Global Climate Observing System
... Essential for data use and UNFCCC needs Conclusion: 2. Adherence by nations to the agreed policy of free and unrestricted exchange is urgently required for both in situ and satellite climate observations, particularly in respect of observations of the Essential Climate Variables listed in Table 1, a ...
... Essential for data use and UNFCCC needs Conclusion: 2. Adherence by nations to the agreed policy of free and unrestricted exchange is urgently required for both in situ and satellite climate observations, particularly in respect of observations of the Essential Climate Variables listed in Table 1, a ...
It`s not The `air miles` that matter! What really matters?
... • Under the right conditions, agricultural exports can help reduce poverty. Research has shown that export agriculture is critical in reducing rural poverty in Uganda and Vietnam. Far from displacing food production, export success in both countries has gone hand in hand with an increase in output ...
... • Under the right conditions, agricultural exports can help reduce poverty. Research has shown that export agriculture is critical in reducing rural poverty in Uganda and Vietnam. Far from displacing food production, export success in both countries has gone hand in hand with an increase in output ...
Theme 2 – Climate Change
... • Tropical storms (hurricane) will become more common and those that do occur will be stronger. • Increased number of storms will also affect the UK. The Thames barrier has had to be used more in recent years to protect against storm surges which cause flooding. (1983 only closed once, 2007 closed 1 ...
... • Tropical storms (hurricane) will become more common and those that do occur will be stronger. • Increased number of storms will also affect the UK. The Thames barrier has had to be used more in recent years to protect against storm surges which cause flooding. (1983 only closed once, 2007 closed 1 ...
Slide 1
... Integrate early warning results with the results of other climate prediction systems such as the WMO Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) and CLIVAR ...
... Integrate early warning results with the results of other climate prediction systems such as the WMO Climate Information and Prediction Services (CLIPS) and CLIVAR ...
Improving Livelihoods in Semi-arid Regions of Africa Through
... growth that will lead to extended poverty in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The situation is similar to other semi-arid regions of Asia. The areas of highest vulnerability are the health sector, food production, biodiversity, water resources, and rangelands. Climate change will likely create increasingly ...
... growth that will lead to extended poverty in sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The situation is similar to other semi-arid regions of Asia. The areas of highest vulnerability are the health sector, food production, biodiversity, water resources, and rangelands. Climate change will likely create increasingly ...
Water and Climate Change Adaptation
... • Increase in mean temperature for continental Chile by 2 °C to 4 °C, with greater increase in Andean regions and smaller increases toward the South. Only in southern Chile are temperatures projected to rise by less than 1 °C. Greater warming in summer, exceeding 5 °C in some areas of the high Andes ...
... • Increase in mean temperature for continental Chile by 2 °C to 4 °C, with greater increase in Andean regions and smaller increases toward the South. Only in southern Chile are temperatures projected to rise by less than 1 °C. Greater warming in summer, exceeding 5 °C in some areas of the high Andes ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF
... in the extreme year and by stimulating heterotrophic respiration of the soil biota in the subsequent year [18]. This study also concluded that at least two years are required for the net ecosystem CO2 exchange to recover after a temperature stress. Therefore, there is a considerable risk that plant ...
... in the extreme year and by stimulating heterotrophic respiration of the soil biota in the subsequent year [18]. This study also concluded that at least two years are required for the net ecosystem CO2 exchange to recover after a temperature stress. Therefore, there is a considerable risk that plant ...
Estimated PDFs of climate system properties including natural and
... PDF for S has a similar shape to PDFs in other studies [e.g., Knutti et al., 2003], although our results differ significantly in having a higher lower bound on S. [15] Our new estimates for Kv imply that most AOGCMs are mixing heat into the deep ocean too efficiently, as shown in Figure 3. We stress ...
... PDF for S has a similar shape to PDFs in other studies [e.g., Knutti et al., 2003], although our results differ significantly in having a higher lower bound on S. [15] Our new estimates for Kv imply that most AOGCMs are mixing heat into the deep ocean too efficiently, as shown in Figure 3. We stress ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity in Snowdonia
... leading to a decline in the ecological value of freshwater habitats. Additionally, increased human demand for water during these periods will also increase pressure on water resources. Impacts associated with reduced water levels could include the build up of pollutants in our rivers and streams due ...
... leading to a decline in the ecological value of freshwater habitats. Additionally, increased human demand for water during these periods will also increase pressure on water resources. Impacts associated with reduced water levels could include the build up of pollutants in our rivers and streams due ...
Energy and the Environment - European Physical Society
... shipbuilding, housing, agriculture, indeed all energy intensive industry are implicated. The problem is compounded by the current dramatic changes taking place in the global economy and the demography of the developing world which has lifted the world energy consumption into a different league. It i ...
... shipbuilding, housing, agriculture, indeed all energy intensive industry are implicated. The problem is compounded by the current dramatic changes taking place in the global economy and the demography of the developing world which has lifted the world energy consumption into a different league. It i ...
Meander Valley Climate Profile
... Greenhouse gas emissions have an influence on the Earth’s climate system, along with other human activities such as the emission of ozone-depleting substances, emission of aerosol (particles) and changing the land cover (e.g. deforestation). Sophisticated model simulations can be used to project the ...
