Climate Variability and Sub
... Sea, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador shelves, Gulf of St Lawrence, Greenland shelves, Iceland regions, the Nordic seas and the Barents Sea, and share several features in common: seasonal ice cover, freshwater from ice-melt and runoff, dramatic seasonality, reduced sunlight and low biodiversity. Re ...
... Sea, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador shelves, Gulf of St Lawrence, Greenland shelves, Iceland regions, the Nordic seas and the Barents Sea, and share several features in common: seasonal ice cover, freshwater from ice-melt and runoff, dramatic seasonality, reduced sunlight and low biodiversity. Re ...
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... and ATEAM offer a long-term projection with a reasonable level of detail. In SEAMLESS, climate change scenarios are intended to be implemented at a later stage. Most of the current impact studies predict rather small impacts of climate change in Germany over the next 10-20 years, and some studies pr ...
... and ATEAM offer a long-term projection with a reasonable level of detail. In SEAMLESS, climate change scenarios are intended to be implemented at a later stage. Most of the current impact studies predict rather small impacts of climate change in Germany over the next 10-20 years, and some studies pr ...
A Climate Risk Report - Blue Mountains City Council
... Climate Risk P/L provides professional services in relation to climate change risks and opportunities. Our technical and professional staff endeavours to work to international best practice standards using experienced scientists, sector specialists and associated experts. This document is intended t ...
... Climate Risk P/L provides professional services in relation to climate change risks and opportunities. Our technical and professional staff endeavours to work to international best practice standards using experienced scientists, sector specialists and associated experts. This document is intended t ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
Personal experience and the `psychological distance` of
... adaptation behaviors were mediated by global concern about climate change, and concern about local impacts, respectively. These findings suggest that the utility of emphasizing psychological distance versus proximity may vary as a function of the target behavior, and how distant from the self that be ...
... adaptation behaviors were mediated by global concern about climate change, and concern about local impacts, respectively. These findings suggest that the utility of emphasizing psychological distance versus proximity may vary as a function of the target behavior, and how distant from the self that be ...
The Resolution Dependence of Contiguous U.S. Precipitation
... of precipitation rates during extreme events of approximately 3%–4% K21. However, projected regional patterns of changes in extremes are dependent on model resolution. For example, the highest-resolution models show increased precipitation rates during extreme events in the hurricane season in the U ...
... of precipitation rates during extreme events of approximately 3%–4% K21. However, projected regional patterns of changes in extremes are dependent on model resolution. For example, the highest-resolution models show increased precipitation rates during extreme events in the hurricane season in the U ...
Self-Governance and Peer Review in Science-for
... Three-quarters of this paragraph consists of caveats about uncertainties and limitations of current understanding. Nonetheless, its now-famous closing sentence marked the first time the IPCC had reached a consensus on two key points: first, that global warming is probably occurring (“detection”), an ...
... Three-quarters of this paragraph consists of caveats about uncertainties and limitations of current understanding. Nonetheless, its now-famous closing sentence marked the first time the IPCC had reached a consensus on two key points: first, that global warming is probably occurring (“detection”), an ...
Climate change data and risk assessment methodologies for the
... Figure 3-8. Active sea level gauges in the Caribbean, as reported by the PSMSL. The colors of the symbols indicate the length of record, and most are 30 years or less. ............................26 Figure 3-9. Sea level (monthly and annual mean) for a gauge in Cristobal (Panama). This is one of the ...
... Figure 3-8. Active sea level gauges in the Caribbean, as reported by the PSMSL. The colors of the symbols indicate the length of record, and most are 30 years or less. ............................26 Figure 3-9. Sea level (monthly and annual mean) for a gauge in Cristobal (Panama). This is one of the ...
Looking Backwards, Looking Forward
... usually are to give us a good measure of what plant community existed around the collection site at various times in the past. Palynologists (scientists who study pollen) study preserved plant pollen to infer past plant communities. By observing different pollen types, we can infer past plant commun ...
... usually are to give us a good measure of what plant community existed around the collection site at various times in the past. Palynologists (scientists who study pollen) study preserved plant pollen to infer past plant communities. By observing different pollen types, we can infer past plant commun ...
Evaluation, characterization, and communication of uncertainty by
... describe their aspirations and concerns as the AR5 authors set to work. Still others, like Granger Morgan and Baruch Fischoff, articulate weaknesses and strengths in IPCC guidance efforts from an extraordinarily experienced and informed vantage point: that of research into uncertainty judgment and c ...
... describe their aspirations and concerns as the AR5 authors set to work. Still others, like Granger Morgan and Baruch Fischoff, articulate weaknesses and strengths in IPCC guidance efforts from an extraordinarily experienced and informed vantage point: that of research into uncertainty judgment and c ...
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... Report (TAR) refined its earlier definition of vulnerability as ‘the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variatio ...
... Report (TAR) refined its earlier definition of vulnerability as ‘the degree to which a system is susceptible to, or unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change including climate variability and extremes. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate variatio ...
Top-down vs bottom-up - working paper version
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
... A range of scholars and policy advocates have proposed formulaic (or ‘top-down’) approaches for calculating countries’ fair shares of the global effort to mitigate climate change. The practical relevance of top-down proposals has become increasingly uncertain as climate change negotiations since the ...
