
“Duck Factory” of North America - American Meteorological Society
... changes in temperature and precipitation that were spatially and temporally uniform rather than actual projections of climate models. Climate change will nevertheless vary spatially and by season, and ducks make use of the wetlands on a seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study ...
... changes in temperature and precipitation that were spatially and temporally uniform rather than actual projections of climate models. Climate change will nevertheless vary spatially and by season, and ducks make use of the wetlands on a seasonal basis. These considerations motivate the current study ...
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... innovation and low carbon technologies in China and compare them to the ones prescribed by a foresight strategy. Finally, we investigate the role of an international carbon market as a way to provide economic incentives for participation. We show that the role of policy anticipation should be taken ...
... innovation and low carbon technologies in China and compare them to the ones prescribed by a foresight strategy. Finally, we investigate the role of an international carbon market as a way to provide economic incentives for participation. We show that the role of policy anticipation should be taken ...
Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change
... Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the baseline; whiskers refer to the range of variability connected to the minimum/maximum hazard scenarios. Corresponding spatial patterns of EAFE are shown in Figure S4. Heat waves show a prog ...
... Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the baseline; whiskers refer to the range of variability connected to the minimum/maximum hazard scenarios. Corresponding spatial patterns of EAFE are shown in Figure S4. Heat waves show a prog ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... agriculture and industry to the neglect of the larger traditional farming sector. Climate change is likely to further exacerbate such trends according to analysis of projected climate change impact on cereal production. While drought-tolerant crops like millet may not be affected, cereals that are n ...
... agriculture and industry to the neglect of the larger traditional farming sector. Climate change is likely to further exacerbate such trends according to analysis of projected climate change impact on cereal production. While drought-tolerant crops like millet may not be affected, cereals that are n ...
Global Responsibilities: Ethics, Public Health, and Global
... on climate change. For these reasons, I will focus primarily on climate change in analyzing the relationship between public health and global environmental change. The first issue I will address concerns why the potential health effects of climate change have succeeded in capturing public attention ...
... on climate change. For these reasons, I will focus primarily on climate change in analyzing the relationship between public health and global environmental change. The first issue I will address concerns why the potential health effects of climate change have succeeded in capturing public attention ...
Climate Change and the Arctic
... melting the frozen ground. In this manner, ice and snow have shaped the northern landscape, with changes occurring only in times of dramatic temperature change. The Great Ice Age and the Little Ice Age are two examples; the current warming trend is yet another (Grant, 2010, p.7). From a historical p ...
... melting the frozen ground. In this manner, ice and snow have shaped the northern landscape, with changes occurring only in times of dramatic temperature change. The Great Ice Age and the Little Ice Age are two examples; the current warming trend is yet another (Grant, 2010, p.7). From a historical p ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... newer engagements. Anthropologists in the 1990s began to engage global movements of information, people, and objects in their work, most noticeably in research dealing with debates about the hegemony of Western scientific knowledge, recognition of El Niño’s global reach, greater concerns about inequ ...
... newer engagements. Anthropologists in the 1990s began to engage global movements of information, people, and objects in their work, most noticeably in research dealing with debates about the hegemony of Western scientific knowledge, recognition of El Niño’s global reach, greater concerns about inequ ...
Climate Change in Hamilton City, New Zealand - UN
... temperatures have increased 0.4-0.7 degrees Celsius since 1950, sea level has risen 70mm and alpine snow mass has decreased7 . In general, winters have been warmer and diurnal temperature ranges have decreased due to minimum temperatures rising much faster than maximum temperatures8. Climate change ...
... temperatures have increased 0.4-0.7 degrees Celsius since 1950, sea level has risen 70mm and alpine snow mass has decreased7 . In general, winters have been warmer and diurnal temperature ranges have decreased due to minimum temperatures rising much faster than maximum temperatures8. Climate change ...
Investigating climate change vulnerability and planning for adaptation
... mountain gorilla presence data from 44,780 observed points across the Virungas and Bwindi regions; and over 4941 recorded points of plants edible for mountain gorillas. The mountain gorilla presence and edible plant data represented best available datasets contributed from numerous long-term researc ...
... mountain gorilla presence data from 44,780 observed points across the Virungas and Bwindi regions; and over 4941 recorded points of plants edible for mountain gorillas. The mountain gorilla presence and edible plant data represented best available datasets contributed from numerous long-term researc ...
Presidential Leadership on Climate Change: Opportunities and
... (Kofi Annan) and one in which the United States and U.S. Presidents have played a critical role. The ozone layer is in process of recovering. The ecology and the global environment have been protected. New industries have been created, and consumers have generally benefitted from more efficient mean ...
... (Kofi Annan) and one in which the United States and U.S. Presidents have played a critical role. The ozone layer is in process of recovering. The ecology and the global environment have been protected. New industries have been created, and consumers have generally benefitted from more efficient mean ...
A novel multilayer neural network model for TOA
... In SDP, the cost function is approximated and relaxed to a convex optimization problem and solved with efficient algorithms that do not require any initialization. In MDS, the locations of the sources are estimated using data analysis of the coordinates and distances. It is stated that the MDS approa ...
