Sensitivity of pines in Mexico to temperature varies with age
... et al., 2015). However, Colenutt and Luckman (1991) have suggested that in some cases this duality has not been proven; for example, they found no difference in the response of both young and older Larix lyallii trees to climate. With these precedents, analyzing the response of trees to climate can ...
... et al., 2015). However, Colenutt and Luckman (1991) have suggested that in some cases this duality has not been proven; for example, they found no difference in the response of both young and older Larix lyallii trees to climate. With these precedents, analyzing the response of trees to climate can ...
Rose and Rayborn, "The effects of ocean heat uptake on transient
... specific future scenarios or the so-called Transient Climate Response under gradually increasing CO2 [21]) in order to understand processes and timescales internal to the climate system. Our paper is laid out as follows. In “Ocean Heat Uptake and Time-Dependent Climate Sensitivity”, we review the sp ...
... specific future scenarios or the so-called Transient Climate Response under gradually increasing CO2 [21]) in order to understand processes and timescales internal to the climate system. Our paper is laid out as follows. In “Ocean Heat Uptake and Time-Dependent Climate Sensitivity”, we review the sp ...
Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific
... The FRDP advocates for the adoption of integrated approaches, whenever possible, for coping with and managing climate change and disaster risks, in order to make more efficient use of resources, to rationalise multiple sources of funding which address similar needs, and for more effective mainstream ...
... The FRDP advocates for the adoption of integrated approaches, whenever possible, for coping with and managing climate change and disaster risks, in order to make more efficient use of resources, to rationalise multiple sources of funding which address similar needs, and for more effective mainstream ...
Climate Change: what do we know about the IPCC?
... to the natural sciences in the construction of ‘IPCC knowledge’ about climate change has been remarked on for many years. Even before the Second Assessment Report was published in 1996, Shackley and Skodvin (1995) were critical of the lack of appreciation by the IPCC of the interpretative social sci ...
... to the natural sciences in the construction of ‘IPCC knowledge’ about climate change has been remarked on for many years. Even before the Second Assessment Report was published in 1996, Shackley and Skodvin (1995) were critical of the lack of appreciation by the IPCC of the interpretative social sci ...
Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation
... of our heritage and culture. From the vast information now available concerning climate change, we understand that its impacts on our natural resources will continue and that our grandchildren will likely see profound and ever-increasing changes within their lifetimes. The issues in front of us are ...
... of our heritage and culture. From the vast information now available concerning climate change, we understand that its impacts on our natural resources will continue and that our grandchildren will likely see profound and ever-increasing changes within their lifetimes. The issues in front of us are ...
Climate adaptation in the dutCh delta
... the dangers and impacts of flooding to such an extent that there is little need for adjustment to built-up areas behind these dykes in order to reduce the consequences of flooding (flood-resilient building). Because the consequences of flooding are always less damaging when areas are protected by un ...
... the dangers and impacts of flooding to such an extent that there is little need for adjustment to built-up areas behind these dykes in order to reduce the consequences of flooding (flood-resilient building). Because the consequences of flooding are always less damaging when areas are protected by un ...
WP83: The emerging geographies of climate justice
... Climate justice is a well-used concept within the international climate debate yet it has often remained little more than a static ideal. This paper brings together literatures on environmental justice, development processes, and the politics of scale to argue that we need to be more attentive to th ...
... Climate justice is a well-used concept within the international climate debate yet it has often remained little more than a static ideal. This paper brings together literatures on environmental justice, development processes, and the politics of scale to argue that we need to be more attentive to th ...
CB-48 - Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.
... Circulating fluids, such as the atmosphere and oceans, communicate information over large parts their volume and these teleconnections can be defined to occur in two ways. First, the atmosphere and oceans organize themselves into coherent circulations on a variety of time and spatial scales. These i ...
... Circulating fluids, such as the atmosphere and oceans, communicate information over large parts their volume and these teleconnections can be defined to occur in two ways. First, the atmosphere and oceans organize themselves into coherent circulations on a variety of time and spatial scales. These i ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
... 13. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Bahamas’ strength lies in the scientific disciplines of hydrology, meteorology and marine sciences. Capacity to address the issue of climate change has been increased through participation in the CPACC project and also in the regional Caribbean ...
Developing countries call for historical responsibility as basis for
... may seem impossible. For developing countries it may seem impossible to achieve development while maintaining their current, low per-capita level of emissions (often below 2 tonnes per capita (“tpc”)). For developed countries it may seem impossible to go beyond carbon neutral to address their histor ...
... may seem impossible. For developing countries it may seem impossible to achieve development while maintaining their current, low per-capita level of emissions (often below 2 tonnes per capita (“tpc”)). For developed countries it may seem impossible to go beyond carbon neutral to address their histor ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... ‘simply mean uncertainty and unpredictability, nor mere luck or crude accident’ (Dillon and Reid, 2009: 6). While governmentalities of risk and calculation have long attempted to tame the uncertainty associated with human life, the notions of radical contingency or radical uncertainty acknowledge th ...
... ‘simply mean uncertainty and unpredictability, nor mere luck or crude accident’ (Dillon and Reid, 2009: 6). While governmentalities of risk and calculation have long attempted to tame the uncertainty associated with human life, the notions of radical contingency or radical uncertainty acknowledge th ...
Working Paper No.7 - Climate Learning and Knowledge
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
... limited translation of research results into action. In addition, there are inadequate up to date reliable early warning systems as well as poor coordination between zonal and national meteorological ...
6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... happen before 2090. To what extent and when the climate effects will become visible depend on how the Arctic adapts to climate change. Climate change in the Arctic might make some economic activities in the region more profitable and others less profitable or non-viable. As an example of the former, ...
