of the planet, from the polar ice caps to the equator, features life of some kind. Recent advances in microbiology have demonstrated that microbes live deep beneath the Earth's terrestrial surface, and that the total mass of microbial life in socalled "uninhabitable zones" may, in bioma ...
... • Every part of the planet, from the polar ice caps to the equator, features life of some kind. Recent advances in microbiology have demonstrated that microbes live deep beneath the Earth's terrestrial surface, and that the total mass of microbial life in socalled "uninhabitable zones" may, in bioma ...
Study Session 11 Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia
... adverse effects on human health. Changes to social and ecological systems can allow disease to spread more easily, or cause disease to emerge in areas where previously it was unknown or only present at low levels (Senay and Verdin, 2005; Gage et al., 2008). For instance, 40 years ago you would not f ...
... adverse effects on human health. Changes to social and ecological systems can allow disease to spread more easily, or cause disease to emerge in areas where previously it was unknown or only present at low levels (Senay and Verdin, 2005; Gage et al., 2008). For instance, 40 years ago you would not f ...
November-December
... now predicting a rise of more than 9 degrees. Why? Greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster than expected, and recent research shows that the absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans is not as high as originally calculated. By the end of this century, Illinois will likely have the climate East T ...
... now predicting a rise of more than 9 degrees. Why? Greenhouse gas emissions are rising faster than expected, and recent research shows that the absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans is not as high as originally calculated. By the end of this century, Illinois will likely have the climate East T ...
Decadal variations
... Albedo change is 7 W/m2 ; GHG up to now is 2.4 W/m2 Equivalent to 2% increase in solar irradiance, a factor 20 more than typical maxima to minima variations Reversibility suggests natural variations. GCM do not show such variations What is the climatic impact? Recent warming acceleration? ...
... Albedo change is 7 W/m2 ; GHG up to now is 2.4 W/m2 Equivalent to 2% increase in solar irradiance, a factor 20 more than typical maxima to minima variations Reversibility suggests natural variations. GCM do not show such variations What is the climatic impact? Recent warming acceleration? ...
Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... macroinvertebrates in these climatic regions. In the MCR of California, temperature and precipitation extremes over the past 20 year have been analyzed using a range of time-series analyses and were determined, with high statistical confidence, to be outside of the range of natural variability (Bonf ...
... macroinvertebrates in these climatic regions. In the MCR of California, temperature and precipitation extremes over the past 20 year have been analyzed using a range of time-series analyses and were determined, with high statistical confidence, to be outside of the range of natural variability (Bonf ...
Solar Changes and the Climate
... The sun changes in its activity on time scales that vary from 27 days to 11, 22, 80, 180 years and more. A more active sun is brighter due to the dominance of faculae over cooler sunspots with the result that the irradiance emitted by the sun and received by the earth is higher during active solar ...
... The sun changes in its activity on time scales that vary from 27 days to 11, 22, 80, 180 years and more. A more active sun is brighter due to the dominance of faculae over cooler sunspots with the result that the irradiance emitted by the sun and received by the earth is higher during active solar ...
Men, Masculinities Climate Change
... modern industrialisation and key aspects of hegemonic masculinities.22,23,24,25,26,27 Few studies look at the diverse and nuanced ways in which boys and men also impact and are impacted by climate change, including as heads of large corporate sector organizations that are the drivers of climate chan ...
... modern industrialisation and key aspects of hegemonic masculinities.22,23,24,25,26,27 Few studies look at the diverse and nuanced ways in which boys and men also impact and are impacted by climate change, including as heads of large corporate sector organizations that are the drivers of climate chan ...
Climate Change Politics and Policy
... that most of us indulge ourselves with snippets of instantly-discovered information, but put off doing real research using vetted, peer-reviewed or otherwise well-chosen sources that often reside in library databases. The temptation to do a quick search online is like the challenge to public health ...
... that most of us indulge ourselves with snippets of instantly-discovered information, but put off doing real research using vetted, peer-reviewed or otherwise well-chosen sources that often reside in library databases. The temptation to do a quick search online is like the challenge to public health ...
Metabolic theory explains latitudinal variation in common carp
... also alter life history traits. However, predicting population-level responses to climate change has been difficult. Metabolic theory of ecology has been developed to explain how metabolism controls a variety of ecological processes, including life history attributes. Thus, this theory may be a usef ...
... also alter life history traits. However, predicting population-level responses to climate change has been difficult. Metabolic theory of ecology has been developed to explain how metabolism controls a variety of ecological processes, including life history attributes. Thus, this theory may be a usef ...
United Nations Climate Summit 2014 Agriculture Action Area One
... change are a daily reality. Changing climate and the resultant unpredictable weather patterns are challenging centuries-old farming techniques, leading to crop failures, reducing food quality and increasing vulnerability. Climate change is also undermining livelihoods, creating food insecurity and i ...
... change are a daily reality. Changing climate and the resultant unpredictable weather patterns are challenging centuries-old farming techniques, leading to crop failures, reducing food quality and increasing vulnerability. Climate change is also undermining livelihoods, creating food insecurity and i ...
