ABSTRACT - Coastal Environmental Change Lab
... Kure Beach to Fort Fisher, is considered part of the mainland, but features low-lying sandy shorelines and is backed by a water body (Cape Fear River), similar to a barrier island. The barrier islands along the southern flank of Cape Fear are primarily composed of channel-fill and are more tide-dom ...
... Kure Beach to Fort Fisher, is considered part of the mainland, but features low-lying sandy shorelines and is backed by a water body (Cape Fear River), similar to a barrier island. The barrier islands along the southern flank of Cape Fear are primarily composed of channel-fill and are more tide-dom ...
Chapter 5 THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
... Environmental groups countered by launching media and public information campaigns and grassroots actions to raise awareness and garner support for U.S. commitments to cut greenhouse gases. Some environmental groups attacked Vice President Gore, quoting passages from his book Earth in the Balance an ...
... Environmental groups countered by launching media and public information campaigns and grassroots actions to raise awareness and garner support for U.S. commitments to cut greenhouse gases. Some environmental groups attacked Vice President Gore, quoting passages from his book Earth in the Balance an ...
Testing the Limits - University of Washington
... spanning closed-canopy forests to treeline (704-1603 m in altitude). We cored trees adjacent to nine one-hectare permanent study stands established in the 1970s as part of a Permanent Sample Plot Network (Dyrness and Acker 2000). Cored trees were greater than 40 cm in diameter at breast height and ...
... spanning closed-canopy forests to treeline (704-1603 m in altitude). We cored trees adjacent to nine one-hectare permanent study stands established in the 1970s as part of a Permanent Sample Plot Network (Dyrness and Acker 2000). Cored trees were greater than 40 cm in diameter at breast height and ...
a sensitive matter - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... clues and the relevant scientific papers are all mentioned in the full IPCC report. However, this important conclusion is not drawn in the full report – it is only mentioned as a possibility – and is ignored in the Summary for Policymakers (SPM). 2. Until AR5, for 30 years the scientific establishme ...
... clues and the relevant scientific papers are all mentioned in the full IPCC report. However, this important conclusion is not drawn in the full report – it is only mentioned as a possibility – and is ignored in the Summary for Policymakers (SPM). 2. Until AR5, for 30 years the scientific establishme ...
Extracting and analyzing the warming trend in
... the NASA database (GN , N H N , SH N ; GISTEMP Team, 2015; Hansen et al., 2010). These databases di¤er basically in two aspects: 1) the way temperatures are extrapolated (or not) into regions without observing stations. This is particularly important since the HadCRUT4 excludes most of the Arctic, w ...
... the NASA database (GN , N H N , SH N ; GISTEMP Team, 2015; Hansen et al., 2010). These databases di¤er basically in two aspects: 1) the way temperatures are extrapolated (or not) into regions without observing stations. This is particularly important since the HadCRUT4 excludes most of the Arctic, w ...
Paris`s adaptation strategy
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that threatens the overall balance of our planet, with impacts that differ at times from one geographical area to another. Scientific studies, summarised by the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), of which the 5th report was published in 20132014, ...
An expression for the overall oxygen isotope fractionation between
... contrast to, e.g., stable carbon isotopes) because (1) oxygen is exchanged with H2O and (2) complications arise from the nature of the oxygen mole fractions. I use the recently reported individual a’s to derive an expression for the overall oxygen isotope fractionation between S and water. This allo ...
... contrast to, e.g., stable carbon isotopes) because (1) oxygen is exchanged with H2O and (2) complications arise from the nature of the oxygen mole fractions. I use the recently reported individual a’s to derive an expression for the overall oxygen isotope fractionation between S and water. This allo ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantified uncertainty. Such strategies are cross-cutting for most, if n ...
... foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantified uncertainty. Such strategies are cross-cutting for most, if n ...
Climate change and its impacts on Kazakhstan`s human development
... The subject of the 2008 National Human Development Report in Kazakhstan is an especially topical one both for Kazakhstan and the world community. The importance of this subject is emphasized by the global political processes targeting the struggle against poverty and progress towards sustainable dev ...
... The subject of the 2008 National Human Development Report in Kazakhstan is an especially topical one both for Kazakhstan and the world community. The importance of this subject is emphasized by the global political processes targeting the struggle against poverty and progress towards sustainable dev ...
Warming up the region The impacts of climate change in the
... In order to provide a framework for dealing with this uncertainty the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) has recently provided a new set of future climate scenarios 1 that describe the rates of warming in response to different levels of emissions, namely Low Emissions, Medium-Low Emissions, Medium ...
