Quest - Academy of Science of South Africa
... March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans warm and temperatures across the region rise. In Europe it is the start of winter – and ...
... March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans warm and temperatures across the region rise. In Europe it is the start of winter – and ...
Climate finance additionality - Overseas Development Institute
... definitions of new and additional finance, with the goal of having a common and unified definition by 2013. In light of this, the EU, through the European Council’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Economic Policy Committee (EPC) Joint Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Climate Chan ...
... definitions of new and additional finance, with the goal of having a common and unified definition by 2013. In light of this, the EU, through the European Council’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and Economic Policy Committee (EPC) Joint Working Group on the Financial Aspects of Climate Chan ...
Accounting for tree line shift, glacier retreat and primary succession
... can be fit by a negative linear trend (P < 0.001) between 1850 and 2008. Historical shifts at the scale of the study area thus supported the use of a linear model to predict future trends in land cover dynamics (Fig. 3). Among the five resolutions that were tested, the 300-m-resolution FI model and ...
... can be fit by a negative linear trend (P < 0.001) between 1850 and 2008. Historical shifts at the scale of the study area thus supported the use of a linear model to predict future trends in land cover dynamics (Fig. 3). Among the five resolutions that were tested, the 300-m-resolution FI model and ...
Climate Change Planning in Alaska`s National Parks
... Ecological “tipping points” are likely to result in rapid change, when conditions H exceed physical or physiological thresholds (e.g., thaw, drought, water temperature). ...
... Ecological “tipping points” are likely to result in rapid change, when conditions H exceed physical or physiological thresholds (e.g., thaw, drought, water temperature). ...
Written Test (7/13)
... Refer to Sources 1 and 2 for answering the following questions. (20 marks) Statement: Human sensitivity to environmental hazards represents a combination of physical exposure, which reflects the range of potentially damaging events and their statistical variability at a particular location, and huma ...
... Refer to Sources 1 and 2 for answering the following questions. (20 marks) Statement: Human sensitivity to environmental hazards represents a combination of physical exposure, which reflects the range of potentially damaging events and their statistical variability at a particular location, and huma ...
Climate Change and Forest Disturbances
... Virginia H. Dale (e-mail: [email protected]) is a senior scientist and Paul J. Hanson is a research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038. Linda A. Joyce is a project leader with the USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Steve M ...
... Virginia H. Dale (e-mail: [email protected]) is a senior scientist and Paul J. Hanson is a research scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6038. Linda A. Joyce is a project leader with the USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Steve M ...
Envisioning adaptive strategies to change
... The purpose of this step was to assess how climatic and socio-economic drivers may affect livelihood vulnerability in the future. This phase also allowed stakeholders to deliberate policy options. Three activities were undertaken. First, an exploratory exercise was developed to capture conflicting v ...
... The purpose of this step was to assess how climatic and socio-economic drivers may affect livelihood vulnerability in the future. This phase also allowed stakeholders to deliberate policy options. Three activities were undertaken. First, an exploratory exercise was developed to capture conflicting v ...
Primar y E duc ation Sect
... for demonstrating in all primary schools, the phenomenon of climate change. • Organisation of competitions for learners at primary and secondary schools. • Evaluation of the impact of the project on students and various stakeholders. Therefore, we have developed this educational pack which offers ...
... for demonstrating in all primary schools, the phenomenon of climate change. • Organisation of competitions for learners at primary and secondary schools. • Evaluation of the impact of the project on students and various stakeholders. Therefore, we have developed this educational pack which offers ...
Accounting for tree line shift, glacier retreat and primary succession
... can be fit by a negative linear trend (P < 0.001) between 1850 and 2008. Historical shifts at the scale of the study area thus supported the use of a linear model to predict future trends in land cover dynamics (Fig. 3). Among the five resolutions that were tested, the 300-m-resolution FI model and ...
... can be fit by a negative linear trend (P < 0.001) between 1850 and 2008. Historical shifts at the scale of the study area thus supported the use of a linear model to predict future trends in land cover dynamics (Fig. 3). Among the five resolutions that were tested, the 300-m-resolution FI model and ...
The Heat Is On - Climate Central
... 45 states showed warming trends, although 21 were not statistically significant. Three states experienced a slight cooling trend. t Since 1970, warming began accelerating everywhere. The speed of warming across the lower 48 more than tripled, from 0.127oF per decade over the 100-year period, to 0.4 ...
... 45 states showed warming trends, although 21 were not statistically significant. Three states experienced a slight cooling trend. t Since 1970, warming began accelerating everywhere. The speed of warming across the lower 48 more than tripled, from 0.127oF per decade over the 100-year period, to 0.4 ...
Regional Climate Information – Evaluation and Projections
... Evaluation of present day climate simulations is important because, even though a good simulation of present day climate does not necessarily imply a more accurate simulation of future climate change (see also Chapter 13), confidence in the realism of a model’s response to an anomalous climate forci ...
... Evaluation of present day climate simulations is important because, even though a good simulation of present day climate does not necessarily imply a more accurate simulation of future climate change (see also Chapter 13), confidence in the realism of a model’s response to an anomalous climate forci ...
Academic paper : Effects of global climate change on marine
... possibly complete breakdown, of the thermohaline circulation, particularly in the Atlantic Ocean ...
... possibly complete breakdown, of the thermohaline circulation, particularly in the Atlantic Ocean ...
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... Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK The oceans are under pressure from human activities. Following 250 years of industrial activity, effects are being seen at the cellular through to regional and global scales. The change in atmospheric CO2 from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to 392 ppm in 2011 has contributed to ...
... Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK The oceans are under pressure from human activities. Following 250 years of industrial activity, effects are being seen at the cellular through to regional and global scales. The change in atmospheric CO2 from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to 392 ppm in 2011 has contributed to ...
