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... It has been estimated that over the latter half of the 20th century, more than 80% of the energy gained by the Earth‟s climate system as a result of anthropogenic forcing has accumulated in the subsurface ocean [1]. If we are to achieve an observing system capable of monitoring the Earth‟s radiation ...
... It has been estimated that over the latter half of the 20th century, more than 80% of the energy gained by the Earth‟s climate system as a result of anthropogenic forcing has accumulated in the subsurface ocean [1]. If we are to achieve an observing system capable of monitoring the Earth‟s radiation ...
Egypt`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... The strategy then broadly lays out the risks, disasters, and crises generated by climate change in each sector, mainly the impact on the coastal areas, water resources, agriculture, health and population, tourism. It concludes with a presentation of the risks as regards food security. ...
... The strategy then broadly lays out the risks, disasters, and crises generated by climate change in each sector, mainly the impact on the coastal areas, water resources, agriculture, health and population, tourism. It concludes with a presentation of the risks as regards food security. ...
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
... sea level and floods caused by storms could push huge quantities of seawater into the interior and threaten potable water resources. Salinity has been reckoned to harm agriculture in all coastal regions under five metres above sea level. (Isomäki 1996.) One-tenth of the rice cultivating lands in Sou ...
... sea level and floods caused by storms could push huge quantities of seawater into the interior and threaten potable water resources. Salinity has been reckoned to harm agriculture in all coastal regions under five metres above sea level. (Isomäki 1996.) One-tenth of the rice cultivating lands in Sou ...
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... In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the global warming trend in the 20th century was successfully simulated by coupled climate models as a response to natural and anthropogenic forcing such as greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, solar cycle ...
... In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), the global warming trend in the 20th century was successfully simulated by coupled climate models as a response to natural and anthropogenic forcing such as greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, solar cycle ...
Impacts of climate change on coastal erosion
... the future (Section 2). Contrary to common beliefs, coastal erosion is not solely and simply linked to sea-level rise, and the key message of this report is that that coastal erosion is a complex process that has a variety of causes, with rising sea level being only one of them. Most importantly, wh ...
... the future (Section 2). Contrary to common beliefs, coastal erosion is not solely and simply linked to sea-level rise, and the key message of this report is that that coastal erosion is a complex process that has a variety of causes, with rising sea level being only one of them. Most importantly, wh ...
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... and its impacts on sea-level rise, ice melts, glacial retreats, impact on crop production, extreme weather events, rainfall changes, etc. have not properly considered factors such as physical impacts of human activities, natural variability in climate, lopsided models used in the prediction of produ ...
... and its impacts on sea-level rise, ice melts, glacial retreats, impact on crop production, extreme weather events, rainfall changes, etc. have not properly considered factors such as physical impacts of human activities, natural variability in climate, lopsided models used in the prediction of produ ...
Warming up the region The impacts of climate change in the
... the Regional Development Agency, local authorities and their partners recognise that climate change is an important consideration for future development: “Climate change is another major challenge facing the region. The consequences seem to be beginning to manifest themselves through more frequent e ...
... the Regional Development Agency, local authorities and their partners recognise that climate change is an important consideration for future development: “Climate change is another major challenge facing the region. The consequences seem to be beginning to manifest themselves through more frequent e ...
Climate Change, Political Truth, and the Marketplace of Ideas
... bias and framing issues in the polity. The public at large will ordinarily resist scientific theories that hold socially accepted patterns of individual consumption responsible for devastating negative impacts on the global ecosystem, especially where there is a lack of direct personal experience wi ...
... bias and framing issues in the polity. The public at large will ordinarily resist scientific theories that hold socially accepted patterns of individual consumption responsible for devastating negative impacts on the global ecosystem, especially where there is a lack of direct personal experience wi ...
Risk perception and commitment to reduce global climate change in
... reports a clear scientiic view on the current state of the earth´s climate and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Although human action is not the sole cause of the changes that have taken place, future climate change caused by humans could trigger additional increases in greenh ...
