- Ontario Climate Change Data Portal
... developed by Wang et al. (2013), was then applied for further downscaling the 25 km physically based projections from PRECIS to a finer resolution of 10 km. Differing from the conventional downscaling methods, for example, the statistical downscaling model (SDSM; Wilby et al., 2002) and automated st ...
... developed by Wang et al. (2013), was then applied for further downscaling the 25 km physically based projections from PRECIS to a finer resolution of 10 km. Differing from the conventional downscaling methods, for example, the statistical downscaling model (SDSM; Wilby et al., 2002) and automated st ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... 100 years. But what will actually cause these extinctions? For example, will it be limited physiological tolerance to high temperatures, changing biotic interactions or other factors? Here, we systematically review the proximate causes of climate-change related extinctions and their empirical suppor ...
... 100 years. But what will actually cause these extinctions? For example, will it be limited physiological tolerance to high temperatures, changing biotic interactions or other factors? Here, we systematically review the proximate causes of climate-change related extinctions and their empirical suppor ...
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... of climate variability of one’s area. The aim of this study is to determine trends variation in climatic elements of temperature and precipitation in the southern zone of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. The station is assumed for the study of climatic records over southern zone of the region in det ...
... of climate variability of one’s area. The aim of this study is to determine trends variation in climatic elements of temperature and precipitation in the southern zone of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. The station is assumed for the study of climatic records over southern zone of the region in det ...
Potential Evapotranspiration Under Present and Future
... (GHG) forcing, which focused on daily RCPs climate change scenarios. The selected models are listed in Table 2.3. Each model produces four RCPs scenarios to represent a larger set of mitigation scenarios and have different targets in terms of radiative forcing in 2100. Each RCP defines a specific emis ...
... (GHG) forcing, which focused on daily RCPs climate change scenarios. The selected models are listed in Table 2.3. Each model produces four RCPs scenarios to represent a larger set of mitigation scenarios and have different targets in terms of radiative forcing in 2100. Each RCP defines a specific emis ...
Bronze Age Review
... least either changes in precipitation or evapotranspiration could cause a bog water table to vary over the period of moisture deficit – the summer. Under present climatic conditions in the UK bog water tables during the summer are probably most sensitive to precipitation (Charman, 2007). However, it ...
... least either changes in precipitation or evapotranspiration could cause a bog water table to vary over the period of moisture deficit – the summer. Under present climatic conditions in the UK bog water tables during the summer are probably most sensitive to precipitation (Charman, 2007). However, it ...
Inuit vulnerability and adaptive capacity to climate change in
... preparedness, and/or community planning programmes and institutions (Burton and others 2002; Huq and others 2003; Ford and others 2007; Klein and others 2007). This integration requires knowledge of local institutions and policies as well as the forces that influence vulnerability and the factors th ...
... preparedness, and/or community planning programmes and institutions (Burton and others 2002; Huq and others 2003; Ford and others 2007; Klein and others 2007). This integration requires knowledge of local institutions and policies as well as the forces that influence vulnerability and the factors th ...
REQUEST FOR CLIMATE SIMULATION LABORATORY
... series of longer simulations. To date, the impacts of chemistry have been highly parameterized or neglected within the CCSM. Recently, CAM has been modified to simulate both tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. In addition, a new bulk aerosol scheme is now available that is consistent with thi ...
... series of longer simulations. To date, the impacts of chemistry have been highly parameterized or neglected within the CCSM. Recently, CAM has been modified to simulate both tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry. In addition, a new bulk aerosol scheme is now available that is consistent with thi ...
Vermont`s Wildlife Action Plan
... habitats might be affected by climate change, which are most vulnerable, and how to best manage for the future. There are few clear or simple answers. Identifying vulnerable species and habitats requires teasing out myriad factors that climate change could influence, such as changes in precipitation ...
... habitats might be affected by climate change, which are most vulnerable, and how to best manage for the future. There are few clear or simple answers. Identifying vulnerable species and habitats requires teasing out myriad factors that climate change could influence, such as changes in precipitation ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... of research also indicates that climate change will affect forest growth, species distribution, pests and diseases, requiring adaptation to reduce the forestry sector’s vulnerability (Locatelli et al. 2010). For forests in Northern Europe, climate models also predict more frequent extreme temperatur ...
... of research also indicates that climate change will affect forest growth, species distribution, pests and diseases, requiring adaptation to reduce the forestry sector’s vulnerability (Locatelli et al. 2010). For forests in Northern Europe, climate models also predict more frequent extreme temperatur ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
How do the effects of SAE and CO 2 reduction
... geoengineering may be the social, ethical, legal and political issues associated with governance, rather than scientific and technical issues. Risks associated with specific geoengineering schemes can only be based on models that encapsulate our current knowledge and understanding of a highly comple ...
... geoengineering may be the social, ethical, legal and political issues associated with governance, rather than scientific and technical issues. Risks associated with specific geoengineering schemes can only be based on models that encapsulate our current knowledge and understanding of a highly comple ...
