Global Warming Primer - National Center for Policy Analysis
... flooding (due to sea levels rising approximately 17 inches) and millions of additional cases of malaria (as mosquitoes breed at higher elevations) and hunger (due to increased drought). Most laws and treaties proposed to prevent, reduce or slow global warming would be expensive and do little to prev ...
... flooding (due to sea levels rising approximately 17 inches) and millions of additional cases of malaria (as mosquitoes breed at higher elevations) and hunger (due to increased drought). Most laws and treaties proposed to prevent, reduce or slow global warming would be expensive and do little to prev ...
Climate-biosphere interactions on glacial
... dissolution of settling dust particles, and decades to centuries if the proximal source of iron is upwelling. Thus climate changes associated with radiative forcing are likely to be in phase globally, on timescales of decades to centuries. The great exception, of course, is associated with glaciated ...
... dissolution of settling dust particles, and decades to centuries if the proximal source of iron is upwelling. Thus climate changes associated with radiative forcing are likely to be in phase globally, on timescales of decades to centuries. The great exception, of course, is associated with glaciated ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Climate Change Research Centre
... sea level rise by 2100. Sea level will continue to rise for centuries after global temperatures have been stabilized, and several meters of sea level rise must be expected over the next few centuries. Delay in action risks irreversible damage: Several vulnerable elements in the climate system (e.g. ...
... sea level rise by 2100. Sea level will continue to rise for centuries after global temperatures have been stabilized, and several meters of sea level rise must be expected over the next few centuries. Delay in action risks irreversible damage: Several vulnerable elements in the climate system (e.g. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORTHERN AFRICA
... The global pattern of differences in near-surface temperatures during the boreal summer (June, July, August) between the Holocene simulation at 6 ky BP and the control simulation (Figure 3a) reveal a warming over Central Eurasia and North America. (We analyse model results at 6 ky BP, because most m ...
... The global pattern of differences in near-surface temperatures during the boreal summer (June, July, August) between the Holocene simulation at 6 ky BP and the control simulation (Figure 3a) reveal a warming over Central Eurasia and North America. (We analyse model results at 6 ky BP, because most m ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... precipitation will result in the occurrence of heat strokes, skin diseases, dehydration, and increased susceptibility to respiratory and gastro-intestinal infections due to drought as well as poor nutrition and sanitation. Incidences of water bornediseases such as cholera, bilharzia and vector-borne ...
... precipitation will result in the occurrence of heat strokes, skin diseases, dehydration, and increased susceptibility to respiratory and gastro-intestinal infections due to drought as well as poor nutrition and sanitation. Incidences of water bornediseases such as cholera, bilharzia and vector-borne ...
ocean climate change, phytoplankton community
... Algae. A first major review of harmful algal ecology was produced as a result of a Bermuda NATO-ASI workshop in 1996 (Anderson et al. 1998), followed by an update by Graneli and Turner (2006). The brief summary below (see also Table 1) is largely based on these two sources. The commonality of the PSP ...
... Algae. A first major review of harmful algal ecology was produced as a result of a Bermuda NATO-ASI workshop in 1996 (Anderson et al. 1998), followed by an update by Graneli and Turner (2006). The brief summary below (see also Table 1) is largely based on these two sources. The commonality of the PSP ...
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... alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a variety of risks concerning their livelihoods. The risks arise mostly because of the dependence of the m ...
... alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a variety of risks concerning their livelihoods. The risks arise mostly because of the dependence of the m ...
to a pps diaporama
... Sharp increment of energy R&D (four-fold) is needed R&D investments in backstop technologies play a key role when there are constraints to the development of nuclear and/or renewables Modeling international disembodied R&D spillovers does not change mitigation policy costs Intersectoral R&D ...
... Sharp increment of energy R&D (four-fold) is needed R&D investments in backstop technologies play a key role when there are constraints to the development of nuclear and/or renewables Modeling international disembodied R&D spillovers does not change mitigation policy costs Intersectoral R&D ...
Oil Sands and Climate Change
... both its mid-term and long-term targets are weak relative to other jurisdictions and its actual performance is lagging far behind even those targets. In the near term, scientific consensus is that industrialized countries’ combined GHG emissions should fall to 25 to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 to ...
... both its mid-term and long-term targets are weak relative to other jurisdictions and its actual performance is lagging far behind even those targets. In the near term, scientific consensus is that industrialized countries’ combined GHG emissions should fall to 25 to 40% below 1990 levels by 2020 to ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... Alberto Montanari, University of Bologna, [email protected] (i.e. warmer 1000 years ago, Bemeshko, D., V.A. Schapov, Global and Planetary Change, 2001. ...
... Alberto Montanari, University of Bologna, [email protected] (i.e. warmer 1000 years ago, Bemeshko, D., V.A. Schapov, Global and Planetary Change, 2001. ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... sciences, we also expected that climate change adaptation definitions might overlap with concepts of biological or evolutionary adaptation—that is, the gradual change in species that occurs passively as a result of selective pressure. We propose that because effective natural resource management in ...
... sciences, we also expected that climate change adaptation definitions might overlap with concepts of biological or evolutionary adaptation—that is, the gradual change in species that occurs passively as a result of selective pressure. We propose that because effective natural resource management in ...
