An Ounce of Prevention
... The US government’s process for allocating disaster aid is complex; it focuses on humanitarian need, but short-term political considerations also play a role. These considerations hamper getting the right kind of aid to the right people in the most cost-effective way. Moreover, US humanitarian respo ...
... The US government’s process for allocating disaster aid is complex; it focuses on humanitarian need, but short-term political considerations also play a role. These considerations hamper getting the right kind of aid to the right people in the most cost-effective way. Moreover, US humanitarian respo ...
Simulating Picea schrenkiana forest productivity under climatic
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
... A process-based model, BIOME-BGC, was used to investigate the response of Picea schrenkiana forest to future climate changes and atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration increases in the Tianshan Mountains of northwestern China. The model was validated by comparing simulated net primary produc ...
Incorporating estuaries as a source or sink of sediment within
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
... marine climate drivers. However, along the New South Wales coast, many more people live on the margins of estuaries or other coastal water bodies than along the open shoreline. The impact of climate change will be felt differently within estuaries. Their response to climate change is mediated by est ...
Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory for all sectors of Sonoma
... Monitor progress and adjust as appropriate Municipalities can focus on GHG emissions produced by their internal operations, on emissions produced by all sectors in the jurisdiction, or first one and then the other. Sonoma municipalities chose to “lead by example,” focusing on internal operations fir ...
... Monitor progress and adjust as appropriate Municipalities can focus on GHG emissions produced by their internal operations, on emissions produced by all sectors in the jurisdiction, or first one and then the other. Sonoma municipalities chose to “lead by example,” focusing on internal operations fir ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: October 2014
... o Increased funding for improvements to local roads, bridges, and buildings to make them more resistant to extreme weather (83%) o Funding more research into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power (77%) o Providing tax rebates to people who purchase energy-efficient vehicles or solar ...
... o Increased funding for improvements to local roads, bridges, and buildings to make them more resistant to extreme weather (83%) o Funding more research into renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power (77%) o Providing tax rebates to people who purchase energy-efficient vehicles or solar ...
The Tragedy of the Risk
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
Based on CFS - Dr. R. Krishnan - Indian Institute of Tropical
... Summer Monsoon rainfall due to Climate Change? How much of the observed increase in temperature over India been decreased by increasing presence of aerosols? ...
... Summer Monsoon rainfall due to Climate Change? How much of the observed increase in temperature over India been decreased by increasing presence of aerosols? ...
Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a
... (F4CO2 , see Sect. 3) was balanced in each model by a reduction of the solar constant estimated as δS0 = −4 F4CO2 /(1 − α) to account for the sphericity of the Earth and the planetary albedo α. Then the experiment with increased CO2 and reduced solar constant has been integrated for 10 yr and the 10 ...
... (F4CO2 , see Sect. 3) was balanced in each model by a reduction of the solar constant estimated as δS0 = −4 F4CO2 /(1 − α) to account for the sphericity of the Earth and the planetary albedo α. Then the experiment with increased CO2 and reduced solar constant has been integrated for 10 yr and the 10 ...
powerpoint presentation
... global ocean - ~1000 years (1) Advection of heat and salinity anomalies: from surface forcing regions, subducted, and then returning to surface where they change the forcing for the atmosphere, or change the ice ...
... global ocean - ~1000 years (1) Advection of heat and salinity anomalies: from surface forcing regions, subducted, and then returning to surface where they change the forcing for the atmosphere, or change the ice ...
The Tragedy of the Risk-Perception Commons
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
... 1. Introduction: Is public opinion rational? Controversy over climate change is commonly attributed to a deficit in public comprehension of scientific information. The most straightforward explanation is ignorance: the public knows too little science to understand the evidence or to avoid being mis ...
- White Rose Research Online
... 18 or older, and had been living in or around Pittsburgh for at least 15 consecutive years. Paperand-pencil surveys were administered in survey sessions at the community organizations through which participants were recruited. Individuals who signed up through the online advertisements came to surve ...
... 18 or older, and had been living in or around Pittsburgh for at least 15 consecutive years. Paperand-pencil surveys were administered in survey sessions at the community organizations through which participants were recruited. Individuals who signed up through the online advertisements came to surve ...
Climate change and the slow reorientation of the American car
... with regard to green reorientation (e.g. about future toughness of regulations or consumer willingness to pay for low-carbon innovations). Furthermore, automakers may actively try to influence socio-political pressures, which means that strategic considerations are not just techno-economic, but also ...
... with regard to green reorientation (e.g. about future toughness of regulations or consumer willingness to pay for low-carbon innovations). Furthermore, automakers may actively try to influence socio-political pressures, which means that strategic considerations are not just techno-economic, but also ...
Temperate Grassland Responses to Climate
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
... NPP is the sum of the above and belowground litter inputs to the soil (plus animal intake in grazed systems) and is exactly balanced by soil respiration. In the model, a step increase in temperature always increased soil respiration more than NPP, even at high LAI. The result was a net loss of soil ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON MAIN AGRICULTURE CROPS IN
... possible impact of climate change on yield of cereal (winter wheat and grain maize), oil (sunflower) and technical (sugar beet and tobacco) crops was carried out in several steps: Firstly, according to the statistical data on productivity at agricultural enterprises of various categories were constr ...
... possible impact of climate change on yield of cereal (winter wheat and grain maize), oil (sunflower) and technical (sugar beet and tobacco) crops was carried out in several steps: Firstly, according to the statistical data on productivity at agricultural enterprises of various categories were constr ...
Climate Change Planning in Alaska`s National Parks
... (pp.241-248). These can all be read for free on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Art-LongView-Planning-Uncertain/dp/0385267320 in the page previews (“Click to Look Inside”) SNAP one-page fact sheet (Tools for Planners) and link to website for optional browsing. Detailed notes from the August meet ...
... (pp.241-248). These can all be read for free on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Art-LongView-Planning-Uncertain/dp/0385267320 in the page previews (“Click to Look Inside”) SNAP one-page fact sheet (Tools for Planners) and link to website for optional browsing. Detailed notes from the August meet ...
Projected effects of climate change on water supply reliability in Mid
... Intensification of pastoral systems is increasingly dependent on water supply reliability for stock water and irrigation. Water supply reliability is a function of both water availability and water demand. Climate change potentially impacts both. Changes in natural water flows (in rivers and aquifer ...
... Intensification of pastoral systems is increasingly dependent on water supply reliability for stock water and irrigation. Water supply reliability is a function of both water availability and water demand. Climate change potentially impacts both. Changes in natural water flows (in rivers and aquifer ...
Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources?
... Forest management and streamflow response Considerable information is available on the effects of forest management on streamflow throughout the US (Jones & Post, 2004; Brown et al., 2005). For example, removal of the forest canopy generally increases streamflow for the first few years, but the magn ...
... Forest management and streamflow response Considerable information is available on the effects of forest management on streamflow throughout the US (Jones & Post, 2004; Brown et al., 2005). For example, removal of the forest canopy generally increases streamflow for the first few years, but the magn ...
Science Stories - ComunicaRSE | ComunicaRSE
... “The whole IPCC seems to be shrouded in a great veil of secrecy when it is not really. It is quite an open process.” The remit of the IPCC also produces tensions, which affect its communication with the outside world. The IPCC seeks to produce (in its own words) ‘policyrelevant’ but not ‘policy-presc ...
... “The whole IPCC seems to be shrouded in a great veil of secrecy when it is not really. It is quite an open process.” The remit of the IPCC also produces tensions, which affect its communication with the outside world. The IPCC seeks to produce (in its own words) ‘policyrelevant’ but not ‘policy-presc ...