Global collapse—Fact or fiction? Futures
... The collapses of the Canadian cod fisheries and the Easter Island society are examples of collapse caused by resource limitations. The two cases of collapse in the financial market are not caused by physical limitations, but are included to illustrate two points. First, both demonstrate how well-infor ...
... The collapses of the Canadian cod fisheries and the Easter Island society are examples of collapse caused by resource limitations. The two cases of collapse in the financial market are not caused by physical limitations, but are included to illustrate two points. First, both demonstrate how well-infor ...
South Asian Regional Study on Climate Change Impacts and
... of more than 1.3 billion (UNEP 2003). This is critical as climate predictions for the future highlight increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like droughts and floods (IPCC 2001); indicative of the huge population that is likely to be exposed and affected in the region. Analys ...
... of more than 1.3 billion (UNEP 2003). This is critical as climate predictions for the future highlight increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like droughts and floods (IPCC 2001); indicative of the huge population that is likely to be exposed and affected in the region. Analys ...
Atmospheric Moisture Residence Times and Cycling: Implications
... appreciated in interpreting results. Meehl and Washington (1988) show how the soil moisture sensitivity in two climate models depends on their differing control climate simulations. Another important aspect (not the subject of this paper but briefly discussed for completeness) is the role of atmosph ...
... appreciated in interpreting results. Meehl and Washington (1988) show how the soil moisture sensitivity in two climate models depends on their differing control climate simulations. Another important aspect (not the subject of this paper but briefly discussed for completeness) is the role of atmosph ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and... Emily M. Cody, Jennie C. Stephens, James P. Bagrow,
... the perplexity for a range of topic numbers on the testing sets, each consisting of 10% of the articles. We average the perplexity at each topic number over the testing sets, and plot the result in Fig. 2(a) & (b). Figure 2 indicates that the optimal number of topics in the Hurricane Sandy corpus is ...
... the perplexity for a range of topic numbers on the testing sets, each consisting of 10% of the articles. We average the perplexity at each topic number over the testing sets, and plot the result in Fig. 2(a) & (b). Figure 2 indicates that the optimal number of topics in the Hurricane Sandy corpus is ...
Climate Leviathan - The Ohio State University
... accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although binding agreement could not be reached in Copenhagen, Cancún, or Durban, the terms of a potential agreement are clear enough. To begin, capitalism itself is not a question ...
... accelerate and consolidate as climate-induced disruptions of accumulation and political stability become more urgent. Although binding agreement could not be reached in Copenhagen, Cancún, or Durban, the terms of a potential agreement are clear enough. To begin, capitalism itself is not a question ...
Do not let the dead bite! Different scenarios of the zombie epidemic
... Recently the zombie subject has started to blossom in bio-mathematical science as a fairly good framework for simulating the spread of disease.6 Nonetheless, the main question stayed the same: can we withstand a zombie apocalypse?7 What can happen and what shall people do to survive? In this work fo ...
... Recently the zombie subject has started to blossom in bio-mathematical science as a fairly good framework for simulating the spread of disease.6 Nonetheless, the main question stayed the same: can we withstand a zombie apocalypse?7 What can happen and what shall people do to survive? In this work fo ...
a reprint - Integrative Biology
... variables, called singular axes. The axes are chosen to maximize the covariation between morphology and geography (Bookstein et al., 2003; Rohlf and Corti, 2000). First singular axes are similar to principal components, in that they do not actually alter the data; they simply represent a large numbe ...
... variables, called singular axes. The axes are chosen to maximize the covariation between morphology and geography (Bookstein et al., 2003; Rohlf and Corti, 2000). First singular axes are similar to principal components, in that they do not actually alter the data; they simply represent a large numbe ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... series outlines the general method (Prüss-Üstün et al., 2003), while subsequent volumes address specific environmental risk factors. The guides on specific risk factors are organized similarly, first outlining the evidence linking the risk factor to health, and then describing a method for estimatin ...
... series outlines the general method (Prüss-Üstün et al., 2003), while subsequent volumes address specific environmental risk factors. The guides on specific risk factors are organized similarly, first outlining the evidence linking the risk factor to health, and then describing a method for estimatin ...
A recurring anarchy? The emergence of climate change as a threat
... change of the unit of study (the system, population, region, etc.); the climatic conditions and consequent biophysical changes to which that unit is and is likely to be exposed; and the capacity of the unit to adapt to or cope with the expected changes.25 Vulnerability differs across households, com ...
... change of the unit of study (the system, population, region, etc.); the climatic conditions and consequent biophysical changes to which that unit is and is likely to be exposed; and the capacity of the unit to adapt to or cope with the expected changes.25 Vulnerability differs across households, com ...
- Human Organization, Practicing Anthropology
... my Sherpa informants or their families live but also places that are influencing cultural changes for local Sherpa residents. It was also crucial that my fieldwork was conducted outside Pharak in places where climate change narratives and policies relating to vulnerability assessment, adaptation, a ...
... my Sherpa informants or their families live but also places that are influencing cultural changes for local Sherpa residents. It was also crucial that my fieldwork was conducted outside Pharak in places where climate change narratives and policies relating to vulnerability assessment, adaptation, a ...
Seminar paper
... externalities. Indeed, international cooperation often does exist, albeit at different degrees, on a wide range of issues of common interest. In particular, over the last decades, the emergence of several international treaties to protect global common goods has been observed. How can those treaties ...
... externalities. Indeed, international cooperation often does exist, albeit at different degrees, on a wide range of issues of common interest. In particular, over the last decades, the emergence of several international treaties to protect global common goods has been observed. How can those treaties ...
