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... arguments in this case as it sums up? Have these been tested in court? What does the court say Mass has standing to do? ...
... arguments in this case as it sums up? Have these been tested in court? What does the court say Mass has standing to do? ...
Costs of Climate Change in Developed Countries
... Notes: The strong carbon fertilisation runs assumed a 15 – 25% increase in yield for a doubling of carbon dioxide levels. These are about twice as high as the latest field-based studies suggest. The red line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue ...
... Notes: The strong carbon fertilisation runs assumed a 15 – 25% increase in yield for a doubling of carbon dioxide levels. These are about twice as high as the latest field-based studies suggest. The red line represents the average across different scenario runs developed by the IPCC, while the blue ...
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... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...
... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...
Figure 1 - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... trade-offs have seldom been invoked to explain field observations [4]. Can such trade-offs help explain why 20% of species show seasonal delays rather than advances in response to climate change [5]? In most insects and other ectotherms, higher temperatures typically reduce development time and decr ...
... trade-offs have seldom been invoked to explain field observations [4]. Can such trade-offs help explain why 20% of species show seasonal delays rather than advances in response to climate change [5]? In most insects and other ectotherms, higher temperatures typically reduce development time and decr ...
Comunicación sobre el cambio climático: Mejorando la eficacia de
... Many authors have emphasized the need to develop more effective campaigns to raise citizens’ awareness, to increase their willingness to accept the measures necessary to mitigate climate change and to ultimately change their behavior patterns ...
... Many authors have emphasized the need to develop more effective campaigns to raise citizens’ awareness, to increase their willingness to accept the measures necessary to mitigate climate change and to ultimately change their behavior patterns ...
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... Copyright 2012 by L. Menapace, G. Colson and R. Raffaelli. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. ...
... Copyright 2012 by L. Menapace, G. Colson and R. Raffaelli. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. ...
Underwater: The Need for Massachusetts to Become Climate Ready
... and making recommendations to the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) on strategies for adapting to climate change. 25 In September 2011, the Advisory Committee produced a Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report, which included a number of recommended strategies. 26 E ...
... and making recommendations to the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) on strategies for adapting to climate change. 25 In September 2011, the Advisory Committee produced a Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report, which included a number of recommended strategies. 26 E ...
UCLA_IOE_Feb2007 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... response to increasing greenhouse gases by as much as a factor of two. It acts globally. ...
... response to increasing greenhouse gases by as much as a factor of two. It acts globally. ...
Evidence for intensification of the global water cycle: Review and
... It is now well established that surface air temperatures and precipitation over land have increased during the 20th century (Folland et al., 2001). Results from recent simulations using one of about 20 coupled ocean–atmosphere–land models based on the IS92A mid-range emission scenario indicate that ...
... It is now well established that surface air temperatures and precipitation over land have increased during the 20th century (Folland et al., 2001). Results from recent simulations using one of about 20 coupled ocean–atmosphere–land models based on the IS92A mid-range emission scenario indicate that ...
Linking Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge of Climate Change
... homogenous indigenous communities. Our aim is to contribute to the thoughtful and respectful integration of indigenous knowledge with scientific data and analysis so that this rich body of knowledge can inform science, and science can in turn perhaps contribute tools and methods that will allow indi ...
... homogenous indigenous communities. Our aim is to contribute to the thoughtful and respectful integration of indigenous knowledge with scientific data and analysis so that this rich body of knowledge can inform science, and science can in turn perhaps contribute tools and methods that will allow indi ...
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... Research took place in Mokrice village area (46°00′N, 15°55′E; ca. 140 m above sea level) in north-western Croatia from 1980 to 2015. The study area is a small mixed farming area with arable land containing small forests (up to 10 ha). The relief is mostly undulating lowland. I studied tree sparrows ...
... Research took place in Mokrice village area (46°00′N, 15°55′E; ca. 140 m above sea level) in north-western Croatia from 1980 to 2015. The study area is a small mixed farming area with arable land containing small forests (up to 10 ha). The relief is mostly undulating lowland. I studied tree sparrows ...
Buckley CV - University of Washington
... mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1096-1105. 24. Hawkins BA, McCain CM, Davies TJ, Buckley LB, Anacker BL, Cornell HV, Damschen EI, Grytnes JA, Harrison SP, Hawkins BA, Holt RD, Kraft NB, and Stephens PR. 2012. Independent evolutionary pathways to climate-induced similarit ...
