Is climate change causing increased rockfall frequency in
... (104 –106 m3 ) and bergsturz (> 106 m3 ). However, numerous additional terms such as landslide, rockslide and rock avalanche are also in use. We restrict our evaluation to the mid-magnitude range from boulder fall to cliff fall (“Felssturz” in German) for the following reasons: (1) small-scale debri ...
... (104 –106 m3 ) and bergsturz (> 106 m3 ). However, numerous additional terms such as landslide, rockslide and rock avalanche are also in use. We restrict our evaluation to the mid-magnitude range from boulder fall to cliff fall (“Felssturz” in German) for the following reasons: (1) small-scale debri ...
Advancing Managed Retreat in New Zealand
... pressures favouring coastal development, New Zealand9 will be faced with considerable coastal adaptation challenges. A recent report by the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment10 has thrown the extent of these challenges into stark relief by identifying vulnerable coastal areas ...
... pressures favouring coastal development, New Zealand9 will be faced with considerable coastal adaptation challenges. A recent report by the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment10 has thrown the extent of these challenges into stark relief by identifying vulnerable coastal areas ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
Uncertainty contributions to low
... 2012; Addor et al., 2014; Chiew et al., 2015). Only few studies, however, evaluate the uncertainty of low-flow projections and the relative contribution of its different sources (i.e. climate projection, hydrologic model structure and/or model parameterisations). Such studies include assessment of t ...
... 2012; Addor et al., 2014; Chiew et al., 2015). Only few studies, however, evaluate the uncertainty of low-flow projections and the relative contribution of its different sources (i.e. climate projection, hydrologic model structure and/or model parameterisations). Such studies include assessment of t ...
Permafrost_breakout
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
... equivalent calculated assuming 2.7% of total emissions is methane (Schuur et al. 2011) and a global warming potential of 33 (Shindell et al. 2009) b calculated from emission rates in the paper c not available ...
Untitled - The Pew Charitable Trusts
... existing data, while extensive input from key stakeholders and new data collection was limited. Comprehensive HIAs include the existing data, key stakeholder input and go one step further than intermediate HIAs by collecting new data in an inclusive manner to fully inform the potential health outco ...
... existing data, while extensive input from key stakeholders and new data collection was limited. Comprehensive HIAs include the existing data, key stakeholder input and go one step further than intermediate HIAs by collecting new data in an inclusive manner to fully inform the potential health outco ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... and linkages among different institutions in a given territory, and their influence on production and adaptation possibilities. Adopt an adaptive perspective on institutional development As climate change and its impacts become more obvious, it is increasingly important to integrate concerns for man ...
... and linkages among different institutions in a given territory, and their influence on production and adaptation possibilities. Adopt an adaptive perspective on institutional development As climate change and its impacts become more obvious, it is increasingly important to integrate concerns for man ...
A few extreme events dominate global interannual variability in
... We intend to identify drivers that possibly caused negative extreme events in GPP. To this end, for a certain negative GPP extreme event we compute the median of a driver variable over the spatiotemporal domain of the event. By shifting the event in time and computing such medians for each possible ...
... We intend to identify drivers that possibly caused negative extreme events in GPP. To this end, for a certain negative GPP extreme event we compute the median of a driver variable over the spatiotemporal domain of the event. By shifting the event in time and computing such medians for each possible ...
Changing Communities: Changing Climate,
... leading scientists tell us that a changing climate is inevitable and we can expect increasing temperatures, more frequent storms and sea level rise. Many local governments are already at the centre of this reality; dealing with the effects of thawing permafrost, damaged infrastructure and heat waves ...
... leading scientists tell us that a changing climate is inevitable and we can expect increasing temperatures, more frequent storms and sea level rise. Many local governments are already at the centre of this reality; dealing with the effects of thawing permafrost, damaged infrastructure and heat waves ...
Queensland`s biodiversity under climate change:
... based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advi ...
... based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advi ...
Working Paper 12C
... based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advi ...
... based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advi ...
Resource guide on gender and climate change
... information gathered from different sources. The first chapter, comprising the annotated bibliography, summarizes and organizes research on the principal documents, portals, web pages and news that show how climate change and gender are linked. It includes specific documents that indicate conceptual ...
... information gathered from different sources. The first chapter, comprising the annotated bibliography, summarizes and organizes research on the principal documents, portals, web pages and news that show how climate change and gender are linked. It includes specific documents that indicate conceptual ...
for European Journal of Plant Pathology Manuscript Draft
... The quality of the figures is poor (I have difficulties reading them in my copy of the MS). They will need to be sharpened up considerably before publication. Figures 5 and 6 have been redrawn. We suspect that the referee was looking at the low resolution version of the figures, since the originals ...
