The Mathematics Major
... one course from MAT 323, 329, 337, 339, or other courses in mathematical modeling as offered by the department; one mathematics course numbered 400 or higher, other than 490 or 491; and sufficient electives so that the total number of mathematics courses taken beyond MAT 111 is nine. One of the elec ...
... one course from MAT 323, 329, 337, 339, or other courses in mathematical modeling as offered by the department; one mathematics course numbered 400 or higher, other than 490 or 491; and sufficient electives so that the total number of mathematics courses taken beyond MAT 111 is nine. One of the elec ...
- Wiley Online Library
... change is the most important factor for the annual air temperature in the arid region of northwest China to have been rising faster than other areas. 3.2. Potential Causes of Winter Temperature Change [21] The Pearson’s correlation coefficient values (Table 1) show that the winter temperature of the ...
... change is the most important factor for the annual air temperature in the arid region of northwest China to have been rising faster than other areas. 3.2. Potential Causes of Winter Temperature Change [21] The Pearson’s correlation coefficient values (Table 1) show that the winter temperature of the ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PRESERVING THE OCEAN
... policies derived from optimal growth analyses of climate change typically suggest relatively small reductions in carbon emissions [Nordhaus, 1992, Nordhaus, 1997, Tol, 1997]. Such policies may result in a global mean atmospheric warming in excess of 6 o C within 500 years [Nordhaus, 1997], a tempera ...
... policies derived from optimal growth analyses of climate change typically suggest relatively small reductions in carbon emissions [Nordhaus, 1992, Nordhaus, 1997, Tol, 1997]. Such policies may result in a global mean atmospheric warming in excess of 6 o C within 500 years [Nordhaus, 1997], a tempera ...
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... 1995Ê$US. For comparison purposes one therefore must multiply all prices and costs in the previous work by 1.43. We do not address here some of the implications for climate and ecosystems and what these imply about the usefulness of Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) forÊcomparing gases. For this anal ...
... 1995Ê$US. For comparison purposes one therefore must multiply all prices and costs in the previous work by 1.43. We do not address here some of the implications for climate and ecosystems and what these imply about the usefulness of Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) forÊcomparing gases. For this anal ...
House science testimony apr 15 final - Climate Etc.
... is expected to surpass the ‘dangerous’ threshold of 2°C warming as early as 2040. The figure below, from the IPCC AR5 Summary for Policy Makers, shows climate model projections of 21st century warming, with RCP8.5 reflecting ‘business as usual’ emissions of greenhouse gases. ...
... is expected to surpass the ‘dangerous’ threshold of 2°C warming as early as 2040. The figure below, from the IPCC AR5 Summary for Policy Makers, shows climate model projections of 21st century warming, with RCP8.5 reflecting ‘business as usual’ emissions of greenhouse gases. ...
GHG projections of Romania
... • New methodologies/models are implemented • Projection calculations to be revised based on new emission calculation & projection models • Overselling the AAUs may jeopardize the compliance with Kyoto targets ...
... • New methodologies/models are implemented • Projection calculations to be revised based on new emission calculation & projection models • Overselling the AAUs may jeopardize the compliance with Kyoto targets ...
Sea Level Rise: Risk and Resilience in Coastal Cities
... In response to the flood analysis and the destruction wrought by Sandy, the city developed a comprehensive resilience plan.5 In this plan, the city specifically analyzed the effects of Sandy as a near-worst-case impact and the projected future flood zones. It determined several actions to take to ...
... In response to the flood analysis and the destruction wrought by Sandy, the city developed a comprehensive resilience plan.5 In this plan, the city specifically analyzed the effects of Sandy as a near-worst-case impact and the projected future flood zones. It determined several actions to take to ...
Report
... V. Does the Solution Address the Problem? A. Effectiveness of the Bill The Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act compels states to become proactive in preparing for the adverse consequences of climate change by competing for grants. Because adaptation plans are voluntary and not mandated by the ...
... V. Does the Solution Address the Problem? A. Effectiveness of the Bill The Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act compels states to become proactive in preparing for the adverse consequences of climate change by competing for grants. Because adaptation plans are voluntary and not mandated by the ...
Modeling the response of rice phenology to climate change and
... Crop models have been widely used in simulating and predicting changes in rice phenology in the major rice production regions of China, however the uncertainties in simulating crop phenology at a large scale and from different models were rarely investigated. In the present study, five rice phenologi ...
... Crop models have been widely used in simulating and predicting changes in rice phenology in the major rice production regions of China, however the uncertainties in simulating crop phenology at a large scale and from different models were rarely investigated. In the present study, five rice phenologi ...
Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems ranging from humid equatorial, through seasonally‐arid tropical, to sub‐tropical Mediterranean‐type climates. Annual precipitation in Africa is estimated at about 20360 km3 with a continent wide average of 678mm. The central region of Af ...
... Africa is characterized by a wide variety of climate systems ranging from humid equatorial, through seasonally‐arid tropical, to sub‐tropical Mediterranean‐type climates. Annual precipitation in Africa is estimated at about 20360 km3 with a continent wide average of 678mm. The central region of Af ...
Sapling performance across a montane deciduous/coniferous
... sets the DCE? How will it respond to future climate change? a demographic approach – which life stages are most affected? What is the role of sapling competition vs. direct climate factors? ...
... sets the DCE? How will it respond to future climate change? a demographic approach – which life stages are most affected? What is the role of sapling competition vs. direct climate factors? ...
