Confronting Climate Change in California
... one thing, since Californians are substantial contributors of global greenhouse gases—emitting, for example, over 400 million tons of CO2 a year—their individual actions as consumers and producers can be globally important. Another opportunity arises from California’s stature as a bellwether for new ...
... one thing, since Californians are substantial contributors of global greenhouse gases—emitting, for example, over 400 million tons of CO2 a year—their individual actions as consumers and producers can be globally important. Another opportunity arises from California’s stature as a bellwether for new ...
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... v) “... that may affect biodiversity ...”. The use of “may” here is inherently ambiguous, either implying that geoengineering must affect biodiversity in order to be within the definition (hence a geoengineering approach is not considered to be geoengineering unless effects on biodiversity occur), o ...
... v) “... that may affect biodiversity ...”. The use of “may” here is inherently ambiguous, either implying that geoengineering must affect biodiversity in order to be within the definition (hence a geoengineering approach is not considered to be geoengineering unless effects on biodiversity occur), o ...
Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
... The emphasis of this climate risk and vulnerability assessment (CRVA) is on adaptation: “the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects … to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.” ADB has in general taken a risk management approach to adapting infrastructure inv ...
... The emphasis of this climate risk and vulnerability assessment (CRVA) is on adaptation: “the process of adjustment to actual or expected climate and its effects … to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities.” ADB has in general taken a risk management approach to adapting infrastructure inv ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Rice Production in Nepal
... but our analyses also suggests that productivity declines when the daytime maximum temperature goes beyond 29.9°C. Since the average maximum temperature is already higher than this threshold, rice yield will likely diminish with any further increases in maximum temperature. Rainfall appears to have ...
... but our analyses also suggests that productivity declines when the daytime maximum temperature goes beyond 29.9°C. Since the average maximum temperature is already higher than this threshold, rice yield will likely diminish with any further increases in maximum temperature. Rainfall appears to have ...
Community based adaptation to climate change
... to adaptation considers how far processes of adaptation can reduce dangerous impacts of climate change and therefore defines the highest acceptable thresholds of green- house gas concentrations. This approach also supports adaptation practices that aim to lessen the impacts of increased atmospheric ...
... to adaptation considers how far processes of adaptation can reduce dangerous impacts of climate change and therefore defines the highest acceptable thresholds of green- house gas concentrations. This approach also supports adaptation practices that aim to lessen the impacts of increased atmospheric ...
Sea-level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire
... much as eight to twelve inches by 2100. We recommend, however, that for coastal locations ...
... much as eight to twelve inches by 2100. We recommend, however, that for coastal locations ...
the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Learning Module
... based on a 100 year time scale, though other time scales like 50 year and 500 year are occasionally used. ...
... based on a 100 year time scale, though other time scales like 50 year and 500 year are occasionally used. ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
Dynamics of Culture and Climate Change and their Implications on
... causes of disaster(s.) (Nunn et al., 2007; Casimir, 2008). On this view, a community is a group of people sharing a way of life informed by a common cosmology. Cultures, in defining appropriate attitudes and behaviors, develop the logic and grammar through which communities interpret and adapt to th ...
... causes of disaster(s.) (Nunn et al., 2007; Casimir, 2008). On this view, a community is a group of people sharing a way of life informed by a common cosmology. Cultures, in defining appropriate attitudes and behaviors, develop the logic and grammar through which communities interpret and adapt to th ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a harbinger of what we can expect in a changing and unstable climate. For the insurance sector, climate ...
... Although the associations among greater weather volatility, natural cycles and climate change are debated, the rise in mega-catastrophes and prolonged widespread heat waves is, at the very least, a harbinger of what we can expect in a changing and unstable climate. For the insurance sector, climate ...
Module B2 - Common Air Emission Impact Categories
... based on a 100 year time scale, though other time scales like 50 year and 500 year are occasionally used. ...
... based on a 100 year time scale, though other time scales like 50 year and 500 year are occasionally used. ...
Not just about sunburn - the ozone hole`s - Research Online
... Southern Hemisphere climate are likely to have had as much or more impact on natural ecosystems and food production over the past few decades, than the increased ultraviolet radiation due to ozone depletion. ...
