Have disaster losses increased due to anthropogenic climate change?
... This is a preliminary PDF of the author-produced manuscript that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. Since it is being posted so soon after acceptance, it has not yet been copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be down ...
... This is a preliminary PDF of the author-produced manuscript that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication. Since it is being posted so soon after acceptance, it has not yet been copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be down ...
Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation NH-12
... purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an increase in the occurrence of extreme heat events across the 20th century, an extra 288 people died during the period 1980- ...
... purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an increase in the occurrence of extreme heat events across the 20th century, an extra 288 people died during the period 1980- ...
This Unit Plan was developed by: Valarie Gray Cleveland
... defined as the amount of heat one gram of a substance must absorb or lose to change its temperature by one degree Celsius. For water, this amount is one calorie, or 4.184 Joules. As a result, it takes water a long time to heat and a long time to cool. In fact, the specific heat capacity of water is ...
... defined as the amount of heat one gram of a substance must absorb or lose to change its temperature by one degree Celsius. For water, this amount is one calorie, or 4.184 Joules. As a result, it takes water a long time to heat and a long time to cool. In fact, the specific heat capacity of water is ...
Climate sCienCe
... of the warming observed in recent decades. Although natural factors such as changes to the sun’s output and volcanic activity also affect the climate, they cannot explain recent warming. • Earth has warmed by about 0.85°C since the beginning of the last century. If carbon emissions follow the prese ...
... of the warming observed in recent decades. Although natural factors such as changes to the sun’s output and volcanic activity also affect the climate, they cannot explain recent warming. • Earth has warmed by about 0.85°C since the beginning of the last century. If carbon emissions follow the prese ...
... international agreement, may propose strategies for dealing with all four issues addressed in the game (resource scarcity, migration, disasters, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions), or it may be more limited. The players will dictate the content of the agreement. As with all other war games a ...
Karen M. Shell Associate Professor, Atmospheric Science Climate
... Served on web site, newsletter, faculty evaluation, faculty hiring, and Open House committees ...
... Served on web site, newsletter, faculty evaluation, faculty hiring, and Open House committees ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A
... Received: 2 September 2011; in revised form: 18 January 2012 / Accepted: 3 February 2012 / Published: 16 February 2012 ...
... Received: 2 September 2011; in revised form: 18 January 2012 / Accepted: 3 February 2012 / Published: 16 February 2012 ...
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... latter half of the 20th century. Each component has increased its heat content (the atmosphere and the ocean) or exhibited melting (the cryosphere). The estimated increase of observed global ocean heat content (over the depth range from 0 to 3000 meters) between the 1950s and 1990s is at least one o ...
... latter half of the 20th century. Each component has increased its heat content (the atmosphere and the ocean) or exhibited melting (the cryosphere). The estimated increase of observed global ocean heat content (over the depth range from 0 to 3000 meters) between the 1950s and 1990s is at least one o ...
Human population as a dynamic factor in environmental degradation
... factors in three categories: human population size, the per-capita rate of consumption of energy and materials that contribute to our affluence, and the impacts stemming from the technologies used to provide that per-capita rate of consumption. An ‘‘equation’’ is sometimes used to express this: Envi ...
... factors in three categories: human population size, the per-capita rate of consumption of energy and materials that contribute to our affluence, and the impacts stemming from the technologies used to provide that per-capita rate of consumption. An ‘‘equation’’ is sometimes used to express this: Envi ...
Office of Sustainability Newsletter University of Vermont NEWS FLASH!
... Check out the Way To Go! website at www.waytogovt.org for further information and promotional materials. UVM employees should also visit the CATMA website at www.catmavt.org for alternative commuter programs, services, incentives and resources. ...
... Check out the Way To Go! website at www.waytogovt.org for further information and promotional materials. UVM employees should also visit the CATMA website at www.catmavt.org for alternative commuter programs, services, incentives and resources. ...
View/Open
... adaptations, market responses, technological developments and institutional changes have a large potential in reducing negative impacts of global warming and climate change. Farmers in Kenya are aware of short-term climate changes; most of them have noticed an increase in temperatures with some taki ...
... adaptations, market responses, technological developments and institutional changes have a large potential in reducing negative impacts of global warming and climate change. Farmers in Kenya are aware of short-term climate changes; most of them have noticed an increase in temperatures with some taki ...
Research priorities in land use and land
... cover with greater geographical specificity. However, all the models must contend with the fact that economic statistics [such as United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) statistics] are national and regional (not gridded or by water sheds); and therefore, land-use decision making must ...