On the Catallactics of Global Warming and Environmental Futurism
... how consumers and firms would respond to higher costs and prices. Instead, cap-and-trade allows individual property owners in the global energy market to trade the “stabilized” number of permits based on their current and future-expected production costs and demand. Second, by assuming the super-nat ...
... how consumers and firms would respond to higher costs and prices. Instead, cap-and-trade allows individual property owners in the global energy market to trade the “stabilized” number of permits based on their current and future-expected production costs and demand. Second, by assuming the super-nat ...
The geopolitics of climate change
... Picking up these themes this paper suggests both that “volumetric geopolitics” has been an important matter through the cold war period, both in terms of controlling airspace, and orbital space, but also in terms of the geophysics of the atmosphere. In Neil Smith’s (2008) terms, making space is also ...
... Picking up these themes this paper suggests both that “volumetric geopolitics” has been an important matter through the cold war period, both in terms of controlling airspace, and orbital space, but also in terms of the geophysics of the atmosphere. In Neil Smith’s (2008) terms, making space is also ...
Consistent increase in Indian monsoon rainfall and its variability
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
... that the Indian summer monsoon intensifies in the future, mainly in response to the increased moisture content under various CO2 forcings. Studies based on CMIP-5 models under RCP-4.5 scenario project an increase in global mean precipitation of around 3.2 % K−1 (Hsu et al., 2013) and a larger increa ...
Finding your place on the science – advocacy continuum
... climate scientists might face along one application of the continuum, progressing from focusing on the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change to public advocacy for a particular policy solution. This example is intended as one of many possible applications of the continuum model and no ...
... climate scientists might face along one application of the continuum, progressing from focusing on the scientific evidence for human-caused climate change to public advocacy for a particular policy solution. This example is intended as one of many possible applications of the continuum model and no ...
The global warming hiatus: Slowdown or redistribution?
... and Way, 2014; Karl et al., 2015]. Karl et al. [2015] showed that global surface temperature, even with recent corrections, still underestimates the global mean temperature increase by more than 0.02∘ C/decade from 2000 to 2014 in their regularly updated global mean temperature data set. Nonetheless ...
... and Way, 2014; Karl et al., 2015]. Karl et al. [2015] showed that global surface temperature, even with recent corrections, still underestimates the global mean temperature increase by more than 0.02∘ C/decade from 2000 to 2014 in their regularly updated global mean temperature data set. Nonetheless ...
International climate policy after Copenhagen: towards a ‘building blocks’ approach: Working Paper No. 21 (303 kB) (opens in new window)
... difficult and the Kyoto Protocol only entered into force in February 2005, after a prolonged struggle to muster a sufficient number of ratifications. The Kyoto Protocol was also more limited in its scope compared to the Montreal Protocol and its subsequent revisions. Commitments to reduce greenhouse ...
... difficult and the Kyoto Protocol only entered into force in February 2005, after a prolonged struggle to muster a sufficient number of ratifications. The Kyoto Protocol was also more limited in its scope compared to the Montreal Protocol and its subsequent revisions. Commitments to reduce greenhouse ...
Understanding Global Climate Change
... determined by the climate system itself and faster than the cause.” It “takes place so rapidly and unexpectedly that human or natural systems have trouble adapting to it.” Because they produce high-resolution records of climate, ice cores have been valuable in the study of past abrupt climate change ...
... determined by the climate system itself and faster than the cause.” It “takes place so rapidly and unexpectedly that human or natural systems have trouble adapting to it.” Because they produce high-resolution records of climate, ice cores have been valuable in the study of past abrupt climate change ...
Climate Change: Responding to the Crisis Portended by George
... reduced forest cover in the state by more than half, from about 80% to around 30% during the century (Foster 2006). Short-sighted land use and poor land clearing practices caused highly visible erosion and tremendous loss of topsoil from previously forested areas. These same areas, now lacking the ...
... reduced forest cover in the state by more than half, from about 80% to around 30% during the century (Foster 2006). Short-sighted land use and poor land clearing practices caused highly visible erosion and tremendous loss of topsoil from previously forested areas. These same areas, now lacking the ...
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... Story better posed in terms of finding new structures for economic development, together with strong support, that both allow the management of climate change and the overcoming of poverty. Better than getting stuck in ill-founded arguments on formulae for the ‘space’. ...
... Story better posed in terms of finding new structures for economic development, together with strong support, that both allow the management of climate change and the overcoming of poverty. Better than getting stuck in ill-founded arguments on formulae for the ‘space’. ...
full text - Heroen Verbruggen
... 9.2 km 9 9.2 km and thus do not accurately reflect the spatial and temporal small-scale variation in the marine intertidal. However, the rasters account for micro-scale fluctuations (e.g., areas of higher average temperatures are likely to also reach higher upper thermal extremes) and their resoluti ...
... 9.2 km 9 9.2 km and thus do not accurately reflect the spatial and temporal small-scale variation in the marine intertidal. However, the rasters account for micro-scale fluctuations (e.g., areas of higher average temperatures are likely to also reach higher upper thermal extremes) and their resoluti ...
The physical concept of climate forcing
... to space in the infrared spectrum (bottom) and thus cool the Earth. Major land–ocean contrasts and regions such as Amazon or Sahara are recognizable in Figure 1. The seasonal variations of vegetation, ice, and snow cover are observable in the monthly images of net radiation (see Supporting Informati ...
... to space in the infrared spectrum (bottom) and thus cool the Earth. Major land–ocean contrasts and regions such as Amazon or Sahara are recognizable in Figure 1. The seasonal variations of vegetation, ice, and snow cover are observable in the monthly images of net radiation (see Supporting Informati ...