Anthropogenic Global Warming? Beyond CO2
... dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic l ...
... dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic l ...
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... lives. Population and income increase as well as urbanization are driving increased and changing food and feed demand. FAO estimates that, to satisfy the growing demand driven by population growth and diet changes, food production will have to increase by at least 60 percent in the next decades. Acc ...
... lives. Population and income increase as well as urbanization are driving increased and changing food and feed demand. FAO estimates that, to satisfy the growing demand driven by population growth and diet changes, food production will have to increase by at least 60 percent in the next decades. Acc ...
THE IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARMING ON GLACIER MASS BALANCE
... from 1984 to 2002 is more typical thinning with the greatest elevation change at the terminus. Recent thickness change averages 18 m in the vicinity of the terminus and 8 m at the ELA. The reduction in thinning with elevation indicates that at some point in the accumulation zone the glacier is not a ...
... from 1984 to 2002 is more typical thinning with the greatest elevation change at the terminus. Recent thickness change averages 18 m in the vicinity of the terminus and 8 m at the ELA. The reduction in thinning with elevation indicates that at some point in the accumulation zone the glacier is not a ...
Do values subjectively define the limits to climate change adaptation?
... on each value type’. Personal value systems, or ‘judgments of the capacity of entities to enable best possible living’, are distinguished by Rohan (2000, p. 265) from social value systems, which reflect people’s perceptions of other’s judgements about value priorities. Personal or social value syste ...
... on each value type’. Personal value systems, or ‘judgments of the capacity of entities to enable best possible living’, are distinguished by Rohan (2000, p. 265) from social value systems, which reflect people’s perceptions of other’s judgements about value priorities. Personal or social value syste ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... problem of global warming.25 The GHG emissions associated with federal actions, in turn, implicate various aspects of NEPA’s regulatory process, including identification and quantification of environmental impacts; analysis of reasonable alternatives (including the climate consequences of taking no ...
... problem of global warming.25 The GHG emissions associated with federal actions, in turn, implicate various aspects of NEPA’s regulatory process, including identification and quantification of environmental impacts; analysis of reasonable alternatives (including the climate consequences of taking no ...
overflow: climate change, heavy rain, and sewage
... Midwest. The analysis is based on the heaviest downpours – those days when the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days at each individual rain gauge – over the period 1950-2015. These state averages are based on area-weighting of local rain gauges, but because intens ...
... Midwest. The analysis is based on the heaviest downpours – those days when the total precipitation exceeded the top 1 percent of all rain and snow days at each individual rain gauge – over the period 1950-2015. These state averages are based on area-weighting of local rain gauges, but because intens ...
lcmexl978i.pdf
... Joseluis Samaniego Director Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division and ECLAC's Focal Point on Climate Change Julie Lennox Focal Point of Climate Change, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico ...
... Joseluis Samaniego Director Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division and ECLAC's Focal Point on Climate Change Julie Lennox Focal Point of Climate Change, ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico ...
Special Interests and the Media
... predispositions, the entertainment value of controversy, and journalists’ uncertainty about the evidence. These forces are important, but on their own they fail to account for important facets of media coverage on issues like climate change. I stress, however, that the evidence I present is only sug ...
... predispositions, the entertainment value of controversy, and journalists’ uncertainty about the evidence. These forces are important, but on their own they fail to account for important facets of media coverage on issues like climate change. I stress, however, that the evidence I present is only sug ...
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... Jesper Tranberg and Simmone Rose provided valuable comments to earlier drafts. The manuscript was prepared for publication by Simmone Rose. ...
... Jesper Tranberg and Simmone Rose provided valuable comments to earlier drafts. The manuscript was prepared for publication by Simmone Rose. ...
Special Interests and the Media: Theory and an Application to Climate Change Seminar is joint with Political Economy.
... predispositions, the entertainment value of controversy, and journalists’ uncertainty about the evidence. These forces are important, but on their own they fail to account for important facets of media coverage on issues like climate change. I stress, however, that the evidence I present is only sug ...
... predispositions, the entertainment value of controversy, and journalists’ uncertainty about the evidence. These forces are important, but on their own they fail to account for important facets of media coverage on issues like climate change. I stress, however, that the evidence I present is only sug ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES TEMPERATURE, HUMAN HEALTH, AND ADAPTATION:
... A critical aspect in assessing the human health threats posed by climate change is the degree to which ‘adaptation’ is possible. Adaptation, according to the IPCC, is defined as "adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, ...
... A critical aspect in assessing the human health threats posed by climate change is the degree to which ‘adaptation’ is possible. Adaptation, according to the IPCC, is defined as "adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, ...
Contested science in the media: linguistic traces of
... As already indicated, I here suggest that genre features may serve as a point of departure for identifying key framing locations. News texts tend to be classified into two broad categories, news and comment/opinion (e.g., Bell 1991),2 each with its own genre or register repertoire (e.g., hard versus ...
... As already indicated, I here suggest that genre features may serve as a point of departure for identifying key framing locations. News texts tend to be classified into two broad categories, news and comment/opinion (e.g., Bell 1991),2 each with its own genre or register repertoire (e.g., hard versus ...
2016_student_project_higson
... village of Mang’ula B. Temperature was chosen as the climate change variable because it has the most reliable models for the future compared with precipitation levels and seasonal variability. In addition, the effects of temperature increase on rice production are well studied, so it was possible to ...
