Quaternary of South-West England
... the last (Late Devensian) glaciation, ice extended as far south as the north Midlands, impinging on the north coast of East Anglia and covering most of South Wales. During earlier glaciations ice sheets were more extensive, but probably never reached farther south in south-central and south-east Eng ...
... the last (Late Devensian) glaciation, ice extended as far south as the north Midlands, impinging on the north coast of East Anglia and covering most of South Wales. During earlier glaciations ice sheets were more extensive, but probably never reached farther south in south-central and south-east Eng ...
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... This paper evaluates the effects of annual fluctuations in temperature and precipitation on labor allocation in rural Mexico. We use a 28-year panel of individuals to investigate how people adjust their sector and location of work in response to year-to-year variation in weather. Controlling for sta ...
... This paper evaluates the effects of annual fluctuations in temperature and precipitation on labor allocation in rural Mexico. We use a 28-year panel of individuals to investigate how people adjust their sector and location of work in response to year-to-year variation in weather. Controlling for sta ...
Shifting plant phenology in response to global change
... latitude) vegetation were calculated for 1985–2003; net spring uptake during June is shown in green, net growing season uptake from March to August is shown in blue and anomalies in average growing season temperatures are shown in orange. The grey area indicates the years influenced by the Mount Pin ...
... latitude) vegetation were calculated for 1985–2003; net spring uptake during June is shown in green, net growing season uptake from March to August is shown in blue and anomalies in average growing season temperatures are shown in orange. The grey area indicates the years influenced by the Mount Pin ...
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... 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 ...
Parmesan
... concerned with other global change factors: land use change, nitrogen fertilization, and the direct effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plant ecophysiology. Just 14 years later, the direct impacts of anthropogenic climate change have been documented on every continent, in every ocean, and in mos ...
... concerned with other global change factors: land use change, nitrogen fertilization, and the direct effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on plant ecophysiology. Just 14 years later, the direct impacts of anthropogenic climate change have been documented on every continent, in every ocean, and in mos ...
Communicating climate change: conduits, content
... of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. Since 2010, country specific and comparative studies of media coverage have flourished,29 with one international study showing that political advocates for climate policy have been far more visible in media articles than skeptical vo ...
... of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. Since 2010, country specific and comparative studies of media coverage have flourished,29 with one international study showing that political advocates for climate policy have been far more visible in media articles than skeptical vo ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of
... grid cells in the GAEZ data. In this model, comparative advantage, that is, relative productivity differences across crops and fields, determines the pattern of specialization within and between countries, whereas trade costs determine the level of integration of local agricultural markets. Besides ...
... grid cells in the GAEZ data. In this model, comparative advantage, that is, relative productivity differences across crops and fields, determines the pattern of specialization within and between countries, whereas trade costs determine the level of integration of local agricultural markets. Besides ...
Climate Change: The Copenhagen Conference
... Indonesia. Global emissions of all greenhouse gases are thought to have increased by around 22% between 1990 and 2005. This was an annual average increase of 1.3%, but the increase between 2000 and 2005 was faster at 2.9%. 7 Data on CO2 emissions alone are more up to date and more certain. These als ...
... Indonesia. Global emissions of all greenhouse gases are thought to have increased by around 22% between 1990 and 2005. This was an annual average increase of 1.3%, but the increase between 2000 and 2005 was faster at 2.9%. 7 Data on CO2 emissions alone are more up to date and more certain. These als ...
Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation
... Plantations for charcoal have the greatest carbon benefits, but have high social impacts in the Brazilian context. Plantations also inherently compete with deforestation reduction options for funds. Forest management has been proposed as a global warming response option, but the assignment of any va ...
... Plantations for charcoal have the greatest carbon benefits, but have high social impacts in the Brazilian context. Plantations also inherently compete with deforestation reduction options for funds. Forest management has been proposed as a global warming response option, but the assignment of any va ...
"Climate Agenda: Resilient, Prosperous, and Green
... to prepare our human environment for climate change. Europe and the Netherlands can play a positive role both through international cooperation and by setting a good example. It calls for an investment of effort. Acting quickly now will reduce the climate problem in the future and make it affordabl ...
... to prepare our human environment for climate change. Europe and the Netherlands can play a positive role both through international cooperation and by setting a good example. It calls for an investment of effort. Acting quickly now will reduce the climate problem in the future and make it affordabl ...
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... In this paper, we analyze the problem of designing a self-enforcing international environmental agreement for climate change. Addressing questions of whether a country will choose to participate in a climate change agreement, or if participating will choose to comply with an agreement, requires an ...
... In this paper, we analyze the problem of designing a self-enforcing international environmental agreement for climate change. Addressing questions of whether a country will choose to participate in a climate change agreement, or if participating will choose to comply with an agreement, requires an ...
