Diseases in tropical and plantation crops as affected by climate
... experimental design of a multifactor climate-change experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on ...
... experimental design of a multifactor climate-change experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... inventory of gridded NH3 emissions (e.g. EMEP, EDGAR or national inventories), in combination with information on agricultural activities. In the current setup the officially reported EMEP emissions on 50 km × 50 km grid resolution have been redistributed directly into the applied model domain with ...
... inventory of gridded NH3 emissions (e.g. EMEP, EDGAR or national inventories), in combination with information on agricultural activities. In the current setup the officially reported EMEP emissions on 50 km × 50 km grid resolution have been redistributed directly into the applied model domain with ...
The missing climate forcing
... short period is limited for two reasons. First, unforced variability, or chaos, can significantly influence a short trend, as quantified in figure 1 of Hansen et al. (1995 c). This chaotic factor can be diminished in the climate model via an ensemble of model runs, but the Earth only runs through th ...
... short period is limited for two reasons. First, unforced variability, or chaos, can significantly influence a short trend, as quantified in figure 1 of Hansen et al. (1995 c). This chaotic factor can be diminished in the climate model via an ensemble of model runs, but the Earth only runs through th ...
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and
... those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Harvard Kennedy School or of Harvard University. Discussion Papers have not undergone formal review and approval. Such papers are included in this series to elicit feedback and to encourage debate on important public policy challenge ...
... those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Harvard Kennedy School or of Harvard University. Discussion Papers have not undergone formal review and approval. Such papers are included in this series to elicit feedback and to encourage debate on important public policy challenge ...
Motivated Rejection of Science
... The prominence of conspiracist ideation in science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then its very existence calls for an alternative explanation— ...
... The prominence of conspiracist ideation in science denial is not entirely surprising because if an overwhelming scientific consensus cannot be accepted as the result of researchers independently converging on the same evidence-based view, then its very existence calls for an alternative explanation— ...
Eleven Antitheses on Cities and States
... levels of urbanization. This is particularly explicit in a Marxist approach with its class-based historiography encompassing the previous chiefdom/state thesis. This leads to a focus on cities as product, prioritizing supply/production over demand/consumption. However, Harvey (2014) has recently mov ...
... levels of urbanization. This is particularly explicit in a Marxist approach with its class-based historiography encompassing the previous chiefdom/state thesis. This leads to a focus on cities as product, prioritizing supply/production over demand/consumption. However, Harvey (2014) has recently mov ...
Adaptation
... including those from climate change. Or, the more you care about climate impacts (“environment “as a luxury good) Extending: Development is the best way to address climate change impacts “Shelling Conjecture” (Shelling, 1992) This may hold for countries, but also for social groups ...
... including those from climate change. Or, the more you care about climate impacts (“environment “as a luxury good) Extending: Development is the best way to address climate change impacts “Shelling Conjecture” (Shelling, 1992) This may hold for countries, but also for social groups ...
CPUC Workshop on Societal Cost Test
... SCC in California • Reflective of established GHG reduction policies • Potentially higher level of certainty about underlying costs • Consistent with driving investment in known opportunities for climate mitigation In determining the avoided costs of carbon reductions, we can compare mitigation cost ...
... SCC in California • Reflective of established GHG reduction policies • Potentially higher level of certainty about underlying costs • Consistent with driving investment in known opportunities for climate mitigation In determining the avoided costs of carbon reductions, we can compare mitigation cost ...
The Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy - Divest
... duty and climate risk is now an important force driving the divestment movement. After the initial divestment action of university students, faith-based organizations, and mission-driven organizations led the way, larger-scale institutions began selling off fossil fuel stocks, for fear of the devalu ...
... duty and climate risk is now an important force driving the divestment movement. After the initial divestment action of university students, faith-based organizations, and mission-driven organizations led the way, larger-scale institutions began selling off fossil fuel stocks, for fear of the devalu ...
Current impacts and vulnerability
... wheat harvests are expected to be lower, particularly in the southern region. This projection is based on the range of rainfall amounts observed in this study (Figure 1), assuming other factors remaining unchanged. Since wheat is the most important winter field crop, significant economic losses coul ...
... wheat harvests are expected to be lower, particularly in the southern region. This projection is based on the range of rainfall amounts observed in this study (Figure 1), assuming other factors remaining unchanged. Since wheat is the most important winter field crop, significant economic losses coul ...
Impacts and adaptation of European crop production systems to
... The studies on anthropogenic climate change performed in the last decade over Europe show consistent projections of increases in temperature and different patterns of precipitation with widespread increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries ...
... The studies on anthropogenic climate change performed in the last decade over Europe show consistent projections of increases in temperature and different patterns of precipitation with widespread increases in northern Europe and decreases over parts of southern and eastern Europe. In many countries ...
PDF Version - Garden Club of America
... radio. “We need to make this a world crisis that impacts every single one of us,” declared Ms. Lubber. “We cannot let the conversation stop because Congress has broken down and will not deal and will not speak about the price of carbon,” she continued. “We are an important voice to change the debate ...
... radio. “We need to make this a world crisis that impacts every single one of us,” declared Ms. Lubber. “We cannot let the conversation stop because Congress has broken down and will not deal and will not speak about the price of carbon,” she continued. “We are an important voice to change the debate ...
Solar forcing of Holocene climate: New insights from a speleothem
... Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA ...
... Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA ...