... Southern Hemisphere climate are likely to have had as much or more impact on natural ecosystems and food production over the past few decades, than the increased ultraviolet radiation due to ozone depletion. ...
Assessing the Risk of a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline
... billion watts (10 watts, a petawatt). As a result of this northward heat transport, at least in part, Europe is up to 8°C warmer than other longitudes at its latitude, with the largest effect in winter. It is this comparatively mild European climate, as well as the interrelated climates elsewhere, t ...
... billion watts (10 watts, a petawatt). As a result of this northward heat transport, at least in part, Europe is up to 8°C warmer than other longitudes at its latitude, with the largest effect in winter. It is this comparatively mild European climate, as well as the interrelated climates elsewhere, t ...
Climate change challenges Tuvalu
... The main cause for rising sea levels is the expansion of water due to an increase in water temperature and is thus a mere physical phenomenon. Additional factors are the thawing of mountain glaciers and the ice covering in Greenland, resulting from an increase in temperature of the earth’s atmospher ...
... The main cause for rising sea levels is the expansion of water due to an increase in water temperature and is thus a mere physical phenomenon. Additional factors are the thawing of mountain glaciers and the ice covering in Greenland, resulting from an increase in temperature of the earth’s atmospher ...
Ville Kumpu A climate for reduction? Futures imagined in
... to the equally misleading idea that there has been a stable ‘‘natural climate’’ that has now been disrupted and which could be reinstated if proper action is taken [3]. The future, in contrast to climate change, is defined by its lack of materiality in the present and therefore its signification ca ...
... to the equally misleading idea that there has been a stable ‘‘natural climate’’ that has now been disrupted and which could be reinstated if proper action is taken [3]. The future, in contrast to climate change, is defined by its lack of materiality in the present and therefore its signification ca ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
... pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest stands or local management decisions (Flint and Flint, 2012). Downscaling is necessary, but adds inherent uncertainty to the values obtained from such scaling exercises (Fowler et al., 2007 ...
Radiative Forcing and Climate Feedbacks
... (e.g. thawing of permafrost and release of methane) It is very important to study feedbacks in the climate system if we want to understand and project climate change for the 21st century because they can amplify or dampen the direct anthropogenic forcing effect. ...
... (e.g. thawing of permafrost and release of methane) It is very important to study feedbacks in the climate system if we want to understand and project climate change for the 21st century because they can amplify or dampen the direct anthropogenic forcing effect. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period is 0.78 [0.72 to 0.85] °C, based on the single longest dataset available. For the longest period when calculation of regional trends is sufficiently complete (1901 to 2012), almost the en ...
... produced datasets exist. The total increase between the average of the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period is 0.78 [0.72 to 0.85] °C, based on the single longest dataset available. For the longest period when calculation of regional trends is sufficiently complete (1901 to 2012), almost the en ...
Seattle City Light Climate Change Analysis - CSES
... model using boundary conditions from 1) the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg, global model (ECHAM5) and 2) the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM3). The first sim ...
... model using boundary conditions from 1) the Max Plank Institute, Hamburg, global model (ECHAM5) and 2) the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM3). The first sim ...
France`s adaptation to global climate change
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening
... in an air quality and climate review article (Jacob and Winner 2009) and of those, we restricted the studies to those involving the United States. There was one study that focused on air quality modeling in the Los Angeles basin and Sacramento Valley (Taha 2001). More such studies are needed befo ...
... in an air quality and climate review article (Jacob and Winner 2009) and of those, we restricted the studies to those involving the United States. There was one study that focused on air quality modeling in the Los Angeles basin and Sacramento Valley (Taha 2001). More such studies are needed befo ...
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... Since the early 1990s, satellite altimetry has become the main tool for precisely and continuously measuring sea level with quasi-global coverage and short revisit time. The concept of the satellite altimetry measurement is simple: The onboard radar altimeter transmits microwave radiation toward the ...
... Since the early 1990s, satellite altimetry has become the main tool for precisely and continuously measuring sea level with quasi-global coverage and short revisit time. The concept of the satellite altimetry measurement is simple: The onboard radar altimeter transmits microwave radiation toward the ...
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.