Abstract - Centre for Marine Science
... develop policy options related to detection of ocean acidification change and evaluation of mitigation and adaptation strategies (Herr et al., 2014). United ...
... develop policy options related to detection of ocean acidification change and evaluation of mitigation and adaptation strategies (Herr et al., 2014). United ...
1. Background information
... railways is linked to transport) the same category can be financed under different thematic objectives or investment priorities (e.g. building a local road link to a new research institute may be undertaken as a part of a greater investment in research infrastructure). If the use of EU funds to supp ...
... railways is linked to transport) the same category can be financed under different thematic objectives or investment priorities (e.g. building a local road link to a new research institute may be undertaken as a part of a greater investment in research infrastructure). If the use of EU funds to supp ...
Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Greece: A General
... In order to adequately manage water resources, cascadeing from climate and hydrology, it is essential to understand this interplay and thus, the hydrological cycle needs to be evaluated on a river basin spatial scale in order to assess regional impacts and variability. The climatedriven hydrological ...
... In order to adequately manage water resources, cascadeing from climate and hydrology, it is essential to understand this interplay and thus, the hydrological cycle needs to be evaluated on a river basin spatial scale in order to assess regional impacts and variability. The climatedriven hydrological ...
Pinus halepensis Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the )
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
protecting our future environment in a changing climate
... be unavoidable as a result of climate change. In some cases we will have to rethink what can be protected. Where possible and practical, we need to strengthen the ability of our environment to withstand climate change by reducing stresses on it. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution, ...
... be unavoidable as a result of climate change. In some cases we will have to rethink what can be protected. Where possible and practical, we need to strengthen the ability of our environment to withstand climate change by reducing stresses on it. Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution, ...
Assessment of global warming on the island of Tenerife, Canary
... distributed similarly throughout all months. The reference series for the north of the island (E+F) showed many more inhomogeneities in their minima than in the southern (J+K) and high mountain series (I), and series E had the most inhomogeneities recorded. In the series 449 G from San Andrés and C4 ...
... distributed similarly throughout all months. The reference series for the north of the island (E+F) showed many more inhomogeneities in their minima than in the southern (J+K) and high mountain series (I), and series E had the most inhomogeneities recorded. In the series 449 G from San Andrés and C4 ...
rapid climate change - BADC
... they reached 385ppm. They are currently increasing by 2ppm a year. The world is approaching the 450ppm limit widely thought necessary to avoid dangerous and possibly irreversible climate change. To borrow a phrase from the US physicist Richard Feynman, tickling the dragon’s tail is a dangerous game: ...
... they reached 385ppm. They are currently increasing by 2ppm a year. The world is approaching the 450ppm limit widely thought necessary to avoid dangerous and possibly irreversible climate change. To borrow a phrase from the US physicist Richard Feynman, tickling the dragon’s tail is a dangerous game: ...
Changing Cheviots
... identify the impacts that climate change effects, such as increasing temperatures, altered seasonality of rainfall and enhanced flood risk, may have on the farm business. This is the first stage to identifying adaptation measures which can be put in place to make the business more resilient to the c ...
... identify the impacts that climate change effects, such as increasing temperatures, altered seasonality of rainfall and enhanced flood risk, may have on the farm business. This is the first stage to identifying adaptation measures which can be put in place to make the business more resilient to the c ...
People as sensors: Mass media and local temperature influence
... accuracy to the statistics of the US Weather Bureau’’ (Tenney, 1912, p. 896) and provide policy insights may finally become feasible. For example, O’Connor et al. (2010) studied the potential of using Twitter data as a substitute for traditional polls and found up to an 80% correlation between estima ...
... accuracy to the statistics of the US Weather Bureau’’ (Tenney, 1912, p. 896) and provide policy insights may finally become feasible. For example, O’Connor et al. (2010) studied the potential of using Twitter data as a substitute for traditional polls and found up to an 80% correlation between estima ...
A climatic basis for microrefugia: the influence of terrain on climate
... ‘microclimates,’ and implicit assumption that spatial variation in climate can support microrefugia. Beyond this assumption, there is little explicit understanding of the climatic processes that would allow for microrefugia to exist. For instance, in a recent review, Rull (2009) states ‘Their (micro ...
... ‘microclimates,’ and implicit assumption that spatial variation in climate can support microrefugia. Beyond this assumption, there is little explicit understanding of the climatic processes that would allow for microrefugia to exist. For instance, in a recent review, Rull (2009) states ‘Their (micro ...
here - Biofuelwatch
... in a form of double-counting, as it ignores the fact that using land to produce plants for energy typically means that this land is not producing plants for other purposes, including carbon otherwise sequestered.’ ‘Hence, legislation that encourages substitution of fossil fuels by bioenergy, irrespe ...
... in a form of double-counting, as it ignores the fact that using land to produce plants for energy typically means that this land is not producing plants for other purposes, including carbon otherwise sequestered.’ ‘Hence, legislation that encourages substitution of fossil fuels by bioenergy, irrespe ...
