February 9 NGO Presentations - Task Force on Climate
... • Climate risk weighting in index-/fund- performance • Cost of capital review for “Green” infrastructure ...
... • Climate risk weighting in index-/fund- performance • Cost of capital review for “Green” infrastructure ...
USA–NPN Attributed Publications - USA National Phenology Network
... management in the U.S. . International Journal of Biometeorology (2013). Euskirchen, E. S., Carman, T. B. & McGuire, A. D. Changes in the structure and function of northern Alaskan ecosystems when considering variable leaf-out times across groupings of species in a dynamic vegetation model. Global C ...
... management in the U.S. . International Journal of Biometeorology (2013). Euskirchen, E. S., Carman, T. B. & McGuire, A. D. Changes in the structure and function of northern Alaskan ecosystems when considering variable leaf-out times across groupings of species in a dynamic vegetation model. Global C ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
... cushion plants, and bogs) ecosystems of the Andes have received considerably less attention than have the lowland Amazon humid forest in terms of regime shifts. The Andes region harbors more species richness per unit area than the Amazon does (figure 1) and is under heavy human pressure (Buytaert et ...
Atmospheric Sciences:
... “THE THIN BLUE LINE: Earth’s thin atmosphere is all that stands between life on Earth and the cold, dark void of space. Our planet's atmosphere has no clearly defined upper boundary but gradually thins out into space. The layers of the atmosphere have different characteristics, such as protective oz ...
... “THE THIN BLUE LINE: Earth’s thin atmosphere is all that stands between life on Earth and the cold, dark void of space. Our planet's atmosphere has no clearly defined upper boundary but gradually thins out into space. The layers of the atmosphere have different characteristics, such as protective oz ...
Human Factors Explain the Increased Losses from Weather and
... impacts. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate $320 million annually in the 1990s (Changnon et al. Change (IPCC) addressed the issue on a global scale 1997). Federal relief payments for weather disasters in its 1995 assessment, declaring “Overall, there is no grew from $670 million in 1996–70 to $4 ...
... impacts. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate $320 million annually in the 1990s (Changnon et al. Change (IPCC) addressed the issue on a global scale 1997). Federal relief payments for weather disasters in its 1995 assessment, declaring “Overall, there is no grew from $670 million in 1996–70 to $4 ...
national latino climate leadership forum
... Leadership Forum to focus on one of the most pressing issues facing Latinos today—climate change. We need greater public support and political will if we are going to help put America on a path toward a more sustainable and just future. All Americans need to be involved in climate discussions and th ...
... Leadership Forum to focus on one of the most pressing issues facing Latinos today—climate change. We need greater public support and political will if we are going to help put America on a path toward a more sustainable and just future. All Americans need to be involved in climate discussions and th ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... Description of Research and Scholarly or Creative Objectives My primary research interest is climate dynamics. I use numerical models of the climate system to study changes in climate, both past and future, with a goal of better understanding the mechanisms responsible for such changes. ...
... Description of Research and Scholarly or Creative Objectives My primary research interest is climate dynamics. I use numerical models of the climate system to study changes in climate, both past and future, with a goal of better understanding the mechanisms responsible for such changes. ...
Solar ultraviolet radiation in a changing climate
... the incident UV radiation at Earth’s surface may result from changes in cloud, snow and ice cover, land-use, and atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and will vary regionally. Circulation patterns, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, account for a high proportion of the variability in the total ...
... the incident UV radiation at Earth’s surface may result from changes in cloud, snow and ice cover, land-use, and atmospheric and oceanic circulation, and will vary regionally. Circulation patterns, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation, account for a high proportion of the variability in the total ...
Public perception of cold weather events as evidence for
... interpretations of the weather considered by the present study. One item pair framed the cold weather (either as a single winter contextualised to late 2010, or as a ‘pattern’ of cold winters) as evidence against climate change (Cronbach’s α=.89). The other item pair was similarly constructed, but f ...
... interpretations of the weather considered by the present study. One item pair framed the cold weather (either as a single winter contextualised to late 2010, or as a ‘pattern’ of cold winters) as evidence against climate change (Cronbach’s α=.89). The other item pair was similarly constructed, but f ...
Template: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... Links to available guides, tools and other resources that may be of use in the assessment and planning process. Part of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Toolkit. http://www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/resources/res_aptkit.asp Tribal Climate Change Assessments and Adaptati ...
... Links to available guides, tools and other resources that may be of use in the assessment and planning process. Part of the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) Toolkit. http://www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/resources/res_aptkit.asp Tribal Climate Change Assessments and Adaptati ...
The trade-off between intra- and intergenerational equity in climate
... less aggressive action if we believe that consumption is growing over time. The reason is that this makes future generations richer, and if we care about inequality between the present and future generations, we place a lower value to the richer future generations (intergenerational equity). But the ...
... less aggressive action if we believe that consumption is growing over time. The reason is that this makes future generations richer, and if we care about inequality between the present and future generations, we place a lower value to the richer future generations (intergenerational equity). But the ...
National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) – Looking through
... SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 2007a). These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SI ...
... SIDs show some additional vulnerability characteristics of climate change s their climate is influenced by large ocean-atmosphere interactions such as trade winds, El Niño and the monsoons (UNFCCC, 2007a). These climate characteristics, combined with their particular socioeconomic situations make SI ...
Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
... The water resources of the Volta Basin of West Africa are under severe stress due to poor climatic conditions and competing demands on the resources by the riparian countries [1]. Climatic conditions in the region are such that there is high variability in both temporal and spatial distribution of r ...
