Dialogue on Long Term Persistence
... to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is sig ...
... to make assumptions on the statistical nature of the temperature time series and to choose what statistical model is most appropriate. If the temperature of this year is not related to that of last year or next year we can use statistics to determine whether the increase in global temperature is sig ...
Beyond Divestment: Taking Decisive Action on Climate Change
... The Toronto350.org initiative asking U of T to divest from direct investments in fossil-fuel producing firms has provided an opportunity both to address the important matter they have raised and to reflect on our broader contributions to meeting the challenge of climate change. In response to Toron ...
... The Toronto350.org initiative asking U of T to divest from direct investments in fossil-fuel producing firms has provided an opportunity both to address the important matter they have raised and to reflect on our broader contributions to meeting the challenge of climate change. In response to Toron ...
Climates of change: human dimensions of Holocene
... pollutants and the loss of crop production leading to famine and human displacement (Bourke, 2000). How climate change and variability might affect people over longer timescales, both in the past and in the present, is less well understood. Recent reviews of cultural responses to climate change duri ...
... pollutants and the loss of crop production leading to famine and human displacement (Bourke, 2000). How climate change and variability might affect people over longer timescales, both in the past and in the present, is less well understood. Recent reviews of cultural responses to climate change duri ...
Ealing Borough Climate Change Strategy 2008-2011
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
... People have become more aware about the links between their everyday behaviour and the climate. With the United Kingdom economy at risk of recession and the cost of essentials such as petrol, energy and food increasing, changing your everyday behaviour will not only help the environment but also cou ...
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... Cost estimates exlude benefits of mitigation (reduced impacts from climate change). They also exclude other benefits (e.g. improvements for local air quality). ...
... Cost estimates exlude benefits of mitigation (reduced impacts from climate change). They also exclude other benefits (e.g. improvements for local air quality). ...
Transient responses to increasing CO2 and climate change in an
... Still, this ultimately depends on the long-term competitive success of clover in mixture with grasses. In modelling studies, the coexistence of grass and clover in mixed swards has been investigated mostly from a theoretical point of view (Ross et al. 1972, Thornley et al. 1995, Schwinning & Parsons ...
... Still, this ultimately depends on the long-term competitive success of clover in mixture with grasses. In modelling studies, the coexistence of grass and clover in mixed swards has been investigated mostly from a theoretical point of view (Ross et al. 1972, Thornley et al. 1995, Schwinning & Parsons ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... Hydrological impact signals from earlier Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3)-based assessments, however, are highly uncertain and largely ignore hydrological extremes. This paper provides one of the first hydrological impact assessments using the CMIP5 climate projections. Furtherm ...
... Hydrological impact signals from earlier Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 3 (CMIP3)-based assessments, however, are highly uncertain and largely ignore hydrological extremes. This paper provides one of the first hydrological impact assessments using the CMIP5 climate projections. Furtherm ...
How the Great Barrier Reef and its industries can adapt to climate
... people, businesses, and industries whether the scenarios that we had developed were plausible for their region and what their experiences said about the kinds of adaptation that worked well or not. In short we compare four different situations (Figure 1). In one pair of scenarios (1a and 1b), air te ...
... people, businesses, and industries whether the scenarios that we had developed were plausible for their region and what their experiences said about the kinds of adaptation that worked well or not. In short we compare four different situations (Figure 1). In one pair of scenarios (1a and 1b), air te ...
Day of Prayer - sample content
... inaction as we confront the challenges of climate change. In the light of your truth, seen so clearly in the life and teaching of Jesus, help us to re-examine ourselves and our lifestyle choices and see clearly the implications of how we live on all that sustains life on this earth. May we follow yo ...
... inaction as we confront the challenges of climate change. In the light of your truth, seen so clearly in the life and teaching of Jesus, help us to re-examine ourselves and our lifestyle choices and see clearly the implications of how we live on all that sustains life on this earth. May we follow yo ...
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... forecast system have demonstrated the value of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array of data buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean; a dramatic drop in ENSO forecast error coincides with the completion of the array in the early 1990s (Stockdale et al. 2011). This error reduction is largest for fore ...
