colorado - Center for Integrative Environmental Research
... with a great deal of variance between areas, resulting in many sub-climates. The variance within the state was accounted for as best as possible by avoiding generalities where they did not apply. More precise data could be gathered on Colorado’s subclimates to gain the clearest picture of how climat ...
... with a great deal of variance between areas, resulting in many sub-climates. The variance within the state was accounted for as best as possible by avoiding generalities where they did not apply. More precise data could be gathered on Colorado’s subclimates to gain the clearest picture of how climat ...
18 September 2008
... Bougainville. The evacuation started in early 2007 and this could continue up until 2020, depending on how inhabited the islands remain. However, it has also been estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands could be largely submerged and entirely uninhabitable. These changes have violated the econo ...
... Bougainville. The evacuation started in early 2007 and this could continue up until 2020, depending on how inhabited the islands remain. However, it has also been estimated that by 2015, the Carteret Islands could be largely submerged and entirely uninhabitable. These changes have violated the econo ...
'Communicating Uncertainties for those Insuring Future Climate Change' Oslo 2008
... I would like you to think on the potential damage done (to science and society) if distributions which are not decision-support relevant probabilities are used as if they were. And to think of alternatives for packaging uncertainty so that it can better inform policy and decision support. (allowing ...
... I would like you to think on the potential damage done (to science and society) if distributions which are not decision-support relevant probabilities are used as if they were. And to think of alternatives for packaging uncertainty so that it can better inform policy and decision support. (allowing ...
Why Frames Matter for Public Engagement
... metaphors, allusions, and examples that trigger a new way of thinking about the personal relevance of climate change. Framing—as a concept and an area of research—spans several social science disciplines. Frames are interpretive storylines that set a specific train of thought in motion, communicatin ...
... metaphors, allusions, and examples that trigger a new way of thinking about the personal relevance of climate change. Framing—as a concept and an area of research—spans several social science disciplines. Frames are interpretive storylines that set a specific train of thought in motion, communicatin ...
Agreeing on Robust Decisions
... 1. Many investment and policy decisions have long-term consequences. Infrastructure like power plants, roads, and dams often last for decades and need to be useful throughout their lifetimes. They will shape and be shaped by the future. These investments can shape development well beyond their lifet ...
... 1. Many investment and policy decisions have long-term consequences. Infrastructure like power plants, roads, and dams often last for decades and need to be useful throughout their lifetimes. They will shape and be shaped by the future. These investments can shape development well beyond their lifet ...
indigenous strategies and empirical models for adaptability of the
... previous generation’s observations and experiments which provide an inherent connection to one’s surrounding and environment. Therefore, indigenous knowledge is transferable and provides relationships that connects people directly to the environments and changes that occur within it, which include t ...
... previous generation’s observations and experiments which provide an inherent connection to one’s surrounding and environment. Therefore, indigenous knowledge is transferable and provides relationships that connects people directly to the environments and changes that occur within it, which include t ...
Working Paper No. 405 September 2011
... change along a business as usual path and along a path with slightly higher emissions in the ten years following the year for which we compute the social cost of carbon. Differences in impacts were calculated, discounted back to the current year, and normalised by the difference in em ...
... change along a business as usual path and along a path with slightly higher emissions in the ten years following the year for which we compute the social cost of carbon. Differences in impacts were calculated, discounted back to the current year, and normalised by the difference in em ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... maximum canopy photosynthetic capacity and base respiration). Interannual variability in biotic responses was regarded as functional change. Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time s ...
... maximum canopy photosynthetic capacity and base respiration). Interannual variability in biotic responses was regarded as functional change. Functional change can be changes in the structure, physiological properties or species composition of an ecosystem and can occur at either short or long time s ...
Modeled current and future soil thermal regime for northeast Canada
... and impacts on man-made infrastructures. Such an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime for northeastern Canada is presented in this paper using a one-dimensional heat conduction model. Projected changes are estimated as the difference between two simulations of the soil model correspondin ...
... and impacts on man-made infrastructures. Such an evaluation of changes in the soil thermal regime for northeastern Canada is presented in this paper using a one-dimensional heat conduction model. Projected changes are estimated as the difference between two simulations of the soil model correspondin ...
CCRIF’s Economics of Climate Adaptation (ECA) Initiative Study
... regimes. The preliminary results presented here are for eight Caribbean countries. I wish to acknowledge the vital participation of our partner organisations which ensured that the study was grounded in innovative research and that accurate data was collected. We thank all of you who contributed to ...
... regimes. The preliminary results presented here are for eight Caribbean countries. I wish to acknowledge the vital participation of our partner organisations which ensured that the study was grounded in innovative research and that accurate data was collected. We thank all of you who contributed to ...
Combined biogeophysical and biogeochemical
... exerts a global cooling of 0.25 ◦ C after 100 years, while afforestation leads to an equally large warming, despite the counteracting changes in CO2 concentration. Earlier model studies are qualitatively confirmed by these findings. As the response of temperature as well as terrestrial carbon pools ...
... exerts a global cooling of 0.25 ◦ C after 100 years, while afforestation leads to an equally large warming, despite the counteracting changes in CO2 concentration. Earlier model studies are qualitatively confirmed by these findings. As the response of temperature as well as terrestrial carbon pools ...