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... the error structure is correlated over space; or inconsistent or biased estimates if land-use choice is spatially interdependent. But in practice it is technically challenging to distinguish between two types of spatial autocorrelation. In a limited dependent variable model true residuals are unobse ...
... the error structure is correlated over space; or inconsistent or biased estimates if land-use choice is spatially interdependent. But in practice it is technically challenging to distinguish between two types of spatial autocorrelation. In a limited dependent variable model true residuals are unobse ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently for industrial processes or electricity generation, switching to renewable energy (solar energy or wind power), improving the insulation of buildings, and expanding forests and other “sinks” to rem ...
... sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently for industrial processes or electricity generation, switching to renewable energy (solar energy or wind power), improving the insulation of buildings, and expanding forests and other “sinks” to rem ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and... Emily M. Cody, Jennie C. Stephens, James P. Bagrow,
... and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], extreme weather events have potential to raise awareness and increase public concern about climate change. The disruptions caused by hurricanes and other storms can also raise awareness and focus attention on energy system vulnerability. These extreme events can ser ...
... and tropical storms [14, 19, 27], extreme weather events have potential to raise awareness and increase public concern about climate change. The disruptions caused by hurricanes and other storms can also raise awareness and focus attention on energy system vulnerability. These extreme events can ser ...
Link to full document - Joint Program on the Science and Policy of
... we should expect warmer air temperatures, prolonged droughts, and decreased snow packs and flows, all of which would negatively impact the availability of cold freshwater. The extent of these impacts on power production, however, remains unclear. There are many studies that provide some useful insig ...
... we should expect warmer air temperatures, prolonged droughts, and decreased snow packs and flows, all of which would negatively impact the availability of cold freshwater. The extent of these impacts on power production, however, remains unclear. There are many studies that provide some useful insig ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... valued at more than R7 billion per annum4. Climate change poses a significant threat to this climate dependent sector, which in turn raises food security and employment concerns. There are also, however, opportunities for the Western Cape associated with addressing climate change. The recently adop ...
... valued at more than R7 billion per annum4. Climate change poses a significant threat to this climate dependent sector, which in turn raises food security and employment concerns. There are also, however, opportunities for the Western Cape associated with addressing climate change. The recently adop ...
Carbon accounts of shifting cultivation: reductionist practices
... livelihood systems, really contribute to climate change? As some may argue, simply framing questions of the sustainability of shifting cultivation in that way should be avoided, as it may reduce related discussions to mere aspects of climate change mitigation, putting somehow abstract carbon values ...
... livelihood systems, really contribute to climate change? As some may argue, simply framing questions of the sustainability of shifting cultivation in that way should be avoided, as it may reduce related discussions to mere aspects of climate change mitigation, putting somehow abstract carbon values ...
Chapter Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report Summary for
... Figure SPM.4 | Based on the available scientific literature since the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), there are substantially more impacts in recent decades now attributed to climate change. Attribution requires defined scientific evidence on the role of climate change. Absence from the map of ...
... Figure SPM.4 | Based on the available scientific literature since the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), there are substantially more impacts in recent decades now attributed to climate change. Attribution requires defined scientific evidence on the role of climate change. Absence from the map of ...
Biogeosciences
... Abstract. Concurrent changes in ocean chemical and physical properties influence phytoplankton dynamics via alterations in carbonate chemistry, nutrient and trace metal inventories and upper ocean light environment. Using a fully coupled, global carbon-climate model (Climate System Model 1.4-carbon) ...
... Abstract. Concurrent changes in ocean chemical and physical properties influence phytoplankton dynamics via alterations in carbonate chemistry, nutrient and trace metal inventories and upper ocean light environment. Using a fully coupled, global carbon-climate model (Climate System Model 1.4-carbon) ...
IATA CO2 Calculator Guidelines
... Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can compensate for your own emissions by paying someone to make an equivalent greenhouse gas saving. This is known as “carbon offsetting” and includes investment in projects, such as renewa ...
... Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can compensate for your own emissions by paying someone to make an equivalent greenhouse gas saving. This is known as “carbon offsetting” and includes investment in projects, such as renewa ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... At the end of the day, we validate the findings of our first report and find that in many cases the risks we identified are advancing noticeably faster than we anticipated. We also find the world becoming more complex in terms of the problems that plague its various regions. Yet thinking about how t ...
... At the end of the day, we validate the findings of our first report and find that in many cases the risks we identified are advancing noticeably faster than we anticipated. We also find the world becoming more complex in terms of the problems that plague its various regions. Yet thinking about how t ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... 500 are in the petroleum refining industry—including BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell (Fortune 2015). Meanwhile, Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal company, boasted annual revenues approaching $7 billion in 2014 (Peabody Energy 2014). The fossil fuel industry’s concentration is as not ...
... 500 are in the petroleum refining industry—including BP, ExxonMobil, and Shell (Fortune 2015). Meanwhile, Peabody Energy, the world’s largest publicly traded coal company, boasted annual revenues approaching $7 billion in 2014 (Peabody Energy 2014). The fossil fuel industry’s concentration is as not ...