Understanding future patterns of increased precipitation intensity in
... be compared to this observed data set when it becomes available. [8] Though almost all areas in Figure 1 show increases in precip intensity (positive differences) for this multi-model mean, there is a distinct pattern to the changes. Increases of precipitation intensity are greatest in the tropics, ...
... be compared to this observed data set when it becomes available. [8] Though almost all areas in Figure 1 show increases in precip intensity (positive differences) for this multi-model mean, there is a distinct pattern to the changes. Increases of precipitation intensity are greatest in the tropics, ...
UNFCCC: UNITING ON CLIMATE
... small proportion of greenhouse gas emissions. The particular needs of developing countries in adapting to climate change is of critical importance. In many key ways, the problem of climate change is interlinked with development: economic growth is essential for developing countries to improve the he ...
... small proportion of greenhouse gas emissions. The particular needs of developing countries in adapting to climate change is of critical importance. In many key ways, the problem of climate change is interlinked with development: economic growth is essential for developing countries to improve the he ...
2 Andean montane forests and climate change
... cloudbase may not have moved far downslope (Wille et al., 2001; Hooghiemstra and van der Hammen, 2004), compared with the wetter systems of Peru and Ecuador (Colinvaux et al., 1996; Bush et al., 2004). Van der Hammen and GonzaÂlez (1960) documented a 1,500 m descent of vegetation based on the replac ...
... cloudbase may not have moved far downslope (Wille et al., 2001; Hooghiemstra and van der Hammen, 2004), compared with the wetter systems of Peru and Ecuador (Colinvaux et al., 1996; Bush et al., 2004). Van der Hammen and GonzaÂlez (1960) documented a 1,500 m descent of vegetation based on the replac ...
Link between landocean warming contrast and surface relative
... captures the tropical amplification factors in individual models (Figure 3a), with a correlation coefficient across models between the simulated and theoretical values of 0.67. The ability of the theory to capture a considerable amount of the intermodel scatter provides further support for its validit ...
... captures the tropical amplification factors in individual models (Figure 3a), with a correlation coefficient across models between the simulated and theoretical values of 0.67. The ability of the theory to capture a considerable amount of the intermodel scatter provides further support for its validit ...
CHAPTER 2: Forests
... tems. Together this indicates that many areas, especially those habitats along environmental gradients, will be subjected to change, and if the population cannot adapt or move with changes in climate, they will face extinction. Globally, it has been estimated that at least one-third of the world’s r ...
... tems. Together this indicates that many areas, especially those habitats along environmental gradients, will be subjected to change, and if the population cannot adapt or move with changes in climate, they will face extinction. Globally, it has been estimated that at least one-third of the world’s r ...
Sára Hrabovszky-Horváth The climate strategy aspects of the energy
... both an active and a passive role in this. Its energy consumption – and thus the emission of greenhouse gasses – is partially responsible for climate change, while at the same time it is exposed to its effects. Many sources in the literature emphasize the need for a comprehensive climate strategy, a ...
... both an active and a passive role in this. Its energy consumption – and thus the emission of greenhouse gasses – is partially responsible for climate change, while at the same time it is exposed to its effects. Many sources in the literature emphasize the need for a comprehensive climate strategy, a ...
Mangrove ecosystem under climate change conditions
... human society can be analyzed and assessed through the goods and services provided by the functional aspects of the ecosystem. Climate change components that affect mangrove ecosystems include change in sea level, hydrology (tidal and fresh water flows within mangroves), high water events, storms, p ...
... human society can be analyzed and assessed through the goods and services provided by the functional aspects of the ecosystem. Climate change components that affect mangrove ecosystems include change in sea level, hydrology (tidal and fresh water flows within mangroves), high water events, storms, p ...
Potential future climatic conditions on tourists: A case study focusing
... generated, which however could be disrupted in the face of a changing climate (Olsen, 2009). Thus there is a pertinent need to assess and evaluate the suitability of the destinations’ climate for tourism, in order to aid decision-making by tourists as well as the tourism industry itself in better as ...
