Climate change and integrated analysis of mountain
... glaciers, landslides, debris flows, fluvial river). However, these definitions are misleading because delimiting a «store» from a «transfer» is timescale dependent. For instance, over very short timescales (hours to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment t ...
... glaciers, landslides, debris flows, fluvial river). However, these definitions are misleading because delimiting a «store» from a «transfer» is timescale dependent. For instance, over very short timescales (hours to days), a rock glacier is effectively a sediment store because its rate of sediment t ...
Forest Service Chief`s Climate Change and Wilderness Briefing
... flooding, fire and outbreaks of forest pests and disease) will increase, and many plant and animal species will attempt to migrate, typically to higher elevations and toward the poles (IPCC 2007a,b, c). Other responses are more uncertain. Some places are likely to see increased precipitation, while ...
... flooding, fire and outbreaks of forest pests and disease) will increase, and many plant and animal species will attempt to migrate, typically to higher elevations and toward the poles (IPCC 2007a,b, c). Other responses are more uncertain. Some places are likely to see increased precipitation, while ...
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... explain that the Rule’s stringency ultimately did not turn on climate considerations, Resp’ts Br. 33-34, DOE has clear statutory authority to weigh climate effects in calibrating the Rule’s stringency and detailing its economic justification. This Rule’s large social benefits from mitigating carbon ...
... explain that the Rule’s stringency ultimately did not turn on climate considerations, Resp’ts Br. 33-34, DOE has clear statutory authority to weigh climate effects in calibrating the Rule’s stringency and detailing its economic justification. This Rule’s large social benefits from mitigating carbon ...
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... They arise from agriculture, mining, landfills, transport, and some industrial processes. In recent history, emissions of these gases have grown at an annual average global rate of about 1.4 per cent (EPA 2006). Growth in global emissions is driven by the fast-growing developing and industrialising ...
... They arise from agriculture, mining, landfills, transport, and some industrial processes. In recent history, emissions of these gases have grown at an annual average global rate of about 1.4 per cent (EPA 2006). Growth in global emissions is driven by the fast-growing developing and industrialising ...
Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels
... opposing biological responses25. To fully capitalise on the indicator potential of phenological ...
... opposing biological responses25. To fully capitalise on the indicator potential of phenological ...
UK climate change policy: how does it affect competitiveness?
... alone. The UK is part of a leading group of nations that is taking ambitious policy action on climate change. Also in this group are many of the UK’s major competitors, including France, Germany, Norway, South Korea, Mexico, and China. This conclusion is based on a comparison of three indicators of ...
... alone. The UK is part of a leading group of nations that is taking ambitious policy action on climate change. Also in this group are many of the UK’s major competitors, including France, Germany, Norway, South Korea, Mexico, and China. This conclusion is based on a comparison of three indicators of ...
Problems with making and governing global kinds of knowledge
... be represented in global models and how such representations should be achieved: for example through simulation of agentbased behaviours or through capturing the dynamics of social change (see Costanza et al., 2007b). There are indeed important matters of philosophy and epistemology here for global ...
... be represented in global models and how such representations should be achieved: for example through simulation of agentbased behaviours or through capturing the dynamics of social change (see Costanza et al., 2007b). There are indeed important matters of philosophy and epistemology here for global ...
Global Change and Coral Reefs
... Instead of seeing potential benefits from global warming, what we have seen instead, mainly, are problems. All of these problems have to do with coral health, and many are related to both the chronic increase in background temperature (we normally think of global warming as a gradual process), and ...
... Instead of seeing potential benefits from global warming, what we have seen instead, mainly, are problems. All of these problems have to do with coral health, and many are related to both the chronic increase in background temperature (we normally think of global warming as a gradual process), and ...
Present and future responses of growing degree days for
... validated with the ground truth which constitutes a key point in future climate analysis. Validation results can be found in Paparrizos and Matzarakis (2017). The daily GDD units were calculated using the following equation (Eq. 1): ...
... validated with the ground truth which constitutes a key point in future climate analysis. Validation results can be found in Paparrizos and Matzarakis (2017). The daily GDD units were calculated using the following equation (Eq. 1): ...
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... distributions of economic outcomes are dependent on climate variables rather than ex-post weather variables in agricultural production. Second, we model farm-level distributions of crop productivity rather than at an aggregate level such as county. The estimates of climate variables based on aggrega ...
... distributions of economic outcomes are dependent on climate variables rather than ex-post weather variables in agricultural production. Second, we model farm-level distributions of crop productivity rather than at an aggregate level such as county. The estimates of climate variables based on aggrega ...
Is the melting Arctic changing midlatitude weather?
... Arctic thus loses less radiant heat from the top of the atmosphere than do the lower latitudes.1 The increase in atmospheric water vapor also traps Arctic heat. Based on more than 20 climate models developed for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fifth assessment report in 2013, research ...
... Arctic thus loses less radiant heat from the top of the atmosphere than do the lower latitudes.1 The increase in atmospheric water vapor also traps Arctic heat. Based on more than 20 climate models developed for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fifth assessment report in 2013, research ...
Personal Efficacy, the Information Environment
... opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(52) Thus, this increase in information about global warming ...
