Climate Change and Conflict: Findings and Lessons Learned from
... defined social roles are stabilizing forces that provide both security and meaning for individuals and communities. Threats to group identity and social values (e.g., ethnicity or religion) are well-known factors contributing to conflict, especially in Africa. Traditionally, elders made group decisi ...
... defined social roles are stabilizing forces that provide both security and meaning for individuals and communities. Threats to group identity and social values (e.g., ethnicity or religion) are well-known factors contributing to conflict, especially in Africa. Traditionally, elders made group decisi ...
North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... that may affect the interpretation of megadroughts in tree-ring-based reconstructions. Most notable is the previously mentioned sharp decline in proxy availability further back in time (Figure 5). This introduces significant sampling biases related to both the number of tree-ring series available at ...
... that may affect the interpretation of megadroughts in tree-ring-based reconstructions. Most notable is the previously mentioned sharp decline in proxy availability further back in time (Figure 5). This introduces significant sampling biases related to both the number of tree-ring series available at ...
How will ocean acidification affect marine photosynthetic organisms
... symbiont-bearing foraminiferans (SBF’s) prior to 2009 (Spero et al. 1997). In recent years, there has been an increase in the work carried out on SBF’S because their response to changes in pH was unclear (Fabry et al. 2008). Kuroyanagi et al. (2009) were the first to look at the effects of OA on cal ...
... symbiont-bearing foraminiferans (SBF’s) prior to 2009 (Spero et al. 1997). In recent years, there has been an increase in the work carried out on SBF’S because their response to changes in pH was unclear (Fabry et al. 2008). Kuroyanagi et al. (2009) were the first to look at the effects of OA on cal ...
city of santa cruz city climate change vulnerability assessment
... actually take attention away from mitigation by implying that the country can simply adapt to future changes. In addition, the topic of climate change and the discussion of options for responding have become much more highly politicized in the United States than in some other parts of the world. ...
... actually take attention away from mitigation by implying that the country can simply adapt to future changes. In addition, the topic of climate change and the discussion of options for responding have become much more highly politicized in the United States than in some other parts of the world. ...
Soil Carbon Research Program - Department of Agriculture and
... An assessment of the carbon sequestration potential of organic soil amendments 30 Quantifying temporal variability of soil carbon .....................................................................30 Improved measurement and understanding of soil carbon and its fractions ............30 A method f ...
... An assessment of the carbon sequestration potential of organic soil amendments 30 Quantifying temporal variability of soil carbon .....................................................................30 Improved measurement and understanding of soil carbon and its fractions ............30 A method f ...
Auditing the Government Response to Climate Change: Guidance
... it is very likely that global warming is caused by human activity. Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet, and both mitigation and adaptation efforts will be necessary to tackle climate change. As all countr ...
... it is very likely that global warming is caused by human activity. Climate change is already happening and represents one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats facing the planet, and both mitigation and adaptation efforts will be necessary to tackle climate change. As all countr ...
SOUTH AFRICA - Initial National Communication under the
... 9.3% in 1994; industrial processes contributed 8.9% in 1990, and 8.0% in 1994; and, waste contributed 4.4% in 1990, and 4.3% to the total emissions in 1994. Carbon dioxide is the most significant greenhouse gas for South Africa. It contributed more than 80% of the total of the three greenhouse gas e ...
... 9.3% in 1994; industrial processes contributed 8.9% in 1990, and 8.0% in 1994; and, waste contributed 4.4% in 1990, and 4.3% to the total emissions in 1994. Carbon dioxide is the most significant greenhouse gas for South Africa. It contributed more than 80% of the total of the three greenhouse gas e ...
Ground water and climate change
... Summer low flows in streams may be exacerbated by declining groundwater levels, so that stream flow becomes inadequate to meet domestic and agricultural water requirements and to maintain ...
... Summer low flows in streams may be exacerbated by declining groundwater levels, so that stream flow becomes inadequate to meet domestic and agricultural water requirements and to maintain ...
Climate Change, Carbon, and Forestry in Northwestern North America:
... Relationships between global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and various human activities have been examined in detail by IPCC (2001). Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased over the past 150 years, from a pre-industrial mean concentration of 280 ppmv to a mean concentra ...
... Relationships between global atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and various human activities have been examined in detail by IPCC (2001). Atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased over the past 150 years, from a pre-industrial mean concentration of 280 ppmv to a mean concentra ...
challenges in quantifying changes in the global water cycle
... cycle. Pendergrass and Hartmann (2012) show how Stratospheric aerosols from explosive volcanic black carbon forcing influences the intermodel spread eruptions also influence the water cycle. Sharp rein global-mean precipitation change in the Coupled ductions in observed global-mean land precipitatio ...
... cycle. Pendergrass and Hartmann (2012) show how Stratospheric aerosols from explosive volcanic black carbon forcing influences the intermodel spread eruptions also influence the water cycle. Sharp rein global-mean precipitation change in the Coupled ductions in observed global-mean land precipitatio ...
Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk
... The European Union has developed a rich expertise in the practice of health and environmental risk regulation.The heartland of the EU risk regulation enterprise undoubtedly resides within the realm of market regulation, more specifically product and technology regulation. A quick survey of the study ...
... The European Union has developed a rich expertise in the practice of health and environmental risk regulation.The heartland of the EU risk regulation enterprise undoubtedly resides within the realm of market regulation, more specifically product and technology regulation. A quick survey of the study ...
