Solution Aversion: On the Relation Between Ideology and Motivated
... century and that humans are in large part the causal agent (this statistic represents a lower estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007). We used participants’ own subsequent estimation of the number of degrees that they believe temperatures will rise in the 21st century to mea ...
... century and that humans are in large part the causal agent (this statistic represents a lower estimate by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007). We used participants’ own subsequent estimation of the number of degrees that they believe temperatures will rise in the 21st century to mea ...
Miller-vita-short web version-2016 - UCAR Staff
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
... Tyedmers, 2001. The 1999 Pacific Salmon Agreement: A Sustainable Solution? Canadian – American Public Policy Occasional Paper, No. 47. Canadian – American Center, University of Maine, Orono, ME. Cohen, S.J. and K.A. Miller (Coordinating Lead Authors), 2001. “North America,” Ch.15, pp.733-800 in Clim ...
I am sorry to say that global warming is not just "hot air"
... atmospheric window where, prior to the industrial era, no infrared radiation was trapped, lying between 8 and 15 micrometres. Compounds such as perflurocarbons (CF4, C2F6 etc.), chlorofluorocarbons, halons and SF6 absorb very strongly in this window. This means that they are extremely potent greenho ...
... atmospheric window where, prior to the industrial era, no infrared radiation was trapped, lying between 8 and 15 micrometres. Compounds such as perflurocarbons (CF4, C2F6 etc.), chlorofluorocarbons, halons and SF6 absorb very strongly in this window. This means that they are extremely potent greenho ...
Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System
... The Earth’s climate is determined by a number of complex connected physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties of the atmosphere, a major controlling factor of the Earth’s climate, are strongly affected by the biophysical state of ...
... The Earth’s climate is determined by a number of complex connected physical, chemical and biological processes occurring in the atmosphere, land and ocean. The radiative properties of the atmosphere, a major controlling factor of the Earth’s climate, are strongly affected by the biophysical state of ...
The theme of slow onset impact
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) published in 2007 shows that there is growing scientific consensus over long-term climate change and its predicted impacts, and high or very high confidence is placed on the general trend of slow onset hazards such as inc ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) published in 2007 shows that there is growing scientific consensus over long-term climate change and its predicted impacts, and high or very high confidence is placed on the general trend of slow onset hazards such as inc ...
Combating Climate Change - The German Adaptation Strategy
... must be prepared in a comprehensible form, and made readily available and accessible on a targeted basis. It should also be clear what countermeasures are possible and who is responsible in each case. In considering how the global climate will change, the Federal Government is currently basing its a ...
... must be prepared in a comprehensible form, and made readily available and accessible on a targeted basis. It should also be clear what countermeasures are possible and who is responsible in each case. In considering how the global climate will change, the Federal Government is currently basing its a ...
Potential Arctic tundra vegetation shifts in
... Climate change in the Arctic region affects tundra vegetation composition. The northernmost tundra is dominated by mosses and lichens due to the extremely low summer temperatures. Southwards, with increasing summer temperatures, graminoids and dwarf shrubs increase in abundance (Walker et al., 2005) ...
... Climate change in the Arctic region affects tundra vegetation composition. The northernmost tundra is dominated by mosses and lichens due to the extremely low summer temperatures. Southwards, with increasing summer temperatures, graminoids and dwarf shrubs increase in abundance (Walker et al., 2005) ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Yongyang Cai Kenneth L. Judd
... on economic decision makers who face economic risks. Many issues, such as how GHG policies should react to economic fluctuations, can be studied only in models with time periods of one year or less, not in models where the time step is measured in decades. Another dimension includes the uncertainty ...
... on economic decision makers who face economic risks. Many issues, such as how GHG policies should react to economic fluctuations, can be studied only in models with time periods of one year or less, not in models where the time step is measured in decades. Another dimension includes the uncertainty ...
Saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink
... balancing tropical sink of equivalent magnitude to that of emissions from tropical deforestation. During the 1980s–1990s this was estimated to be 0.6 to 2.2 Pg C yr–1 (DeFries et al. 2002; Archard et al. 2002; Houghton 2003). Atmospheric data provides limited information about the processes driving ...
... balancing tropical sink of equivalent magnitude to that of emissions from tropical deforestation. During the 1980s–1990s this was estimated to be 0.6 to 2.2 Pg C yr–1 (DeFries et al. 2002; Archard et al. 2002; Houghton 2003). Atmospheric data provides limited information about the processes driving ...
Climate Change and Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care
... causing environmental changes of epidemic proportions. Climate change, experienced as extreme weather events such as heat waves, melting of snow and ice with rising sea levels, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding and drought, more intense hurricanes and storms, wildfires, as well as poore ...
... causing environmental changes of epidemic proportions. Climate change, experienced as extreme weather events such as heat waves, melting of snow and ice with rising sea levels, changes in precipitation resulting in flooding and drought, more intense hurricanes and storms, wildfires, as well as poore ...
Competition for land in the global bioeconomy
... used to evaluate the costs and benefits of GHG mitigation. The climate change mitigation literature has increasingly focused attention on the role of biofuels, and other land-based mitigation activities, in the broader portfolio of long-run mitigation options. Rose et al. (2012) summarize the findin ...
... used to evaluate the costs and benefits of GHG mitigation. The climate change mitigation literature has increasingly focused attention on the role of biofuels, and other land-based mitigation activities, in the broader portfolio of long-run mitigation options. Rose et al. (2012) summarize the findin ...
Detecting the long-term impacts from climate variability and
... minimum flow exists for ecological sustainability (Tharme, 2003). However, while an assessment of “green” and “blue” water flows is important for proper decisions in water resources management, the total amount of available freshwater from which allocations can be made is not constant over time, mos ...
