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... means of persuasion. Some companies have gone so far as to promote anti-scientific propaganda, and to sow doubt in the public mind regarding well-known and mainstream science. With enough money, any big lie can be defended, at least for a while. In the US, the wealthy Koch brothers, who own a major ...
... means of persuasion. Some companies have gone so far as to promote anti-scientific propaganda, and to sow doubt in the public mind regarding well-known and mainstream science. With enough money, any big lie can be defended, at least for a while. In the US, the wealthy Koch brothers, who own a major ...
18_Lecture_Presentation_PC
... organisms, ecosystems, and human well-being Scientists have studied the many aspects of climate change Climate variables have been monitored, building a long-term database for researchers to study Scientific literature is replete with published studies ...
... organisms, ecosystems, and human well-being Scientists have studied the many aspects of climate change Climate variables have been monitored, building a long-term database for researchers to study Scientific literature is replete with published studies ...
Livestock and climate change - CGSpace
... they keep (such as including camels, or switching from cattle to goats) and the composition of their herds. The long term sustainability of these adaptations has not been critically examined, nor have possibilities to foster sustainable adaptation by smallholder livestock producers. ...
... they keep (such as including camels, or switching from cattle to goats) and the composition of their herds. The long term sustainability of these adaptations has not been critically examined, nor have possibilities to foster sustainable adaptation by smallholder livestock producers. ...
Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
... An approach pioneered in the United Kingdom by the Hadley Centre (Murphy et al. 2004) and climate prediction.net (Stainforth et al. 2005) has been the use of ensembles that systematically explore the implication of known uncertainties in model parameters. Parameters are identified that are known to ...
Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
... reduce the impacts of climate change and avoid catastrophic consequences in the long term. In the absence of such strong mitigation action, it is possible that the most vulnerable ecosystems, such as coral reefs, will cease to function in their current forms within a few decades (Hoegh-Guldberg et a ...
... reduce the impacts of climate change and avoid catastrophic consequences in the long term. In the absence of such strong mitigation action, it is possible that the most vulnerable ecosystems, such as coral reefs, will cease to function in their current forms within a few decades (Hoegh-Guldberg et a ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... (Diniega, 2016). Those who stayed behind rather than migrating became more vulnerable to lingering dzud effects or other environmental changes in the following years (ibid.). In recent years, some migrants have been returning to herding due to hardships in urban areas and a perception that the envir ...
... (Diniega, 2016). Those who stayed behind rather than migrating became more vulnerable to lingering dzud effects or other environmental changes in the following years (ibid.). In recent years, some migrants have been returning to herding due to hardships in urban areas and a perception that the envir ...
In Cook et al., the definition of consensus hypothesis that comes
... gases have been responsible for ‘most’ of the ‘unequivocal’ warming of the Earth's average global temperature over the second half of the 20th century”. The definition of the consensus in Anderegg et al. is less imprecise than definition (2) in Cook et al. Yet, like Cook et al., Anderegg et al. did ...
... gases have been responsible for ‘most’ of the ‘unequivocal’ warming of the Earth's average global temperature over the second half of the 20th century”. The definition of the consensus in Anderegg et al. is less imprecise than definition (2) in Cook et al. Yet, like Cook et al., Anderegg et al. did ...
Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies
... We are thankful for the generous support from the Surdna Foundation without which this work could not have happened. ...
... We are thankful for the generous support from the Surdna Foundation without which this work could not have happened. ...
Live Earth rocks 2 billion worldwide
... in their private jets. The Arctic Monkeys' drummer, Matt Helders confessed it would be "a (12) ____ hypocritical" to think his young band could change the world, "especially when we're using enough power for ten houses just for lighting," he said. ...
... in their private jets. The Arctic Monkeys' drummer, Matt Helders confessed it would be "a (12) ____ hypocritical" to think his young band could change the world, "especially when we're using enough power for ten houses just for lighting," he said. ...
Climate Change and Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care
... Pope Benedict XVI and the U.S. Catholic Bishops accept the scientific consensus that climate change is upon us and urge prudent action now to more faithfully care for creation and to avoid more severe consequences in the future, and they warn that its adverse impacts will fall heaviest on the poor a ...
... Pope Benedict XVI and the U.S. Catholic Bishops accept the scientific consensus that climate change is upon us and urge prudent action now to more faithfully care for creation and to avoid more severe consequences in the future, and they warn that its adverse impacts will fall heaviest on the poor a ...
Can we model observed soil carbon changes from a dense inventory?
... that calculates the fluxes of CO2 , H2 O, and heat exchanged between the land surface and the atmosphere on a half-hourly basis, and the variations of water and carbon pools on a daily basis. It is based on the coupling of three different models: one describes exchanges of energy and water between t ...
... that calculates the fluxes of CO2 , H2 O, and heat exchanged between the land surface and the atmosphere on a half-hourly basis, and the variations of water and carbon pools on a daily basis. It is based on the coupling of three different models: one describes exchanges of energy and water between t ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... crop insurance programs, and crop diversification, can be adopted to not only cushion damages, but also increase opportunities. But difficulties rise when producers try to obtain sufficient and reliable information regarding weather and market conditions, to predict how crops will respond to these ...
... crop insurance programs, and crop diversification, can be adopted to not only cushion damages, but also increase opportunities. But difficulties rise when producers try to obtain sufficient and reliable information regarding weather and market conditions, to predict how crops will respond to these ...
