IOSR Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IOSR-JEEE) e-ISSN: 2278-1676,p-ISSN: 2320-3331,
... lightning observations do not exist, relationships are normally investigated on shorter time scales. Many time scales have been explored; on all these timescales we observe a positive relationship between temperature and lightning. Recent studies continue to show the high positive correlation betwee ...
... lightning observations do not exist, relationships are normally investigated on shorter time scales. Many time scales have been explored; on all these timescales we observe a positive relationship between temperature and lightning. Recent studies continue to show the high positive correlation betwee ...
NRW letter to LPA`s re TAN15
... Justifying Development in flood risk areas Section 6 of TAN15 sets out the tests that should be considered in order to justify the location of development within a flood risk area. The CPO letter affirms that highly vulnerable development (e.g. housing) should not be permitted or allocated in Zone C ...
... Justifying Development in flood risk areas Section 6 of TAN15 sets out the tests that should be considered in order to justify the location of development within a flood risk area. The CPO letter affirms that highly vulnerable development (e.g. housing) should not be permitted or allocated in Zone C ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... 2009 SCENGEN grid boxes and the PCM-RCM domain containing Park City......... 2-13 Estimated average annual temperature (A) and total annual precipitation (B) changes in Park City, predicted by seven GCMs, for the A1B emissions scenario in 2030 ........................................................ ...
... 2009 SCENGEN grid boxes and the PCM-RCM domain containing Park City......... 2-13 Estimated average annual temperature (A) and total annual precipitation (B) changes in Park City, predicted by seven GCMs, for the A1B emissions scenario in 2030 ........................................................ ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... Writing this weekend on his blog at New York magazine, Chait offered a point by point rebuttal of recent comments by Charles Krauthammer and George Will regarding the recently released National Climate Assessment introduced by President Obama’s Science Advisor John Holdren. While I’ve resisted the u ...
... Writing this weekend on his blog at New York magazine, Chait offered a point by point rebuttal of recent comments by Charles Krauthammer and George Will regarding the recently released National Climate Assessment introduced by President Obama’s Science Advisor John Holdren. While I’ve resisted the u ...
Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change. Paper 1: science and philosophy: Working Paper 84a (568 kB) (opens in new window)
... importance amongst these feedbacks is water vapour. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and water vapour, as a potent greenhouse gas, traps more heat, amplifying the initial warming caused by increasing CO2. Another important positive feedback is the ‘albedo’ effect – where warming melts ice at th ...
... importance amongst these feedbacks is water vapour. A warmer atmosphere holds more water, and water vapour, as a potent greenhouse gas, traps more heat, amplifying the initial warming caused by increasing CO2. Another important positive feedback is the ‘albedo’ effect – where warming melts ice at th ...
Impact of Climate Changes on Economic and Agricultural Value
... GDP. Hence, it can be anticipated that developing countries will suffer more in the changing environment. The production of agricultural products is affected by higher temperatures, heat waves, changing weather patterns and high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. However, the effect of these f ...
... GDP. Hence, it can be anticipated that developing countries will suffer more in the changing environment. The production of agricultural products is affected by higher temperatures, heat waves, changing weather patterns and high carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. However, the effect of these f ...
Language Work (para. 1)
... This is our planet: planet Earth. It contains an astonishing variety of landscapes and climates. Since life began, around 4,000 million years ago, it has gone through extraordinary changes in its climate and in the species that live on it. But now it seems that our planet is being transformed — not ...
... This is our planet: planet Earth. It contains an astonishing variety of landscapes and climates. Since life began, around 4,000 million years ago, it has gone through extraordinary changes in its climate and in the species that live on it. But now it seems that our planet is being transformed — not ...
scientific questions and motivations
... 2.2.1. The Role of Changes in Northern Eurasia in the Global Earth System Climate changes will affect Northern Eurasia to a greater degree than the rest of the planet, and this has been shown in studies of past climate change and virtually all of the simulation models of the Earth’s climate system u ...
