Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: Americans` Global Warming
... Americans’ belief in the reality of global warming has increased by 13 percentage points over the past two and a half years, from 57 percent in January 2010 to 70 percent in September 2012. At the same time, the number of Americans who say global warming is not happening has declined nearly by half, ...
... Americans’ belief in the reality of global warming has increased by 13 percentage points over the past two and a half years, from 57 percent in January 2010 to 70 percent in September 2012. At the same time, the number of Americans who say global warming is not happening has declined nearly by half, ...
Ferruginous Hawk Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Alberta
... The Ferruginous Hawk (FEHA) is a specialized, open-country buteo limited to grassland and shrub-steppe environments. The Alberta population has declined precipitously since the early 1990s leading to the species being listed as Endangered under the Alberta Wildlife Act. The Alberta Ferruginous Hawk ...
... The Ferruginous Hawk (FEHA) is a specialized, open-country buteo limited to grassland and shrub-steppe environments. The Alberta population has declined precipitously since the early 1990s leading to the species being listed as Endangered under the Alberta Wildlife Act. The Alberta Ferruginous Hawk ...
Adaptation planning for climate change
... mutually reinforcing (e.g. planting trees to provide additional shade in warming regions) but they can also work against each other (e.g. increasing air-conditioning powered by fossil fuels to cope with rising temperatures). There has recently been much political interest in integrating the two opti ...
... mutually reinforcing (e.g. planting trees to provide additional shade in warming regions) but they can also work against each other (e.g. increasing air-conditioning powered by fossil fuels to cope with rising temperatures). There has recently been much political interest in integrating the two opti ...
Kamloops Future Forest Strategy
... It is the intent of this project to inform practitioners and decision-makers facing increasingly complex questions with respect to forest management under climate change. It is part of a larger effort to understand what needs to be done in terms of forest operations and forest policy in the face of ...
... It is the intent of this project to inform practitioners and decision-makers facing increasingly complex questions with respect to forest management under climate change. It is part of a larger effort to understand what needs to be done in terms of forest operations and forest policy in the face of ...
Printing
... detail, we turn to the results from one particular model (the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model (NCAR CSM) v. 1.4) that was run using the SRES A2 scenario [26]. In this ‘business-as-usual’-type scenario, the ocean warms by about 2◦ C relative to the pre-industrial type ...
... detail, we turn to the results from one particular model (the National Center for Atmospheric Research Community Climate Model (NCAR CSM) v. 1.4) that was run using the SRES A2 scenario [26]. In this ‘business-as-usual’-type scenario, the ocean warms by about 2◦ C relative to the pre-industrial type ...
How Might Climate Change Affect Economic Growth in Developing
... appear at first glance to be climate sensitive such as, manufacturing or services. On the other hand, reactive adaptation, anticipative adaptation and mitigation, are likely to translate into additional expenditures to avoid or minimize changes in the stock, productivity or growth rate of production ...
... appear at first glance to be climate sensitive such as, manufacturing or services. On the other hand, reactive adaptation, anticipative adaptation and mitigation, are likely to translate into additional expenditures to avoid or minimize changes in the stock, productivity or growth rate of production ...
Air Quality and Climate Connections - Lamont
... CO2, and that of tropospheric O3 and its precursor methane (CH4) over the past few centuries have exerted a warming influence. In contrast, the net effect of PM (termed “aerosols” in Figure 1, as conventional in climate science) is to cool the planet, although the magnitude is much more uncertain tha ...
... CO2, and that of tropospheric O3 and its precursor methane (CH4) over the past few centuries have exerted a warming influence. In contrast, the net effect of PM (termed “aerosols” in Figure 1, as conventional in climate science) is to cool the planet, although the magnitude is much more uncertain tha ...
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... for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers in the Corn Belt push back planting dates in response to a wet spring, for example, and may switch to soybean production if persistent wet weather delays corn planting excessively. During extremely dry periods, farmers in the Plains States ma ...
... for responding to local weather variability. Corn farmers in the Corn Belt push back planting dates in response to a wet spring, for example, and may switch to soybean production if persistent wet weather delays corn planting excessively. During extremely dry periods, farmers in the Plains States ma ...