... reports a clear scientiic view on the current state of the earth´s climate and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Although human action is not the sole cause of the changes that have taken place, future climate change caused by humans could trigger additional increases in greenh ...
Chapter 3: U.S. Legal Developments: Legislative, Executive, and
... B. Climate Change in the United States Global warming is significant for the United States. In the last fifty years, U.S. average air temperature increased more than 2°F, and precipitation increased 5%, with more rain falling in heavier downpours. Other changes include more frequent and intense extr ...
... B. Climate Change in the United States Global warming is significant for the United States. In the last fifty years, U.S. average air temperature increased more than 2°F, and precipitation increased 5%, with more rain falling in heavier downpours. Other changes include more frequent and intense extr ...
SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE Impact on
... to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC, 2007]. Global warming has caused greater climatic volatility—such as changes in precipitation patterns and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events—and has led to a rise in mean global sea levels. It is widely believed that c ...
... to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC, 2007]. Global warming has caused greater climatic volatility—such as changes in precipitation patterns and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events—and has led to a rise in mean global sea levels. It is widely believed that c ...
Understanding Seasonal Variability in thin Cirrus Clouds from
... infrared greenhouse effect, cooling the earthatmosphere system rather than warming it exclusively. As result, based on latitude, the net forcing of sub-visible cirrus clouds can be more accurately parameterized in climate models. 1. INTRODUCTION Cirrus clouds, and especially optically thin ice cryst ...
... infrared greenhouse effect, cooling the earthatmosphere system rather than warming it exclusively. As result, based on latitude, the net forcing of sub-visible cirrus clouds can be more accurately parameterized in climate models. 1. INTRODUCTION Cirrus clouds, and especially optically thin ice cryst ...
A comparison of local and aggregated climate model outputs with
... listed by Anagnostopoulos (2009, pp. 12–13). In order to produce an areal time series we used the method of Thiessen polygons (also known as Voronoi cells), which assigns weights to each point measurement that are proportional to the area of influence; the weights are the “Thiessen coefficients”. Th ...
... listed by Anagnostopoulos (2009, pp. 12–13). In order to produce an areal time series we used the method of Thiessen polygons (also known as Voronoi cells), which assigns weights to each point measurement that are proportional to the area of influence; the weights are the “Thiessen coefficients”. Th ...
Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key
... The Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key Findings 2015 is the product of an ongoing collaboration between the Northern Climate ExChange at the Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College, and the Government of Yukon’s Climate Change Secretariat. Together we recognized a need for easy-to-access climate c ...
... The Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key Findings 2015 is the product of an ongoing collaboration between the Northern Climate ExChange at the Yukon Research Centre, Yukon College, and the Government of Yukon’s Climate Change Secretariat. Together we recognized a need for easy-to-access climate c ...
Dynamic responses of terrestrial ecosystems structure and function
... [1] Our understanding of the structure and function of China’s terrestrial ecosystems, particularly their responses to transient climate change on timescales of decades to centuries, can be further improved by dynamic vegetation models that include vegetation dynamics as well as biogeochemical proce ...
... [1] Our understanding of the structure and function of China’s terrestrial ecosystems, particularly their responses to transient climate change on timescales of decades to centuries, can be further improved by dynamic vegetation models that include vegetation dynamics as well as biogeochemical proce ...
- American Meteorological Society
... scale, higher temperatures lead to increased ocean and land surface evaporation and plant transpiration, while increased atmospheric water vapor may lead to clouds with higher water content and more intense and longerlasting precipitation (Trenberth et al. 2003; Sheffield and Wood 2008). This sugges ...
... scale, higher temperatures lead to increased ocean and land surface evaporation and plant transpiration, while increased atmospheric water vapor may lead to clouds with higher water content and more intense and longerlasting precipitation (Trenberth et al. 2003; Sheffield and Wood 2008). This sugges ...
Climate Change, Economic Growth, and Conflict
... certainly due to the use of different measures of climate change and environmental degradation, data problems, and different sample sizes and time periods. Another part, we submit, is due to the fact that past research has focused on identification of a direct link between climatic conditions and c ...
