Journalistic Narratives of Success and Failure at
... limited number of cases, thereby reducing the reliability of generalisations based on the results. Media from North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe have been included. This is not meant to make the selection suitable for cross-cultural comparison, but simply to make the selected sample mo ...
... limited number of cases, thereby reducing the reliability of generalisations based on the results. Media from North and South America, Africa, Asia and Europe have been included. This is not meant to make the selection suitable for cross-cultural comparison, but simply to make the selected sample mo ...
Feedbacks and mechanisms affecting the global
... 21st century. The latter also reflects the result that over long timescales, there was no simple relation between rates of glacier-mass loss and temperature change during the 20th century (Leclercq et al., 2011; Marzeion et al., 2012). There are a number of assessments that explain some of the mecha ...
... 21st century. The latter also reflects the result that over long timescales, there was no simple relation between rates of glacier-mass loss and temperature change during the 20th century (Leclercq et al., 2011; Marzeion et al., 2012). There are a number of assessments that explain some of the mecha ...
Beckage, B., B. Osborne, D. G. Gavin, C. Pucko, T. Siccama
... We used historic vegetation plots and remotely sensed data to examine elevational shifts in the distribution of forests in the Green Mountains of Vermont in conjunction with regional climate change. In northeastern North America, montane forests exhibit distinct elevational zonation, with species’ e ...
... We used historic vegetation plots and remotely sensed data to examine elevational shifts in the distribution of forests in the Green Mountains of Vermont in conjunction with regional climate change. In northeastern North America, montane forests exhibit distinct elevational zonation, with species’ e ...
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
... facilitate living in hotter temperature like air conditioning and refrigeration will unfortunately consume more electricity from power plants that burn coal, releasing CO2 .This will further spike global warming and have a seriously damaging influence on human health. External forces refer to proces ...
... facilitate living in hotter temperature like air conditioning and refrigeration will unfortunately consume more electricity from power plants that burn coal, releasing CO2 .This will further spike global warming and have a seriously damaging influence on human health. External forces refer to proces ...
Climate Justice Action Kit for Secondary Schools
... Pope Francis calls for governments to take strong, united action on climate change and other ecological issues for the global common good. He also calls for ‘enforceable international agreements’. “Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility, above all on the part of tho ...
... Pope Francis calls for governments to take strong, united action on climate change and other ecological issues for the global common good. He also calls for ‘enforceable international agreements’. “Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility, above all on the part of tho ...
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... The Hindu Kush Himalayas deserve special attention as they are the source of the nine largest rivers in Asia, providing water to more than 1.3 billion people and also home to some of the world’s poorest groups. The projected temperature rise, glacier melting and hydrological cycle alterations will r ...
... The Hindu Kush Himalayas deserve special attention as they are the source of the nine largest rivers in Asia, providing water to more than 1.3 billion people and also home to some of the world’s poorest groups. The projected temperature rise, glacier melting and hydrological cycle alterations will r ...
Likely Impacts on New Zealand Agriculture
... Global climate models indicate that New Zealand is likely to warm by only about two-thirds of the global mean temperature change that will be experienced in coming decades. This is largely because our climate is controlled by the South Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, which respond only slowly to globa ...
... Global climate models indicate that New Zealand is likely to warm by only about two-thirds of the global mean temperature change that will be experienced in coming decades. This is largely because our climate is controlled by the South Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, which respond only slowly to globa ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... to predicting their movement and evolution. Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high measurement accuracy and precision have not been a priority, although this has changed as models have improved and the need to correct biases has grown. Climate change must discern rela ...
... to predicting their movement and evolution. Weather fluctuations are huge compared with climate change and so high measurement accuracy and precision have not been a priority, although this has changed as models have improved and the need to correct biases has grown. Climate change must discern rela ...
(RBD), Version 1.0
... Water vapour is a key climate variable. In the lower troposphere, condensation of water vapour into precipitation provides latent heating which dominates the structure of tropospheric diabatic heating (Trenberth and Stepaniak, 2003a,b). Water vapour is also the most important gaseous source of infra ...
... Water vapour is a key climate variable. In the lower troposphere, condensation of water vapour into precipitation provides latent heating which dominates the structure of tropospheric diabatic heating (Trenberth and Stepaniak, 2003a,b). Water vapour is also the most important gaseous source of infra ...
2 20 Century Portuguese Climate and Climate Scenarios
... In the last decade of the 20th century, the successive breaking of high temperature records at the global scale, together with the publication of a large set of climate change scenarios pointing in the same direction, has definitively put the climate change problem at the top of the world’s prioriti ...
... In the last decade of the 20th century, the successive breaking of high temperature records at the global scale, together with the publication of a large set of climate change scenarios pointing in the same direction, has definitively put the climate change problem at the top of the world’s prioriti ...
Temporary storage of carbon in the biosphere does have value for
... climatic impacts occur up to the year 2100, and by what land-use strategy the expected worst impacts could be most effectively ameliorated’’ (Kirschbaum 2003, p. 54). In this vein, Kirschbaum (2006) picks two CO2 emissions scenarios from among the set of SRES scenarios (IPCC 2000); determines the pa ...
... climatic impacts occur up to the year 2100, and by what land-use strategy the expected worst impacts could be most effectively ameliorated’’ (Kirschbaum 2003, p. 54). In this vein, Kirschbaum (2006) picks two CO2 emissions scenarios from among the set of SRES scenarios (IPCC 2000); determines the pa ...
Managing Wild Salmon Biodiversity (DFO 2005)
... Cirunna 2008) made up of more than 9,000 local spawning populations (Slaney et al 1996) of wild salmon distributed in more than 3000 stream and river systems in BC and the Yukon ...