Climate Risk and Business
... millions of people and contributed to the looming food crisis. Scientists expect the physical impacts of climate change, along with its direct and indirect economic, social and environmental consequences, to continue increasing in intensity and frequency. Developing countries and the poorest populat ...
... millions of people and contributed to the looming food crisis. Scientists expect the physical impacts of climate change, along with its direct and indirect economic, social and environmental consequences, to continue increasing in intensity and frequency. Developing countries and the poorest populat ...
Climate Change and International Protocols
... developing combinations of national policies and measures to meet their respective assigned reduction amounts (calculated individually for each party with reference to their 1990 emissions levels). No particular policies or measures are proscribed, although “preferred policies” are encouraged, such ...
... developing combinations of national policies and measures to meet their respective assigned reduction amounts (calculated individually for each party with reference to their 1990 emissions levels). No particular policies or measures are proscribed, although “preferred policies” are encouraged, such ...
Climate Change Impacts and Opportunities for Biodiversity and
... National Biodiversity Planning to Support the Implementation of the CBD 2011-2020 Strategic Plan in the Republic of Sudan, is a project aims towards integrating the country’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks ...
... National Biodiversity Planning to Support the Implementation of the CBD 2011-2020 Strategic Plan in the Republic of Sudan, is a project aims towards integrating the country’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) into its national development and sectoral planning frameworks ...
How will Climate Change Affect the Water Cycle?
... 2009).14 Trends vary substantially from decade-‐to-‐decade. For example, total glacier area in the North Cascades declined rapidly for the first half of the 20th century, followed by a period of little c ...
... 2009).14 Trends vary substantially from decade-‐to-‐decade. For example, total glacier area in the North Cascades declined rapidly for the first half of the 20th century, followed by a period of little c ...
Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future Lecture 3 – Earth`s Climate
... Earth either through volcanism or through release of gases associated with metamorphic events, but essentially the internal processes in the Earth give rise to venting of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Now this is a tiny amount. I don't want anybody to worry about volcanoes going off, right? The ...
... Earth either through volcanism or through release of gases associated with metamorphic events, but essentially the internal processes in the Earth give rise to venting of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Now this is a tiny amount. I don't want anybody to worry about volcanoes going off, right? The ...
Climate change effects on rangelands and rangeland management
... Inventory, and Monitoring Strategy designed to assess rangeland health at various scales from local to regional (Toevs et al. 2011, Taylor et al. 2012). The USDI National Park Service has developed an ecological monitoring program for its parks, although individual indicators can vary from park to p ...
... Inventory, and Monitoring Strategy designed to assess rangeland health at various scales from local to regional (Toevs et al. 2011, Taylor et al. 2012). The USDI National Park Service has developed an ecological monitoring program for its parks, although individual indicators can vary from park to p ...
Maryland Commission on Climate Change
... in Maryland, a second Executive Order was issued to strengthen the MCCC. The new order expanded the membership of the commission to include nongovernmental members, consisting of representatives from local governments, the business community and non-profit organizations, as well as at-large members. ...
... in Maryland, a second Executive Order was issued to strengthen the MCCC. The new order expanded the membership of the commission to include nongovernmental members, consisting of representatives from local governments, the business community and non-profit organizations, as well as at-large members. ...
pdf Do We Understand What Is Driving Climate Change?
... during the night than during the day is that the Earth does not receive solar energy during the night, but it still radiates infrared energy outward, hence its temperature goes down during the night. When Fourier did this calculation, he found the result did not match reality: he calculated that the ...
... during the night than during the day is that the Earth does not receive solar energy during the night, but it still radiates infrared energy outward, hence its temperature goes down during the night. When Fourier did this calculation, he found the result did not match reality: he calculated that the ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... estimates by 2100 of from 1.1 to 2.9 deg. C (low emissions) to 2.4 to 6.4 deg. C (high emissions).. Direct surface warming from 2xCO2 is only 0.6 deg C (about 1 deg. F) Thus, climate models have net POSITIVE feedbacks (they respond to a warming tendency with changes that amplify the 1 deg. F CO2-onl ...
... estimates by 2100 of from 1.1 to 2.9 deg. C (low emissions) to 2.4 to 6.4 deg. C (high emissions).. Direct surface warming from 2xCO2 is only 0.6 deg C (about 1 deg. F) Thus, climate models have net POSITIVE feedbacks (they respond to a warming tendency with changes that amplify the 1 deg. F CO2-onl ...
Effects of climate change on US crop production: simulation results
... miss specific regional land patterns capable of controlling local climates (such as mountains, lakes, etc.). To this end, any specific scenario used for regional impact assessment, although based on locally observed climatic features as specified above, must be viewed as only one of many physically ...
... miss specific regional land patterns capable of controlling local climates (such as mountains, lakes, etc.). To this end, any specific scenario used for regional impact assessment, although based on locally observed climatic features as specified above, must be viewed as only one of many physically ...
Queensland Climate Adaptation Directions Statement
... can better provide guidance to local governments on how to incorporate climate change considerations into local planning schemes. Tools already made available to local governments for use in planning schemes, such as bushfire hazard mapping, include climate change assumptions within their methodolog ...
... can better provide guidance to local governments on how to incorporate climate change considerations into local planning schemes. Tools already made available to local governments for use in planning schemes, such as bushfire hazard mapping, include climate change assumptions within their methodolog ...