Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and possible
... Reductions in the atmospheric burden of CO2 are the backbone of any meaningful effort to mitigate climate forcing. Since the industrial revolution, rapid increases in human But even if swift and deep reductions were made, given the activity have led to more than a doubling of atmospheric long lifeti ...
... Reductions in the atmospheric burden of CO2 are the backbone of any meaningful effort to mitigate climate forcing. Since the industrial revolution, rapid increases in human But even if swift and deep reductions were made, given the activity have led to more than a doubling of atmospheric long lifeti ...
Permafrost_breakout
... • Account for permafrost emissions • AR5 Projections don’t include permafrost emissions • Temperatures higher with feedback • Emissions targets may be too high • Risk overshooting 2°C warming target ...
... • Account for permafrost emissions • AR5 Projections don’t include permafrost emissions • Temperatures higher with feedback • Emissions targets may be too high • Risk overshooting 2°C warming target ...
Shifting thresholds Climate Climate Change Effects on the
... savannas are not at equilibrium, but are driven by stochasticity and variability in environmental drivers such as precipitation, fire and herbivory (Fensham, Fairfax & Archer 2005; Gillson & Hoffman 2007). In their response to land use, semi-arid savannas can exhibit pronounced thresholds, and consequ ...
... savannas are not at equilibrium, but are driven by stochasticity and variability in environmental drivers such as precipitation, fire and herbivory (Fensham, Fairfax & Archer 2005; Gillson & Hoffman 2007). In their response to land use, semi-arid savannas can exhibit pronounced thresholds, and consequ ...
The likelihood and potential impact of future change in
... Georgia, U.S. have been estimated to increase by 2% under the IPCC mean SLR scenario (52 cm SLR relative to 1999 under A1B), but decline by 39% under the maximum scenario (82 cm SLR), while salt marshes could decline in area by 20% and 45%, respectively (Craft et al., 2009) – this is an area where b ...
... Georgia, U.S. have been estimated to increase by 2% under the IPCC mean SLR scenario (52 cm SLR relative to 1999 under A1B), but decline by 39% under the maximum scenario (82 cm SLR), while salt marshes could decline in area by 20% and 45%, respectively (Craft et al., 2009) – this is an area where b ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... rain-fed agriculture, sub-Saharan Africa’s development prospects have been closely associated with climate. For instance, the World Bank reported that droughts and floods have reduced Ethiopia’s economic growth by more than a third. Climate change is projected to further reduce food production (Rose ...
... rain-fed agriculture, sub-Saharan Africa’s development prospects have been closely associated with climate. For instance, the World Bank reported that droughts and floods have reduced Ethiopia’s economic growth by more than a third. Climate change is projected to further reduce food production (Rose ...
4B.4 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WEATHER ON
... FMCSA as it pertains to how climate change could amplify some of those effects in its long-term planning horizon by increasing the frequency or intensity of severe weather. Commodities carried by CMVs are of great economic importance. Recent data indicate that trucking as a single mode, or as part o ...
... FMCSA as it pertains to how climate change could amplify some of those effects in its long-term planning horizon by increasing the frequency or intensity of severe weather. Commodities carried by CMVs are of great economic importance. Recent data indicate that trucking as a single mode, or as part o ...
Increase of carbon cycle feedback with climate sensitivity
... Cao and Woodward, 1998). Increased global temperatures are expected to increase heterotrophic respiration rates, diminishing or even reversing the CO 2 flux from the atmosphere to the land biosphere (Cox et al., 2000; Friedlingstein et al., 2001; Cramer et al., 2001; Joos et al., 2001). Studies on o ...
... Cao and Woodward, 1998). Increased global temperatures are expected to increase heterotrophic respiration rates, diminishing or even reversing the CO 2 flux from the atmosphere to the land biosphere (Cox et al., 2000; Friedlingstein et al., 2001; Cramer et al., 2001; Joos et al., 2001). Studies on o ...
Sensitivity of pines in Mexico to temperature varies with age
... in the Sierra Madre Occidental: younger (< 80 years) and older (≥ 80 years) trees. A regional curve standardization (RCS) of growth ring width was developed for these two age classes. Our statistical analysis showed that annual tree growth was similar between the two age classes in absolute values o ...
... in the Sierra Madre Occidental: younger (< 80 years) and older (≥ 80 years) trees. A regional curve standardization (RCS) of growth ring width was developed for these two age classes. Our statistical analysis showed that annual tree growth was similar between the two age classes in absolute values o ...
The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
appeal to authority
... returns to the Earth and is absorbed permanently, or escapes into space. The statistics of this process are such that no matter what the concentration of CO2, about a third of the thermal energy in this band will eventually escape into space. At very low concentrations CO2 has an immediate and full ...
... returns to the Earth and is absorbed permanently, or escapes into space. The statistics of this process are such that no matter what the concentration of CO2, about a third of the thermal energy in this band will eventually escape into space. At very low concentrations CO2 has an immediate and full ...
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
... Michigan Tribes are currently experiencing the impacts of climate change: warmer average annual air and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer tem ...
... Michigan Tribes are currently experiencing the impacts of climate change: warmer average annual air and surface water temperatures, more volatile weather characterized by extreme precipitation events, decreases in duration and extremity of winter temperatures, and increases in duration of summer tem ...
