Current and Projected Climate Change Impacts for the Colorado
... engaging stakeholders, and, “most importantly, explaining the changes that are likely to occur and the reality of responding to a changing climate.” Implications for forest plan assessment: The EIS needs to assess potential impacts of rising temperatures and drought on biodiversity, invasive specie ...
... engaging stakeholders, and, “most importantly, explaining the changes that are likely to occur and the reality of responding to a changing climate.” Implications for forest plan assessment: The EIS needs to assess potential impacts of rising temperatures and drought on biodiversity, invasive specie ...
What people really think about the environment
... support for green economic policies such as investment in renewables, and respondents to Asda’s survey, at least, have not been taken in “The evidence shows that by tabloid alarmism blaming these policies for public concern about climate rising energy bills. So, at a time when the roadblocks to cha ...
... support for green economic policies such as investment in renewables, and respondents to Asda’s survey, at least, have not been taken in “The evidence shows that by tabloid alarmism blaming these policies for public concern about climate rising energy bills. So, at a time when the roadblocks to cha ...
Provenance Trials in Alpine Range – Review and Perspectives for
... ecosystem functions and economic forest services are major challenges for current forest science and management [1-3]. Impact of climate change on forest ecosystems in Europe has been discussed controversially. It is generally agreed that increasing temperatures will lead to higher photosynthetic ac ...
... ecosystem functions and economic forest services are major challenges for current forest science and management [1-3]. Impact of climate change on forest ecosystems in Europe has been discussed controversially. It is generally agreed that increasing temperatures will lead to higher photosynthetic ac ...
National adaptation is also a global concern
... world will be affected by the impacts of climate change, i.e. both extreme events and gradual changes (IPCC, 2014). Climate change already started to have impacts at the global scale, and all the regions will remain at risk of being impacted over the century, depending upon mitigation and adaptation ...
... world will be affected by the impacts of climate change, i.e. both extreme events and gradual changes (IPCC, 2014). Climate change already started to have impacts at the global scale, and all the regions will remain at risk of being impacted over the century, depending upon mitigation and adaptation ...
Climate Change, Water Resources and Food Production
... According to estimates total surface and ground water availability in India is around 1869 billion cubic metres (BCM). Out of the total available water about 60% (690 BCM from surface water and 432 BCM from ground sources) is usable and the remaining 40% is not accessible for use due to various geol ...
... According to estimates total surface and ground water availability in India is around 1869 billion cubic metres (BCM). Out of the total available water about 60% (690 BCM from surface water and 432 BCM from ground sources) is usable and the remaining 40% is not accessible for use due to various geol ...
Working Paper 136 - Dietz and Matei 2013 revised October 2014 (opens in new window)
... The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to create ...
... The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to bring together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy to create ...
Global response of the terrestrial biosphere to CO2 and climate
... carbon dioxide has increased by about 30% since 1860 (Figure 1). The induced positive radiative forcing tends to warm the surface. Indeed, the global temperature has risen up by 0.6C over the same period. This increase of temperature is modulated by other greenhouse gases and aerosols changes, but ...
... carbon dioxide has increased by about 30% since 1860 (Figure 1). The induced positive radiative forcing tends to warm the surface. Indeed, the global temperature has risen up by 0.6C over the same period. This increase of temperature is modulated by other greenhouse gases and aerosols changes, but ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FISHERIES: IMPLICATIONS
... The oceans play a significant role in regulating global climate. Their heat capacity (and thus net heat uptake) is about 1000 times larger than that of the atmosphere (Barange and Perry, 2010) and they therefore absorb significant amount of heat emitted globally. Such changes in ocean temperatures c ...
... The oceans play a significant role in regulating global climate. Their heat capacity (and thus net heat uptake) is about 1000 times larger than that of the atmosphere (Barange and Perry, 2010) and they therefore absorb significant amount of heat emitted globally. Such changes in ocean temperatures c ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... Changes in heavy precipitation have been shown to be influenced by things other than AGW. Influences include among other things, anthropogenic aerosol emissions (e.g., Rosenfeld and Bell, 2011; Li et al., 2011; Koren et al., 2012; Heiblum et al. 2012; Fan et al., 2012), changes in irrigation (e.g., ...
