The response of atmospheric nitrous oxide to climate variations
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
... Figure 1. Termination 1 and the last glacial period (10 to 70 kyr BP in the upper panel, 60 to 120 kyr BP in the lower panel). (a) NGRIP N2 O, diamonds [Flückiger et al., 2004; Schilt et al., 2010b] and crosses (new data). Stars indicate published and new measurements affected by artifacts. The red ...
Adapting to climate change in England
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today – both for the international community and the UK. The debate about the causes is over: we now know that the planet has warmed largely due to human activity. Even with concerted international action now, we are committed to contin ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today – both for the international community and the UK. The debate about the causes is over: we now know that the planet has warmed largely due to human activity. Even with concerted international action now, we are committed to contin ...
understanding climate science - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... concentrations of 280 ppm, and levels higher than 4000 ppm (Royer 2006; IPCC 2007a: 444). There is a high degree of uncertainty in historical measurements of temperature before modern times, which must be estimated from a range of indirect sources such as annual growth rings in trees and corals, ...
... concentrations of 280 ppm, and levels higher than 4000 ppm (Royer 2006; IPCC 2007a: 444). There is a high degree of uncertainty in historical measurements of temperature before modern times, which must be estimated from a range of indirect sources such as annual growth rings in trees and corals, ...
Climate Change Impacts on Land Use Planning and Coastal
... so great, the islands may no longer be as attractive, and therefore competitive, with other tourism destinations. Key challenges facing the Anglophone Caribbean states are how to balance economic need that the tourism industry fills with minimizing the environmental stress that it can bring. To do s ...
... so great, the islands may no longer be as attractive, and therefore competitive, with other tourism destinations. Key challenges facing the Anglophone Caribbean states are how to balance economic need that the tourism industry fills with minimizing the environmental stress that it can bring. To do s ...
Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the
... asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software for quality control and calculation of climate indices, such as the RClimDex platform freely available at http: ...
... asked to bring long-term daily observational data from their countries to analyse during the workshop, and more stations were analysed afterwards. The ETCCDI provides standardized software for quality control and calculation of climate indices, such as the RClimDex platform freely available at http: ...
STUDY ON THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON CHINA`S
... such as agriculture, forestry and ecosystem, coastal zones and fisheries, water resources, and energy development. Although several sectors have been studied, none have received more attention than agriculture. Only a few, however, have looked at the agricultural impacts of climate change in develop ...
... such as agriculture, forestry and ecosystem, coastal zones and fisheries, water resources, and energy development. Although several sectors have been studied, none have received more attention than agriculture. Only a few, however, have looked at the agricultural impacts of climate change in develop ...
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... respect to these countries, climate change poses a serious threat to economic growth and impediment to the poverty reduction programmes undertaken in these countries for the upliftment of the vulnerable households. It can also have a major impact on issue of food security which is highly dependent o ...
... respect to these countries, climate change poses a serious threat to economic growth and impediment to the poverty reduction programmes undertaken in these countries for the upliftment of the vulnerable households. It can also have a major impact on issue of food security which is highly dependent o ...
Pinus halepensis Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the )
... of Aleppo pine in response to different climatic conditions. These results do not resolve the source of response variability as being due to either genetic variation in provenance, to phenotypic plasticity, or a combination of factors. However, as current growth responses to inter-annual climate var ...
... of Aleppo pine in response to different climatic conditions. These results do not resolve the source of response variability as being due to either genetic variation in provenance, to phenotypic plasticity, or a combination of factors. However, as current growth responses to inter-annual climate var ...
Climate change going beyond dangerous
... void between the rhetoric and the reality around efforts to reduce emissions (mitigation). There is certainly plenty of discussion of mitigation, but seldom does it focus on the actual gap between the claims we make as individuals, companies, nations and a global community and what is actually happe ...
... void between the rhetoric and the reality around efforts to reduce emissions (mitigation). There is certainly plenty of discussion of mitigation, but seldom does it focus on the actual gap between the claims we make as individuals, companies, nations and a global community and what is actually happe ...
Possible impact of climate change on India
... The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic inte ...
... The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty with the goal of achieving stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic inte ...
From Mars and Venus Down to Earth: Understanding the
... Europe has backed binding targets, more direct regulation, and supported the idea that mitigation should begin with the advanced, industrialized countries (see Oberthür and Ott, in this volume). From the very beginning of the UNFCCC process, the debates about climate change within Europe and the US ...
... Europe has backed binding targets, more direct regulation, and supported the idea that mitigation should begin with the advanced, industrialized countries (see Oberthür and Ott, in this volume). From the very beginning of the UNFCCC process, the debates about climate change within Europe and the US ...
Expansion of the Tropics – Evidence and implications
... There is accumulating evidence that the tropical zone is expanding poleward in both hemispheres, and that the subtropics are also expanding into regions which have previously enjoyed a more Mediterranean climate. This essay is a follow-up to an initial report by the same authors conducted in 2009; t ...
... There is accumulating evidence that the tropical zone is expanding poleward in both hemispheres, and that the subtropics are also expanding into regions which have previously enjoyed a more Mediterranean climate. This essay is a follow-up to an initial report by the same authors conducted in 2009; t ...
