5. Hydrology - Skagit County
... Figure 5.6 shows changes in annual streamflow for the Skagit River near Mount Vernon (Figure 5.5) and cool-season precipitation averaged over the associated upstream basin area for each climate change scenario relative to the historical simulation (water years 1916 to 2006). Changes in annual stream ...
... Figure 5.6 shows changes in annual streamflow for the Skagit River near Mount Vernon (Figure 5.5) and cool-season precipitation averaged over the associated upstream basin area for each climate change scenario relative to the historical simulation (water years 1916 to 2006). Changes in annual stream ...
Insights to Key Questions about Climate Change
... and extreme precipitation events across the country are reported to be no more frequent than they were a century ago. Important conclusions from these data are that i) regional climate trends over the past 50-100 years that are consistent with theoretical expectations of an enhanced greenhouse effec ...
... and extreme precipitation events across the country are reported to be no more frequent than they were a century ago. Important conclusions from these data are that i) regional climate trends over the past 50-100 years that are consistent with theoretical expectations of an enhanced greenhouse effec ...
Climate Action Planning Progress in the San Diego Region
... their importance to the region justifies an ongoing call to action to mitigate those impacts – a call which The San Diego Foundation Malin Burnham Center for Civic Engagement is committed to heeding through continued philanthropic leadership on this issue. This report serves as a marker of our regio ...
... their importance to the region justifies an ongoing call to action to mitigate those impacts – a call which The San Diego Foundation Malin Burnham Center for Civic Engagement is committed to heeding through continued philanthropic leadership on this issue. This report serves as a marker of our regio ...
Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... Developments over the last decade have however shown that possessing high adaptive capacity based on these metrics may not in itself necessarily lead to a reduction of vulnerability to the kind of extreme weather events that, very likely, will become more frequent in a changing climate (IPCC 2007b). ...
... Developments over the last decade have however shown that possessing high adaptive capacity based on these metrics may not in itself necessarily lead to a reduction of vulnerability to the kind of extreme weather events that, very likely, will become more frequent in a changing climate (IPCC 2007b). ...
Urban Planning for Climate Change – Position Paper of FIG Working
... and energy-efficient settlement structure in hand with reduced demands for traffic and transportation (German Institute of Urban Affairs 2011: 33) as well as mixed use settlement structures (www.mbv.nrw.de). The German sustainability strategy aiming at a reduced land consumption from currently appro ...
... and energy-efficient settlement structure in hand with reduced demands for traffic and transportation (German Institute of Urban Affairs 2011: 33) as well as mixed use settlement structures (www.mbv.nrw.de). The German sustainability strategy aiming at a reduced land consumption from currently appro ...
Bringing the Copenhagen Global Climate Change Negotiations to Conclusion J
... quantitative targets and time frames) for CO2 emission reduction/ limitation (with reductions in other greenhouse gases measured directly proportional to their greenhouse potency relative to CO2) were agreed to and, for the most part, it was left to individual countries to choose the method they wou ...
... quantitative targets and time frames) for CO2 emission reduction/ limitation (with reductions in other greenhouse gases measured directly proportional to their greenhouse potency relative to CO2) were agreed to and, for the most part, it was left to individual countries to choose the method they wou ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... local emergency measures. However, building environmental and socioeconomic resilience against climate change at the regional level is about pro-active, longer term and integrated planning that addresses existing aspects of unsustainable development as drivers of vulnerability and guides the economi ...
... local emergency measures. However, building environmental and socioeconomic resilience against climate change at the regional level is about pro-active, longer term and integrated planning that addresses existing aspects of unsustainable development as drivers of vulnerability and guides the economi ...
Variability and Trends of Air Temperature and Pressure in the
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
... 5–15 yr. Elucidating the mechanisms behind this relationship will be critical to understanding the complex nature of low-frequency variability. ...
nullius in verba - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... and Ralph Cicerone (President of the NAS) defended global warming concern by noting essentially that carbon dioxide (CO2) was increasing and that climate was changing. Of course, climate is always changing, and increasing CO2 must make some contribution, but none of this suggests anything alarming. ...
... and Ralph Cicerone (President of the NAS) defended global warming concern by noting essentially that carbon dioxide (CO2) was increasing and that climate was changing. Of course, climate is always changing, and increasing CO2 must make some contribution, but none of this suggests anything alarming. ...
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tourism demand is highly sensitive to climate variability within the preceding year, while the UK’s domestic tourism demand is exceptionally sensitive to climate variability within the travel year. Go ...
... interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tourism demand is highly sensitive to climate variability within the preceding year, while the UK’s domestic tourism demand is exceptionally sensitive to climate variability within the travel year. Go ...
modelling runoff and impact of climate change in
... a whole. It is recommended to divide basins into several elevation zones and to compute the runoff input for each zone seperately. In the given case, about 15 zones would be adequate with regard to the altitude difference of 8840 m which is the largest in the world. However, this is outside the capa ...
... a whole. It is recommended to divide basins into several elevation zones and to compute the runoff input for each zone seperately. In the given case, about 15 zones would be adequate with regard to the altitude difference of 8840 m which is the largest in the world. However, this is outside the capa ...