... cover with greater geographical specificity. However, all the models must contend with the fact that economic statistics [such as United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) statistics] are national and regional (not gridded or by water sheds); and therefore, land-use decision making must ...
24-26 January 2012 - College of Micronesia
... inventive self-reliance, locally available resources and the climate-smart, low-input food production systems. ...
... inventive self-reliance, locally available resources and the climate-smart, low-input food production systems. ...
Policy Update on 2°C Warming
... Under the 2°C scenario, the largest summertime changes in daily maximum temperature (3-4°C) are found over South-Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula (Figure 5, left). In areas where this value is highest (Iberian Peninsula, France, the Balkans) the 20-year return value is expected to rise in ma ...
... Under the 2°C scenario, the largest summertime changes in daily maximum temperature (3-4°C) are found over South-Eastern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula (Figure 5, left). In areas where this value is highest (Iberian Peninsula, France, the Balkans) the 20-year return value is expected to rise in ma ...
Human Mobility in the context of Climate Change
... Planned relocation as an adaptation measure of last resort While it should be a goal that people are enabled to remain in their homes, governments may determine that a community (as distinct from an individual or household) needs to be physically moved to another location and sustainably resettled ...
... Planned relocation as an adaptation measure of last resort While it should be a goal that people are enabled to remain in their homes, governments may determine that a community (as distinct from an individual or household) needs to be physically moved to another location and sustainably resettled ...
Climate scenarios
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
Global Climate Change Policies: From Bali to Copenhagen and
... In response to growing scientific concerns during the early-to-mid 1990s that the process of human-induced climate change was accelerating, the international community negotiated a new agreement during 1995-97 (under the UNFCCC) to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. The main elements of wh ...
... In response to growing scientific concerns during the early-to-mid 1990s that the process of human-induced climate change was accelerating, the international community negotiated a new agreement during 1995-97 (under the UNFCCC) to curb the growth in greenhouse gas emissions. The main elements of wh ...
Climate Change Policy
... These climate change risks and opportunities have the potential to impact investment risks and returns and as such, considering these issues alongside traditional financial and business risk factors in making investment decisions can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns to members. In this way, ...
... These climate change risks and opportunities have the potential to impact investment risks and returns and as such, considering these issues alongside traditional financial and business risk factors in making investment decisions can improve long-term risk-adjusted returns to members. In this way, ...
Aalborg Universitet Heiselberg, Per Kvols
... by the period 2071-2100, compared to the baseline of 1961-1990 [3]. For Sweden, climate change projections suggest mean annual temperature increase of 1.81 to 5.93 °C by 2100, compared to 1961-1990 levels [4]. Buildings contribute substantially to climate change [1], and climate change may have sig ...
... by the period 2071-2100, compared to the baseline of 1961-1990 [3]. For Sweden, climate change projections suggest mean annual temperature increase of 1.81 to 5.93 °C by 2100, compared to 1961-1990 levels [4]. Buildings contribute substantially to climate change [1], and climate change may have sig ...
Osman-Elasha_IPCC_5AR_Adaptation needs
... Africa Specific Findings (3) Despite implementation limitations, Africa’s adaptation experiences nonetheless highlight valuable lessons for enhancing and scaling up the adaptation response, including principles for good practice and integrated approaches to adaptation (high confidence). Strengthe ...
... Africa Specific Findings (3) Despite implementation limitations, Africa’s adaptation experiences nonetheless highlight valuable lessons for enhancing and scaling up the adaptation response, including principles for good practice and integrated approaches to adaptation (high confidence). Strengthe ...
Presented
... flooded and salinity boundary will be pushed deeper into inland. A significant portion of agricultural land in the coastal areas would be inundated by sea level rise (SLR). A consequence of drought is water shortage. In order to develop properly an eco-agriculture structure and ensure national food ...
... flooded and salinity boundary will be pushed deeper into inland. A significant portion of agricultural land in the coastal areas would be inundated by sea level rise (SLR). A consequence of drought is water shortage. In order to develop properly an eco-agriculture structure and ensure national food ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
Lecture on climate model 1
... • We know the observed mean surface temperature is about +15oC. • Hence the presence of the atmosphere increases the surface temperature by 33oC. • This is due to the Earth greenhouse effect, the magnitude of which can be calculated as: ...
... • We know the observed mean surface temperature is about +15oC. • Hence the presence of the atmosphere increases the surface temperature by 33oC. • This is due to the Earth greenhouse effect, the magnitude of which can be calculated as: ...