Developing adaptive forest management strategies to cope with
... to include management activities, because many forests, particularly in Europe, have been managed intensively over several hundred years. Lindner (1998) extended a forest gap model to include regional analyses of the impacts of climate change in managed forests of Central Europe. First applications ...
... to include management activities, because many forests, particularly in Europe, have been managed intensively over several hundred years. Lindner (1998) extended a forest gap model to include regional analyses of the impacts of climate change in managed forests of Central Europe. First applications ...
Climate change: tackling the greatest human rights
... received very limited recognition in the UNFCCC negotiations. The UN Human Rights Council has shown significant leadership on this issue. For example, in 2008, it adopted the first of three resolutions on human rights and climate change, stating that climate change “poses an immediate and far-reachi ...
... received very limited recognition in the UNFCCC negotiations. The UN Human Rights Council has shown significant leadership on this issue. For example, in 2008, it adopted the first of three resolutions on human rights and climate change, stating that climate change “poses an immediate and far-reachi ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Samoa, small island developing state in South Western Pacific Climate change risks: extreme high rainfall, high sea levels, drought, damaging winds, extreme high temps Focus of CBA here: village communities; e.g damage to their subsistence, homes, etc. Projects aimed at reducing climate impacts 9 pr ...
... Samoa, small island developing state in South Western Pacific Climate change risks: extreme high rainfall, high sea levels, drought, damaging winds, extreme high temps Focus of CBA here: village communities; e.g damage to their subsistence, homes, etc. Projects aimed at reducing climate impacts 9 pr ...
Climate change: tackling the greatest human rights challenge of our
... received very limited recognition in the UNFCCC negotiations. The UN Human Rights Council has shown significant leadership on this issue. For example, in 2008, it adopted the first of three resolutions on human rights and climate change, stating that climate change “poses an immediate and far-reachi ...
... received very limited recognition in the UNFCCC negotiations. The UN Human Rights Council has shown significant leadership on this issue. For example, in 2008, it adopted the first of three resolutions on human rights and climate change, stating that climate change “poses an immediate and far-reachi ...
Global late Quaternary megafauna extinctions linked to humans, not
... or Early Pleistocene, Homo erectus and contemporary hominins expanded into southern Asia and south and western Europe [24] (figure 1c ‘Archaic-early’). Homo neanderthalensis and Denisovan humans pushed these boundaries further, colonizing most of Eurasia and leaving only the very northern extremitie ...
... or Early Pleistocene, Homo erectus and contemporary hominins expanded into southern Asia and south and western Europe [24] (figure 1c ‘Archaic-early’). Homo neanderthalensis and Denisovan humans pushed these boundaries further, colonizing most of Eurasia and leaving only the very northern extremitie ...
Downloaded - Royal Society Open Science
... and Ice Data Center and available at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. This area corresponds to the main foraging area of the seabird species breeding at the Pointe Géologie archipelago during summer [13–15]. Sea ice concentration is the fraction of area covered by sea ic ...
... and Ice Data Center and available at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society. This area corresponds to the main foraging area of the seabird species breeding at the Pointe Géologie archipelago during summer [13–15]. Sea ice concentration is the fraction of area covered by sea ic ...
Examining Links Between Religion, Evolution Views, and Climate
... only weakly related to environmental attitudes and behaviors (Hayes & Marangudakis, 2000), and actually does not relate to beliefs about the seriousness of environmental issues, including the dangers of global warming and car pollution (Sherkat & Ellison, 2007). Evans and Feng (2013) specifically fi ...
... only weakly related to environmental attitudes and behaviors (Hayes & Marangudakis, 2000), and actually does not relate to beliefs about the seriousness of environmental issues, including the dangers of global warming and car pollution (Sherkat & Ellison, 2007). Evans and Feng (2013) specifically fi ...
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... important targeting surveillance and control measures plus ultimately in loss reduction (Paul et al. 2010) plus in planning for disease prevention. Climate change is a possible factor in the widening spread as it may alter conditions that are involved with disease transmission and persistence includ ...
... important targeting surveillance and control measures plus ultimately in loss reduction (Paul et al. 2010) plus in planning for disease prevention. Climate change is a possible factor in the widening spread as it may alter conditions that are involved with disease transmission and persistence includ ...
Results Report - World Wide Views on Climate and Energy
... climate change and energy are clear: there is strong public support for political action in order to agree on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The WWViews results are based on well-established principles for c ...
... climate change and energy are clear: there is strong public support for political action in order to agree on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. The WWViews results are based on well-established principles for c ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... et al., 1994). In karst systems, precipitation and runoff reach the subsurface water via infiltration, and, subsequently, groundwater emerges as springs. Based upon the grey system theory, a karst system by its nature is a grey system (Lee and Wang, 1998; Xia, 2000; Liu and Lin, 2006). This provides ...
... et al., 1994). In karst systems, precipitation and runoff reach the subsurface water via infiltration, and, subsequently, groundwater emerges as springs. Based upon the grey system theory, a karst system by its nature is a grey system (Lee and Wang, 1998; Xia, 2000; Liu and Lin, 2006). This provides ...