Carbon and nitrogen cycles in agroecosystems in response to
... Research Goal Advancing our understanding in the nitrogen cycle to optimize the N use and minimize the harmful impacts on human and the environment: – N2O emissions – N pollution ...
... Research Goal Advancing our understanding in the nitrogen cycle to optimize the N use and minimize the harmful impacts on human and the environment: – N2O emissions – N pollution ...
Loss and damage in a changing climate, Games for learning and
... dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century (IPCC 2013). Basic physics implies that an increase in global mean temperature will lead to rising sea levels and thus threaten coastal areas. Hence it can be relatively straightforward to attribute the increase of loss and damage ass ...
... dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century (IPCC 2013). Basic physics implies that an increase in global mean temperature will lead to rising sea levels and thus threaten coastal areas. Hence it can be relatively straightforward to attribute the increase of loss and damage ass ...
Climate Change - Have We Lost the Battle Institution of Mechanical
... and Converge On 26 November 2008 the British Government enacted the Climate Change Act. This groundbreaking piece of legislation mandated reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions and committed the UK to so-called legally binding targets and rolling five-year carbon budgets1. As the first legi ...
... and Converge On 26 November 2008 the British Government enacted the Climate Change Act. This groundbreaking piece of legislation mandated reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions and committed the UK to so-called legally binding targets and rolling five-year carbon budgets1. As the first legi ...
Global imprint of climate change on marine life
... (15.4 ± 8.7 km dec−1 ) were significantly slower than leading-edge expansions (72.0±13.5 km dec−1 ). Recent analysis suggests that both leading and trailing range edges for ectothermic marine organisms are equally responsive to warming13 . Thus, our faster leading-edge shifts might be driven by stro ...
... (15.4 ± 8.7 km dec−1 ) were significantly slower than leading-edge expansions (72.0±13.5 km dec−1 ). Recent analysis suggests that both leading and trailing range edges for ectothermic marine organisms are equally responsive to warming13 . Thus, our faster leading-edge shifts might be driven by stro ...
north dakota - National Conference of State Legislatures
... did not survive.12 Drought conditions cost the state on average an estimated $228 million annually, resulting in the loss of approximately 360 jobs each year.13 Droughts also are costly because they increase the probability of fire. During the 2006 drought, approximately 45,000 acres of grassland bu ...
... did not survive.12 Drought conditions cost the state on average an estimated $228 million annually, resulting in the loss of approximately 360 jobs each year.13 Droughts also are costly because they increase the probability of fire. During the 2006 drought, approximately 45,000 acres of grassland bu ...
Silencing Science
... Prosperity and Americans for Tax Reform have organized aggressive campaigns against any carbon tax, and virtually any other legislation dealing with climate change or supporting renewable energy. On the state level, legislators have used model bills from the American Legislative Exchange Council (AL ...
... Prosperity and Americans for Tax Reform have organized aggressive campaigns against any carbon tax, and virtually any other legislation dealing with climate change or supporting renewable energy. On the state level, legislators have used model bills from the American Legislative Exchange Council (AL ...
Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change
... coarsening of fanglomerate stratigraphy that is commonly attributed to tectonic processes. Accelerated denudation is also revealed by sediment accumulation far from mountain ranges. Accumulation rates of pelagic sediment in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans in late Cenozoic time exceeded those ...
... coarsening of fanglomerate stratigraphy that is commonly attributed to tectonic processes. Accelerated denudation is also revealed by sediment accumulation far from mountain ranges. Accumulation rates of pelagic sediment in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans in late Cenozoic time exceeded those ...
Uncertain futures
... countries is of crucial importance for the continued development of antibiotic resistance, both globally and in Sweden. The problem requires collaboration on a global scale. To develop new antibiotics has proven to be extremely difficult and a new antibiotic also risks rapidly losing effect in a wor ...
... countries is of crucial importance for the continued development of antibiotic resistance, both globally and in Sweden. The problem requires collaboration on a global scale. To develop new antibiotics has proven to be extremely difficult and a new antibiotic also risks rapidly losing effect in a wor ...
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... energy efficiency knowledge, as illustrated in equation (A6). This way of modelling energy services allows for endogenous improvements in energy efficiency. Energy efficiency increases with investments in dedicated energy R&D, which build up the stock of knowledge. The stock of knowledge can then re ...
... energy efficiency knowledge, as illustrated in equation (A6). This way of modelling energy services allows for endogenous improvements in energy efficiency. Energy efficiency increases with investments in dedicated energy R&D, which build up the stock of knowledge. The stock of knowledge can then re ...
Chapter 5 - Government.se
... in spring. All seasons are wetter, except for summer, which does not display a clear trend. As for extreme weather conditions, such as cold, heat, heavy precipitation in a single day and storms, there may be a tendency for more maximum temperature records and fewer minimum records to have been set i ...
... in spring. All seasons are wetter, except for summer, which does not display a clear trend. As for extreme weather conditions, such as cold, heat, heavy precipitation in a single day and storms, there may be a tendency for more maximum temperature records and fewer minimum records to have been set i ...
Winners and losers: Ecological and biogeochemical changes in a
... [11] The coupled system is spun up for 2000 years (using 1860 conditions) before simulating 1860 to 2100 changes. Atmospheric greenhouse gas and volcanic observations are specified from 1860 to 2000; for the 21st century, we use human emissions for a “business and usual” scenario that is projected by ...
... [11] The coupled system is spun up for 2000 years (using 1860 conditions) before simulating 1860 to 2100 changes. Atmospheric greenhouse gas and volcanic observations are specified from 1860 to 2000; for the 21st century, we use human emissions for a “business and usual” scenario that is projected by ...
