Vulnerability of Infrastructure to Climate Variability: How Does This
... organizations’ infrastructure lending policies. Climate change concerns the impact of increasing surface temperature on weather events. Two general impacts can be expected from climate change: increased intensity of extreme weather events and changes to regional weather patterns. Both of these chang ...
... organizations’ infrastructure lending policies. Climate change concerns the impact of increasing surface temperature on weather events. Two general impacts can be expected from climate change: increased intensity of extreme weather events and changes to regional weather patterns. Both of these chang ...
Extreme Weather Events in Europe: preparing for climate change
... This study arises from the concern that changes in weather patterns will be one of the principal effects of climate change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them t ...
... This study arises from the concern that changes in weather patterns will be one of the principal effects of climate change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them t ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... that remains frozen continuously for more than two consecutive years. Owing to its potential for settlement, thawing of ice-rich permafrost constitutes a significant environmental hazard in highlatitude regions, particularly in the context of climatic change. Although hazards related to permafrost h ...
... that remains frozen continuously for more than two consecutive years. Owing to its potential for settlement, thawing of ice-rich permafrost constitutes a significant environmental hazard in highlatitude regions, particularly in the context of climatic change. Although hazards related to permafrost h ...
They Say “NOPP Has Sufficient Funding Now”
... an interagency organization that collaborates research between agencies such as NASA, NOAA, and the MMS. That would result in increased exploration of the oceans through instruments like satellites and submersible exploration vehicles, especially in international waters like the Pacific and the Atla ...
... an interagency organization that collaborates research between agencies such as NASA, NOAA, and the MMS. That would result in increased exploration of the oceans through instruments like satellites and submersible exploration vehicles, especially in international waters like the Pacific and the Atla ...
follow the energy! earth`s dynamic climate system
... Weather, Climate and Climate Change: Fundamental to an understanding of weather, climate and climate change, is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex system of energy flow, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the en ...
... Weather, Climate and Climate Change: Fundamental to an understanding of weather, climate and climate change, is the recognition that the Earth’s climate system is a complex system of energy flow, as alluded to by animations of visible and IR full-disk views of Earth. The observable impacts of the en ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... problem of global warming.25 The GHG emissions associated with federal actions, in turn, implicate various aspects of NEPA’s regulatory process, including identification and quantification of environmental impacts; analysis of reasonable alternatives (including the climate consequences of taking no ...
... problem of global warming.25 The GHG emissions associated with federal actions, in turn, implicate various aspects of NEPA’s regulatory process, including identification and quantification of environmental impacts; analysis of reasonable alternatives (including the climate consequences of taking no ...
global climate change as seen by zoo and aquarium visitors
... figures to the key findings in Appendix A and the data tables displaying the results of all the survey items appear in Appendix B. Finally, an overview of our methodology is presented in Appendix C. ...
... figures to the key findings in Appendix A and the data tables displaying the results of all the survey items appear in Appendix B. Finally, an overview of our methodology is presented in Appendix C. ...
Climate change reduces warming potential of nitrous oxide by an
... spin-up run. We use ECHAM6 in T63L47 resolution (T63: spectral truncation at wave number 63, roughly corresponding to 1.9° horizontal resolution; L47: 47 vertical levels). In this setup ECHAM6 extends from the surface to 0.01 hPa. The high vertical resolution in our simulation setup allows for a det ...
... spin-up run. We use ECHAM6 in T63L47 resolution (T63: spectral truncation at wave number 63, roughly corresponding to 1.9° horizontal resolution; L47: 47 vertical levels). In this setup ECHAM6 extends from the surface to 0.01 hPa. The high vertical resolution in our simulation setup allows for a det ...
Framework for City Climate Risk Assessment
... level rise and enhanced flooding in cities by the coasts, leading to changes in the spatial distribution and density of both formal and informal settlements. Degradation of building and infrastructure materials is also projected to occur. As warmer temperatures extend in ...
... level rise and enhanced flooding in cities by the coasts, leading to changes in the spatial distribution and density of both formal and informal settlements. Degradation of building and infrastructure materials is also projected to occur. As warmer temperatures extend in ...
Indian Ocean Territory Climate Change Risk Assessment
... Climate Change Observations & Projections Both Territories experienced changes in the climate (such as air temperature and rainfall) over the past decades. These trends are likely to continue and even accelerate during the 21st Century. The observed climate trends for the IOT include: an increase in ...
... Climate Change Observations & Projections Both Territories experienced changes in the climate (such as air temperature and rainfall) over the past decades. These trends are likely to continue and even accelerate during the 21st Century. The observed climate trends for the IOT include: an increase in ...
The High Mountain Asia glacier contribution to sea
... fitted to observational data, driven by a relatively highresolution regional climate model, and also an estimate ...
... fitted to observational data, driven by a relatively highresolution regional climate model, and also an estimate ...
Atlantic National Seashores in Peril
... the Atlantic national seashores could become as a result need not get as hot as those of Key West, and summers of human emissions of heat-trapping gases. Projections in Cape Hatteras NS need not get as hot as those of were made for two different possible futures: one scenario Galveston. As indicated ...
