Evaporation at the Dead-Sea in the different synoptic systems and
... 5.1. The relative contribution of the different synoptic systems to the Sdom evaporation Alpert et al. (2004) suggested a semi-objective classification of the daily synoptic systems in the EM. Every day from 1948 to 2006 was classified to one of the 19 synoptic systems typical to the EM. Table 3 sho ...
... 5.1. The relative contribution of the different synoptic systems to the Sdom evaporation Alpert et al. (2004) suggested a semi-objective classification of the daily synoptic systems in the EM. Every day from 1948 to 2006 was classified to one of the 19 synoptic systems typical to the EM. Table 3 sho ...
What`s In A Name? Global Warming vs. Climate Change
... climate change is more likely to engage Republicans in the issue, however, the evidence from these studies suggests that in general the terms are synonymous for Republicans – i.e., neither term is more engaging than the other, although in several cases, global warming generates stronger feelings of ...
... climate change is more likely to engage Republicans in the issue, however, the evidence from these studies suggests that in general the terms are synonymous for Republicans – i.e., neither term is more engaging than the other, although in several cases, global warming generates stronger feelings of ...
How The Wall Street Journal Opinion Section
... world. Yet this analysis indisputably shows that its opinion page has done its readers a disservice by consistently ignoring or ridiculing the scientific consensus on the reality and urgency of climate change, and in so doing minimizing the potential economic, social and environmental risks of clima ...
... world. Yet this analysis indisputably shows that its opinion page has done its readers a disservice by consistently ignoring or ridiculing the scientific consensus on the reality and urgency of climate change, and in so doing minimizing the potential economic, social and environmental risks of clima ...
Mean Annual Precipitation Explains - CURVE
... points corresponding to a 1u grid (which we only used to project mammal occurrences under climate change models, but not to calculate biodiversity). Due to the focus on North America, we omitted any species with southern hemisphere ranges that did not cross the equator (n = 602; Table S2). We also e ...
... points corresponding to a 1u grid (which we only used to project mammal occurrences under climate change models, but not to calculate biodiversity). Due to the focus on North America, we omitted any species with southern hemisphere ranges that did not cross the equator (n = 602; Table S2). We also e ...
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... Annual precipitation is projected to increase across the northern U.S. latitudes, with potential for declining levels in other regions (IPCC 2007; TNC 2009). Changes in annual precipitation may be accompanied by a shift in seasonal precipitation, with a greater share falling in the winter and early ...
... Annual precipitation is projected to increase across the northern U.S. latitudes, with potential for declining levels in other regions (IPCC 2007; TNC 2009). Changes in annual precipitation may be accompanied by a shift in seasonal precipitation, with a greater share falling in the winter and early ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... Received: 22 August 2016 – Discussion started: 24 August 2016 Revised: 5 January 2017 – Accepted: 9 February 2017 – Published: 9 March 2017 ...
... Received: 22 August 2016 – Discussion started: 24 August 2016 Revised: 5 January 2017 – Accepted: 9 February 2017 – Published: 9 March 2017 ...
Closing of the Indonesian seaway as a precursor to east
... Global climate change around 3±4 Myr ago is thought to have in¯uenced the evolution of hominids, via the aridi®cation of Africa, and may have been the precursor to Pleistocene glaciation about 2.75 Myr ago. Most explanations of these climatic events involve changes in circulation of the North Atlant ...
... Global climate change around 3±4 Myr ago is thought to have in¯uenced the evolution of hominids, via the aridi®cation of Africa, and may have been the precursor to Pleistocene glaciation about 2.75 Myr ago. Most explanations of these climatic events involve changes in circulation of the North Atlant ...
mass balance of the cryosphere - Assets
... of clean ice varies between 34 and 51% (Paterson, 1994). This is many times greater than the albedos of other naturally occurring surfaces, such as water (∼1%), forest (10 to 25%) and bare soil (5 to 20%). This contrast gives rise to many important feedbacks between the cryosphere, the atmosphere an ...
... of clean ice varies between 34 and 51% (Paterson, 1994). This is many times greater than the albedos of other naturally occurring surfaces, such as water (∼1%), forest (10 to 25%) and bare soil (5 to 20%). This contrast gives rise to many important feedbacks between the cryosphere, the atmosphere an ...
OESCHGER, HANS (b. Ottenbach, Zürich, Switzerland, 2 April 1927
... atmospheric feedback mechanism proposed by Hermann Flohn in 1982, Oeschger and colleagues suggested a complementary hypothesis in 1984, that the ocean circulation might be responsible for these large-scale and rapid climate swings. This was motivated by indications of changes in the atmospheric CO2 ...
