RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... Building upon the efforts of similar climate risk assessments in Massachusetts and Connecticut, these working groups reviewed and summarized the key climate risks and vulnerabilities that will increasingly affect Rhode Island and southern New England, and adaptation efforts already in underway at th ...
... Building upon the efforts of similar climate risk assessments in Massachusetts and Connecticut, these working groups reviewed and summarized the key climate risks and vulnerabilities that will increasingly affect Rhode Island and southern New England, and adaptation efforts already in underway at th ...
Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and
... ated selection on breeding time or addressed the critical question as to whether the observed advancement was a product of phenotypic plasticity or microevolution. In fact, there are only two avian studies which have been able to test for genetic basis of breeding time advancements, and neither of t ...
... ated selection on breeding time or addressed the critical question as to whether the observed advancement was a product of phenotypic plasticity or microevolution. In fact, there are only two avian studies which have been able to test for genetic basis of breeding time advancements, and neither of t ...
PDF Format - Department of Environmental Sciences
... for policies to reduce risk after Hurricane Sandy. Risk Analysis, 34, 997-1012, DOI:10.1111/risa.12203.. Mantsis, D. F., B. R. Lintner, A. J. Broccoli, M. P. Erb, A. C. Clement, and H.-S. Park, 2014: The response of large-scale circulation to obliquity-induced changes in meridional heating gradients ...
... for policies to reduce risk after Hurricane Sandy. Risk Analysis, 34, 997-1012, DOI:10.1111/risa.12203.. Mantsis, D. F., B. R. Lintner, A. J. Broccoli, M. P. Erb, A. C. Clement, and H.-S. Park, 2014: The response of large-scale circulation to obliquity-induced changes in meridional heating gradients ...
Environment and Development Challenges
... matched with very slow ethical-social evolution. The human ability to do has vastly outstripped the ability to understand. As a result civilization is faced with a perfect storm of problems driven by overpopulation, overconsumption by the rich, the use of environmentally malign technologies, and gro ...
... matched with very slow ethical-social evolution. The human ability to do has vastly outstripped the ability to understand. As a result civilization is faced with a perfect storm of problems driven by overpopulation, overconsumption by the rich, the use of environmentally malign technologies, and gro ...
Report of the President`s Advisory Committee on Divestment from
... how it should be. Recommendations regarding the Petition Here in brief are the Committee’s recommendations regarding the Petition. Details and reasons for these recommendations are presented in the next section. This Committee recommends that the University of Toronto adopt a strategy of targeted di ...
... how it should be. Recommendations regarding the Petition Here in brief are the Committee’s recommendations regarding the Petition. Details and reasons for these recommendations are presented in the next section. This Committee recommends that the University of Toronto adopt a strategy of targeted di ...
Quaternary Vegetation Distribution
... Vegetation Processes and Dynamics At Quaternary time scales (101-105 years), vegetation dynamics are mainly forced by climate change, and plant taxa have primarily accommodated late-Quaternary climate change via local changes in abundance and regional to continental shifts in distribution (Huntley a ...
... Vegetation Processes and Dynamics At Quaternary time scales (101-105 years), vegetation dynamics are mainly forced by climate change, and plant taxa have primarily accommodated late-Quaternary climate change via local changes in abundance and regional to continental shifts in distribution (Huntley a ...
- Wiley Online Library
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
Systems thinking methodology in researching the
... In addition, it is important to note that the levels of climate change impacts on livestock production likely depend on the mental models of the key stakeholders. Their beliefs, attitudes and perceptions on climate change will impact the industry both in short term and long term. There are four main ...
... In addition, it is important to note that the levels of climate change impacts on livestock production likely depend on the mental models of the key stakeholders. Their beliefs, attitudes and perceptions on climate change will impact the industry both in short term and long term. There are four main ...
Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change P R
... NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have done better than oth ...
... NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have done better than oth ...
Utilization of Science-Based Information on Climate Change in
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
... Agencies such as NOAA recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the producers and users of scientific information, and considerable effort has been made to encourage this. Examples include the work done by NOAA’s Regional Integrated Science and Assessment teams and, at a broader scale, NO ...
Dialogue on Long Term Persistence
... Long term persistence and trend significance “Is global average temperature increase statistically significant?” To answer this question one needs to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperatur ...
... Long term persistence and trend significance “Is global average temperature increase statistically significant?” To answer this question one needs to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperatur ...
A Teacher`s Guide for the Video Sila Alangotok— Inuit Observations
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
... shift in climate zones may affect the distribution of plant and animal species. Globally, a rise in sea level, which will threaten coastal cities and settlements all over the world, is possible. Another disturbing consequence of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change is that it may permanently ...
Climateâ•`induced changes in the distribution of freshwater fish
... 1. Climate change could be one of the main threats faced by aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity. Improved understanding, monitoring and forecasting of its effects are thus crucial for researchers, policy makers and biodiversity managers. 2. Here, we provide a review and some meta-analyses ...
