P U S - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
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Multimodel projections and uncertainties of irrigation water demand
... GHMs project a consistent increase in both IWD and IWC (similar to LPJmL without CO2 fertilization effect). The spread among GHMs responding to different degree of global warming is large, suggesting that a large fraction of the spread of ensemble projections is attributed to the differences among t ...
... GHMs project a consistent increase in both IWD and IWC (similar to LPJmL without CO2 fertilization effect). The spread among GHMs responding to different degree of global warming is large, suggesting that a large fraction of the spread of ensemble projections is attributed to the differences among t ...
Perverse incentives under the CDM: a comment - Working Paper 53 (757 kB) (opens in new window)
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and has five inter-linked research programmes: ...
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and has five inter-linked research programmes: ...
Supplementary Information - Stockholm Resilience Centre
... emphasis in this paper is to identify the risks of crossing thresholds due to non-linear change in key Earth system processes. Of largest concern are those non-linear changes that may be abrupt and irreversible. However, non-linear change may be both slow and reversible, and be caused by multiple dr ...
... emphasis in this paper is to identify the risks of crossing thresholds due to non-linear change in key Earth system processes. Of largest concern are those non-linear changes that may be abrupt and irreversible. However, non-linear change may be both slow and reversible, and be caused by multiple dr ...
Native Communities and Climate Change
... arth’s climate is rapidly changing in significant ways. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the 21st century will experience accelerating rates of climate change, largely due to the build up of atmospheric CO2 and the accumulation of heat in the oceans. Among the IPCC’ ...
... arth’s climate is rapidly changing in significant ways. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that the 21st century will experience accelerating rates of climate change, largely due to the build up of atmospheric CO2 and the accumulation of heat in the oceans. Among the IPCC’ ...
Do Models Underestimate the Solar Contribution to Recent Climate
... that we can test for consistency between the observations and the model to determine if the model significantly underestimates the observed response to a particular (unamplified) forcing. In section 4 we present conclusions and a discussion of the implications for the debate on whether atmospheric p ...
... that we can test for consistency between the observations and the model to determine if the model significantly underestimates the observed response to a particular (unamplified) forcing. In section 4 we present conclusions and a discussion of the implications for the debate on whether atmospheric p ...
Agricultural development and food security under climate uncertainty
... with energy-intensive devices, and the manipulation of genetic resources. A major concern in the understanding of the impacts of climate change is the extent to which world agriculture will be affected. The issue is particularly important for developing countries since agriculture is the occupation ...
... with energy-intensive devices, and the manipulation of genetic resources. A major concern in the understanding of the impacts of climate change is the extent to which world agriculture will be affected. The issue is particularly important for developing countries since agriculture is the occupation ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... uncertainties regarding what may happen in the near and distant future. Current global change is multidimensional by nature (Rockström et al. 2009). The inexorable rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and attendant climate warming are the most evident components, but they a ...
... uncertainties regarding what may happen in the near and distant future. Current global change is multidimensional by nature (Rockström et al. 2009). The inexorable rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and attendant climate warming are the most evident components, but they a ...
How are salmon changing in response to climate change?
... What does the best dataset in Alaska say about salmon response to climate change? Is salmon run timing changing with warming? Yes – most juveniles and adults emigrating and immigrating earlier. What are the effects on salmon availability? Smaller window in which ecosystem service available for harv ...
... What does the best dataset in Alaska say about salmon response to climate change? Is salmon run timing changing with warming? Yes – most juveniles and adults emigrating and immigrating earlier. What are the effects on salmon availability? Smaller window in which ecosystem service available for harv ...
The road to Paris and beyond (opens in new window)
... Effective international cooperation can enable the world to (i) develop along a pathway that provides a reasonable chance that global average temperatures will not increase by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and (ii) adapt to the climatic changes already locked-in as a result of past and ...
... Effective international cooperation can enable the world to (i) develop along a pathway that provides a reasonable chance that global average temperatures will not increase by more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels; and (ii) adapt to the climatic changes already locked-in as a result of past and ...
Karen M. Shell Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science Climate
... American Meteorological Society, student member 1999-2004, member 2004-present Earth Science Women’s Network National Association of Geoscience Educators, 2015–present Coverage including quotes from Shell, K. M., 2012 Science Perspective: • Climate Central: New Report Says Fewer Clouds and Higher Te ...
... American Meteorological Society, student member 1999-2004, member 2004-present Earth Science Women’s Network National Association of Geoscience Educators, 2015–present Coverage including quotes from Shell, K. M., 2012 Science Perspective: • Climate Central: New Report Says Fewer Clouds and Higher Te ...
Emissions Trading and Deforestation Casey McKenzie BUEC 560
... scientific debate has shifted towards the degree to which, if at all, man’s activities are affecting the Earth’s climate. The recent IPCC report released on February 7, 2007, claims that not only is global warming a reality, but that it is “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic g ...
... scientific debate has shifted towards the degree to which, if at all, man’s activities are affecting the Earth’s climate. The recent IPCC report released on February 7, 2007, claims that not only is global warming a reality, but that it is “very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic g ...
Climate Changes Impact to Archaeological Sites in Delaware:
... provide guidance to my agency the Department of Transportation, about what we need, must, can, and should do under Section 106 the National Historic Preservation Act when we have a project in areas where cultural resources might be negatively impacted by seal level rise due to climate change. I’m cu ...
