The Week That Was: 2015-11-28 (November 28, 2015) Brought to
... global warming is resulting, or will result, from human-related greenhouse gas emissions -- is correct and that its only duty is to collect evidence and make plausible arguments in the hypothesis’s favor. It simply ignores the alternative and null hypothesis, amply supported by empirical research, t ...
... global warming is resulting, or will result, from human-related greenhouse gas emissions -- is correct and that its only duty is to collect evidence and make plausible arguments in the hypothesis’s favor. It simply ignores the alternative and null hypothesis, amply supported by empirical research, t ...
Future Projection
... more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily precipitation data output from 20th century runs of regional climate models (RCMs) with the historical observations from climate stations within Ohio to ...
... more frequent extreme precipitation events. This study aims to project future changes in precipitation pattern in Ohio. We first compared the daily precipitation data output from 20th century runs of regional climate models (RCMs) with the historical observations from climate stations within Ohio to ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on
... recent years in order to assess the regional influence of climate change on developing watersheds. The hydrological characteristics of a watershed are dependent on a variety of factors, including the regional climate and the degree of development. Changes in either or both of these factors can signi ...
... recent years in order to assess the regional influence of climate change on developing watersheds. The hydrological characteristics of a watershed are dependent on a variety of factors, including the regional climate and the degree of development. Changes in either or both of these factors can signi ...
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... (2008a, 2008b), for instance, considers the possibility of wider-than-normal tails in the distributions of climate-change predictions and the disastrous outcomes associated with the far end of those distributions. He concludes that human civilization should be prepared to respond to catastrophic cha ...
... (2008a, 2008b), for instance, considers the possibility of wider-than-normal tails in the distributions of climate-change predictions and the disastrous outcomes associated with the far end of those distributions. He concludes that human civilization should be prepared to respond to catastrophic cha ...
a new report
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
... to prevent destabilizing effects from climate change, including setting targets for long term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 3. The U.S. should commit to global partnerships that help less developed nations build the capacity and resiliency to better manage climate impacts. As President Bush ...
Gaurnet Review - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... The U1 scenario has a more substantial impact upon alpine areas than the U3 scenario, due to the higher temperature increase coupled with decreased precipitation and relative humidity. The U1 climate scenario would likely reduce both the natural and anthropogenic capacity for snow production in ass ...
... The U1 scenario has a more substantial impact upon alpine areas than the U3 scenario, due to the higher temperature increase coupled with decreased precipitation and relative humidity. The U1 climate scenario would likely reduce both the natural and anthropogenic capacity for snow production in ass ...
Temperate Grassland Responses to Climate
... Three conclusions were drawn regarding the interpretation of experiments : (1) initial ecosystem responses to stepwise changes can be different in both magnitude and sign to equilibrium responses, and this can continue for many years ; (2) grazing can drastically alter the magnitude and sign of the ...
... Three conclusions were drawn regarding the interpretation of experiments : (1) initial ecosystem responses to stepwise changes can be different in both magnitude and sign to equilibrium responses, and this can continue for many years ; (2) grazing can drastically alter the magnitude and sign of the ...
Radio and Reduction of GHG Emissions
... http://www.theclimategroup.org/assets/resources/publications/Smart2020Report.pdf ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change Quito, Ecuador, 8-10 July 2009 ...
... http://www.theclimategroup.org/assets/resources/publications/Smart2020Report.pdf ITU Symposium on ICTs and Climate Change Quito, Ecuador, 8-10 July 2009 ...
Airport expansion doesn`t make climate sense
... The Committee calculated the emissions reductions necessary at a global level to achieve this temperature goal, and then calculated the UK’s fair share of the total based on its share of the global population.19 The five-year budgets are designed to “reflect the most cost-effective path to achieving ...
... The Committee calculated the emissions reductions necessary at a global level to achieve this temperature goal, and then calculated the UK’s fair share of the total based on its share of the global population.19 The five-year budgets are designed to “reflect the most cost-effective path to achieving ...
Aalborg Universitet
... experiencing too much rainfall which might result in floods while other areas receive less and inconsistent rainfall, which might result in droughts (Hulme et al, 2005). The IPCC’s regional scenarios for Africa for the next century indicate that East Africa could receive more rain while southern Afr ...
