NASA Research Strategy for Earth System Science
... detect the occurrence of significant variations in the major components of the climate system and independently determine changes in representative variables that currently cannot be inferred from other measured quantities (e.g., the structure of precipitating clouds and associated precipitation tha ...
... detect the occurrence of significant variations in the major components of the climate system and independently determine changes in representative variables that currently cannot be inferred from other measured quantities (e.g., the structure of precipitating clouds and associated precipitation tha ...
International legal action on climate change: Critical roles for
... To a far greater degree than in many (though not all) national contexts, countries considering a possible legal dispute against another country may be subject to intense political, diplomatic and economic pressure. This challenge takes on particular resonance when one considers that many of the coun ...
... To a far greater degree than in many (though not all) national contexts, countries considering a possible legal dispute against another country may be subject to intense political, diplomatic and economic pressure. This challenge takes on particular resonance when one considers that many of the coun ...
The role of meteorological processes in the
... GCMs are composed of multiple coupled sub-models that simulate the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land surface processes. The spatial resolution of the GCMs range from over one to at most five degrees latitude/ longitude, where one degree latitude is equivalent to roughly 100 km. Models of this res ...
... GCMs are composed of multiple coupled sub-models that simulate the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land surface processes. The spatial resolution of the GCMs range from over one to at most five degrees latitude/ longitude, where one degree latitude is equivalent to roughly 100 km. Models of this res ...
The Sky`s Limit: No New Fossil Fuel Development
... temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.”1 Now, the Paris Agreement has entered into force and the t ...
... temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.”1 Now, the Paris Agreement has entered into force and the t ...
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... on the dissemination of coarsely resolved national seasonal forecasts. • Over the last ten years NOAA has, in close collaboration with decision-makers, conducted research that has enhanced the relevance, value, and accuracy of its data and forecasting tools. ...
... on the dissemination of coarsely resolved national seasonal forecasts. • Over the last ten years NOAA has, in close collaboration with decision-makers, conducted research that has enhanced the relevance, value, and accuracy of its data and forecasting tools. ...
Pittsburgh`s Climate Action Plan - Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance
... Climate change is a serious problem with major potential impacts for global and local economies, environments and society. By joining the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in 2006 City leaders demonstrated their commitment to climate protection and agreed that unless ...
... Climate change is a serious problem with major potential impacts for global and local economies, environments and society. By joining the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in 2006 City leaders demonstrated their commitment to climate protection and agreed that unless ...
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... Received: 12 February 2008 – Published in Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.: 19 March 5 Conclusions We developed maps of annual streamflow anomalies over the coterminous United States using streamflow records selected to reflect minimum direct impacts from human land disturbance and water diversion. ...
... Received: 12 February 2008 – Published in Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss.: 19 March 5 Conclusions We developed maps of annual streamflow anomalies over the coterminous United States using streamflow records selected to reflect minimum direct impacts from human land disturbance and water diversion. ...
Introduction
... The discounting effect is so powerful that it can drive the entire analysis of the problem. For example, since the time of the conference but before the publication of this volume, the British Treasury pub1 lished the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The review, done by a well known ...
... The discounting effect is so powerful that it can drive the entire analysis of the problem. For example, since the time of the conference but before the publication of this volume, the British Treasury pub1 lished the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. The review, done by a well known ...
Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Food Security in
... global food production is unlikely to keep up with the demand given adverse climatic conditions that affect harvests, degrade soils, and cause water scarcity for irrigation with increasing population and rapid urbanisation. If climate change projections are included, most of today’s key agriculture ...
... global food production is unlikely to keep up with the demand given adverse climatic conditions that affect harvests, degrade soils, and cause water scarcity for irrigation with increasing population and rapid urbanisation. If climate change projections are included, most of today’s key agriculture ...
The Development Perspective of the ECE Region
... UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) and its Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) constitutes the only legally binding instrument to implement principle 10 of Rio D ...
... UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decisionmaking and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) and its Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) constitutes the only legally binding instrument to implement principle 10 of Rio D ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
Financial engineering, including investment approaches for
... • Pablo Benitez, The World Bank • Tshering Sherpa, UNFCCC Secretariat ...
... • Pablo Benitez, The World Bank • Tshering Sherpa, UNFCCC Secretariat ...
Arctic sea ice decline: Faster than forecast
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
... the observed trend is externally forced. The same calculations for the satellite era (1979 – 2006) point to larger forced contributions of 47% and 57%. Calculations for March indicate that 34 to 39% and 45 to 52% of the trend is externally forced from 1953 –2006 and 1979 – 2006, respectively. Howeve ...
