Laboratory evolution meets Catch 22: balancing simplicity and realism.
... Latitudinal clines in the frequency of various chromosomal inversions are well documented in the fly Drosophila subobscura (Krimbas 1993). Because these clines are generally in the same direction on three continents (discussed later), they likely evolved by natural selection (Prevosti et al. 1989). ...
... Latitudinal clines in the frequency of various chromosomal inversions are well documented in the fly Drosophila subobscura (Krimbas 1993). Because these clines are generally in the same direction on three continents (discussed later), they likely evolved by natural selection (Prevosti et al. 1989). ...
US-China Relations Core – Wave 2 – HSS
... he has made it abundantly clear that China is definitely not headed in any direction that is convergent with the West. President Bill Clinton once scolded his Chinese predecessor for being “on the wrong side of history.” Xi has made it emphatically clear that his China was on what he viewed as the “ ...
... he has made it abundantly clear that China is definitely not headed in any direction that is convergent with the West. President Bill Clinton once scolded his Chinese predecessor for being “on the wrong side of history.” Xi has made it emphatically clear that his China was on what he viewed as the “ ...
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Community
... wind over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. The classical period often referred to in climate change studies is 30 years (Hananh et al., 2005). Climate change is largely attributed to both natural and anthropogenic factors (IPCC, 1996, 2007b). Natural factors such as solar ...
... wind over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. The classical period often referred to in climate change studies is 30 years (Hananh et al., 2005). Climate change is largely attributed to both natural and anthropogenic factors (IPCC, 1996, 2007b). Natural factors such as solar ...
Costly Misinformed Diagnosis
... stated that when the ―Costly Diagnosis‖ report came out, it ―caused quite a stir in our department.‖ Upon a detailed review of the document, Friends of Science found that certain facts concerning coal were negatively misrepresented by the Pembina Institute. Pembina claimed coal-fired plants contribu ...
... stated that when the ―Costly Diagnosis‖ report came out, it ―caused quite a stir in our department.‖ Upon a detailed review of the document, Friends of Science found that certain facts concerning coal were negatively misrepresented by the Pembina Institute. Pembina claimed coal-fired plants contribu ...
What Do Editorial Cartoons about the 21st United
... of our comfort in relation to the well-being of people in other parts of the globe? These ideals encourage us to acknowledge the connections between our activities and their consequences and take responsibility for our choices. Climate change is a chance and incentive to enhance environmental justic ...
... of our comfort in relation to the well-being of people in other parts of the globe? These ideals encourage us to acknowledge the connections between our activities and their consequences and take responsibility for our choices. Climate change is a chance and incentive to enhance environmental justic ...
Egypt - Met Office
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE TOURISM SECTOR
... countries would generate a higher number of travellers. Although per capita income is used in some studies, a more general income variable (GDP) is employed in this study, since tourist arrivals include both business and holiday visitors. Many tourism demand studies employ the consumer price index ( ...
... countries would generate a higher number of travellers. Although per capita income is used in some studies, a more general income variable (GDP) is employed in this study, since tourist arrivals include both business and holiday visitors. Many tourism demand studies employ the consumer price index ( ...
Global Climate Projections
... suggests that for non-mitigation scenarios, the future increase in global mean SAT is likely to fall within –40 to +60% of the multi-model AOGCM mean warming simulated for a given scenario. The greater uncertainty at higher values results in part from uncertainties in the carbon cycle feedbacks. The ...
... suggests that for non-mitigation scenarios, the future increase in global mean SAT is likely to fall within –40 to +60% of the multi-model AOGCM mean warming simulated for a given scenario. The greater uncertainty at higher values results in part from uncertainties in the carbon cycle feedbacks. The ...
hewitson_regionalcl
... For example (empirical downscaling): if local temperature is well determined by synoptic scale sea level pressure (SLP), which shows minimal change into the future. An effective empirical downscaling may be derived, but, what if atmospheric moisture content goes up? The downscaled DT from SLP may be ...
... For example (empirical downscaling): if local temperature is well determined by synoptic scale sea level pressure (SLP), which shows minimal change into the future. An effective empirical downscaling may be derived, but, what if atmospheric moisture content goes up? The downscaled DT from SLP may be ...
Draft Interim Climate Change Guidelines
... most recent climate science, particularly the release of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on the Physical Science Basis in September 2013 (IPCC, 2013) as well as the new climate change projections for Australia (CSIRO and BoM, 2014), and outlines an approach to address the risks from climate change ...
... most recent climate science, particularly the release of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on the Physical Science Basis in September 2013 (IPCC, 2013) as well as the new climate change projections for Australia (CSIRO and BoM, 2014), and outlines an approach to address the risks from climate change ...
Public health and climate change in the Republic of Kiribati
... narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threaten the basis of our existence and we sometimes feel that our days are numbered (Tito, 2000:2). Four years later, Kribati’s then President Anote Tong, conti ...
... narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threaten the basis of our existence and we sometimes feel that our days are numbered (Tito, 2000:2). Four years later, Kribati’s then President Anote Tong, conti ...
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... the higher latitudes of the ‘optimal’ temperate climate (Quiggin and Horowicz 2003). At first glance an initial economic ramification is the likely cessation of temperate farming in regions where farm profits are already highly constrained by low rainfall, high temperatures, high evaporation rates a ...
... the higher latitudes of the ‘optimal’ temperate climate (Quiggin and Horowicz 2003). At first glance an initial economic ramification is the likely cessation of temperate farming in regions where farm profits are already highly constrained by low rainfall, high temperatures, high evaporation rates a ...
Climate Change - Bermuda National Trust
... though some parts of the world may experience colder weather patterns in the short term. However, some parts of the world such as the Arctic have been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world because the ice, which normally reflects the sunlight and keeps the surface cooler, has been melting. ...