... village of Mang’ula B. Temperature was chosen as the climate change variable because it has the most reliable models for the future compared with precipitation levels and seasonal variability. In addition, the effects of temperature increase on rice production are well studied, so it was possible to ...
Draft Guidelines on Climate Change and Natura 2000
... These guidelines implement one of the actions of the European Commission’s White paper on Adapting to Climate Change – a European Framework for Action COM(2009) 147. The White paper highlights the mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change and the need for the European Union to take integ ...
... These guidelines implement one of the actions of the European Commission’s White paper on Adapting to Climate Change – a European Framework for Action COM(2009) 147. The White paper highlights the mounting evidence about the impacts of climate change and the need for the European Union to take integ ...
The Role of Methane in Climate (Change)
... can also be stored within the permafrost layer. (Permafrost people have an over-reliance on uniform slab models which examine time taken for heat to propogate through the slabs to melt the deep permafrost. They severely underestimate the fracturing and nonuniform nature of the permafrost, presence o ...
... can also be stored within the permafrost layer. (Permafrost people have an over-reliance on uniform slab models which examine time taken for heat to propogate through the slabs to melt the deep permafrost. They severely underestimate the fracturing and nonuniform nature of the permafrost, presence o ...
Application of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to
... and building working partnerships between government and non-governmental organizations may be necessary to increase the effectiveness of different technologies for adaptation to adverse climatic effects. Governments can facilitate the flows of technologies within countries with the aid of incentive ...
... and building working partnerships between government and non-governmental organizations may be necessary to increase the effectiveness of different technologies for adaptation to adverse climatic effects. Governments can facilitate the flows of technologies within countries with the aid of incentive ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... include an increased frequency of some types of weather extremes such as heavy precipitation events. These changing climate conditions have had an impact on both environmental and human systems, representing an emerging threat to public health in Michigan. In response, the Michigan Department of Hea ...
... include an increased frequency of some types of weather extremes such as heavy precipitation events. These changing climate conditions have had an impact on both environmental and human systems, representing an emerging threat to public health in Michigan. In response, the Michigan Department of Hea ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... Northern hemisphere (C) Globe is denoted by dotted line for annual mean, solid line for 5year running average. P > 0.05 .......................................................................................................75 Figure 2.13 Surface air temperature anomaly relative to 1961-1990 averaged ...
... Northern hemisphere (C) Globe is denoted by dotted line for annual mean, solid line for 5year running average. P > 0.05 .......................................................................................................75 Figure 2.13 Surface air temperature anomaly relative to 1961-1990 averaged ...
Information Manual 3: Available datasets
... climate change. The following tables outline useful datasets for coastal risk assessment and where to find further information in this manual. National managers of datasets are also identified where appropriate. ...
... climate change. The following tables outline useful datasets for coastal risk assessment and where to find further information in this manual. National managers of datasets are also identified where appropriate. ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... available that combine model and data over the last fifty or so years into a single, consistent product. The application of data assimilation methodology in oceanography is more recent, reflecting in part the relative sparsity of data in the ocean and so the likely large errors inherent in any such ...
... available that combine model and data over the last fifty or so years into a single, consistent product. The application of data assimilation methodology in oceanography is more recent, reflecting in part the relative sparsity of data in the ocean and so the likely large errors inherent in any such ...
Climate change and changes in global precipitation patterns: What
... (1999) reported significant increase from 1956 to 1995, but Gan (1998) reported marginal increase in precipitation between 1949 and about 1990s. Multidecadal streamflow data in Canada are not extensive, but there are no apparent inconsistencies between observed changes in streamflow or precipitation ...
... (1999) reported significant increase from 1956 to 1995, but Gan (1998) reported marginal increase in precipitation between 1949 and about 1990s. Multidecadal streamflow data in Canada are not extensive, but there are no apparent inconsistencies between observed changes in streamflow or precipitation ...
What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... This publication is part of a project to strengthen legal capacities in Mexico, to analyze and propose alternatives that facilitate climate change mitigation and the transition to a low carbon economy. It started as an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat). I ...
... This publication is part of a project to strengthen legal capacities in Mexico, to analyze and propose alternatives that facilitate climate change mitigation and the transition to a low carbon economy. It started as an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat). I ...
Southeast Florida`s Resilient Water Resources
... Climate Change Task Force, and was chair of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Global Warming that recommended its formation to the county commission. He serves on the built environment adaptation, greenhouse gas reduction, and science and technology committees of the Miami-Dade Climate Change Advisory Task ...
... Climate Change Task Force, and was chair of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Global Warming that recommended its formation to the county commission. He serves on the built environment adaptation, greenhouse gas reduction, and science and technology committees of the Miami-Dade Climate Change Advisory Task ...
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... The case studies were expected to contribute to a greater effort of TerrAfrica to identify potential SLWM practices for upscaling as well as the conditions under which they are most likely to be successful. These could then be promoted through the TerrAfrica knowledge management vehicle and through ...
... The case studies were expected to contribute to a greater effort of TerrAfrica to identify potential SLWM practices for upscaling as well as the conditions under which they are most likely to be successful. These could then be promoted through the TerrAfrica knowledge management vehicle and through ...