Global Warming- Boon or Bane
... rate, some view the situation as a natural trend. Even among those who agree that people should take an active role regarding global warming, much disagreement still exists as to which strategy is best. At the heart of the debate lies the emission of greenhouse gases and its impact on the climate. M ...
... rate, some view the situation as a natural trend. Even among those who agree that people should take an active role regarding global warming, much disagreement still exists as to which strategy is best. At the heart of the debate lies the emission of greenhouse gases and its impact on the climate. M ...
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... interannual variability on our analysis, ensembles were run and averaged as described above. Hatched areas indicate statistical significance from the baseline at p < 0.05. (For individual ensemble temperature and precipitation responses in the balanced case, see Figures S3 and S4 in the supporting in ...
... interannual variability on our analysis, ensembles were run and averaged as described above. Hatched areas indicate statistical significance from the baseline at p < 0.05. (For individual ensemble temperature and precipitation responses in the balanced case, see Figures S3 and S4 in the supporting in ...
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... Altabet, M A, et al., 2002. “The effect of millennial-scale changes in Arabian Sea denitrification on atmospheric CO2” Nature 10 January 2002, vol 415: 159-162. Changes in nitrogen concentration in sediment cores from the Arabian Sea suggest a change in the rate release of nitrogen from the ocean du ...
... Altabet, M A, et al., 2002. “The effect of millennial-scale changes in Arabian Sea denitrification on atmospheric CO2” Nature 10 January 2002, vol 415: 159-162. Changes in nitrogen concentration in sediment cores from the Arabian Sea suggest a change in the rate release of nitrogen from the ocean du ...
6. Coal, Global Warming, and Health
... to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases allow solar energy to reach the planet’s surface but delay that energy’s escape into space, effectively trapping heat in the lower atmosphere.1 Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased markedly since 1750 as a re ...
... to the buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases allow solar energy to reach the planet’s surface but delay that energy’s escape into space, effectively trapping heat in the lower atmosphere.1 Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased markedly since 1750 as a re ...
US Food Security and Climate Change
... • Four Global Climate Models (GCMs), with A1B emissions scenario, are used to simulate climate changes from 2000 to ...
... • Four Global Climate Models (GCMs), with A1B emissions scenario, are used to simulate climate changes from 2000 to ...
Second National Communication of the Argentine Republic to the
... Assess the relative impact of human action and climatic variation on the occurrence of floods and drought periods in the Pampa Bonaerense Determine the likelihood that climate change may indeed be causing increases in both the frequency and magnitude of wet-dry cycles in the area. Evaluate the exten ...
... Assess the relative impact of human action and climatic variation on the occurrence of floods and drought periods in the Pampa Bonaerense Determine the likelihood that climate change may indeed be causing increases in both the frequency and magnitude of wet-dry cycles in the area. Evaluate the exten ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMERCIAL
... political opposition. And, even in changing this policy, these federal agencies did not deal with the impact of increased amounts of fuel in unburned vegetation. The result is increased wild fire severity and increased wildfires near at-risk land-urban interface zones.20 Sea level rise (SLR) and ris ...
... political opposition. And, even in changing this policy, these federal agencies did not deal with the impact of increased amounts of fuel in unburned vegetation. The result is increased wild fire severity and increased wildfires near at-risk land-urban interface zones.20 Sea level rise (SLR) and ris ...
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... by climate change. This relates to the stewardship role given to humanity to preserve the natural environment for generations to come. ...
... by climate change. This relates to the stewardship role given to humanity to preserve the natural environment for generations to come. ...
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... by climate change. This relates to the stewardship role given to humanity to preserve the natural environment for generations to come. ...
... by climate change. This relates to the stewardship role given to humanity to preserve the natural environment for generations to come. ...
Projecting Climate Change in Hawaii
... substantial warming will be the almost complete disappearance of snow from the summits of the mountains on Hawai‘i Island (see box). We have also begun to analyze the projected changes in long-term mean rainfall (not shown). The overall pattern is for more rainfall on the windward sides of the islan ...
... substantial warming will be the almost complete disappearance of snow from the summits of the mountains on Hawai‘i Island (see box). We have also begun to analyze the projected changes in long-term mean rainfall (not shown). The overall pattern is for more rainfall on the windward sides of the islan ...