... The water resources of the Volta Basin of West Africa are under severe stress due to poor climatic conditions and competing demands on the resources by the riparian countries [1]. Climatic conditions in the region are such that there is high variability in both temporal and spatial distribution of r ...
climate change and the mediterranean region
... In 1986, the Scientific Committee of Problems of the Environment proclaimed that global warming “should be considered one of today’s most important long-term problems” (Bolin and others, 1986). Research over the last 10 years has reaffirmed the magnitude of the looming threat. In 1996, the Intergove ...
... In 1986, the Scientific Committee of Problems of the Environment proclaimed that global warming “should be considered one of today’s most important long-term problems” (Bolin and others, 1986). Research over the last 10 years has reaffirmed the magnitude of the looming threat. In 1996, the Intergove ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... The monthly analysis is available for all years after 1880 because there are sufficient observations from this time onwards (NOAA 2015b). Nowadays, fixed temperature monitoring stations, measuring temperatures year-round, are located all around the world - as shown in Figure 4. The 20th century glob ...
... The monthly analysis is available for all years after 1880 because there are sufficient observations from this time onwards (NOAA 2015b). Nowadays, fixed temperature monitoring stations, measuring temperatures year-round, are located all around the world - as shown in Figure 4. The 20th century glob ...
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... The dynamic PEATSim model long term baseline reflects the macroeconomic drivers of the ERS Macroeconomic Projections (USDA, 2011). Primary data sources are USDA's production, supply, and disappearance database (PS&D, USDA, November, 2009) and OECD Aglink database. Population projections are obtained ...
... The dynamic PEATSim model long term baseline reflects the macroeconomic drivers of the ERS Macroeconomic Projections (USDA, 2011). Primary data sources are USDA's production, supply, and disappearance database (PS&D, USDA, November, 2009) and OECD Aglink database. Population projections are obtained ...
Complex Life Cycles and the Responses of Insects to Climate Change
... et al. 2009). Daytime humidities in summer are typically lower than 25%, increasing the potential for evaporative water loss from eggs. Since the eggs are small, they are nearly always isothermal with nearby microenvironments. However, eggs lie within the boundary layer of the leaf’s surface (Woods ...
... et al. 2009). Daytime humidities in summer are typically lower than 25%, increasing the potential for evaporative water loss from eggs. Since the eggs are small, they are nearly always isothermal with nearby microenvironments. However, eggs lie within the boundary layer of the leaf’s surface (Woods ...
challenges of hydrological analysis for water resources
... River basin were assessed by coupling BTOPMC with climatic outputs derived from three members of the super-high-resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Models (MRI-AGCMs) under the A1B future emission scenario of green house gases presented in the Special Report on Emission Scenario (SRES). The m ...
... River basin were assessed by coupling BTOPMC with climatic outputs derived from three members of the super-high-resolution Atmospheric General Circulation Models (MRI-AGCMs) under the A1B future emission scenario of green house gases presented in the Special Report on Emission Scenario (SRES). The m ...
Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer
... et al., 2013), we selected the following schemes to represent subgrid processes: the YSU PBL scheme (Hong et al., 2006), the WRF Single-Moment 6-Class Microphysics Scheme (WSM6) (Hong and Lim, 2006), the RRTMG schemes for both longwave and shortwave radiation (Iacono et al., 2008), the Grell 3-D cum ...
... et al., 2013), we selected the following schemes to represent subgrid processes: the YSU PBL scheme (Hong et al., 2006), the WRF Single-Moment 6-Class Microphysics Scheme (WSM6) (Hong and Lim, 2006), the RRTMG schemes for both longwave and shortwave radiation (Iacono et al., 2008), the Grell 3-D cum ...
Draft Cars Model Story Line - Tufts Office of Sustainability
... emissions. Including land use change emissions but not including the CO2 equivalents of other greenhouse gasses. ...
... emissions. Including land use change emissions but not including the CO2 equivalents of other greenhouse gasses. ...
Israel`s report to the UNFCCC on climate change, 2000
... changes in climate since the 19th century, for generating scenarios for future climate change and for deriving impact assessments. First GCMs were based on static simulations, where one atmospheric parameter (e.g. GHG concentration) was changed and held fixed, and the model was then allowed to arriv ...
... changes in climate since the 19th century, for generating scenarios for future climate change and for deriving impact assessments. First GCMs were based on static simulations, where one atmospheric parameter (e.g. GHG concentration) was changed and held fixed, and the model was then allowed to arriv ...
Fishing, climate change and north-east Atlantic cod
... second half of the 20th century has been linked to subsequent declines in cod recruitment26,27. Such fluctuations follow changes in SST in the North Sea26. When the dynamics of prey species are also incorporated into stock models, further differences in recruitment and SSB are suggested71. Decreases ...
... second half of the 20th century has been linked to subsequent declines in cod recruitment26,27. Such fluctuations follow changes in SST in the North Sea26. When the dynamics of prey species are also incorporated into stock models, further differences in recruitment and SSB are suggested71. Decreases ...
Partners with nature - How healthy ecosystems are helping the
... and extreme weather events are already being felt across the world, with the poorest people and vulnerable ecosystems hit hardest. The effects of climate change will almost certainly persist for centuries, and depending on the level of mitigation achieved, will be of increasing severity. Adaptation ...
... and extreme weather events are already being felt across the world, with the poorest people and vulnerable ecosystems hit hardest. The effects of climate change will almost certainly persist for centuries, and depending on the level of mitigation achieved, will be of increasing severity. Adaptation ...