STRIVE Elucidating the Impact of Report Series No.52
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the authors accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occ ...
... Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material contained in this publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the authors accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occ ...
3B.9 THE U.S. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS
... known as the Climate Reference Network (CRN). The CRN is designed to answer the question: How has the U.S. climate changed over the past 50 years at national, regional, and local levels? Since 2002, 100 CRN stations have been put into operation out of a planned 115 stations in the Continental U.S. [ ...
... known as the Climate Reference Network (CRN). The CRN is designed to answer the question: How has the U.S. climate changed over the past 50 years at national, regional, and local levels? Since 2002, 100 CRN stations have been put into operation out of a planned 115 stations in the Continental U.S. [ ...
The hydrology of the humid tropics
... are influenced by humans. These pressures are likely to have profound consequences. Here we present a research vision for the humid tropics as an outcome of a community workshop held in Hawaii in March 2011. This report includes various perspectives from the international scientific community and ex ...
... are influenced by humans. These pressures are likely to have profound consequences. Here we present a research vision for the humid tropics as an outcome of a community workshop held in Hawaii in March 2011. This report includes various perspectives from the international scientific community and ex ...
Policy and Actions: Disaster Management, Natural Resources
... Objectives, Principles and Strategy Strategy Transition from an energy-intensive, high carbon economy • Responses to climate change by developed countries may threaten trade with carbon intensive economies like South Africa as a result of border tax incentives and other measures. • Effective respons ...
... Objectives, Principles and Strategy Strategy Transition from an energy-intensive, high carbon economy • Responses to climate change by developed countries may threaten trade with carbon intensive economies like South Africa as a result of border tax incentives and other measures. • Effective respons ...
14 January 2013
... they feel climate change is a serious problem but are less certain about its causes than they were a few months ago, according to a Rasmussen poll. An all-time high of 68 percent of respondents said global warming is at least a somewhat serious problem, including 38 percent who said it is “very seri ...
... they feel climate change is a serious problem but are less certain about its causes than they were a few months ago, according to a Rasmussen poll. An all-time high of 68 percent of respondents said global warming is at least a somewhat serious problem, including 38 percent who said it is “very seri ...
Session 3 – Geography of impacts
... The countries that will be first and most affected are also the countries that are the least responsible for the problem. The generations that will be most affected by the impacts are also those that are the least responsible for the problem. Double injustice of climate change. ...
... The countries that will be first and most affected are also the countries that are the least responsible for the problem. The generations that will be most affected by the impacts are also those that are the least responsible for the problem. Double injustice of climate change. ...
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... framework that guarantees a coherent, fully intertemporal allocation of investments under the assumption of perfect foresight. Second, the model can track all actions that have an impact on the level of mitigation – R&D expenditures, investment in carbon-free technologies, purchases of emission perm ...
... framework that guarantees a coherent, fully intertemporal allocation of investments under the assumption of perfect foresight. Second, the model can track all actions that have an impact on the level of mitigation – R&D expenditures, investment in carbon-free technologies, purchases of emission perm ...
Peter Stott`s Presentation
... Such extreme summer temperatures as 2013 very likely at least 2.5 times more probable due to human ...
... Such extreme summer temperatures as 2013 very likely at least 2.5 times more probable due to human ...
What the Framework Convention on Climate Change
... accumulated insights from research on the effectiveness of international environmental cooperation—to predict that this system would fail. Indeed, all the warning signs were found in the work of Underdal and his colleagues, among others. As I see it, the existing social scientific research on the ef ...
... accumulated insights from research on the effectiveness of international environmental cooperation—to predict that this system would fail. Indeed, all the warning signs were found in the work of Underdal and his colleagues, among others. As I see it, the existing social scientific research on the ef ...
IPL global warming - The Regeneration Project
... A portion of this slide show is © 2006 Alaska Conservation Solutions (slides marked in lefthand corner). The remaining portion is © The Regeneration Project. This presentation is the intellectual property of the authors. Permission is granted for the presentation to be freely shared for non-commerci ...
... A portion of this slide show is © 2006 Alaska Conservation Solutions (slides marked in lefthand corner). The remaining portion is © The Regeneration Project. This presentation is the intellectual property of the authors. Permission is granted for the presentation to be freely shared for non-commerci ...
