Future Weather
... approximately 240 mm of rain fell, which is 3 times the climatological mean in August. Analysis of this event showed that approximately one third of this precipitation amount was caused by the high sea surface temperature – approximately 2 degree above climatology at the start of August – resulting ...
... approximately 240 mm of rain fell, which is 3 times the climatological mean in August. Analysis of this event showed that approximately one third of this precipitation amount was caused by the high sea surface temperature – approximately 2 degree above climatology at the start of August – resulting ...
SEE Project-OrientGate: A structured network for integration of
... community so that it can be properly taken into account in the formation of policies and in the development of strategies. There is a large gain to be achieved by realizing a set of coordinated activities that would build on the existing knowledge, making it available, translating it in more useful ...
... community so that it can be properly taken into account in the formation of policies and in the development of strategies. There is a large gain to be achieved by realizing a set of coordinated activities that would build on the existing knowledge, making it available, translating it in more useful ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Cross
... consistent with the scale and impact of ocean warming and acidification when compared to local factors such as declining water quality and overfishing (Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2007). The abundance of reef building corals is in rapid decline in many Pacific and SE Asian regions (very high confidence, ...
... consistent with the scale and impact of ocean warming and acidification when compared to local factors such as declining water quality and overfishing (Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2007). The abundance of reef building corals is in rapid decline in many Pacific and SE Asian regions (very high confidence, ...
slides - Harvard Kennedy School
... • Features of the Kyoto Protocol worth building on -– Politics: Quantitative limits maximize national sovereignty – Economics: Market mechanisms, esp. international permit trading – Thus (2001) “You’re Getting Warmer: The Most Feasible Path for Addressing Global Climate Change Does Run Through Kyoto ...
... • Features of the Kyoto Protocol worth building on -– Politics: Quantitative limits maximize national sovereignty – Economics: Market mechanisms, esp. international permit trading – Thus (2001) “You’re Getting Warmer: The Most Feasible Path for Addressing Global Climate Change Does Run Through Kyoto ...
Observations and their analysis in WCRP/COPES
... CLIVAR, SPARC and CLIC. Issue of resolution of DA models and full utilization of satellite data. The data management task group will review existing WCRP web structure and sites, and make recommendations for WCRP-wide over-arching structure and site contents. The data management task group will prop ...
... CLIVAR, SPARC and CLIC. Issue of resolution of DA models and full utilization of satellite data. The data management task group will review existing WCRP web structure and sites, and make recommendations for WCRP-wide over-arching structure and site contents. The data management task group will prop ...
Establishing Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate
... progress on both DRR and CCA efforts, developing extensive experience on DRR and post-disaster response and creating national strategies and action plans to address climate change. Bangladesh has a comprehensive range of tools on DRR, both at the national and local levels. At the national level, the ...
... progress on both DRR and CCA efforts, developing extensive experience on DRR and post-disaster response and creating national strategies and action plans to address climate change. Bangladesh has a comprehensive range of tools on DRR, both at the national and local levels. At the national level, the ...
A Climate of Change - Redefining Progress
... year. A disproportionate number of the lives saved by these proposed reductions would be African American. African Americans Are Economically More Vulnerable to Disasters and Illnesses • In 2006, twenty percent of African Americans had no health insurance, including fourteen percent of African Ameri ...
... year. A disproportionate number of the lives saved by these proposed reductions would be African American. African Americans Are Economically More Vulnerable to Disasters and Illnesses • In 2006, twenty percent of African Americans had no health insurance, including fourteen percent of African Ameri ...
Can forest watershed management mitigate climate change effects on water resources?
... 2001). From a societal perspective, many areas meet water demands for human consumption by trans-basin water transfers. The most uncertain and perhaps vulnerable areas with respect to streamflow responses may be those where PPT and PET are in near balance (Jackson et al., 2009). This is because neit ...
... 2001). From a societal perspective, many areas meet water demands for human consumption by trans-basin water transfers. The most uncertain and perhaps vulnerable areas with respect to streamflow responses may be those where PPT and PET are in near balance (Jackson et al., 2009). This is because neit ...
The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
... An illustration of the importance of the greenhouse effect comes from a study of our neighbouring planets, most particularly Venus (Table 1). Venus is closer to the Sun than Earth but much more reflective. As shown in Figure 1, its planetary temperature, calculated solely on the basis of its distanc ...
... An illustration of the importance of the greenhouse effect comes from a study of our neighbouring planets, most particularly Venus (Table 1). Venus is closer to the Sun than Earth but much more reflective. As shown in Figure 1, its planetary temperature, calculated solely on the basis of its distanc ...
Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration
... Are the changes adaptive in the face of climate change? Adaptation is ultimately necessary for population persistence as sustained maladaptation can lead to extinction (Kopp and Matuszewski 2014; Gonzalez et al. 2013) unless counteracted by density dependence (Chevin and Lande 2010; Reed et al. 2013 ...
... Are the changes adaptive in the face of climate change? Adaptation is ultimately necessary for population persistence as sustained maladaptation can lead to extinction (Kopp and Matuszewski 2014; Gonzalez et al. 2013) unless counteracted by density dependence (Chevin and Lande 2010; Reed et al. 2013 ...
Oceanic Influences on Recent Continental
... We also examined the warming in these and in other ensemble simulations generated using four other models for a shorter period (1991-2000). The results are generally consistent with those for the 19912006 period (Table 2). While all models show a small negative bias in their mean difference between ...
... We also examined the warming in these and in other ensemble simulations generated using four other models for a shorter period (1991-2000). The results are generally consistent with those for the 19912006 period (Table 2). While all models show a small negative bias in their mean difference between ...