... though some parts of the world may experience colder weather patterns in the short term. However, some parts of the world such as the Arctic have been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world because the ice, which normally reflects the sunlight and keeps the surface cooler, has been melting. ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... r The difference in adaptation costs over time. The effect of discounting would normally favor delayed action, but there is also a class of adaptations where proactive action (e.g. during the design phase of a project) is cheaper than costly retrofits at a later point. Long-term development plans – ...
... r The difference in adaptation costs over time. The effect of discounting would normally favor delayed action, but there is also a class of adaptations where proactive action (e.g. during the design phase of a project) is cheaper than costly retrofits at a later point. Long-term development plans – ...
ocean literacy - Friends of Shoreham Beach
... The Ocean Literacy Principles also reflect elements of the secondary schools curriculum. We have been working with secondary schools on coastal geography topics that reflect elements of ocean literacy, including coastal geography, natural processes that shape our coastal and future impact of global ...
... The Ocean Literacy Principles also reflect elements of the secondary schools curriculum. We have been working with secondary schools on coastal geography topics that reflect elements of ocean literacy, including coastal geography, natural processes that shape our coastal and future impact of global ...
U. S. Senate Report Over 400 Prominent Scientists Disputed Man
... Oceanography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has authored almost 70 peerreviewed studies and won several awards. "First, temperature changes, as well as rates of temperature changes (both increase and decrease) of magnitudes similar to that reported by IPCC to have occurred since the Industria ...
... Oceanography at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has authored almost 70 peerreviewed studies and won several awards. "First, temperature changes, as well as rates of temperature changes (both increase and decrease) of magnitudes similar to that reported by IPCC to have occurred since the Industria ...
DOCX - World bank documents
... the Siberian anticyclone area, is characterized by severe and long winters with continuous snow cover and average yearly temperatures fluctuating between 13°C and 16°C. The southern part of the country, on the other hand, is characterized by mild winters with only occasional snow cover and average y ...
... the Siberian anticyclone area, is characterized by severe and long winters with continuous snow cover and average yearly temperatures fluctuating between 13°C and 16°C. The southern part of the country, on the other hand, is characterized by mild winters with only occasional snow cover and average y ...
Radiolaria and pollen records from 0 to 50ka at ODP Site 1233
... for similar latitudes in the Northeast Pacific (Hostetler and Bartlein, 1999; Pisias et al., 2001). Changes in the wind fields in the northern hemisphere associated with the presence of the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets reduced coastal upwelling by 50% at 401N, whereas in the southern hemisph ...
... for similar latitudes in the Northeast Pacific (Hostetler and Bartlein, 1999; Pisias et al., 2001). Changes in the wind fields in the northern hemisphere associated with the presence of the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets reduced coastal upwelling by 50% at 401N, whereas in the southern hemisph ...
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... moderate temperature increases (up to +3 °C) together with elevated CO2 levels at ambient rainfall levels can have positive effects on wheat productivity in Western Australia with decreases in grain yield being offset by extra nitrogen fertilization. However, they note that if precipitation does dec ...
... moderate temperature increases (up to +3 °C) together with elevated CO2 levels at ambient rainfall levels can have positive effects on wheat productivity in Western Australia with decreases in grain yield being offset by extra nitrogen fertilization. However, they note that if precipitation does dec ...
Nitrogen deposition but not climate warming promotes Deyeuxia
... changed in two ways. First, the mean temperature of the growing season rose by 0.239 °C/10 a during the period between 1959 and 2010 (Zong et al., 2013a). Second, atmospheric nitrogen deposition reached 23 kg N ha−1 yr−1 (Hu et al., 2009), a rate in excess of many critical loads set (e.g. 20 kg N ha ...
... changed in two ways. First, the mean temperature of the growing season rose by 0.239 °C/10 a during the period between 1959 and 2010 (Zong et al., 2013a). Second, atmospheric nitrogen deposition reached 23 kg N ha−1 yr−1 (Hu et al., 2009), a rate in excess of many critical loads set (e.g. 20 kg N ha ...
Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
... Most models of the potential effects of climate change on forest growth have produced deterministic predictions. However, there are large uncertainties in data on regional forest condition, estimates of future climate, and quantitative relationships between environmental conditions and forest growth ...
Chapter 10 Liability
... it was handed over. The risk was therefore considered foreseeable and the Defendant was held liable in nuisance for loss of enjoyment by the Claimants for a later fire resulting from spontaneous combustion that persisted for three years. Whilst there may be debate over the precise date, it is now ge ...
... it was handed over. The risk was therefore considered foreseeable and the Defendant was held liable in nuisance for loss of enjoyment by the Claimants for a later fire resulting from spontaneous combustion that persisted for three years. Whilst there may be debate over the precise date, it is now ge ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... century. However, it is still too early to be scientifically conclusive on the extent of base-line change in recent years. Ultimately water managers and other decision-makers must formulate their own risk management responses reflecting the risk structure of their sectors and the best science availa ...
... century. However, it is still too early to be scientifically conclusive on the extent of base-line change in recent years. Ultimately water managers and other decision-makers must formulate their own risk management responses reflecting the risk structure of their sectors and the best science availa ...
Implications of recent sea level rise science for low
... elevation datasets that quantify potential socioeconomic and ecological impacts of SLR, omission of hydrological connectivity may result in overestimations of possible impacts. Exclusion of tidal wetlands landward of specified shorelines also may generate impact estimates that are too high. Incorpor ...
... elevation datasets that quantify potential socioeconomic and ecological impacts of SLR, omission of hydrological connectivity may result in overestimations of possible impacts. Exclusion of tidal wetlands landward of specified shorelines also may generate impact estimates that are too high. Incorpor ...
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.