Restorative Land Use as Appropriate Technology: a System Account
... the planet’s resources. Analysis of complex problems of land use can help us see the complex ways forward in terms of the kind of joined-up changes that are needed for us to make a ‘fruitful Anthropocene’. This paper argues that we should be designing a range of complementary actions establishing be ...
... the planet’s resources. Analysis of complex problems of land use can help us see the complex ways forward in terms of the kind of joined-up changes that are needed for us to make a ‘fruitful Anthropocene’. This paper argues that we should be designing a range of complementary actions establishing be ...
slides - Medical and Public Health Law Site
... 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? ...
exploratory team report - Water Environment Research Foundation
... The impacts resulting from climate change may prove to be one of the biggest challenges facing the water industry in this century. Changes already seen in the record of the past half-century include an increase in extreme flow events, degradation of water quality, increases in water temperatures, an ...
... The impacts resulting from climate change may prove to be one of the biggest challenges facing the water industry in this century. Changes already seen in the record of the past half-century include an increase in extreme flow events, degradation of water quality, increases in water temperatures, an ...
What The Science Says: The trend in CO2 at Mauna Loa is
... core data for CO2 levels before 1950. For values after 1950, direct measurements from Mauna Loa, Hawaii were used. ...
... core data for CO2 levels before 1950. For values after 1950, direct measurements from Mauna Loa, Hawaii were used. ...
Climate Change Impacts in Indonesia
... effects from worsening air pollution and burning • Increased diarrhoeal disease and endemic morbidity and mortality (Checkley et al., 2000) • Rise in severe respiratory problems following an increase in the frequency and spread of wildfires that release toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, ozone, ni ...
... effects from worsening air pollution and burning • Increased diarrhoeal disease and endemic morbidity and mortality (Checkley et al., 2000) • Rise in severe respiratory problems following an increase in the frequency and spread of wildfires that release toxic gases such as carbon monoxide, ozone, ni ...
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... change is expected to have on them, and discussed various risk management strategies, depending on types of risks, and the country and region in question. This two-day workshop consisted of four sessions including setting the scene, types of risks and risk management, case studies and, finally, tool ...
... change is expected to have on them, and discussed various risk management strategies, depending on types of risks, and the country and region in question. This two-day workshop consisted of four sessions including setting the scene, types of risks and risk management, case studies and, finally, tool ...
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... cope with the negative consequences of climate change. The policy focus is now gradually moving from mitigation only to mitigation and adaptation (Carraro and Sgobbi, 2008), as highlighted also by many recent international and national initiatives, such as for example the European White Paper on cli ...
... cope with the negative consequences of climate change. The policy focus is now gradually moving from mitigation only to mitigation and adaptation (Carraro and Sgobbi, 2008), as highlighted also by many recent international and national initiatives, such as for example the European White Paper on cli ...
Section 4.2 v2 - Eionet Forum
... Climate change is expected to lead to changes in the frequency and strength of many types of extreme weather and climate events (IPCC, 2012b). Extreme climate events (e.g. heat waves, heavy precipitation, droughts, etc.) are rare by definition, which means that there are fewer data available to anal ...
... Climate change is expected to lead to changes in the frequency and strength of many types of extreme weather and climate events (IPCC, 2012b). Extreme climate events (e.g. heat waves, heavy precipitation, droughts, etc.) are rare by definition, which means that there are fewer data available to anal ...
Can Climate Influence Cultural Development? A View through Time
... again the question, ‘How significant has climate change been in the development of human society?’ The anthropological perspective of human cultures is mostly synchronic, only rarely turning to historical or prehistorical data as a means of understanding contemporary indigenous cultures. Headland po ...
... again the question, ‘How significant has climate change been in the development of human society?’ The anthropological perspective of human cultures is mostly synchronic, only rarely turning to historical or prehistorical data as a means of understanding contemporary indigenous cultures. Headland po ...
Brief summary of the impact of ship emissions on atmospheric
... clouds that makes them more reflective (a cooling effect). Lauer et al. (2007) showed a high impact of gaseous and particulate emissions from ocean-going ships on maritime clouds. The additional aerosol particles brighten the clouds above the oceans, which then are able to reflect more sunlight back ...
... clouds that makes them more reflective (a cooling effect). Lauer et al. (2007) showed a high impact of gaseous and particulate emissions from ocean-going ships on maritime clouds. The additional aerosol particles brighten the clouds above the oceans, which then are able to reflect more sunlight back ...
Arctic and Alpine Permafrost
... • In addition to temperature changes, the patterns of precipitation would undoubtedly change annual totals would likely increase over the arctic mainland, although current regional projections are again quite variable between models. • Increase of 10 to 50% in summer and as much as 60% in winter ma ...
... • In addition to temperature changes, the patterns of precipitation would undoubtedly change annual totals would likely increase over the arctic mainland, although current regional projections are again quite variable between models. • Increase of 10 to 50% in summer and as much as 60% in winter ma ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... level..... The last time the polar regions were significantly warmer than present for an extended period (about 125,000 years ago), reductions in polar ice volume led to 4 to 6 m of sea level rise.’4 6. The IPCC 4th Assessment has also effectively ended the debate concerning the link between climate ...
