WMO
... and ice. WCRP will work closely with IOC on oceanographic activities in WCRP Grand Challenge on Regional Sea Level. The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) continues its contribution on the latest trends and atmospheric burdens of the most influential, long-lived greenhouse gases, and has published its im ...
... and ice. WCRP will work closely with IOC on oceanographic activities in WCRP Grand Challenge on Regional Sea Level. The Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) continues its contribution on the latest trends and atmospheric burdens of the most influential, long-lived greenhouse gases, and has published its im ...
From convergence to contention: United States mass media representations of
... may be a way of counteracting society’s currently excessive reliance on technical assessment and the displacement of explicit values-based arguments from public life. However, when this occurs without the benefit of a clear understanding of the importance of the substantial areas where scientists do ...
... may be a way of counteracting society’s currently excessive reliance on technical assessment and the displacement of explicit values-based arguments from public life. However, when this occurs without the benefit of a clear understanding of the importance of the substantial areas where scientists do ...
Increase of carbon cycle feedback with climate sensitivity
... models caused vegetation errors that, in turn, amplified precipitation biases in regions where surface–atmosphere moisture recycling is known to be important. This erroneous feedback resulted in unacceptable vegetation in some areas, particularly parts of the Amazon. To remedy this, a precipitation ...
... models caused vegetation errors that, in turn, amplified precipitation biases in regions where surface–atmosphere moisture recycling is known to be important. This erroneous feedback resulted in unacceptable vegetation in some areas, particularly parts of the Amazon. To remedy this, a precipitation ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... Hippocrates and Aristotle and lasting well into the twentieth century (Harris 1968; Moran 1982). In fact, writers drawing on the early Greek philosophers, most prominently Ibn Khaldun, Montesquieu, and Compte, considered climate an important factor for health, physical and personality characteristic ...
... Hippocrates and Aristotle and lasting well into the twentieth century (Harris 1968; Moran 1982). In fact, writers drawing on the early Greek philosophers, most prominently Ibn Khaldun, Montesquieu, and Compte, considered climate an important factor for health, physical and personality characteristic ...
Communicating Climate Change through ICT
... communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the last decade, the climate change communication literature has shifted its focus from public understa ...
... communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the last decade, the climate change communication literature has shifted its focus from public understa ...
Climate change and wildlife diseases: When does the host matter
... and infectious disease in ways unrelated to climate, (2) vectors and pathogens are limited by thermal maxima, so that temperature changes lead to shifts rather than expansions in distribution, and (3) other factors such as host acquired immunity and vector or parasite life history traits are linked ...
... and infectious disease in ways unrelated to climate, (2) vectors and pathogens are limited by thermal maxima, so that temperature changes lead to shifts rather than expansions in distribution, and (3) other factors such as host acquired immunity and vector or parasite life history traits are linked ...
Influences of Climate on Ontario Forests
... Modelling the Effects of Climate Change The present climate of Ontario can be described as humid continental, except for those areas close to Hudson Bay that have a more maritime climate. A more detailed description of Ontario's climate is provided by Baldwin et al. (2000, this volume). The present ...
... Modelling the Effects of Climate Change The present climate of Ontario can be described as humid continental, except for those areas close to Hudson Bay that have a more maritime climate. A more detailed description of Ontario's climate is provided by Baldwin et al. (2000, this volume). The present ...
First Meeting of the Conference of African Heads of State
... provide new and additional resources, including forestry and investments through international institutions, approaching USD 30 billion for the period 2010–2012 with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation. Funding for adaptation will be prioritized for the most vulnerable developing c ...
... provide new and additional resources, including forestry and investments through international institutions, approaching USD 30 billion for the period 2010–2012 with balanced allocation between adaptation and mitigation. Funding for adaptation will be prioritized for the most vulnerable developing c ...
the full ITEP workshop booklet
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 le ...
... probably see an average global temperature increase of 3 to 7°F by 2100, and greater warming after that. Even if we were to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, returning them to year 2000 le ...
Climate Change and Security. Two Scenarios for the Indian
... serviced by imports throughout the Pacific, and some ...
... serviced by imports throughout the Pacific, and some ...
Climate Change: Issues and Events
... Is 90 million USD a lot of money? Yes and no! Yes- taking into account where we were three years ago and where we are today. No- if one was to take into account the kind of challenges that climate change poses in our region and resources needed. In the long-term, the programme aims at enhancing sust ...
... Is 90 million USD a lot of money? Yes and no! Yes- taking into account where we were three years ago and where we are today. No- if one was to take into account the kind of challenges that climate change poses in our region and resources needed. In the long-term, the programme aims at enhancing sust ...
K1400635
... Observatory in Hawaii, United States of America, in 1958. Since then, seasonally corrected monthly mean concentrations of carbon dioxide have continued to rise. ...
... Observatory in Hawaii, United States of America, in 1958. Since then, seasonally corrected monthly mean concentrations of carbon dioxide have continued to rise. ...
