Archive_files/Volume 61, Issue 4 - SUNY-ESF
... Fortunately, despite the rather inauspicious circumstances, the evening’s exertions were not in vain. In a brilliant bit of administrative virtuoso, the organizers of the Marshall Hall event also arranged for the personal appearance of a local celebrity, WSYR Chief Meteorologist Dave Eichorn, to add ...
... Fortunately, despite the rather inauspicious circumstances, the evening’s exertions were not in vain. In a brilliant bit of administrative virtuoso, the organizers of the Marshall Hall event also arranged for the personal appearance of a local celebrity, WSYR Chief Meteorologist Dave Eichorn, to add ...
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN TRAINING ON VULNERABILITY
... ownership in the company. They farm seaweed in the lagoon close to their villages and the Centre assists in providing processing facilities to enable the manufacture of spa products from the seaweed. This value addition enhances the women’s income earning abilities and provides them with an alterna ...
... ownership in the company. They farm seaweed in the lagoon close to their villages and the Centre assists in providing processing facilities to enable the manufacture of spa products from the seaweed. This value addition enhances the women’s income earning abilities and provides them with an alterna ...
The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise
... ‘CO2 problem’ as a ‘climate catastrophe’. Scientists (and nuclear lobby groups) have used climate change to promote nuclear energy as a clean, CO2 -free source of energy and have thus linked it to the question of future energy policy, one of the most polarized controversies in German policy making t ...
... ‘CO2 problem’ as a ‘climate catastrophe’. Scientists (and nuclear lobby groups) have used climate change to promote nuclear energy as a clean, CO2 -free source of energy and have thus linked it to the question of future energy policy, one of the most polarized controversies in German policy making t ...
Quantification of hydrologic impacts of climate change in a
... through observed data (Mariotti, 2010; Hoerling et al., 2012). This, in turn, is expected to affect important economic activities, especially those strongly dependent on water resources such as agriculture and tourism. For example, a future reduction in crop production is anticipated in southern Eur ...
... through observed data (Mariotti, 2010; Hoerling et al., 2012). This, in turn, is expected to affect important economic activities, especially those strongly dependent on water resources such as agriculture and tourism. For example, a future reduction in crop production is anticipated in southern Eur ...
Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006
... net radiation balance of the Earth. The deduced excess of downward over outgoing radiation8 driving global warming is too small to measure directly as radiative fluxes9 . About 93% of this net planetary energy increase is stored in the oceans1 , a result of the large heat capacity of sea water relat ...
... net radiation balance of the Earth. The deduced excess of downward over outgoing radiation8 driving global warming is too small to measure directly as radiative fluxes9 . About 93% of this net planetary energy increase is stored in the oceans1 , a result of the large heat capacity of sea water relat ...
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... emissions. The damages resulting from LAP can be avoided by end-of-pipe measures, in which traditional energy technologies are complemented with additional devices that capture PM. The expanded version of MERGE includes marginal cost abatement curves not only for GHG emissions (most importantly CO2) ...
... emissions. The damages resulting from LAP can be avoided by end-of-pipe measures, in which traditional energy technologies are complemented with additional devices that capture PM. The expanded version of MERGE includes marginal cost abatement curves not only for GHG emissions (most importantly CO2) ...
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... consumption is impacted severely by drought, which has been and will continue to increase in intensity and frequency (due to both changes in rainfall and increasing temperatures), especially in sub-tropical and semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 196 ...
... consumption is impacted severely by drought, which has been and will continue to increase in intensity and frequency (due to both changes in rainfall and increasing temperatures), especially in sub-tropical and semi-arid regions. In Ethiopia temperatures have risen by approximately 1.3°C between 196 ...
PDF - Bentham Open
... IPCC AR4 and the resulting model output has been made available through the Earth System Grid (http://www.earthsy stemgrid.org/home/home.htm) for use in impacts studies. Some of these studies focus on global changes in various phenomena that are important for the Middle East such as changes in storm ...
... IPCC AR4 and the resulting model output has been made available through the Earth System Grid (http://www.earthsy stemgrid.org/home/home.htm) for use in impacts studies. Some of these studies focus on global changes in various phenomena that are important for the Middle East such as changes in storm ...
Links between the Built Environment, Climate and Population Health
... populations, we are especially interested in methods that combine research from the social, biophysical and health sciences, in particular urban planning and public health. Urban planning has been defined as a decision/action process that links different forms of knowledge to collective action in th ...
... populations, we are especially interested in methods that combine research from the social, biophysical and health sciences, in particular urban planning and public health. Urban planning has been defined as a decision/action process that links different forms of knowledge to collective action in th ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... increased the value of property at risk to extreme high flows. Environmental values are often quite vulnerable to hydrologic extremes. At the same time, efforts to preserve those values constrain traditional engineering approaches to managing variable streamflows. Thus, the significance of water res ...
... increased the value of property at risk to extreme high flows. Environmental values are often quite vulnerable to hydrologic extremes. At the same time, efforts to preserve those values constrain traditional engineering approaches to managing variable streamflows. Thus, the significance of water res ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change and Variability
... over some decades without given it much attention but now they have already had obvious impacts on economies, biodiversity, people and health. The highly variable rainfall (intensity, distribution, and amount), increasing temperature, frequent floods and droughts as are currently being experienced i ...
... over some decades without given it much attention but now they have already had obvious impacts on economies, biodiversity, people and health. The highly variable rainfall (intensity, distribution, and amount), increasing temperature, frequent floods and droughts as are currently being experienced i ...
national latino climate leadership forum
... We look forward to the results and opportunities to ...