... minimum flow exists for ecological sustainability (Tharme, 2003). However, while an assessment of “green” and “blue” water flows is important for proper decisions in water resources management, the total amount of available freshwater from which allocations can be made is not constant over time, mos ...
Public health and climate change in the Republic of Kiribati
... On September 14, 1999, The Republic of Kiribati became a full member of the United Nations. The following year President Teburoro Tito addressed the UN General Assembly. He talked on many topics, ranging from the nation’s states of health, economy and human rights to the nation’s precarious positio ...
... On September 14, 1999, The Republic of Kiribati became a full member of the United Nations. The following year President Teburoro Tito addressed the UN General Assembly. He talked on many topics, ranging from the nation’s states of health, economy and human rights to the nation’s precarious positio ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
... to absorb and successively emit infrared radiation are known as greenhouse gases. They are capable of trapping part of the thermal radiation emitted by the earth’s surface, producing a natural greenhouse effect that keeps the planet warmer (by 33 °C)2 than it otherwise would be. Clouds also contribu ...
... to absorb and successively emit infrared radiation are known as greenhouse gases. They are capable of trapping part of the thermal radiation emitted by the earth’s surface, producing a natural greenhouse effect that keeps the planet warmer (by 33 °C)2 than it otherwise would be. Clouds also contribu ...
Climate refugees in the 21st century
... An increase in sea level is irreversible and manifests itself over a long period of time. The projected sea level rise makes populations living at an altitude of less than 1 metre directly vulnerable. ...
... An increase in sea level is irreversible and manifests itself over a long period of time. The projected sea level rise makes populations living at an altitude of less than 1 metre directly vulnerable. ...
Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... For the purposes of this work, we included analysis of five highway infrastructure risk assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was ...
... For the purposes of this work, we included analysis of five highway infrastructure risk assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was ...
II. Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation
... ecosystems, including modified natural forests and plantations, accordingly, in largely intact forest landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conservation of existing forests, especially primary forests, is critical both for preventing future greenhous ...
... ecosystems, including modified natural forests and plantations, accordingly, in largely intact forest landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conservation of existing forests, especially primary forests, is critical both for preventing future greenhous ...
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
... citizens. To expand their capacity to take on the challenge of climate change, cities are joining forums that encourage collaboration between multiple levels of government, business, and civil society. Hundreds of cities worldwide have joined the Compact of Mayors, pledging their commitment to measu ...
... citizens. To expand their capacity to take on the challenge of climate change, cities are joining forums that encourage collaboration between multiple levels of government, business, and civil society. Hundreds of cities worldwide have joined the Compact of Mayors, pledging their commitment to measu ...
Climate Induced Migration - The International Journal of Climate
... Bangladesh, it examines the drivers of migration, the impacts on individual and family livelihoods of the explosion of climate migrants and the subsequent effects on urbanisation of major cities in Bangladesh. Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Migrants, Social Change, Livelihoods and Urbanization. ...
... Bangladesh, it examines the drivers of migration, the impacts on individual and family livelihoods of the explosion of climate migrants and the subsequent effects on urbanisation of major cities in Bangladesh. Keywords: Climate Change, Climate Migrants, Social Change, Livelihoods and Urbanization. ...
What do we know about the economics of adaptation?
... although the rise in interest in public choice theory can be associated with Buchanan’s (1954) criticism of the view that decisions of the state can be analysed as if made by a single person. The basic problem with public goods is that if adaptation strategies are based solely on autonomous adaptati ...
... although the rise in interest in public choice theory can be associated with Buchanan’s (1954) criticism of the view that decisions of the state can be analysed as if made by a single person. The basic problem with public goods is that if adaptation strategies are based solely on autonomous adaptati ...
Noctilucent Clouds
... •Global circulations cause rising air in the polar summer mesosphere •This rising air results in cooling of the mesosphere during summer •Temperatures reach the frost point near the mesopause (88 km) Frost point temperatures near the mesopause are very low, 150 K (123 C) This is because of the low ...
... •Global circulations cause rising air in the polar summer mesosphere •This rising air results in cooling of the mesosphere during summer •Temperatures reach the frost point near the mesopause (88 km) Frost point temperatures near the mesopause are very low, 150 K (123 C) This is because of the low ...
Potential Threats from Climate Change to Human
... Human wellbeing as defined by the MEA includes basic materials for a good life: freedom and choice; health; good social relations; and security. Climate change and human wellbeing Mountain ecosystems are clearly affected by climate change: it is considered to have been a moderate but increasing driv ...
... Human wellbeing as defined by the MEA includes basic materials for a good life: freedom and choice; health; good social relations; and security. Climate change and human wellbeing Mountain ecosystems are clearly affected by climate change: it is considered to have been a moderate but increasing driv ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... an entire planet, it is actually high, which explains why much of the world’s land ice is starting to melt and the oceans are rising at an accelerating pace. The heat accumulating in the Earth because of human emissions is roughly equal to the heat that would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima atomic ...
... an entire planet, it is actually high, which explains why much of the world’s land ice is starting to melt and the oceans are rising at an accelerating pace. The heat accumulating in the Earth because of human emissions is roughly equal to the heat that would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima atomic ...
6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... observation that climate impacts may be neither linear nor smooth seems to be particularly appropriate for the Arctic. In the Arctic, the sea ice cover is an important climatic factor. It affects surface reflection of solar radiation, cloud cover, humidity, exchanges of heat and moisture at the ocea ...
... observation that climate impacts may be neither linear nor smooth seems to be particularly appropriate for the Arctic. In the Arctic, the sea ice cover is an important climatic factor. It affects surface reflection of solar radiation, cloud cover, humidity, exchanges of heat and moisture at the ocea ...