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... Several factors determine the district-wise vulnerability to climate change. These determinants can be broadly classified under three categories viz., Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptation. However, it will not be possible to include all the subindicators under these three broad categories and so onl ...
... Several factors determine the district-wise vulnerability to climate change. These determinants can be broadly classified under three categories viz., Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptation. However, it will not be possible to include all the subindicators under these three broad categories and so onl ...
- Open University of Tanzania Repository
... change issues in Monduli District. The study was guided by three objectives namely, First to examine how much Form Three Students knew and understood the issues in climate change, secondly their priority areas which should be in their studies for better understanding of climate change issues. Finall ...
... change issues in Monduli District. The study was guided by three objectives namely, First to examine how much Form Three Students knew and understood the issues in climate change, secondly their priority areas which should be in their studies for better understanding of climate change issues. Finall ...
Weathercaster Views on Informal Climate Education: Similarities
... are universally agreed upon by all parties? (5) What do you see as your role as a weathercaster to educate your viewers about climate change? Weathercasters were recruited at a professional meeting of the American Meteorological Society (n = 48), and were given 20–30 minutes to write their answers s ...
... are universally agreed upon by all parties? (5) What do you see as your role as a weathercaster to educate your viewers about climate change? Weathercasters were recruited at a professional meeting of the American Meteorological Society (n = 48), and were given 20–30 minutes to write their answers s ...
Changes in Sea Level
... operating on a great range of time-scales, from seconds to millions of years. Our concern in this report is with climaterelated processes that have an effect on the time-scale of decades to centuries. In order to establish whether there is a significant anthropogenic influence on sea level, the long ...
... operating on a great range of time-scales, from seconds to millions of years. Our concern in this report is with climaterelated processes that have an effect on the time-scale of decades to centuries. In order to establish whether there is a significant anthropogenic influence on sea level, the long ...
Likely ecological impacts of global warming and climate change on
... 7. Coral reefs across the world are also deteriorating due to a combination of coastal land practices, overfishing and marine based pollution. These influences alone have been estimated to potentially remove over 50% of coral reefs over the next 30-50 years. Reduced carbonate alkalinity of seawater ...
... 7. Coral reefs across the world are also deteriorating due to a combination of coastal land practices, overfishing and marine based pollution. These influences alone have been estimated to potentially remove over 50% of coral reefs over the next 30-50 years. Reduced carbonate alkalinity of seawater ...
The theme of slow onset impact
... Recent observations of the CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere show that concentrations are rising and the International Energy Agency reports that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels. 4 WMO records show that 2011 was the eleventh warmest year on record (since 1850) despite th ...
... Recent observations of the CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere show that concentrations are rising and the International Energy Agency reports that CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels. 4 WMO records show that 2011 was the eleventh warmest year on record (since 1850) despite th ...
Air Quality and Climate Connections - Lamont
... The net negative represents competition between NOx-induced increases in O3 (warming) versus decreases in CH4 (cooling), which cause the GWP for nearer time periods (GWP10 or GWP20) to be positive. e From Bond et al. (2013). Range of 120 to 1800 including all forcing mechanisms. f Even more uncertai ...
... The net negative represents competition between NOx-induced increases in O3 (warming) versus decreases in CH4 (cooling), which cause the GWP for nearer time periods (GWP10 or GWP20) to be positive. e From Bond et al. (2013). Range of 120 to 1800 including all forcing mechanisms. f Even more uncertai ...
2015 Global Climate Legislation Study - summary for policymakers (English) (opens in new window)
... successful strategy for tackling climate change and that they bear their own share of responsibility for its effective implementation. As mandated representatives of the people, parliamentarians are duty-bound to enact and amend laws, approve national budgets and hold governments to account. It is f ...
... successful strategy for tackling climate change and that they bear their own share of responsibility for its effective implementation. As mandated representatives of the people, parliamentarians are duty-bound to enact and amend laws, approve national budgets and hold governments to account. It is f ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
Assessing the impact of climate change on ecosystem services in
... Science, Health and Education, USC). GIS techniques and mapping have been the responsibility of Mik Petter (BREC) and Shannon Mooney (SEQ Catchments). Advice on the application of SIMCLIM has been provided by Mr Greg Laves and Professor Richard Warrick from the Faculty of Science, Health and Educati ...
... Science, Health and Education, USC). GIS techniques and mapping have been the responsibility of Mik Petter (BREC) and Shannon Mooney (SEQ Catchments). Advice on the application of SIMCLIM has been provided by Mr Greg Laves and Professor Richard Warrick from the Faculty of Science, Health and Educati ...
Draft recommendation submitted by the Chair
... in the deep and open ocean, including both benthic and pelagic areas. These areas support a diverse range of marine species and habitats, including deep-water coral and sponge grounds that play important biological and ecological roles in the world’s oceans. There is increasing evidence that cold-wa ...
... in the deep and open ocean, including both benthic and pelagic areas. These areas support a diverse range of marine species and habitats, including deep-water coral and sponge grounds that play important biological and ecological roles in the world’s oceans. There is increasing evidence that cold-wa ...
Climate Change and Ontario`s Provincial Parks: Towards an
... knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontario’s provincial parks. A historical climate regime was completed for a representative sample of eight provincial ...
... knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontario’s provincial parks. A historical climate regime was completed for a representative sample of eight provincial ...
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.