... the Atlantic national seashores could become as a result need not get as hot as those of Key West, and summers of human emissions of heat-trapping gases. Projections in Cape Hatteras NS need not get as hot as those of were made for two different possible futures: one scenario Galveston. As indicated ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate
... indices is difficult as the data is less readily available. We have also put an emphasis on delivering a range of other indices to IPCC. Towards that end, our activities started with a workshop in Bracknell in 1998. This workshop particularly sought to identify and refine appropriate climate change ...
... indices is difficult as the data is less readily available. We have also put an emphasis on delivering a range of other indices to IPCC. Towards that end, our activities started with a workshop in Bracknell in 1998. This workshop particularly sought to identify and refine appropriate climate change ...
Report on the Activities of the Working Group on Climate Change
... indices is difficult as the data is less readily available. We have also put an emphasis on delivering a range of other indices to IPCC. Towards that end, our activities started with a workshop in Bracknell in 1998. This workshop particularly sought to identify and refine appropriate climate change ...
... indices is difficult as the data is less readily available. We have also put an emphasis on delivering a range of other indices to IPCC. Towards that end, our activities started with a workshop in Bracknell in 1998. This workshop particularly sought to identify and refine appropriate climate change ...
Inferred gas hydrate and permafrost stability history models linked to
... isostatic uplift. We also employed models to characterize the more recent glacial-interglacial history and the future of GHs that formed terrestrially during the Pleistocene sea level low stand, some of which were inundated and are now offshore due to Holocene marine transgression. Our previous anal ...
... isostatic uplift. We also employed models to characterize the more recent glacial-interglacial history and the future of GHs that formed terrestrially during the Pleistocene sea level low stand, some of which were inundated and are now offshore due to Holocene marine transgression. Our previous anal ...
A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and
... Abstract. Naturally emitted from the oceans, iodine compounds efficiently destroy atmospheric ozone and reduce its positive radiative forcing effects in the troposphere. Emissions of inorganic iodine have been experimentally shown to depend on the deposition to the oceans of tropospheric ozone, whos ...
... Abstract. Naturally emitted from the oceans, iodine compounds efficiently destroy atmospheric ozone and reduce its positive radiative forcing effects in the troposphere. Emissions of inorganic iodine have been experimentally shown to depend on the deposition to the oceans of tropospheric ozone, whos ...
Climate challenge – the safety`s off
... in the way of experience. The critics describe this technology as a smokescreen created by the energy industry in order to continue burning fossil fuels. They feel that the technology is complicated and expensive and the actual storage process is uncertain. Advocates believe that carbon dioxide can ...
... in the way of experience. The critics describe this technology as a smokescreen created by the energy industry in order to continue burning fossil fuels. They feel that the technology is complicated and expensive and the actual storage process is uncertain. Advocates believe that carbon dioxide can ...
How is the stratosphere-troposphere coupling af
... The stratosphere and troposphere are coupled by radiative, dynamical and chemical processes. Changes in the chemical composition of radiatively active gases in the stratosphere lead to significant changes in stratospheric temperature (e.g., Ramaswamy et al., 2001, Shine et al., 2003) as well as a se ...
... The stratosphere and troposphere are coupled by radiative, dynamical and chemical processes. Changes in the chemical composition of radiatively active gases in the stratosphere lead to significant changes in stratospheric temperature (e.g., Ramaswamy et al., 2001, Shine et al., 2003) as well as a se ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... seminars on various aspects of the human dimensions of global environmental change; student advising. Developing curriculum guides for grades 9-12 to accompany Union of Concerned Scientists’ climate change impact reports on California and the Gulf of Mexico region Guest lecturer in a variety of unde ...
... seminars on various aspects of the human dimensions of global environmental change; student advising. Developing curriculum guides for grades 9-12 to accompany Union of Concerned Scientists’ climate change impact reports on California and the Gulf of Mexico region Guest lecturer in a variety of unde ...
Global warming hiatus
A global warming hiatus, also sometimes referred to as a global warming pause or a global warming slowdown, is a period of relatively little change in globally averaged surface temperatures. In the current episode of global warming many such periods are evident in the surface temperature record, along with robust evidence of the long term warming trend.The exceptionally warm El Niño year of 1998 was an outlier from the continuing temperature trend, and so gave the appearance of a hiatus: by January 2006 assertions had been made that this showed that global warming had stopped. A 2009 study showed that decades without warming were not exceptional, and in 2011 a study showed that if allowances were made for known variability, the rising temperature trend continued unabated. There was increased public interest in 2013 in the run-up to publication of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and despite concerns that a 15-year period was too short to determine a meaningful trend, the IPCC included a section on a hiatus, which it defined as a much smaller increasing linear trend over the 15 years from 1998 to 2012, than over the 60 years from 1951 to 2012. Various studies examined possible causes of the short term slowdown. Even though the overall climate system had continued to accumulate energy due to Earth's positive energy budget, the available temperature readings at the earth's surface indicated slower rates of increase in surface warming than in the prior decade. Since measurements at the top of the atmosphere show that Earth is receiving more energy than it is radiating back into space, the retained energy should be producing warming in at least one of the five parts of Earth's climate system.A July 2015 paper on the updated NOAA dataset cast doubt on the existence of this supposed hiatus, and found no indication of a slowdown. This analysis incorporated the latest corrections for known biases in ocean temperature measurements, and new land temperature data. Scientists working on other datasets welcomed this study, though the view was expressed that the short term warming trend had been slower than in previous periods of the same length.