How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
... and the climate system are complicated, recent research has greatly improved our understanding of population-climate interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that the recent climate models have an important limitation in the demographic component which may have resulted in underestimating the impa ...
... and the climate system are complicated, recent research has greatly improved our understanding of population-climate interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that the recent climate models have an important limitation in the demographic component which may have resulted in underestimating the impa ...
The origin of the savanna biome
... experienced CO2 starvation throughout the Miocene (Fig. 2a). In our view, this is not only an essential precondition for the fire–climate feedbacks hypothesis, but also entrains further important positive feedbacks within the long-term carbon cycle promoting the ecological success of C4 savannas. Pr ...
... experienced CO2 starvation throughout the Miocene (Fig. 2a). In our view, this is not only an essential precondition for the fire–climate feedbacks hypothesis, but also entrains further important positive feedbacks within the long-term carbon cycle promoting the ecological success of C4 savannas. Pr ...
ESTIMATION OF HEAT WAVE INDICES FROM CLIMATE MODEL
... Simulations with global coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models (AOGCMs) forced with GHG and aerosol emission scenarios are the primary tools for studying possible future changes in climate mean, variability and extremes [19]. Changes in extreme weather and climate events have significan ...
... Simulations with global coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models (AOGCMs) forced with GHG and aerosol emission scenarios are the primary tools for studying possible future changes in climate mean, variability and extremes [19]. Changes in extreme weather and climate events have significan ...
Long-Term Climate Trends and Extreme Events in Northern
... and model simulations for the future both suggest, e.g. higher maximum and minimum temperatures, more hot summer days and heavier precipitation events or more severe drought, in different parts of the world [9,15,16]. Recent papers have discussed influences of changes in atmospheric circulation patt ...
... and model simulations for the future both suggest, e.g. higher maximum and minimum temperatures, more hot summer days and heavier precipitation events or more severe drought, in different parts of the world [9,15,16]. Recent papers have discussed influences of changes in atmospheric circulation patt ...
Why recognising variability and scale matters for t
... and socioeconomic domains, and can be scale dependent. The Gobi Desert is an example of such a system. The Gobi Desert experiences high levels of climatic and commodity price variability through space and time, with herder decision-making significantly influenced by both these types of variability, ...
... and socioeconomic domains, and can be scale dependent. The Gobi Desert is an example of such a system. The Gobi Desert experiences high levels of climatic and commodity price variability through space and time, with herder decision-making significantly influenced by both these types of variability, ...
Polar Lows - Hans von Storch
... analysis of past and present change as well as scnearios of possible future conditions a) Application of downscaling strategy to Polar Lows in the N Atlantic b) Application of down scaling strategy to SE Asian typhoons ...
... analysis of past and present change as well as scnearios of possible future conditions a) Application of downscaling strategy to Polar Lows in the N Atlantic b) Application of down scaling strategy to SE Asian typhoons ...
How do recent population trends matter to climate change?
... infrastructure, access to various forms of capital, and social and cultural factors. While the relationships between population and the climate system are complicated, recent research has greatly improved our understanding of population-climate interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that the rec ...
... infrastructure, access to various forms of capital, and social and cultural factors. While the relationships between population and the climate system are complicated, recent research has greatly improved our understanding of population-climate interactions. Increasing evidence suggests that the rec ...
Incorporating climate change and growth into the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (opens in new window)
... more populous world, it may be little wonder then that losses are rising (Hallegatte, 2011). But, surprisingly, in many regions, losses are rising more quickly than aggregate wealth (UNISDR, 2009). This suggests that DRM is failing to keep pace with increasing exposure. It also suggests that such ma ...
... more populous world, it may be little wonder then that losses are rising (Hallegatte, 2011). But, surprisingly, in many regions, losses are rising more quickly than aggregate wealth (UNISDR, 2009). This suggests that DRM is failing to keep pace with increasing exposure. It also suggests that such ma ...
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... treaty that helped garner cooperation was a set of “flexibility mechanisms” that capitalize on the mutual gains from trade, such as multilateral emissions trading, or more modest bilateral cooperation through Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism. These policy instruments have the ...
... treaty that helped garner cooperation was a set of “flexibility mechanisms” that capitalize on the mutual gains from trade, such as multilateral emissions trading, or more modest bilateral cooperation through Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism. These policy instruments have the ...
english - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... changes in the pattern of demand will lead to wider impacts on many areas of economic and social policy - such as, for example, in employment and labour demand and in regional policy issues such as housing, transport and social infrastructure. Given tourism’s significant catalytic impacts across the ...
... changes in the pattern of demand will lead to wider impacts on many areas of economic and social policy - such as, for example, in employment and labour demand and in regional policy issues such as housing, transport and social infrastructure. Given tourism’s significant catalytic impacts across the ...
International Climate Technology Strategies The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
... this range, the cost of GHG mitigation through 2050 is trillions or tens of trillions of dollars of discounted GDP, or an annualized cost in the tens to hundreds of billions per year (Newell forthcoming). Longer-term total costs through 2100 are approximately double this amount. While these estimate ...
... this range, the cost of GHG mitigation through 2050 is trillions or tens of trillions of dollars of discounted GDP, or an annualized cost in the tens to hundreds of billions per year (Newell forthcoming). Longer-term total costs through 2100 are approximately double this amount. While these estimate ...
Introduction: Humidity and Climate Change
... An increase in atmospheric moisture provides more condensate for cloud formation. However, this and cloud development depends on many other factors such as atmospheric T, RH, stability, circulation and availability of condensation nuclei. Observed changes have been found in cloud amount, height and ...
