slide showing 30 new emerging disease and then
... destruction. The rhino was hunted especially intensively for its enormously valuable horn (in 1981, up to US$17,000 kg-1; Martin, 1981). Until the 1950’s the malaria-infested belt of thick tropical jungle of the Terai was an effective barrier to marauders from the south, and forest cover was actuall ...
... destruction. The rhino was hunted especially intensively for its enormously valuable horn (in 1981, up to US$17,000 kg-1; Martin, 1981). Until the 1950’s the malaria-infested belt of thick tropical jungle of the Terai was an effective barrier to marauders from the south, and forest cover was actuall ...
IUCNBD-Ainun - IUCN
... • Climate change has risen to the top of international policy agenda. • IPCC TAR 2001: The Earth’s Climate system has demonstrably changed on both global and regional scales since the pre-industrial era. The IPCC-FAR(2007), concludes that global warming is unequivocally the result of human activitie ...
... • Climate change has risen to the top of international policy agenda. • IPCC TAR 2001: The Earth’s Climate system has demonstrably changed on both global and regional scales since the pre-industrial era. The IPCC-FAR(2007), concludes that global warming is unequivocally the result of human activitie ...
GRANDJEAN - Regional Policy Briefings
... Pillar 1 : Enhanced dialogue with developing countries on climate change • Promote convergence of visions on a post-2012 climate change regime between the EU and partner countries • Regional conferences, policy dialogues and joint ...
... Pillar 1 : Enhanced dialogue with developing countries on climate change • Promote convergence of visions on a post-2012 climate change regime between the EU and partner countries • Regional conferences, policy dialogues and joint ...
Slide 1 - climateknowledge.org
... of global warming has been by a relatively small percentage of the population. • Wealth is an important variable. • Hence, social equity is an issue. ...
... of global warming has been by a relatively small percentage of the population. • Wealth is an important variable. • Hence, social equity is an issue. ...
Vol.10, No.2, 2010
... activities, such as emissions of longlived greenhouse gases and other pollutants. While the practical effects of climate change will be felt locally and involve other variables besides surface temperature, the overall strength and significance of climate change will be determined by the magnitude of ...
... activities, such as emissions of longlived greenhouse gases and other pollutants. While the practical effects of climate change will be felt locally and involve other variables besides surface temperature, the overall strength and significance of climate change will be determined by the magnitude of ...
Shropshire business briefing
... had a major impact on the local business community. In Shropshire, flooding due to heavy rainfall has been the biggest problem, with snowfall and wind damage having the next most significant effect. Businesses directly impacted by the floods in 2007 took an average of 26 weeks to return to normal op ...
... had a major impact on the local business community. In Shropshire, flooding due to heavy rainfall has been the biggest problem, with snowfall and wind damage having the next most significant effect. Businesses directly impacted by the floods in 2007 took an average of 26 weeks to return to normal op ...
The Role Of Halocarbons In The Climate Change Of The
... efficiency is a radiative forcing per unit concentration, and is a measure of a halocarbons ability to alter surface temperature. Clouds absorb upwelling radiation from the surface and emit this at a cooler temperature, hence they reduce a halocarbons ability to warm the TTL. Using our cloud climato ...
... efficiency is a radiative forcing per unit concentration, and is a measure of a halocarbons ability to alter surface temperature. Clouds absorb upwelling radiation from the surface and emit this at a cooler temperature, hence they reduce a halocarbons ability to warm the TTL. Using our cloud climato ...
The impacts of climate change on terrestrial Earth surface systems
... critical for land-surface stability and geohazard management under anthropogenic climate forcing, and for the sustainability of food, water and ecological services32. A measure of Earth system responses to climate forcing is that of climate sensitivity, which refers to the equilibrium surface temper ...
... critical for land-surface stability and geohazard management under anthropogenic climate forcing, and for the sustainability of food, water and ecological services32. A measure of Earth system responses to climate forcing is that of climate sensitivity, which refers to the equilibrium surface temper ...
Climate change and wildlife diseases: When does the host matter
... vectors and pathogens are limited by thermal maxima, so that temperature changes lead to shifts rather than expansions in distribution, and (3) other factors such as host acquired immunity and vector or parasite life history traits are linked to habitat suitability in addition to climate. As highlig ...
... vectors and pathogens are limited by thermal maxima, so that temperature changes lead to shifts rather than expansions in distribution, and (3) other factors such as host acquired immunity and vector or parasite life history traits are linked to habitat suitability in addition to climate. As highlig ...
Earth Observation for
... output of climate monitoring and modelling (and carbon accounting) as input; Earth observation is used to provide more detailed information that is relevant for local decision-making, such as subsidence measurements for urban coastal areas, hotspot mapping, detailed change detection, extreme weather ...
