Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the
... Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the 2003 European heatwave Nikolaos Christidis*, Gareth S. Jones and Peter A. Stott Socio-economic stress from the unequivocal warming of the global climate system1 could be mostly felt by societies through weather and climate extremes2 . ...
... Dramatically increasing chance of extremely hot summers since the 2003 European heatwave Nikolaos Christidis*, Gareth S. Jones and Peter A. Stott Socio-economic stress from the unequivocal warming of the global climate system1 could be mostly felt by societies through weather and climate extremes2 . ...
Biodiversity - Lake Station Community Schools
... Changing Behavior: Regulation of CFCs – Once the research on CFCs was published and accepted by the scientific community, the rest was up to policymakers. – 191 countries signed a major agreement, the Montreal Protocol, which stopped most uses of CFCs. ...
... Changing Behavior: Regulation of CFCs – Once the research on CFCs was published and accepted by the scientific community, the rest was up to policymakers. – 191 countries signed a major agreement, the Montreal Protocol, which stopped most uses of CFCs. ...
Terrestrial Ecosystem Adaptation
... n this report, we evaluate adaptation issues for natural ecosystems. We will specifically focus on the interactions with the abiotic environment of plants and animals, along with other organisms with which they interact (e.g., disease‐causing bacteria and viruses). We further limit ourselves to n ...
... n this report, we evaluate adaptation issues for natural ecosystems. We will specifically focus on the interactions with the abiotic environment of plants and animals, along with other organisms with which they interact (e.g., disease‐causing bacteria and viruses). We further limit ourselves to n ...
European Temperate, Humid Continental Climate Building
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
... much rarer. Still they are of high importance, since regional effects of climate change with no doubt will differ significantly from the worldwide predictions. For example alpine regions are expected to undergo a much stronger warming process than lower or even coastal influenced regions. In Austria ...
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... were seriously injured. The incident led to the largest offshore oil spill in US history. The environment was damaged and people’s livelihoods suffered. Following the accident, Shell supported the response effort by providing equipment, technical expertise, and facilities to BP. We also took immedi ...
... were seriously injured. The incident led to the largest offshore oil spill in US history. The environment was damaged and people’s livelihoods suffered. Following the accident, Shell supported the response effort by providing equipment, technical expertise, and facilities to BP. We also took immedi ...
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... 1990; Rind et al., 1990; Adams, 1989). General equilibrium analysis has been used in a number of single region studies (Goulder, 1993; Brinner et al. 1992; Jorgenson and Wilcoxen, 1991) as well as for the global economy (Burniaux et al. 1991, Darwin, et al., 1995; Tsigas, et al., 1997; Rutherford, ...
... 1990; Rind et al., 1990; Adams, 1989). General equilibrium analysis has been used in a number of single region studies (Goulder, 1993; Brinner et al. 1992; Jorgenson and Wilcoxen, 1991) as well as for the global economy (Burniaux et al. 1991, Darwin, et al., 1995; Tsigas, et al., 1997; Rutherford, ...
Chapter 1: Background Oceanography
... have generally been higher than current values, perhaps by as much as a factor of 20–25 during the Cambrian (Berner et al., 2001). The impact of these elevated CO2 concentrations on the climate of the Earth has been profound (Fig. 1). Since the formation of the solar system the luminosity of the Su ...
... have generally been higher than current values, perhaps by as much as a factor of 20–25 during the Cambrian (Berner et al., 2001). The impact of these elevated CO2 concentrations on the climate of the Earth has been profound (Fig. 1). Since the formation of the solar system the luminosity of the Su ...
RELEVANT, IMMEDIATE, LOCAL: GUIDE TO
... impacts for Australians, our families, our livelihoods and our way of life. We now have substantial data on how the climate has already changed. For instance, the number of heatwave days in Canberra has doubled, in Sydney heatwaves are starting 19 days earlier, and in Adelaide heatwave days are on a ...
... impacts for Australians, our families, our livelihoods and our way of life. We now have substantial data on how the climate has already changed. For instance, the number of heatwave days in Canberra has doubled, in Sydney heatwaves are starting 19 days earlier, and in Adelaide heatwave days are on a ...
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... level (European Union 2007). This level is suggested to be the maximum rate of climate change in which humanity can still prevent unmanageable damage and ecological systems can still adapt. However, recent estimations of temperature rise tend to exceed that supposedly critical limit. It is evident t ...
... level (European Union 2007). This level is suggested to be the maximum rate of climate change in which humanity can still prevent unmanageable damage and ecological systems can still adapt. However, recent estimations of temperature rise tend to exceed that supposedly critical limit. It is evident t ...
Forest Fires: influences of climate change and human activity
... springs and warmer springs and summers have lead to increased forest wildfire activity17. In particular, climate change may give rise to more El Niño-type episodes, which have marked effects on drought in many parts of the world. El Niño events increase the risk of forest fires in regimes in fire-pr ...
... springs and warmer springs and summers have lead to increased forest wildfire activity17. In particular, climate change may give rise to more El Niño-type episodes, which have marked effects on drought in many parts of the world. El Niño events increase the risk of forest fires in regimes in fire-pr ...