Parliament of Victoria
... observations and research show that actual emissions of carbon dioxide are currently tracking at the top end of, or beyond, the IPCC’s most fossil fuel intensive projections for the 21st century.5 This overview paper presents key findings of research conducted by climate scientists from around the w ...
... observations and research show that actual emissions of carbon dioxide are currently tracking at the top end of, or beyond, the IPCC’s most fossil fuel intensive projections for the 21st century.5 This overview paper presents key findings of research conducted by climate scientists from around the w ...
ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
... Malaba River is very vulnerable to climate change because it relies heavily on rainfall as its main flow contributor. This study’s main objective was to assess the impacts of climate change on streamflow in Malaba River Catchment, Uganda and it was achieved by downscaling the future (2020-2050) prec ...
... Malaba River is very vulnerable to climate change because it relies heavily on rainfall as its main flow contributor. This study’s main objective was to assess the impacts of climate change on streamflow in Malaba River Catchment, Uganda and it was achieved by downscaling the future (2020-2050) prec ...
NSW Climate Change Policy Framework
... ensure the energy supply remains or becomes more reliable and affordable): to manage the transition to net-zero emissions and increase investment certainty, take advantage of opportunities to grow emissions savings industries, capture health co-benefits and manage security and reliability impacts of ...
... ensure the energy supply remains or becomes more reliable and affordable): to manage the transition to net-zero emissions and increase investment certainty, take advantage of opportunities to grow emissions savings industries, capture health co-benefits and manage security and reliability impacts of ...
Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador
... least 7000 years (Bruhns 1994; Jokisch and Lair 2002; Sarmiento and Frolich 2002), but the intensity of land use has accelerated considerably during the past century (Ellenberg 1979; Luteyn 1992; Peters et al. 2010). This especially holds true for Ecuador, which exhibits the highest deforestation ra ...
... least 7000 years (Bruhns 1994; Jokisch and Lair 2002; Sarmiento and Frolich 2002), but the intensity of land use has accelerated considerably during the past century (Ellenberg 1979; Luteyn 1992; Peters et al. 2010). This especially holds true for Ecuador, which exhibits the highest deforestation ra ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... 10. Grain production is a key element of Kazakhstan’s food security, being essential for bread products and cattle feeding. Northern Kazakhstan is the main grain producing region of the country, where 83% of summer wheat crops is grown. However, it is a relatively high-risk area, with significant in ...
... 10. Grain production is a key element of Kazakhstan’s food security, being essential for bread products and cattle feeding. Northern Kazakhstan is the main grain producing region of the country, where 83% of summer wheat crops is grown. However, it is a relatively high-risk area, with significant in ...
Annexes
... Aerosol: A suspension of airborne solid or liquid particles, with a typical size between a few nanometres and 10 μm that reside in the atmosphere for at least several hours. For convenience the term aerosol, which includes both the particles and the suspending gas, is often used in this report in it ...
... Aerosol: A suspension of airborne solid or liquid particles, with a typical size between a few nanometres and 10 μm that reside in the atmosphere for at least several hours. For convenience the term aerosol, which includes both the particles and the suspending gas, is often used in this report in it ...
When It Rains, It Pours: Future Climate Extremes and Health
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
Bluie West
... when she is crushed filming in the audience when the panic occurs. The U.S. Congress bans Delta performances. Protests and violence like never before begin in the U.S. The kids use hacked face recognition software, ultra HD video and an illicit FBI database to identify a suspect (Thorogood) associat ...
... when she is crushed filming in the audience when the panic occurs. The U.S. Congress bans Delta performances. Protests and violence like never before begin in the U.S. The kids use hacked face recognition software, ultra HD video and an illicit FBI database to identify a suspect (Thorogood) associat ...
Read the RSP-0276 Final Report
... The Earth’s climate during the Quaternary period had dynamical characteristics, represented by periodic glaciation-deglaciation cycles. The dynamic features of the Earth’s climate could be attributed to its response to external and/or internal forcing mechanisms (Lowe and Walker 1997; Maslin et al., ...
... The Earth’s climate during the Quaternary period had dynamical characteristics, represented by periodic glaciation-deglaciation cycles. The dynamic features of the Earth’s climate could be attributed to its response to external and/or internal forcing mechanisms (Lowe and Walker 1997; Maslin et al., ...
Article - Cerfacs
... Southern Africa (Figure 2a). A slight cooling can be noticed over West Africa. The additional impact of the anthropogenic forcing upon the DTR results in a decrease over the whole African domain (with no significant changes over East Africa and the Guinea coast area) during the last two decades (Fig ...
... Southern Africa (Figure 2a). A slight cooling can be noticed over West Africa. The additional impact of the anthropogenic forcing upon the DTR results in a decrease over the whole African domain (with no significant changes over East Africa and the Guinea coast area) during the last two decades (Fig ...
Chapter 18 - Santa Rosa Home
... - Glaciers on tropical mountaintops have disappeared - The remaining 26 of 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park will be gone by 2020 or 2030 - Reducing summertime water supplies • Melting of Greenland’s Arctic ice sheet is accelerating • Warmer water is melting Antarctic coastal ice shelves - Inter ...
... - Glaciers on tropical mountaintops have disappeared - The remaining 26 of 150 glaciers in Glacier National Park will be gone by 2020 or 2030 - Reducing summertime water supplies • Melting of Greenland’s Arctic ice sheet is accelerating • Warmer water is melting Antarctic coastal ice shelves - Inter ...