... Greenhouse gas emissions have an influence on the Earth’s climate system, along with other human activities such as the emission of ozone-depleting substances, emission of aerosol (particles) and changing the land cover (e.g. deforestation). Sophisticated model simulations can be used to project the ...
Morality in Public Policy: Climate Change Carmen Lawrence Earth
... global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system”. So powerful have we become, it appears that we have taken the planet into a new geological epoch, leaving behind that happy 10,000 years of c ...
... global environment has now become so large and active that it rivals some of the great forces of Nature in its impact on the functioning of the Earth system”. So powerful have we become, it appears that we have taken the planet into a new geological epoch, leaving behind that happy 10,000 years of c ...
climate change: social science perspectives
... of classes between weeks 2 and 5 (i.e., choose one of the weeks from week 2 to week 5). The paper should be approximately 5 double-spaced pages, and the only sources you should use are those assigned for the week. In the paper, briefly summarize some of the main arguments of each of the readings and ...
... of classes between weeks 2 and 5 (i.e., choose one of the weeks from week 2 to week 5). The paper should be approximately 5 double-spaced pages, and the only sources you should use are those assigned for the week. In the paper, briefly summarize some of the main arguments of each of the readings and ...
Climate Change and Ecosystems
... Animal Range Shifts from the Global Warming: Early Warning Signs map to learn some examples of how climate change affects organisms. Then have each student prepare a report to be presented orally to the class on how climate change could affect one of the plants or animals in the regional ecosystem. ...
... Animal Range Shifts from the Global Warming: Early Warning Signs map to learn some examples of how climate change affects organisms. Then have each student prepare a report to be presented orally to the class on how climate change could affect one of the plants or animals in the regional ecosystem. ...
Ice Ages and Climate Change - Florida Atlantic University
... • A 100 square-mile ice island broke off the Petermann Glacier • It was the largest iceberg in the Arctic since 1962 ...
... • A 100 square-mile ice island broke off the Petermann Glacier • It was the largest iceberg in the Arctic since 1962 ...
EPS position on energy and environment
... shipbuilding, housing, agriculture, indeed all energy intensive industry are implicated. The problem is compounded by the current dramatic changes taking place in the global economy and the demography of the developing world which has lifted the world energy consumption into a different league. It i ...
... shipbuilding, housing, agriculture, indeed all energy intensive industry are implicated. The problem is compounded by the current dramatic changes taking place in the global economy and the demography of the developing world which has lifted the world energy consumption into a different league. It i ...
LESSONS FROM PAST GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES
... Medieval warming recorded in the GISP2 ice core at 975 AD (Stuiver et al., 1995). Elsewhere in the world, prolonged droughts affected the southwestern United States and Alaska warmed. Sediments in Lake Nakatsuna in central Japan record warmer temperatures. Sea surface temperatures in the Sargasso Se ...
... Medieval warming recorded in the GISP2 ice core at 975 AD (Stuiver et al., 1995). Elsewhere in the world, prolonged droughts affected the southwestern United States and Alaska warmed. Sediments in Lake Nakatsuna in central Japan record warmer temperatures. Sea surface temperatures in the Sargasso Se ...
Coastal Risk Management Guide
... hazards, two of which will be directly exacerbated by sea level rise – shoreline recession and coastal inundation (Figure 3.1). Coastal hazard studies or assessments commonly identify hazard limits or hazard areas, which define the estimated extent of land projected to be impacted upon by coastal pr ...
... hazards, two of which will be directly exacerbated by sea level rise – shoreline recession and coastal inundation (Figure 3.1). Coastal hazard studies or assessments commonly identify hazard limits or hazard areas, which define the estimated extent of land projected to be impacted upon by coastal pr ...
Communicating the science of climate change
... Yet another factor is the way the media handle the topic. They often portray climate change as a controversy, presenting the opposing sides as equally credible. The current crisis in journalism has also resulted in fewer experienced reporters with the requisite expertise, which leads to coverage tha ...
... Yet another factor is the way the media handle the topic. They often portray climate change as a controversy, presenting the opposing sides as equally credible. The current crisis in journalism has also resulted in fewer experienced reporters with the requisite expertise, which leads to coverage tha ...
Slide 1
... Thereafter, clear commitments to firstly disclose such externality costs and to include such in their annual reports as required by King III report, secondly reducing such costs and thirdly, industry should also show their commitment to agreeing on a penalty system the form of which is to be determi ...
... Thereafter, clear commitments to firstly disclose such externality costs and to include such in their annual reports as required by King III report, secondly reducing such costs and thirdly, industry should also show their commitment to agreeing on a penalty system the form of which is to be determi ...
Module 1
... “Most of warming since mid-20th century from increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations” “Continued GHG emissions... would induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century” “Neither adaptation nor ...
... “Most of warming since mid-20th century from increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations” “Continued GHG emissions... would induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century” “Neither adaptation nor ...
Wetlands and Climate Change
... Temperature changes are expected to have the greatest impact on inland wetlands ...
... Temperature changes are expected to have the greatest impact on inland wetlands ...