Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... tolerance limits? Which ecological and microevolutionary processes are they experiencing? What are their prospects under continued climatic change? These are highly relevant questions at a moment when global climate is warming rapidly, representing a major threat to Earth’s biodiversity. A wealth of ...
... tolerance limits? Which ecological and microevolutionary processes are they experiencing? What are their prospects under continued climatic change? These are highly relevant questions at a moment when global climate is warming rapidly, representing a major threat to Earth’s biodiversity. A wealth of ...
Global premature mortality due to anthropogenic outdoor air pollution and... past climate change
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
North Africa: The Impact of Climate Change to
... Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, agricultural shifts, ecological disruptions and species extinctions, infrastructure at ris ...
... Communications to the United Nations Framework (UNFCCC) on Climate Change, and on other peer-reviewed research literature and relevant reporting. It includes such impacts as sea-level rise, water availability, agricultural shifts, ecological disruptions and species extinctions, infrastructure at ris ...
Silva2013-ERL-APMortality.pdf
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
... modeled concentrations from an ensemble of chemistry–climate models to estimate the global burden of anthropogenic outdoor air pollution on present-day premature human mortality, and the component of that burden attributable to past climate change. Using simulated concentrations for 2000 and 1850 an ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... An appropriate solution to any problem requires a good understanding of its mechanisms, its consequences, and the consequences of any countermeasure. The climate problem is so complex that at the moment only the USA can mount sufficient expertise to cover the entire issue. The EU cannot. Maybe China ...
... An appropriate solution to any problem requires a good understanding of its mechanisms, its consequences, and the consequences of any countermeasure. The climate problem is so complex that at the moment only the USA can mount sufficient expertise to cover the entire issue. The EU cannot. Maybe China ...
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... numbers allowed in the system and it is surprising that this has not been taken up by the EU in its revised ETS proposals. At the same time we should not lose sight of the costs of excluding REDD from the carbon market: doing so risks making the costs of climate change protection unnecessarily expen ...
... numbers allowed in the system and it is surprising that this has not been taken up by the EU in its revised ETS proposals. At the same time we should not lose sight of the costs of excluding REDD from the carbon market: doing so risks making the costs of climate change protection unnecessarily expen ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
... between Arctic states,7 has led some commentators to suggest that the opportunities and challenges resulting from climate change will lead to conflict within the polar regions.8 However, despite the likely significant environmental impacts of climate change, and the potential indirect consequences o ...
chapter
... Today, climatologists know that intriguing globalscale linkages exist in the Earth–atmosphere–ocean system. For instance, strong monsoonal rains in West Africa are correlated with the development of intense Atlantic hurricanes; or, one year an El Niño in the Pacific is tied to rains in the American ...
... Today, climatologists know that intriguing globalscale linkages exist in the Earth–atmosphere–ocean system. For instance, strong monsoonal rains in West Africa are correlated with the development of intense Atlantic hurricanes; or, one year an El Niño in the Pacific is tied to rains in the American ...
Production and release of a V0
... In its October 2010 annual meeting, the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its high level panel of experts (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change and food security, to “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate change on food security and ...
... In its October 2010 annual meeting, the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested its high level panel of experts (HLPE) to conduct a study on climate change and food security, to “review existing assessments and initiatives on the effects of climate change on food security and ...
Solar irradiance reduction to counteract radiative forcing from a
... But what would be the characteristics of such an engineered climate? Several studies have been performed with climate models in order to answer this question. Responses to different SRM methods show some robust characteristics, e.g. a decrease in global mean precipitation as discussed by Bala et al. ...
... But what would be the characteristics of such an engineered climate? Several studies have been performed with climate models in order to answer this question. Responses to different SRM methods show some robust characteristics, e.g. a decrease in global mean precipitation as discussed by Bala et al. ...
Exploring the behaviour of atmospheric temperatures under dry
... the dominant mechanism for temperature change. Finally, using a regional climate model, very preliminary insight into a ‘greenhouse climate’ highlights the fact that changes in dry conditions seem to confirm the findings for current climate, i.e. they account for only a fraction of the increase in t ...
... the dominant mechanism for temperature change. Finally, using a regional climate model, very preliminary insight into a ‘greenhouse climate’ highlights the fact that changes in dry conditions seem to confirm the findings for current climate, i.e. they account for only a fraction of the increase in t ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental transportation planning
... century (Horton et al. 2014). Annual precipitation has increased by 8 % since 1991 relative to 1901–1960, while extreme precipitation, defined as the 1 % of rainiest days, has increased over 50 % 2001–2012 relative to 1901–1960 (Walsh et al. 2014). This observed increase in mean and extreme precipit ...
... century (Horton et al. 2014). Annual precipitation has increased by 8 % since 1991 relative to 1901–1960, while extreme precipitation, defined as the 1 % of rainiest days, has increased over 50 % 2001–2012 relative to 1901–1960 (Walsh et al. 2014). This observed increase in mean and extreme precipit ...
nicpp final report
... In addition, policies have been developed that try to hide the huge cost of greenhouse gas controls, such as cap and trade, a Clean Development Mechanism, carbon offsets, and similar schemes that enrich a few at the expense of the rest of us. Seeing science clearly misused to shape public policies t ...
