Inaugural Lecture
... Large Observational Uncertainty Left plot shows cooling in the tropical atmosphere. Contradicts climate models which predict largest warming in the tropics. ...
... Large Observational Uncertainty Left plot shows cooling in the tropical atmosphere. Contradicts climate models which predict largest warming in the tropics. ...
Word - war changes climate
... situation is described precisely and the goals and the extent of rights and obligations are set. This is done by means of applicable and enforceable laws and rules. Laws and international agreements are therefore the ultima ratio for overcoming conflicts and problems. It was therefore only natural t ...
... situation is described precisely and the goals and the extent of rights and obligations are set. This is done by means of applicable and enforceable laws and rules. Laws and international agreements are therefore the ultima ratio for overcoming conflicts and problems. It was therefore only natural t ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... factors control the climate of northeastern Illinois: 1) the sun, 2) weather systems, 3) urban areas, and 4) Lake Michigan. The first two are the most significant. The sun, which is the primary energy source for virtually all weather phenomena, in large part, determines air temperatures and seasonal ...
... factors control the climate of northeastern Illinois: 1) the sun, 2) weather systems, 3) urban areas, and 4) Lake Michigan. The first two are the most significant. The sun, which is the primary energy source for virtually all weather phenomena, in large part, determines air temperatures and seasonal ...
... range boundaries, challenging this assumption (49, 53, 103, 104). Here we exemplify this issue by considering attempts to understand limits to the distribution of intertidal organisms. The rocky intertidal zone has been a primary natural laboratory for understanding the role of physical factors in s ...
Draft Interim Climate Change Guidelines
... approaches. Otherwise, proceed to Step 2. 2. Set the Design Standard. If the standard is the Probable Maximum Flood, use the latest available estimate of Probable Maximum Precipitation from the Bureau of Meteorology. Otherwise, proceed to Step 3. 3. Consider the Purpose and Nature of the Asset or Ac ...
... approaches. Otherwise, proceed to Step 2. 2. Set the Design Standard. If the standard is the Probable Maximum Flood, use the latest available estimate of Probable Maximum Precipitation from the Bureau of Meteorology. Otherwise, proceed to Step 3. 3. Consider the Purpose and Nature of the Asset or Ac ...
Kelman 2007 Vulnerability definitions
... The opposite of vulnerability and refers to the ability of an entity to resist or recover from damage. Vulnerability and resilience are two sides of the same coin. Something is vulnerable to the extent that it is not resilient. UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) ht ...
... The opposite of vulnerability and refers to the ability of an entity to resist or recover from damage. Vulnerability and resilience are two sides of the same coin. Something is vulnerable to the extent that it is not resilient. UNISDR (United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction) ht ...
Economic and social benefits of meteorology and
... services aim at helping to prevent damage from extreme events. A rough estimate for a number of selected sectors shows that benefits from weather services in Switzerland are in the region of hundreds of millions Swiss Francs (1 Swiss Franc ∼ ¤0.66, US$0.83 as at 2008). This pilot study shows that it ...
... services aim at helping to prevent damage from extreme events. A rough estimate for a number of selected sectors shows that benefits from weather services in Switzerland are in the region of hundreds of millions Swiss Francs (1 Swiss Franc ∼ ¤0.66, US$0.83 as at 2008). This pilot study shows that it ...
Facilitator Guide - Climate Finance and Markets
... famine. Adaptation finance can pay for things like relocation, climate resilience planning, new agricultural methods Mitigation generally refers to activities that lower greenhouse gases (like making factories more efficient or switching from natural gas to wind power) or avoid releasing emissions i ...
... famine. Adaptation finance can pay for things like relocation, climate resilience planning, new agricultural methods Mitigation generally refers to activities that lower greenhouse gases (like making factories more efficient or switching from natural gas to wind power) or avoid releasing emissions i ...
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Deserti cation, the re-greening and climate change.
... time scales tends to be muted compared to observations. Thus, even in the context of a dominant forcing of the oceans, it makes sense to consider land–atmosphere interaction as a feedback that can potentially intensify ocean-forced rainfall anomalies. 2.2. What role for land–atmosphere feedbacks? Pr ...
