Biological Significance of Phenology
... Lamont, B. B., T. He, et al. (2003). "Anthropogenic disturbance promotes hybridization between Banksia species by altering their biology." Journal of ...
... Lamont, B. B., T. He, et al. (2003). "Anthropogenic disturbance promotes hybridization between Banksia species by altering their biology." Journal of ...
Interactive influences of climate change and agriculture on aquatic
... there is also interest in converting dryland production systems to irrigated agriculture, which has much higher crop values relative to dryland production. These higher crop values not only result from increased yield of crops already grown in those areas, but irrigation also allows farmers to shift ...
... there is also interest in converting dryland production systems to irrigated agriculture, which has much higher crop values relative to dryland production. These higher crop values not only result from increased yield of crops already grown in those areas, but irrigation also allows farmers to shift ...
Arctic Climate and Water Change: Information Relevance for Assessment and Adaptation Arvid Bring
... its water and climate systems are in rapid transformation. Relevant and accessible information about water and climate is therefore vital to detect, understand and adapt to the changes. This thesis investigates hydrological monitoring systems, climate model data, and our understanding of hydro-clima ...
... its water and climate systems are in rapid transformation. Relevant and accessible information about water and climate is therefore vital to detect, understand and adapt to the changes. This thesis investigates hydrological monitoring systems, climate model data, and our understanding of hydro-clima ...
- American Meteorological Society
... Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007). The relatively high confidence that we have in the ...
... Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007). The relatively high confidence that we have in the ...
Lecture 3 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... City, Burnham’s Chicago Plan, Le Corbusier's Radiant City, Wright’s Broadacre City. This approach found limited success in part because of economic and political system in North America that limit the influence of planners and of government as regulator of land and development. ...
... City, Burnham’s Chicago Plan, Le Corbusier's Radiant City, Wright’s Broadacre City. This approach found limited success in part because of economic and political system in North America that limit the influence of planners and of government as regulator of land and development. ...
Review of existing emissions pathways and evaluation of
... 2°C or at least below 2.5°C by the end of the 21st century. The majority of mitigation scenarios assessed over recent years have focused on GHG pathways broadly consistent with achieving atmospheric concentrations of GHGs between 450 ppm and 550 ppm. Although, as already discussed, there remains unc ...
... 2°C or at least below 2.5°C by the end of the 21st century. The majority of mitigation scenarios assessed over recent years have focused on GHG pathways broadly consistent with achieving atmospheric concentrations of GHGs between 450 ppm and 550 ppm. Although, as already discussed, there remains unc ...
Climate Change Impact on Public Health in the Russian Arctic
... ice, thawing permafrost and thinning snow cover. Warming is especially clear in the Arctic during the winter, while record high temperatures are also becoming common. Climate change affects human health in a number of ways. In recent years, climate change has become one of the leading negative facto ...
... ice, thawing permafrost and thinning snow cover. Warming is especially clear in the Arctic during the winter, while record high temperatures are also becoming common. Climate change affects human health in a number of ways. In recent years, climate change has become one of the leading negative facto ...
Read the PDF - REsilience of marginal GrAsslands and biodiveRsity
... (Fig. 1). Climate, other abiotic factors and management are proximate drivers that determine the ecosystem state at a particular time and place. Each state has specific characteristics of biodiversity and functioning that contribute to the supply of ecosystem services. Scenarios may involve change o ...
... (Fig. 1). Climate, other abiotic factors and management are proximate drivers that determine the ecosystem state at a particular time and place. Each state has specific characteristics of biodiversity and functioning that contribute to the supply of ecosystem services. Scenarios may involve change o ...
Proposal - Global Social Observatory
... The GSO is proposing to provide an independent forum to focus on the identification of linkages and of the development of partnering capacities. The project should encompass a stocktaking exercise of specific examples of successful partnering initiatives and how to take these collaborations to a mor ...
... The GSO is proposing to provide an independent forum to focus on the identification of linkages and of the development of partnering capacities. The project should encompass a stocktaking exercise of specific examples of successful partnering initiatives and how to take these collaborations to a mor ...
On the persistent spread in snow-albedo feedback
... that SAF would behave similarly in the contexts of seasonal cycle and climate change. Therefore, the magnitudes of Das =DT s in the two contexts may be comparable. Indeed, they found almost a one-to-one correspondence between Das =DT s in the two contexts. Since Das =DT s in the seasonal cycle ...
... that SAF would behave similarly in the contexts of seasonal cycle and climate change. Therefore, the magnitudes of Das =DT s in the two contexts may be comparable. Indeed, they found almost a one-to-one correspondence between Das =DT s in the two contexts. Since Das =DT s in the seasonal cycle ...
AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT
... They can even be more effective than doubling aerosol concentrations (i.e. more effective than the “Twomey” effect). Chemical effects can be synergistic. One effect can be important for low updrafts (e.g. soluble gas effects) and another at higher updrafts (e.g. surface tension effects). This would ...
... They can even be more effective than doubling aerosol concentrations (i.e. more effective than the “Twomey” effect). Chemical effects can be synergistic. One effect can be important for low updrafts (e.g. soluble gas effects) and another at higher updrafts (e.g. surface tension effects). This would ...