... forecast system have demonstrated the value of the Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array of data buoys in the tropical Pacific Ocean; a dramatic drop in ENSO forecast error coincides with the completion of the array in the early 1990s (Stockdale et al. 2011). This error reduction is largest for fore ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Perspectives for Disaster Risk
... Figure 3: Schematic diagram of the national WRYM system model...................................................... 17 Figure 4: Detail of the national WRYM system model (Mooi-Mgeni River System) .............................. 18 Figure 5: Sediment regions and erosion hazard classes for South Africa ...
... Figure 3: Schematic diagram of the national WRYM system model...................................................... 17 Figure 4: Detail of the national WRYM system model (Mooi-Mgeni River System) .............................. 18 Figure 5: Sediment regions and erosion hazard classes for South Africa ...
Weather, Climate, and Worldviews: The Sources
... social groupings and the degree to which ‘‘the individual’s life is absorbed in and sustained by group membership’’ (Douglas and Wildalvsky 1982, p. 206). The ‘‘grid’’ dimension taps the degree to which individuals perceive their lives to be circumscribed by externally imposed rules and prescription ...
... social groupings and the degree to which ‘‘the individual’s life is absorbed in and sustained by group membership’’ (Douglas and Wildalvsky 1982, p. 206). The ‘‘grid’’ dimension taps the degree to which individuals perceive their lives to be circumscribed by externally imposed rules and prescription ...
Slide PPT
... • “Human activity are responsible for the increase (of CO2 concentration). The primary source, fossil fuel burning, has released roughly twice as much carbon dioxide as would be required to account for the observed increase. Tropical deforestation has also contributed…” (US-NRC) • Global mean surfac ...
... • “Human activity are responsible for the increase (of CO2 concentration). The primary source, fossil fuel burning, has released roughly twice as much carbon dioxide as would be required to account for the observed increase. Tropical deforestation has also contributed…” (US-NRC) • Global mean surfac ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... of global warming; it is more connected to the fact that the weather in different world regions is becoming less sustainable and extreme weather events more common. «Numbers» of average temperature are a relative indicator; nevertheless, it is very important to keep them within the limits of 2 degre ...
... of global warming; it is more connected to the fact that the weather in different world regions is becoming less sustainable and extreme weather events more common. «Numbers» of average temperature are a relative indicator; nevertheless, it is very important to keep them within the limits of 2 degre ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Climate change is affecting marine ecosystems, but different investigative approaches in physical, chemical, and biological disciplines may influence interpretations of climate-driven changes in the ocean. Here, we review the ocean change literature from 2007 to 2012 based on 461 of the most highly ...
... Climate change is affecting marine ecosystems, but different investigative approaches in physical, chemical, and biological disciplines may influence interpretations of climate-driven changes in the ocean. Here, we review the ocean change literature from 2007 to 2012 based on 461 of the most highly ...
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... shock on per capita food consumption from own produced crops but not the case for some of the outcome variables. ...
... shock on per capita food consumption from own produced crops but not the case for some of the outcome variables. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... All of the non-climate stressors listed on the left-hand side of the table above have greater likelihood to affect poorer individuals and households more than those betteroff. In addition, the interactions with climate change effects are likely to be felt more keenly by the poor hence a form of doub ...
... All of the non-climate stressors listed on the left-hand side of the table above have greater likelihood to affect poorer individuals and households more than those betteroff. In addition, the interactions with climate change effects are likely to be felt more keenly by the poor hence a form of doub ...
Evaluating the Use of Ocean Models of Different Complexity in
... The ocean model has a biogeochemical component with explicit representation of the cycling of carbon, phosphate, dissolved organic phosphorus, and alkalinity. The physical ocean model velocities and diffusion are used to transport these tracers; in addition chemical and biological processes are para ...
... The ocean model has a biogeochemical component with explicit representation of the cycling of carbon, phosphate, dissolved organic phosphorus, and alkalinity. The physical ocean model velocities and diffusion are used to transport these tracers; in addition chemical and biological processes are para ...
Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands
... negotiation process, ensuring they shape the post-2012 agreement Focus on water resources and river basin management at regional, national and local levels to reduce flooding risks and capture rainfall for agricultural and ecosystem use Mainstream climate adaptation into plans and strategies at nati ...
... negotiation process, ensuring they shape the post-2012 agreement Focus on water resources and river basin management at regional, national and local levels to reduce flooding risks and capture rainfall for agricultural and ecosystem use Mainstream climate adaptation into plans and strategies at nati ...