... 2.2.1. The Role of Changes in Northern Eurasia in the Global Earth System Climate changes will affect Northern Eurasia to a greater degree than the rest of the planet, and this has been shown in studies of past climate change and virtually all of the simulation models of the Earth’s climate system u ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish
... in-depth and systematic characterization and assessment of the general framing categories and subcategories. Compared with other studies that examined the framing used in climate science communication, here we tried to go a step further by combining the analysis of general framings with the analysis ...
... in-depth and systematic characterization and assessment of the general framing categories and subcategories. Compared with other studies that examined the framing used in climate science communication, here we tried to go a step further by combining the analysis of general framings with the analysis ...
Participants and Biographies - Southeast Regional Climate Center
... Chris Fuhrmann is a physical geographer with training in environmental systems science and atmospheric science. His primary field of research is synoptic climatology where he investigates the relationships between the large-scale atmospheric environment and the ingredients associated with winter pre ...
... Chris Fuhrmann is a physical geographer with training in environmental systems science and atmospheric science. His primary field of research is synoptic climatology where he investigates the relationships between the large-scale atmospheric environment and the ingredients associated with winter pre ...
Article The uncertainties of climate change in Spanish daily
... in-depth and systematic characterization and assessment of the general framing categories and subcategories. Compared with other studies that examined the framing used in climate science communication, here we tried to go a step further by combining the analysis of general framings with the analysis ...
... in-depth and systematic characterization and assessment of the general framing categories and subcategories. Compared with other studies that examined the framing used in climate science communication, here we tried to go a step further by combining the analysis of general framings with the analysis ...
Comparing species distribution models constructed with different
... SDMs (Austin & Van Niel, 2011). In this study, we examine the effect of additional predictors in SDMs, by creating models with both ‘climate-only’ and ‘combination’ (climate + additional) predictor sets for 14 range-restricted vertebrate species. We created groups of additional predictors describing ...
... SDMs (Austin & Van Niel, 2011). In this study, we examine the effect of additional predictors in SDMs, by creating models with both ‘climate-only’ and ‘combination’ (climate + additional) predictor sets for 14 range-restricted vertebrate species. We created groups of additional predictors describing ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Adaptation
... (variable) environment is governed by the geometric mean. As variance in the birth and death rates that make up population growth increases, the geometric mean growth rate becomes progressively smaller then the arithmetic mean. In practice, this means that increased variability in climate conditi ...
... (variable) environment is governed by the geometric mean. As variance in the birth and death rates that make up population growth increases, the geometric mean growth rate becomes progressively smaller then the arithmetic mean. In practice, this means that increased variability in climate conditi ...
Impacts of Climate Change for the State of Indiana
... of flooding events and exacerbate summer soil moisture deficits in Indiana. • Vulnerability of soils to dry winters could increase the risk of multi-year droughts in Indiana. • The corn belt will likely remain the best area for corn and soybean production and Indiana will likely maintain its positio ...
... of flooding events and exacerbate summer soil moisture deficits in Indiana. • Vulnerability of soils to dry winters could increase the risk of multi-year droughts in Indiana. • The corn belt will likely remain the best area for corn and soybean production and Indiana will likely maintain its positio ...
Wetlands and global climate change
... temperature will affect coastal biota directly and lead to changes in precipitation and an acceleration of sea level rise. It is predicted that as the tropics gain more heat, there will be a greater transport of water vapor towards higher latitudes. Thus, it is likely that, in general, lower latitud ...
... temperature will affect coastal biota directly and lead to changes in precipitation and an acceleration of sea level rise. It is predicted that as the tropics gain more heat, there will be a greater transport of water vapor towards higher latitudes. Thus, it is likely that, in general, lower latitud ...
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... Against the threat of climate change, FAO has decades of experience in promoting agricultural practices and policies that also safeguard the natural resource base for future generations. Agriculture policies are the cornerstones for achieving food security and improving livelihoods. Effective agricu ...
... Against the threat of climate change, FAO has decades of experience in promoting agricultural practices and policies that also safeguard the natural resource base for future generations. Agriculture policies are the cornerstones for achieving food security and improving livelihoods. Effective agricu ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Flash floods and seasonal river floods pose a significant challenge to the country’s vulnerable institutions. Flash floods occur regularly throughout the country, particularly after a long dry spell. More recently, in the years 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2006, major floods inflicted significa ...