... An increase in atmospheric moisture provides more condensate for cloud formation. However, this and cloud development depends on many other factors such as atmospheric T, RH, stability, circulation and availability of condensation nuclei. Observed changes have been found in cloud amount, height and ...
4.3.1. Atmospheric changes - Ensembles RT3
... 2007a) with the participation of many global climate models, and use of several SRES scenarios (previous section; Nakićenović et al., 2000). At the European level, some of these scenarios have been dynamically or statistically downscaled to a higher horizontal resolution allowing for detailed analys ...
... 2007a) with the participation of many global climate models, and use of several SRES scenarios (previous section; Nakićenović et al., 2000). At the European level, some of these scenarios have been dynamically or statistically downscaled to a higher horizontal resolution allowing for detailed analys ...
Assessing ``Dangerous Climate Change
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... distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. ...
The role of discourse in the quest for low
... power differences in descriptions (text and talk) that are made. Furthermore, market discourse emphasises the satisfaction of the human need to consume as its end. Basically, consumer demand directs firms in their profit-seeking behaviours, and, in the aggregate, competition is assumed to lead to th ...
... power differences in descriptions (text and talk) that are made. Furthermore, market discourse emphasises the satisfaction of the human need to consume as its end. Basically, consumer demand directs firms in their profit-seeking behaviours, and, in the aggregate, competition is assumed to lead to th ...
Americans` Knowledge of Climate Change
... Networks, using an online research panel of American adults. The survey was conducted June 24 through July 22, 2010 with 2,030 American adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2 percent, with 95 percent confidence. Question order and wording can also introduce error into the results of ...
... Networks, using an online research panel of American adults. The survey was conducted June 24 through July 22, 2010 with 2,030 American adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2 percent, with 95 percent confidence. Question order and wording can also introduce error into the results of ...
The influence of vegetation dynamics on anthropogenic climate
... the regional climate becomes too dry. The resultant reduction in evapotranspiration leads to a further drying. However, Yurova and Volodin (2011) simulate no forest degradation in the Amazon region, as soil moisture remains sufficient to maintain forest growth. In our study, we assess the changes in ...
... the regional climate becomes too dry. The resultant reduction in evapotranspiration leads to a further drying. However, Yurova and Volodin (2011) simulate no forest degradation in the Amazon region, as soil moisture remains sufficient to maintain forest growth. In our study, we assess the changes in ...
Applying information network analysis to fire
... Applying information network analysis to fire-prone landscapes: implications for community resilience Derric B. Jacobs 1 and Lori A. Cramer 1 ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current ...
... Applying information network analysis to fire-prone landscapes: implications for community resilience Derric B. Jacobs 1 and Lori A. Cramer 1 ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... The acidification problem stimulated the development of a range of new techniques and conceptual approaches in palaeolimnology. Developments in highresolution age-depth modelling (Appleby et al. 1986) and numerical methods (Birks 1998), mostly using space-for-time regression and calibration approach ...
... The acidification problem stimulated the development of a range of new techniques and conceptual approaches in palaeolimnology. Developments in highresolution age-depth modelling (Appleby et al. 1986) and numerical methods (Birks 1998), mostly using space-for-time regression and calibration approach ...
- Guyana`s Low Carbon Development Strategy
... attracting payments for forest carbon through a REDD+ mechanism. In its model of avoided deforestation, Guyana has proposed that, given appropriate incentives and safeguards, almost all of Guyana’s forests could be placed under long-term protection. The appropriate incentives would be payments for c ...
... attracting payments for forest carbon through a REDD+ mechanism. In its model of avoided deforestation, Guyana has proposed that, given appropriate incentives and safeguards, almost all of Guyana’s forests could be placed under long-term protection. The appropriate incentives would be payments for c ...
Vulnerability of biodiversity hotspots to global change
... terrestrial species worldwide. In addition, through everincreasing public and global trade, invasive alien species (IAS) have been introduced into most ecosystems across the planet, severely affecting ecological networks, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The extent of the impacts of the thous ...
... terrestrial species worldwide. In addition, through everincreasing public and global trade, invasive alien species (IAS) have been introduced into most ecosystems across the planet, severely affecting ecological networks, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. The extent of the impacts of the thous ...
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... Mitigation potential The costs and benefits of agricultural mitigation options are diverse. The differences are influenced by a number of factors such as farm characteristics (size, location, yields, level of inputs), climatic and environmental conditions (land and soil characteristics, water availa ...
... Mitigation potential The costs and benefits of agricultural mitigation options are diverse. The differences are influenced by a number of factors such as farm characteristics (size, location, yields, level of inputs), climatic and environmental conditions (land and soil characteristics, water availa ...
Increase of carbon cycle feedback with climate sensitivity
... to simulate a fairly strong fertilization effect (Cramer et al., 2001; McGuire et al., 2001). This can partly be explained by the fact that IBIS does not simulate the effect of nutrients limitations. Changes in competition at the ecosystem level in response to improved water-use efficiency and incre ...
... to simulate a fairly strong fertilization effect (Cramer et al., 2001; McGuire et al., 2001). This can partly be explained by the fact that IBIS does not simulate the effect of nutrients limitations. Changes in competition at the ecosystem level in response to improved water-use efficiency and incre ...
Climate change impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa
... University and Research Centre, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands ...
... University and Research Centre, PO Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... fisheries, these countries are also vulnerable to ocean acidification caused by rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere. Ocean acidification weakens the shells of shellfish, and bleaches the coral ecosystems that provide the habitat and food source for so many coastal fish species. It i ...
... fisheries, these countries are also vulnerable to ocean acidification caused by rising carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere. Ocean acidification weakens the shells of shellfish, and bleaches the coral ecosystems that provide the habitat and food source for so many coastal fish species. It i ...