Mapping fire behaviour in a Mediterranean landscape under
... used for this purpose. The primary source of information for understanding the climate and climate change is the Global Climate Models (GCMs), which simulate the dynamics and the physics of the climate components, including the atmosphere and the ocean, for different forcings of the system, as given ...
... used for this purpose. The primary source of information for understanding the climate and climate change is the Global Climate Models (GCMs), which simulate the dynamics and the physics of the climate components, including the atmosphere and the ocean, for different forcings of the system, as given ...
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... accompanying studies on the assessment of the role of ecosystems with respect to their contribution to the economy and human wellbeing were made well-known by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). However, to the authors’ knowledge, few studies have put an emphasis on the estimation of human we ...
... accompanying studies on the assessment of the role of ecosystems with respect to their contribution to the economy and human wellbeing were made well-known by the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA). However, to the authors’ knowledge, few studies have put an emphasis on the estimation of human we ...
Climate controls on marine ecosystems and fish populations
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
... ecosystem responses to climate change. Our analysis of observations and model results for the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans concludes that most climate variability is accounted for by the combination of intermittent 1–2 year duration events, e.g. the cumulative effect of monthly weather anomalies or th ...
Results
... Recently, the vulnerability is understood as not only function of biophysical variations but also function of environmental and human systems that build communities sensitivity and adaptive capacity (Vincent, 2004 and Gbetibouo et al., 2010). This approach uses then the vulnerability as « starti ...
... Recently, the vulnerability is understood as not only function of biophysical variations but also function of environmental and human systems that build communities sensitivity and adaptive capacity (Vincent, 2004 and Gbetibouo et al., 2010). This approach uses then the vulnerability as « starti ...
Executive Summary -- Rocky Mountain Forests at Risk
... The Rocky Mountain region has warmed more than the country as a whole since 1895, when modern record keeping began. Rising regional temperatures have led to reduced spring snowpacks, earlier snowmelt, and earlier peak streamflows. A growing number of studies conclude that these changes in western te ...
... The Rocky Mountain region has warmed more than the country as a whole since 1895, when modern record keeping began. Rising regional temperatures have led to reduced spring snowpacks, earlier snowmelt, and earlier peak streamflows. A growing number of studies conclude that these changes in western te ...
Adaptation without borders? - Stockholm Environment Institute
... Figure 1: Proportion of keyword frequencies by pathway. and decision-making. As part of that project, we conducted a text analysis of 25 countries’ most recent National Communications to the have had no reason to consider indirect impacts or ways to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
... Figure 1: Proportion of keyword frequencies by pathway. and decision-making. As part of that project, we conducted a text analysis of 25 countries’ most recent National Communications to the have had no reason to consider indirect impacts or ways to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cha ...
Water requirements for clover and cotton under climate change
... difference became higher (10%) and highest difference was found in Aswan which reached 15%. 3- The applied irrigation water for cotton under climate change conditions were higher than those under current climate conditions by 6 to 8% in the Nile Delta, 9% in Middle Egypt and 10-12% in Upper Egypt. B ...
... difference became higher (10%) and highest difference was found in Aswan which reached 15%. 3- The applied irrigation water for cotton under climate change conditions were higher than those under current climate conditions by 6 to 8% in the Nile Delta, 9% in Middle Egypt and 10-12% in Upper Egypt. B ...
Supporting Adaptation: A Priority for Action on Climate Change for
... Supporting AdAptAtion: A priority for Action on climAte chAnge for cAnAdiAn inuit by Dr. James D. Ford* ...
... Supporting AdAptAtion: A priority for Action on climAte chAnge for cAnAdiAn inuit by Dr. James D. Ford* ...
Brook Trout Related Research Projects_2-26
... Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) has been significantly reduced over the last 150 years and faces ongoing and future threats from climate change, land use changes, invasive species, and loss of genetic integrity. Monitoring both short- and long-term trends on individual Brook Trout populations and the re ...
... Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) has been significantly reduced over the last 150 years and faces ongoing and future threats from climate change, land use changes, invasive species, and loss of genetic integrity. Monitoring both short- and long-term trends on individual Brook Trout populations and the re ...
Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly
... accurately capture limits under future, novel climatic conditions [24,25]. An explicit focus on the weather patterns likely to occur under future climate scenarios [26] coupled with knowledge of which factors most affect organisms [14] will provide insights into this dilemma. For example, many studi ...
... accurately capture limits under future, novel climatic conditions [24,25]. An explicit focus on the weather patterns likely to occur under future climate scenarios [26] coupled with knowledge of which factors most affect organisms [14] will provide insights into this dilemma. For example, many studi ...
What is climate change? How does climate change impact the poor
... Lalu’s grandmother says that roti and rice are now all they can afford, but they often go to bed hungry without any food in their stomachs. In the past, the family grew cauliflowers, potatoes and other green vegetables. However, in the last few years, lack of rain followed by heavy monsoon rains and ...
... Lalu’s grandmother says that roti and rice are now all they can afford, but they often go to bed hungry without any food in their stomachs. In the past, the family grew cauliflowers, potatoes and other green vegetables. However, in the last few years, lack of rain followed by heavy monsoon rains and ...
- Wiley Online Library
... X901M, X902L, X903H, X904M, X905L, and X906H from the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the current dynamic vegetation model, some parameters are more important than others in determining the vegetation distribution. Parameters that control ...
... X901M, X902L, X903H, X904M, X905L, and X906H from the Integrated Global System Model (IGSM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In the current dynamic vegetation model, some parameters are more important than others in determining the vegetation distribution. Parameters that control ...
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... Are subsidies for “green” R&D better to fight climate change than a carbon tax? Climate change, a consequence of excess greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) into the atmosphere, may seriously disrupt the world economy in future decades. In a 2006 report, the results of which have been widely publicised, e ...
... Are subsidies for “green” R&D better to fight climate change than a carbon tax? Climate change, a consequence of excess greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) into the atmosphere, may seriously disrupt the world economy in future decades. In a 2006 report, the results of which have been widely publicised, e ...
Tropospheric adjustment induces a cloud component in
... effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. This is done partly because the resulting values for F are more nearly model-independent and hence useful for comparative studies of the climatic effects of different forcings (e.g. Shine et al., 2003; Hansen et al., 2005). The arbitrariness of ...
... effects which are considered to be part of the forcing. This is done partly because the resulting values for F are more nearly model-independent and hence useful for comparative studies of the climatic effects of different forcings (e.g. Shine et al., 2003; Hansen et al., 2005). The arbitrariness of ...
Atmospheric circulation and hydroclimate impacts of alternative
... noted above. There is also a marked reduction in EKE in the western equatorial Pacific, in the same region where precipitation decreases. Much of the sub-seasonal variability in the tropics is due to the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). As discussed elsewhere (Caballero and Huber, 2010; Arnold et al ...
... noted above. There is also a marked reduction in EKE in the western equatorial Pacific, in the same region where precipitation decreases. Much of the sub-seasonal variability in the tropics is due to the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). As discussed elsewhere (Caballero and Huber, 2010; Arnold et al ...
Projected poleward shift of king penguins
... residuals and calculating model goodness-of-fit by crossvalidation (n ¼ 100). Models were fitted using a 70 per cent subset of the tracking data and then evaluated with the remaining 30 per cent using Spearman rank correlation coefficients. Finally, validated models were generalized to predict habit ...