... happen before 2090. To what extent and when the climate effects will become visible depend on how the Arctic adapts to climate change. Climate change in the Arctic might make some economic activities in the region more profitable and others less profitable or non-viable. As an example of the former, ...
GOVERNMENT LIABILITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: SELECTED LEGAL ISSUES RELATED TO FLOOD
... Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. This report predicts that there will be a probable temperature rise by 2100 of 1.4 to 4 degrees C, increases in heat waves are very likely to occur more frequently and last longer, ...
... Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. This report predicts that there will be a probable temperature rise by 2100 of 1.4 to 4 degrees C, increases in heat waves are very likely to occur more frequently and last longer, ...
- Wiley Online Library
... with smaller or fragmented ranges (Alberto et al. 2013). Cold and drought hardiness Cold and drought hardiness are important traits reflecting adaptation to abiotic stresses, but they are difficult to assess in field tests, as damage from extreme weather events occurs sporadically, and injury or mor ...
... with smaller or fragmented ranges (Alberto et al. 2013). Cold and drought hardiness Cold and drought hardiness are important traits reflecting adaptation to abiotic stresses, but they are difficult to assess in field tests, as damage from extreme weather events occurs sporadically, and injury or mor ...
Fossil Free NUIG: - NUI Galway Students` Union
... I was born in 1990, the year Mary Robinson was elected our first female President and Nelson Mandela was freed after 26 years in prison. These were positive, hopeful and progressive developments. But in the same year, the amount of carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere reached 350 parts per m ...
... I was born in 1990, the year Mary Robinson was elected our first female President and Nelson Mandela was freed after 26 years in prison. These were positive, hopeful and progressive developments. But in the same year, the amount of carbon dioxide accumulated in the atmosphere reached 350 parts per m ...
Primary Impacts of Climate Change in the Chicago Region
... inherent uncertainty. One source of uncertainty is that some of the processes at work in the earth-atmosphere system and their feedbacks are not yet fully understood, which makes it difficult for models to accurately represent these complicated climate processes. Correctly representing cloud and hyd ...
... inherent uncertainty. One source of uncertainty is that some of the processes at work in the earth-atmosphere system and their feedbacks are not yet fully understood, which makes it difficult for models to accurately represent these complicated climate processes. Correctly representing cloud and hyd ...
Climate Action Plan - Reporting Institutions
... growth policies, CSU enrollment policies, state demographics, economic conditions, technology changes that may increase access or alter student/faculty ratios, and funding. Current forecasting suggests that enrollment will remain steady or decline slightly in the short term. However a number of othe ...
... growth policies, CSU enrollment policies, state demographics, economic conditions, technology changes that may increase access or alter student/faculty ratios, and funding. Current forecasting suggests that enrollment will remain steady or decline slightly in the short term. However a number of othe ...
Potential Impacts Of Climate Change On Tourism
... to Climate Change (MACC) project. MACC is intended to assist the CARICOM community of small island states (SIDS) and low lying areas in devising adaptation strategies and measures in response to impacts from climate change. MACC is a logical follow-up to CPACC (Caribbean-Planning for Adaptation to G ...
... to Climate Change (MACC) project. MACC is intended to assist the CARICOM community of small island states (SIDS) and low lying areas in devising adaptation strategies and measures in response to impacts from climate change. MACC is a logical follow-up to CPACC (Caribbean-Planning for Adaptation to G ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... community needs a 21st Century climate change framework that can deliver new mechanisms to connect, aggregate, organize, support, and order crosscutting actions taken by a broad assortment of leaders. International climate change negotiations have failed to generate a sufficient global response to t ...
... community needs a 21st Century climate change framework that can deliver new mechanisms to connect, aggregate, organize, support, and order crosscutting actions taken by a broad assortment of leaders. International climate change negotiations have failed to generate a sufficient global response to t ...
teaching manual - Live and Learn
... The combination of the probability of an event and the scale of it’s negative consequences. Disaster risks are the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
... The combination of the probability of an event and the scale of it’s negative consequences. Disaster risks are the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
Volume 3: Climate and Global Change and Risks
... increasingly more accurate models of specific physical processes determining the dynamics of the climate system. However, this approach is insufficient for solving the principal problem, namely, the problem of determining the sensitivity of the actual climate system to small external forcing. The st ...
... increasingly more accurate models of specific physical processes determining the dynamics of the climate system. However, this approach is insufficient for solving the principal problem, namely, the problem of determining the sensitivity of the actual climate system to small external forcing. The st ...
Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on the Freshwater
... fluctuations in sea level) and groundwater pumping also impose dynamic hydrologic conditions, which are inter-related with the distribution of dissolved salts through water density-salinity relationships [21]. Freshwater resources are also susceptible to projected climate change impacts. If the obse ...
... fluctuations in sea level) and groundwater pumping also impose dynamic hydrologic conditions, which are inter-related with the distribution of dissolved salts through water density-salinity relationships [21]. Freshwater resources are also susceptible to projected climate change impacts. If the obse ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict
... prioritize these new threats from climate change, migration, and conflict. ...
... prioritize these new threats from climate change, migration, and conflict. ...
Allergies and Asthma - The Medical Society Consortium on Climate
... Mother and daughter who lived in a moldy house presented with asthmatic symptoms that were refractory to treatment until they were moved to a different environment. (Ohio) Recent rainfall and flooding increased patient in-home exposure to mold and humidity, (this) resulted in asthma emergency visits ...
... Mother and daughter who lived in a moldy house presented with asthmatic symptoms that were refractory to treatment until they were moved to a different environment. (Ohio) Recent rainfall and flooding increased patient in-home exposure to mold and humidity, (this) resulted in asthma emergency visits ...