Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... continuing to support the UNFCCC process as it now stands is being debated perhaps even more vociferously. This is due to accelerated concerns that the absence of substantive progress in curtailing GHG emissions is pushing the problem past a point of resolution. Advocates for continuing the process ...
... continuing to support the UNFCCC process as it now stands is being debated perhaps even more vociferously. This is due to accelerated concerns that the absence of substantive progress in curtailing GHG emissions is pushing the problem past a point of resolution. Advocates for continuing the process ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... Generally, climate models cannot project changes in regionally driven climate phenomena, such as ENSO. Thus, for Ghana climate models show a wide range of projected changes in the amplitude of future El Niño type of events. As the climate in Ghana is strongly influenced by ENSO, this contributes to ...
... Generally, climate models cannot project changes in regionally driven climate phenomena, such as ENSO. Thus, for Ghana climate models show a wide range of projected changes in the amplitude of future El Niño type of events. As the climate in Ghana is strongly influenced by ENSO, this contributes to ...
PDF format - City University of Hong Kong
... to date, however, is whether this isolated extreme snow event was perhaps linked to the documented climate change in the region. The effect of global warming on snowpack and snowmelt has been studied extensively. A review by Stewart (2009) showed that declining snowpack and earlier snowmelt are occu ...
... to date, however, is whether this isolated extreme snow event was perhaps linked to the documented climate change in the region. The effect of global warming on snowpack and snowmelt has been studied extensively. A review by Stewart (2009) showed that declining snowpack and earlier snowmelt are occu ...
Amplification and dampening of soil respiration by changes in
... One of the most important feedbacks of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change is the potential release of soil carbon as temperature increases, especially at high latitudes (Field et al., 2007). The amount of carbon stored in soils worldwide exceeds the amount of carbon in the atmosphere by a fact ...
... One of the most important feedbacks of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change is the potential release of soil carbon as temperature increases, especially at high latitudes (Field et al., 2007). The amount of carbon stored in soils worldwide exceeds the amount of carbon in the atmosphere by a fact ...
IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON COFFEE PRODUCTION
... world‟s staple food is produced (FAOSTAT, 2005; Bhattacharya, 2008). ...
... world‟s staple food is produced (FAOSTAT, 2005; Bhattacharya, 2008). ...
China - Open Knowledge Repository
... demand from plants leads to more drying and relative declines in vegetative growth. In the southwest and northwest provinces, high levels of warming by midcentury could also lead to shortages of freshwater from melting glaciers and mountain snows. Even in regions where annual precipitation is expect ...
... demand from plants leads to more drying and relative declines in vegetative growth. In the southwest and northwest provinces, high levels of warming by midcentury could also lead to shortages of freshwater from melting glaciers and mountain snows. Even in regions where annual precipitation is expect ...
action kit - Climate Reality Project
... You know the climate crisis is happening – and you understand we need to take action. But how? “I’m just one person,” you might say. The truth is, you are only one person – but you’re someone who understands the need for climate action, and that makes you an important change-maker who can catalyze a ...
... You know the climate crisis is happening – and you understand we need to take action. But how? “I’m just one person,” you might say. The truth is, you are only one person – but you’re someone who understands the need for climate action, and that makes you an important change-maker who can catalyze a ...
Climate change in Italy indicated by agrometeorological indices over
... the probability of precipitation extremes (Waggoner, 1989; Groisman et al., 1999). The same effect has been demonstrated for temperature changes (Folland et al., 1999). Katz and Brown (1992) and Wagner (1996) suggest that the frequency of extreme events is relatively more dependent on a change in va ...
... the probability of precipitation extremes (Waggoner, 1989; Groisman et al., 1999). The same effect has been demonstrated for temperature changes (Folland et al., 1999). Katz and Brown (1992) and Wagner (1996) suggest that the frequency of extreme events is relatively more dependent on a change in va ...
The International Tundra Experiment
... slight wind, as they allow the air in the OTC to warm without being removed by wind turbulence (Marion et al. 1997; Bokhorst et al. 2013). They are not as effective on calm, overcast days, and the average warming effect has been found to be 1-3º C during the growing season, which is at the low end o ...
... slight wind, as they allow the air in the OTC to warm without being removed by wind turbulence (Marion et al. 1997; Bokhorst et al. 2013). They are not as effective on calm, overcast days, and the average warming effect has been found to be 1-3º C during the growing season, which is at the low end o ...