... In addition, policies have been developed that try to hide the huge cost of greenhouse gas controls, such as cap and trade, a Clean Development Mechanism, carbon offsets, and similar schemes that enrich a few at the expense of the rest of us. Seeing science clearly misused to shape public policies t ...
Fossil Fuel Risk Bonds - Center for Sustainable Economy
... stage in the fossil fuel product life cycle and perhaps the costliest for taxpayers. As climate change unfolds, many sectors of the economy are threatened with declining productivity, output, jobs, and income as the human and natural resources they rely upon are damaged or made scarcer. As these sec ...
... stage in the fossil fuel product life cycle and perhaps the costliest for taxpayers. As climate change unfolds, many sectors of the economy are threatened with declining productivity, output, jobs, and income as the human and natural resources they rely upon are damaged or made scarcer. As these sec ...
gcc_press re collapse_all_1_001
... Naples Daily News, December 8, 1999, “Ford quits lobbying group that attacks global warming.” Rockv Mountain News (Denver, CO), December 8, 1999, “Ford quits group that denies global warming.’. Washindon Times, December 8, 1999, “Ford Motor Company Withdrew.” AAA Wire: Associated Press, December 7, ...
... Naples Daily News, December 8, 1999, “Ford quits lobbying group that attacks global warming.” Rockv Mountain News (Denver, CO), December 8, 1999, “Ford quits group that denies global warming.’. Washindon Times, December 8, 1999, “Ford Motor Company Withdrew.” AAA Wire: Associated Press, December 7, ...
CB-48 - Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
... forcing such as particular sea surface temperature or atmospheric pressure patterns. The term is generally applied to a disturbance in the atmospheric circulation which is persistent and of large spatial scale (continental and above). However, a more complete definition should refer to a teleconnect ...
... forcing such as particular sea surface temperature or atmospheric pressure patterns. The term is generally applied to a disturbance in the atmospheric circulation which is persistent and of large spatial scale (continental and above). However, a more complete definition should refer to a teleconnect ...
Author`s personal copy - College of DuPage Weather
... non-hydrostatic advanced research core of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRFARW) model (Skamarock et al. 2008). Output fields from the CCSM3 at 0000 UTC on 1 March of each year are used to initialize the RCM. Integrations are then performed over a three-month period, providing CCSM3 boundary ...
... non-hydrostatic advanced research core of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRFARW) model (Skamarock et al. 2008). Output fields from the CCSM3 at 0000 UTC on 1 March of each year are used to initialize the RCM. Integrations are then performed over a three-month period, providing CCSM3 boundary ...
Climatic and non-climatic factors influencing
... asset profile are more likely to take up new farm interventions than those with poor asset profile. There is in fact relatively little evidence helping us to better understand what incentives and interventions, in different environments, will lead to enhanced adaptive capacity and resilience of smal ...
... asset profile are more likely to take up new farm interventions than those with poor asset profile. There is in fact relatively little evidence helping us to better understand what incentives and interventions, in different environments, will lead to enhanced adaptive capacity and resilience of smal ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered with Jonathan Star of the Global Business Network (GBN) to initiate a series of scenario planni ...
... efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered with Jonathan Star of the Global Business Network (GBN) to initiate a series of scenario planni ...
let`s respond - Conservation International
... population growth. Responding to it is not easy but ignoring it will be even harder. Fortunately, there is much that can be done to limit the degree of climate change and to adapt to its impacts. In some instance climate change may even open up new economic opportunities. • The United Nations Frame ...
... population growth. Responding to it is not easy but ignoring it will be even harder. Fortunately, there is much that can be done to limit the degree of climate change and to adapt to its impacts. In some instance climate change may even open up new economic opportunities. • The United Nations Frame ...
Simple indices of global climate variability and change: Part I
... variability and correlation structure of these indices on interannual and decadal time scales. The indices are used to evaluate the performance of control climate model simulations of internal climate variability. As the indices are expected to contain independent information for internal climate va ...
... variability and correlation structure of these indices on interannual and decadal time scales. The indices are used to evaluate the performance of control climate model simulations of internal climate variability. As the indices are expected to contain independent information for internal climate va ...
The impact of climate change on growth of local white spruce
... precipitation will be modified. Over the last two decades, many studies have attempted to evaluate the potential impact of these global phenomena on forest ecosystems and more precisely on their composition, functioning and productivity (e.g., in Ontario for North American boreal forest, Papadopol, ...
... precipitation will be modified. Over the last two decades, many studies have attempted to evaluate the potential impact of these global phenomena on forest ecosystems and more precisely on their composition, functioning and productivity (e.g., in Ontario for North American boreal forest, Papadopol, ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming are concentrated in the more arid southern regions. The cultivation of rainfed crops in Namibia ...
... ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming are concentrated in the more arid southern regions. The cultivation of rainfed crops in Namibia ...
SoE 08 Part 4.1 Atmos - Commissioner for Environmental
... change – by governments, business and industry and by the wider community – are currently dominating international, national and local policy debates around environmental sustainability. Those responses are important not only to address the problem of climate change but they are also relevant for ad ...
... change – by governments, business and industry and by the wider community – are currently dominating international, national and local policy debates around environmental sustainability. Those responses are important not only to address the problem of climate change but they are also relevant for ad ...