... The quality of the figures is poor (I have difficulties reading them in my copy of the MS). They will need to be sharpened up considerably before publication. Figures 5 and 6 have been redrawn. We suspect that the referee was looking at the low resolution version of the figures, since the originals ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P − E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional changes in relative hu ...
... and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P − E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional changes in relative hu ...
Modeling the Links between Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and
... decline over the 21st century, under different socioeconomic scenarios with trajectories of key indirect drivers of ecological changes, such as human population growth and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) (Pereira et al., 2010; Leadley, et al. 2010). This in turn will impose threats to the benefits of ...
... decline over the 21st century, under different socioeconomic scenarios with trajectories of key indirect drivers of ecological changes, such as human population growth and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) (Pereira et al., 2010; Leadley, et al. 2010). This in turn will impose threats to the benefits of ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environmental science. Climate change thereby is one of the most recent fields of research within environmenta ...
... broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environmental science. Climate change thereby is one of the most recent fields of research within environmenta ...
Sea-level Rise Projections
... this century under a scenario of lower greenhouse gas emissions7 and as much as 1.04 m (3.4 ft) under a scenario of higher greenhouse gas emissions. These, and the other climate change projections used in the STWG assessment, were developed in early 2008 following the release of the Fourth Assessmen ...
... this century under a scenario of lower greenhouse gas emissions7 and as much as 1.04 m (3.4 ft) under a scenario of higher greenhouse gas emissions. These, and the other climate change projections used in the STWG assessment, were developed in early 2008 following the release of the Fourth Assessmen ...
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Migration and Conflict
... We then turn to actual migration patterns, emphasizing that the most adverse effects of climate change will undoubtedly affect the global south. As lesser developed countries are limited in their abilities to mitigate environmental hazards, researchers have speculated about the propensity of people ...
... We then turn to actual migration patterns, emphasizing that the most adverse effects of climate change will undoubtedly affect the global south. As lesser developed countries are limited in their abilities to mitigate environmental hazards, researchers have speculated about the propensity of people ...
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... Especially in a policy setting adaptation funding has had a lot of attention, where it was an important topic of the recent UNFCCC meeting in Bali (UNFCCC, 2007) and an important point on the agenda for Copenhagen. Also the effects of monetary transfers on the incentives to join a coalition have bee ...
... Especially in a policy setting adaptation funding has had a lot of attention, where it was an important topic of the recent UNFCCC meeting in Bali (UNFCCC, 2007) and an important point on the agenda for Copenhagen. Also the effects of monetary transfers on the incentives to join a coalition have bee ...
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... to the gross domestic product (GDP) and about two thirds of manufacturing value-added is based on agricultural raw materials. Agriculture is also a main source of employment, remaining essential for pro-poor economic growth in most African countries, as rural areas support around 70-80 percent of th ...
... to the gross domestic product (GDP) and about two thirds of manufacturing value-added is based on agricultural raw materials. Agriculture is also a main source of employment, remaining essential for pro-poor economic growth in most African countries, as rural areas support around 70-80 percent of th ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... processes on climate change. The WMO collects and assesses information on the world’s weather, climate and water resources and related environmental issues, and aims to predict these for societal benefit, including to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on climate-sensitive socio-economic sect ...
... processes on climate change. The WMO collects and assesses information on the world’s weather, climate and water resources and related environmental issues, and aims to predict these for societal benefit, including to mitigate the impacts of natural disasters on climate-sensitive socio-economic sect ...
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... Wetland ecosystems are important not only for producing waterfowl, but because they provide valuable ecosystem services. These include filtration of agricultural and other pollutants (thereby improving quality of ground and even some surface waters), water for livestock and wildlife, opportunities f ...
... Wetland ecosystems are important not only for producing waterfowl, but because they provide valuable ecosystem services. These include filtration of agricultural and other pollutants (thereby improving quality of ground and even some surface waters), water for livestock and wildlife, opportunities f ...
Deconstructing the BRICS: Bargaining Coalition
... observers believe that well-choreographed encounters, handpicked initiatives, or lofty plans signify that diverse and potentially antagonistic states are either willing or able to translate their combined economic prowess into collective geopolitical clout. In international negotiations, BRICS deleg ...
... observers believe that well-choreographed encounters, handpicked initiatives, or lofty plans signify that diverse and potentially antagonistic states are either willing or able to translate their combined economic prowess into collective geopolitical clout. In international negotiations, BRICS deleg ...
Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2
... Received 5 July 2012; revised 1 November 2012; accepted 1 November 2012; published 25 March 2013. ...
... Received 5 July 2012; revised 1 November 2012; accepted 1 November 2012; published 25 March 2013. ...