Culture and climate change: Japanese cherry blossom festivals and
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
approaching business and the environment with complexity theory
... complexity theory explains why systems are often hard to comprehend and forecast, let alone manage and control. Yet complexity also offers micro-level tools and concepts to help innovative organizations improve sustainability through local initiatives of loosely networked agents (Senge et al. 2008). ...
... complexity theory explains why systems are often hard to comprehend and forecast, let alone manage and control. Yet complexity also offers micro-level tools and concepts to help innovative organizations improve sustainability through local initiatives of loosely networked agents (Senge et al. 2008). ...
Effects on Ecosystems
... Ecosystem Metabolism and Climate Change Photosynthesis, plant and microbial respiration tend to increase with increasing temperatures, but at higher temperatures respiration is often the more sensitive process As a consequence, global warming may result in a period ot net release of carbon from the ...
... Ecosystem Metabolism and Climate Change Photosynthesis, plant and microbial respiration tend to increase with increasing temperatures, but at higher temperatures respiration is often the more sensitive process As a consequence, global warming may result in a period ot net release of carbon from the ...
The Changing Himalayas - India Environment Portal
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
... Summary: The greater Himalayan region “the roof of the world” – contains the most extensive and rugged high altitude areas on Earth, and the largest areas covered by glaciers and permafrost outside the polar regions. The water resources from this area drain through ten of the largest rivers in Asia, ...
Efforts on Climate Change in Malaysia: A Preliminary Assessment
... The past records of Malaysia climate show similar trend that has been encountered globally as found in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments (Bindoff et al., 2007; Trenberth et al., 2007). The country’s temperature had increased 0.18 0C per decade for over 40 years since 1 ...
... The past records of Malaysia climate show similar trend that has been encountered globally as found in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments (Bindoff et al., 2007; Trenberth et al., 2007). The country’s temperature had increased 0.18 0C per decade for over 40 years since 1 ...
4B.4 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER ON
... FMCSA as it pertains to how climate change could amplify some of those effects in its long-term planning horizon by increasing the frequency or intensity of severe weather. Commodities carried by CMVs are of great economic importance. Recent data indicate that trucking as a single mode, or as part o ...
... FMCSA as it pertains to how climate change could amplify some of those effects in its long-term planning horizon by increasing the frequency or intensity of severe weather. Commodities carried by CMVs are of great economic importance. Recent data indicate that trucking as a single mode, or as part o ...
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... historical record of daily maximum June, July, and August temperatures was analyzed for nine sites across Canada. It was found that all of these sites are well modeled by a first-order autoregressive process using three parameters: the mean, variance, and first-order autocorrelation coefficient. For ...
... historical record of daily maximum June, July, and August temperatures was analyzed for nine sites across Canada. It was found that all of these sites are well modeled by a first-order autoregressive process using three parameters: the mean, variance, and first-order autocorrelation coefficient. For ...
California rainfall is becoming greater, with heavier storms
... variables that may be influenced by warming. In California, precipitation amounts vary considerably, yet rainfall is vital to the state’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry, which produces 12% of the nation’s total agricultural products (Mitchell and Blier 1997). During frequent dry years, wa ...
... variables that may be influenced by warming. In California, precipitation amounts vary considerably, yet rainfall is vital to the state’s multi-billion dollar agriculture industry, which produces 12% of the nation’s total agricultural products (Mitchell and Blier 1997). During frequent dry years, wa ...
Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review
... eastern Australia – the percentage of global land (between 60°S and 75°N) defined as dry areas has increased from 17% in the 1950s to about 27% in the 2000s (Dai, 2011). There is considerable uncertainty regarding projected changes in extremes to the end of the current century, and confidence in pro ...
... eastern Australia – the percentage of global land (between 60°S and 75°N) defined as dry areas has increased from 17% in the 1950s to about 27% in the 2000s (Dai, 2011). There is considerable uncertainty regarding projected changes in extremes to the end of the current century, and confidence in pro ...
Climate Change News 24 December 11
... Obtaining supporting evidence for this second group of authors has been more difficult due to the larger scales at which the positive effects of forests on the water cycle may be seen. We argue that forest cover is inextricably linked to precipitation. Forest-driven evapotranspiration removed from a ...
... Obtaining supporting evidence for this second group of authors has been more difficult due to the larger scales at which the positive effects of forests on the water cycle may be seen. We argue that forest cover is inextricably linked to precipitation. Forest-driven evapotranspiration removed from a ...
Brigita Gravitis-Bec..
... the MBM principles included in the resolution. – explore the feasibility of a global MBM scheme, and to report progress to the 2013 Assembly. • The Resolution exempts carriers from States with activity below 1% RTK from the application of a MBM. ...
... the MBM principles included in the resolution. – explore the feasibility of a global MBM scheme, and to report progress to the 2013 Assembly. • The Resolution exempts carriers from States with activity below 1% RTK from the application of a MBM. ...
