NPS Climate Change Scenario Planning (CCSP) Workshop
... research and monitoring, and compiling seamless data sets. They further suggested the need for increased monitoring of the PDO, ocean acidification, and ecosystems; science outreach and education to multiple audiences; use of portable, flexible structures rather than permanent infrastructure; and co ...
... research and monitoring, and compiling seamless data sets. They further suggested the need for increased monitoring of the PDO, ocean acidification, and ecosystems; science outreach and education to multiple audiences; use of portable, flexible structures rather than permanent infrastructure; and co ...
Mitigation Strategies— Potentials and Problems
... “…investigate and study the serious and sweeping issues relating to global climate change and make recommendations regarding what steps must be taken and what strategies must be adopted in response to global climate change ...” (2008) Focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and ...
... “…investigate and study the serious and sweeping issues relating to global climate change and make recommendations regarding what steps must be taken and what strategies must be adopted in response to global climate change ...” (2008) Focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and ...
Strengthening of the hydrological cycle in future scenarios
... terms of global and regional ocean carbon uptake and related sensitivity to climate change is reported in Vichi et al. (2011). The model components are Océan PArallélisé version 8.2 (OPA8.2; Madec et al., 1998) for the ocean; ECmwf HAMburg version 5 (ECHAM5; Roeckner et al., 2003) for the atmosph ...
... terms of global and regional ocean carbon uptake and related sensitivity to climate change is reported in Vichi et al. (2011). The model components are Océan PArallélisé version 8.2 (OPA8.2; Madec et al., 1998) for the ocean; ECmwf HAMburg version 5 (ECHAM5; Roeckner et al., 2003) for the atmosph ...
How much disease could climate change cause?
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
... Given the clear evidence that many health outcomes are highly sensitive to climate variations, it is inevitable that long-term climate change will have some effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, ...
Queries for ecol-90-04-15 1. AU: Should Dieckmann be changed to
... used for making forecasts of when (and where) disease outbreaks are likely to occur. At present the epidemiological models are constrained by the paucity of timeseries data, while the climate models, although rich in data, are computationally constrained by the time and spatial scale over which they ...
... used for making forecasts of when (and where) disease outbreaks are likely to occur. At present the epidemiological models are constrained by the paucity of timeseries data, while the climate models, although rich in data, are computationally constrained by the time and spatial scale over which they ...
Economic Impacts Of Climate Change On Colorado
... GHG has a different ability to upset the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing long-wave radiation. This ability to influence Earth’s radiative budget is known as climate forcing. Climate forcing varies across chemical species in the atmosphere. Spatial patterns of radiative forcing ...
... GHG has a different ability to upset the balance between incoming solar radiation and outgoing long-wave radiation. This ability to influence Earth’s radiative budget is known as climate forcing. Climate forcing varies across chemical species in the atmosphere. Spatial patterns of radiative forcing ...
The Global Ozone Layer
... Carbon tetrachloride (in troposphere) is declining more slowly than expected and the exact cause is not certain. (Can provide more information at the end.) Total bromine from ODSs is declining in the lower atmosphere and is no longer increasing in the stratosphere. For the first time, the glob ...
... Carbon tetrachloride (in troposphere) is declining more slowly than expected and the exact cause is not certain. (Can provide more information at the end.) Total bromine from ODSs is declining in the lower atmosphere and is no longer increasing in the stratosphere. For the first time, the glob ...
A 400-year Tree-ring Chronology from the Tropical Treeline of North
... The North American tropics are a heavily populated area that is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. This was particularly evident in October 1998, when Hurricane Mitch left Honduras and other Central American countries with > 5000 people dead, > 8000 missing, > 10 000 wounded, and more than 1 mi ...
... The North American tropics are a heavily populated area that is highly vulnerable to natural disasters. This was particularly evident in October 1998, when Hurricane Mitch left Honduras and other Central American countries with > 5000 people dead, > 8000 missing, > 10 000 wounded, and more than 1 mi ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... University of Tokyo, and the Frontier Research Center for Global Change (FRCGC) at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). These groups have been participating in studies on global climate change using the new version of their coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation ...
... University of Tokyo, and the Frontier Research Center for Global Change (FRCGC) at the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). These groups have been participating in studies on global climate change using the new version of their coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation ...
the report
... Growing increasingly impatient with Washington’s lack of progress toward a federal policy to control greenhouse gas emissions nationwide, many states have chosen to take matters into their own hands. At least 15 states have passed laws that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including policies th ...
... Growing increasingly impatient with Washington’s lack of progress toward a federal policy to control greenhouse gas emissions nationwide, many states have chosen to take matters into their own hands. At least 15 states have passed laws that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including policies th ...
PDF - SEEFOR – South
... impacts of climate change on forests are already observed globally and in Europe [3-6]. Also, in Serbia change of realized bioclimatic niches were observed [7-10]. Climate change projections from the year 2000 predict a change of temperature in the range from 2 up to about 6 degrees according to dif ...
... impacts of climate change on forests are already observed globally and in Europe [3-6]. Also, in Serbia change of realized bioclimatic niches were observed [7-10]. Climate change projections from the year 2000 predict a change of temperature in the range from 2 up to about 6 degrees according to dif ...