Climate impacts on the health of remote northern Australian
... off-shore islands more susceptible to increased erosion and saltwater inundation (Rosenzweig et al., ...
... off-shore islands more susceptible to increased erosion and saltwater inundation (Rosenzweig et al., ...
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... our Associate Director Jasmine Saros) a highly competitive NSF IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) that will support 25 PhD students by the end of this 5 year grant. The IGERT is entitled “Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2)” and it is the first such IGERT addressi ...
... our Associate Director Jasmine Saros) a highly competitive NSF IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) that will support 25 PhD students by the end of this 5 year grant. The IGERT is entitled “Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change (A2C2)” and it is the first such IGERT addressi ...
The Recent Trend and Variance Increase of the
... squares fit, the parameter a is varied until a minimum is obtained in S i [ f r (v i ) 2 2 f (v i ) 2 ]. For determining the confidence levels, 78 degrees of freedom are used for each spectral estimate, where it has been assumed that there are approximately two degrees of freedom for each seasonal p ...
... squares fit, the parameter a is varied until a minimum is obtained in S i [ f r (v i ) 2 2 f (v i ) 2 ]. For determining the confidence levels, 78 degrees of freedom are used for each spectral estimate, where it has been assumed that there are approximately two degrees of freedom for each seasonal p ...
Ethical Anxieties About Geoengineering
... objections to deployment of SRM as an ―obvious political advantage‖. SRM involves intentionally altering the global climate. Is there any moral difference between unintended climate change flowing from other activities and intentionally altering the climate? Most people believe that intentions matte ...
... objections to deployment of SRM as an ―obvious political advantage‖. SRM involves intentionally altering the global climate. Is there any moral difference between unintended climate change flowing from other activities and intentionally altering the climate? Most people believe that intentions matte ...
Does dispersal capacity matter for freshwater biodiversity under
... nature of rivers as well as patchy distribution of habitats within the terrestrial landscape could limit the ability of species to track suitable climate conditions. Although the importance of dispersal is recognised in theory, there is great uncertainty when quantifying the capacity of species to s ...
... nature of rivers as well as patchy distribution of habitats within the terrestrial landscape could limit the ability of species to track suitable climate conditions. Although the importance of dispersal is recognised in theory, there is great uncertainty when quantifying the capacity of species to s ...
Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Indian Policy Planning
... Climate change is now recognised as one of the most pressing global issues of our planet (El Sioufi (2010). A review of climate science by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 2010) concludes that “the Earth system is warming and that much of this warming is very likely due to human activities” ...
... Climate change is now recognised as one of the most pressing global issues of our planet (El Sioufi (2010). A review of climate science by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 2010) concludes that “the Earth system is warming and that much of this warming is very likely due to human activities” ...
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... arise uniquely from the differences in the shallow structure, since the velocities beneath the Moho are the same in all 1-D LRMs. As expected, the largest effect of the crustal structure on the depth sensitivity kernels is observed immediately beneath the Moho discontinuity. Significant differences ...
... arise uniquely from the differences in the shallow structure, since the velocities beneath the Moho are the same in all 1-D LRMs. As expected, the largest effect of the crustal structure on the depth sensitivity kernels is observed immediately beneath the Moho discontinuity. Significant differences ...
Model Repair for Markov Decision Processes
... counterexamples have been studied [2]. However, counterexamples for probabilistic models are are often very involved and computationally expensive, and have thus far found limited application. The probabilities in MDP models are often not precise, and are determined by characteristics of network con ...
... counterexamples have been studied [2]. However, counterexamples for probabilistic models are are often very involved and computationally expensive, and have thus far found limited application. The probabilities in MDP models are often not precise, and are determined by characteristics of network con ...
Chapter 4: Traditional Ricardian Method and
... Ricardian model. However, in many applications, the prices are the same across the data set because the farmers are all in the same market. In this case, the Ricardian method cannot discern the independent effects of prices and price cannot be included (Cline 1996). The omission of prices leads the ...
... Ricardian model. However, in many applications, the prices are the same across the data set because the farmers are all in the same market. In this case, the Ricardian method cannot discern the independent effects of prices and price cannot be included (Cline 1996). The omission of prices leads the ...
Consequences of Climate Change and Variability in the for a Vulnerability Assessment
... 1. From page 145 of the 2006 Response to the Public Comment of the CCSP Report Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1 ‘Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences’ “Owing to natural internal variability, models cannot be expected to reproduce regiona ...
... 1. From page 145 of the 2006 Response to the Public Comment of the CCSP Report Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1 ‘Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences’ “Owing to natural internal variability, models cannot be expected to reproduce regiona ...
Coastal Areas and Marine Resources (Chapter 16) of the
... associated with tectonic activity, causing a local relative sea-level fall of slightly less than one half inch (approximately 8 mm) per year. Finally, there are also regional changes in mean sea level that result from dynamic changes to the ocean geoid,or the “topography”of the sea surface. These re ...
... associated with tectonic activity, causing a local relative sea-level fall of slightly less than one half inch (approximately 8 mm) per year. Finally, there are also regional changes in mean sea level that result from dynamic changes to the ocean geoid,or the “topography”of the sea surface. These re ...
Public Perception of Climate Change in a Period of Economic Crisis
... the impact of climate change [9,11], even though culturally constructed beliefs can strongly influence people’s perceptions of their experience of global warming [12]. Moreover, people need to be better informed on the issue, in order to gain knowledge of every possible action they can undertake to ...
... the impact of climate change [9,11], even though culturally constructed beliefs can strongly influence people’s perceptions of their experience of global warming [12]. Moreover, people need to be better informed on the issue, in order to gain knowledge of every possible action they can undertake to ...