The 3D Printing Revolution, Climate Change and
... energetic burst of the Enlightenment and on to the manufacturing juggernaut of the industrial age, which took us from steamships on the Mississippi to robots on Mars in less than two hundred years. We are now furiously typing and tweeting our way through the computer, or “virtual” age, with an unpre ...
... energetic burst of the Enlightenment and on to the manufacturing juggernaut of the industrial age, which took us from steamships on the Mississippi to robots on Mars in less than two hundred years. We are now furiously typing and tweeting our way through the computer, or “virtual” age, with an unpre ...
Climate and Pest-Driven Geographic Shifts in Global Coffee
... for wild Coffea arabica L. (Arabica coffee), already restricted to small areas of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, is expected to diminish and even disappear [16], and with it much of the species’ genetic variability. Farmers rely almost entirely on two coffee species, Coffea arabica L. (Arabica cof ...
... for wild Coffea arabica L. (Arabica coffee), already restricted to small areas of Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya, is expected to diminish and even disappear [16], and with it much of the species’ genetic variability. Farmers rely almost entirely on two coffee species, Coffea arabica L. (Arabica cof ...
Claiming and adjudicating on Mt Kilimanjaro`s
... The documentary made a big impact on the viewing public, especially in the United States (Haag, 2007; Quiring, 2007; Luke, 2008; Rosteck & Frentz, 2009), but also in the UK. On 2 February 2007 the British Government announced that it was to distribute the film on DVD to England’s 3,385 secondary sch ...
... The documentary made a big impact on the viewing public, especially in the United States (Haag, 2007; Quiring, 2007; Luke, 2008; Rosteck & Frentz, 2009), but also in the UK. On 2 February 2007 the British Government announced that it was to distribute the film on DVD to England’s 3,385 secondary sch ...
Indicators of Canada`s Changing Climate
... retain heat from the Earth’s surface. They are a small but extremely important part of the planet’s natural atmosphere – so important, in fact, that without them, Earth would be some 33°C cooler than it is now and too cold to support life. Since the early days of the industrial revolution some 200 y ...
... retain heat from the Earth’s surface. They are a small but extremely important part of the planet’s natural atmosphere – so important, in fact, that without them, Earth would be some 33°C cooler than it is now and too cold to support life. Since the early days of the industrial revolution some 200 y ...
A Standard Measure of Mobility for Evaluating Mobile Ad Hoc
... Remoteness is based on the distance between two nodes. i = 0,1,…,N-1, represent the location vector of node i at time t. dij(t)=|nj(t)-ni(t)| is the distance between node i to j at time t. Remoteness is defined by ni(t), ...
... Remoteness is based on the distance between two nodes. i = 0,1,…,N-1, represent the location vector of node i at time t. dij(t)=|nj(t)-ni(t)| is the distance between node i to j at time t. Remoteness is defined by ni(t), ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... scientific basis of climate change is now well established. It suggests that change is happening more quickly than previously estimated and no longer can be framed as a distant threat.3 The past three decades have likely been the warmest thirty years of the last fourteen hundred. 4 The atmospheric c ...
... scientific basis of climate change is now well established. It suggests that change is happening more quickly than previously estimated and no longer can be framed as a distant threat.3 The past three decades have likely been the warmest thirty years of the last fourteen hundred. 4 The atmospheric c ...
Regulation of atmospheric CO2 by deep
... 2007]. This asynchronicity is handled by an interfacing module (Figure 1) which integrates the rain flux to the sediments over the one year of the SEDGEM time step before being added to the surface sediment layer. In the opposite direction, the sediment dissolution flux to the ocean is assumed const ...
... 2007]. This asynchronicity is handled by an interfacing module (Figure 1) which integrates the rain flux to the sediments over the one year of the SEDGEM time step before being added to the surface sediment layer. In the opposite direction, the sediment dissolution flux to the ocean is assumed const ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Indicators for Ireland (2000-LS-5.2.2-M1) Final Report
... This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000-2006. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006. It is administered on b ...
... This report has been prepared as part of the Environmental Research Technological Development and Innovation Programme under the Productive Sector Operational Programme 2000-2006. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2000-2006. It is administered on b ...
Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on the Runoff
... surface runoff is primarily recharged by precipitation, along with ice and snow melting water, ...
... surface runoff is primarily recharged by precipitation, along with ice and snow melting water, ...
Discussion Papers in Economics The distributional impact of climate
... of trade as an adaptation mechanism. For instance, how do welfare impacts vary between a closed and an open economy? Such a question cannot be answered within the Jacoby et.al analysis. In addition, it is not clear whether the framework allows climate change in India to affect world food prices. Tra ...
... of trade as an adaptation mechanism. For instance, how do welfare impacts vary between a closed and an open economy? Such a question cannot be answered within the Jacoby et.al analysis. In addition, it is not clear whether the framework allows climate change in India to affect world food prices. Tra ...
Linking Population, Fertility and Family Planning with
... and frequent natural drought cycles increase climate change vulnerability in this country. Climate change will have a notable impact on Ethiopia’s temperature and precipitation: average annual temperatures nationwide are expected to rise 3.1° C by 2060, and 5.1° C by 2090. In addition, precipitation ...
... and frequent natural drought cycles increase climate change vulnerability in this country. Climate change will have a notable impact on Ethiopia’s temperature and precipitation: average annual temperatures nationwide are expected to rise 3.1° C by 2060, and 5.1° C by 2090. In addition, precipitation ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
Climate change in the UKOTs an overview of the science
... • The 1990s were the hottest decade on record and 1998 the hottest year on record since temperature recording began some 150 years ago. Climate change is happening at a much faster rate than originally expected. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an assessment team of hundreds of ...