Sea-level Rise Projections
... With emerging evidence of a more rapid acceleration of polar ice sheet melting9, the IPCC projections were criticized as being too conservative even as they were published. Around the same time of the release of the IPCC report an alternative method for projecting sea-level rise, called the semi-emp ...
... With emerging evidence of a more rapid acceleration of polar ice sheet melting9, the IPCC projections were criticized as being too conservative even as they were published. Around the same time of the release of the IPCC report an alternative method for projecting sea-level rise, called the semi-emp ...
United Kingdom
... England trend from the Camborne (up to 2003) and Reading (2003 onwards) are given in Figure 2. Smedley et al., (20112), analysed the trend data from these sites and demonstrated that the year at which total ozone stopped decreasing over the UK was 1993, by which time statistically significant reduct ...
... England trend from the Camborne (up to 2003) and Reading (2003 onwards) are given in Figure 2. Smedley et al., (20112), analysed the trend data from these sites and demonstrated that the year at which total ozone stopped decreasing over the UK was 1993, by which time statistically significant reduct ...
Expect Above Average Temperatures: Identifying the Economic
... The most similar model is Kelly et al. (2005). They are interested in the additional costs of having to learn about a change in the climate from an altered sequence of weather as opposed to knowing outright how the climate has changed. They therefore focus on mapping uncertainty about future climate ...
... The most similar model is Kelly et al. (2005). They are interested in the additional costs of having to learn about a change in the climate from an altered sequence of weather as opposed to knowing outright how the climate has changed. They therefore focus on mapping uncertainty about future climate ...
The sun responsible for climate change!
... Warming in the upper atmosphere should occur before any surface warming effect, but NASA's own data show that has not been happening. Global temperature readings-accurate to 0.1 degree Celsius-are gathered by orbiting satellites. Interestingly, in the 18 years those satellites have been recording gl ...
... Warming in the upper atmosphere should occur before any surface warming effect, but NASA's own data show that has not been happening. Global temperature readings-accurate to 0.1 degree Celsius-are gathered by orbiting satellites. Interestingly, in the 18 years those satellites have been recording gl ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
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... strong, and consistent signals’ (Moser, 2010; Best-Waldhobera & Daamena, 2011). There is an increasing amount of research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and sinks, however the level of knowledge and information that the average citizen has on the topic is low. Climate change mitigation decision-m ...
... strong, and consistent signals’ (Moser, 2010; Best-Waldhobera & Daamena, 2011). There is an increasing amount of research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and sinks, however the level of knowledge and information that the average citizen has on the topic is low. Climate change mitigation decision-m ...
Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change P R
... In some studies, more informed respondents reported less concern or sense of responsibility towards climate change. People stop paying attention to global climate change when they realize that there is no easy solution for it. Many people judge as serious only those problems for which they think act ...
... In some studies, more informed respondents reported less concern or sense of responsibility towards climate change. People stop paying attention to global climate change when they realize that there is no easy solution for it. Many people judge as serious only those problems for which they think act ...
gcos regional action plan for south america
... (UNFCCC) states that the ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Furthermore, such a level should be achieved within a time-fram ...
... (UNFCCC) states that the ultimate objective of the Convention is to achieve the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Furthermore, such a level should be achieved within a time-fram ...
Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
... profound changes in the physical and chemical properties of the ocean that have serious implications for marine species, with concomitant risks to marine industries dependent on those species (Hartmann et al., 2013; Rhein et al., 2013; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2014; Pörtner et al., 2014). The global o ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... Nationwide, the effects of climate change are projected to include increasingly severe storms and floods in some places and increasing droughts in other places.15 Some locations are expected to be subject to each of these conditions during different times of the year.16 In parts of the United States ...
... Nationwide, the effects of climate change are projected to include increasingly severe storms and floods in some places and increasing droughts in other places.15 Some locations are expected to be subject to each of these conditions during different times of the year.16 In parts of the United States ...
General Law on Climate Change Mexico
... III. Climate Change: Variation in the climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and is additional to the natural climate variability observed during comparable time periods. IV. Commission: Inter-Ministerial Commission on ...
... III. Climate Change: Variation in the climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and is additional to the natural climate variability observed during comparable time periods. IV. Commission: Inter-Ministerial Commission on ...