HOW THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY IS
... available feedstocks for biodiesel production. Substituting even 10% of worldwide demand for diesel fuel for road transport would require more than three-quarters of total current global soya, palm and rapeseed oil production. Biofuels have a relatively low financial value compared to other agricult ...
... available feedstocks for biodiesel production. Substituting even 10% of worldwide demand for diesel fuel for road transport would require more than three-quarters of total current global soya, palm and rapeseed oil production. Biofuels have a relatively low financial value compared to other agricult ...
Accurate Answers to Professor Plimer`s 101 Climate Change
... greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 years; »» sea levels are rising at a rate of 3.1 mm per yr; »» rainfall patterns are changing; »» ...
... greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Observed changes have already been attributed to human-induced climate change include: »» global temperatures have risen by 0.8 degrees Celsius during the past 100 years; »» sea levels are rising at a rate of 3.1 mm per yr; »» rainfall patterns are changing; »» ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
... same search criteria as a recent review [9]), and the evidence linking them to climate change is typically very tenuous (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). However, there is abundant evidence for local extinctions from contractions at the warm edges of species’ ranges. A pattern o ...
the potential impact of climate change on the energy sector
... For example, changes in precipitation patterns can affect energy generation projections of hydropower dams and crop farms for bio-fuel production either positively or negatively, depending on the location and the type of precipitation change. Increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weath ...
... For example, changes in precipitation patterns can affect energy generation projections of hydropower dams and crop farms for bio-fuel production either positively or negatively, depending on the location and the type of precipitation change. Increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weath ...
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... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
... The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) monetizes the damage from releasing a ton of CO2 to the atmosphere today. This is essential information for the determination of optimal climate policies, as policies that price carbon according to the SCC will give the correct economic incentive for r ...
Workplan
... targets that set out where the EU should be in 2020. One of them relates to reduce GHG emissions by 20% by 2020. While the major GHG issue for the total economy in industrialized countries is CO2, mainly related to energy production and use, for agriculture the most important GHG is nitrous oxide (N ...
... targets that set out where the EU should be in 2020. One of them relates to reduce GHG emissions by 20% by 2020. While the major GHG issue for the total economy in industrialized countries is CO2, mainly related to energy production and use, for agriculture the most important GHG is nitrous oxide (N ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... climate change is the disconnect in time-frame between investor portfolio management and climate change impacts. Mercer’s study focuses on a 35 year timeframe from 2015 to 2050. This is very long term from an investment perspective; typically, strategic investment advice is based on a modelling peri ...
... climate change is the disconnect in time-frame between investor portfolio management and climate change impacts. Mercer’s study focuses on a 35 year timeframe from 2015 to 2050. This is very long term from an investment perspective; typically, strategic investment advice is based on a modelling peri ...
Energy and technology lessons since Rio
... (COP) to hammer out. Those details have proven far tougher to work out than the framers of the FCCC could have imagined in 1992. The objective of the FCCC has held up rather well over the course of the past decade despite the rapidly evolving state of scientific understanding, though the same cannot ...
... (COP) to hammer out. Those details have proven far tougher to work out than the framers of the FCCC could have imagined in 1992. The objective of the FCCC has held up rather well over the course of the past decade despite the rapidly evolving state of scientific understanding, though the same cannot ...
Global climate evolution during the last deglaciation
... deep water (10, 11) (Fig. 2C). Low nutrients at intermediate depths likely reflect increased formation of well-ventilated GNAIW and a reduced northward extent of nutrient-rich Antarctic intermediate water (AAIW) (11). The nutrient content of intermediate waters increased during the Oldest and Younge ...
... deep water (10, 11) (Fig. 2C). Low nutrients at intermediate depths likely reflect increased formation of well-ventilated GNAIW and a reduced northward extent of nutrient-rich Antarctic intermediate water (AAIW) (11). The nutrient content of intermediate waters increased during the Oldest and Younge ...
Climate change and forced migration
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... To mitigate this impact and adapt to these changes, there are important contributions that we can make as individuals, in civil society, and in the public and private sectors. The business community has a particular responsibility to act. I am pleased that there are some excellent opportunities to a ...
... To mitigate this impact and adapt to these changes, there are important contributions that we can make as individuals, in civil society, and in the public and private sectors. The business community has a particular responsibility to act. I am pleased that there are some excellent opportunities to a ...
T - Climate Investment Funds
... yearly in the impact of climate extreme events on the Jamaican economy (Table 1). But it is also true when the climate change is more gradual i.e. over decades or longer. There is strong scientific evidence to suggest that Jamaica’s climate has changed in the recent past. There is equally strong sci ...
... yearly in the impact of climate extreme events on the Jamaican economy (Table 1). But it is also true when the climate change is more gradual i.e. over decades or longer. There is strong scientific evidence to suggest that Jamaica’s climate has changed in the recent past. There is equally strong sci ...