... In order to provide a framework for dealing with this uncertainty the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP) has recently provided a new set of future climate scenarios 1 that describe the rates of warming in response to different levels of emissions, namely Low Emissions, Medium-Low Emissions, Medium ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population: analysis of coupled demographic and climate models. ...
... Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population: analysis of coupled demographic and climate models. ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... the development strategies take climate change aspects into account and be adjusted if needed. In order to achieve that, the so far existing data from the sub-region are insufficient. It is thus of major importance to generate specific and solid sub-regional data on climate change, its impacts on ke ...
... the development strategies take climate change aspects into account and be adjusted if needed. In order to achieve that, the so far existing data from the sub-region are insufficient. It is thus of major importance to generate specific and solid sub-regional data on climate change, its impacts on ke ...
Non-Economic Loss and Damage Caused by Climatic
... water species over the years due both to natural and human-induced reasons. At an individual level, stories related to loss of education following cyclones or skin disease due to salinity intrusion in some of the villages. The report goes into detail about these stories and more and suggests possibl ...
... water species over the years due both to natural and human-induced reasons. At an individual level, stories related to loss of education following cyclones or skin disease due to salinity intrusion in some of the villages. The report goes into detail about these stories and more and suggests possibl ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: An Implementation Guide
... provided significant input and assistance. Special thanks as well to Jenny Fraser, BC Ministry of Environment. Many thanks also to the panel of experts that was invited to review and comment on this document in various drafts, including: Allan Douglas, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptati ...
... provided significant input and assistance. Special thanks as well to Jenny Fraser, BC Ministry of Environment. Many thanks also to the panel of experts that was invited to review and comment on this document in various drafts, including: Allan Douglas, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptati ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... We are beginning to see some positive progress. Technological innovation has dramatically cut the costs of renewable energy, increasing its share of global energy investment. In turn, more and more countries are taking policy steps to reduce their emissions and the Paris conference at the end of thi ...
... We are beginning to see some positive progress. Technological innovation has dramatically cut the costs of renewable energy, increasing its share of global energy investment. In turn, more and more countries are taking policy steps to reduce their emissions and the Paris conference at the end of thi ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... need to work together to prevent future harm. We recognize that psychologists address a number of important issues. We do not mean to imply that addressing global climate change is more important than other work psychologists do and do not see them as mutually exclusive. At a professional level, som ...
... need to work together to prevent future harm. We recognize that psychologists address a number of important issues. We do not mean to imply that addressing global climate change is more important than other work psychologists do and do not see them as mutually exclusive. At a professional level, som ...
Mapping South African Farming
... conceptualizing vulnerability. One approach views vulnerability as the “end point,” in terms of the amount of (potential) damage caused to a system by a particular climate-related event or hazard. The second approach considers vulnerability as the “starting point,” i.e. as a state that exists within ...
... conceptualizing vulnerability. One approach views vulnerability as the “end point,” in terms of the amount of (potential) damage caused to a system by a particular climate-related event or hazard. The second approach considers vulnerability as the “starting point,” i.e. as a state that exists within ...
AN ASSESSMEN T OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... We are beginning to see some positive progress. Technological innovation has dramatically cut the costs of renewable energy, increasing its share of global energy investment. In turn, more and more countries are taking policy steps to reduce their emissions and the Paris conference at the end of thi ...
... We are beginning to see some positive progress. Technological innovation has dramatically cut the costs of renewable energy, increasing its share of global energy investment. In turn, more and more countries are taking policy steps to reduce their emissions and the Paris conference at the end of thi ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... need to work together to prevent future harm. We recognize that psychologists address a number of important issues. We do not mean to imply that addressing global climate change is more important than other work psychologists do and do not see them as mutually exclusive. At a professional level, som ...
... need to work together to prevent future harm. We recognize that psychologists address a number of important issues. We do not mean to imply that addressing global climate change is more important than other work psychologists do and do not see them as mutually exclusive. At a professional level, som ...
Rising Temperatures, Worsening Ozone Pollution
... • California and states in the Midwest and the MidAtlantic could be hit especially hard by the climate ...
... • California and states in the Midwest and the MidAtlantic could be hit especially hard by the climate ...
ESCC Hub Research Plan Version 2 (2016)
... stored in a manner that is discoverable and accessible. ...
... stored in a manner that is discoverable and accessible. ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...