Ontario Climate Change and Health Modelling Study
... anthropogenic release of greenhouses gases has led to a warmer climate and the legacy greenhouse gases and new emissions commit the world to a warming climate for decades to come. Between 1948 and 2008, the average annual temperature in Ontario has increased by approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius. In ...
... anthropogenic release of greenhouses gases has led to a warmer climate and the legacy greenhouse gases and new emissions commit the world to a warming climate for decades to come. Between 1948 and 2008, the average annual temperature in Ontario has increased by approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius. In ...
Link
... The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change (Kaberuka 2009). These costs are required to assist in the adaptation to and the mitigation from the effects ...
... The African Development Bank has called for US$40 billion per year over the coming decades to be provided to African countries to address development issues directly related to climate change (Kaberuka 2009). These costs are required to assist in the adaptation to and the mitigation from the effects ...
Climate Change in Northern New Hampshire
... out dates, earlier spring runoff, earlier spring bloom dates ...
... out dates, earlier spring runoff, earlier spring bloom dates ...
STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate
... methane, nitrous oxides and a number of gases that arise from industrial processes) are rising, as a result of human activity. The sources are summarised in Figure 1 below. The current level or stock of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is equivalent to around 430 parts per million (ppm) CO2 1, com ...
... methane, nitrous oxides and a number of gases that arise from industrial processes) are rising, as a result of human activity. The sources are summarised in Figure 1 below. The current level or stock of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is equivalent to around 430 parts per million (ppm) CO2 1, com ...
Stern Review
... methane, nitrous oxides and a number of gases that arise from industrial processes) are rising, as a result of human activity. The sources are summarised in Figure 1 below. The current level or stock of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is equivalent to around 430 parts per million (ppm) CO2 1, com ...
... methane, nitrous oxides and a number of gases that arise from industrial processes) are rising, as a result of human activity. The sources are summarised in Figure 1 below. The current level or stock of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is equivalent to around 430 parts per million (ppm) CO2 1, com ...
Curriculum Vitae
... Co-curator, Climate Change: The threat to life and our energy future, American Museum of Natural History Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to NJDEP commissioner o ...
... Co-curator, Climate Change: The threat to life and our energy future, American Museum of Natural History Editorial Board, Environmental Research Letters Executive Committee, Program in Sustainable Energy, Princeton University Board of Directors, Climate Central Advisory Board to NJDEP commissioner o ...
Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in
... is that reductions in absorbed solar energy in polar regions would cool those latitudes, which would increase the meridional temperature gradient and, as a consequence, draw more energy from lower latitudes, thus exerting a cooling influence on those regions. While most of the increased energy trans ...
... is that reductions in absorbed solar energy in polar regions would cool those latitudes, which would increase the meridional temperature gradient and, as a consequence, draw more energy from lower latitudes, thus exerting a cooling influence on those regions. While most of the increased energy trans ...
GCOS - WMO
... GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and through further enhancements of these systems, as well as through encouraging new systems to be established. GCOS will be implemented t ...
... GCOS will ensure data needs are met, as far as possible, by existing operational and scientific observing, data management and information distribution systems, and through further enhancements of these systems, as well as through encouraging new systems to be established. GCOS will be implemented t ...
Science Plan for LTEO - Ministry of Environment and Forests
... stabilization of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. According to the UNFCCC, climate change refers to the change in climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, beyon ...
... stabilization of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) concentration in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. According to the UNFCCC, climate change refers to the change in climate that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, beyon ...
Impact of climate change on marine and coastal
... Ever since time immemorial climate change has been part of the natural order of our planet. There is evidence that the highly perceptible increase in green house gases has been growing since the beginning of the 20th century and contributes towards the amplification of these changes and makes them p ...
... Ever since time immemorial climate change has been part of the natural order of our planet. There is evidence that the highly perceptible increase in green house gases has been growing since the beginning of the 20th century and contributes towards the amplification of these changes and makes them p ...
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... facing the world, its people, the environment and its economies (ECARD, 2008). Farming, particularly livestock production in marginal areas is thus in the front-line of the battle against climate change impacts. IPCC (2001) reported that the damaging effects of global temperature is increasing and m ...
... facing the world, its people, the environment and its economies (ECARD, 2008). Farming, particularly livestock production in marginal areas is thus in the front-line of the battle against climate change impacts. IPCC (2001) reported that the damaging effects of global temperature is increasing and m ...
Seager and Battisti, 2007
... our limited understanding of the climate system and general circulations, abrupt climate change is now the star witness. In this case the climate changes occurred not only abruptly but, apparently, in the absence of any external forcing. The lack of any theory for how such changes could occur helps ...
... our limited understanding of the climate system and general circulations, abrupt climate change is now the star witness. In this case the climate changes occurred not only abruptly but, apparently, in the absence of any external forcing. The lack of any theory for how such changes could occur helps ...
UNESCAP Report El-Nino Potential Impacts in Pacific Island
... Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Cook Islands is a significant component of GDP, while in TimorLeste, most of the population also depends on subsistence agriculture (SPC in McGregor, 2006). Reduced wet season rainfall impacts subsistence agriculture the most, causing loss of cash income and reduc ...
... Solomon Islands, Fiji, Vanuatu, and Cook Islands is a significant component of GDP, while in TimorLeste, most of the population also depends on subsistence agriculture (SPC in McGregor, 2006). Reduced wet season rainfall impacts subsistence agriculture the most, causing loss of cash income and reduc ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.