... atmospheric feedback mechanism proposed by Hermann Flohn in 1982, Oeschger and colleagues suggested a complementary hypothesis in 1984, that the ocean circulation might be responsible for these large-scale and rapid climate swings. This was motivated by indications of changes in the atmospheric CO2 ...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
... UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to the Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change, the water resources management issue ...
... UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to the Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change, the water resources management issue ...
Programme Plan - Norges forskningsråd
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
Programme plan - Norges forskningsråd
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh
... increasing temperatures. General Circulation Model (GCM) data project an average temperature increase in Bangladesh of 1.0°C by 2030 and 1.4°C by 2050. Within this context, FAO and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) are guiding an assessment of livelihood adaptation to climate variability ...
... increasing temperatures. General Circulation Model (GCM) data project an average temperature increase in Bangladesh of 1.0°C by 2030 and 1.4°C by 2050. Within this context, FAO and the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) are guiding an assessment of livelihood adaptation to climate variability ...
Climate Change Indicators in the United States
... readers with more information appear at the end of the report (see Climate Change Resources on p. 69). Although some of the indicators show that fundamental environmental changes are now occurring likely as a result of climate change, others are not as clear. As new or more complete data become avai ...
... readers with more information appear at the end of the report (see Climate Change Resources on p. 69). Although some of the indicators show that fundamental environmental changes are now occurring likely as a result of climate change, others are not as clear. As new or more complete data become avai ...
An investor enquiry: how much big oil spends on obstructive climate
... Stage One: We identify corporate activity and expenditure, which, under our system, can influence the policy-making and regulatory process. These include: internal staff costs related to the maintenance of communications, regulatory and government affairs and public relations departments, external e ...
... Stage One: We identify corporate activity and expenditure, which, under our system, can influence the policy-making and regulatory process. These include: internal staff costs related to the maintenance of communications, regulatory and government affairs and public relations departments, external e ...
Producing the Climate: States, Scientists, and the
... view, the emergence of climate governance can be explained by the fact that climate change affects state interests and so demands an institutional solution. However, as Wendt argues, this functionalist logic brackets the stage in which objective conditions are translated into an intersubjective prob ...
... view, the emergence of climate governance can be explained by the fact that climate change affects state interests and so demands an institutional solution. However, as Wendt argues, this functionalist logic brackets the stage in which objective conditions are translated into an intersubjective prob ...
SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... made in poverty reduction and could adversely impact food security and economic growth in vulnerable rural areas. The risks of climate change cannot be effectively dealt with and the opportunities cannot be effectively exploited without a clear plan for aligning agricultural policies with climate ch ...
... made in poverty reduction and could adversely impact food security and economic growth in vulnerable rural areas. The risks of climate change cannot be effectively dealt with and the opportunities cannot be effectively exploited without a clear plan for aligning agricultural policies with climate ch ...
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... B.A New Approach to Valuing Climate Change In this paper we propose an alternative strategy to estimate the effects of climate change. We use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, conditional on county a ...
... B.A New Approach to Valuing Climate Change In this paper we propose an alternative strategy to estimate the effects of climate change. We use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, conditional on county a ...
The relative increase of record high maximum
... asymptotically as difficult as an event with probability 1/n. (e.g. Arnold et al., 1998). Thus, the ...
... asymptotically as difficult as an event with probability 1/n. (e.g. Arnold et al., 1998). Thus, the ...
Visualizing Future Climate in Latin America
... Colombia, the Tropical Andes). The data made available by the MRI, a result of the application of scenario A1B, have been compiled and analyzed by scientists and engineers in each country, including some of the leading experts in the region, to produce high-resolution images of the anticipated clima ...
... Colombia, the Tropical Andes). The data made available by the MRI, a result of the application of scenario A1B, have been compiled and analyzed by scientists and engineers in each country, including some of the leading experts in the region, to produce high-resolution images of the anticipated clima ...
Climate variability over the last 35,000 years
... climatic changes over the last 35 ka as modifications to the major elements of the modern climate system. The oceanographic setting of the region has been discussed elsewhere in this volume (see Bostock et al., in this volume; Petherick et al., in this volume; Reeves et al., in this volume) and the d ...
... climatic changes over the last 35 ka as modifications to the major elements of the modern climate system. The oceanographic setting of the region has been discussed elsewhere in this volume (see Bostock et al., in this volume; Petherick et al., in this volume; Reeves et al., in this volume) and the d ...
Chapter 6- Canada in a Changing Climate: Sector Perspectives on
... range shifts will include expansion, contraction and fragmentation in species-specific patterns. In many locations, differential range shifts among species are likely to result in novel ecosystems. Phenological mismatches occur when shifts in the timing of life cycle events differ between dependent ...
... range shifts will include expansion, contraction and fragmentation in species-specific patterns. In many locations, differential range shifts among species are likely to result in novel ecosystems. Phenological mismatches occur when shifts in the timing of life cycle events differ between dependent ...