... generated, which however could be disrupted in the face of a changing climate (Olsen, 2009). Thus there is a pertinent need to assess and evaluate the suitability of the destinations’ climate for tourism, in order to aid decision-making by tourists as well as the tourism industry itself in better as ...
Energy research and the contributions of the social sciences: A
... expand the scope of questions and the types of issues that policymakers pursue. Integrative thinking helps transcend entrenched intellectual boundaries, and it can promote institutional power shifts [74]. In this sense, Anthropology provides a superior heuristic of the general utility of social scie ...
... expand the scope of questions and the types of issues that policymakers pursue. Integrative thinking helps transcend entrenched intellectual boundaries, and it can promote institutional power shifts [74]. In this sense, Anthropology provides a superior heuristic of the general utility of social scie ...
What is climate change - Committees
... Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council is part of the Tees Valley Climate Change partnership, which was established in 2005 and includes the five Tees Valley local authorities, the Environment Agency, Renew Tees Valley, Tees and Durham Energy Advice Centre (TADEA) and the Energy Savings Trust. The Tees Va ...
... Stockton-On-Tees Borough Council is part of the Tees Valley Climate Change partnership, which was established in 2005 and includes the five Tees Valley local authorities, the Environment Agency, Renew Tees Valley, Tees and Durham Energy Advice Centre (TADEA) and the Energy Savings Trust. The Tees Va ...
Oilsands and Climate Change
... Industry advocates often use this statistic to suggest that substantial intensity improvements will continue in the future, but that is unlikely. • The historical decline in GHG intensity now appears to have ended, with the intensity of emissions levelling off and increasing somewhat over the past f ...
... Industry advocates often use this statistic to suggest that substantial intensity improvements will continue in the future, but that is unlikely. • The historical decline in GHG intensity now appears to have ended, with the intensity of emissions levelling off and increasing somewhat over the past f ...
Effects of Climate Change in Amphibians and Reptiles
... share ecological traits, life histories or demographic traits such as: 1) high habitat specialization, 2) reduced population size, 3) long generation time, 4) fluctuating abundance, 5) low reproductive rate, and 6) complex life cycles. These characteristics suit species more vulnerable to threats (R ...
... share ecological traits, life histories or demographic traits such as: 1) high habitat specialization, 2) reduced population size, 3) long generation time, 4) fluctuating abundance, 5) low reproductive rate, and 6) complex life cycles. These characteristics suit species more vulnerable to threats (R ...
internists (american college of physicians)
... health care community have a major stake in addressing climate change, not only by treating patients experiencing its health effects but also by advocating for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, educating the public about potential health dangers posed by climate change, pu ...
... health care community have a major stake in addressing climate change, not only by treating patients experiencing its health effects but also by advocating for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation policies, educating the public about potential health dangers posed by climate change, pu ...
Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives
... watershed. These changes have altered the NRB and the way that people live and work within it. A variety of future changes have the potential to further transform and impact the river basin over the next 50 years and beyond. One major source of future uncertainty relates to climate change, as northe ...
... watershed. These changes have altered the NRB and the way that people live and work within it. A variety of future changes have the potential to further transform and impact the river basin over the next 50 years and beyond. One major source of future uncertainty relates to climate change, as northe ...
Climate predictability - Institut Català de Ciències del Clima
... with the RossBell feature. Changes in the atmospheric circulation lead to warm ocean anomalies in the central tropical Pacific, being later enhanced by suppressed equatorial easterlies. These processes are linked to an eastward shift in the tropical convection, and thus a weakening of the Walker cir ...
... with the RossBell feature. Changes in the atmospheric circulation lead to warm ocean anomalies in the central tropical Pacific, being later enhanced by suppressed equatorial easterlies. These processes are linked to an eastward shift in the tropical convection, and thus a weakening of the Walker cir ...
