Climate change impacts on snow water availability in the Euphrates
... dynamics not captured at the coarse scale nature of the Reanalysis data, correction factors were applied to the temperature (lapsed by 6.1 ◦ C km−1 ) and precipitation data following the Precipitation Regression on Independent Slopes Method (PRISM) algorithm (Daly et al., 1994). Even with these corr ...
... dynamics not captured at the coarse scale nature of the Reanalysis data, correction factors were applied to the temperature (lapsed by 6.1 ◦ C km−1 ) and precipitation data following the Precipitation Regression on Independent Slopes Method (PRISM) algorithm (Daly et al., 1994). Even with these corr ...
consequences
... In an ever changing world we probably all feel like migrants. If we could migrate to idyllic places at our own pace and choice on our time it would be no matter for concern. However, more and more are having to migrate as they are displaced by environmental changes. In the vulnerable coastal areas a ...
... In an ever changing world we probably all feel like migrants. If we could migrate to idyllic places at our own pace and choice on our time it would be no matter for concern. However, more and more are having to migrate as they are displaced by environmental changes. In the vulnerable coastal areas a ...
Climate Trends and Impacts in China
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
ASEAN IN A CLIMATE OF CHANGE
... countries t o assist developing countries to adopt a lower emissions pathway and build climate resilience into their economies. The agreement was opened for signature by the by the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, in New York in April, with 179 signatories including, crucially, the US, China and t ...
... countries t o assist developing countries to adopt a lower emissions pathway and build climate resilience into their economies. The agreement was opened for signature by the by the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, in New York in April, with 179 signatories including, crucially, the US, China and t ...
China - Open Knowledge Repository
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... region is one of the most important mountain systems in the world and is referred to as the “third pole” (Schild, 2008) and the “water tower of Asia” (Xu et al., 2009). Extending along the northern fringe of the Indian subcontinent, from the bend of the Indus River in the northwest to the Brahmaputr ...
... region is one of the most important mountain systems in the world and is referred to as the “third pole” (Schild, 2008) and the “water tower of Asia” (Xu et al., 2009). Extending along the northern fringe of the Indian subcontinent, from the bend of the Indus River in the northwest to the Brahmaputr ...
Climate change and Health Across Africa: Issues
... links between climate and health. The latter relates more specifically to the relationship between current and future anthropogenic climate change and conditions of health. For example, it is evident that the prevalence of malaria in the continent is related to tropical climate across Africa. In ...
... links between climate and health. The latter relates more specifically to the relationship between current and future anthropogenic climate change and conditions of health. For example, it is evident that the prevalence of malaria in the continent is related to tropical climate across Africa. In ...
Stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide via zero emissions—An
... Projections based on a zero-emissions stabilization pathway Setup of numerical experiments. In order to test and verify characteristics of the proposed form of stabilization and to identify the potential for a new CO2 mitigation strategy based on the Zstabilization pathway, we calculated climate pro ...
... Projections based on a zero-emissions stabilization pathway Setup of numerical experiments. In order to test and verify characteristics of the proposed form of stabilization and to identify the potential for a new CO2 mitigation strategy based on the Zstabilization pathway, we calculated climate pro ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such ...
... solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such ...
Slide 1
... 7. High priority for additional observations should be focused on datapoor regions, poorly-observed parameters, regions sensitive to change, and key measurements with inadequate temporal resolution. Observed where we don’t have data and where new data would help most. 8. Long-term requirements shoul ...
... 7. High priority for additional observations should be focused on datapoor regions, poorly-observed parameters, regions sensitive to change, and key measurements with inadequate temporal resolution. Observed where we don’t have data and where new data would help most. 8. Long-term requirements shoul ...
Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tourism
... Some tourism stakeholders, professionals and scientists in the region are still not convinced that there is enough evidence linking climate change to impacts on the tourism sector. Many view the last seven years of intense cyclone activity in the region as a result of climate variability (cyclical i ...
... Some tourism stakeholders, professionals and scientists in the region are still not convinced that there is enough evidence linking climate change to impacts on the tourism sector. Many view the last seven years of intense cyclone activity in the region as a result of climate variability (cyclical i ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change
... changes of solar irradiance and volcanic aerosols that scatter and absorb solar and terrestrial radiation. Human-made forcings include GHGs and tropospheric aerosols, i.e., aerosols in Earth’s lower atmosphere, mostly in the lowest few kilometers. A forcing, F, is measured in watts per square meter ...
... changes of solar irradiance and volcanic aerosols that scatter and absorb solar and terrestrial radiation. Human-made forcings include GHGs and tropospheric aerosols, i.e., aerosols in Earth’s lower atmosphere, mostly in the lowest few kilometers. A forcing, F, is measured in watts per square meter ...