... level..... The last time the polar regions were significantly warmer than present for an extended period (about 125,000 years ago), reductions in polar ice volume led to 4 to 6 m of sea level rise.’4 6. The IPCC 4th Assessment has also effectively ended the debate concerning the link between climate ...
Stacked species distribution models and macroecological models
... (the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological characteristics), and assume that environmental variables will play an important and consistent role in shaping species distributions (Wiens & Graham, 2005). If environmental variables change over time, species are expected to shift their geogr ...
... (the tendency of species to retain ancestral ecological characteristics), and assume that environmental variables will play an important and consistent role in shaping species distributions (Wiens & Graham, 2005). If environmental variables change over time, species are expected to shift their geogr ...
Biodiversity, climate change, and ecosystem services
... services they have been one of the most altered ecosystem types on earth. Humans have optimized the capture of provisioning services of riparian systems—water, energy, transportation, and food, and given less attention to other ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, temperature regulation, ...
... services they have been one of the most altered ecosystem types on earth. Humans have optimized the capture of provisioning services of riparian systems—water, energy, transportation, and food, and given less attention to other ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration, temperature regulation, ...
Global warming and changes in drought
... potential evapotranspiration (PET) that is directly related to the increase in surface heating. This will likely result in an increase in actual evaporation, or evapotranspiration in plants, only if adequate ...
... potential evapotranspiration (PET) that is directly related to the increase in surface heating. This will likely result in an increase in actual evaporation, or evapotranspiration in plants, only if adequate ...
Climate Change in Afghanistan Deduced from Reanalysis and
... impacts, in the past nor projected for the future, exists [7]. Most adaptation initiatives rely on one study of the Tyndell Centre for Climate Change Research done for the United Nations Development Programme, where global climate models of the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projec ...
... impacts, in the past nor projected for the future, exists [7]. Most adaptation initiatives rely on one study of the Tyndell Centre for Climate Change Research done for the United Nations Development Programme, where global climate models of the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Projec ...
Argentina - Met Office
... 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 ...
A decade of success in ocean remote sensing and a vision for the
... phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of the annual net primary production on Earth [1] and that the globally-integrated response of the phytoplankton to climate variations can be notably stronger than parallel changes in terrestrial plants [2]. In the last decade, it has been further shown ...
... phytoplankton are responsible for roughly half of the annual net primary production on Earth [1] and that the globally-integrated response of the phytoplankton to climate variations can be notably stronger than parallel changes in terrestrial plants [2]. In the last decade, it has been further shown ...
occasional paper 9 - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... have changed over the twentieth century, either worldwide or on regional scales (Easterling et al. 1999). What is known from trend analyses of the instrumented climate records globally is that there has been an increase in the global mean temperature of about 0.7°C since the start of the twentieth c ...
... have changed over the twentieth century, either worldwide or on regional scales (Easterling et al. 1999). What is known from trend analyses of the instrumented climate records globally is that there has been an increase in the global mean temperature of about 0.7°C since the start of the twentieth c ...
Agriculture and climate change: A prairie perspective
... produce the food and fibre necessary to sustain human life. Not surprisingly, agriculture is deemed to be an economic activity that is expected to be vulnerable to climate variability and change. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate variability and change is an issue of major importance to th ...
... produce the food and fibre necessary to sustain human life. Not surprisingly, agriculture is deemed to be an economic activity that is expected to be vulnerable to climate variability and change. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate variability and change is an issue of major importance to th ...
Climate Change and its Implications for the Nile Region
... mitigation’ is concerned with actions to reduce human-related forcing factors of global warming, such as reducing atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases. While aspects of climate-change mitigation will be discussed here, this chapter is mostly concerned with climate-change adaptation. ...
... mitigation’ is concerned with actions to reduce human-related forcing factors of global warming, such as reducing atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases. While aspects of climate-change mitigation will be discussed here, this chapter is mostly concerned with climate-change adaptation. ...
Infrastructure in Washington (PDF)
... Preliminary results based on use of an integrated daily time step reservoir operations model built for the Skagit River Basin. The model simulated current operating policies for historical streamflow conditions and for projected flow for the 2040s and 2080s associated with the Echam5 global climate ...
... Preliminary results based on use of an integrated daily time step reservoir operations model built for the Skagit River Basin. The model simulated current operating policies for historical streamflow conditions and for projected flow for the 2040s and 2080s associated with the Echam5 global climate ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... Drosophila from eastern Australia have relatively high upper thermal limits which are no closer to thermal extremes likely to be experienced by these species in the field than are those of a non-tropical group (J. Overgaard et al. unpubl. data). These findings highlight the significance not only of ...
... Drosophila from eastern Australia have relatively high upper thermal limits which are no closer to thermal extremes likely to be experienced by these species in the field than are those of a non-tropical group (J. Overgaard et al. unpubl. data). These findings highlight the significance not only of ...
Climate Change in the Sydney Metropolitan Catchments
... of capacity. In addition, much of Sydney Metro’s water resources are sourced from the neighbouring Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, where a number of key storages are also at less than 50% capacity. 1 Therefore, the bulk of climate change impacts to Sydney’s water supply may result from effects in upstr ...
... of capacity. In addition, much of Sydney Metro’s water resources are sourced from the neighbouring Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, where a number of key storages are also at less than 50% capacity. 1 Therefore, the bulk of climate change impacts to Sydney’s water supply may result from effects in upstr ...