Mean Change in Visual Acuity * 2 - Jaeb Center for Health Research
... baseline predictor of 1 year vision outcomes Baseline CSF was the only consistent baseline predictor of 1 year CSF outcomes Results may be due to ceiling and floor effects of these variables Highlights importance of noting baseline values of cohort to understand magnitude of vision and OCT outco ...
... baseline predictor of 1 year vision outcomes Baseline CSF was the only consistent baseline predictor of 1 year CSF outcomes Results may be due to ceiling and floor effects of these variables Highlights importance of noting baseline values of cohort to understand magnitude of vision and OCT outco ...
The implications for climate sensitivity of AR5 forcing and heat...
... Use in (1) and (2) of averages over base and final periods, rather than complete time series, captures much of the available information, since internal variability is high on sub-decadal timescales and only during the last decade or two has total forcing become reasonably large relative to its unc ...
... Use in (1) and (2) of averages over base and final periods, rather than complete time series, captures much of the available information, since internal variability is high on sub-decadal timescales and only during the last decade or two has total forcing become reasonably large relative to its unc ...
Full Report - Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
Working Paper 177 - Grodecka & Kuralbayeva (opens in new window)
... must be essentially constant during that period according to the idea (the same as studies in the price versus quantity literature) that the damages from climate change are essentially constant in the short-run. In the case of a quantity based policy, in each period, before uncertainty is resolved, ...
... must be essentially constant during that period according to the idea (the same as studies in the price versus quantity literature) that the damages from climate change are essentially constant in the short-run. In the case of a quantity based policy, in each period, before uncertainty is resolved, ...
Physical Assessment of the Brahmaputra River
... flows may vary from 3% to 9% by 2050 across the three emission scenarios, and by 7% to 16% by 2100. In the dry season, the average increase in monthly flows varies by similar amounts (2% to 11% by 2050, and 8% to 15% by 2100). The increase in flows by 2050 concurs with common understanding of climat ...
... flows may vary from 3% to 9% by 2050 across the three emission scenarios, and by 7% to 16% by 2100. In the dry season, the average increase in monthly flows varies by similar amounts (2% to 11% by 2050, and 8% to 15% by 2100). The increase in flows by 2050 concurs with common understanding of climat ...
Non-paper Guidelines for Project Managers: Making vulnerable
... these Guidelines may help to improve risk management still further. 1.3. Proportionality in applying the Guidelines The Guidelines have been written so as to minimise additional workload and costs for project developers. As already noted, the modules have been designed to integrate into the routine ...
... these Guidelines may help to improve risk management still further. 1.3. Proportionality in applying the Guidelines The Guidelines have been written so as to minimise additional workload and costs for project developers. As already noted, the modules have been designed to integrate into the routine ...
Protecting People Displaced by Weather
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
Climate change and food safety: A review
... health in the world and is climate sensitive, showing strong seasonal variations (Kovats & Tirado, 2006). Higher temperature has been found to be strongly associated with increased episodes of diarrhoeal disease in adults and children in Peru, where diarrhoeal reports increased 8% for each degree of ...
... health in the world and is climate sensitive, showing strong seasonal variations (Kovats & Tirado, 2006). Higher temperature has been found to be strongly associated with increased episodes of diarrhoeal disease in adults and children in Peru, where diarrhoeal reports increased 8% for each degree of ...
Modelling Abrupt Glacial Climate Change
... recently became so prominent on the public agenda. I came into contact with Hans Renssen and Jef Vandenberghe from the Department of Earth Sciences at the VU who, at that time, were looking for a PhD candidate in paleoclimate modelling. Accepting the job turned out to be one of the best decisions in ...
... recently became so prominent on the public agenda. I came into contact with Hans Renssen and Jef Vandenberghe from the Department of Earth Sciences at the VU who, at that time, were looking for a PhD candidate in paleoclimate modelling. Accepting the job turned out to be one of the best decisions in ...
University of Groningen Local cooling, global warming Hekkenberg, M
... differences are elaborated on. Firstly, the physico-chemical mechanisms underlying ozone depletion and climate change are quite different, leading to a different problem perception at a meta level. Any decrease in ozone levels may lead to increase of malignant diseases, ecosystem damage and decrease ...
... differences are elaborated on. Firstly, the physico-chemical mechanisms underlying ozone depletion and climate change are quite different, leading to a different problem perception at a meta level. Any decrease in ozone levels may lead to increase of malignant diseases, ecosystem damage and decrease ...
20 July 2012 - Productivity Commission
... If we flip over to the mean surface chart of the Australian global service temperature anomaly, if we look back from about 1940 to 1980 meteorologists are split - well, there is research to be about what are all the driving forces that led to that degree of climate variability. Greenhouses gases was ...
... If we flip over to the mean surface chart of the Australian global service temperature anomaly, if we look back from about 1940 to 1980 meteorologists are split - well, there is research to be about what are all the driving forces that led to that degree of climate variability. Greenhouses gases was ...
Queensland Climate Adaptation Directions Statement
... The Queensland Government is responsible for maintaining and delivering an array of assets, services and functions, from national parks to public transport, schools to trade-promotion, land-use regulation to healthcare. The Queensland Government is committed to working closely with Queenslanders to ...
... The Queensland Government is responsible for maintaining and delivering an array of assets, services and functions, from national parks to public transport, schools to trade-promotion, land-use regulation to healthcare. The Queensland Government is committed to working closely with Queenslanders to ...
