here - Snowchange Cooperative
... longer. It is time for business and political leaders to listen to the changes. I attended the Sundance Summit for mayors this summer. The common denominator in every presentation was Alaska. It was used in every example for climate change. Why are mayors involved in this global issue? Because there ...
... longer. It is time for business and political leaders to listen to the changes. I attended the Sundance Summit for mayors this summer. The common denominator in every presentation was Alaska. It was used in every example for climate change. Why are mayors involved in this global issue? Because there ...
Why We Need A New Direction In Climate Change Science
... involved, the uncertainties prevailing about the processes that govern the forcing, and the resulting confidence in the numerical values of the estimate. On the vertical axis, the direction of expected surface temperature change due to each radiative forcing is indicated by the labels “warming” and ...
... involved, the uncertainties prevailing about the processes that govern the forcing, and the resulting confidence in the numerical values of the estimate. On the vertical axis, the direction of expected surface temperature change due to each radiative forcing is indicated by the labels “warming” and ...
Chapter 6 Climate Science and Politics in the United States
... to dominate global change research, particularly in the areas of Earth systems modeling, satellite data collection, and global warming detection (although European laboratories have taken the lead in the core science of atmospheric modeling). Perhaps ironically, given this longstanding scientific le ...
... to dominate global change research, particularly in the areas of Earth systems modeling, satellite data collection, and global warming detection (although European laboratories have taken the lead in the core science of atmospheric modeling). Perhaps ironically, given this longstanding scientific le ...
What is climate change?
... 1.21 This document along with the actions and priorities presented in this strategy must be reviewed as new technologies become available. Who will be responsible? 1.22 Everyone has a responsibility for tackling climate change and it is important to recognise the need for the whole community to wor ...
... 1.21 This document along with the actions and priorities presented in this strategy must be reviewed as new technologies become available. Who will be responsible? 1.22 Everyone has a responsibility for tackling climate change and it is important to recognise the need for the whole community to wor ...
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... Scenarios for terrestrial ecosystems project that future species extinction rates will greatly surpass background rates estimated from the cenozoic fossil record (17) and could exceed recent rates of extinction by more than two orders of magnitude (Fig. 2, table S1). There is great variation in proj ...
... Scenarios for terrestrial ecosystems project that future species extinction rates will greatly surpass background rates estimated from the cenozoic fossil record (17) and could exceed recent rates of extinction by more than two orders of magnitude (Fig. 2, table S1). There is great variation in proj ...
T M Target Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
... dangerous global average temperature rise of 2.1˚C above pre-industrial global average temperature with a "likely in the range" of 1.4–3.1°C rise (IPCC, 2007c; Meinshausen, 2006). Achieving a 2°C target with at least a likely chance (>66%) would require a long-term stabilization below 400ppm CO2-eq ...
... dangerous global average temperature rise of 2.1˚C above pre-industrial global average temperature with a "likely in the range" of 1.4–3.1°C rise (IPCC, 2007c; Meinshausen, 2006). Achieving a 2°C target with at least a likely chance (>66%) would require a long-term stabilization below 400ppm CO2-eq ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... evapotranspiration, and drying of soils. A majority of humid soils where rice and sugar cane are cultivated will become drier, while projected changes in floods and droughts suggest a reduction in rainfed maize production by 2025. In monetary terms this is the equivalent to a loss of $USD 12–24 bill ...
... evapotranspiration, and drying of soils. A majority of humid soils where rice and sugar cane are cultivated will become drier, while projected changes in floods and droughts suggest a reduction in rainfed maize production by 2025. In monetary terms this is the equivalent to a loss of $USD 12–24 bill ...
Annex III
... trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium and radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio) and ozone. In addition, the atmosphere contains the greenhouse gas water vapour, whose amounts are highly variable but typically around 1% volume ...
... trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium and radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio) and ozone. In addition, the atmosphere contains the greenhouse gas water vapour, whose amounts are highly variable but typically around 1% volume ...
Ecological Impacts of Altered Environmental Flow on Indus Deltaic
... environment, and ecological wellbeing of the region. Indus River originates from Mansarovar Lake in Tibet, India at an elevation of about 5182 m. The River Indus flows for about 2880 km down into the Arabian Sea through the Indus Delta. Indus Delta is situated in Keti Bunder, a coastal town in distr ...
... environment, and ecological wellbeing of the region. Indus River originates from Mansarovar Lake in Tibet, India at an elevation of about 5182 m. The River Indus flows for about 2880 km down into the Arabian Sea through the Indus Delta. Indus Delta is situated in Keti Bunder, a coastal town in distr ...
cool policy: climate change mitigation supporting growth
... somewhere between 3 and 5°C. To put this in perspective: "When global warming has happened at various times in the past two million years, it has taken the planet about 5,000 years to warm 5 degrees. The predicted rate of warming for the next century is at least 20 times faster. This rate of change ...
... somewhere between 3 and 5°C. To put this in perspective: "When global warming has happened at various times in the past two million years, it has taken the planet about 5,000 years to warm 5 degrees. The predicted rate of warming for the next century is at least 20 times faster. This rate of change ...
Research Paper: Climate Change and Resource Sustainability
... Due to the nature of the subject, the international discussions on climate change are driven by worldwide climate scientists. There would be a few members of the CIA who would have a good understanding of the issues involved. But the majority of actuaries may not have such understanding. As a result ...
... Due to the nature of the subject, the international discussions on climate change are driven by worldwide climate scientists. There would be a few members of the CIA who would have a good understanding of the issues involved. But the majority of actuaries may not have such understanding. As a result ...