Forecasting the End of Climate Change Litigation: Why Expert
... warming.5 Their analysis is a primary factor when determining liability in suits for damages. While scientific models are nothing new, modern computing technology has equipped scientists with tremendous processing power enabling them to create increasingly complex models capable of simulating previ ...
... warming.5 Their analysis is a primary factor when determining liability in suits for damages. While scientific models are nothing new, modern computing technology has equipped scientists with tremendous processing power enabling them to create increasingly complex models capable of simulating previ ...
Quantifying Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
... resulting from the effect of climate change on carbon fluxes. In the earth system models of the Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP), climate–carbon feedback on warming is positive and of a similar size to the cloud feedback. The concentration–carbon feedback is negativ ...
... resulting from the effect of climate change on carbon fluxes. In the earth system models of the Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Model Intercomparison Project (C4MIP), climate–carbon feedback on warming is positive and of a similar size to the cloud feedback. The concentration–carbon feedback is negativ ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... water content in the C02 flow is typically 0.4x10-3 kg'm3n [5], although this figure depends on the amount of other impurities. Thus, it is recommended that the allowable water content at the proposed operating conditions is determined experimentally [6]. If possible, a common standard for levels o ...
... water content in the C02 flow is typically 0.4x10-3 kg'm3n [5], although this figure depends on the amount of other impurities. Thus, it is recommended that the allowable water content at the proposed operating conditions is determined experimentally [6]. If possible, a common standard for levels o ...
A Study on the Effects of Global Warming in Bangladesh
... Global Climate Risk Index, a ranking of 170 countries most vulnerable to climate change, published in 2009 and compiled by Germanwatch, an international nongovernmental organization that works on environment and development issues [9]. The effects of global warming leads to climate change in various ...
... Global Climate Risk Index, a ranking of 170 countries most vulnerable to climate change, published in 2009 and compiled by Germanwatch, an international nongovernmental organization that works on environment and development issues [9]. The effects of global warming leads to climate change in various ...
Campaign briefing including ideas for getting involved
... In Africa, Asia and Latin America, climate change is already pushing people into poverty. Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are one of the main drivers of climate change. To stop the climate crisis from running out of control we can only afford to burn one fifth of the world’s reserves of fossil fu ...
... In Africa, Asia and Latin America, climate change is already pushing people into poverty. Fossil fuels – coal, oil and gas – are one of the main drivers of climate change. To stop the climate crisis from running out of control we can only afford to burn one fifth of the world’s reserves of fossil fu ...
economics of climate change: sensitivity analysis of social cost
... The number of published studies that have attempted to value SCC has increased during the last twenty years. The earliest published estimate of the costs and benefits of carbon emissions is a 1977 paper by Yale University economist William Nordhaus (1977). Nordhaus estimated “shadow prices” for carb ...
... The number of published studies that have attempted to value SCC has increased during the last twenty years. The earliest published estimate of the costs and benefits of carbon emissions is a 1977 paper by Yale University economist William Nordhaus (1977). Nordhaus estimated “shadow prices” for carb ...
sectiong lobal carbon credit markets – issues and opportunities
... allowances (including Maine, Massachusetts, and New York), and many other states are seriously considering a similar format. The first CO2 allowance auctions are planned for June 2008. In addition to CO2 allowances, electric generators will be allowed to offset 3.3% of their emissions through five a ...
... allowances (including Maine, Massachusetts, and New York), and many other states are seriously considering a similar format. The first CO2 allowance auctions are planned for June 2008. In addition to CO2 allowances, electric generators will be allowed to offset 3.3% of their emissions through five a ...
climate risks: impact on natural hazards insurance between now and
... to be hoped this will be the true starting point for the journey towards a “low carbon” world, one in which the long-term rise in temperatures has been controlled and, if possible, limited to 2°C, compared to the pre-industrial period. This is indispensable if we want today’s young people and future ...
... to be hoped this will be the true starting point for the journey towards a “low carbon” world, one in which the long-term rise in temperatures has been controlled and, if possible, limited to 2°C, compared to the pre-industrial period. This is indispensable if we want today’s young people and future ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... Communications and by the IPCC. Sectors of importance to the sustainable development of PICTs such as tourism, land-based resources, fisheries, industry and biodiversity will also be considered under this action plan. At the Pacific Islands Climate Change Roundtable meeting to review the Framework, ...
... Communications and by the IPCC. Sectors of importance to the sustainable development of PICTs such as tourism, land-based resources, fisheries, industry and biodiversity will also be considered under this action plan. At the Pacific Islands Climate Change Roundtable meeting to review the Framework, ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... than original variables has the advantage that multiple highly correlated climate variables do not have an inappropriate influence the final velocity measure. As variables p1 and p2 in the algorithm above, we use the first two principal component scores for each grid cell, which capture a large port ...
... than original variables has the advantage that multiple highly correlated climate variables do not have an inappropriate influence the final velocity measure. As variables p1 and p2 in the algorithm above, we use the first two principal component scores for each grid cell, which capture a large port ...