Developing and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
... These trends of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events such as drought and fire are expected to continue in this century, driving changes in forest ecosystems [10,11]. Adapting to climate change, or “the process of adjustment to actual or expected cli ...
... These trends of increasing temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events such as drought and fire are expected to continue in this century, driving changes in forest ecosystems [10,11]. Adapting to climate change, or “the process of adjustment to actual or expected cli ...
Fact sheets of the international experiences on the formulation and
... change adaptation strategy at the ASEAN transboundary scale. However, there are some specific transboundary activities in the field of coping with current climate variability: ...
... change adaptation strategy at the ASEAN transboundary scale. However, there are some specific transboundary activities in the field of coping with current climate variability: ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... dynamical ice sheet contribution to sea level rise in the AR4 (IPCC 2007d). The final result has confused users and scientists alike and confounded the application of AR4 sea level rise scenarios to subsequent assessments of risk to coastal zones around the world for years. (Oppenheimer et al. 2007; ...
... dynamical ice sheet contribution to sea level rise in the AR4 (IPCC 2007d). The final result has confused users and scientists alike and confounded the application of AR4 sea level rise scenarios to subsequent assessments of risk to coastal zones around the world for years. (Oppenheimer et al. 2007; ...
Quantifying Mineral Dust Mass Budgets:Terminology
... wish to further subdivide this category. For example, decision makers could benefit from knowing which sources are manageable through short-timescale policy enforcement. To accommodate this need, modelers and observers might distinguish anthropogenic emissions expected to cease shortly after the ant ...
... wish to further subdivide this category. For example, decision makers could benefit from knowing which sources are manageable through short-timescale policy enforcement. To accommodate this need, modelers and observers might distinguish anthropogenic emissions expected to cease shortly after the ant ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate
... sorting out the effects of religion, politics, and climate views challenging. An analysis of links between religion, evolution skepticism, and climate change skepticism could identify several potential scenarios. First, it is possible that evolution skepticism does not predict climate change skeptic ...
... sorting out the effects of religion, politics, and climate views challenging. An analysis of links between religion, evolution skepticism, and climate change skepticism could identify several potential scenarios. First, it is possible that evolution skepticism does not predict climate change skeptic ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... (Dec-Feb) Tmax for Pakistan’s upper Indus River Basin. The rate of warming reported is consistently higher in winter than other seasons in most parts of the Himalayas, namely, the Chinese, northwest Indian, and Nepalese Himalaya (Bhutiyani et al., 2007; 2010; Shrestha et al., 1999; Shrestha and Devk ...
... (Dec-Feb) Tmax for Pakistan’s upper Indus River Basin. The rate of warming reported is consistently higher in winter than other seasons in most parts of the Himalayas, namely, the Chinese, northwest Indian, and Nepalese Himalaya (Bhutiyani et al., 2007; 2010; Shrestha et al., 1999; Shrestha and Devk ...
Developing a climate change analysis
... Although seasonal weather forecasting has improved and some models are starting to provide information as much as 20-30 years ahead, this still leaves an uncertainty gap (see Figure 3 below) between one and 20-plus years ahead – exactly the period over which most projects operate, given their mana ...
... Although seasonal weather forecasting has improved and some models are starting to provide information as much as 20-30 years ahead, this still leaves an uncertainty gap (see Figure 3 below) between one and 20-plus years ahead – exactly the period over which most projects operate, given their mana ...
Production and release of a V0
... target of the Millennium Development goals—halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger between 1990 and 2015—is also unlikely to be met on a global basis, although some individual countries will achieve the target. The share of undernourished people has remained essentially constant at a ...
... target of the Millennium Development goals—halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger between 1990 and 2015—is also unlikely to be met on a global basis, although some individual countries will achieve the target. The share of undernourished people has remained essentially constant at a ...
Procedural Rights as a Crucial Tool to Combat Climate Change
... rapidly melting Arctic ice, increased intensity of storms and hurricanes, accelerating species extinctions, water shortage, droughts, and rising seas.' Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies sees a planetary emergency very clearly and calls it a "global tipping point" that ...
... rapidly melting Arctic ice, increased intensity of storms and hurricanes, accelerating species extinctions, water shortage, droughts, and rising seas.' Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies sees a planetary emergency very clearly and calls it a "global tipping point" that ...
The net climate impact of coal
... (cloud-free) conditions. Sampling clear-sky areas only, the model’s global total AOD for all species is 0.14, while observations give global mean values of 0.135 (ground-based AERONET) or 0.15 (satellite composites), though these have substantial limitations in their coverage (Kinne et al., 2006). T ...
... (cloud-free) conditions. Sampling clear-sky areas only, the model’s global total AOD for all species is 0.14, while observations give global mean values of 0.135 (ground-based AERONET) or 0.15 (satellite composites), though these have substantial limitations in their coverage (Kinne et al., 2006). T ...
126 Montevideo, Uruguay
... Department to ensure that more than one city staff member was trained on how to update the inventory in the future. The team agreed that the inventory would be developed in excel tables instead of feeding information into a program that would process the data automatically. This was to make certain ...
... Department to ensure that more than one city staff member was trained on how to update the inventory in the future. The team agreed that the inventory would be developed in excel tables instead of feeding information into a program that would process the data automatically. This was to make certain ...