... Cirunna 2008) made up of more than 9,000 local spawning populations (Slaney et al 1996) of wild salmon distributed in more than 3000 stream and river systems in BC and the Yukon ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... (Blühdorn 2015). We argue that many city leaders see climate and sustainability as a distraction from, or at least not a priority, when set against, their core task - maximising economic growth. Growth coalitions (Logan and Molotch 1987) are unlikely to be convinced of the need to act on climate at ...
... (Blühdorn 2015). We argue that many city leaders see climate and sustainability as a distraction from, or at least not a priority, when set against, their core task - maximising economic growth. Growth coalitions (Logan and Molotch 1987) are unlikely to be convinced of the need to act on climate at ...
- Wiley Online Library
... and issues. Human and ecological needs are deeply connected, and must be addressed in a coordinated manner. Focusing on the ecological dimension alone, such as a biogeophysical approach that has identified ’planetary bound€m et al., 2009, aries’, is necessary but not sufficient (Rockstro 2013). It is ...
... and issues. Human and ecological needs are deeply connected, and must be addressed in a coordinated manner. Focusing on the ecological dimension alone, such as a biogeophysical approach that has identified ’planetary bound€m et al., 2009, aries’, is necessary but not sufficient (Rockstro 2013). It is ...
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... the planet,” just to spare lay publics rather appropriate anxiety? Existing research suggests otherwise. While neither alarmism nor Pollyannaism seem to yield desired results, wise integration of strategies may well result in greater engagement. First, communication that affirms rather than threate ...
... the planet,” just to spare lay publics rather appropriate anxiety? Existing research suggests otherwise. While neither alarmism nor Pollyannaism seem to yield desired results, wise integration of strategies may well result in greater engagement. First, communication that affirms rather than threate ...
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... effects are likely to affect global livelihood and environmental systems in various ways. Since climatic factors serve as direct inputs to agriculture, any change in climatic factors is bound to have a significant impact on crop yields and production. This area has attracted the attention of researc ...
... effects are likely to affect global livelihood and environmental systems in various ways. Since climatic factors serve as direct inputs to agriculture, any change in climatic factors is bound to have a significant impact on crop yields and production. This area has attracted the attention of researc ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Abies spectabilis
... Recent global warming trends, particularly in the arctic regions and Himalayas are modifying forest structure and function, notably biogeographical changes in tree species distribution. This study used future climate scenario output from the CCSM4 climate model (RCP 2.6) in two vegetation modelling ...
... Recent global warming trends, particularly in the arctic regions and Himalayas are modifying forest structure and function, notably biogeographical changes in tree species distribution. This study used future climate scenario output from the CCSM4 climate model (RCP 2.6) in two vegetation modelling ...
Introduction - San Jose State University
... (b) Additionally, the year by year (blue curve) and 50 year average (black curve) variations of the average surface temperature of the Northern Hemisphere for the past 1000 years have been reconstructed from “proxy” data calibrated against thermometer data (see list of the main proxy data in the di ...
... (b) Additionally, the year by year (blue curve) and 50 year average (black curve) variations of the average surface temperature of the Northern Hemisphere for the past 1000 years have been reconstructed from “proxy” data calibrated against thermometer data (see list of the main proxy data in the di ...
international public opinion, perception, and understanding of global
... In the United States, the Gallup Organization has been tracking American levels of worry about global warming and other environmental issues for nineteen years, using the following question: “I’m going to read you a list of environmental problems. As I read each one, please tell me if you personall ...
... In the United States, the Gallup Organization has been tracking American levels of worry about global warming and other environmental issues for nineteen years, using the following question: “I’m going to read you a list of environmental problems. As I read each one, please tell me if you personall ...
JEDC_email_exchange_2
... need correcting. However, I think it is relatively straightforward for you to verify that they are indeed errors. I have attached copies of two of the relevant papers which Professor Tol has used. The Nordhaus (1994a) paper on ‘Expert opinion on climate change’, published in ‘American Scientist’, sh ...
... need correcting. However, I think it is relatively straightforward for you to verify that they are indeed errors. I have attached copies of two of the relevant papers which Professor Tol has used. The Nordhaus (1994a) paper on ‘Expert opinion on climate change’, published in ‘American Scientist’, sh ...
Private firms` adaptation to climate change within the context of
... proper triangulation is attained. To show how this will be done I propose to use a table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectiv ...
... proper triangulation is attained. To show how this will be done I propose to use a table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectiv ...
Event - IUCN
... among South Asian countries that share Himalayan and tropical ecologies. The event will aim at developing a guiding framework for sustaining ecosystem services, implementing biodiversity conservation, and mitigating climate change ...
... among South Asian countries that share Himalayan and tropical ecologies. The event will aim at developing a guiding framework for sustaining ecosystem services, implementing biodiversity conservation, and mitigating climate change ...
Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries
... system, particularly in the ocean’s thermohaline circulation, also can modulate climate over decades to centuries (45, 46). The variability evident in our 400-year Arctic compilation, although an order of magnitude smaller in scale than that driven by internal climate system processes over the last ...
... system, particularly in the ocean’s thermohaline circulation, also can modulate climate over decades to centuries (45, 46). The variability evident in our 400-year Arctic compilation, although an order of magnitude smaller in scale than that driven by internal climate system processes over the last ...
Chapter 5
... Based on the available simulations, even under the intermediate Scenario A1B, the Greek mainland in 2071-2100 will, compared to now, have some 35-40 more days with a maximum daily temperature of 35ºC or more, while even greater will be the increase (by around 50 at the national level) in the number ...
... Based on the available simulations, even under the intermediate Scenario A1B, the Greek mainland in 2071-2100 will, compared to now, have some 35-40 more days with a maximum daily temperature of 35ºC or more, while even greater will be the increase (by around 50 at the national level) in the number ...