Bird Species and Climate Change
... Climate change will also cause some of its most serious but least predictable impacts by shifting the timing of natural events and by shifting species’ geographical distributions. This will rearrange plant and animal communities and ecosystems, and disrupt birds’ relationships with predators, compet ...
... Climate change will also cause some of its most serious but least predictable impacts by shifting the timing of natural events and by shifting species’ geographical distributions. This will rearrange plant and animal communities and ecosystems, and disrupt birds’ relationships with predators, compet ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
... available facts. In a model with a general discrete signal and message space, reputational concerns lead to an endogenous limit on the amount of information that the journalist can communicate in equilibrium. The reason is that a captured journalist wants to make a very informative report, which mea ...
Climate Change and Health in New Zealand
... anthropogenic (human-produced) greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations3,4. There is very high scientific consensus in this area, with 97% of active climate scientists agreeing on the reality of anthropogenic global warming6, along with national and major scientific institutions around the world7,8. Conc ...
... anthropogenic (human-produced) greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations3,4. There is very high scientific consensus in this area, with 97% of active climate scientists agreeing on the reality of anthropogenic global warming6, along with national and major scientific institutions around the world7,8. Conc ...
Ground water and climate change
... Humans have also had large-scale impacts on the terrestrial water system through irrigation (Fig. 2). In 2000, irrigation accounted for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals and ~90% of consumptive water use2. This large-scale redistribution of fresh water from rivers, lakes and ground water to ara ...
... Humans have also had large-scale impacts on the terrestrial water system through irrigation (Fig. 2). In 2000, irrigation accounted for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals and ~90% of consumptive water use2. This large-scale redistribution of fresh water from rivers, lakes and ground water to ara ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to building resilience in urban areas
... to citizens when they are flooded, lacking basic services and requiring urgent disaster risk responses. The African continent is warming at double the global average, and the responding changes in rainfall and precipitation, in particular, are potentially devastating. Numerous climate change related ...
... to citizens when they are flooded, lacking basic services and requiring urgent disaster risk responses. The African continent is warming at double the global average, and the responding changes in rainfall and precipitation, in particular, are potentially devastating. Numerous climate change related ...
Global Climate Change
... Sea-level rise is the climate-related impact on large delta regions such as: ...
... Sea-level rise is the climate-related impact on large delta regions such as: ...
gcos regional action plan for south america
... cycle. Consequently, Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) states that the ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interfere ...
... cycle. Consequently, Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) states that the ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interfere ...
A Greener Dragon? - Department of Defence
... of affected states. 16 However, climate change is also a transnational security issue. While effective state-level policies are critical, individual countries alone cannot remove the climate change threat—there has to be coordinated international action to reduce GHG emissions. This is an important ...
... of affected states. 16 However, climate change is also a transnational security issue. While effective state-level policies are critical, individual countries alone cannot remove the climate change threat—there has to be coordinated international action to reduce GHG emissions. This is an important ...
health perspectives
... heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rate is related to the projected increase in the number of days where maximum temperature is greater than 95oF and using the conservative 2012 New York City base rate of 0.11 deaths per 100,000, the fatality rate could increase mor ...
... heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rate is related to the projected increase in the number of days where maximum temperature is greater than 95oF and using the conservative 2012 New York City base rate of 0.11 deaths per 100,000, the fatality rate could increase mor ...
Contested science in the media: linguistic traces of
... Caple, 2012; Oddo, 2013), verbal representation is the key focus in most framing studies (see the next section for examples). The current study is to some extent inspired by the frustration I as a text linguist have experienced when reading interesting and well-argued discourse-based framing papers ...
... Caple, 2012; Oddo, 2013), verbal representation is the key focus in most framing studies (see the next section for examples). The current study is to some extent inspired by the frustration I as a text linguist have experienced when reading interesting and well-argued discourse-based framing papers ...
Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation
... involve the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change are often highly reliant on ecosystems and ecosystem services for their lives and livelihoods, and ecosystems and the services they pr ...
... involve the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Those who are most vulnerable to climate change are often highly reliant on ecosystems and ecosystem services for their lives and livelihoods, and ecosystems and the services they pr ...
Document
... The eastern Arabian Sea hosts one of the most intense Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZ) in the world. Changes in monsoon airflow and subsurface circulation drive OMZ variations in the region. Sediments from the region hosting evidence of past OMZ change have rarely been studied. Hence, retrieving high-qual ...