Climate change challenges facing small island developing States
... needs of small island developing States, and a meaningful legal global climate change agreement was needed by the end of 2014. The costly effects of climate change were most evident in small island developing States. He pointed to more extreme weather events, changing rainfall patterns, dying coral ...
... needs of small island developing States, and a meaningful legal global climate change agreement was needed by the end of 2014. The costly effects of climate change were most evident in small island developing States. He pointed to more extreme weather events, changing rainfall patterns, dying coral ...
Sea-level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire
... level has risen at a rate of 3.3 +0.4 mm per year, or ...
... level has risen at a rate of 3.3 +0.4 mm per year, or ...
2. The Irish Response to Climate Change
... were set with reference to the policy mix available and proposed at the time.16 In particular, the government had planned to introduce a specific carbon tax but decided not to do so in September 2004, probably because they did not wish to add to the high increases in energy costs that had occurred a ...
... were set with reference to the policy mix available and proposed at the time.16 In particular, the government had planned to introduce a specific carbon tax but decided not to do so in September 2004, probably because they did not wish to add to the high increases in energy costs that had occurred a ...
Impacts of Climate Change
... significance of climate change to consider the fallacy of averages. While the SRES A2 scenario suggests that the average temperature of Earth will warm by between 0.7 and 2.0° Celsius (with an average of about 1.3° Celsius) by 2050, this warming will not occur as a smoothly rising average but rather ...
... significance of climate change to consider the fallacy of averages. While the SRES A2 scenario suggests that the average temperature of Earth will warm by between 0.7 and 2.0° Celsius (with an average of about 1.3° Celsius) by 2050, this warming will not occur as a smoothly rising average but rather ...
Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent
... grid cell in the 0.5◦ CRU TS 3.1 (ref. 31) temperature record, which was the basis of all summer temperature-change data) was included as a grouping term with an exchangeable correlation structure32 . We used the same approach to test the association between increases/decreases in vegetation groups ...
... grid cell in the 0.5◦ CRU TS 3.1 (ref. 31) temperature record, which was the basis of all summer temperature-change data) was included as a grouping term with an exchangeable correlation structure32 . We used the same approach to test the association between increases/decreases in vegetation groups ...
Physical and economic consequences of climate change in Europe
... by the European Union (EU) and endorsed by the G8 (2, 3)] will need to be complemented by adaptation strategies to lessen the impact of residual warming (4). Europe is preparing for a coordinated adaptation climate strategy from 2013, as set out in the European Commission White Paper on Adaptation ( ...
... by the European Union (EU) and endorsed by the G8 (2, 3)] will need to be complemented by adaptation strategies to lessen the impact of residual warming (4). Europe is preparing for a coordinated adaptation climate strategy from 2013, as set out in the European Commission White Paper on Adaptation ( ...
Implications of the EU Climate Protection Target for Ireland
... projects investigate long-term environmental change in ...
... projects investigate long-term environmental change in ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... The first decade of the twenty-first century was a big one for climate science and policy. Climate change steadily rose on the policy agenda of nations, regions, states, and cities. Ironically, it was also the decade in which public opinion vacillated on the reality of climate change and its human cau ...
... The first decade of the twenty-first century was a big one for climate science and policy. Climate change steadily rose on the policy agenda of nations, regions, states, and cities. Ironically, it was also the decade in which public opinion vacillated on the reality of climate change and its human cau ...
Vol.11, No.1, 2011
... SST warming due to greenhouse gases altered the interaction among the three main regions of deep convection of the Asian summer monsoon: the western tropical Pacific, the Bay of Bengal extending into the Indian subcontinent, and the tropical Indian Ocean? In a further experiment with the atmospheric ...
... SST warming due to greenhouse gases altered the interaction among the three main regions of deep convection of the Asian summer monsoon: the western tropical Pacific, the Bay of Bengal extending into the Indian subcontinent, and the tropical Indian Ocean? In a further experiment with the atmospheric ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change
... translates into halving the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day. Halving the proportion of people in extreme poverty is not, in actual fact, eradicating it: it is a goal that still leaves hundreds of millions of people below the poverty line. Furthermore, by committing to halve the pro ...
... translates into halving the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day. Halving the proportion of people in extreme poverty is not, in actual fact, eradicating it: it is a goal that still leaves hundreds of millions of people below the poverty line. Furthermore, by committing to halve the pro ...
Annales Zoologici Fennici 33: 125-131
... survived by dispersing to higher elevations. Only where the mountains were highest and would support alpine vegetation did these species survive the ...
... survived by dispersing to higher elevations. Only where the mountains were highest and would support alpine vegetation did these species survive the ...
Climate Change and Public Health 101
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
... in 43 US communities,” Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(2), 210. Bernard SM, Samet JM, Grambsch A, Ebi KL, Romieu I. 2001. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on air pollution-related health effects in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives Vol 109, Supplement ...
Interpretation of Climate Change Scenarios
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...
... determine whether or not these events are due to climate change or to other factors, although some studies lead one to believe that these events were caused by warming attributable to the greenhouse effect (IPCC 2007b). The main objective of this technical document is to define some concepts related ...