... • The 1990s were the hottest decade on record and 1998 the hottest year on record since temperature recording began some 150 years ago. Climate change is happening at a much faster rate than originally expected. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an assessment team of hundreds of ...
Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
... Few subjects have been more polarizing over the past decade than global warming. A large body of evidence CO2 concentration and temperature. An example of one demonstrates that global temperatures are rising. Eleven such correlation is shown in Figure 1. A strong connection exists between temperatur ...
... Few subjects have been more polarizing over the past decade than global warming. A large body of evidence CO2 concentration and temperature. An example of one demonstrates that global temperatures are rising. Eleven such correlation is shown in Figure 1. A strong connection exists between temperatur ...
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... Leisure is also included in the utility function. We used the number of people who are in the work force but who are not looking for jobs as an indicator of leisure to overcome the calibration difficulties. People who are not in the workforce (students, housewives, retired people etc.) are taken as ...
... Leisure is also included in the utility function. We used the number of people who are in the work force but who are not looking for jobs as an indicator of leisure to overcome the calibration difficulties. People who are not in the workforce (students, housewives, retired people etc.) are taken as ...
New Zealand`s Journey toward a Low-Emission Future
... risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased. (ii) Total radiative forcing is positive, and has led to an uptake of energy by the climate system. The largest contribution to total radiative forcing is caused by the increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 since 1750. (ii ...
... risen, and the concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased. (ii) Total radiative forcing is positive, and has led to an uptake of energy by the climate system. The largest contribution to total radiative forcing is caused by the increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 since 1750. (ii ...
ASELSAN 2014 CDP Report
... Foundation (TAFF), Board of Directors and CEO. As the corporate performance system is a vivid system, it enables us to continuously improve and monitor our performance. The reviews are reported on a monthly basis. As the strategy of ASELSAN is determined for a period of 5 years, climate change relat ...
... Foundation (TAFF), Board of Directors and CEO. As the corporate performance system is a vivid system, it enables us to continuously improve and monitor our performance. The reviews are reported on a monthly basis. As the strategy of ASELSAN is determined for a period of 5 years, climate change relat ...
Stakeholder perceptions
... There was generally a high awareness of the changing climate among the respondents, with 91% of them having noticed changes over the last few decades. Respondents from Africa and NGOs were the most aware of changes in climate while respondents from North America and the private sector were the least ...
... There was generally a high awareness of the changing climate among the respondents, with 91% of them having noticed changes over the last few decades. Respondents from Africa and NGOs were the most aware of changes in climate while respondents from North America and the private sector were the least ...
Tuvalu and Climate Change in the Sydney Morning
... potentially problematic the framing of climate change impacts on atoll states such as Tuvalu in terms of vulnerability, highlighting loss of confidence in future sustainability by aid agencies, foreign investors, and atoll states themselves. The tension between global and non-global climate change i ...
... potentially problematic the framing of climate change impacts on atoll states such as Tuvalu in terms of vulnerability, highlighting loss of confidence in future sustainability by aid agencies, foreign investors, and atoll states themselves. The tension between global and non-global climate change i ...
Exploring high-end climate change scenarios for
... sufficiently cover low-probability/high-impact scenarios and that higher values for sea level rise cannot be ruled out. The sea level rise projections for 2100 of KNMI, cited above, for instance take into account the ’most probable’ range of temperature changes in the interval 24˚C (covering 80% of ...
... sufficiently cover low-probability/high-impact scenarios and that higher values for sea level rise cannot be ruled out. The sea level rise projections for 2100 of KNMI, cited above, for instance take into account the ’most probable’ range of temperature changes in the interval 24˚C (covering 80% of ...
Adaptation measures for floods, storm surges, and sea level rise
... ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE “Adaptation refers to any activity that reduces the negative impacts of climate change and and/or positions us to take advantage of new opportunities that may be presented” (Warren & Egginton, 2008, p. 29). The goals of adaptation are to alleviate current impacts, reduce s ...
... ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE “Adaptation refers to any activity that reduces the negative impacts of climate change and and/or positions us to take advantage of new opportunities that may be presented” (Warren & Egginton, 2008, p. 29). The goals of adaptation are to alleviate current impacts, reduce s ...
PORSEC 2016 Accepted Abstracts - Universidade Federal do Ceará
... The Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) is an key parameter on air-sea interaction. The SST data are widely used in many subjects of meteorology and oceanography. With several decades development, the satellite remote sensing technology has become the main approach for global or regional SST data collect ...
... The Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) is an key parameter on air-sea interaction. The SST data are widely used in many subjects of meteorology and oceanography. With several decades development, the satellite remote sensing technology has become the main approach for global or regional SST data collect ...
the impact of climate change on the development - UN
... Although Small Island Developing States vary in their geography, climate, culture and stage of economic development, they have many common characteristics which highlight their vulnerability, particularly as it relates to sustainable development and climatic change8 9. These characteristics include: ...
... Although Small Island Developing States vary in their geography, climate, culture and stage of economic development, they have many common characteristics which highlight their vulnerability, particularly as it relates to sustainable development and climatic change8 9. These characteristics include: ...
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN TRAINING ON VULNERABILITY
... United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas included: Understanding climate chan ...
... United States convened in Cape Town, South Africa to identify climate change capacity building needs for coastal and marine protected areas (MPAs) in the WIO region. The priorities that emerged at the Climate Change Workshop for Coastal and Marine Protected Areas included: Understanding climate chan ...
Relative Sea Level Rise Scenarios
... ΔSLRG is the regional variation in sea level due to changes in the earth’s gravitational field ΔSLVLM is the change in sea level due to vertical land movement ...
... ΔSLRG is the regional variation in sea level due to changes in the earth’s gravitational field ΔSLVLM is the change in sea level due to vertical land movement ...