A. Proposal Cover Page and Summary Project title: Natural
... out for two river basins in Colorado: San Juan and upper Gunnison. Methods include: an ecosystem vulnerability assessment for the San Juan, climate and ecological modeling to guide planning, an iterative scenario process to build knowledge of social vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities, instituti ...
... out for two river basins in Colorado: San Juan and upper Gunnison. Methods include: an ecosystem vulnerability assessment for the San Juan, climate and ecological modeling to guide planning, an iterative scenario process to build knowledge of social vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities, instituti ...
LEIF CHRISTIAN STIGE, Dr. scient.
... Population dynamics – mainly in marine systems – using statistical approaches to deduce the underlying processes. The recent work has mainly focused on the fluctuations of zooplankton and fish in the Barents Sea, to understand how climate affects the populations and assess the likely effects of poss ...
... Population dynamics – mainly in marine systems – using statistical approaches to deduce the underlying processes. The recent work has mainly focused on the fluctuations of zooplankton and fish in the Barents Sea, to understand how climate affects the populations and assess the likely effects of poss ...
forecasting the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems
... findings are often perceived as controversial or contentious by the general public,7 a recent survey of climate change research papers suggests otherwise. 8 This survey of articles published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature between 1993-2003 and listed with the key words “climate change” i ...
... findings are often perceived as controversial or contentious by the general public,7 a recent survey of climate change research papers suggests otherwise. 8 This survey of articles published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature between 1993-2003 and listed with the key words “climate change” i ...
Climate`s Long-term Impacts on Mexico`s City Urban - UN
... (MCMA), has approximately 20 million people, over four million vehicles, very intricate systems of energy and water supply, and transportation infrastructure that may be highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. This is because it may face a range from relatively mild to extreme weather events. A ...
... (MCMA), has approximately 20 million people, over four million vehicles, very intricate systems of energy and water supply, and transportation infrastructure that may be highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. This is because it may face a range from relatively mild to extreme weather events. A ...
Support for climate policy and societal action are linked to
... the evidence on their own. Only about 20% of US citizens are scientifically literate, as defined by the ability to read and understand science news in The New York Times11 . A recent study found that most US citizens have limited climate literacy12 . When people are unable or unwilling to weigh the ...
... the evidence on their own. Only about 20% of US citizens are scientifically literate, as defined by the ability to read and understand science news in The New York Times11 . A recent study found that most US citizens have limited climate literacy12 . When people are unable or unwilling to weigh the ...
Private firms` adaptation to climate change within the context of
... table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectives and types of questions that will be asked of each group. This table also reflect ...
... table that shows the different groups of participants that will be interviewed (e.g. different organizational levels, stakeholders from regulators and government and others) and link this to the overall study objectives and types of questions that will be asked of each group. This table also reflect ...
Climate Change and Cities in Africa
... can be used to achieve agreed goals…Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity also may be described as capability. Cap ...
... can be used to achieve agreed goals…Capacity may include infrastructure and physical means, institutions, societal coping abilities, as well as human knowledge, skills and collective attributes such as social relationships, leadership and management. Capacity also may be described as capability. Cap ...
Climate Change
... Increased car ownership and increased leisure time in which people choose to travel by air, and increased global trade using shipping to transport freight, have also added to the problem. The increasing demand for food by the exponentially growing population has also led to changes in the atmosphere ...
... Increased car ownership and increased leisure time in which people choose to travel by air, and increased global trade using shipping to transport freight, have also added to the problem. The increasing demand for food by the exponentially growing population has also led to changes in the atmosphere ...
Slide 1
... Standardize best practices in emission reporting—not just within U.S. Infrastructure could facilitate future federal, state or local actions Vehicle for politically diverse states to act together Lower costs for states and for reporters of emissions ...
... Standardize best practices in emission reporting—not just within U.S. Infrastructure could facilitate future federal, state or local actions Vehicle for politically diverse states to act together Lower costs for states and for reporters of emissions ...
FH Research Branch
... pine genetics, ecology and developments in restoration activities. (Elizabeth Campbell) Field testing the climate change range-shift predictions for whitebark pine . Seeds from 7 populations are being planted in 18 common gardens, distributed within the current range, areas that are predicted to hav ...
... pine genetics, ecology and developments in restoration activities. (Elizabeth Campbell) Field testing the climate change range-shift predictions for whitebark pine . Seeds from 7 populations are being planted in 18 common gardens, distributed within the current range, areas that are predicted to hav ...
The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How
... IPCC is a somewhat unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and i ...
... IPCC is a somewhat unusual scientific organization: it was created not to foster new research but to compile and assess existing knowledge on a politically charged issue. Perhaps its conclusions have been skewed by these political concerns, but the IPCC is by no means alone it its conclusions, and i ...
Toronto Environment Office: Toronto`s Future Weather and Climage
... What the City wanted to obtain was data and information concerning the future extremes-of weather rather than the future means-of-climate which could be used for departmental planning. The City wanted use local weather modeling at a much finer resolution, i.e. using 1x1 km gridded data, to include ...
... What the City wanted to obtain was data and information concerning the future extremes-of weather rather than the future means-of-climate which could be used for departmental planning. The City wanted use local weather modeling at a much finer resolution, i.e. using 1x1 km gridded data, to include ...
Farming and Land Use to Cool the Planet
... Millennium Development Goals and other global environmental conventions. Many of these approaches will be economically self-sustaining once initial investments are made. It is important to implement this agenda on a large scale in order to have significant impacts on the climate. Key roles that gove ...
... Millennium Development Goals and other global environmental conventions. Many of these approaches will be economically self-sustaining once initial investments are made. It is important to implement this agenda on a large scale in order to have significant impacts on the climate. Key roles that gove ...