Monitoring Chemical Climate Change in America
... SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 Inorganic SO4 has low volatility & reacts readily with NH3 to form stable salts • (NH4)2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 1.00 • (NH4)3H(SO4)2 : NH4/SO4 = 0.75 • (NH4)HSO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.50 • H2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.00 Ammonia-rich environment: NH4/SO4>1.00 (Seinfeld, Saxena,Tanner,etal.) ...
... SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 Inorganic SO4 has low volatility & reacts readily with NH3 to form stable salts • (NH4)2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 1.00 • (NH4)3H(SO4)2 : NH4/SO4 = 0.75 • (NH4)HSO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.50 • H2SO4 : NH4/SO4 = 0.00 Ammonia-rich environment: NH4/SO4>1.00 (Seinfeld, Saxena,Tanner,etal.) ...
Physiological Basis
... Will early-life survival increase in a changed climate to compensate for lower reproductive investment? Will changes in phenology of spawning events vary across species to an extent where emergence of prey and predators is more commonly a mismatch than a match? The objectives of this review are to d ...
... Will early-life survival increase in a changed climate to compensate for lower reproductive investment? Will changes in phenology of spawning events vary across species to an extent where emergence of prey and predators is more commonly a mismatch than a match? The objectives of this review are to d ...
Climate Change and Internal Displacement
... vulnerable states, potentially threatening global economic stability.11 Climate change also intensifies both sudden-onset and slow-onset disasters, both of which cause displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as ...
... vulnerable states, potentially threatening global economic stability.11 Climate change also intensifies both sudden-onset and slow-onset disasters, both of which cause displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as ...
Content - STORMBRINGER!
... Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors, such as changes in ecosystem productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influenc ...
... Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors, such as changes in ecosystem productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influenc ...
Potential Evapotranspiration Under Present and Future
... defines a specific emissions trajectory. The emission pathway of RCP2.6 is representative of scenarios in the literature that lead to very low greenhouse gas concentration levels. It is a “peak-and-decline” scenario, where its radiative forcing level first reaches a value of around 3.1 W/m2 by mid-cent ...
... defines a specific emissions trajectory. The emission pathway of RCP2.6 is representative of scenarios in the literature that lead to very low greenhouse gas concentration levels. It is a “peak-and-decline” scenario, where its radiative forcing level first reaches a value of around 3.1 W/m2 by mid-cent ...
Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... The expert reviewed the parts relevant to climate change mitigation in the reports and documents on Lebanon such as the Second National Communication, report of EU on the Climate Change Risk Assessment in the Arab countries (Country profile of Lebanon), National Environmental Economic and Developmen ...
... The expert reviewed the parts relevant to climate change mitigation in the reports and documents on Lebanon such as the Second National Communication, report of EU on the Climate Change Risk Assessment in the Arab countries (Country profile of Lebanon), National Environmental Economic and Developmen ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... 2008). Global climate model (GCM) projections of future climate over a multi-decadal time frame indicate that the Colorado River Basin will become warmer. Projections of future precipitation are more complex, with the multi-model average of projections showing little change in annual precipitation i ...
... 2008). Global climate model (GCM) projections of future climate over a multi-decadal time frame indicate that the Colorado River Basin will become warmer. Projections of future precipitation are more complex, with the multi-model average of projections showing little change in annual precipitation i ...
Cooperation on Climate-Change Mitigation
... Global environmental problems such as climate change, depletion of the ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have risen to the top of the world’s environmental agenda. For each of these problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of failing to successfully address the issue ...
... Global environmental problems such as climate change, depletion of the ozone layer and loss of biodiversity have risen to the top of the world’s environmental agenda. For each of these problems there is a large scientific literature warning of the dangers of failing to successfully address the issue ...
Winter 2016
... The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) was founded in 1955, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States. The first signs of the feasibility of numerical weather prediction began accumulating in the 1950’s, in large part the result of work conducted by a group of scientists ...
... The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) was founded in 1955, when Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States. The first signs of the feasibility of numerical weather prediction began accumulating in the 1950’s, in large part the result of work conducted by a group of scientists ...
Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... Peer Review under the Forum Compact. Nauru has continued this leadership role by being the first country to undertake a national climate change finance assessment in line with the PCCFAF. This enabled refinement of the PCCFAF following distribution of the Preliminary Report at the 2012 Pacific Islan ...
... Peer Review under the Forum Compact. Nauru has continued this leadership role by being the first country to undertake a national climate change finance assessment in line with the PCCFAF. This enabled refinement of the PCCFAF following distribution of the Preliminary Report at the 2012 Pacific Islan ...
The Carbon Cycle and Climate Change
... Earth’s atmosphere, and everything we do that consumes energy derived from fossil fuels impacts the atmosphere and ultimately the oceans, biosphere, and geosphere. The agricultural and technological activities of the rapidly expanding species Homo sapiens are having increasingly profound effects on ...
... Earth’s atmosphere, and everything we do that consumes energy derived from fossil fuels impacts the atmosphere and ultimately the oceans, biosphere, and geosphere. The agricultural and technological activities of the rapidly expanding species Homo sapiens are having increasingly profound effects on ...
Lost in the problem: the role of boundary organisations in the
... work: they indicate that scientists and policymakers in their coordination efforts have ignored relevant demarcation issues. The evidence of dual participation, dual accountability and use of boundary objects can also be used to assess conditions under which creating credible, legitimate and salient ...
... work: they indicate that scientists and policymakers in their coordination efforts have ignored relevant demarcation issues. The evidence of dual participation, dual accountability and use of boundary objects can also be used to assess conditions under which creating credible, legitimate and salient ...