4 The Importance of Methane
... measurements in Utah, where environmental controls are less stringent, has indicated wellsite emissions at 6% - 11% of production (Karion et al. 2013). Spatial and sectoral analysis of US-wide atmospheric methane data for 2007-8 (Miller et al 2013) determined aggregated methane emissions attributabl ...
... measurements in Utah, where environmental controls are less stringent, has indicated wellsite emissions at 6% - 11% of production (Karion et al. 2013). Spatial and sectoral analysis of US-wide atmospheric methane data for 2007-8 (Miller et al 2013) determined aggregated methane emissions attributabl ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... Uganda. Rainfall has also become more unpredictable and evenly distributed over the year. Extreme events such as droughts, floods and landslides are increasing in frequency and intensity. Climate change is affecting a wide variety of sectors. Agriculture, water, health and human settlements have bee ...
... Uganda. Rainfall has also become more unpredictable and evenly distributed over the year. Extreme events such as droughts, floods and landslides are increasing in frequency and intensity. Climate change is affecting a wide variety of sectors. Agriculture, water, health and human settlements have bee ...
nccrs action plan county consultation workshops_mombasa
... purely scientific guesswork suggests that mass by mass, steel is likely to have higher carbon footprint than wood from any tree species. 4. There was the mention of County Development Strategy incorporating climate change adaptation and mitigation by Mombasa County. It may be assumed that such a str ...
... purely scientific guesswork suggests that mass by mass, steel is likely to have higher carbon footprint than wood from any tree species. 4. There was the mention of County Development Strategy incorporating climate change adaptation and mitigation by Mombasa County. It may be assumed that such a str ...
Polar Bear Propaganda - Frontier Centre For Public Policy
... If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it can also be used to tell a bigger lie. In this case, of the 29 words used to describe the scene depicted in the photograph, eight of them are emotional: “very sad”, “hapless”, “clinging”, “whatever is left” and “home”. This should alert readers to the ...
... If a picture is worth a thousand words, then it can also be used to tell a bigger lie. In this case, of the 29 words used to describe the scene depicted in the photograph, eight of them are emotional: “very sad”, “hapless”, “clinging”, “whatever is left” and “home”. This should alert readers to the ...
Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change
... uplift. Finally, global cooling has contributed to the change in mountain flora from warmth-loving species to those characteristic of cooler environments-palaeobotanical evidence that is commonly taken to indicate recent uplift of the fossil material relative to sea level. Geomorphology. One of the ...
... uplift. Finally, global cooling has contributed to the change in mountain flora from warmth-loving species to those characteristic of cooler environments-palaeobotanical evidence that is commonly taken to indicate recent uplift of the fossil material relative to sea level. Geomorphology. One of the ...
05.08.2008 Information Notice On Readjustment (Adaptation) to
... climatically unfavourable world regions to regions where the manifestations of climate change will not be so sudden or unfavourable, may arise; ■ the liabilities specified in legal acts and policy planning documents of the European Union, as well as the Framework Convention on Climate Change of the ...
... climatically unfavourable world regions to regions where the manifestations of climate change will not be so sudden or unfavourable, may arise; ■ the liabilities specified in legal acts and policy planning documents of the European Union, as well as the Framework Convention on Climate Change of the ...
Climate Change or Land Use Dynamics: Do We Know Miguel Clavero *
... compound indicators to track the complex impacts of climate change on biodiversity [7,8]. An appealing approach has been the integration of information across species, including species’ distributions or abundances and their thermal optima, to summarize responses to climate change at the local commu ...
... compound indicators to track the complex impacts of climate change on biodiversity [7,8]. An appealing approach has been the integration of information across species, including species’ distributions or abundances and their thermal optima, to summarize responses to climate change at the local commu ...
What The Science Says: The trend in CO2 at Mauna Loa is
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
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The impact of climate change on children[6]
... negative impacts will fall on poor children and their communities in developing countries. This is partly because many of these countries are in regions of the world that will experience the most acute impacts of climate change,19 and partly because poorer communities are more exposed to climate imp ...
... negative impacts will fall on poor children and their communities in developing countries. This is partly because many of these countries are in regions of the world that will experience the most acute impacts of climate change,19 and partly because poorer communities are more exposed to climate imp ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Georgia
... (Figure 2), but it is only one of many ramifications of higher GHG concentrations. Since disruption of Earth’s energy balance is neither seasonally nor geographically uniform, effects of climate disruption vary across space as well as time. For example, there has been a widespread retreat of mountai ...
... (Figure 2), but it is only one of many ramifications of higher GHG concentrations. Since disruption of Earth’s energy balance is neither seasonally nor geographically uniform, effects of climate disruption vary across space as well as time. For example, there has been a widespread retreat of mountai ...
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
... resulting global emissions budget. IPCC has called for a reduction of 60–80 per cent in global emissions in order to stop climate change. Using current global industrial emissions and the present world population as the basis, an environmental space of 0.2–0.4 tons of carbon or 0.8–1.6 tons of CO2 p ...
... resulting global emissions budget. IPCC has called for a reduction of 60–80 per cent in global emissions in order to stop climate change. Using current global industrial emissions and the present world population as the basis, an environmental space of 0.2–0.4 tons of carbon or 0.8–1.6 tons of CO2 p ...
Agroclimatic conditions in China under climate change scenarios
... (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale features such as complex topography and land surface characteristics. Bridging the gap between the resolut ...
... (GCMs). The horizontal resolution of most present-day GCMs is at the order of a few hundred kilometres (Meehl et al., 2007). Therefore, they are incapable of capturing significant subgrid scale features such as complex topography and land surface characteristics. Bridging the gap between the resolut ...