... experiencing too much rainfall which might result in floods while other areas receive less and inconsistent rainfall, which might result in droughts (Hulme et al, 2005). The IPCC’s regional scenarios for Africa for the next century indicate that East Africa could receive more rain while southern Afr ...
Exceptional twentieth-century slowdown in Atlantic
... (Fig. 5). Ref. 25 reports four more data points from ancient corals preceding the twentieth century, the oldest one from AD ∼500. These lie all above 10.5h, providing (albeit limited) evidence that the downward excursion to values below 10h between 1975 and 1995 and the corresponding water mass chan ...
... (Fig. 5). Ref. 25 reports four more data points from ancient corals preceding the twentieth century, the oldest one from AD ∼500. These lie all above 10.5h, providing (albeit limited) evidence that the downward excursion to values below 10h between 1975 and 1995 and the corresponding water mass chan ...
Sensitivity of pines in Mexico to temperature varies with age
... The structure of most of the world’s forests is changing. New forest management schemes have resulted in changes in stand age and forest structure (Didion et al., 2007). In Mexico, the major approaches for managing its temperate forests are based on selective logging, with a minimum cutting diameter ...
... The structure of most of the world’s forests is changing. New forest management schemes have resulted in changes in stand age and forest structure (Didion et al., 2007). In Mexico, the major approaches for managing its temperate forests are based on selective logging, with a minimum cutting diameter ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... There are many areas in government and academia conducting research and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamic ...
... There are many areas in government and academia conducting research and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamic ...
Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... Administration struggling to pass domestic climate legislation. While there are many institutional barriers that have made it difficult to ratify international climate agreements and pass domestic legislation, advocates of more vigorous action on climate change also view weak public support as a bar ...
... Administration struggling to pass domestic climate legislation. While there are many institutional barriers that have made it difficult to ratify international climate agreements and pass domestic legislation, advocates of more vigorous action on climate change also view weak public support as a bar ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... been used to simulate the slowdown and shutdown of the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger develope ...
... been used to simulate the slowdown and shutdown of the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger develope ...
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... into three categories: building specific adaptive capacity, anticipatory adaptation, and reactive adaptation. Specific adaptive capacity accounts for the investments dedicated to facilitate adaptation activities, such as improvement of meteorological services, early warning systems, the development ...
... into three categories: building specific adaptive capacity, anticipatory adaptation, and reactive adaptation. Specific adaptive capacity accounts for the investments dedicated to facilitate adaptation activities, such as improvement of meteorological services, early warning systems, the development ...
Kevin Bliss, ( 657 KB) - Governors` Biofuels Coalition
... CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide is “very likely to have been unprecedented in more than 10,000 years.” – Since the pre-industrial period, atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased 35 percent, from 280 parts per million (ppm) to 379 ppm concentration in 2005. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
... CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide is “very likely to have been unprecedented in more than 10,000 years.” – Since the pre-industrial period, atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased 35 percent, from 280 parts per million (ppm) to 379 ppm concentration in 2005. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
Common Knowledge? Public Understanding of Climate Change in
... youngest group. For example, the ideas that the greenhouse effect will cause changes in weather patterns and global warming were already well known to pupils aged 11/12 years.”5 Environmental understanding among this age group can be considered significant for research, not, as is often argued, beca ...
... youngest group. For example, the ideas that the greenhouse effect will cause changes in weather patterns and global warming were already well known to pupils aged 11/12 years.”5 Environmental understanding among this age group can be considered significant for research, not, as is often argued, beca ...
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... semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 1960 and 2006 and are expected to increase by between 1.1 and 3.1°C by 20604. Hot nights and days will continue to increase in frequency, whilst cold days and nights will become rarer. Statistically significant tre ...
... semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 1960 and 2006 and are expected to increase by between 1.1 and 3.1°C by 20604. Hot nights and days will continue to increase in frequency, whilst cold days and nights will become rarer. Statistically significant tre ...
Groundwater and climate in Africa—a review
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...