... The eastern Arabian Sea hosts one of the most intense Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZ) in the world. Changes in monsoon airflow and subsurface circulation drive OMZ variations in the region. Sediments from the region hosting evidence of past OMZ change have rarely been studied. Hence, retrieving high-qual ...
North Atlantic Ocean Wave Climate Change Scenarios for the
... Although global climate models (GCMs) are fundamental for constructing climate scenarios, the direct use of GCM output for impact assessment is limited by a number of factors. For example, most climate change scenarios derived from GCMs are presented at coarse spatial resolutions; and some types of ...
... Although global climate models (GCMs) are fundamental for constructing climate scenarios, the direct use of GCM output for impact assessment is limited by a number of factors. For example, most climate change scenarios derived from GCMs are presented at coarse spatial resolutions; and some types of ...
PDF
... negatively by climate change, which together describe the extent of potential climate change impacts. In contrast, social vulnerability usually describes a state that exists within a system before it encounters a hazardous event and may be determined by factors such as poverty and inequality. An int ...
... negatively by climate change, which together describe the extent of potential climate change impacts. In contrast, social vulnerability usually describes a state that exists within a system before it encounters a hazardous event and may be determined by factors such as poverty and inequality. An int ...
PDF
... and ATEAM offer a long-term projection with a reasonable level of detail. In SEAMLESS, climate change scenarios are intended to be implemented at a later stage. Most of the current impact studies predict rather small impacts of climate change in Germany over the next 10-20 years, and some studies pr ...
... and ATEAM offer a long-term projection with a reasonable level of detail. In SEAMLESS, climate change scenarios are intended to be implemented at a later stage. Most of the current impact studies predict rather small impacts of climate change in Germany over the next 10-20 years, and some studies pr ...
A Sensitivity Study of Radiative Fluxes at the Top of Atmosphere to
... A more comprehensive approach is to populate the statistical distribution of model outputs by sampling hundreds or thousands of possible values for each parameter. The SA, such as analysis of variance and variance decomposition, then uses the output distributions to understand the contribution of ea ...
... A more comprehensive approach is to populate the statistical distribution of model outputs by sampling hundreds or thousands of possible values for each parameter. The SA, such as analysis of variance and variance decomposition, then uses the output distributions to understand the contribution of ea ...
SJmaintext
... STEP 3: Projection section), which is defined as making a well-informed inference on any future state variable such as population size or persistence based on facts, statistical evidence or causal relationships with fully specified uncertainties and contingent upon explicit scenarios for climate, la ...
... STEP 3: Projection section), which is defined as making a well-informed inference on any future state variable such as population size or persistence based on facts, statistical evidence or causal relationships with fully specified uncertainties and contingent upon explicit scenarios for climate, la ...
Is atmospheric carbon dioxide removal a game changer for climate
... Direct carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere–ocean system can be achieved with the application of several technologies. First, there are land-based removal methods such as afforestation, land use management, and biomass combustion to produce electricity or fuel coupled with sequestering t ...
... Direct carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere–ocean system can be achieved with the application of several technologies. First, there are land-based removal methods such as afforestation, land use management, and biomass combustion to produce electricity or fuel coupled with sequestering t ...
National Survey of Canada`s Infrastructure Engineers about Climate
... influenced by a host of political and socioeconomic factors. While mitigation of climate change remains a topic at the forefront of engineering development, the changing climate may already be having an effect on built infrastructure in Canada. What is more, historical climatic data is becoming le ...
... influenced by a host of political and socioeconomic factors. While mitigation of climate change remains a topic at the forefront of engineering development, the changing climate may already be having an effect on built infrastructure in Canada. What is more, historical climatic data is becoming le ...
Food Security and Climate Change Assessment: Sudan
... Due to the strong north-south gradient in annual rainfall amounts in Sudan, areas in the north and south of the country experince quite different climates, and as a result the livelihood activities are different. For example pastoralism occurs in the dry northern areas where rainfall is limited and ...
... Due to the strong north-south gradient in annual rainfall amounts in Sudan, areas in the north and south of the country experince quite different climates, and as a result the livelihood activities are different. For example pastoralism occurs in the dry northern areas where rainfall is limited and ...
2 Methods and Data - Santa Clara University
... others it degrades it. In the majority of the domain the ensemble median is for little effect ...
... others it degrades it. In the majority of the domain the ensemble median is for little effect ...
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.