Climate Change
... Gases in the earth’s atmosphere trap some of the sun’s energy that would otherwise be radiated back into space. This is called the greenhouse effect. This process keeps the earth at a temperature suitable for life. Climate change results from an enhanced greenhouse effect. Increased levels of greenh ...
... Gases in the earth’s atmosphere trap some of the sun’s energy that would otherwise be radiated back into space. This is called the greenhouse effect. This process keeps the earth at a temperature suitable for life. Climate change results from an enhanced greenhouse effect. Increased levels of greenh ...
Radio and Reduction of GHG Emissions
... reduce power consumption per unit for almost all radio applications. The use of radio-based devices/systems for reduction in other sectors - Wireless devices, such as mobile phones are currently the most common way of communications, which significantly reduce commuting and travelling. Radio, in man ...
... reduce power consumption per unit for almost all radio applications. The use of radio-based devices/systems for reduction in other sectors - Wireless devices, such as mobile phones are currently the most common way of communications, which significantly reduce commuting and travelling. Radio, in man ...
Managing climate risk using climate-smart agriculture
... There is a growing consensus in the scientific literature that the earth is warming due to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere (IPCC, 2014) (see Fig. 1). There is considerable reason to be concerned about the effects on food security. We have seen several periods ...
... There is a growing consensus in the scientific literature that the earth is warming due to anthropogenic increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere (IPCC, 2014) (see Fig. 1). There is considerable reason to be concerned about the effects on food security. We have seen several periods ...
Social vulnerability and climate justice
... NGO based in São Paulo. The project’s design evolved throughout its implementation by organizers at ECOAR and York University in Toronto. The project developed and tested training programs by conducting workshops led by its local NGO partners with more than 1450 participants, approximately two-third ...
... NGO based in São Paulo. The project’s design evolved throughout its implementation by organizers at ECOAR and York University in Toronto. The project developed and tested training programs by conducting workshops led by its local NGO partners with more than 1450 participants, approximately two-third ...
Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern
... 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
... 2 Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, TR10 9EZ, UK ...
Evidence for a Rapid Global Climate Shift across the Late 1960s
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...
... appear to be new, but their combined extent is global and dynamical linkages between them are evident. The list of affected variables includes patterns of SST; tropical rainfall in the African Sahel and Sudan, the Amazon basin, and northeast Brazil; pressure and SST in the tropical North Atlantic an ...
Impact of climate change on ozone related mortality and morbidity in
... (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a number of processes, including chemical production, dilution and deposition of ozone that are ...
... (NOX), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), methane (CH4) and carbon monoxide (CO). Climate change can affect ozone concentrations and thus influence respiratory health [1] through a number of processes, including chemical production, dilution and deposition of ozone that are ...
Partners for Resilience
... communities and encompass disaster preparedness and early warning, livelihood security, preventing environmental degradation, poverty reduction, and the protection of water resources. 2. Empowering civil society. The PfR aim to increase the capacities of civil society organizations (CSO) working on ...
... communities and encompass disaster preparedness and early warning, livelihood security, preventing environmental degradation, poverty reduction, and the protection of water resources. 2. Empowering civil society. The PfR aim to increase the capacities of civil society organizations (CSO) working on ...
Future humidity trends over the western United States in the CMIP5
... humidity, such as evapotranspiration (Friend, 1995), runoff, wildfire (Brown et al., 2004), and plant growth (Leuschner, 2002). Irrigation can increase surface relative humidity locally (Kueppers et al., 2007), but we do not include the effects of irrigation in this work. A large number of studies h ...
... humidity, such as evapotranspiration (Friend, 1995), runoff, wildfire (Brown et al., 2004), and plant growth (Leuschner, 2002). Irrigation can increase surface relative humidity locally (Kueppers et al., 2007), but we do not include the effects of irrigation in this work. A large number of studies h ...
Uncertainty and Decision Making in Climate Change Economics
... There are a limited number of econometric studies of the impacts of climate on socioeconomic systems (Burke et al. 2009; Dell, Jones and Olken 2008; Deschenes and Greenstone 2007; Fisher Hanemann and Schlenker 2012; Mendelsohn Nordgaus and Shaw 1994; Schlenker Hanemann and Fisher 2005; Schelnker and ...
... There are a limited number of econometric studies of the impacts of climate on socioeconomic systems (Burke et al. 2009; Dell, Jones and Olken 2008; Deschenes and Greenstone 2007; Fisher Hanemann and Schlenker 2012; Mendelsohn Nordgaus and Shaw 1994; Schlenker Hanemann and Fisher 2005; Schelnker and ...
Development of a Methodology and a Tool for the Assessment of Vulnerability of Roadways to Flood Induced Damage
... Research has clearly shown, and continues to show, that the nation is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating damage to the infrastructure as a result of changing global climatic patterns – for example floods associated with hurricanes of increasing frequency and rise in sea water and ground ...
... Research has clearly shown, and continues to show, that the nation is becoming increasingly vulnerable to devastating damage to the infrastructure as a result of changing global climatic patterns – for example floods associated with hurricanes of increasing frequency and rise in sea water and ground ...
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.