Extract
... The world is in transition (WBGU, 2011), and environmental issues are a serious concern (OECD, 2012). There is a strong interest in identifying natural sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) because a decisive action is needed to minimize the risks of abrupt clim ...
... The world is in transition (WBGU, 2011), and environmental issues are a serious concern (OECD, 2012). There is a strong interest in identifying natural sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) because a decisive action is needed to minimize the risks of abrupt clim ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... change is not only fundamental for the design of mitigation and adaptation strategies; whether by addressing the direct impacts of geographical factors, or by addressing their indirect effects on the socio-political environment, mitigation and adaptation strategies are also fundamental as key elemen ...
... change is not only fundamental for the design of mitigation and adaptation strategies; whether by addressing the direct impacts of geographical factors, or by addressing their indirect effects on the socio-political environment, mitigation and adaptation strategies are also fundamental as key elemen ...
Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate
... the form of drought, flooding, storm surges, hurricanes and rising sea levels due to melting glaciers. Responsible politicians must take account of this now at the start of the 21st century. It would be irresponsible to just cross our fingers and hope that things will be alright in our lifetimes. Th ...
... the form of drought, flooding, storm surges, hurricanes and rising sea levels due to melting glaciers. Responsible politicians must take account of this now at the start of the 21st century. It would be irresponsible to just cross our fingers and hope that things will be alright in our lifetimes. Th ...
Tambora 1815 as a test case for high impact volcanic eruptions
... profile with a maximum injection of SO2 between 20 and 25 km. This corresponds well with observed injection height profiles after the smaller 1991 Pinatubo eruption. The sulfate aerosol cloud that developed from the injected SO2 was spread globally by the stratospheric winds. The stratospheric meridio ...
... profile with a maximum injection of SO2 between 20 and 25 km. This corresponds well with observed injection height profiles after the smaller 1991 Pinatubo eruption. The sulfate aerosol cloud that developed from the injected SO2 was spread globally by the stratospheric winds. The stratospheric meridio ...
Noel L. Bankston - Old Dominion University
... April 1, 1960, produced the first weather photos from space using television technology. These photos enabled the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Weather Bureau meteorologists to issue the first advisories on air pollution potential over the eastern United States (National Oceanic an ...
... April 1, 1960, produced the first weather photos from space using television technology. These photos enabled the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Weather Bureau meteorologists to issue the first advisories on air pollution potential over the eastern United States (National Oceanic an ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... mechanism has also channeled almost $10 billion to climate change projects in poor countries, which are the most vulnerable to the impacts of the phenomenon. The Convention’s goal of returning the greenhouse gas emissions of industrialized countries to their 1990 levels by the year 2000 was achieved ...
... mechanism has also channeled almost $10 billion to climate change projects in poor countries, which are the most vulnerable to the impacts of the phenomenon. The Convention’s goal of returning the greenhouse gas emissions of industrialized countries to their 1990 levels by the year 2000 was achieved ...
Gender and climate change in the Indian Himalayas: global threats
... diversity. With this special issue in mind, suggestions for related research are proposed for consideration by climate scientists and social systems and/or policy modelers seeking to support gender justice through socially transformative perspectives and frameworks. ...
... diversity. With this special issue in mind, suggestions for related research are proposed for consideration by climate scientists and social systems and/or policy modelers seeking to support gender justice through socially transformative perspectives and frameworks. ...
International Environmental Law Perspective on Climate Change
... A discussion on the alternative energy development, in view of this author, should be based on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project case. 2 The underlying reason is that, the ICJ has examined the important aspects of sustainable development, considerin ...
... A discussion on the alternative energy development, in view of this author, should be based on the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision on the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Project case. 2 The underlying reason is that, the ICJ has examined the important aspects of sustainable development, considerin ...
Simple indices of global climate variability and change: Part I
... There is additional information in the patterns of surface air temperature variations, apart from the global-mean. In this study, we use some other simple indices of surface temperature patterns, including the land–ocean temperature contrast, the meridional temperature gradient, the inter-hemispheri ...
... There is additional information in the patterns of surface air temperature variations, apart from the global-mean. In this study, we use some other simple indices of surface temperature patterns, including the land–ocean temperature contrast, the meridional temperature gradient, the inter-hemispheri ...
Detectability of Anthropogenic Changes in Annual Temperature and
... reanalysis data are generally considered not to be reliable enough for the study of long-term trends (e.g., Chelliah and Ropelewski 2000). Datasets that blend satellite and surface data are becoming available for averages of a few days, such as pentads (e.g., Xie et al. 2003), but they remain the su ...
... reanalysis data are generally considered not to be reliable enough for the study of long-term trends (e.g., Chelliah and Ropelewski 2000). Datasets that blend satellite and surface data are becoming available for averages of a few days, such as pentads (e.g., Xie et al. 2003), but they remain the su ...