... provide guidance to my agency the Department of Transportation, about what we need, must, can, and should do under Section 106 the National Historic Preservation Act when we have a project in areas where cultural resources might be negatively impacted by seal level rise due to climate change. I’m cu ...
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... earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the atmosphere causing long the Club of Rom ...
... earth’s troposphere, more heat is trapped scientists around the world. The possible within the earth’s atmosphere. impact of global climate change was first This leads to an increase in energy discussed in the 1968 at the first meeting of content in the atmosphere causing long the Club of Rom ...
Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Midwest: Michigan
... atmosphere and warms our climate; oceans, forests, and land can absorb some of this carbon, but not as fast as we are creating it. As a result, heat-trapping emissions are building up in our atmosphere to levels that could produce severe effects including extreme heat, prolonged droughts, intense st ...
... atmosphere and warms our climate; oceans, forests, and land can absorb some of this carbon, but not as fast as we are creating it. As a result, heat-trapping emissions are building up in our atmosphere to levels that could produce severe effects including extreme heat, prolonged droughts, intense st ...
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... Notwithstanding the debate among economists about modelling reported in one of 27 chapters of what is generally seen as an authoritative report, the Stern Review had a powerful effect on governments. It forcefully made the argument that, globally, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be ...
... Notwithstanding the debate among economists about modelling reported in one of 27 chapters of what is generally seen as an authoritative report, the Stern Review had a powerful effect on governments. It forcefully made the argument that, globally, policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will be ...
Climate modeling at various spatial and temporal scales: where can
... temporal evolution of those systems. In some instances, a long time may elapse before responses to a particular small-scale forcing become evident; when they do, however, the system may enter a totally new state. Pioneering work by Lorenz (1963) allowed to determine the implications of chaos theory ...
... temporal evolution of those systems. In some instances, a long time may elapse before responses to a particular small-scale forcing become evident; when they do, however, the system may enter a totally new state. Pioneering work by Lorenz (1963) allowed to determine the implications of chaos theory ...
NAFTA and Climate Change
... amount of oil, gas, and electricity trade among the three countries, it makes sense for North America to coordinate the decarbonization of its energy supply regionally while the three countries continue to pursue a multilateral accord. For example, with regard to carbon sequestration, it would make ...
... amount of oil, gas, and electricity trade among the three countries, it makes sense for North America to coordinate the decarbonization of its energy supply regionally while the three countries continue to pursue a multilateral accord. For example, with regard to carbon sequestration, it would make ...
Approaching a state shift in Earth`s biosphere
... agricultural pollutants. e, Changes in atmospheric and ocean chemistry from the release of greenhouse gases as fossil fuels are burned. f–h, Global-scale forcings emerge to cause ecological changes even in areas that are far from human population concentrations. f, Beetle-killed conifer forests (bro ...
... agricultural pollutants. e, Changes in atmospheric and ocean chemistry from the release of greenhouse gases as fossil fuels are burned. f–h, Global-scale forcings emerge to cause ecological changes even in areas that are far from human population concentrations. f, Beetle-killed conifer forests (bro ...
Keith Brander
... individual fish shows how poor the relationship between ambient temperature (i.e. the temperature actually experienced) and local or regional temperature can be. Sensitivity of early life survival to temperature change The response of cod survival in early life to temperature exhibits a similar dome ...
... individual fish shows how poor the relationship between ambient temperature (i.e. the temperature actually experienced) and local or regional temperature can be. Sensitivity of early life survival to temperature change The response of cod survival in early life to temperature exhibits a similar dome ...
Climate change and the oceans: legal and policy
... majority of potential maritime boundaries globally have yet to be settled and the Asia-Pacific region features multiple notable territorial and maritime disputes of long standing (Prescott and Schofield 2005). These include disputes concerning sovereignty over small islands in the East China Sea be ...
... majority of potential maritime boundaries globally have yet to be settled and the Asia-Pacific region features multiple notable territorial and maritime disputes of long standing (Prescott and Schofield 2005). These include disputes concerning sovereignty over small islands in the East China Sea be ...
summer university on it in agriculture and rural development – 2006
... the answer is NO, for example for July rising temperatures increase the crops’ water demand, the precipitation is even harmful in some stages of growing, too wet soil and high evapotranspiration produce lower yield, winter wheats yield grows with less precipitation in some periods of growing (the ob ...
... the answer is NO, for example for July rising temperatures increase the crops’ water demand, the precipitation is even harmful in some stages of growing, too wet soil and high evapotranspiration produce lower yield, winter wheats yield grows with less precipitation in some periods of growing (the ob ...
submission for the carbon tax bill
... with science. Climate prediction is not science, it is pseudo-science, and sooner or later more real scientists are going to wake up to this fact.”…..“If the IPCC were a pharmaceutical company it could face fraud charges for doing this. This is a good analogy. The IPCC claims to have diagnosed a pla ...
... with science. Climate prediction is not science, it is pseudo-science, and sooner or later more real scientists are going to wake up to this fact.”…..“If the IPCC were a pharmaceutical company it could face fraud charges for doing this. This is a good analogy. The IPCC claims to have diagnosed a pla ...
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.