Hydrologic response of a Hawaiian watershed to future climate
... The impact of potential future climate change scenarios on streamflow and evapotranspiration (ET) in a mountainous Hawaii watershed was studied using the distributed hydrology soil vegetation model (DHSVM). The hydrologic response of the watershed was simulated for 43 years for different levels of at ...
... The impact of potential future climate change scenarios on streamflow and evapotranspiration (ET) in a mountainous Hawaii watershed was studied using the distributed hydrology soil vegetation model (DHSVM). The hydrologic response of the watershed was simulated for 43 years for different levels of at ...
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 ...
Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate
... Methane Budget released today. Methane is currently contributing less to global warming than carbon dioxide (CO₂), but it is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Since 2014, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have begun to track the most carbon-intensive pathways developed for the 21st century by t ...
... Methane Budget released today. Methane is currently contributing less to global warming than carbon dioxide (CO₂), but it is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Since 2014, methane concentrations in the atmosphere have begun to track the most carbon-intensive pathways developed for the 21st century by t ...
Effects of vegetation feedback on future climate change over West
... found in an asynchronously coupled global atmospherebiosphere model for the future climate (Jiang et al. 2011). In other studies, conversion from savanna to grassland in the Sahel was suggested to cause a warmer climate with an insignificant decrease of precipitation (Hoffmann and Jackson 2000), and ...
... found in an asynchronously coupled global atmospherebiosphere model for the future climate (Jiang et al. 2011). In other studies, conversion from savanna to grassland in the Sahel was suggested to cause a warmer climate with an insignificant decrease of precipitation (Hoffmann and Jackson 2000), and ...
Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming
... be possible, but so far little justification has been provided for such an approach. However now that several numerical models have been developed that treat individual glaciers, it appears worthwhile to carry out a set of identical numerical experiments with all these models. This will help validat ...
... be possible, but so far little justification has been provided for such an approach. However now that several numerical models have been developed that treat individual glaciers, it appears worthwhile to carry out a set of identical numerical experiments with all these models. This will help validat ...
Bioenergetic Prediction of Climate Change
... this continental variation in species density (Badgley and Fox, 2000). Within Canada, mammal species density varies from greater than 80 in southern British Columbia to less than 10 in the arctic archipelago, and 74% of this variation is explained by mean annual temperature alone (Fig. 2; Kerr and P ...
... this continental variation in species density (Badgley and Fox, 2000). Within Canada, mammal species density varies from greater than 80 in southern British Columbia to less than 10 in the arctic archipelago, and 74% of this variation is explained by mean annual temperature alone (Fig. 2; Kerr and P ...
Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the
... changes in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome of the western Amazon. In this biome, on average, 14.5% of species will likely be unable to keep pace with climate change. The inability of mammals to track climate change will be driven more by rapid climatic changes in some regio ...
... changes in the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forest biome of the western Amazon. In this biome, on average, 14.5% of species will likely be unable to keep pace with climate change. The inability of mammals to track climate change will be driven more by rapid climatic changes in some regio ...
NATIONAL PARKS|Fall 2009
... COPENHAGEN. 03-Dec-2009 ................................................................................ 21 FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE: The OECD is ready to assist G20 countries in their efforts to find lasting solutions to finance action on climate change, building on the long-standing work of the or ...
... COPENHAGEN. 03-Dec-2009 ................................................................................ 21 FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE: The OECD is ready to assist G20 countries in their efforts to find lasting solutions to finance action on climate change, building on the long-standing work of the or ...
Earth`s energy imbalance and implications
... innumerable climate model studies, most famously in the Charney et al. (1979) report that estimated equilibrium global warming of 3 ◦ C ± 1.5 ◦ C for doubled CO2 (a forcing of 4 W m−2 ), equivalent to 0.75 ◦ C ± 0.375 ◦ C per W m−2 . Subsequent model studies have not much altered this estimate or gr ...
... innumerable climate model studies, most famously in the Charney et al. (1979) report that estimated equilibrium global warming of 3 ◦ C ± 1.5 ◦ C for doubled CO2 (a forcing of 4 W m−2 ), equivalent to 0.75 ◦ C ± 0.375 ◦ C per W m−2 . Subsequent model studies have not much altered this estimate or gr ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies Background Paper
... challenges of climate change. Overall there is a need for greater synergies between national and local government policies and strategies, but often these links are missing. Though such challenges are important to a lesser or greater extent across the region, regulatory frameworks, finance, human an ...
... challenges of climate change. Overall there is a need for greater synergies between national and local government policies and strategies, but often these links are missing. Though such challenges are important to a lesser or greater extent across the region, regulatory frameworks, finance, human an ...
Transient Earth system responses to cumulative
... and Zickfeld, 2014). However, considering the link to emissions for other variables and from the global to the regional scale appears important as many impact-relevant changes are not directly related to global mean surface air temperature. It is also important to quantify the uncertainty in these l ...