Impact of temperature on the breeding performance and selection
... between temperatures or rainfalls and the annual mean of the trait of interest. In these analyses, a routine systematically estimated the squared correlation coefficient (R2) and AIC of a regression between the annual mean trait (either settlement date, selection or reproductive success for males or f ...
... between temperatures or rainfalls and the annual mean of the trait of interest. In these analyses, a routine systematically estimated the squared correlation coefficient (R2) and AIC of a regression between the annual mean trait (either settlement date, selection or reproductive success for males or f ...
Modelling forest growth and carbon storage in response to
... have introduced unintended spurious results that do not correspond with reality. Melillo et al. (1996) have shown how the inclusion or omission of certain factors in the plant response to climate change can lead to vastly different results for simulated carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the ...
... have introduced unintended spurious results that do not correspond with reality. Melillo et al. (1996) have shown how the inclusion or omission of certain factors in the plant response to climate change can lead to vastly different results for simulated carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
Biomes_Notes_from_Online-Long_Version
... The biosphere is the part of Earth where life exists. Within the biosphere is a collection of living things called the biota. The biosphere is connected to three other Earth systems: • the hydrosphere, which includes all of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor • the atmosphere, which includes the air ...
... The biosphere is the part of Earth where life exists. Within the biosphere is a collection of living things called the biota. The biosphere is connected to three other Earth systems: • the hydrosphere, which includes all of Earth’s water, ice, and water vapor • the atmosphere, which includes the air ...
Mesozoic Climates. - Return to Home Page
... gases are nitrogen (78% by volume) and oxygen (21% by volume), and together they make up over 99% of the lower atmosphere. There is no evidence that the relative levels of these two gases are changing significantly over time (Kemp, 1994). Despite their relative scarcity, the so-called greenhouse gas ...
... gases are nitrogen (78% by volume) and oxygen (21% by volume), and together they make up over 99% of the lower atmosphere. There is no evidence that the relative levels of these two gases are changing significantly over time (Kemp, 1994). Despite their relative scarcity, the so-called greenhouse gas ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... affairs’. But what exactly these states of affairs are remains unclear. One of the biggest questions perhaps is: Is climate change reversible or irreversible? We do not know. Awareness has been raised, information has been provided, advice has been given, but acting on it in this context is a diffic ...
... affairs’. But what exactly these states of affairs are remains unclear. One of the biggest questions perhaps is: Is climate change reversible or irreversible? We do not know. Awareness has been raised, information has been provided, advice has been given, but acting on it in this context is a diffic ...
Dust Storm Modeling
... samples, as well as those that cause disease in fruit and a variety of trees, from African air samples. Foot and Mouth Disease virus (endemic to sub-Saharan Africa) may be carried by African dust; links between dust storms that passed over Great Britain and outbreaks of the disease. ...
... samples, as well as those that cause disease in fruit and a variety of trees, from African air samples. Foot and Mouth Disease virus (endemic to sub-Saharan Africa) may be carried by African dust; links between dust storms that passed over Great Britain and outbreaks of the disease. ...
Environmental Education Research.
... influence on climate change are absent. Human influence is described as ‘clear’ in this text. Whereas the textbook refers to what scientists ‘think’ about climate change, the IPCC report specifically lists sources of observable evidence from which scientists made the inference about human causation of ...
... influence on climate change are absent. Human influence is described as ‘clear’ in this text. Whereas the textbook refers to what scientists ‘think’ about climate change, the IPCC report specifically lists sources of observable evidence from which scientists made the inference about human causation of ...
Peter Lee: Ethics of Climate Change Policy
... complex models embedded in a huge array of computers, which filled a room. The professor of experimental physics wryly commented that if an experiment could be devised to test such theories, he would gladly do so. That is how scientific certainty, such as it ever is certain, is established. In 2015 ...
... complex models embedded in a huge array of computers, which filled a room. The professor of experimental physics wryly commented that if an experiment could be devised to test such theories, he would gladly do so. That is how scientific certainty, such as it ever is certain, is established. In 2015 ...
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... 4. the price of wheat in each production year is known by the farmer at the start of crop sowing. Given the emergence of forward pricing options this assumption is reasonable. 5. all costs of wheat production are known with certainty. Most cropping input purchases (fertilisers, chemicals, fuel) are ...
... 4. the price of wheat in each production year is known by the farmer at the start of crop sowing. Given the emergence of forward pricing options this assumption is reasonable. 5. all costs of wheat production are known with certainty. Most cropping input purchases (fertilisers, chemicals, fuel) are ...
How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... won the 2002 National Medal of Science.) Second, that this carbon dioxide is largely the result of the massive burning of fossil fuels—coal, oil, and gas—since the industrial revolution.4 Third, that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, meaning that it is highly transparent to visible light and less ...
... won the 2002 National Medal of Science.) Second, that this carbon dioxide is largely the result of the massive burning of fossil fuels—coal, oil, and gas—since the industrial revolution.4 Third, that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, meaning that it is highly transparent to visible light and less ...