EPA Research - 2014 Call Technical Description
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following: Call Topic Reference: Climate 2014 Call-Project 1 Description Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC), Ireland makes an annual report on greenhouse gas emissions related to land management. Ag ...
... To make an application under this topic area, you must use the following: Call Topic Reference: Climate 2014 Call-Project 1 Description Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC), Ireland makes an annual report on greenhouse gas emissions related to land management. Ag ...
How to motivate people about climate change
... respondents drawn from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) (Buhrmester et al. 2011; Berinsky et al. 2012). Like the Audubon study, our experiment again assigned respondents to receive either the personal or collective responsibility for climate change prime or the control task. We presented subjects wi ...
... respondents drawn from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (MTurk) (Buhrmester et al. 2011; Berinsky et al. 2012). Like the Audubon study, our experiment again assigned respondents to receive either the personal or collective responsibility for climate change prime or the control task. We presented subjects wi ...
Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites
... the summer time-window separately for each species and phenological event on the basis of the average time of that phenological event over the period observed across all sites (Table S1). Species at different sites initiated phenological events at different times; however, we use a common summer tem ...
... the summer time-window separately for each species and phenological event on the basis of the average time of that phenological event over the period observed across all sites (Table S1). Species at different sites initiated phenological events at different times; however, we use a common summer tem ...
Adaptive Capacity and Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability
... 1.The adaptive capacity of households must be increased in order for them to employ more adaptation measures by increasing the provision of information, financial, and physical resources by: (b)conducting educational campaign and training on climate change and farming adaptation techniques; (c) sup ...
... 1.The adaptive capacity of households must be increased in order for them to employ more adaptation measures by increasing the provision of information, financial, and physical resources by: (b)conducting educational campaign and training on climate change and farming adaptation techniques; (c) sup ...
cơ sở xây dựng hệ thống đo đạc, báo cáo, thẩm định (cho việt nam
... Climate change impacts in Vietnam – In the past 50 years, the average annual temperature has increased by about 0.5oC; – Increased rainfall in rainy season (May 5-11); – Large floods occurs more frequently in the Central and the South; – Reduced rainfall in dry season (May 7, 8); – Annual serious dr ...
... Climate change impacts in Vietnam – In the past 50 years, the average annual temperature has increased by about 0.5oC; – Increased rainfall in rainy season (May 5-11); – Large floods occurs more frequently in the Central and the South; – Reduced rainfall in dry season (May 7, 8); – Annual serious dr ...
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local
... (December, January and February). Vizy et al. (2015) moreover predict a shortening of the growing season in southern Malawi. While data on temperatures show significant changes, long-term precipitation trends are more difficult to identify and predict. McSweeney et al. (2012) found no statistically ...
... (December, January and February). Vizy et al. (2015) moreover predict a shortening of the growing season in southern Malawi. While data on temperatures show significant changes, long-term precipitation trends are more difficult to identify and predict. McSweeney et al. (2012) found no statistically ...
Climate Change mitigation via Afforestation, Reforestation and
... policy regulations are necessary, especially for the post-Kyoto process. ...
... policy regulations are necessary, especially for the post-Kyoto process. ...
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... regulated under the cap. There is, however, a recommendation for a minimum threshold such that emissions sources under a range of 10,000 to 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year are excluded. This leads to covering about 90% of non-power plant station source fuel combustion emissi ...
... regulated under the cap. There is, however, a recommendation for a minimum threshold such that emissions sources under a range of 10,000 to 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per year are excluded. This leads to covering about 90% of non-power plant station source fuel combustion emissi ...
A macroeconomic perspective on climate change mitigation: Meeting the financing challenge: Working Paper 122 (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... this investment is needed if the limit of a 2°C increase in global mean temperatures is to be respected. Also, high-‐income countries have pledged to pay the “agreed full increme ...
... this investment is needed if the limit of a 2°C increase in global mean temperatures is to be respected. Also, high-‐income countries have pledged to pay the “agreed full increme ...
- Opus
... (SNPs). Thus, they can be used for QTL mapping as well as to estimate response to the environment. That is because replicates of each MAGIC line are nearly genetically identical, allowing an estimation of the average difference in phenotype under different environments, i.e. their ‘plasticity’. For ...
... (SNPs). Thus, they can be used for QTL mapping as well as to estimate response to the environment. That is because replicates of each MAGIC line are nearly genetically identical, allowing an estimation of the average difference in phenotype under different environments, i.e. their ‘plasticity’. For ...
Report
... agriculture, thereby ensuring surplus food supplies and allowing populations to grow.3 The greatest impact came with the Industrial Revolution, a process of great innovation that began three centuries ago in Western Europe and is still continuing. Advances in the fields of physics and engineering le ...
... agriculture, thereby ensuring surplus food supplies and allowing populations to grow.3 The greatest impact came with the Industrial Revolution, a process of great innovation that began three centuries ago in Western Europe and is still continuing. Advances in the fields of physics and engineering le ...
Climate Change impaCts on australia
... focus is on the medians of the probability distributions of the impacts identified by the main climate models. For some sectors the middle-of-the-road assessment is supplemented with analysis of the higher ends of the probability distribution of impacts. The standard IPCC projections, and those base ...
... focus is on the medians of the probability distributions of the impacts identified by the main climate models. For some sectors the middle-of-the-road assessment is supplemented with analysis of the higher ends of the probability distribution of impacts. The standard IPCC projections, and those base ...
