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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
the nansen conference
... A group of international experts were consulted while developing the conference programme, in order to ensure selection of the most relevant topics for discussion. The advisory board consisted of the following organisations and individuals: • Mr. Jose Riera, representative of the United Nations High ...
... A group of international experts were consulted while developing the conference programme, in order to ensure selection of the most relevant topics for discussion. The advisory board consisted of the following organisations and individuals: • Mr. Jose Riera, representative of the United Nations High ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... Vulnerability and Adaptation Models Vulnerability research is important because it provides an understanding of how communities will adapt to impacts from climate change (Adger 1999). Climate change scientists use a number of different models of vulnerability. For Macchi et al (2008) the risk of vul ...
... Vulnerability and Adaptation Models Vulnerability research is important because it provides an understanding of how communities will adapt to impacts from climate change (Adger 1999). Climate change scientists use a number of different models of vulnerability. For Macchi et al (2008) the risk of vul ...
Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... change; water supply; and, landscape hazards. A summary of key findings has been provided: 1. Local Climate Predictions:1 ...
... change; water supply; and, landscape hazards. A summary of key findings has been provided: 1. Local Climate Predictions:1 ...
Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of recent sea surface
... the wider Caribbean. The basin has experienced high spatial variability in rates of change of temperature. Most of the warming has been due to increases in summer rather than winter temperatures. However, warming was faster in winter in the Loop Current area and the south-eastern Caribbean, where th ...
... the wider Caribbean. The basin has experienced high spatial variability in rates of change of temperature. Most of the warming has been due to increases in summer rather than winter temperatures. However, warming was faster in winter in the Loop Current area and the south-eastern Caribbean, where th ...
Building up for Paris - Green European Foundation
... This causes problems as slow onset events such as ocean acidification and extreme weather events like typhoons are consequences of climate change, which do not allow adequate adaptation. The stakes are very high for the Conference in Paris, because as a result it must the first time have an internat ...
... This causes problems as slow onset events such as ocean acidification and extreme weather events like typhoons are consequences of climate change, which do not allow adequate adaptation. The stakes are very high for the Conference in Paris, because as a result it must the first time have an internat ...
Nippon Foundation-Nereus Report "Predicting Future Oceans"
... surface oxygen concentration emerges much earlier in the Southern Ocean. When examining projections for all four properties together, the patterns of CO2 emission-driven changes emerge in 41% of the global ocean from 2005 to 2014 and 63% from 2075 to 2084. The combined changes in properties emerge m ...
... surface oxygen concentration emerges much earlier in the Southern Ocean. When examining projections for all four properties together, the patterns of CO2 emission-driven changes emerge in 41% of the global ocean from 2005 to 2014 and 63% from 2075 to 2084. The combined changes in properties emerge m ...
Overcoming Behavioral and Institutional Inertia
... tend to shy away from the scientific community’s careful wording to express uncertainty. Readers then face messages lacking scientific caution and containing strong appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the perceived reliability of the informatio ...
... tend to shy away from the scientific community’s careful wording to express uncertainty. Readers then face messages lacking scientific caution and containing strong appeals that might then be refuted by other similarly strongly worded statements, hampering the perceived reliability of the informatio ...
Review of current monitoring efforts in coastal ecosystems
... The second objective is to estimate the distribution and rate of change of population, urbanization, and land use/land cover in the coastal zone. It is believed that using current datasets these rates can be estimated within 1 year. The third goal is to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems in ...
... The second objective is to estimate the distribution and rate of change of population, urbanization, and land use/land cover in the coastal zone. It is believed that using current datasets these rates can be estimated within 1 year. The third goal is to assess the vulnerability of ecosystems in ...
Appendix L: Climate impacts and adaptation actions for shrub
... Future climate change may present additional challenges and needs for shrub-steppe habitat connectivity.3-4 First, climate change may impact shrub-steppe core habitat areas and corridors in ways that may make them more or less permeable to wildlife movement. Second, existing shrub-steppe core hab ...
... Future climate change may present additional challenges and needs for shrub-steppe habitat connectivity.3-4 First, climate change may impact shrub-steppe core habitat areas and corridors in ways that may make them more or less permeable to wildlife movement. Second, existing shrub-steppe core hab ...
document - Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change
... dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industrial and insurance sectors, bankers, and other players. She highlighted the need for the country to harmonise concern on climate change, and for Africa to speak with one voice at the World Climate Change Nego ...
... dialogue on climate change in the country with full participation of legislators, the industrial and insurance sectors, bankers, and other players. She highlighted the need for the country to harmonise concern on climate change, and for Africa to speak with one voice at the World Climate Change Nego ...
NorthSouth asymmetry in the modeled phytoplankton community
... theoretical framework for the present discussion. In particular, a linear Taylor analysis of the CCSM-3 model equations allows us to separate climate-driven changes in growth rate for each phytoplankton type into light, nutrient, and temperature components (equations (A5) and (A6a), (A6b), (A6c) in ...