Modeling plant species distributions under future climates: how fine
... Recent studies suggest that species distribution models (SDMs) based on fine-scale climate data may provide markedly different estimates of climate-change impacts than coarse-scale models. However, these studies disagree in their conclusions of how scale influences projected species distributions. I ...
... Recent studies suggest that species distribution models (SDMs) based on fine-scale climate data may provide markedly different estimates of climate-change impacts than coarse-scale models. However, these studies disagree in their conclusions of how scale influences projected species distributions. I ...
Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
... little or no flow for much of the year [2]. In addition, the agricultural sector is highly vulnerable because it is largely rainfed and has a low level of irrigation development [3].The agriculture sector comprises approximately 30 percent of the country’s GDP to date and employs about 50 percent of ...
... little or no flow for much of the year [2]. In addition, the agricultural sector is highly vulnerable because it is largely rainfed and has a low level of irrigation development [3].The agriculture sector comprises approximately 30 percent of the country’s GDP to date and employs about 50 percent of ...
climate change: realities of relocation for alaska native villages
... relocation to evacuation. The community decided on the change because evacuation is something that state and federal agencies can support more easily than relocation, and a strong evacuation plan will keep people safe. To accomplish this, the village of Kivalina is currently utilizing Bureau of I ...
... relocation to evacuation. The community decided on the change because evacuation is something that state and federal agencies can support more easily than relocation, and a strong evacuation plan will keep people safe. To accomplish this, the village of Kivalina is currently utilizing Bureau of I ...
Science studies, climate change and the prospects for constructivist
... tends to polarize debate and oversimplify the rich variety of constructionist understandings of science and its politics. In this paper I want to bring the controversies about climate change science together with those about academic science studies in hopes of thereby clarifying what might be at st ...
... tends to polarize debate and oversimplify the rich variety of constructionist understandings of science and its politics. In this paper I want to bring the controversies about climate change science together with those about academic science studies in hopes of thereby clarifying what might be at st ...
Losing Ground - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... National Recreation Area, Channel Islands National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Olympic National Park have been judged by the U.S. Geological Survey to be highly vulnerable to sea-level rise resulting from global warming. (See pages 17–18.) I Death Valley National Park, which already ave ...
... National Recreation Area, Channel Islands National Park, Point Reyes National Seashore, and Olympic National Park have been judged by the U.S. Geological Survey to be highly vulnerable to sea-level rise resulting from global warming. (See pages 17–18.) I Death Valley National Park, which already ave ...
Africa`s climate opportunity: Adapting and thriving
... cereal crops across Africa. In Namibia, for example, climate impacts on agriculture could reduce annual GDP by between 1% and 6%. ...
... cereal crops across Africa. In Namibia, for example, climate impacts on agriculture could reduce annual GDP by between 1% and 6%. ...
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... worldwide marine and freshwater species and habitats are at risk from human pressures, including overexploitation, pollution and habitat alteration (Hilborn et al., 2003; Allan et al., 2005; FAO, 2005). Destructive fishing practices, such as heavy bottom trawling gear, explosives and poisons, damage ...
... worldwide marine and freshwater species and habitats are at risk from human pressures, including overexploitation, pollution and habitat alteration (Hilborn et al., 2003; Allan et al., 2005; FAO, 2005). Destructive fishing practices, such as heavy bottom trawling gear, explosives and poisons, damage ...
Vulnerability assessment of water resources in Egypt
... increases of only 3.2"C in both baslns. This scenario balance, and even a slight increase in temperature or slight decrease in precipitation in the Lakes' sub-basin results in a 69 % yield increase in the Blue Basin and a 125% yield increase in the Atbara Basin. With effecforces their contribution t ...
... increases of only 3.2"C in both baslns. This scenario balance, and even a slight increase in temperature or slight decrease in precipitation in the Lakes' sub-basin results in a 69 % yield increase in the Blue Basin and a 125% yield increase in the Atbara Basin. With effecforces their contribution t ...