... Flash floods and seasonal river floods pose a significant challenge to the country’s vulnerable institutions. Flash floods occur regularly throughout the country, particularly after a long dry spell. More recently, in the years 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 2006, major floods inflicted significa ...
The pathological history of weather and climate
... Espy viewed the atmosphere as a giant heat engine. According to his thermal theory of storms, all atmospheric disturbances, from thunderstorms to winter storms, are driven by heated updrafts, inwardly rushing air currents, and the release of latent heat. His theory, published as The philosophy of st ...
... Espy viewed the atmosphere as a giant heat engine. According to his thermal theory of storms, all atmospheric disturbances, from thunderstorms to winter storms, are driven by heated updrafts, inwardly rushing air currents, and the release of latent heat. His theory, published as The philosophy of st ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... may increase drought and the vulnerability of forests to fire. Tropical forest die back could give rise to a positive feedback in the carbon cycle through forest-climate interactions, but currently the magnitude remains uncertain. It is predicted that in the future there will be more conversion in ...
... may increase drought and the vulnerability of forests to fire. Tropical forest die back could give rise to a positive feedback in the carbon cycle through forest-climate interactions, but currently the magnitude remains uncertain. It is predicted that in the future there will be more conversion in ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
... of future changes. These reports complement those published by the IPCC as well as the more detailed climate change and impact studies published nationally. Each report contains: • A description of key features of national weather and climate, including an analysis of new data on extreme events. • A ...
Conservation of phylogeographic lineages under climate change
... Reserves data set and gap analysis We obtained data on the location of existing protected areas in Africa from the World Database on Protected Areas 2010 (IUCN and UNEP-WCMC, 2010), which includes data on reserve extent, location and classification of management designation. We calculated the propor ...
... Reserves data set and gap analysis We obtained data on the location of existing protected areas in Africa from the World Database on Protected Areas 2010 (IUCN and UNEP-WCMC, 2010), which includes data on reserve extent, location and classification of management designation. We calculated the propor ...
motivating individual carbon reduction through local government
... departments: the Centre for Environmental Strategy, the Surrey Energy Economics Centre, the Environmental Psychology Research Group and the Department of Sociology. Sponsored by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Research Councils’ Energy Programme, RESOLVE aims to u ...
... departments: the Centre for Environmental Strategy, the Surrey Energy Economics Centre, the Environmental Psychology Research Group and the Department of Sociology. Sponsored by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the Research Councils’ Energy Programme, RESOLVE aims to u ...
On the Road to Paris: How Can the EU Avoid Failure at the UN
... decrease while those of China continue to grow) and also lower than those of the US. In addition, the (growing) emissions of India will be at about the same level as those of the EU by that time.7 This moderate-to-low relative bargaining power in the run-up to Paris presents a situation for the EU n ...
... decrease while those of China continue to grow) and also lower than those of the US. In addition, the (growing) emissions of India will be at about the same level as those of the EU by that time.7 This moderate-to-low relative bargaining power in the run-up to Paris presents a situation for the EU n ...
West Dunbartonshire Council Climate Change Strategy `Tackling
... The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations has led to what is known as ‘global warming’ with the gases essentially forming a barrier which traps too much heat in the Earth’s atmosphere (see image below). Of the ‘basket’ of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent. The term ‘c ...
... The increase in greenhouse gas concentrations has led to what is known as ‘global warming’ with the gases essentially forming a barrier which traps too much heat in the Earth’s atmosphere (see image below). Of the ‘basket’ of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide (CO2) is the most prevalent. The term ‘c ...
changing risks in changing climate
... Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). RCPs are not linked to any socio-economic scenarios, but each of them is consistent with many socio-economic storylines because different socio-economic futures could lead to similar changes in atmospheric GHGs concentrations. Future impact can be shape ...
... Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). RCPs are not linked to any socio-economic scenarios, but each of them is consistent with many socio-economic storylines because different socio-economic futures could lead to similar changes in atmospheric GHGs concentrations. Future impact can be shape ...