Arviat Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... March 2010, and a final trip in June 2010. During each of these trips, a series of meetings and interviews were held with key stakeholders to identify and discuss in detail how climate change is affecting both themselves and their area of expertise. Community meetings were held in order to raise fur ...
... March 2010, and a final trip in June 2010. During each of these trips, a series of meetings and interviews were held with key stakeholders to identify and discuss in detail how climate change is affecting both themselves and their area of expertise. Community meetings were held in order to raise fur ...
IELRC.ORG - Cultural Legitimacy and Regulatory Transitions for
... provision in services such as health, water, food and others are highly dependent on geographic location. Consequently, coping with climate change impacts will depend on the nations in which citizens find themselves. For example, the ability of the government of Malawi to provision these public serv ...
... provision in services such as health, water, food and others are highly dependent on geographic location. Consequently, coping with climate change impacts will depend on the nations in which citizens find themselves. For example, the ability of the government of Malawi to provision these public serv ...
rapid climate change
... they reached 385ppm. They are currently increasing by 2ppm a year. The world is approaching the 450ppm limit widely thought necessary to avoid dangerous and possibly irreversible climate change. To borrow a phrase from the US physicist Richard Feynman, tickling the dragon’s tail is a dangerous game: ...
... they reached 385ppm. They are currently increasing by 2ppm a year. The world is approaching the 450ppm limit widely thought necessary to avoid dangerous and possibly irreversible climate change. To borrow a phrase from the US physicist Richard Feynman, tickling the dragon’s tail is a dangerous game: ...
Vulnerable Coastal Regions: Indigenous People under Climate
... In order to gain the best possible insight into the local perspective, our ethnographic research was carried out using both qualitatively and quantitatively different methods. The foreground research included participative observation, semi-standardized interviews and group interviews. We also condu ...
... In order to gain the best possible insight into the local perspective, our ethnographic research was carried out using both qualitatively and quantitatively different methods. The foreground research included participative observation, semi-standardized interviews and group interviews. We also condu ...
L31-Impacts - Boston University
... areas. They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climatesensitive resources such as local water and food supplies. ...
... areas. They tend to have more limited adaptive capacities, and are more dependent on climatesensitive resources such as local water and food supplies. ...
From obscurity to action - Liu Institute for Global Issues
... Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war.1 This was the consensus conclusion of the first international conference on climate change and security—held in Toronto in 1988 and attended by ...
... Humanity is conducting an unintended, uncontrolled, globally pervasive experiment whose ultimate consequences could be second only to a global nuclear war.1 This was the consensus conclusion of the first international conference on climate change and security—held in Toronto in 1988 and attended by ...
ppt
... Doubling CO2 would warm earth by 5° – 6° C But we could never do that … the oceans absorb too much! ...
... Doubling CO2 would warm earth by 5° – 6° C But we could never do that … the oceans absorb too much! ...
Public Perception of Climate Change Adaptation
... How then can the public be motivated to take mitigation and adaptation steps? Climate change has traditionally been framed as an environmental, rather than a health issue. Concerns of ecologic, environmental, social, or economic climate change impacts are certainly important drivers of behaviour cha ...
... How then can the public be motivated to take mitigation and adaptation steps? Climate change has traditionally been framed as an environmental, rather than a health issue. Concerns of ecologic, environmental, social, or economic climate change impacts are certainly important drivers of behaviour cha ...
MC1113 Hope in God`s Future - The Methodist Church in Britain
... traditions. Some references to relevant reading may be found in the attached list of study resources. ...
... traditions. Some references to relevant reading may be found in the attached list of study resources. ...
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... were positive but there were regional differences. The estimated increase in economic welfare was $0.8 billion (2000 U.S. $) in 2030 and $12.2 billion in 2090. Southern regions of the U.S. suffered productivity losses, while the Northern regions experienced cropland expansion and production shifting ...
... were positive but there were regional differences. The estimated increase in economic welfare was $0.8 billion (2000 U.S. $) in 2030 and $12.2 billion in 2090. Southern regions of the U.S. suffered productivity losses, while the Northern regions experienced cropland expansion and production shifting ...
Taking Climate Change by Storm: Theorizing Global and Local Policy-Making in
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
... coordination problems, the science of climate change has a much higher degree of uncertainty. These trends are even more accentuated with respect to the scientific understanding of extreme climate events and the likelihood of political coordination at various scales. The main contribution of this Ar ...
Combined speeds of climate and land
... (Fig. 1). Velocities were highest in regions with little topographic relief, such as the Great Plains and the northeast, and lowest in the western US, and varied greatly among ecoregions owing to variations in both temporal trends of climate change and contemporary spatial patterns. The spatial patt ...
... (Fig. 1). Velocities were highest in regions with little topographic relief, such as the Great Plains and the northeast, and lowest in the western US, and varied greatly among ecoregions owing to variations in both temporal trends of climate change and contemporary spatial patterns. The spatial patt ...