... In SDP, the cost function is approximated and relaxed to a convex optimization problem and solved with efficient algorithms that do not require any initialization. In MDS, the locations of the sources are estimated using data analysis of the coordinates and distances. It is stated that the MDS approa ...
Climate Change and British Woodland
... from the sun. As a consequence, global surface temperatures are gradually rising, and the ten warmest years in the instrumented temperature record (1861–the present day) have all occurred since 1990. The gradual warming of the earth’s climate also results in changes to other climatic variables such ...
... from the sun. As a consequence, global surface temperatures are gradually rising, and the ten warmest years in the instrumented temperature record (1861–the present day) have all occurred since 1990. The gradual warming of the earth’s climate also results in changes to other climatic variables such ...
FREE MARKETS, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
... But are global mean surface temperatures rising as a consequence of AGW? The earth’s climate has always been susceptible to change caused by natural factors over which policy makers have no control, so the only climate change policy that makes sense is adaptation. It is my contention that we do not ...
... But are global mean surface temperatures rising as a consequence of AGW? The earth’s climate has always been susceptible to change caused by natural factors over which policy makers have no control, so the only climate change policy that makes sense is adaptation. It is my contention that we do not ...
influence of surface/free-air decoupling on temperature trend patterns
... observations, changes in instrumentation, and other factors which would influence trends [Peterson and Vose, 1997]. Both adjusted and unadjusted versions are available, and we apply our analyses to both sets of data, so we can examine the effects of the adjustments. The sites are fairly evenly distr ...
... observations, changes in instrumentation, and other factors which would influence trends [Peterson and Vose, 1997]. Both adjusted and unadjusted versions are available, and we apply our analyses to both sets of data, so we can examine the effects of the adjustments. The sites are fairly evenly distr ...
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... Increasing scientific evidence has shown that increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly due to fossil fuel burning and land use change, are gradually but certainly changing the Earth’s climate in an unprecedented manner. This evidence forced climate change to enter the political agenda in ...
... Increasing scientific evidence has shown that increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mainly due to fossil fuel burning and land use change, are gradually but certainly changing the Earth’s climate in an unprecedented manner. This evidence forced climate change to enter the political agenda in ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not take into account economic considerations and human capital limitations both of which affect ...
... yield. They can be used to assess the impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity, as well as to investigate the potential effects of different adaptation options. However, this approach does not take into account economic considerations and human capital limitations both of which affect ...
Preliminary Analysis of Climate Change in the Cariboo
... as compared to the 1961-1990 baseline. ........................................................................................................34 Figure 3-11 − RCM projected change in B.C. 2050s (2041-2070) mean annual temperature as compared to the 1961-1990 baseline. ............................. ...
... as compared to the 1961-1990 baseline. ........................................................................................................34 Figure 3-11 − RCM projected change in B.C. 2050s (2041-2070) mean annual temperature as compared to the 1961-1990 baseline. ............................. ...
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
... Humans influence climate primarily through fossil-fuel, industrial, agricultural, and other landuse emissions that alter atmospheric composition. Long-lived, heat-trapping greenhouse gases (CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, tropospheric ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons) warm the planet’s surface globally, whereas short ...
... Humans influence climate primarily through fossil-fuel, industrial, agricultural, and other landuse emissions that alter atmospheric composition. Long-lived, heat-trapping greenhouse gases (CO2 , CH4 , N2 O, tropospheric ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons) warm the planet’s surface globally, whereas short ...
The language of climate change adaptation
... doing this, we have drawn mainly on the strategies reviewed in our comparative analysis of adaptation strategies. We have also considered evidence from a small number of other sources of information on climate change, and have elicited expert opinion. We drew mainly on high-level strategy documents ...
... doing this, we have drawn mainly on the strategies reviewed in our comparative analysis of adaptation strategies. We have also considered evidence from a small number of other sources of information on climate change, and have elicited expert opinion. We drew mainly on high-level strategy documents ...
Role of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation in the Tropical
... to 0 ⫽ 28.10. The sea ice model is on the same horizontal grid as MICOM. It is noted that the model resolution in this study is similar to (or somewhat higher than) that in YL05, which has an atmospheric resolution of R15 with 18 vertical layers in a hybrid sigmapressure coordinate system and an oc ...
... to 0 ⫽ 28.10. The sea ice model is on the same horizontal grid as MICOM. It is noted that the model resolution in this study is similar to (or somewhat higher than) that in YL05, which has an atmospheric resolution of R15 with 18 vertical layers in a hybrid sigmapressure coordinate system and an oc ...
Global warming and the Arctic: a new world beyond the reach of the
... in the Arctic – there have been extended periods (millennia) when the climate at high latitudes has warmed or cooled relative to the 20th century. In addition, there have been large shifts in the global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4. Some of the best long-term re ...
... in the Arctic – there have been extended periods (millennia) when the climate at high latitudes has warmed or cooled relative to the 20th century. In addition, there have been large shifts in the global atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases such as CO2 and CH4. Some of the best long-term re ...