(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way
... the way people think about themselves, their societies and their Earthly futures. It is therefore an exemplar case of scientific knowledge, personal experience and the human imagination interacting in multiple, complex and changing social contexts. As Lucien Boia observes in his book Weather in the ...
... the way people think about themselves, their societies and their Earthly futures. It is therefore an exemplar case of scientific knowledge, personal experience and the human imagination interacting in multiple, complex and changing social contexts. As Lucien Boia observes in his book Weather in the ...
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... breeding and other structural changes (FAO, 2006). However, there is a need to understand the feedback loop where livestock is both a significant contributor to climate change but also a victim of its consequences. Livestock occupies 26 percent of the earth’s ice-free land surface for grazing while ...
... breeding and other structural changes (FAO, 2006). However, there is a need to understand the feedback loop where livestock is both a significant contributor to climate change but also a victim of its consequences. Livestock occupies 26 percent of the earth’s ice-free land surface for grazing while ...
The Kyoto Protocol and International Actions
... Communist countries, plus the European Union, and referred to as “Annex I countries.” Developing countries are referred to as “non-Annex I countries.” A basic principle established in the UNFCCC and continuing in negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol is that parties have “common but differentiated resp ...
... Communist countries, plus the European Union, and referred to as “Annex I countries.” Developing countries are referred to as “non-Annex I countries.” A basic principle established in the UNFCCC and continuing in negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol is that parties have “common but differentiated resp ...
Yamba paper V2 - NSW Coastal Conference
... accompanied by a return of negative IPO. A period of higher than trend sea level, storm energy and severe erosion is probable, as suggested for the New Zealand coast (Goring and Bell 2001). The combination of underlying climate trend of sea level rise and the return of the storm energy associated wi ...
... accompanied by a return of negative IPO. A period of higher than trend sea level, storm energy and severe erosion is probable, as suggested for the New Zealand coast (Goring and Bell 2001). The combination of underlying climate trend of sea level rise and the return of the storm energy associated wi ...
The Effects of Ocean Freshening on Marine and
... All of these changes in surface circulation directly impact how wind-driven upwelling takes place. As these surface currents run into the shorelines they play an important role in upwelling of nutrients due to Ekman transport (Trujillo 2005). Ekman transport causes winddriven upwelling along the sho ...
... All of these changes in surface circulation directly impact how wind-driven upwelling takes place. As these surface currents run into the shorelines they play an important role in upwelling of nutrients due to Ekman transport (Trujillo 2005). Ekman transport causes winddriven upwelling along the sho ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: is it possible to limit global warming to no more than 1.5°C? (687 kB) (opens in new window)
... large-scale and potentially dangerous impacts that could be difficult to reverse, such as a loss of species, inundation of some land areas, or extensive bleaching of corals. More research is needed into the likelihood of triggering feedbacks or irreversible impacts, such as large rises in sea level, ...
... large-scale and potentially dangerous impacts that could be difficult to reverse, such as a loss of species, inundation of some land areas, or extensive bleaching of corals. More research is needed into the likelihood of triggering feedbacks or irreversible impacts, such as large rises in sea level, ...
Climate Change: Kyoto Protocol and International Actions
... Communist countries, plus the European Union, and referred to as “Annex I countries.” Developing countries are referred to as “non-Annex I countries.” A basic principle established in the UNFCCC and continuing in negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol is that parties have “common but differentiated resp ...
... Communist countries, plus the European Union, and referred to as “Annex I countries.” Developing countries are referred to as “non-Annex I countries.” A basic principle established in the UNFCCC and continuing in negotiations on the Kyoto Protocol is that parties have “common but differentiated resp ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative ...
... ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative ...
Impact of nitrogen and climate change interactions on ambient air
... extent, and even direction, of the impact on anthropogenic NOx emissions is not certain. For example, higher temperatures are expected to increase the use of air conditioners, while also decreasing the need for heating, both of which would impact electricity demand and generation. Further, NOx emiss ...
... extent, and even direction, of the impact on anthropogenic NOx emissions is not certain. For example, higher temperatures are expected to increase the use of air conditioners, while also decreasing the need for heating, both of which would impact electricity demand and generation. Further, NOx emiss ...
How does climate warming affect plant
... mediated effects on the abundance of pollinators is relatively rare. However, information from pollination studies along altitudinal or latitudinal gradients (proxies for temperature influence) may infer how pollinator assemblages could be affected by climate warming. For example, flies appear to be ...
... mediated effects on the abundance of pollinators is relatively rare. However, information from pollination studies along altitudinal or latitudinal gradients (proxies for temperature influence) may infer how pollinator assemblages could be affected by climate warming. For example, flies appear to be ...
(SPARC) (Thomas Peter, ETH Zurich)
... This is happening in SPARC’s backyard, we have the knowledge, we should influence the outcome, we should help with doing it “right”, we are in the best position for influencing politicians to take the best measures for avoiding/starting geoengineering solutions. ...
... This is happening in SPARC’s backyard, we have the knowledge, we should influence the outcome, we should help with doing it “right”, we are in the best position for influencing politicians to take the best measures for avoiding/starting geoengineering solutions. ...
A Climate Change Act – Comments from a Finnish legal
... act can only form one step in setting the stage for a more comprehensive climate change policy. Moreover, if the act is designed properly and thoughtfully, the step can actually be a very useful one. First of all, shaping climate policy requires quite a lot of knowledge. The legislature and administ ...
... act can only form one step in setting the stage for a more comprehensive climate change policy. Moreover, if the act is designed properly and thoughtfully, the step can actually be a very useful one. First of all, shaping climate policy requires quite a lot of knowledge. The legislature and administ ...
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.