• Foreward (Mike Depledge)
... through the MECN website (www.mecn.org.uk), which also provides a comprehensive search facility for the catalogue. Quality assurance of the data series has been reviewed to assess the accuracy of measurements and the comparability between different time series. Annual monitoring reports have been pr ...
... through the MECN website (www.mecn.org.uk), which also provides a comprehensive search facility for the catalogue. Quality assurance of the data series has been reviewed to assess the accuracy of measurements and the comparability between different time series. Annual monitoring reports have been pr ...
Climate change and its impacts on Kazakhstan`s human development
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Tasmania
... warming is predicted to cause changes to climate variables such as rainfall, wind, evaporation, temperature and sea level. These changes are also likely to amplify other aspects of natural climate variability and result in more frequent extreme weather events in some areas2. Changes to the Australia ...
... warming is predicted to cause changes to climate variables such as rainfall, wind, evaporation, temperature and sea level. These changes are also likely to amplify other aspects of natural climate variability and result in more frequent extreme weather events in some areas2. Changes to the Australia ...
Carbon Capture and Sequestration
... Within the formation, the trapped supercritical CO2 will dissolve in the brines with a time scale of a few thousand years. At the same time, the dissolution of CO2 renders the brines denser than the surrounding fluid so that they will sink over time. Dissolution of CO2 also makes the brines more ac ...
... Within the formation, the trapped supercritical CO2 will dissolve in the brines with a time scale of a few thousand years. At the same time, the dissolution of CO2 renders the brines denser than the surrounding fluid so that they will sink over time. Dissolution of CO2 also makes the brines more ac ...
Climate Change Effects: Issues for International and US
... access to key resources can place additional stress on perhaps already strained resources in receiving areas, increasing vulnerability in these areas. The potential for crisis and the number of people affected may both reach unprecedented levels worldwide. The potential scale and scope of humanitari ...
... access to key resources can place additional stress on perhaps already strained resources in receiving areas, increasing vulnerability in these areas. The potential for crisis and the number of people affected may both reach unprecedented levels worldwide. The potential scale and scope of humanitari ...
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... However, the spatial difference of precipitation variation was quite large and even decreased in some regions [29–33]. The areas where the precipitation increased were mainly located in the central, western and southern TP, while it has decreased in the eastern regions. The spatial difference of var ...
... However, the spatial difference of precipitation variation was quite large and even decreased in some regions [29–33]. The areas where the precipitation increased were mainly located in the central, western and southern TP, while it has decreased in the eastern regions. The spatial difference of var ...
Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and
... Much further research will be needed, however, on the linkages and feedbacks between urban areas and climate change to fill existing gaps in our knowledge in this area. ...
... Much further research will be needed, however, on the linkages and feedbacks between urban areas and climate change to fill existing gaps in our knowledge in this area. ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... ater levels in the Great Lakes naturally fluctuate surface hydrology by up to 1.5m. • Long-term ...
... ater levels in the Great Lakes naturally fluctuate surface hydrology by up to 1.5m. • Long-term ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... (2) human exposure to flooding, and (3) the standard of flood management infrastructure. Rising sea levels will raise flood levels, all other things being equal (Smith and Ward, 1998). For instance, it is estimated that the number of people flooded in a typical year by storm surges would increase 6-time ...
... (2) human exposure to flooding, and (3) the standard of flood management infrastructure. Rising sea levels will raise flood levels, all other things being equal (Smith and Ward, 1998). For instance, it is estimated that the number of people flooded in a typical year by storm surges would increase 6-time ...
Physical Risks from Climate Change: A guide
... events are becoming more frequent and intense, that incremental climatic changes are already underway, and that the impacts of climate change are expected to grow more severe over the coming years and decades. The year 2011 set records for economic losses and insured losses caused by natural catastr ...
... events are becoming more frequent and intense, that incremental climatic changes are already underway, and that the impacts of climate change are expected to grow more severe over the coming years and decades. The year 2011 set records for economic losses and insured losses caused by natural catastr ...
physical risks from climate change
... events are becoming more frequent and intense, that incremental climatic changes are already underway, and that the impacts of climate change are expected to grow more severe over the coming years and decades. The year 2011 set records for economic losses and insured losses caused by natural catastr ...
... events are becoming more frequent and intense, that incremental climatic changes are already underway, and that the impacts of climate change are expected to grow more severe over the coming years and decades. The year 2011 set records for economic losses and insured losses caused by natural catastr ...
The Stern Review - Productivity Commission
... Estimating climate change damage costs The Review’s approach to analysing the impacts of climate change is twofold. 1. It engages in a lengthy qualitative discussion of the impacts of climate change on water availability, sea levels, biodiversity, food production and human health. No monetary values ...
... Estimating climate change damage costs The Review’s approach to analysing the impacts of climate change is twofold. 1. It engages in a lengthy qualitative discussion of the impacts of climate change on water availability, sea levels, biodiversity, food production and human health. No monetary values ...
EVALUATION OF LAND COVER AND CROP TYPE CHANGE: BUILDING
... field officer in Yatta District for his support during the field activities, the farmers for providing the land and labour during field experiments and Mr. Nictor Namoi my colleague for his support and assistance. I would also like to thank Mr. Ferdinand Anyika the laboratory technician at the depar ...