Fungi the unknown Organisms – an
... rather straight forward. They favor warm and moist climate, an exception of this rule are specific lichens, which are sensitive to higher temperatures [12]. For pathogenic fungi certain changes in climate change such as higher air humidity and higher or more moderate temperate are beneficial (see Bo ...
... rather straight forward. They favor warm and moist climate, an exception of this rule are specific lichens, which are sensitive to higher temperatures [12]. For pathogenic fungi certain changes in climate change such as higher air humidity and higher or more moderate temperate are beneficial (see Bo ...
Of Montreal and Kyoto: A Tale of Two Protocols
... million cataract cases by that year—figures that would be cut to 200,000 and two million, respectively, by a 50% CFC reduction.22 Of course it is possible to question these numbers; the science does not allow uncontroversial point estimates here, and perhaps EPA had an interest in showing that the a ...
... million cataract cases by that year—figures that would be cut to 200,000 and two million, respectively, by a 50% CFC reduction.22 Of course it is possible to question these numbers; the science does not allow uncontroversial point estimates here, and perhaps EPA had an interest in showing that the a ...
Modality of semiannual to multidecadal - Archimer
... is found that all primary modes, except for mode M, are highly significant at 0.01 level. Mode M and secondary modes a, b, e, f, i, k, and j are significant at 0.05 level. The remainders are largely at a lower significance level. It should be stressed that whether there are preferred IDO timescales ...
... is found that all primary modes, except for mode M, are highly significant at 0.01 level. Mode M and secondary modes a, b, e, f, i, k, and j are significant at 0.05 level. The remainders are largely at a lower significance level. It should be stressed that whether there are preferred IDO timescales ...
Climate change impacts on water quality outcomes
... erosion and sediment loss from hill country farms in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. Over 560 Whole Farm Plans have been developed since 2006 (Mitchell & Cooper 2015), with approximately 80–85% having implemented some on-the-ground works to control or mitigate erosion and sediment losses. Most of the ...
... erosion and sediment loss from hill country farms in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region. Over 560 Whole Farm Plans have been developed since 2006 (Mitchell & Cooper 2015), with approximately 80–85% having implemented some on-the-ground works to control or mitigate erosion and sediment losses. Most of the ...
Chapter 19
... Bourne, Joel K., Jr. 2004. “Gone With the Water: Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands.” National Geographic, October, 87. Braasch, Gary. 2007. Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. Bradsher, Keith. 2003. “China’s Boom Adds to Global ...
... Bourne, Joel K., Jr. 2004. “Gone With the Water: Louisiana’s Vanishing Wetlands.” National Geographic, October, 87. Braasch, Gary. 2007. Earth Under Fire: How Global Warming Is Changing the World. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. Bradsher, Keith. 2003. “China’s Boom Adds to Global ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... Identifying these proximate causes may be critical for many reasons. For example, different proximate factors may call for different conservation strategies to ameliorate their effects [20]. These different proximate factors may also influence the accuracy with which the impacts of climate change ar ...
... Identifying these proximate causes may be critical for many reasons. For example, different proximate factors may call for different conservation strategies to ameliorate their effects [20]. These different proximate factors may also influence the accuracy with which the impacts of climate change ar ...
Global water cycle amplifying at less than the
... All observational datasets indicate that the volumetric distribution shifts toward lower salinities, i.e. on average, fresh regions become fresher at a higher rate than saline regions become more saline (see Fig. 2 and supplementary Fig. 1). This suggests a global net freshwater input. Considering t ...
... All observational datasets indicate that the volumetric distribution shifts toward lower salinities, i.e. on average, fresh regions become fresher at a higher rate than saline regions become more saline (see Fig. 2 and supplementary Fig. 1). This suggests a global net freshwater input. Considering t ...
Full Congressional testimonials
... However, scientific investigations of the dynamics of the entire climate system have more in common with systems biology and economics than with laboratory physics and chemistry, owing to the complexity of the systems under investigation and the inability to conduct controlled experiments. Complexit ...
... However, scientific investigations of the dynamics of the entire climate system have more in common with systems biology and economics than with laboratory physics and chemistry, owing to the complexity of the systems under investigation and the inability to conduct controlled experiments. Complexit ...
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.