Science Communication
... Modern museums are public institutions historically identified as sites for the classification and ordering of knowledge, for the education of people, and for the production of an ideology of progress (Hooper-Greenhill, 1992). With the emergence of the modern environmental movement during the 1960s, ...
... Modern museums are public institutions historically identified as sites for the classification and ordering of knowledge, for the education of people, and for the production of an ideology of progress (Hooper-Greenhill, 1992). With the emergence of the modern environmental movement during the 1960s, ...
Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming
... melting poles. She said the ice at the poles has decreased 52%. She spoke of how forest fires are worse because the warming is causing them to dry out (she fails to mention the Federal government not allowing forests to be logged, maintained or cleaned out). She showed pictures of dead crops in the ...
... melting poles. She said the ice at the poles has decreased 52%. She spoke of how forest fires are worse because the warming is causing them to dry out (she fails to mention the Federal government not allowing forests to be logged, maintained or cleaned out). She showed pictures of dead crops in the ...
Risk communication: climate change as a human
... storms, to indirect effects such as those caused by water and food shortages. Methods: A telephone survey was conducted between January and February 2009, on a stratified representative random sample of the Maltese population over the age of 18 years (N = 310 819). Results: Five hundred and forty-th ...
... storms, to indirect effects such as those caused by water and food shortages. Methods: A telephone survey was conducted between January and February 2009, on a stratified representative random sample of the Maltese population over the age of 18 years (N = 310 819). Results: Five hundred and forty-th ...
Planning the resilient city: Concepts and strategies for coping with
... One example of this type of treatment is the new campaign launched by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in 2010, entitled Making Cities Resilient (UNISDR, 2010). The campaign aims to ‘‘promote awareness and commitment for sustainable development practices that will red ...
... One example of this type of treatment is the new campaign launched by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in 2010, entitled Making Cities Resilient (UNISDR, 2010). The campaign aims to ‘‘promote awareness and commitment for sustainable development practices that will red ...
evaluating the impacts of climate change on catchment
... Higher precipitation and associated increases in runoff will be linked with greater nitrate pollution. A study by Donner et al. (2002) attributed ~25% of the nitrate export to the Gulf of Mexico to increased runoff alone. Observational studies have also shown an increase in nitrate pollution during ...
... Higher precipitation and associated increases in runoff will be linked with greater nitrate pollution. A study by Donner et al. (2002) attributed ~25% of the nitrate export to the Gulf of Mexico to increased runoff alone. Observational studies have also shown an increase in nitrate pollution during ...
The IPCC Special Report on Carbon dioxide Capture and
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
... Prospective areas in sedimentary basins where suitable saline formations, oil or gas fields, or coal beds may be found. Locations for storage in coal beds are only partly included. Prospectivity is a qualitative assessment of the likelihood that a suitable storage location is present in a given area ...
Climate impacts on the health of remote northern Australian
... people across Australia. However, these impacts are not spread equally across our society: vulnerability depends on a number of factors including the degree of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of the individual or community. Indigenous Australians living in remote communities in the north ...
... people across Australia. However, these impacts are not spread equally across our society: vulnerability depends on a number of factors including the degree of exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity of the individual or community. Indigenous Australians living in remote communities in the north ...
- Wiley Online Library
... [3] So when will the signal emerge? And where and how? These are key questions for adaptation policy and planning in particular. Much attention has focused on the absolute magnitude of future climate change, and uncertainties in this magnitude [e.g., Randall et al., 2007]. But in many situations it ...
... [3] So when will the signal emerge? And where and how? These are key questions for adaptation policy and planning in particular. Much attention has focused on the absolute magnitude of future climate change, and uncertainties in this magnitude [e.g., Randall et al., 2007]. But in many situations it ...
View/Open
... is to strengthen nationwide focused actions towards adapting and mitigating against a changing climate, by ensuring commitment and engagement of the whole nation in combating the impacts of climate change, while taking into account the vulnerable nature of the natural and ecological resources, and s ...
... is to strengthen nationwide focused actions towards adapting and mitigating against a changing climate, by ensuring commitment and engagement of the whole nation in combating the impacts of climate change, while taking into account the vulnerable nature of the natural and ecological resources, and s ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change among Crop Mohammed, D
... chemical and fertilizer were used to manage crops in order to avoid dry spell coinciding with sensitive growth stage of crops. The use of cover cropping/mulching was used by respondents as a soil conservation measures. These ...
... chemical and fertilizer were used to manage crops in order to avoid dry spell coinciding with sensitive growth stage of crops. The use of cover cropping/mulching was used by respondents as a soil conservation measures. These ...
The Influence of Climate Change on Global Crop
... part of the fuller story on future food security. For example, this Update is silent on the many ways that global change can influence food security via pathways other than agricultural productivity, such as by influencing human disease incidence or income growth rates. The main question of interest h ...
... part of the fuller story on future food security. For example, this Update is silent on the many ways that global change can influence food security via pathways other than agricultural productivity, such as by influencing human disease incidence or income growth rates. The main question of interest h ...
After Kyoto: A Global Scramble for Advantage
... Provisions of the Kyoto agreement allow the trading of emission credits across the world. Though controversial and still embryonic, such trading figures into the cost estimates just mentioned. If an industrial firm in the United States, for example, could purchase emission reductions from sources he ...
... Provisions of the Kyoto agreement allow the trading of emission credits across the world. Though controversial and still embryonic, such trading figures into the cost estimates just mentioned. If an industrial firm in the United States, for example, could purchase emission reductions from sources he ...