(winter storm)
... that the number of intense extratropical cyclones may increase under climate change (whereas the total number of storms might be reduced), citing a set of research works reaching this conclusion (e.g., Lambert and Fyfe, 2005). Third, the Fourth Assessment Report describes that the “consistent” resul ...
... that the number of intense extratropical cyclones may increase under climate change (whereas the total number of storms might be reduced), citing a set of research works reaching this conclusion (e.g., Lambert and Fyfe, 2005). Third, the Fourth Assessment Report describes that the “consistent” resul ...
PPT
... Reef ecosystems have weakened to the point that natural climate variations, such as a large El Niño event, may cause widespread bleaching and coral mortality (ex: 16% of world’s coral died during 1997 El Nino event (WMO report #1063)) ...
... Reef ecosystems have weakened to the point that natural climate variations, such as a large El Niño event, may cause widespread bleaching and coral mortality (ex: 16% of world’s coral died during 1997 El Nino event (WMO report #1063)) ...
Clouds and radiation
... Clouds are good absorbers (and emitters) of long wave (infrared) radiation. ...
... Clouds are good absorbers (and emitters) of long wave (infrared) radiation. ...
The social construct of climate and climate change
... ment of risks is influenced by social and cultural factors. The first view tends to focus on the manufacture (by experts) of conjectures, stressing their objective, undeniable consequences, while the second approach chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different socia ...
... ment of risks is influenced by social and cultural factors. The first view tends to focus on the manufacture (by experts) of conjectures, stressing their objective, undeniable consequences, while the second approach chooses to emphasize the reception (by laymen) of such hypotheses in different socia ...
Climate Change and Global Wine Quality
... highest quality wine. More regionally specific and temporally resolved analyses concur with the global observations of wine region temperature trends (Jones and Davis, 2000; Jones et al., 2005b; Jones, 2005c). Overall, during the last 30-70 years many of the world’s wine regions have experienced a d ...
... highest quality wine. More regionally specific and temporally resolved analyses concur with the global observations of wine region temperature trends (Jones and Davis, 2000; Jones et al., 2005b; Jones, 2005c). Overall, during the last 30-70 years many of the world’s wine regions have experienced a d ...
PPT - ITU
... This ITU-T Technology Watch Report gives an overview of how old and new submarine cables could be used for decades to come as a major resource and a real-time global network to monitor climate change and to provide tsunami warnings. Future generations of cables and associated components could have t ...
... This ITU-T Technology Watch Report gives an overview of how old and new submarine cables could be used for decades to come as a major resource and a real-time global network to monitor climate change and to provide tsunami warnings. Future generations of cables and associated components could have t ...
The biophysical link between climate, water, and vegetation in
... gas impacts of bioenergy agroecosystems that remain due to limitations in the analysis techniques. However, the direct biophysical water and climate impacts of bioenergy expansion and the biophysical interactions with biogeochemical impacts have received far less attention, and large uncertainties o ...
... gas impacts of bioenergy agroecosystems that remain due to limitations in the analysis techniques. However, the direct biophysical water and climate impacts of bioenergy expansion and the biophysical interactions with biogeochemical impacts have received far less attention, and large uncertainties o ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... been spent over the last two decades assessing future hydro-climatology. Water is involved in all societal sectors and there is great concern over how future changes will affect business, safety, and ecosystem sustainability. Climate adaptation measures are being pushed by many policy makers in the ...
... been spent over the last two decades assessing future hydro-climatology. Water is involved in all societal sectors and there is great concern over how future changes will affect business, safety, and ecosystem sustainability. Climate adaptation measures are being pushed by many policy makers in the ...
Multiple linear regression used to analyse the corelation between
... model will be defined as a single algebraic equation of the form (Draper and Smith, 1981). There are three kinds of regression models. They are namely, a) the Variable-based Degree-Day Model (VBDD), b) the Linear Regression Model, and c) the Change-Point models. They all use generalized least squares ...
... model will be defined as a single algebraic equation of the form (Draper and Smith, 1981). There are three kinds of regression models. They are namely, a) the Variable-based Degree-Day Model (VBDD), b) the Linear Regression Model, and c) the Change-Point models. They all use generalized least squares ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on North Dakota
... 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 ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabilistic in formulation. For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to ...
... even a forecast for a few hours ahead will need to be probabilistic in formulation. For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to ...