SEASONS IN THE SUN version for BRITA
... This paper explores aspects of weather and climate dealt with in print media over a period of 10 years. Two research issues are addressed: The first one investigates the diversity of contexts in which weather and climate information is taken up in a newspaper’s front-page stories. This serves as a b ...
... This paper explores aspects of weather and climate dealt with in print media over a period of 10 years. Two research issues are addressed: The first one investigates the diversity of contexts in which weather and climate information is taken up in a newspaper’s front-page stories. This serves as a b ...
PDF 4.2MB - Strong Growth, Low Pollution
... The Government is committed to taking action in a fair and effective way. Pricing carbon through a market mechanism provides incentives for emission reductions to occur where they are cheapest. As the Productivity Commission found, when firms and consumers make the decisions, rather than governments ...
... The Government is committed to taking action in a fair and effective way. Pricing carbon through a market mechanism provides incentives for emission reductions to occur where they are cheapest. As the Productivity Commission found, when firms and consumers make the decisions, rather than governments ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant increase in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central Asia. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhance ...
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant increase in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central Asia. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhance ...
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... cotton between April to November and winter wheat between November to March in all states. Greenstone and Deschenes (2007) use the period of April 1-September 30 to quantify growing season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definit ...
... cotton between April to November and winter wheat between November to March in all states. Greenstone and Deschenes (2007) use the period of April 1-September 30 to quantify growing season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definit ...
Do values subjectively define the limits to climate change adaptation?
... coastal defences may be effective in reducing loss of income and lives, yet they may have a negative impact on local knowledge, traditional livelihoods, a sense of belonging or cultural identity. They may also negatively influence postmodern values such as ecosystem integrity and social equity. The ...
... coastal defences may be effective in reducing loss of income and lives, yet they may have a negative impact on local knowledge, traditional livelihoods, a sense of belonging or cultural identity. They may also negatively influence postmodern values such as ecosystem integrity and social equity. The ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change
... Posamentier & Vail, 1988; Posamentier et al., 1988) provided a potential unifying framework for much of sedimentary geology, especially coastal and marine strata, but their application to continental deposits has been controversial. At a basic level, global change and sequencestratigraphic research ...
... Posamentier & Vail, 1988; Posamentier et al., 1988) provided a potential unifying framework for much of sedimentary geology, especially coastal and marine strata, but their application to continental deposits has been controversial. At a basic level, global change and sequencestratigraphic research ...
Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?
... These conclusions are similar to those that have arisen in aerosol modelling, where it also seems desirable to treat “fast feedbacks” as part of the forcing. We note that the regression method may be useful for the evaluation of aerosol forcings in atmospheric models, but it also requires a mixed-la ...
... These conclusions are similar to those that have arisen in aerosol modelling, where it also seems desirable to treat “fast feedbacks” as part of the forcing. We note that the regression method may be useful for the evaluation of aerosol forcings in atmospheric models, but it also requires a mixed-la ...
Building resilience to climate change
... warming is the “greenhouse effect” – a process in which greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere trap some of the Sun’s energy and warm the planet. While the greenhouse effect plays a crucial role in warming the Earth to support life1, over the past 100 to 200 years the concentrations of human-mad ...
... warming is the “greenhouse effect” – a process in which greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere trap some of the Sun’s energy and warm the planet. While the greenhouse effect plays a crucial role in warming the Earth to support life1, over the past 100 to 200 years the concentrations of human-mad ...
Full English report
... This book has been edited by Dr. Akram ElGanzori, drawing upon two primary consultant inputs: “Impacts of climate change on the Nile Basin” by Dr. Mohamed Elshamy (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt) in close collaboration with Nile Forecast Center staff (Eng. Doaa Amin, Mr. Taha Kass ...
... This book has been edited by Dr. Akram ElGanzori, drawing upon two primary consultant inputs: “Impacts of climate change on the Nile Basin” by Dr. Mohamed Elshamy (Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation, Egypt) in close collaboration with Nile Forecast Center staff (Eng. Doaa Amin, Mr. Taha Kass ...
Erler, A.R., Peltier, W.R., dOrgeville, M. Dynamically downscaled
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
Eco-physiological adaptations that favour freshwater cyanobacteria
... Cyanobacterial blooms are not a new phenomenon and have been occurring for centuries in both marine and freshwater systems (Codd et al., 1994; Fogg et al., 1973; Hayman, 1992; Paerl, 2008). Since the 1960s, however, there has been a dramatic global increase in the number of publications and reports ...
... Cyanobacterial blooms are not a new phenomenon and have been occurring for centuries in both marine and freshwater systems (Codd et al., 1994; Fogg et al., 1973; Hayman, 1992; Paerl, 2008). Since the 1960s, however, there has been a dramatic global increase in the number of publications and reports ...
Climate Change and Conflict - AFES
... disaster, c) domestic crises, and d) internal or international conflicts. Among the six structural factors of Global Environmental Change, Mr. Brauch distinguished between primarily nature-induced factors that are reinforced by anthropogenic consumption patterns (climate change, water scarcity and s ...
