Climate Change Helplessness and Efficacy
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
Vulnerability of Wyoming`s Terrestrial Wildlife and Habitats
... development to cumulative development exposure scores. Only the 15 highest relative exposure scores are shown for birds, mammals, and reptiles. Species with a high development vulnerability rank are denoted with an asterisk. ...
... development to cumulative development exposure scores. Only the 15 highest relative exposure scores are shown for birds, mammals, and reptiles. Species with a high development vulnerability rank are denoted with an asterisk. ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... AS/NZS 4360:2004). In developing this strategy a number of risks associated with climate change have been identified that require priority action for our community. These are not limited to environmental impacts but also those of a social and economic nature. Over time climate change is anticipated ...
... AS/NZS 4360:2004). In developing this strategy a number of risks associated with climate change have been identified that require priority action for our community. These are not limited to environmental impacts but also those of a social and economic nature. Over time climate change is anticipated ...
Statistical Classification of Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystems for
... nvironmental planning is an instrument for the operationalisation of the precautionary principle in environmental law and, to this end, must rely on maps depicting the spatial patterns of ecological attributes of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and of environmental change effects, respectively. I ...
... nvironmental planning is an instrument for the operationalisation of the precautionary principle in environmental law and, to this end, must rely on maps depicting the spatial patterns of ecological attributes of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and of environmental change effects, respectively. I ...
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPLESSNESS 1 Running head: CLIMATE
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
... efforts to conserve energy and prevent climate change. This also model departs from previous work on learned helplessness in considering the special role of moralization. In classic helplessness scenarios, moralization plays no role in behavior or motivation because the consequences of (in)action af ...
Marine climate change impacts
... some coastal waders has changed in response to warming. In the last decade there has been a general decline in the use of the UK’s east coast sites in favour of the Netherlands by some species, such as dunlins (below), as conditions there have become more favourable. ...
... some coastal waders has changed in response to warming. In the last decade there has been a general decline in the use of the UK’s east coast sites in favour of the Netherlands by some species, such as dunlins (below), as conditions there have become more favourable. ...
Climate Change Impacts on Arctic Wildlife
... Two recently published studies on the population of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea looked at the body condition of the bears, their cubs and their survival (Regehr et al. 2010, Rode et al. 2010). Reductions in food supply can lead to reduced body weight and size and, in turn, this can lead ...
... Two recently published studies on the population of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea looked at the body condition of the bears, their cubs and their survival (Regehr et al. 2010, Rode et al. 2010). Reductions in food supply can lead to reduced body weight and size and, in turn, this can lead ...
Thomas Sheffer Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of
... important across all landscapes, for a variety of reasons it is of critical importance in vulnerable coastal regions where climate change impacts are projected to be most severe. Coastal regional planners should play a vital role in planning for climate change adaptation in the United States, partic ...
... important across all landscapes, for a variety of reasons it is of critical importance in vulnerable coastal regions where climate change impacts are projected to be most severe. Coastal regional planners should play a vital role in planning for climate change adaptation in the United States, partic ...
Quantifying the impacts of climate-driven flood risk changes and risk
... 2050 is downscaled from the global climate change scenarios. Carteret County is one of the counties most often hit by a hurricane and as it is situated on the coastal plain, regional sea level rise and changing hurricane frequencies will be the focus of the climate change impacts. The regional sea l ...
... 2050 is downscaled from the global climate change scenarios. Carteret County is one of the counties most often hit by a hurricane and as it is situated on the coastal plain, regional sea level rise and changing hurricane frequencies will be the focus of the climate change impacts. The regional sea l ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Regulation
... Working intensively with their domestic insurers, regulators have an opportunity to help insurers address the challenges to insurer solvency posed by climate change. Domestic regulators should begin a dialogue on an insurer’s financial exposure to loss resulting from a catastrophe and small weather ...
... Working intensively with their domestic insurers, regulators have an opportunity to help insurers address the challenges to insurer solvency posed by climate change. Domestic regulators should begin a dialogue on an insurer’s financial exposure to loss resulting from a catastrophe and small weather ...
Ireland’s Climate: the road ahead IR E
... this may be offset by increases due to heat stress during summer. Winters are expected to become wetter with increases of up to 14% in precipitation under the high emission scenarios by mid-century; summers will become drier (up to 20% reduction in precipitation under the high emission scenarios). T ...
... this may be offset by increases due to heat stress during summer. Winters are expected to become wetter with increases of up to 14% in precipitation under the high emission scenarios by mid-century; summers will become drier (up to 20% reduction in precipitation under the high emission scenarios). T ...