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... • Green Climate Fund – appoint Board • 2013-2020 finance trajectory to US$100bn/yr • Scaled up govt budgetary assessed contributions for developed countries • Plus sources: FTT, Bunkers, SDR ...
... • Green Climate Fund – appoint Board • 2013-2020 finance trajectory to US$100bn/yr • Scaled up govt budgetary assessed contributions for developed countries • Plus sources: FTT, Bunkers, SDR ...
Cooperation Studies of Catastrophe Avoidance: Implications for
... in terms of historic responsibility, wealth, or risk—acts as an impediment to cooperation, but this handicap can be attenuated through communication or by setting intermediate climate targets. (3) Next, we show how uncertainty about the location of the dangerous climate threshold breaks down coopera ...
... in terms of historic responsibility, wealth, or risk—acts as an impediment to cooperation, but this handicap can be attenuated through communication or by setting intermediate climate targets. (3) Next, we show how uncertainty about the location of the dangerous climate threshold breaks down coopera ...
Integrating Climate Change into Invasive Species Risk Assessment
... Historical Climate Change There is general consensus that the unequivocal warming of global temperatures over the last century likely results from human activities. From 1906 to 2005, the global temperature increased by 0.74oC. Over this period, the temperature in Canada increased 1.3 oC on average ...
... Historical Climate Change There is general consensus that the unequivocal warming of global temperatures over the last century likely results from human activities. From 1906 to 2005, the global temperature increased by 0.74oC. Over this period, the temperature in Canada increased 1.3 oC on average ...
Adaptation to changing water resources in the Ganges basin
... should atmospheric greenhouse gases be stabilized at year 2000 levels, future warming would be 0.6 8C. Regional change can be strongly influenced by local processes and feedbacks such as land-use change and aerosol emissions, and hence deviate from the global mean change. Fig. 3 shows the results f ...
... should atmospheric greenhouse gases be stabilized at year 2000 levels, future warming would be 0.6 8C. Regional change can be strongly influenced by local processes and feedbacks such as land-use change and aerosol emissions, and hence deviate from the global mean change. Fig. 3 shows the results f ...
IPCC-ar4-wg1-chapter8-ClimateModels.pdf
... IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter 6). There is considerable confidence that Atmosphere-Ocean Gen ...
... IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter 6). There is considerable confidence that Atmosphere-Ocean Gen ...
Economics ethics climate change (opens in new window)
... for present and future people and for the environment. Sen (1999) argues persuasively that relevant consequences not only include those for human well-being, but also those for human agency: individuals may seek to maximise objectives beyond their own well-being. In particular, Sen’s focus on human ...
... for present and future people and for the environment. Sen (1999) argues persuasively that relevant consequences not only include those for human well-being, but also those for human agency: individuals may seek to maximise objectives beyond their own well-being. In particular, Sen’s focus on human ...
Impact of climate change on photochemical air pollution in Southern
... fine resolution is needed to capture the wide variety of elevations, land cover types, and microclimates that are found within California. The regional climate model was forced using global-scale predictions from the NCAR parallel climate model for the 2× CO2 scenario. See Snyder et al. (2002) for f ...
... fine resolution is needed to capture the wide variety of elevations, land cover types, and microclimates that are found within California. The regional climate model was forced using global-scale predictions from the NCAR parallel climate model for the 2× CO2 scenario. See Snyder et al. (2002) for f ...
Economics, ethics and climate change
... for present and future people and for the environment. Sen (1999) argues persuasively that relevant consequences not only include those for human well-being, but also those for human agency: individuals may seek to maximise objectives beyond their own well-being. In particular, Sen’s focus on human ...
... for present and future people and for the environment. Sen (1999) argues persuasively that relevant consequences not only include those for human well-being, but also those for human agency: individuals may seek to maximise objectives beyond their own well-being. In particular, Sen’s focus on human ...
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... known starting point can be characterised by three parameters. For present purposes, it is most useful to consider the rate of increase in emissions over the initial period, the date at which emissions peak and the date at which emissions are reduced to zero. Much of the published work on emissions ...
... known starting point can be characterised by three parameters. For present purposes, it is most useful to consider the rate of increase in emissions over the initial period, the date at which emissions peak and the date at which emissions are reduced to zero. Much of the published work on emissions ...
Climate Models and Their Evaluation
... IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter 6). There is considerable confidence that Atmosphere-Ocean Gen ...
... IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter 6). There is considerable confidence that Atmosphere-Ocean Gen ...
Constraining temperature variations over the last
... information on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based climate reconstructions can inform our knowledge of ...
... information on the coupled climate-carbon cycle system. Estimates of past temperature and climate variability are a prerequisite for a possible attribution of the twentieth century warming to anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing. While proxy based climate reconstructions can inform our knowledge of ...
INTRODUCTION TO DEFORMATION IN ROCKS
... FAULT ZONE DEFORMATION: < 1 km Frictional and Plastic Microscopic grain-size reduction mechanisms ...
... FAULT ZONE DEFORMATION: < 1 km Frictional and Plastic Microscopic grain-size reduction mechanisms ...