... mammal species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 21: 1096-1105. 24. Hawkins BA, McCain CM, Davies TJ, Buckley LB, Anacker BL, Cornell HV, Damschen EI, Grytnes JA, Harrison SP, Hawkins BA, Holt RD, Kraft NB, and Stephens PR. 2012. Independent evolutionary pathways to climate-induced similarit ...
Climate Change and its Effects on Ecosystems, Habitats and Biota
... Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation in the ocean system. Sea ice extent (the area of the ocean covered by at least 15% ...
... Gulf of Maine waters (Greene et al. 2008). One of the main reasons for this is the melting of Arctic sea ice. This melting will increase the global input of freshwater resulting in changes in salinity and circulation in the ocean system. Sea ice extent (the area of the ocean covered by at least 15% ...
Word Embedding Models for Finding Semantic Relationship
... the former model we create a binary file (.bin) as output. It is similar to model file and can be used to find word analogy. For a given input word we can find out its top 10 ...
... the former model we create a binary file (.bin) as output. It is similar to model file and can be used to find word analogy. For a given input word we can find out its top 10 ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... wrote that “any text that was considered inconsistent with their interests and positions in multilateral negotiations was treated as unacceptable.” The bias is there for all to see. Following the 2007 assessment, key IPCC claims about the melting of Himalayan glaciers, the decline of crop yields, a ...
... wrote that “any text that was considered inconsistent with their interests and positions in multilateral negotiations was treated as unacceptable.” The bias is there for all to see. Following the 2007 assessment, key IPCC claims about the melting of Himalayan glaciers, the decline of crop yields, a ...
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... About 38.0% of the respondents had no formal education (Table 1) while 71.0% had secondary and tertiary education. Formal education enables farmers to obtain useful information from bulletins, agricultural newsletter and other sources. However, Agbamu (1996) opined that education level made negative ...
... About 38.0% of the respondents had no formal education (Table 1) while 71.0% had secondary and tertiary education. Formal education enables farmers to obtain useful information from bulletins, agricultural newsletter and other sources. However, Agbamu (1996) opined that education level made negative ...
Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
... This convention encapsulates the major dilemmas of development, equity, marginalization and globalization within its remit and is likely to have far-reaching consequences across the world in matters as wide-ranging as energy use and settlement patterns. Climate change is arguably the most persistent ...
... This convention encapsulates the major dilemmas of development, equity, marginalization and globalization within its remit and is likely to have far-reaching consequences across the world in matters as wide-ranging as energy use and settlement patterns. Climate change is arguably the most persistent ...
Variability and Triggering Factors of Observed Global Mean Land
... the global energy cycle. Thus, global mean precipitation is a measure for the intensity of the global water and energy cycle. The intensity of evaporation depends on the surface air temperature SAT, which itself is driven by global natural and anthropogenic forcing and internal climate variability. ...
... the global energy cycle. Thus, global mean precipitation is a measure for the intensity of the global water and energy cycle. The intensity of evaporation depends on the surface air temperature SAT, which itself is driven by global natural and anthropogenic forcing and internal climate variability. ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... where dCO2(t0) ⫽ emi(t0)兾2.12, with emi(t0) being the CO2 emission at time t0. The actual change in CO2 is therefore the integral of dCO2 over past years. Uncertainties in this function are related to differences between different carbon-cycle models as well as dependencies on the absolute abundance ...
... where dCO2(t0) ⫽ emi(t0)兾2.12, with emi(t0) being the CO2 emission at time t0. The actual change in CO2 is therefore the integral of dCO2 over past years. Uncertainties in this function are related to differences between different carbon-cycle models as well as dependencies on the absolute abundance ...
High-income does not protect against hurricane losses
... Future loss estimates are averages over the projections by all six GCMs and eight damage functions, but separately for both basic model types. The averaging procedure for per hurricane damages is the following: for each GCM and each damage function losses are simulated and intensity-normalized accor ...
... Future loss estimates are averages over the projections by all six GCMs and eight damage functions, but separately for both basic model types. The averaging procedure for per hurricane damages is the following: for each GCM and each damage function losses are simulated and intensity-normalized accor ...
Extreme climatic events and their evolution under changing climatic
... NAO thus seems to be more closely linked to changes in the coldest extremes than of those of the warmest extremes of Tmin (Antoniadou et al., 2001). The behavior of the maximum temperatures, their extremes, and their trends, is substantially different from that of the minima as discussed in the prec ...
... NAO thus seems to be more closely linked to changes in the coldest extremes than of those of the warmest extremes of Tmin (Antoniadou et al., 2001). The behavior of the maximum temperatures, their extremes, and their trends, is substantially different from that of the minima as discussed in the prec ...
The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...