... residuals and calculating model goodness-of-fit by crossvalidation (n ¼ 100). Models were fitted using a 70 per cent subset of the tracking data and then evaluated with the remaining 30 per cent using Spearman rank correlation coefficients. Finally, validated models were generalized to predict habit ...
to a pps diaporama
... Bosetti, V., C. Carraro, E. Massetti, A. Sgobbi and M. Tavoni (2009). “Optimal Energy Investment and R&D Strategies to Stabilise Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Concentrations,” Resource and Energy Economics, 31(2): 123137. Bosetti, V., C. Carraro, R. Duval, A. Sgobbi and M. Tavoni (2009). “The Role ...
... Bosetti, V., C. Carraro, E. Massetti, A. Sgobbi and M. Tavoni (2009). “Optimal Energy Investment and R&D Strategies to Stabilise Greenhouse Gas Atmospheric Concentrations,” Resource and Energy Economics, 31(2): 123137. Bosetti, V., C. Carraro, R. Duval, A. Sgobbi and M. Tavoni (2009). “The Role ...
Birmingham`s Climate Portfolio
... event will vary from place to place and can be defined by magnitude, rarity, return period, impact and loss. Note extreme impacts / losses are not always due to the most extreme weather. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO, 2004) defines significant weather to be: ‘a hazardous meteorological ...
... event will vary from place to place and can be defined by magnitude, rarity, return period, impact and loss. Note extreme impacts / losses are not always due to the most extreme weather. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO, 2004) defines significant weather to be: ‘a hazardous meteorological ...
Kennesaw State University High School Model United Nations
... of the agenda topics. If there are two delegates representing the same country, they must formulate only one paper. If a second paper is submitted, it will not be considered. Information for properly formatting the position papers as well as valuable advice for writing a quality paper can be found ...
... of the agenda topics. If there are two delegates representing the same country, they must formulate only one paper. If a second paper is submitted, it will not be considered. Information for properly formatting the position papers as well as valuable advice for writing a quality paper can be found ...
UCU environmental news 43, Nov 15
... Welcome to the Paris Climate Talks special edition. In December, 2015, the United Nations meet for one of the most important international conferences since the end of the 2nd world war. We urgently need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius compar ...
... Welcome to the Paris Climate Talks special edition. In December, 2015, the United Nations meet for one of the most important international conferences since the end of the 2nd world war. We urgently need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius compar ...
Researchers study fluctuations in solar radiation
... years. For the coming decades, the researchers expect a decrease in solar activity. Climate change skeptics now claim that this cooling could counterbalance the global warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. But Krivova dismisses this: "Current scientific work and the reports of the I ...
... years. For the coming decades, the researchers expect a decrease in solar activity. Climate change skeptics now claim that this cooling could counterbalance the global warming caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. But Krivova dismisses this: "Current scientific work and the reports of the I ...
Adapting to climate change in practice
... The aim of this international conference is to deliver the answers to these questions. The emphasis will be on concrete examples and experience gathered from the practical implementation of adaptation measures in Central Europe. Projects and measures will be presented and discussed in eight sessions ...
... The aim of this international conference is to deliver the answers to these questions. The emphasis will be on concrete examples and experience gathered from the practical implementation of adaptation measures in Central Europe. Projects and measures will be presented and discussed in eight sessions ...
Changes to the tropical circulation in the mid
... tropical convection from increasing GHGs is the spatial pattern of the SST warming. Regions where SSTs warm faster (slower) than the tropical mean are likely to experience smaller (larger) increases in static stability than the tropical mean. This is because the warming of the tropical troposphere i ...
... tropical convection from increasing GHGs is the spatial pattern of the SST warming. Regions where SSTs warm faster (slower) than the tropical mean are likely to experience smaller (larger) increases in static stability than the tropical mean. This is because the warming of the tropical troposphere i ...
Lecture slides, Nov. 4 (6.1 MB)
... In a press release in 2001 President G.W. Bush stated that the Kyoto Protocol on cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 5% is “not in the U.S. economic interests.” ...
... In a press release in 2001 President G.W. Bush stated that the Kyoto Protocol on cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 5% is “not in the U.S. economic interests.” ...