... field officer in Yatta District for his support during the field activities, the farmers for providing the land and labour during field experiments and Mr. Nictor Namoi my colleague for his support and assistance. I would also like to thank Mr. Ferdinand Anyika the laboratory technician at the depar ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... power to bring about change lies dormant. We are proclaimed as being our world’s future, as though we don’t exist in the present. We are handed platitudes in exchange for our patience. But climate change won’t wait for our generation to grow up and take action. Change needs to happen now and we will ...
... power to bring about change lies dormant. We are proclaimed as being our world’s future, as though we don’t exist in the present. We are handed platitudes in exchange for our patience. But climate change won’t wait for our generation to grow up and take action. Change needs to happen now and we will ...
Climate Change and its Health Implications
... frequency of storms, floods and droughts, require longer time series for accurate prediction of trends. This long timescale makes planning difficult and complacency an easy strategy: but even for climate change cynics, the high place of climate change on the political agenda provides an opportunity ...
... frequency of storms, floods and droughts, require longer time series for accurate prediction of trends. This long timescale makes planning difficult and complacency an easy strategy: but even for climate change cynics, the high place of climate change on the political agenda provides an opportunity ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... limate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have do ...
... limate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have do ...
PRODUCTION FUNCTION ANALYSIS OF THE SENSITIVITY OF
... directly by providing secondary industries with over a billion worth of business each year. This study used the production function approach to evaluate likely impacts of climate change on maize production in South Africa. Data for this study have been obtained from experimental research sites in th ...
... directly by providing secondary industries with over a billion worth of business each year. This study used the production function approach to evaluate likely impacts of climate change on maize production in South Africa. Data for this study have been obtained from experimental research sites in th ...
The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries
... such widespread impact in the same way that global warming does (Gleick 1989; Pirages 1997). For that reason, this environmental threat is beginning to emerge as an international security issue. Adaption to global warming will become essential in reducing the risks of political instability. Scholars ...
... such widespread impact in the same way that global warming does (Gleick 1989; Pirages 1997). For that reason, this environmental threat is beginning to emerge as an international security issue. Adaption to global warming will become essential in reducing the risks of political instability. Scholars ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE LIMITED
... A. A2 Scenario (scenario without significant reduction in emissions) ..................................................38 1. Changes in rainfall ...................................................................................................................38 2. Changes in temperature............ ...
... A. A2 Scenario (scenario without significant reduction in emissions) ..................................................38 1. Changes in rainfall ...................................................................................................................38 2. Changes in temperature............ ...
Land Cover Land Use Change and Soil Organic Carbon Under
... cell values report percentages of the total area; a total of 305 428 pixels were considered. The percent correct is 97.79% and Kappa-coefficient is 0.98. Grey fields, along the diagonal, represent for each class, the percentage correctly classified. The classes are: 1. Plantation; 2. Water; 3. Bare ...
... cell values report percentages of the total area; a total of 305 428 pixels were considered. The percent correct is 97.79% and Kappa-coefficient is 0.98. Grey fields, along the diagonal, represent for each class, the percentage correctly classified. The classes are: 1. Plantation; 2. Water; 3. Bare ...
Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Integrated Assessment of
... drivers to climate change. The aim is to develop a tool to assess the likely consequences of climate change on different forms of migration, allowing for the notion that the net effect on migration could be negative rather than positive, and non-linear instead of linear. Although this approach works ...
... drivers to climate change. The aim is to develop a tool to assess the likely consequences of climate change on different forms of migration, allowing for the notion that the net effect on migration could be negative rather than positive, and non-linear instead of linear. Although this approach works ...
Climate Satellites Affirmative - NDI - 2011
... the loss of reflectivity could be even more significant than previously thought. Also, the Hansen/Sato thesis seems consistent with a 2008 study in Geophysical Research Letters by leading tundra experts, “Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss.” The lead ...
... the loss of reflectivity could be even more significant than previously thought. Also, the Hansen/Sato thesis seems consistent with a 2008 study in Geophysical Research Letters by leading tundra experts, “Accelerated Arctic land warming and permafrost degradation during rapid sea ice loss.” The lead ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... is to illustrate a range of existing definitions of key terms and to facilitate consensus on their use, while noting that some of these terms may not need to be strictly defined, at least until more data and/or understanding is developed. ...
... is to illustrate a range of existing definitions of key terms and to facilitate consensus on their use, while noting that some of these terms may not need to be strictly defined, at least until more data and/or understanding is developed. ...
10584_2011_45_MOESM1_ESM - Springer Static Content Server
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
Northern Canada
... precipitation, consistent with trends in other circumpolar regions. Increases in air temperature have resulted in many of the most extreme warm years throughout the entire Canadian North being recorded in the last decade, with the greatest temperature increases observed over the western Arctic. All ...
... precipitation, consistent with trends in other circumpolar regions. Increases in air temperature have resulted in many of the most extreme warm years throughout the entire Canadian North being recorded in the last decade, with the greatest temperature increases observed over the western Arctic. All ...
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.