... nutritional foods), employment and generate income (Edwards, 2000; Safa, 2004). In 1990, out of 18,143 people are employed under this sector and occupied with the various level of operation activities including harvesting, processing and marketing (Tan, 1998). The number of labor force in aquacultur ...
Impact of Freshwater Release in the North Atlantic under Different
... northward heat transport in the NA; the second one [process (ii)] concerns the regional enhancement of the sea ice formation through the reduction in vertical heat exchange in the ocean interior (convection releases heat toward the surface ocean, which limits sea ice formation). Process (ii) is more ...
... northward heat transport in the NA; the second one [process (ii)] concerns the regional enhancement of the sea ice formation through the reduction in vertical heat exchange in the ocean interior (convection releases heat toward the surface ocean, which limits sea ice formation). Process (ii) is more ...
Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the poor. Part 2 also explains why climate change is an urgent issue for cities. Given that the clima ...
... for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the poor. Part 2 also explains why climate change is an urgent issue for cities. Given that the clima ...
Project Document for CEO Approval (Revised)
... science and policy; Adaptation is an on-going process and requires Government, private sector and nongovernmental organization involvement; the process should be pursued in light of the sustainable management plans of Vanuatu, and for the benefit of the local communities in the longer term; Public a ...
... science and policy; Adaptation is an on-going process and requires Government, private sector and nongovernmental organization involvement; the process should be pursued in light of the sustainable management plans of Vanuatu, and for the benefit of the local communities in the longer term; Public a ...
On the interpretation of inter-model spread in CMIP5 climate
... 1. abrupt4xCO2, a fully-coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation in which the CO2 concentration is abruptly quadrupled and then held fixed 2. sstClim, a 30-year atmosphere-only experiment forced by a prescribed climatology of sea surface temperatures ...
... 1. abrupt4xCO2, a fully-coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation in which the CO2 concentration is abruptly quadrupled and then held fixed 2. sstClim, a 30-year atmosphere-only experiment forced by a prescribed climatology of sea surface temperatures ...
SADC Policy paper on Climate Change
... the Kyoto Protocol, it became clear that the implementation of the Convention and Protocol would prove to be a complex process involving a wide range of policy options and varied engagement by multiple levels of governance systems. ...
... the Kyoto Protocol, it became clear that the implementation of the Convention and Protocol would prove to be a complex process involving a wide range of policy options and varied engagement by multiple levels of governance systems. ...
Indirect Land Use Change, Uncertainty, and Biofuels, Policy
... Indirect land use change (ILUC)- the theory that the use of cropland for biofuels raisesfood prices and thus increases the incentive to convert forests and grasslands to crop production, thereby releasing stored carbon and decreasingfuture carbon sequestration-is a particularconcern with ethanol pro ...
... Indirect land use change (ILUC)- the theory that the use of cropland for biofuels raisesfood prices and thus increases the incentive to convert forests and grasslands to crop production, thereby releasing stored carbon and decreasingfuture carbon sequestration-is a particularconcern with ethanol pro ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... Sea ice conditions in the Antarctic affect the life cycle of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). We present a population projection for the emperor penguin population of Terre Adélie, Antarctica, by linking demographic models (stage-structured, seasonal, nonlinear, two-sex matrix population ...
... Sea ice conditions in the Antarctic affect the life cycle of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). We present a population projection for the emperor penguin population of Terre Adélie, Antarctica, by linking demographic models (stage-structured, seasonal, nonlinear, two-sex matrix population ...
Ireland in a Warmer World
... Top left: how Ireland and Europe appear to the global climate models. Geographic resolution has increased with each release of the IPCC Assessment Reports - FAR (1990), SAR (1996), TAR (2001a), and AR4 (2007). However, even for AR4 the horizontal resolutions are typically ~200km for the century-long ...
... Top left: how Ireland and Europe appear to the global climate models. Geographic resolution has increased with each release of the IPCC Assessment Reports - FAR (1990), SAR (1996), TAR (2001a), and AR4 (2007). However, even for AR4 the horizontal resolutions are typically ~200km for the century-long ...
Soil inorganic carbon storage pattern in China
... its arid and semiarid regions in the Northwest. Based on the second national soil survey (1979–1992), total soil inorganic carbon (SIC) storage in China was estimated to be 53.3 6.3 PgC (1 Pg 5 1015 g) to the depth investigated to 2 m. Soil inorganic carbon storages were 4.6, 10.6, 11.1, and 20.8 ...
... its arid and semiarid regions in the Northwest. Based on the second national soil survey (1979–1992), total soil inorganic carbon (SIC) storage in China was estimated to be 53.3 6.3 PgC (1 Pg 5 1015 g) to the depth investigated to 2 m. Soil inorganic carbon storages were 4.6, 10.6, 11.1, and 20.8 ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME)
... education is presumed to curtail and sustain in Kenya. It is expected that, if a significant breakthrough in agriculture education at secondary school will be made, it will first have to review the syllabus in an attempt to adjusting it to respond to the climate change and variability phenomena. How ...
... education is presumed to curtail and sustain in Kenya. It is expected that, if a significant breakthrough in agriculture education at secondary school will be made, it will first have to review the syllabus in an attempt to adjusting it to respond to the climate change and variability phenomena. How ...
A Proposed New Metric For Quantifying The Climatic Effects Of Human-Caused
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...