Slide 1
... •Our initial exploration of changing flood risk in the PNW using statistical downscaling points to increasing flood risk in most areas of the region due to projected regional warming and increases in cool season precipitation. •Regional climate models offer more physically based assessment tools for ...
... •Our initial exploration of changing flood risk in the PNW using statistical downscaling points to increasing flood risk in most areas of the region due to projected regional warming and increases in cool season precipitation. •Regional climate models offer more physically based assessment tools for ...
3rd Quarter 2010 | 25(3) Climate Change, Markets, and Technology
... warm-dry climate change scenario and under a scenario where climate remains unchanged. We contrast both of these cases with each other and a base year of 2005 and compare changes in agricultural production, water use, and revenues. To focus ideas we consider agriculture in the Central Valley of Cali ...
... warm-dry climate change scenario and under a scenario where climate remains unchanged. We contrast both of these cases with each other and a base year of 2005 and compare changes in agricultural production, water use, and revenues. To focus ideas we consider agriculture in the Central Valley of Cali ...
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... warm-dry climate change scenario and under a scenario where climate remains unchanged. We contrast both of these cases with each other and a base year of 2005 and compare changes in agricultural production, water use, and revenues. To focus ideas we consider agriculture in the Central Valley of Cali ...
... warm-dry climate change scenario and under a scenario where climate remains unchanged. We contrast both of these cases with each other and a base year of 2005 and compare changes in agricultural production, water use, and revenues. To focus ideas we consider agriculture in the Central Valley of Cali ...
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... concentration and precipitation during the December-February season, consistent with fishers’ reports that the fog season had changed since the early 1980s. The report also noted that over the last two decades the dry season has become drier and the wet season wetter, suggesting a longer dry season ...
... concentration and precipitation during the December-February season, consistent with fishers’ reports that the fog season had changed since the early 1980s. The report also noted that over the last two decades the dry season has become drier and the wet season wetter, suggesting a longer dry season ...
Assessing the Relative Roles of Initial and Boundary Conditions in
... The precise details of the externally forced signal used are unimportant, since the magnitude of this signal is changing over time: our aim here is simply to provide an indication of its importance for predictability relative to initial condition information. Figure 2 shows B, the measure of predict ...
... The precise details of the externally forced signal used are unimportant, since the magnitude of this signal is changing over time: our aim here is simply to provide an indication of its importance for predictability relative to initial condition information. Figure 2 shows B, the measure of predict ...
Investigating whether man or mountain emits more atmospheric
... vapor, our atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen (N2), at 78%, and oxygen (O2), at 21%. Carbon dioxide makes up only 0.04% of the atmosphere by volume yet is still the gas most associated with the greenhouse effect. (Often, CO2 levels are reported in parts per million [ppm]. Concentrations in pp ...
... vapor, our atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen (N2), at 78%, and oxygen (O2), at 21%. Carbon dioxide makes up only 0.04% of the atmosphere by volume yet is still the gas most associated with the greenhouse effect. (Often, CO2 levels are reported in parts per million [ppm]. Concentrations in pp ...
A Review of the Linkages between Climate Change, Agricultural
... Agricultural system affects the environment, but interestingly the agricultural system is also affected by the changes in environment and climate conditions (Socolow 1999, Alexandratoss 1999, Tilman et al. 2002). Adding to this, a sudden natural disaster can have a severe negative impact on the over ...
... Agricultural system affects the environment, but interestingly the agricultural system is also affected by the changes in environment and climate conditions (Socolow 1999, Alexandratoss 1999, Tilman et al. 2002). Adding to this, a sudden natural disaster can have a severe negative impact on the over ...
SAf Science Conference
... (2) there is a growing scientific consensus that human activity is a substantial cause of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere; and (3) mandatory steps will be required to slow or stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. ...
... (2) there is a growing scientific consensus that human activity is a substantial cause of greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere; and (3) mandatory steps will be required to slow or stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. ...
A Call to Truth, Prudence, and Protection of the
... than leads warming and thus is not its cause but might be its effect.7 In addition, other human activities (e.g., land use conversion for agriculture and cities, particulate pollution) cause regional climatic changes that go largely unmentioned. Thus the human-induced part of the warming trend is on ...
... than leads warming and thus is not its cause but might be its effect.7 In addition, other human activities (e.g., land use conversion for agriculture and cities, particulate pollution) cause regional climatic changes that go largely unmentioned. Thus the human-induced part of the warming trend is on ...
Weather warning report - Priestley International Centre for Climate
... In and around each of these places there are people – residents, staff, families, communities, supporters and visitors – whose lives are that bit harder or poorer because of the damage their special place has sustained. This report compiles a series of case studies of 12 special places, landscapes a ...
... In and around each of these places there are people – residents, staff, families, communities, supporters and visitors – whose lives are that bit harder or poorer because of the damage their special place has sustained. This report compiles a series of case studies of 12 special places, landscapes a ...
How carbon sinks could cost the Earth
... Forests are one of the most promising natural places to engineer negative carbon emissions. Globally, they store around a trillion tonnes of CO2. They once stored twice as much. But deforestation has halved their extent. Deforestation and forest degradation have also been responsible for a third of ...
... Forests are one of the most promising natural places to engineer negative carbon emissions. Globally, they store around a trillion tonnes of CO2. They once stored twice as much. But deforestation has halved their extent. Deforestation and forest degradation have also been responsible for a third of ...
Love Me Or Hate Me: The Canada Goose and Its Changing
... called a wintering area. This area is near water and usually in an open field. You hunters should be quite familiar with this territory as this is usually the type of spot you like to set ...
... called a wintering area. This area is near water and usually in an open field. You hunters should be quite familiar with this territory as this is usually the type of spot you like to set ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.