... certainly due to the use of different measures of climate change and environmental degradation, data problems, and different sample sizes and time periods. Another part, we submit, is due to the fact that past research has focused on identification of a direct link between climatic conditions and c ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks
... such catastrophes – 1.0% of output-weighted global GDP at 2.5°C and 6.9% of output-weighted global GDP at 6°C – constituted about two-thirds of the total estimated economic damage caused by climate change. That rough proportion of catastrophic to total damages remained through the 2007 and 2010 revi ...
... such catastrophes – 1.0% of output-weighted global GDP at 2.5°C and 6.9% of output-weighted global GDP at 6°C – constituted about two-thirds of the total estimated economic damage caused by climate change. That rough proportion of catastrophic to total damages remained through the 2007 and 2010 revi ...
CSA Sourcebook Module 13: Mainstreaming CSA into national policies and programmes
... particularly in countries with high economic dependence on agriculture (FAO, 2012a). At the same time, agriculture is a major user of natural capital and has a considerable impact on the environment. The 2012 United Nation’s Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio considered the green economy1 ...
... particularly in countries with high economic dependence on agriculture (FAO, 2012a). At the same time, agriculture is a major user of natural capital and has a considerable impact on the environment. The 2012 United Nation’s Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio considered the green economy1 ...
Scientific Facts on Arctic Climate Change
... last ice age, before abruptly warming again. This sudden change in the weather over Greenland was apparently driven by changes in North Atlantic Ocean salinity that led to a sharp reduction in the ocean currents that brought warmth to Europe and the Arctic. 2.3.2 There are many thresholds in the Arc ...
... last ice age, before abruptly warming again. This sudden change in the weather over Greenland was apparently driven by changes in North Atlantic Ocean salinity that led to a sharp reduction in the ocean currents that brought warmth to Europe and the Arctic. 2.3.2 There are many thresholds in the Arc ...
University of Groningen Local cooling, global warming Hekkenberg, M
... Seventhly, because of the existence of natural processes there are additional options to reduce GHG concentration in the atmosphere, that do not exist in case of ODS. Stimulating the natural CO2-uptake may potentially compensate GHG emissions, whereas it is virtually impossible to recapture ODS on a ...
... Seventhly, because of the existence of natural processes there are additional options to reduce GHG concentration in the atmosphere, that do not exist in case of ODS. Stimulating the natural CO2-uptake may potentially compensate GHG emissions, whereas it is virtually impossible to recapture ODS on a ...
Emergence of a midseason period of low floral resources in a
... Eriogonum umbellatum occurred in the dry habitat and reached its peak flowering during the mid-season period of low flower abundance typical of that habitat. Sometimes as many as 150 inflorescences of E. umbellatum were open on a single day. However, the flowers are small and rarely, if ever, visited by ...
... Eriogonum umbellatum occurred in the dry habitat and reached its peak flowering during the mid-season period of low flower abundance typical of that habitat. Sometimes as many as 150 inflorescences of E. umbellatum were open on a single day. However, the flowers are small and rarely, if ever, visited by ...
THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSNATIONAL
... in both mobilizing local governments to action and capable of making a difference? A third, ancillary question asks what has been the Canadian connection to these networks? Climate change is an issue that affects everyone regardless of location and the role that local governments play in addressing ...
... in both mobilizing local governments to action and capable of making a difference? A third, ancillary question asks what has been the Canadian connection to these networks? Climate change is an issue that affects everyone regardless of location and the role that local governments play in addressing ...
The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries
... increased the probability of protests, riots and revolutions in developing countries. Utilizing qualitative methods, the countries that are developed for case studies are Egypt and Oman. Using the ecological security theory as a basis, the results suggest that climate change, in fact, acts as a thre ...
... increased the probability of protests, riots and revolutions in developing countries. Utilizing qualitative methods, the countries that are developed for case studies are Egypt and Oman. Using the ecological security theory as a basis, the results suggest that climate change, in fact, acts as a thre ...