... time scales tends to be muted compared to observations. Thus, even in the context of a dominant forcing of the oceans, it makes sense to consider land–atmosphere interaction as a feedback that can potentially intensify ocean-forced rainfall anomalies. 2.2. What role for land–atmosphere feedbacks? Pr ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... FIG. 1. Summary of our community climate framework. (A) Climate niches for six species in a regional pool are determined from observations (gray symbols; centroid as black symbols). (B) A community climate diagram showing local species composition at time tinf (centroids in red symbols) and observed ...
... FIG. 1. Summary of our community climate framework. (A) Climate niches for six species in a regional pool are determined from observations (gray symbols; centroid as black symbols). (B) A community climate diagram showing local species composition at time tinf (centroids in red symbols) and observed ...
Word - Oceanclimate.de
... situation is described precisely and the goals and the extent of rights and obligations are set. This is done by means of applicable and enforceable laws and rules. Laws and international agreements are therefore the ultima ratio for overcoming conflicts and problems. It was therefore only natural t ...
... situation is described precisely and the goals and the extent of rights and obligations are set. This is done by means of applicable and enforceable laws and rules. Laws and international agreements are therefore the ultima ratio for overcoming conflicts and problems. It was therefore only natural t ...
Miller-vita-short web version-2016 - UCAR Staff
... RESEARCH INTERESTS Assessment of climate vulnerability, impacts and adaptive capacity for social and natural systems; adaptation planning methodology; governance institutions for climate-sensitive natural resources; risk management; decision-making under uncertainty; interactions between human strat ...
... RESEARCH INTERESTS Assessment of climate vulnerability, impacts and adaptive capacity for social and natural systems; adaptation planning methodology; governance institutions for climate-sensitive natural resources; risk management; decision-making under uncertainty; interactions between human strat ...
Climate Change Negotiations, India`s submissions to the United
... emissions of developing and developed countries, also accounting for the historical responsibility of developed countries, provides an equitable approach to fair burden sharing. (2) The Right to Development must be fully respected in the climate change regime. It must be recognized that, for poorer ...
... emissions of developing and developed countries, also accounting for the historical responsibility of developed countries, provides an equitable approach to fair burden sharing. (2) The Right to Development must be fully respected in the climate change regime. It must be recognized that, for poorer ...
Here - Lawrence Torcello
... relationship between ethics and epistemology. This relationship is captured by the following proposition: We are ethically responsible for the consequences of our beliefs (including fact oriented, value laden, and attitudinal beliefs). As a general rule, professional ethicists aim to rationally ana ...
... relationship between ethics and epistemology. This relationship is captured by the following proposition: We are ethically responsible for the consequences of our beliefs (including fact oriented, value laden, and attitudinal beliefs). As a general rule, professional ethicists aim to rationally ana ...
Climate change science and the climate change scare Contents
... being their location. If a thermometer was set up in 1930 on the outskirts of a town and the town gradually expanded to encompass it, by 1990 the heat of the town would give an artificially high temperature reading. This is known as the “heat island” effect. Second, by far the best measure of temper ...
... being their location. If a thermometer was set up in 1930 on the outskirts of a town and the town gradually expanded to encompass it, by 1990 the heat of the town would give an artificially high temperature reading. This is known as the “heat island” effect. Second, by far the best measure of temper ...
GDI 12 – Pre institute Aff and Case Neg
... little incentive to hire and invest. The federal government can help with this. It can take measures to create private-sector jobs by moving up investments that the public needs anyway—investments in roads and bridges, investment in changes that the country needs to make, such as the movement to a m ...
... little incentive to hire and invest. The federal government can help with this. It can take measures to create private-sector jobs by moving up investments that the public needs anyway—investments in roads and bridges, investment in changes that the country needs to make, such as the movement to a m ...
The future is here: climate change in the Pacific
... As high per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases, Australia and New Zealand are among the developed nations collectively responsible for the damage that climate change has done to the Pacific. Consistent with the “polluter pays” principle2, Australia and New Zealand have a responsibility to fix the p ...
... As high per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases, Australia and New Zealand are among the developed nations collectively responsible for the damage that climate change has done to the Pacific. Consistent with the “polluter pays” principle2, Australia and New Zealand have a responsibility to fix the p ...