... opposing sides to debate the scientific merits of differing positions. In fact, Bord, O’Connor, and Fisher (2000, p. 215) report that “[a]ccurate knowledge of global warming is the strongest single predictor of behavioral intentions . . .”.(52) Thus, this increase in information about global warming ...
Climate change, plant diseases and food security, an overview
... effects on the crop environment. The latter comprise effects of the crop itself on its environment through root and canopy architecture, and effects on other organisms such as weeds, pathogens, beneficial, and non-pathogenic components of microbial complexes (Newton et al., 2010b). For example, in m ...
... effects on the crop environment. The latter comprise effects of the crop itself on its environment through root and canopy architecture, and effects on other organisms such as weeds, pathogens, beneficial, and non-pathogenic components of microbial complexes (Newton et al., 2010b). For example, in m ...
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... time. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time, while climate is the behaviour of the atmosphere over a relatively long period of time. 2 The idea of using climate measures as explanatory variables in explaining the economic performance is an old one (Fisher, 1925; Wrig ...
... time. Weather is the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time, while climate is the behaviour of the atmosphere over a relatively long period of time. 2 The idea of using climate measures as explanatory variables in explaining the economic performance is an old one (Fisher, 1925; Wrig ...
Potential impacts of climatic change upon
... has become apparent that many species already are responding to the changing climate (Parmesan et al. 1999, Parmesan & Yohe 2003, Root et al. 2003), and there is a strong suspicion that at least one species has been driven to extinction by climatic change (Pounds et al. 1999, Still et al. 1999). Alr ...
... has become apparent that many species already are responding to the changing climate (Parmesan et al. 1999, Parmesan & Yohe 2003, Root et al. 2003), and there is a strong suspicion that at least one species has been driven to extinction by climatic change (Pounds et al. 1999, Still et al. 1999). Alr ...
Case Study: Colombia`s National Climate Change Process
... designing medium-to long-term climate change strategy. These staff members are positioned throughout the government and are constantly updated about international events and other issues relating to climate change. Another major pillar is the active government promotion and management of Clean Devel ...
... designing medium-to long-term climate change strategy. These staff members are positioned throughout the government and are constantly updated about international events and other issues relating to climate change. Another major pillar is the active government promotion and management of Clean Devel ...
6.1 Need for Study - Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
... they are air way irritation, coughing, reduction in lung function, aggravation of asthma and worsening of emphysema and bronchitis. Prolonged exposure may lead to permanent structural and cellular damage to the respiratory tract. Airborne allergy may also be significantly influenced by climate chang ...
... they are air way irritation, coughing, reduction in lung function, aggravation of asthma and worsening of emphysema and bronchitis. Prolonged exposure may lead to permanent structural and cellular damage to the respiratory tract. Airborne allergy may also be significantly influenced by climate chang ...
Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Multan
... 127,821 acres of land in the district causing loss of billions of rupees to farmers with cotton cultivators suffering the most. The last four years of continuous flooding has had a long-term bearing on the farmers’ ability to produce food. The roots of hunger lie in inadequate access and control ove ...
... 127,821 acres of land in the district causing loss of billions of rupees to farmers with cotton cultivators suffering the most. The last four years of continuous flooding has had a long-term bearing on the farmers’ ability to produce food. The roots of hunger lie in inadequate access and control ove ...
CIRCE Stakeholder guidance document
... involvement with particular reference to CIRCE and the integrating case studies; 3. Available resources to enhance stakeholder involvement; 4. Stakeholder contribution to CIRCE RL11 tasks / milestones; and 5. Bibliography for stakeholder dialogue with particular reference to climate change research. ...
... involvement with particular reference to CIRCE and the integrating case studies; 3. Available resources to enhance stakeholder involvement; 4. Stakeholder contribution to CIRCE RL11 tasks / milestones; and 5. Bibliography for stakeholder dialogue with particular reference to climate change research. ...
a sensitive matter - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... now only 1.5–2◦ C would imply that large parts of the AR5 report are out of line with the latest scientific evidence. 6. In our view, the IPCC WGI scientists were saddled with a dilemma. How should they deal with the discrepancy between climate sensitivity estimates based on models and sound observa ...
... now only 1.5–2◦ C would imply that large parts of the AR5 report are out of line with the latest scientific evidence. 6. In our view, the IPCC WGI scientists were saddled with a dilemma. How should they deal with the discrepancy between climate sensitivity estimates based on models and sound observa ...
Climate change impacts on coastal fisheries and
... The overall nature of future changes to the climate is predictable (e.g. temperatures will rise), but uncertainty remains in their magnitude. In Australia, climate change is predicted to increase the mean temperature of air and water, cause sea-levels to rise (see Figure 2 for predictions for each s ...
... The overall nature of future changes to the climate is predictable (e.g. temperatures will rise), but uncertainty remains in their magnitude. In Australia, climate change is predicted to increase the mean temperature of air and water, cause sea-levels to rise (see Figure 2 for predictions for each s ...
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... circumstances observed during the drought. The regression model captures intermediate time frame response; it is neither a truly short-run (within year) nor a long-run (full capital adjustment) model, but has a mixture of effects resulting from the actual experience of the drought. In the integrated ...
... circumstances observed during the drought. The regression model captures intermediate time frame response; it is neither a truly short-run (within year) nor a long-run (full capital adjustment) model, but has a mixture of effects resulting from the actual experience of the drought. In the integrated ...