... disaster, c) domestic crises, and d) internal or international conflicts. Among the six structural factors of Global Environmental Change, Mr. Brauch distinguished between primarily nature-induced factors that are reinforced by anthropogenic consumption patterns (climate change, water scarcity and s ...
CDM in Crisis – What is at Stake?
... critical in slowing emissions growth. To tackle climate change, we need to decarbonise the global power sector. In China and India over 75% of electricity is currently produced from coal. Achieving a transition towards renewable energy in these economies is arguably the most important challenge the ...
... critical in slowing emissions growth. To tackle climate change, we need to decarbonise the global power sector. In China and India over 75% of electricity is currently produced from coal. Achieving a transition towards renewable energy in these economies is arguably the most important challenge the ...
chapter 1 - UNDPCC.org
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
Victoria Policy Institute- Air Pollution Costs
... cost (actual damages) and risk (possibility of future damages).7 For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which consists of hundreds of scientists, concluded, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ...
... cost (actual damages) and risk (possibility of future damages).7 For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which consists of hundreds of scientists, concluded, “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report
... The individual streams of analysis in this report build on important work done by others. The United Kingdom Climate Projections, updated in 2009 (UKCP09), have already set out the best currently available projections of climate change for different parts of the UK. And there is a rich literature in ...
... The individual streams of analysis in this report build on important work done by others. The United Kingdom Climate Projections, updated in 2009 (UKCP09), have already set out the best currently available projections of climate change for different parts of the UK. And there is a rich literature in ...
Predicting how adaptation to climate change could affect ecological
... climate and slope) and current distribution to identify climatically suitable habitat (e.g., Franklin, ...
... climate and slope) and current distribution to identify climatically suitable habitat (e.g., Franklin, ...
We Have Been Conned - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... surface or just below the surface of the oceans. The data is so flawed and inconsistent, because the circumstances in which it is gathered are so dynamic, that it should be rejected. One wonders if the IPCC audited this data prior to citing it, but given that the agencies supplying it are supporters ...
... surface or just below the surface of the oceans. The data is so flawed and inconsistent, because the circumstances in which it is gathered are so dynamic, that it should be rejected. One wonders if the IPCC audited this data prior to citing it, but given that the agencies supplying it are supporters ...
Egypt`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... participation in a manner that allows effective cooperation among the state agencies, private sector, and members of non-governmental organizations, professional associations, trade and agricultural unions, research centers, media associations, local and popular committees, sporting clubs, and cultu ...
... participation in a manner that allows effective cooperation among the state agencies, private sector, and members of non-governmental organizations, professional associations, trade and agricultural unions, research centers, media associations, local and popular committees, sporting clubs, and cultu ...
Curriculum Vitae - Population Health Sciences
... Foley, J.A., G.P. Asner, M.H. Costa, M.T. Coe, R. DeFries, H.K. Gibbs, E.A. Howard, S. Olson, J. Patz, N. Ramankutty and P. Snyder (2007). Amazonian revealed: forest degradation and loss of ecosystem goods and services in the Amazon Basin, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (cover). 2007 5(1): 25- ...
... Foley, J.A., G.P. Asner, M.H. Costa, M.T. Coe, R. DeFries, H.K. Gibbs, E.A. Howard, S. Olson, J. Patz, N. Ramankutty and P. Snyder (2007). Amazonian revealed: forest degradation and loss of ecosystem goods and services in the Amazon Basin, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (cover). 2007 5(1): 25- ...
Carbon cycle implications of terrestrial weathering changes since
... Weathering rates due to silicate hydrolysis tend to be considerably slower than from the dissolution of carbonate minerals—it removes on an average of 0.28–0.30 Pg C per year (Amiotte Suchet and Probst 1995)—hence, the effect of atmospheric CO2 consumption by silicate weathering only becomes a signi ...
... Weathering rates due to silicate hydrolysis tend to be considerably slower than from the dissolution of carbonate minerals—it removes on an average of 0.28–0.30 Pg C per year (Amiotte Suchet and Probst 1995)—hence, the effect of atmospheric CO2 consumption by silicate weathering only becomes a signi ...
Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment
... hazard managers. Climate change will, by and large, not create new risks, but may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introducing some long-term shifts in climate regimes across the country. Adapting to long-term climate change will contribute to our resilien ...
... hazard managers. Climate change will, by and large, not create new risks, but may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and hazards, as well as introducing some long-term shifts in climate regimes across the country. Adapting to long-term climate change will contribute to our resilien ...
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... In many parts of the United States, climate change is likely to result in higher average temperatures, hotter daily maximums, and more frequent heat waves – all of which could increase thermal stress for livestock. Thermal stress reduces meat and milk production and lowers animal reproduction rates. ...
... In many parts of the United States, climate change is likely to result in higher average temperatures, hotter daily maximums, and more frequent heat waves – all of which could increase thermal stress for livestock. Thermal stress reduces meat and milk production and lowers animal reproduction rates. ...