4 Modelling impacts of drivers on biodiversity and ecosystem
... soil condition, and water and sediment flows. However, global-scale assessments typically mask critical sub-global variations. Local and regional case studies can provide the spatial and temporal resolution required to identify and account for major variations in cause-to-cover relationships and the ...
... soil condition, and water and sediment flows. However, global-scale assessments typically mask critical sub-global variations. Local and regional case studies can provide the spatial and temporal resolution required to identify and account for major variations in cause-to-cover relationships and the ...
- White Rose Research Online
... projected rainfall changes for 2050 in IPCC (2001b) is small in most African areas, ...
... projected rainfall changes for 2050 in IPCC (2001b) is small in most African areas, ...
Polar Bears and Climate Change
... average or “baseline” around which these oscillations occur is level (Figure 2, green line). With steadily rising GHG forcing, there still will be natural fluctuations in the climate system. Shifting oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns and other natural forcings (e.g., volcanic eruptions) w ...
... average or “baseline” around which these oscillations occur is level (Figure 2, green line). With steadily rising GHG forcing, there still will be natural fluctuations in the climate system. Shifting oceanic and atmospheric circulation patterns and other natural forcings (e.g., volcanic eruptions) w ...
The story of GANDER
... The altimeter also provides estimates of wave height and wind speed which may also act as significant indicators of climate change. Successive calibration campaigns plus a steady improvement in technology has brought the accuracy of these measurements down to better than 30cm in wave height and <2m/ ...
... The altimeter also provides estimates of wave height and wind speed which may also act as significant indicators of climate change. Successive calibration campaigns plus a steady improvement in technology has brought the accuracy of these measurements down to better than 30cm in wave height and <2m/ ...
climate change and the urban poor - IIED
... In dryland cities where rainfall has always been low, drought is the issue most likely to be accentuated by climate change. The effects of drought are widespread but are focused in particular on drinking water shortages and increased food prices. Studies have shown that children in Africa born in dr ...
... In dryland cities where rainfall has always been low, drought is the issue most likely to be accentuated by climate change. The effects of drought are widespread but are focused in particular on drinking water shortages and increased food prices. Studies have shown that children in Africa born in dr ...
Managing Water Resources for Climate Change
... water users understand the water-related climate change issues and how to respond to them. The DWA will also seek to consult widely with stakeholders on appropriate climate change response strategies. 10.4.1.5 Building resilience and reducing vulnerability The poor, particularly the rural poor, are ...
... water users understand the water-related climate change issues and how to respond to them. The DWA will also seek to consult widely with stakeholders on appropriate climate change response strategies. 10.4.1.5 Building resilience and reducing vulnerability The poor, particularly the rural poor, are ...
PDF
... translate into yield reductions in desirable crops (Gommes et al. 2009). The early literature of economic impact assessment of climate change has provided some useful insights on the issue, but remained limited in scope and depth as it focused on highly aggregated unit of analysis (e.g. at the conti ...
... translate into yield reductions in desirable crops (Gommes et al. 2009). The early literature of economic impact assessment of climate change has provided some useful insights on the issue, but remained limited in scope and depth as it focused on highly aggregated unit of analysis (e.g. at the conti ...
Increasing the use and usability of participatory assessments
... The European Environment Outlook concept • Exploring sustainability of baseline projections (2020-2030), alternative scenarios and variants (up to 2100). • Highlight the interactions between and implications of sectoral developments and environmental issues. Link to past and ongoing Commission exer ...
... The European Environment Outlook concept • Exploring sustainability of baseline projections (2020-2030), alternative scenarios and variants (up to 2100). • Highlight the interactions between and implications of sectoral developments and environmental issues. Link to past and ongoing Commission exer ...
Legacy of disasters - Save the Children UK
... The 4th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5 , published in February 2007, is the most authoritative statement so far that global warming is undeniable and accelerating, and that human beings are directly responsible. According to the report, even if immediate acti ...
... The 4th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5 , published in February 2007, is the most authoritative statement so far that global warming is undeniable and accelerating, and that human beings are directly responsible. According to the report, even if immediate acti ...
IPCC Working Group II IPCC-XIV/Doc. 6 (II), rev.1 Fifth Session (1.X
... Building on the conclusions of the SAR, recent developments in the state of knowledge of climate change impacts will be assessed. Special attention will be given to vulnerabilities, natural variability, baseline trends, cross-sectoral issues, non-linear interactions, and adaptation options. The deve ...
... Building on the conclusions of the SAR, recent developments in the state of knowledge of climate change impacts will be assessed. Special attention will be given to vulnerabilities, natural variability, baseline trends, cross-sectoral issues, non-linear interactions, and adaptation options. The deve ...
New Insights on the Physical Nature of the Atmospheric Greenhouse
... than assumed for the past 40 years. A thermal enhancement of such a magnitude cannot be explained with the observed amount of outgoing infrared long-wave radiation absorbed by the atmosphere (i.e. ≈ 158 W m-2), thus requiring a re-examination of the underlying Greenhouse theory. We present here a ne ...
... than assumed for the past 40 years. A thermal enhancement of such a magnitude cannot be explained with the observed amount of outgoing infrared long-wave radiation absorbed by the atmosphere (i.e. ≈ 158 W m-2), thus requiring a re-examination of the underlying Greenhouse theory. We present here a ne ...