... We look forward to the results and opportunities to ...
unlocking the climate puzzle
... The early impacts are difficult to miss: from recordbreaking temperatures each month, to melting polar icecaps, to dying coral reefs, to regular flooding in Miami Beach. The worst-case scenario, according to the latest research, is a sea level rise of between 1 to 5 meters (3 to 15 feet) this centu ...
... The early impacts are difficult to miss: from recordbreaking temperatures each month, to melting polar icecaps, to dying coral reefs, to regular flooding in Miami Beach. The worst-case scenario, according to the latest research, is a sea level rise of between 1 to 5 meters (3 to 15 feet) this centu ...
2: A Primer on Climate Change
... average interglacial levels and 75 percent above the level during the last glacial maximum (37). Likewise, the atmospheric concentration of methane is increasing more than 400 times natural rates of variability (13a, 37). Other greenhouse gases— chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons--are synthetic c ...
... average interglacial levels and 75 percent above the level during the last glacial maximum (37). Likewise, the atmospheric concentration of methane is increasing more than 400 times natural rates of variability (13a, 37). Other greenhouse gases— chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons--are synthetic c ...
besugo NAO-authors - Instituto Español de Oceanografía
... blackspot seabream from the Strait of Gibraltar.— There is a growing concern over the decline of fisheries and the possibility of the decline becoming worse due to climate change. Studies on small–scale fisheries could help to improve our understanding of the effect of climate on the ecology of expl ...
... blackspot seabream from the Strait of Gibraltar.— There is a growing concern over the decline of fisheries and the possibility of the decline becoming worse due to climate change. Studies on small–scale fisheries could help to improve our understanding of the effect of climate on the ecology of expl ...
a survey of regional planning for climate adaptation
... Funding to support analysis and planning for climate adaptation can have a significant effect on action. A number of RPOs around the U.S. have begun to incorporate climate change elements into their regional plans, including long-range transportation plans or Comprehensive Economic Development Stra ...
... Funding to support analysis and planning for climate adaptation can have a significant effect on action. A number of RPOs around the U.S. have begun to incorporate climate change elements into their regional plans, including long-range transportation plans or Comprehensive Economic Development Stra ...
Nepal - UNDPCC.org
... It is quite amazing that within the span of 200 km from north to south, the climate of Nepal varies from arctic to tropical. Nepal also enjoys the four normal seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The annual mean temperature is about 150 Celsius and increases from north to south with exception ...
... It is quite amazing that within the span of 200 km from north to south, the climate of Nepal varies from arctic to tropical. Nepal also enjoys the four normal seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The annual mean temperature is about 150 Celsius and increases from north to south with exception ...
Rapid biogeographical plankton shifts in the North Atlantic Ocean
... Large-scale biogeographical changes in the biodiversity of a key zooplankton group (calanoid copepods) were detected in the north-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas over the period 1960–1999. These findings provided key empirical evidence for climate change impacts on mar ...
... Large-scale biogeographical changes in the biodiversity of a key zooplankton group (calanoid copepods) were detected in the north-eastern part of the North Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas over the period 1960–1999. These findings provided key empirical evidence for climate change impacts on mar ...
Met Office science strategy 2010–2015
... For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to exploit new Earth observations, continued reduction in model biases, especially in t ...
... For forecast lead-times beyond 2–3 days, the skill of the global forecast will be critical in setting the context for hazardous weather. This will require continued investment in global data assimilation research to exploit new Earth observations, continued reduction in model biases, especially in t ...
Marine Ecosystem
... duration.Theblueandpinkshadingrepresentcool andwarmperiods,respectively.Fromleftto right,resolutionof the recordincreases andits durationdecreases.The LallemandFjordrecord(Shevenellet al. 1996) representsthe last 8000 radiocarbonyearsandis based on percentageof total organiccarbon(TOC %)in marinesed ...
... duration.Theblueandpinkshadingrepresentcool andwarmperiods,respectively.Fromleftto right,resolutionof the recordincreases andits durationdecreases.The LallemandFjordrecord(Shevenellet al. 1996) representsthe last 8000 radiocarbonyearsandis based on percentageof total organiccarbon(TOC %)in marinesed ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... Climate change is a serious problem that knows no boundaries; it is best understood through thinking in terms of large interacting systems. The long-term unpredictable impacts of climate change on ecozones and the people who are part of them is a cause for global concern; it requires a global commit ...
... Climate change is a serious problem that knows no boundaries; it is best understood through thinking in terms of large interacting systems. The long-term unpredictable impacts of climate change on ecozones and the people who are part of them is a cause for global concern; it requires a global commit ...
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...
Expansion of the Hadley cell under global warming
... extent of the Hadley circulation to be sensitive to the gross stability and the tropopause height near the poleward boundary of the circulation. [14] First, to test the extent to which scaling relation (1) controls the models’ HC expansion through changing the tropical tropopause height (TTH), we pl ...
... extent of the Hadley circulation to be sensitive to the gross stability and the tropopause height near the poleward boundary of the circulation. [14] First, to test the extent to which scaling relation (1) controls the models’ HC expansion through changing the tropical tropopause height (TTH), we pl ...
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... The first section of this paper elaborates on the concept of human security by suggesting a way to operationalize it as a dependent variable. The second section of this paper presents background on Laos. As a case study, Laos provides an interesting political and natural landscape for researching th ...
... The first section of this paper elaborates on the concept of human security by suggesting a way to operationalize it as a dependent variable. The second section of this paper presents background on Laos. As a case study, Laos provides an interesting political and natural landscape for researching th ...