... 1. Climate change could be one of the main threats faced by aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity. Improved understanding, monitoring and forecasting of its effects are thus crucial for researchers, policy makers and biodiversity managers. 2. Here, we provide a review and some meta-analyses ...
- Macquarie University ResearchOnline
... carries information about several distinct aspects of climate), and well-documented methods of providing quantitative palaeoclimatic estimates. This paper presents a global synthesis of reconstructed terrestrial climatic estimates for the LGM and MH, based on the application of common methods. The p ...
... carries information about several distinct aspects of climate), and well-documented methods of providing quantitative palaeoclimatic estimates. This paper presents a global synthesis of reconstructed terrestrial climatic estimates for the LGM and MH, based on the application of common methods. The p ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES COMMITTEE MINUTES 7 April 2016
... For students who decide not to continue in English Teaching, it provides an easier option to move into the second major and still graduate on time. In terms of capacity issues, the advisors counsel that this change could be helpful in some areas that could use additional enrollment. The traditional ...
... For students who decide not to continue in English Teaching, it provides an easier option to move into the second major and still graduate on time. In terms of capacity issues, the advisors counsel that this change could be helpful in some areas that could use additional enrollment. The traditional ...
Climate Change and State Consent - U
... states by means of accession agreements that new states make in order to join the treaty body. The paradigm case of this method is the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT). It began as a relatively small group of states agreeing to significant tariff reductions on particular goods and on th ...
... states by means of accession agreements that new states make in order to join the treaty body. The paradigm case of this method is the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT). It began as a relatively small group of states agreeing to significant tariff reductions on particular goods and on th ...
Global warming in the public sphere
... century, the basic physical science underlying the theory and empirical evidence for global warming was supported through wartime and post-World War II scientific enterprise to master nuclear weaponry and understand how nuclear radiation and fallout would travel throughout the atmosphere and terrestr ...
... century, the basic physical science underlying the theory and empirical evidence for global warming was supported through wartime and post-World War II scientific enterprise to master nuclear weaponry and understand how nuclear radiation and fallout would travel throughout the atmosphere and terrestr ...
climate change in afghanistan
... livelihoods—and ultimately food security—increased most?” This helps bridge the gap between the field of disaster risk reduction (which traditionally focuses on the physical occurrence of climate hazards) and that of livelihoods and food security analysis (which focuses on what people do for a livin ...
... livelihoods—and ultimately food security—increased most?” This helps bridge the gap between the field of disaster risk reduction (which traditionally focuses on the physical occurrence of climate hazards) and that of livelihoods and food security analysis (which focuses on what people do for a livin ...
Lecture 1 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... Figure 17 Depiction of the global carbon cycle and capacity of various sources and sinks. .................. 35 Figure 18 Observed changes in global average surface temperature, average sea level and Northern Hemisphere snow cover relative to period 1961–1990. ....................................... ...
... Figure 17 Depiction of the global carbon cycle and capacity of various sources and sinks. .................. 35 Figure 18 Observed changes in global average surface temperature, average sea level and Northern Hemisphere snow cover relative to period 1961–1990. ....................................... ...
climate change adaptation: a collective action
... set a floor that requires participation, or at least conformance with federal requirements, by states and localities? Third, should the federal government ever displace state and local adaptation responses based on the threats they pose to federal interests? Collective action principles can assist i ...
... set a floor that requires participation, or at least conformance with federal requirements, by states and localities? Third, should the federal government ever displace state and local adaptation responses based on the threats they pose to federal interests? Collective action principles can assist i ...
- OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids
... inter-annual variability during vegetative period. The potential extension of sunflower crop northward in France was confirmed as well. Crop duration was reduced by 4–6 days at flowering time and by 7–12 days at harvest per 1 °C increase of air temperature, as a function of RCM and genotype considered. ...
... inter-annual variability during vegetative period. The potential extension of sunflower crop northward in France was confirmed as well. Crop duration was reduced by 4–6 days at flowering time and by 7–12 days at harvest per 1 °C increase of air temperature, as a function of RCM and genotype considered. ...
US-China Relations Core – Wave 2 – HSS
... the Sea, the Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the People’s Republic of China, and the Regulations on the Management of Foreign-Related Marine Scientific Research. Since 2009, debates between the two powers about the parameters of exclusive economic zones and the prese ...
... the Sea, the Law on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf of the People’s Republic of China, and the Regulations on the Management of Foreign-Related Marine Scientific Research. Since 2009, debates between the two powers about the parameters of exclusive economic zones and the prese ...
Assessing the Risk of a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline
... uncoupled OGCM. We have represented this wide range of behaviour of the THC with an extended and simplified version of the original simple model that gave rise to the concern about the THC shutdown. We have used this simple model of the THC together with the DICE-99 integrated assessment model to es ...
... uncoupled OGCM. We have represented this wide range of behaviour of the THC with an extended and simplified version of the original simple model that gave rise to the concern about the THC shutdown. We have used this simple model of the THC together with the DICE-99 integrated assessment model to es ...