The effects of climate changes on aquifer storage
... and (b). In practice, a good estimate of the value of c is likely to be available, while b may be chosen as some reasonable value based on expert knowledge. The parameter b is not fundamental, and may be replaced by other shape parameters if a different pattern of change in transmissivity is thought ...
... and (b). In practice, a good estimate of the value of c is likely to be available, while b may be chosen as some reasonable value based on expert knowledge. The parameter b is not fundamental, and may be replaced by other shape parameters if a different pattern of change in transmissivity is thought ...
Quantifying uncertainty in the impacts of climate change on river
... structure in both catchments exceed uncertainty in emission scenarios. Critically, estimated uncertainty in projections of mean annual flows is less than that calculated for extreme (Q05, Q95) flows. The common approach of reporting of climate change impacts on river in terms of mean annual flows ma ...
... structure in both catchments exceed uncertainty in emission scenarios. Critically, estimated uncertainty in projections of mean annual flows is less than that calculated for extreme (Q05, Q95) flows. The common approach of reporting of climate change impacts on river in terms of mean annual flows ma ...
Different climatic envelopes among invasive populations may lead
... Romania, Portugal; H. pilosella: Croatia). In total, the data bases yielded 2684, 11237 and 29404 records with coordinate data for H. aurantiacum, H. murorum and H. pilosella, respectively. To reduce the impact of spatial autocorrelation we re-projected location records to a resolution of 10 km2 and ...
... Romania, Portugal; H. pilosella: Croatia). In total, the data bases yielded 2684, 11237 and 29404 records with coordinate data for H. aurantiacum, H. murorum and H. pilosella, respectively. To reduce the impact of spatial autocorrelation we re-projected location records to a resolution of 10 km2 and ...
Simulating thermal pollution caused by a hypothetical groundwater
... thermal regime. Moreover, climate change is expected to increase surface air temperature and change the precipitation regime leading to frequent and intense extreme events. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the ris ...
... thermal regime. Moreover, climate change is expected to increase surface air temperature and change the precipitation regime leading to frequent and intense extreme events. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the ris ...
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... Adaptation by farmers is normal and is constantly happening. Over coming decades, farmers will adapt their production decisions in response to many different factors. As well as adapting to climate change, farmers will respond to changes in product prices and input costs, to new technologies and, po ...
... Adaptation by farmers is normal and is constantly happening. Over coming decades, farmers will adapt their production decisions in response to many different factors. As well as adapting to climate change, farmers will respond to changes in product prices and input costs, to new technologies and, po ...
Climate and the Carbon Cycle - CARBO
... there has been a change in the occurrence and frequency of some extremes, and we do know that climate variability and extremes will play an important role for the carbon cycle. But climate variability and extreme weather events have not, until now, been sufficiently accounted for in modelling and ex ...
... there has been a change in the occurrence and frequency of some extremes, and we do know that climate variability and extremes will play an important role for the carbon cycle. But climate variability and extreme weather events have not, until now, been sufficiently accounted for in modelling and ex ...
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... An initial survey was conducted in 2008 before the biannual surveys began in 2010. Specifically, Weitzman (2001) asked: “Taking all relevant considerations into account, what real interest rate do you think should be used to discount over time the (expected) benefits and (expected) costs of projects ...
... An initial survey was conducted in 2008 before the biannual surveys began in 2010. Specifically, Weitzman (2001) asked: “Taking all relevant considerations into account, what real interest rate do you think should be used to discount over time the (expected) benefits and (expected) costs of projects ...
Climate Change - EPA
... 2.1 Climate change and the greenhouse effect Over the last century Australia, along with the rest of the world, has experienced an average warming of about 0.9°C. It is now more than 90% certain that observed increases in global temperature are caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The projected effec ...
... 2.1 Climate change and the greenhouse effect Over the last century Australia, along with the rest of the world, has experienced an average warming of about 0.9°C. It is now more than 90% certain that observed increases in global temperature are caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The projected effec ...
Variability properties of daily and monthly observed near-surface
... where Nj is the number of regional stations for the year j. The use of regional average, in general, provides a time series that is a better representation of large-scale climatic processes (Partal and Kahya, 2006), thus making it easier to deal with one index series in a region. Before using the M ...
... where Nj is the number of regional stations for the year j. The use of regional average, in general, provides a time series that is a better representation of large-scale climatic processes (Partal and Kahya, 2006), thus making it easier to deal with one index series in a region. Before using the M ...
Paleoecological evidence for abrupt cold reversals during peak
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
... published by Francis et al. (2006), who added 29 calibration sites from Baffin Island to a training set of 39 sites across eastern Canada (Walker et al., 1991a; 1997). The weighted-averaging regression model uses square-root transformed species data and has a root mean squared error of prediction (RM ...
Almada - NACLIM
... MultiAdaPT projects are an exemple of this approach, they combine the multifunctionality of ecosystems services to build natural resilience, in shot and long term; Multi-partnerships between cities, science and stakeholders improve adaptation planning and create synergies to implement a effectiv ...
... MultiAdaPT projects are an exemple of this approach, they combine the multifunctionality of ecosystems services to build natural resilience, in shot and long term; Multi-partnerships between cities, science and stakeholders improve adaptation planning and create synergies to implement a effectiv ...