Modeling of Squirrel Cage Turbine for Voltage Dips Studies
... behavior with a not excessive computational cost. The precision obtained is enough to have a good estimation of the wind farm behavior in large power system. ...
... behavior with a not excessive computational cost. The precision obtained is enough to have a good estimation of the wind farm behavior in large power system. ...
emerging issues in international and transnational law related to
... the June 2015 meeting in Bonn to help dissipate the logjam between developed and developing states (and NGOs) regarding inclusion of loss and damage in the Paris text. The aim would be to deepen research into climate change risk assessment, study how existing legal recourse, dispute settlement and a ...
... the June 2015 meeting in Bonn to help dissipate the logjam between developed and developing states (and NGOs) regarding inclusion of loss and damage in the Paris text. The aim would be to deepen research into climate change risk assessment, study how existing legal recourse, dispute settlement and a ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... effects of the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Modelling the impacts of climate change on future levels of mortality presents formidable challenges. This is due the interconnected nature of the system being modelled. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change frames it as a combination of: the ...
... effects of the accumulation of greenhouse gases. Modelling the impacts of climate change on future levels of mortality presents formidable challenges. This is due the interconnected nature of the system being modelled. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change frames it as a combination of: the ...
STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHINA`S
... some information of the GCMs, climate scenarios and simulated climatic factors that would be used to simulate the impacts of climate change on China’s agriculture, which will be discussed in the fourth part of this article. Table IV presents the average changes of temperature and precipitation in Ch ...
... some information of the GCMs, climate scenarios and simulated climatic factors that would be used to simulate the impacts of climate change on China’s agriculture, which will be discussed in the fourth part of this article. Table IV presents the average changes of temperature and precipitation in Ch ...
Intended Nationally Determined Contribution of Viet Nam
... adaptation measures that have been undertaken throughout the past decade, funded primarily by domestic financial resources. Additionally, Viet Nam supports achieving a legal agreement with the participation of all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order ...
... adaptation measures that have been undertaken throughout the past decade, funded primarily by domestic financial resources. Additionally, Viet Nam supports achieving a legal agreement with the participation of all Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order ...
Temperature (Word) - Narragansett Bay Estuary Program
... conclusions of Morrill and colleagues, as the river has warmed 0.95°C (1.7°F) from 1946-2008, driven by warming air temperatures (Seekell and Pace 2011). According to climate models produced through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Climate System Research Center at the Un ...
... conclusions of Morrill and colleagues, as the river has warmed 0.95°C (1.7°F) from 1946-2008, driven by warming air temperatures (Seekell and Pace 2011). According to climate models produced through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Climate System Research Center at the Un ...
PowerPoint-presentation
... Being able to use the senses, to imagine, think, and reason - and to do these things in a “truly human” way, a way informed and cultivated by an adequate education, including, but by no means limited to, literacy and basic mathematical and scientific training. Being able to use imagination and thoug ...
... Being able to use the senses, to imagine, think, and reason - and to do these things in a “truly human” way, a way informed and cultivated by an adequate education, including, but by no means limited to, literacy and basic mathematical and scientific training. Being able to use imagination and thoug ...
Legal Working Brief - Mexico General Law of Climate Change
... Mexico has become the second country, after the United Kingdom, to set out a regulatory framework that comprehensively addresses climate change through a committed multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach. Importantly, this Law removes the challenge of addressing climate change from the whims o ...
... Mexico has become the second country, after the United Kingdom, to set out a regulatory framework that comprehensively addresses climate change through a committed multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach. Importantly, this Law removes the challenge of addressing climate change from the whims o ...
The New General Law on Climate Change in Mexico
... Mexico has become the second country, after the United Kingdom, to set out a regulatory framework that comprehensively addresses climate change through a committed multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach. Importantly, this Law removes the challenge of addressing climate change from the whims o ...
... Mexico has become the second country, after the United Kingdom, to set out a regulatory framework that comprehensively addresses climate change through a committed multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder approach. Importantly, this Law removes the challenge of addressing climate change from the whims o ...
Measuring Climatic Impacts on Energy Consumption
... consumption. In the residential, commercial and industrial sectors one would, in a warmer world, expect higher cooling demand, which would lead to increased electricity consumption. On the other hand, fewer cold winter days would result in decreased heating demand, which would drive down natural gas ...
... consumption. In the residential, commercial and industrial sectors one would, in a warmer world, expect higher cooling demand, which would lead to increased electricity consumption. On the other hand, fewer cold winter days would result in decreased heating demand, which would drive down natural gas ...
Heat stress and the fitness consequences of climate change for
... simulation from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory’s CM2 global coupled climate models using greenhouse gas emissions scenario A2, a mid-range scenario for future emissions (Delworth et al. 2006). Climate warming in each month was added to the high-resolution (10′) spatially interpolated base ...
... simulation from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory’s CM2 global coupled climate models using greenhouse gas emissions scenario A2, a mid-range scenario for future emissions (Delworth et al. 2006). Climate warming in each month was added to the high-resolution (10′) spatially interpolated base ...
Future Climate Change: Modeling and Scenarios
... scenarios) and analogue scenarios. None of the alternatives provide a physically consistent climate change scenario including both atmospheric composition changes and physically coupled changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables. Nevertheless, due to their relative simplicity ...
... scenarios) and analogue scenarios. None of the alternatives provide a physically consistent climate change scenario including both atmospheric composition changes and physically coupled changes in temperature, precipitation, and other climate variables. Nevertheless, due to their relative simplicity ...
PDF - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... The appeal of energy efficiency: the plant level - Adoption of efficiency-enhancing technology - savings on fuel consumption - lower carbon emissions ...
... The appeal of energy efficiency: the plant level - Adoption of efficiency-enhancing technology - savings on fuel consumption - lower carbon emissions ...