On the relationship between personal experience, affect and risk perception: The case of climate change.
... affect is viewed as a fast and associative information processing heuristic that guides perceptions of risk. In the second model, affect is seen as flowing from cognitive appraisals (i.e., affect is thought of as a post-cognitive process). Lastly, a third, dual-process model is advanced that integrat ...
... affect is viewed as a fast and associative information processing heuristic that guides perceptions of risk. In the second model, affect is seen as flowing from cognitive appraisals (i.e., affect is thought of as a post-cognitive process). Lastly, a third, dual-process model is advanced that integrat ...
Two Kinds of Climate Justice: Avoiding Harm and Sharing Burdens
... to be made to high emitters because without that they are not likely to comply (or will not comply)’. But if a high emitting country like the USA simply says ‘this treaty needs to reward us because unless it does so then we are not likely to comply’ (or, just, ‘we will not comply’), then it is hard ...
... to be made to high emitters because without that they are not likely to comply (or will not comply)’. But if a high emitting country like the USA simply says ‘this treaty needs to reward us because unless it does so then we are not likely to comply’ (or, just, ‘we will not comply’), then it is hard ...
OESCHGER, HANS (b. Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, 2 April 1927
... realistic representation of the relevant ocean processes. The model consisted of a small number of boxes representing different inventories of carbon in the atmosphere, the oceans, and various compartments of the terrestrial biosphere, Although trained as a physicist and familiar with the canonical ...
... realistic representation of the relevant ocean processes. The model consisted of a small number of boxes representing different inventories of carbon in the atmosphere, the oceans, and various compartments of the terrestrial biosphere, Although trained as a physicist and familiar with the canonical ...
Navigating scales of knowledge and decision
... spatial, temporal, jurisdictional, and institutional scales of a problem. For example, climate information developed and presented at a national level of spatial scale can be so broad that it may not apply well to local-level decisions. Whether or not information is credible relates to users’ percep ...
... spatial, temporal, jurisdictional, and institutional scales of a problem. For example, climate information developed and presented at a national level of spatial scale can be so broad that it may not apply well to local-level decisions. Whether or not information is credible relates to users’ percep ...
Chapter 9 Climate Research and Climate Politics in Germany
... II. The Interaction of Science and Policy in the Climate Issue A. Risk Management and Interlocking Credibility Cycles Scientific and political institutions can only function to address a problem such as climate change if several basic requirements are met. To understand the dynamics of social issue ...
... II. The Interaction of Science and Policy in the Climate Issue A. Risk Management and Interlocking Credibility Cycles Scientific and political institutions can only function to address a problem such as climate change if several basic requirements are met. To understand the dynamics of social issue ...
EPRI/NSF Workshop presentation 4/02 Cancun
... • It is important to note that noisy precursors also give a nonparametric indicator of impending instability. • Noisy precursors are observed as rising peaks in the power spectral density of a measured output signal of a system with a persistent noise disturbance --- the rising peak is seen as one o ...
... • It is important to note that noisy precursors also give a nonparametric indicator of impending instability. • Noisy precursors are observed as rising peaks in the power spectral density of a measured output signal of a system with a persistent noise disturbance --- the rising peak is seen as one o ...
Future Changes in Drought Characteristics over Southern South
... Precipitation is the primary factor controlling the formation and persistence of drought conditions, but evapotranspiration is also an important variable [20]. Given the difficulties in obtaining reliable observed and modeled evapotranspiration measures over SSA, a drought estimator based solely on ...
... Precipitation is the primary factor controlling the formation and persistence of drought conditions, but evapotranspiration is also an important variable [20]. Given the difficulties in obtaining reliable observed and modeled evapotranspiration measures over SSA, a drought estimator based solely on ...
Regional Impacts of climate change
... Kristie Ebi and Gerald Meehl find that Midwestern cities are very likely to experience more frequent, longer, and hotter heatwaves. According to Dominique Bachelet and her coauthors, wildfires are likely to increase in the West, continuing a dramatic trend already in progress. Robert Twilley explain ...
... Kristie Ebi and Gerald Meehl find that Midwestern cities are very likely to experience more frequent, longer, and hotter heatwaves. According to Dominique Bachelet and her coauthors, wildfires are likely to increase in the West, continuing a dramatic trend already in progress. Robert Twilley explain ...
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... common measure. The common measure used is CO2 equivalent, which can be calculated using a conversion coefficient called a Global Warming Potential (GWP). GWPs are specific to each gas, and they reflect the differences in potency caused by the gases varying chemical structures. In this way small cha ...
... common measure. The common measure used is CO2 equivalent, which can be calculated using a conversion coefficient called a Global Warming Potential (GWP). GWPs are specific to each gas, and they reflect the differences in potency caused by the gases varying chemical structures. In this way small cha ...
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... The charts shows a great deal of uncertainty over the amount of negative CO2 budgets. This is the outcome of two processes. First, negative emissions are very sensitive to the policy setting. They play a fundamental role in scenarios with delayed global participation, fragmented regional action, and ...
... The charts shows a great deal of uncertainty over the amount of negative CO2 budgets. This is the outcome of two processes. First, negative emissions are very sensitive to the policy setting. They play a fundamental role in scenarios with delayed global participation, fragmented regional action, and ...
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
... identified resources include: plant, fish, and wildlife species, natural features, public health, and infrastructure. The connection between natural resources and tribal public health, cultural well-being, and economic success cannot be overstated. Great Lakes natural resources are essential to trib ...
... identified resources include: plant, fish, and wildlife species, natural features, public health, and infrastructure. The connection between natural resources and tribal public health, cultural well-being, and economic success cannot be overstated. Great Lakes natural resources are essential to trib ...