ʻAimalama: E Mauliauhonua – Readapting to Ancestral Knowledge
... measures to adapt and prepare for the changes can transpire. The movement would become a Hawaiʻi-based action where communities can address human lifestyle changes to prepare for any future changes. One of the intent and outcomes is to make small changes every day evolving the “norm.” The hopeful ou ...
... measures to adapt and prepare for the changes can transpire. The movement would become a Hawaiʻi-based action where communities can address human lifestyle changes to prepare for any future changes. One of the intent and outcomes is to make small changes every day evolving the “norm.” The hopeful ou ...
Climate Action Plan - Reporting Institutions
... The CAP was drafted by Dr. Kyle Brown, Director of the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies and Dr. Richard Willson, a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. They were assisted by three graduate students from the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, Anne Pandey, ...
... The CAP was drafted by Dr. Kyle Brown, Director of the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies and Dr. Richard Willson, a professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning. They were assisted by three graduate students from the John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies, Anne Pandey, ...
Climate Trends in the Casco Bay Region
... 2014). These climate stressors do not operate in isolation. Compounding their impacts are factors such as population growth, habitat fragmentation and destruction, and resource depletion that can further tax ecosystems and species. This document summarizes current scientific evidence of these trends ...
... 2014). These climate stressors do not operate in isolation. Compounding their impacts are factors such as population growth, habitat fragmentation and destruction, and resource depletion that can further tax ecosystems and species. This document summarizes current scientific evidence of these trends ...
policy framework antigua and barbuda
... assist developing country Parties in adapting to the adverse impacts of global climate change and sea level rise. They include the 24 original OECD members, the European Union, and 14 countries with economies in transition (Croatia, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Slovenia joined at COP-3, and the Czech R ...
... assist developing country Parties in adapting to the adverse impacts of global climate change and sea level rise. They include the 24 original OECD members, the European Union, and 14 countries with economies in transition (Croatia, Liechtenstein, Monaco and Slovenia joined at COP-3, and the Czech R ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity a ...
... The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity a ...
RADIATIVE AND CLIMATE EFFECTS OF AEROSOLS OVER THE
... precipitation efficiency is increased and the lack of observation data, but also from numerical dehydration rate of the lower atmosphere is larger. simulation itself. The dehydration-greenhouse This would lead to a decrease of the downward feedbacks have been hypothesized to reduce the longwave radi ...
... precipitation efficiency is increased and the lack of observation data, but also from numerical dehydration rate of the lower atmosphere is larger. simulation itself. The dehydration-greenhouse This would lead to a decrease of the downward feedbacks have been hypothesized to reduce the longwave radi ...
Pinus halepensis Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the )
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
Tried and tested: Learning from farmers on adaptation to
... There is also something of a dangerous dichotomy between mitigation and adaptation in the international climate change policy arena. A holistic approach would tackle climate change adaptation and mitigation simultaneously. Another concern is the important differences and potential conflicts between ...
... There is also something of a dangerous dichotomy between mitigation and adaptation in the international climate change policy arena. A holistic approach would tackle climate change adaptation and mitigation simultaneously. Another concern is the important differences and potential conflicts between ...
Global food security under climate change
... is not whether food is ‘‘available,’’ but whether the monetary and nonmonetary resources at the disposal of the population are sufficient to allow everyone access to adequate quantities of food. An important corollary to this is that national self-sufficiency is neither necessary nor sufficient to g ...
... is not whether food is ‘‘available,’’ but whether the monetary and nonmonetary resources at the disposal of the population are sufficient to allow everyone access to adequate quantities of food. An important corollary to this is that national self-sufficiency is neither necessary nor sufficient to g ...
Preparing for worst case climate change scenarios
... effects of emissions from the past and as such contribute to the avoidance of surpassing certain critical concentration levels in the atmosphere or compensate for the effects of built up concentrations on the radiative balance of the planet. This may become a necessity if the worst case scenario wou ...
... effects of emissions from the past and as such contribute to the avoidance of surpassing certain critical concentration levels in the atmosphere or compensate for the effects of built up concentrations on the radiative balance of the planet. This may become a necessity if the worst case scenario wou ...
Anthropocene changes in desert area
... yellow, and South America is in green. Red is for both South Africa and Middle Eastern sources. and the GFDL and CSIRO models showing the biggest increase in desert in the future. The response of the CCSM3 in this study is similar to that shown by Mahowald et al., [2006] using the BIOME3 model, sugg ...
... yellow, and South America is in green. Red is for both South Africa and Middle Eastern sources. and the GFDL and CSIRO models showing the biggest increase in desert in the future. The response of the CCSM3 in this study is similar to that shown by Mahowald et al., [2006] using the BIOME3 model, sugg ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... detailed narrative which explains the inter-relations between the visually presented strategies, outputs, outcomes and impact. ...
... detailed narrative which explains the inter-relations between the visually presented strategies, outputs, outcomes and impact. ...
Peter Riding - Stop Stansted Expansion
... July 2007 as saying: “We're looking, if you like, at 21st Century extreme weather conditions”. That can only be a reference to climate change. The Chief Scientific Officer, Sir David King, said in January 2004: “In my view, climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more ser ...
... July 2007 as saying: “We're looking, if you like, at 21st Century extreme weather conditions”. That can only be a reference to climate change. The Chief Scientific Officer, Sir David King, said in January 2004: “In my view, climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today, more ser ...