Consumer behaviour and demand response of tourists to climate
... which respondents were confronted with a scenario in which ‘‘the next five winters would have very little natural snow’’. The survey, which identified significant negative demand reponses, was repeated by Pickering, Castley, and Burtt (2010), and its main scenario was also used in Switzerland (Behri ...
... which respondents were confronted with a scenario in which ‘‘the next five winters would have very little natural snow’’. The survey, which identified significant negative demand reponses, was repeated by Pickering, Castley, and Burtt (2010), and its main scenario was also used in Switzerland (Behri ...
Presentation pack - The Global Calculator
... •the global mean temperature could increase by 6°C in the long term. •sea levels could rise, changing coastlines worldwide •precipitation patterns are likely to change so that dry parts of the world will get drier and the rainy parts will get wetter •fragile ecosystems will be put at risk •some extr ...
... •the global mean temperature could increase by 6°C in the long term. •sea levels could rise, changing coastlines worldwide •precipitation patterns are likely to change so that dry parts of the world will get drier and the rainy parts will get wetter •fragile ecosystems will be put at risk •some extr ...
Islamabad Pakistan
... Adaptive capacity is the degree to which people, places, institutions and sectors are able to adapt and become more resilient to climate change impacts. It also identifies the extent to which the responsible institutions are capable of handling an emergency situation and the time they take to respon ...
... Adaptive capacity is the degree to which people, places, institutions and sectors are able to adapt and become more resilient to climate change impacts. It also identifies the extent to which the responsible institutions are capable of handling an emergency situation and the time they take to respon ...
2 Ptolemy`s Mathematical Models and their Meaning
... could result from numerous different physical situations, any of which might be temporarily valid at some time and place within his boundless universe; his theory that vision occurs by means of films of atoms that continually peel off bodies and fly off in all directions would not have stood up long to t ...
... could result from numerous different physical situations, any of which might be temporarily valid at some time and place within his boundless universe; his theory that vision occurs by means of films of atoms that continually peel off bodies and fly off in all directions would not have stood up long to t ...
Borehole temperatures and tree rings: Seasonality and
... based on borehole temperatures have remained elusive. [5] In this paper we explore the effects of seasonality in tree ring series and boreholes as a possible source of the discrepancy in warming estimates, using the tree ring reconstruction of Briffa et al. [2001] and the borehole data set compiled ...
... based on borehole temperatures have remained elusive. [5] In this paper we explore the effects of seasonality in tree ring series and boreholes as a possible source of the discrepancy in warming estimates, using the tree ring reconstruction of Briffa et al. [2001] and the borehole data set compiled ...
Climate Change Effects on Heat Waves and Future Heat
... expected to rise by factor 2.4 and 5.1 in the acclimatization and non-acclimatization approach, respectively. Even though there is substantial variability across the individual model simulations, it is most likely that the future burden of heat will increase considerably. The obtained results point ...
... expected to rise by factor 2.4 and 5.1 in the acclimatization and non-acclimatization approach, respectively. Even though there is substantial variability across the individual model simulations, it is most likely that the future burden of heat will increase considerably. The obtained results point ...
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... safety and fairness are mutually realizable and can be attained simultaneously will depend on future policies, institutions and technology, as well as the extent to which fossil fuels remain attractive. At the moment, this challenge appears immense (Pacala and Socolow 2004). Equity and responsibili ...
... safety and fairness are mutually realizable and can be attained simultaneously will depend on future policies, institutions and technology, as well as the extent to which fossil fuels remain attractive. At the moment, this challenge appears immense (Pacala and Socolow 2004). Equity and responsibili ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... (WRI 2009). This involves providing services that help vulnerable communities cope with climate change; for example, mining company China Minmetals Co. has developed a technology to treat and recycle wastewater, which decreases the use of new freshwater and provides clean water to the surrounding co ...
... (WRI 2009). This involves providing services that help vulnerable communities cope with climate change; for example, mining company China Minmetals Co. has developed a technology to treat and recycle wastewater, which decreases the use of new freshwater and provides clean water to the surrounding co ...
Knowledge and perceptions about the health
... throughout the world. Accelerating demographic, social, economic, environmental and ecological changes as a result of increasing globalization and the inability of many developing countries and their populations to make the necessary adaption changes to mitigate the effect of climate change [5,6] re ...
... throughout the world. Accelerating demographic, social, economic, environmental and ecological changes as a result of increasing globalization and the inability of many developing countries and their populations to make the necessary adaption changes to mitigate the effect of climate change [5,6] re ...
A Teacher`s Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok— Inuit Observations
... Climate change can be defined as “…a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” (Environment Canada, 1995, 11). Average weather includes elements such as temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. In the media, the terms global warming and climate change are often used interc ...
... Climate change can be defined as “…a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” (Environment Canada, 1995, 11). Average weather includes elements such as temperature, wind patterns, and precipitation. In the media, the terms global warming and climate change are often used interc ...
Follow-up Report - Ministry of Tourism
... addressed in the Atoll Ecosystem Conservation (AEC) project, and that lessons from this project could be used for further research on existing laws and regulations that pose disincentives for climate change adaptation. Q: Have there been studies on waste disposal practices on boats other than safari ...
... addressed in the Atoll Ecosystem Conservation (AEC) project, and that lessons from this project could be used for further research on existing laws and regulations that pose disincentives for climate change adaptation. Q: Have there been studies on waste disposal practices on boats other than safari ...