... theoretical framework for the present discussion. In particular, a linear Taylor analysis of the CCSM-3 model equations allows us to separate climate-driven changes in growth rate for each phytoplankton type into light, nutrient, and temperature components (equations (A5) and (A6a), (A6b), (A6c) in ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... Other perils that are likely to occur at the same time as the above perils – for example, storm surge and coastal flooding are likely to occur at the same time as cyclones Certain low probability high severity events not included in climate models (section 2.4) Expenses and profit margins, inc ...
... Other perils that are likely to occur at the same time as the above perils – for example, storm surge and coastal flooding are likely to occur at the same time as cyclones Certain low probability high severity events not included in climate models (section 2.4) Expenses and profit margins, inc ...
The Effects and Linkages of Deforestation and Temperature on
... It is the periodic modification of Earth's climate NIMET, 2010 reported that warmer than normal brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere maximum temperatures prevailed over most places in as well as interactions between the atmosphere and the country with high positive values between 1 ...
... It is the periodic modification of Earth's climate NIMET, 2010 reported that warmer than normal brought about as a result of changes in the atmosphere maximum temperatures prevailed over most places in as well as interactions between the atmosphere and the country with high positive values between 1 ...
CIRES-Climate Change - Colorado Water Conservation Board
... scale, climate change has been linked to observed and projected changes in the water cycle. By the mid-21st century, average river runoff and water availability are projected to increase at high latitudes and decrease over dry regions at lower midlatitudes such as the western United States. Changes ...
... scale, climate change has been linked to observed and projected changes in the water cycle. By the mid-21st century, average river runoff and water availability are projected to increase at high latitudes and decrease over dry regions at lower midlatitudes such as the western United States. Changes ...
Ambiguity and climate policy
... discussions of the scientific and philosophical challenges of climate prediction), these models are not always in agreement with one another. As an example of this, consider Figure 1, which plots the results of several recent studies’ attempts to use different models and observational data to estima ...
... discussions of the scientific and philosophical challenges of climate prediction), these models are not always in agreement with one another. As an example of this, consider Figure 1, which plots the results of several recent studies’ attempts to use different models and observational data to estima ...
Fisheries, aquaculture and climate change
... overfishing and pollution, these climatic changes are having impacts on aquatic ecosystems (IPCC, 2007a). In the North East Atlantic there is evidence of changes in abundance of algae, plankton and fish species as well as rapid poleward shifts in their ranges (Brander, 2007). In just 40 years the ra ...
... overfishing and pollution, these climatic changes are having impacts on aquatic ecosystems (IPCC, 2007a). In the North East Atlantic there is evidence of changes in abundance of algae, plankton and fish species as well as rapid poleward shifts in their ranges (Brander, 2007). In just 40 years the ra ...
hhidalgo_4th_symp
... process of identifying if an observed change is significantly different from what would be expected from natural internal climate variability (Hegerl et al. 2006). Attribution of anthropogenic climate change is the process of identifying if the observed change is: a) consistent with the type of chan ...
... process of identifying if an observed change is significantly different from what would be expected from natural internal climate variability (Hegerl et al. 2006). Attribution of anthropogenic climate change is the process of identifying if the observed change is: a) consistent with the type of chan ...
Gulf Coast Wetland Sustainability in a Changing Climate
... demonstrates that changes in the climate system are occurring in the patterns that scientists had predicted, but the observed changes are happening earlier and faster than expected—again, unfortunate. Although serious reductions in manmade greenhouse gas emissions must be undertaken to reduce the ex ...
... demonstrates that changes in the climate system are occurring in the patterns that scientists had predicted, but the observed changes are happening earlier and faster than expected—again, unfortunate. Although serious reductions in manmade greenhouse gas emissions must be undertaken to reduce the ex ...
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... and social consequences for Austria. As a first step in this direction, StartClim was initiated in 2003 as an interdisciplinary programme to investigate the impacts of climate change on Austria (www.austroclim.at). StartClim initiates research on topics not yet established in Austria and promotes th ...
... and social consequences for Austria. As a first step in this direction, StartClim was initiated in 2003 as an interdisciplinary programme to investigate the impacts of climate change on Austria (www.austroclim.at). StartClim initiates research on topics not yet established in Austria and promotes th ...
Predicting future oceans: climate
... surface oxygen concentration emerges much earlier in the Southern Ocean. When examining projections for all four properties together, the patterns of CO2 emission-driven changes emerge in 41% of the global ocean from 2005 to 2014 and 63% from 2075 to 2084. The combined changes in properties emerge m ...
... surface oxygen concentration emerges much earlier in the Southern Ocean. When examining projections for all four properties together, the patterns of CO2 emission-driven changes emerge in 41% of the global ocean from 2005 to 2014 and 63% from 2075 to 2084. The combined changes in properties emerge m ...
Full Report - Focus on Energy
... CO2 mitigates (by about two-thirds) but does not neutralize carbon losses caused by climate change alone. The importance of the CO2 physiological effect remains uncertain and a major area of scientific research; these simulations are probably nearer to the upper-end of the strength of this effect. P ...
... CO2 mitigates (by about two-thirds) but does not neutralize carbon losses caused by climate change alone. The importance of the CO2 physiological effect remains uncertain and a major area of scientific research; these simulations are probably nearer to the upper-end of the strength of this effect. P ...