Climate Change Case Law Update
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
... taken that the best way for aviation to contribute to the “goal of climate stabilisation” would be through “a well-designed emissions trading regime” (para 3.39). 14 In October 2006 the Stern Review on “the Economics of Climate Challenge” was published. In the words of the claimants' expert (Mr Lock ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... This particular technique investigates the relationship between visual imagery of climate change and people’s perceptions of the issue: firstly with regard to whether they consider climate change personally important (salience); and secondly with regard to their sense of being able to do anything abo ...
... This particular technique investigates the relationship between visual imagery of climate change and people’s perceptions of the issue: firstly with regard to whether they consider climate change personally important (salience); and secondly with regard to their sense of being able to do anything abo ...
Strengthening of the Walker Circulation under Global Warming in an
... In Eq. (1), S denotes atmospheric static stability and Q1 represents apparent heating (Yanai et al., 1973), which includes longwave radiation, condensation heating and divergence of eddy static energy transport. Equation (1) implies that the change of vertical motion under global warming is determin ...
... In Eq. (1), S denotes atmospheric static stability and Q1 represents apparent heating (Yanai et al., 1973), which includes longwave radiation, condensation heating and divergence of eddy static energy transport. Equation (1) implies that the change of vertical motion under global warming is determin ...
ENVSEC Project “Reducing vulnerability to extreme floods and
... have been especially frequent in the last decade (every 2-3 years), and losses caused by them have increased, sometimes they are catastrophic. This phenomenon can be attributed to extremely uneven rainfall during the year. Assessment of the expected climate change The prediction is based on the proj ...
... have been especially frequent in the last decade (every 2-3 years), and losses caused by them have increased, sometimes they are catastrophic. This phenomenon can be attributed to extremely uneven rainfall during the year. Assessment of the expected climate change The prediction is based on the proj ...
1 - Utrecht University Repository
... differences in runoff composition and regimes between basins and between tributaries within basins, we project an increase in runoff at least until 2050 caused primarily by an increase in precipitation in the upper Ganges, Brahmaputra, Salween and Mekong basins and from accelerated melt in the upper ...
... differences in runoff composition and regimes between basins and between tributaries within basins, we project an increase in runoff at least until 2050 caused primarily by an increase in precipitation in the upper Ganges, Brahmaputra, Salween and Mekong basins and from accelerated melt in the upper ...
Communicating Science: A Primer with Applications
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
... precision and technicality necessary in the lab, but as Alan Alda was able to draw out in his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, most scientists do have a sense of humor about their work and what they’ve discovered. It is this excitement that needs to work its way into how those discoveries are ...
The Quiet Tsunami: The Ecological, Economic, Social, and Political
... from open oceans, and different regions of oceans are affected differently by particular patterns of water circulation. For example, the pH level can be affected by horizontal flows such as the Gulf Stream, vertical interchanges in which surface waters sink in some places and nutrient rich waters up ...
... from open oceans, and different regions of oceans are affected differently by particular patterns of water circulation. For example, the pH level can be affected by horizontal flows such as the Gulf Stream, vertical interchanges in which surface waters sink in some places and nutrient rich waters up ...
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... significant political actors in several northwestern European countries, as well as in North America. In political campaigns directed against various kinds of air and water pollution, chemicals in food and agriculture, and especially against the development of nuclear energy, environmental movement ...
... significant political actors in several northwestern European countries, as well as in North America. In political campaigns directed against various kinds of air and water pollution, chemicals in food and agriculture, and especially against the development of nuclear energy, environmental movement ...
Redalyc.Climate Change and the Caribbean: Review and Response
... uman induced changes to the climate system and their impacts have emerged as a leading global concern in the last few decades. The changes, including increasing temperatures, more frequent extreme weather conditions and rising sea levels, disproportionately impact regions across the globe (IPCC 2007 ...
... uman induced changes to the climate system and their impacts have emerged as a leading global concern in the last few decades. The changes, including increasing temperatures, more frequent extreme weather conditions and rising sea levels, disproportionately impact regions across the globe (IPCC 2007 ...
Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change
... south-western regions mainly driven by the rise of heat waves, droughts and wildfires. Key hotspots emerge particularly along coastlines and in floodplains, often highly populated and economically pivotal, where floods and windstorms could be critical in combination with other climate hazards. Proje ...
... south-western regions mainly driven by the rise of heat waves, droughts and wildfires. Key hotspots emerge particularly along coastlines and in floodplains, often highly populated and economically pivotal, where floods and windstorms could be critical in combination with other climate hazards. Proje ...
INTERREG IIIB ASTRA PROJECT Report on Generation, Use and
... large scale predictors. These relationships can be based on a range of mathematical functions and fitting routines (cf. Wilby et al. 2002, for an overview and, for example, Fig. 2). Advantages of these methods are there computational efficiency, the possibility to apply them easily to several GCMs a ...
... large scale predictors. These relationships can be based on a range of mathematical functions and fitting routines (cf. Wilby et al. 2002, for an overview and, for example, Fig. 2). Advantages of these methods are there computational efficiency, the possibility to apply them easily to several GCMs a ...
Anthropogenic Climate Change in the Playa Lakes Joint Venture
... associations based on one or more climate models into the future. There are some habitat-specific studies for particular regions (e.g., the northeastern U.S. in Matthews et al. 2004). However, these studies are not generally useful for understanding precise species-level impacts (Pearson & Dawson 20 ...
... associations based on one or more climate models into the future. There are some habitat-specific studies for particular regions (e.g., the northeastern U.S. in Matthews et al. 2004). However, these studies are not generally useful for understanding precise species-level impacts (Pearson & Dawson 20 ...