... output of climate monitoring and modelling (and carbon accounting) as input; Earth observation is used to provide more detailed information that is relevant for local decision-making, such as subsidence measurements for urban coastal areas, hotspot mapping, detailed change detection, extreme weather ...
Executive Summary: Impact of Climate Change on the Ecology of
... and negate any advantage cyanobacteria may gain with increased temperature. The review of literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistic ...
... and negate any advantage cyanobacteria may gain with increased temperature. The review of literature identified a poor knowledge of whether there is an interaction between nutrients and temperature in promoting cyanobacterial blooms. To fill this research gap, three approaches were used. A statistic ...
2. Observed climatology and sensitivity of runoff
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
Cop Action Guide II - Friends of the Earth
... This guide sets out in detail the actions you can take in the run up to crucial climate change talks at Copenhagen in December 2009. Since we sent you “Demand Climate Change: local group action pack1” in July, the political context for the talks has developed and a co-ordinated international campaig ...
... This guide sets out in detail the actions you can take in the run up to crucial climate change talks at Copenhagen in December 2009. Since we sent you “Demand Climate Change: local group action pack1” in July, the political context for the talks has developed and a co-ordinated international campaig ...
Lecture slides, Nov. 4 (6.1 MB)
... increasing frequency of disasters, NASA Emeritus Scientist Nancy Maynard and her team are working with reindeer herders in Scandinavia to track changing temperature and precipitation patterns. Indigenous people are often particularly hit by disasters and climate change, and their knowledge is becomi ...
... increasing frequency of disasters, NASA Emeritus Scientist Nancy Maynard and her team are working with reindeer herders in Scandinavia to track changing temperature and precipitation patterns. Indigenous people are often particularly hit by disasters and climate change, and their knowledge is becomi ...
Tsetse, trypanosomiasis and climate change
... population dynamics of the genus are more strongly affected by temperature than by other meteorological variables. Mean temperatures are important since they affect the general metabolic rate and thus influence such factors as the rate at which tsetse need to feed, the frequency with which they depo ...
... population dynamics of the genus are more strongly affected by temperature than by other meteorological variables. Mean temperatures are important since they affect the general metabolic rate and thus influence such factors as the rate at which tsetse need to feed, the frequency with which they depo ...
Presentation slides
... Risks: potentially devastating effects on development and battle to overcome poverty • We are already over 430ppm CO2e, and are adding at a rate of over 2.5ppm per year (likely to accelerate with little or weak action). BAU will probably take us over 750ppm by the end of the century. • This level o ...
... Risks: potentially devastating effects on development and battle to overcome poverty • We are already over 430ppm CO2e, and are adding at a rate of over 2.5ppm per year (likely to accelerate with little or weak action). BAU will probably take us over 750ppm by the end of the century. • This level o ...
East Africa Climate Impacts
... report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences confirms that the last few decades of the 20th century were in fact the warmest in the past 400 years (National Research Council, 2006). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has projected that if greenhouse gas emissions, the l ...
... report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences confirms that the last few decades of the 20th century were in fact the warmest in the past 400 years (National Research Council, 2006). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has projected that if greenhouse gas emissions, the l ...
Food insecurity and climate change
... access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs, and their food preferences are met for an active and healthy life (World Food Summit, 1996). Analysis of food security should be based on four aspects: (i) food availability; (ii) food access; (iii) food utilisation; and (iv ...
... access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs, and their food preferences are met for an active and healthy life (World Food Summit, 1996). Analysis of food security should be based on four aspects: (i) food availability; (ii) food access; (iii) food utilisation; and (iv ...
Session 3: who is affected?
... which is linked to the main Climate change circle. Learners should then consider the consequences of these consequences. These should be written inside circles or boxes, linked to the direct consequences, and so on. An example of a possible climate change consequence web is provided below and on sli ...
... which is linked to the main Climate change circle. Learners should then consider the consequences of these consequences. These should be written inside circles or boxes, linked to the direct consequences, and so on. An example of a possible climate change consequence web is provided below and on sli ...
Naoko Ishii`s PowerPoint Presentation
... Greenland surface melt measurements from three satellites Source: NASA, 2012 ...
... Greenland surface melt measurements from three satellites Source: NASA, 2012 ...
Week 7, Part 2 - Atmospheric Sciences at UNBC
... • There is some evidence that permafrost has been retreating during the past decades: Syslov (1961) reports that the permafrost extent at Mezen (Russia) has retreated northward at an average rate of 400 m per year since 1837, whereas similar findings have been reported for the Mackenzie Valley of C ...
... • There is some evidence that permafrost has been retreating during the past decades: Syslov (1961) reports that the permafrost extent at Mezen (Russia) has retreated northward at an average rate of 400 m per year since 1837, whereas similar findings have been reported for the Mackenzie Valley of C ...
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.