... Changes in heavy precipitation have been shown to be influenced by things other than AGW. Influences include among other things, anthropogenic aerosol emissions (e.g., Rosenfeld and Bell, 2011; Li et al., 2011; Koren et al., 2012; Heiblum et al. 2012; Fan et al., 2012), changes in irrigation (e.g., ...
Biodiversity Climate Change Impacts
... Over the same period, summer rainfall has decreased but the trend is less clear and recently there have been some wet summers. Over the past 50 years, heavy rainfall events have made an increasing contribution to winter rainfall in the UK. • Sea level around the UK rose by about 1-2mm/year during t ...
... Over the same period, summer rainfall has decreased but the trend is less clear and recently there have been some wet summers. Over the past 50 years, heavy rainfall events have made an increasing contribution to winter rainfall in the UK. • Sea level around the UK rose by about 1-2mm/year during t ...
Report of Inter Experts on Global Change
... the purpose of the ICSU Regional Offices. This, he said, was to ensure that the voice of scientists form the developing countries influences the international scientific agenda and that, scientists from the South are fully involved in international research guided by regional priorities. He then poi ...
... the purpose of the ICSU Regional Offices. This, he said, was to ensure that the voice of scientists form the developing countries influences the international scientific agenda and that, scientists from the South are fully involved in international research guided by regional priorities. He then poi ...
Legislative and Policy Initiatives Concerning Global
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.” Climate change issues are being addressed by many countries in varying ways. At the international level, the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified and through its binding emissions targets and market-based mechanisms, a worldwide carbon market is emerging ...
... anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.” Climate change issues are being addressed by many countries in varying ways. At the international level, the Kyoto Protocol has now been ratified and through its binding emissions targets and market-based mechanisms, a worldwide carbon market is emerging ...
Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of recent sea surface
... were significant in most of the study area (Fig. 3F) with an average of 0.33 °C decade1 (Fig. 3E). A much decreased, non-significant summer warming was observed in the upwelling areas of Yucatan and the southern Caribbean Sea, as well as in the Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) and the eastern Florida shelf ...
... were significant in most of the study area (Fig. 3F) with an average of 0.33 °C decade1 (Fig. 3E). A much decreased, non-significant summer warming was observed in the upwelling areas of Yucatan and the southern Caribbean Sea, as well as in the Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) and the eastern Florida shelf ...
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... for all the harm they cause, financial crises come and go. Not so with the growing threat imposed by a changing climate. Why? Because time is not on our side. The impacts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere will be felt for decades, even millennia,13 making the return to a “safe” level ...
... for all the harm they cause, financial crises come and go. Not so with the growing threat imposed by a changing climate. Why? Because time is not on our side. The impacts of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere will be felt for decades, even millennia,13 making the return to a “safe” level ...
McDowell N, On how trees die and predictions of global forest mortality
... 1) Source vs sink carbon dynamics is a false dichotomy; growth and mortality process are not that simple. 2) The carbon starvation hypothesis does not challenge nor disagree with sink driven growth. 3) All approaches have error and assumptions. We need many approaches to build reliable prediction ...
... 1) Source vs sink carbon dynamics is a false dichotomy; growth and mortality process are not that simple. 2) The carbon starvation hypothesis does not challenge nor disagree with sink driven growth. 3) All approaches have error and assumptions. We need many approaches to build reliable prediction ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... the South East and central Queensland. 35 people were killed. 200,000 people and over 70 towns were affected. Reconstruction costs have been estimated at $10bn1. Reconstruction costs for the rail industry are estimated to be approximately $1bn. There is some debate as to whether recent events such a ...
... the South East and central Queensland. 35 people were killed. 200,000 people and over 70 towns were affected. Reconstruction costs have been estimated at $10bn1. Reconstruction costs for the rail industry are estimated to be approximately $1bn. There is some debate as to whether recent events such a ...
From science to policy: developing responses to climate change
... remain intact, actions can be taken that limit individual autonomy and justice. Nevertheless, there isn’t always consensus—even among public health officials— on the best way to promote the public’s health and how to weigh individual liberties against the welfare of the whole. Decision-makers outsid ...