Extreme Weather Events
... With climate change it no longer mattered if temperature observations failed to match model projections. Regardless of whether global temperatures warmed or cooled, the new terminology implied that rising CO2 could be the cause of both! A second important advantage was that the new phrase allowed cl ...
... With climate change it no longer mattered if temperature observations failed to match model projections. Regardless of whether global temperatures warmed or cooled, the new terminology implied that rising CO2 could be the cause of both! A second important advantage was that the new phrase allowed cl ...
Sample pages 2 PDF
... 4/3 transition. This hypothesis was based on faunal data from two main sites: Qafzeh, dated to 100–90 ka, and Kebara, dated to ca. 65 ka. However, these two sites are located in two distinct regions in the Southern Levant, Qafzeh being further east than Kebara, which is located in Mount Carmel on th ...
... 4/3 transition. This hypothesis was based on faunal data from two main sites: Qafzeh, dated to 100–90 ka, and Kebara, dated to ca. 65 ka. However, these two sites are located in two distinct regions in the Southern Levant, Qafzeh being further east than Kebara, which is located in Mount Carmel on th ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
... geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, led by Ken Caldeira and David Keith, contributed to nearly one-fourth of the articles. As Keith himself has pointed out, the time when a small group of scientific exper ...
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE
... especially Cambodia, has to adapt to changes in global weather patterns and needs to develop adaptation strategies and actions to deal with Climate Change, to which it has hardly contributed in the past. Cambodia also faces regional environmental pressures derived from increased demand of seldom woo ...
... especially Cambodia, has to adapt to changes in global weather patterns and needs to develop adaptation strategies and actions to deal with Climate Change, to which it has hardly contributed in the past. Cambodia also faces regional environmental pressures derived from increased demand of seldom woo ...
Absolute Abundance and Relative Scarcity: Announced Policy
... period respond to the announcement of future climate policy. Such concerns, however, have not entered the policy makers agendas, and there has been no attempt to implement climate change policy in an expedite way. The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol started on January 1, 2008, when age ...
... period respond to the announcement of future climate policy. Such concerns, however, have not entered the policy makers agendas, and there has been no attempt to implement climate change policy in an expedite way. The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol started on January 1, 2008, when age ...
English
... demonstrate progression beyond the country’s previous NDC. According to UNDP and the World Resources Institute, a draft framework for NDC implementation consists of key stages through which countries may find themselves navigating over the coming months and years, including building national awarene ...
... demonstrate progression beyond the country’s previous NDC. According to UNDP and the World Resources Institute, a draft framework for NDC implementation consists of key stages through which countries may find themselves navigating over the coming months and years, including building national awarene ...
Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska - Alaska Native Tribal Health
... The old village was located on the river edge, but most of the buildings today are up on the bluff overlooking the confluence of the Squirrel River and two branches of the Kobuk. The population is about 361 residents. The Inupiat have inhabited this area for thousands of years, and Kiana was founded ...
... The old village was located on the river edge, but most of the buildings today are up on the bluff overlooking the confluence of the Squirrel River and two branches of the Kobuk. The population is about 361 residents. The Inupiat have inhabited this area for thousands of years, and Kiana was founded ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
Climate Change and Resource Depletion:The Challenges for Actuarie
... 3.1.1 Climate change and resource depletion are key economic, financial and social issues of our time. There is widespread global acceptance and recognition that action can and should be taken to mitigate against the worst effects of greenhouse gas emissions. There is also a growing body of opinion ...
... 3.1.1 Climate change and resource depletion are key economic, financial and social issues of our time. There is widespread global acceptance and recognition that action can and should be taken to mitigate against the worst effects of greenhouse gas emissions. There is also a growing body of opinion ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Evidence from US Agriculture September 30, 2013
... world without climate change, with some climate models projecting losses as low as 7% and others as high as 64%. Valued at current prices and production quantities, this fall in corn productivity in our sample counties would generate annual losses of $6.7 billion dollars by 2050. We note that a 15% ...
... world without climate change, with some climate models projecting losses as low as 7% and others as high as 64%. Valued at current prices and production quantities, this fall in corn productivity in our sample counties would generate annual losses of $6.7 billion dollars by 2050. We note that a 15% ...
Asset prices and climate policy - Department of Agricultural and
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
Mass-media coverage, its influence on public awareness of climate
... warming had three peaks, in July 2001, February and June 2005, and a sustained series of peaks from January 2007 to the end of the study period. There were more than 400 articles at each peak in all of these months. After adopting the Kyoto Protocol, the Japanese Government began to improve its lega ...
... warming had three peaks, in July 2001, February and June 2005, and a sustained series of peaks from January 2007 to the end of the study period. There were more than 400 articles at each peak in all of these months. After adopting the Kyoto Protocol, the Japanese Government began to improve its lega ...
2015 Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific I
... growing middle- and high-income economies. The issue of rising GHG emissions can no longer be attributed solely to developed countries. The increasing level of emissions, including rising emissions per capita in the region, reaffirms the universal responsibility of all countries – developed and deve ...
... growing middle- and high-income economies. The issue of rising GHG emissions can no longer be attributed solely to developed countries. The increasing level of emissions, including rising emissions per capita in the region, reaffirms the universal responsibility of all countries – developed and deve ...