The nature of climate change report
... Conservation strategies will need to support this. As the climate changes, populations of species are establishing in areas where they are not known to have occurred previously. Many range shifts discussed in the previous section considered how species moved within a territory: British birds, Finnis ...
... Conservation strategies will need to support this. As the climate changes, populations of species are establishing in areas where they are not known to have occurred previously. Many range shifts discussed in the previous section considered how species moved within a territory: British birds, Finnis ...
Biomes_Notes_from_Online-Long_Version
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
... that change the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere and land surface. The debate about global warming and climate change centers on these factors. Some people think that climate change is caused by natural processes and is cyclical. Others think that human activities (for example, burning fossil f ...
Australian Government response - Coastal Collaboration Cluster
... The NARPs on Marine Biodiversity and Resources, Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity and Terrestrial Biodiversity address the natural environment and resource use aspects of the coastal environment. NCCARF also undertakes integrative research to address national priorities and synthesise exis ...
... The NARPs on Marine Biodiversity and Resources, Water Resources and Freshwater Biodiversity and Terrestrial Biodiversity address the natural environment and resource use aspects of the coastal environment. NCCARF also undertakes integrative research to address national priorities and synthesise exis ...
spread_talk_May2007 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic
... (1) We can measure the strength of snow albedo feedback accurately in climate change simulations, and there is a roughly three-fold spread in simulations of snow albedo feedback strength. This spread causes much of the spread in the temperature response of current global climate models in northern h ...
... (1) We can measure the strength of snow albedo feedback accurately in climate change simulations, and there is a roughly three-fold spread in simulations of snow albedo feedback strength. This spread causes much of the spread in the temperature response of current global climate models in northern h ...
Adaptation benefits and costs – measurement and
... equal. If the regions that are damaged the most by climate at the margin also have the lowest mitigation costs, this thrusts the economic burden of mitigation on them and gives rise to the need to implement schemes for the “winners” in the Annex I countries to compensate them under the “polluter pay ...
... equal. If the regions that are damaged the most by climate at the margin also have the lowest mitigation costs, this thrusts the economic burden of mitigation on them and gives rise to the need to implement schemes for the “winners” in the Annex I countries to compensate them under the “polluter pay ...
PLOS Biology - University of Hawaii
... change are ‘‘added’’ to natural variability. The decay of coral reefs could potentially impair their ability to deliver goods and services such as fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, and in some cases aesthetic and spiritual values [35,37], which have been grossly valued at over $US 375 billion ...
... change are ‘‘added’’ to natural variability. The decay of coral reefs could potentially impair their ability to deliver goods and services such as fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, and in some cases aesthetic and spiritual values [35,37], which have been grossly valued at over $US 375 billion ...
i3084e04
... broad characteristics of alternative vulnerability interpretations can be quite confusing, and even more so in the climate change area, where researchers and stakeholders with different background knowledge collaborate. Therefore, it is not only beneficial but important to identify the thinking behi ...
... broad characteristics of alternative vulnerability interpretations can be quite confusing, and even more so in the climate change area, where researchers and stakeholders with different background knowledge collaborate. Therefore, it is not only beneficial but important to identify the thinking behi ...
3. estimated financial impact of the proposal/initiative
... the EU climate policy framework, as of 2021. Up to this date, the Kyoto Protocol places constraints on the EU and each of its Member States, as they need to ensure that the LULUCF sector does not yield extra emissions. However, the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2020. Consequently, governa ...
... the EU climate policy framework, as of 2021. Up to this date, the Kyoto Protocol places constraints on the EU and each of its Member States, as they need to ensure that the LULUCF sector does not yield extra emissions. However, the Kyoto Protocol will expire at the end of 2020. Consequently, governa ...
... purpose as there have been reports of observed climate change impacts, including but not limited to, shift in precipitation patterns, steady rise in temperature. For example there have been the reports of the delay in monsoons and the temperature recorded for the month of ...
... purpose as there have been reports of observed climate change impacts, including but not limited to, shift in precipitation patterns, steady rise in temperature. For example there have been the reports of the delay in monsoons and the temperature recorded for the month of ...
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... horizon as required in the assessment of climate change impacts on the economy. An early model to generalize this approach to multiple regions in an application to global warming was the RICE model (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996), which participates in this study in an updated version (Yang, 2008). Closel ...
... horizon as required in the assessment of climate change impacts on the economy. An early model to generalize this approach to multiple regions in an application to global warming was the RICE model (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996), which participates in this study in an updated version (Yang, 2008). Closel ...
Horticulture
... Carbon Dioxide Impacts Increases in CO 2 levels not only drive changes in the environment but also have a direct impact on plant performance through its role as a substrate for photosynthesis. Photosynthetic plants can be classified into C3 or C4 type organisms, depending on whether carbon is fixed ...
... Carbon Dioxide Impacts Increases in CO 2 levels not only drive changes in the environment but also have a direct impact on plant performance through its role as a substrate for photosynthesis. Photosynthetic plants can be classified into C3 or C4 type organisms, depending on whether carbon is fixed ...
Assessing Vulnerabilities to the Effects of Global Change: An Eight
... adapt to the effects of that sensitivity, such as by planting more heat-resistant cultivars or by ceasing to plant their current crop altogether. Global change vulnerability is the likelihood that a specific coupled human-environment system may experience harm from exposure to stresses associated wi ...
... adapt to the effects of that sensitivity, such as by planting more heat-resistant cultivars or by ceasing to plant their current crop altogether. Global change vulnerability is the likelihood that a specific coupled human-environment system may experience harm from exposure to stresses associated wi ...