... remain intact, actions can be taken that limit individual autonomy and justice. Nevertheless, there isn’t always consensus—even among public health officials— on the best way to promote the public’s health and how to weigh individual liberties against the welfare of the whole. Decision-makers outsid ...
Impacts of climate change on hydrological regime and water
... change. Results from two Regional Climate Models (PRECIS-HADCM3Q0 and PRECISECHAM05), based on IPCC-SRES A1B scenario, were bias corrected against historical gauged data. Hydrological impact simulations were conducted using SWAT model. Design flood estimation was done after extreme value analysis ba ...
... change. Results from two Regional Climate Models (PRECIS-HADCM3Q0 and PRECISECHAM05), based on IPCC-SRES A1B scenario, were bias corrected against historical gauged data. Hydrological impact simulations were conducted using SWAT model. Design flood estimation was done after extreme value analysis ba ...
Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate
... For both Kingdon and Jones and Baumgartner, one factor that may increase attention to a problem is the changing factual indicators surrounding the problem. Problem indicators may come in various shapes, sizes, formats, and from multiple sources. Some indicators may come from direct experience (payin ...
... For both Kingdon and Jones and Baumgartner, one factor that may increase attention to a problem is the changing factual indicators surrounding the problem. Problem indicators may come in various shapes, sizes, formats, and from multiple sources. Some indicators may come from direct experience (payin ...
Responses to Climate Change and their Implications on
... Restoration of the Bay requires concerted efforts by local, state and federal governments, and funding from each. It also requires a vigorous, market-based application of advanced agricultural practices.11 Any threat to that funding or the nascent nutrients market is a threat to restoration of the ...
... Restoration of the Bay requires concerted efforts by local, state and federal governments, and funding from each. It also requires a vigorous, market-based application of advanced agricultural practices.11 Any threat to that funding or the nascent nutrients market is a threat to restoration of the ...
IIIS Discussion Paper Rescaling climate justice: sub-national issues and
... Climate Change (2006) and the IPCC Forth Assessment Report. The main impacts include temperature extremes, changing precipitation rates, sea level rise, habitat destruction, increased disease transmission, changes in agricultural productivity, changes in water availability, changes in ocean chemistr ...
... Climate Change (2006) and the IPCC Forth Assessment Report. The main impacts include temperature extremes, changing precipitation rates, sea level rise, habitat destruction, increased disease transmission, changes in agricultural productivity, changes in water availability, changes in ocean chemistr ...
Low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
... development and each one places an emphasis on a slightly different part of the agenda. There are three policy agendas within low-carbon resilient development: • Adaptation in LDCs refers to activities that support development as well as those that address additional climate risks and vulnerabiliti ...
... development and each one places an emphasis on a slightly different part of the agenda. There are three policy agendas within low-carbon resilient development: • Adaptation in LDCs refers to activities that support development as well as those that address additional climate risks and vulnerabiliti ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 that states that the rate of decline in biodiversity must be significantly reduced by 2010 has led to the development of new monitoring and reporting systems, e.g. Stre ...
... to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 that states that the rate of decline in biodiversity must be significantly reduced by 2010 has led to the development of new monitoring and reporting systems, e.g. Stre ...
Reconciling anthropogenic climate change with observed
... Increasing emissions and concentrations of carbon dioxide receive considerable attention, but our analyses identify an important change in another pathway for anthropogenic climate change —a rapid rise in anthropogenic sulfur emissions driven by large increases in coal consumption in Asia in general ...
... Increasing emissions and concentrations of carbon dioxide receive considerable attention, but our analyses identify an important change in another pathway for anthropogenic climate change —a rapid rise in anthropogenic sulfur emissions driven by large increases in coal consumption in Asia in general ...
Assessment of climate change impact on hydrological extremes in
... The climate of Lake Tana is of “tropical highland monsoon” type with one rainy season between June and September and a dry season from October to March. The air temperature shows large diurnal but small seasonal changes with an annual average of 20 ◦ C (Setegn et al., 2008). The seasonal distributio ...
... The climate of Lake Tana is of “tropical highland monsoon” type with one rainy season between June and September and a dry season from October to March. The air temperature shows large diurnal but small seasonal changes with an annual average of 20 ◦ C (Setegn et al., 2008). The seasonal distributio ...