... and Zickfeld, 2014). However, considering the link to emissions for other variables and from the global to the regional scale appears important as many impact-relevant changes are not directly related to global mean surface air temperature. It is also important to quantify the uncertainty in these l ...
the compendium of adaptation models for climate
... Adapting to climate change refers to adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Various type of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory and reactive, private a ...
... Adapting to climate change refers to adjustments in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Various type of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory and reactive, private a ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... refined to link riverine floods with wave-induced storm surges. Better information is needed about hydrodynamic processes and interrelationships with sediment supply over time, including thresholds and tipping points that could result in fundamental landform changes. These models will help in identi ...
... refined to link riverine floods with wave-induced storm surges. Better information is needed about hydrodynamic processes and interrelationships with sediment supply over time, including thresholds and tipping points that could result in fundamental landform changes. These models will help in identi ...
Atlases Give Global Snapshot of Oceans in the 1990s
... spread of high- oxygen North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) in the western Atlantic and spiraling of the NADW tongue around and toward Antarctica, with oxygen declining along the pathway. Lowest oxygen arises from the Pacific and Indian oceans. Newly ventilated high- oxygen Weddell Sea Deep Water is clo ...
... spread of high- oxygen North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) in the western Atlantic and spiraling of the NADW tongue around and toward Antarctica, with oxygen declining along the pathway. Lowest oxygen arises from the Pacific and Indian oceans. Newly ventilated high- oxygen Weddell Sea Deep Water is clo ...
noaa climate program
... *HR 1386 National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 (Hastings), March 2005: Establishes the National Drought Council to develop an action plan *HR 1489 Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration Implementation Act (Gilchrest), May 2005: establish a coastal ocean observation system *HR 1584/S 361 Oc ...
... *HR 1386 National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 (Hastings), March 2005: Establishes the National Drought Council to develop an action plan *HR 1489 Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration Implementation Act (Gilchrest), May 2005: establish a coastal ocean observation system *HR 1584/S 361 Oc ...
The Philippine Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative for Agricultur
... and fishing communities are threatened by the destructive effects of climate change Climate change is one such risk that will complicate and Box 1. Philippine compound existing development problems in the country Population Projection such as population growth (Box 1), rapid urbanization, increasing ...
... and fishing communities are threatened by the destructive effects of climate change Climate change is one such risk that will complicate and Box 1. Philippine compound existing development problems in the country Population Projection such as population growth (Box 1), rapid urbanization, increasing ...
Climate Change Case Law Update
... viii) The skeleton concluded: “Thus even with technological improvements, biofuels and a much higher price of carbon, there remained a stark disparity between the predicted mppa (following from the policies in the ATWP) and that which could be accommodated within the 2050 Target. In short, the best ...
... viii) The skeleton concluded: “Thus even with technological improvements, biofuels and a much higher price of carbon, there remained a stark disparity between the predicted mppa (following from the policies in the ATWP) and that which could be accommodated within the 2050 Target. In short, the best ...
The CC-Bio Project: Studying the Effects of Climate Change
... on biodiversity [32,43]. They must be used as such rather than as providers of definitive predictions. Imperfect predictions are exceedingly valuable when compared to no projection [44]. Many statistical models (e.g., Generalized Linear and Generalized Additive Models, Classification and Regression ...
... on biodiversity [32,43]. They must be used as such rather than as providers of definitive predictions. Imperfect predictions are exceedingly valuable when compared to no projection [44]. Many statistical models (e.g., Generalized Linear and Generalized Additive Models, Classification and Regression ...
Indicator and data needs - Eionet Forum
... Indicators on past impacts (on economy, human health, ecosystems) of natural hazards, including floods and droughts are included in an EEA report on natural hazards (2011) (16). The report used primarily data from EM-DAT/CRED (17) and Munich Re (18). In a workshop held in May 2011 and in a related p ...
... Indicators on past impacts (on economy, human health, ecosystems) of natural hazards, including floods and droughts are included in an EEA report on natural hazards (2011) (16). The report used primarily data from EM-DAT/CRED (17) and Munich Re (18). In a workshop held in May 2011 and in a related p ...
The Northern Edge Study Guide: Climate Change
... climate change the tree line is marching north. Caribou may soon lose their ability to escape their predators during calving season. As well there are more bugs and maybe even more species of bugs. Bugs harass the caribou so much it affects their energy. As a result, they arenʹt able to store suffic ...
... climate change the tree line is marching north. Caribou may soon lose their ability to escape their predators during calving season. As well there are more bugs and maybe even more species of bugs. Bugs harass the caribou so much it affects their energy. As a result, they arenʹt able to store suffic ...
The role of the virus-phytoplankton system in marine
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...