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... Bayesian Updating can shift weight among hypotheses, but will not be able to reveal tendencies that are not included in the set of hypotheses. Thus, it is important to define hypotheses carefully, with regard to real world features, and to include the tendencies one wants to learn about. As the aim ...
... Bayesian Updating can shift weight among hypotheses, but will not be able to reveal tendencies that are not included in the set of hypotheses. Thus, it is important to define hypotheses carefully, with regard to real world features, and to include the tendencies one wants to learn about. As the aim ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
Footprints of climate change on Mediterranean Sea biota
... stratification in the upper layer. Temperature decreases almost linearly by about 7–8◦ C over the top 50 m water layer (0.14– 0.16◦ C m−1 ) in both the eastern and western basins (Figure 1B), and it remains relatively uniform at deeper water. Linear trends were fitted to the satellite SST for the pe ...
... stratification in the upper layer. Temperature decreases almost linearly by about 7–8◦ C over the top 50 m water layer (0.14– 0.16◦ C m−1 ) in both the eastern and western basins (Figure 1B), and it remains relatively uniform at deeper water. Linear trends were fitted to the satellite SST for the pe ...
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Dynamics from US GLOBEC: The
... these modes explain about one-third of the global atmospheric variation that is responsible for the low-frequency variability in the ocean and ecosystem in each of the GLOBEC regions. Although the global nature of these climate modes can allow for coherent climate signals across the different GLOBEC ...
... these modes explain about one-third of the global atmospheric variation that is responsible for the low-frequency variability in the ocean and ecosystem in each of the GLOBEC regions. Although the global nature of these climate modes can allow for coherent climate signals across the different GLOBEC ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... and actions are needed now. A CCAP does not compete with a community official plan. It has a different focus. It addresses the climate change impacts, risks and consequences faced by a community as well as opportunities and prospects. The CCAP prioritizes the consequences and prospects and suggests ...
... and actions are needed now. A CCAP does not compete with a community official plan. It has a different focus. It addresses the climate change impacts, risks and consequences faced by a community as well as opportunities and prospects. The CCAP prioritizes the consequences and prospects and suggests ...
Climate finance for cities: how can climate funds best support low
... might be contributed by dedicated multilateral climate funds. The international community has established a number of multilateral funds over the last two decades with the specific objective of assisting developing countries to meet the costs of pursuing low-carbon and climate resilient development ...
... might be contributed by dedicated multilateral climate funds. The international community has established a number of multilateral funds over the last two decades with the specific objective of assisting developing countries to meet the costs of pursuing low-carbon and climate resilient development ...
Semiarid watershed response in central New Mexico and its
... Nohara et al. (2006) found lower annual streamflow for the Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, suggesting that large uncertainties exists in how to propaga ...
... Nohara et al. (2006) found lower annual streamflow for the Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, suggesting that large uncertainties exists in how to propaga ...
Effects of global warming on arctic sea-floor
... unidirectional change in physical variables. Any patterns associated with climate change will be superimposed over fluctuations taking place at other time scales. Despite such a variable baseline, long-term climatic trends have been detected across broad regions of the globe. But just as climate war ...
... unidirectional change in physical variables. Any patterns associated with climate change will be superimposed over fluctuations taking place at other time scales. Despite such a variable baseline, long-term climatic trends have been detected across broad regions of the globe. But just as climate war ...
EPA Research - 2015 Call Technical Description
... Research undertaken under this thematic area aims to improve understanding of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks thereby providing better information to support actions to mitigate emissions and enhance sinks. Research in this area contributes to improving inventory and projections methodologies for ...
... Research undertaken under this thematic area aims to improve understanding of greenhouse gas emissions and sinks thereby providing better information to support actions to mitigate emissions and enhance sinks. Research in this area contributes to improving inventory and projections methodologies for ...
Adélie penguins coping with environmental change
... only in the past ∼1100 years (Emslie et al., 2003, 2007), large population sizes, extensive population re-distribution, and increased exchange between populations during periods of high environmental variation (Dugger et al., 2010), is likely responsible for this genetic homogeneity (Roeder et al., ...
... only in the past ∼1100 years (Emslie et al., 2003, 2007), large population sizes, extensive population re-distribution, and increased exchange between populations during periods of high environmental variation (Dugger et al., 2010), is likely responsible for this genetic homogeneity (Roeder et al., ...
ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...
... date for carbon neutrality to 2050. This was in accordance with the Paris Agreement, agreed to by countries at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, to achieve a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and carbon s ...