Motivated Rejection of Science
... highly concentrated, oligopolistic cartel” which in combination with “public monopolies” . . . “manufactures alleged evidence, suggestive inferences linking smoking to various diseases, and publicity and dissemination and advertising of these so-called findings” (Abt, 1983). Likewise, rejection of t ...
... highly concentrated, oligopolistic cartel” which in combination with “public monopolies” . . . “manufactures alleged evidence, suggestive inferences linking smoking to various diseases, and publicity and dissemination and advertising of these so-called findings” (Abt, 1983). Likewise, rejection of t ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... area burned based on climate model output, we further detect the influence of anthropogenic climate change on area burned itself. Thus our results suggest that predicted increases in Canadian forest fire occurrence due to anthropogenic climate change [Wotton and Flannigan, 1993; Stocks et al., 1998; ...
... area burned based on climate model output, we further detect the influence of anthropogenic climate change on area burned itself. Thus our results suggest that predicted increases in Canadian forest fire occurrence due to anthropogenic climate change [Wotton and Flannigan, 1993; Stocks et al., 1998; ...
Modeling plant species distributions under future
... Climate model outputs included daily and monthly temperature and precipitation maps through the end of the 21st century. These coarse-scale (275 km) grids of projected climate were first statistically downscaled to 12 km resolution using the method of constructed analogs (Hidalgo et al., 2008). They ...
... Climate model outputs included daily and monthly temperature and precipitation maps through the end of the 21st century. These coarse-scale (275 km) grids of projected climate were first statistically downscaled to 12 km resolution using the method of constructed analogs (Hidalgo et al., 2008). They ...
The Ten Warning Signs of Global Warming
... particularly in urban areas, where the “heat island effect” causes cities to retain heat longer through its asphalt, cement, and tar roofs. The United Nations weather agency says that large cities can expect to suffer twice as many deaths from heat waves by 2020. ...
... particularly in urban areas, where the “heat island effect” causes cities to retain heat longer through its asphalt, cement, and tar roofs. The United Nations weather agency says that large cities can expect to suffer twice as many deaths from heat waves by 2020. ...
Diapositive 1
... ClimECO2 - Oceans, Marine Ecosystems, and Society facing Climate Change - A multidisciplinary approach Leader: Y-M. Paulet, IUEM, France An international Summer School coorganized by IMBER, IUEM, and Europôle Mer, 23-27 August 2010, Brest, France Objective: To provide participants with an overview o ...
... ClimECO2 - Oceans, Marine Ecosystems, and Society facing Climate Change - A multidisciplinary approach Leader: Y-M. Paulet, IUEM, France An international Summer School coorganized by IMBER, IUEM, and Europôle Mer, 23-27 August 2010, Brest, France Objective: To provide participants with an overview o ...
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
... human activities producing greenhouse gases—are already causing changes in ecosystems, water supply and availability, and patterns of extreme events, with (in many but not all cases) consequent damages to human health, buildings, livelihoods, and infrastructure. The question is no longer, “Is there ...
... human activities producing greenhouse gases—are already causing changes in ecosystems, water supply and availability, and patterns of extreme events, with (in many but not all cases) consequent damages to human health, buildings, livelihoods, and infrastructure. The question is no longer, “Is there ...
Groundwater and climate in Africa—a review
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...
... Projected changes in land cover are dominated by the conversion of forest to cropland and increased urbanisation (FAO, 2001). The sub-surface environment in Africa consists primarily of low-transmissivity weathered basement rocks and mudstones (MacDonald et al., 2009), as well as large sedimentary b ...
Coastal Climate Change Report
... • UK – planners must use two scenarios: one based on events with a probability of 50% occurrence and the other with 10% probability to gauge the range of impacts of climate change • City of Cape Town, South Africa – no set SLR benchmark; instead using 5-phase SLR assessment based on: (a) 2.5m SLR in ...
... • UK – planners must use two scenarios: one based on events with a probability of 50% occurrence and the other with 10% probability to gauge the range of impacts of climate change • City of Cape Town, South Africa – no set SLR benchmark; instead using 5-phase SLR assessment based on: (a) 2.5m SLR in ...