Climate-biosphere interactions on glacial
... climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concentrations [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), 2001]. The remainder of the warming was due to a de ...
... climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concentrations [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), 2001]. The remainder of the warming was due to a de ...
Assessment - What Evidence do You Accept?
... Hypothetical Scenario: Grandma Johnson had very sentimental feelings toward Johnson Canyon, Utah where she and her late husband had honeymooned long ago. Her feelings toward this spot were such that upon her death she requested to be buried under a creosote bush overlooking the canyon. She loved the ...
... Hypothetical Scenario: Grandma Johnson had very sentimental feelings toward Johnson Canyon, Utah where she and her late husband had honeymooned long ago. Her feelings toward this spot were such that upon her death she requested to be buried under a creosote bush overlooking the canyon. She loved the ...
Climate Risk Management for Agriculture in Peru
... forced to move as their homes are affected by salt water incursion from rising sea levels. Entire populations of some low lying island states, such as Nauru or the Maldives may have to be relocated. In countries like Honduras, where more than half the population relies on agriculture, climate induce ...
... forced to move as their homes are affected by salt water incursion from rising sea levels. Entire populations of some low lying island states, such as Nauru or the Maldives may have to be relocated. In countries like Honduras, where more than half the population relies on agriculture, climate induce ...
World Bank Document - Open Knowledge Repository
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
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... of climate change, by contrast, would prevent DOE from setting conservation standards at economically efficient levels, and would risk impeding international climate actions that directly benefit U.S. welfare. With respect to timespan, DOE assessed both the costs and benefits accruing over time due ...
... of climate change, by contrast, would prevent DOE from setting conservation standards at economically efficient levels, and would risk impeding international climate actions that directly benefit U.S. welfare. With respect to timespan, DOE assessed both the costs and benefits accruing over time due ...
Climate Science: An Empirical Example of Postnormal Science
... with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such knowledge into the social and political commentary. Sectio ...
... with Fig. 1, all data are presented so as to distinguish groups according to national bases. We proceed first with the presentation of perspectives pertaining to “scientific” knowledge and follow with an analysis of the metamorphosis of such knowledge into the social and political commentary. Sectio ...
NAMA Mia! - Carbon Market Watch
... different databases. According to the NAMA Database there are currently 94 NAMAs seeking financing. 10 of these have received ...
... different databases. According to the NAMA Database there are currently 94 NAMAs seeking financing. 10 of these have received ...
Implications of climate change
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... uncertainties are compounded by a profound lack of data and the inability so far to construct a credible methodology for modeling predictions of how monsoon patterns and resulting hydrology might change. Reflecting these deficiencies in understanding, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas
... (IPCC) notes, urban centres and the infrastructure they concentrate – and the industries that are a key part of many such centres’ economic bases – are often capable of considerable adaptation in order to reduce risks from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change.3 All large urban centres h ...
... (IPCC) notes, urban centres and the infrastructure they concentrate – and the industries that are a key part of many such centres’ economic bases – are often capable of considerable adaptation in order to reduce risks from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change.3 All large urban centres h ...
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... whose introduction and spread in such an ecosystem cause, or are likely to cause, sociocultural, economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health. www.fao.org/forestry/aliens/en/ ...
... whose introduction and spread in such an ecosystem cause, or are likely to cause, sociocultural, economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health. www.fao.org/forestry/aliens/en/ ...
Climate Change and California`s Local Public Health Agencies
... extreme weather to be either a “very” or “somewhat” serious threat to public health. Wildfire received the second-highest ranking, considered as either a “very” or “somewhat” serious risk by over 80 percent of respondents. This was closely followed by heat-related mortality, air pollution, and vecto ...
... extreme weather to be either a “very” or “somewhat” serious threat to public health. Wildfire received the second-highest ranking, considered as either a “very” or “somewhat” serious risk by over 80 percent of respondents. This was closely followed by heat-related mortality, air pollution, and vecto ...
Future Directions - WCRP Strategic Framework
... to predict its evolution. In addition, assessments by the WMO/UNEP IPCC would not be possible without significant contributions by many WCRP scientists and groups. WCRP modelling experiments were the basis for many of those assessments, and some of the relevant outputs were the climate projections b ...
... to predict its evolution. In addition, assessments by the WMO/UNEP IPCC would not be possible without significant contributions by many WCRP scientists and groups. WCRP modelling experiments were the basis for many of those assessments, and some of the relevant outputs were the climate projections b ...
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... institution is to provide a stable and predictable framework in which activities can be carried out (IDGEC, 1999). I have chosen to use this broad because this report not only analyses the political bodies controlling drinking water and hydroelectricity production, but also the laws, regulations and ...
... institution is to provide a stable and predictable framework in which activities can be carried out (IDGEC, 1999). I have chosen to use this broad because this report not only analyses the political bodies controlling drinking water and hydroelectricity production, but also the laws, regulations and ...
Adaptive Efficiency - BASIC
... • Methodologically it is very difficult to separate climate effects from other factors such as technological change and economic development, because of the complexities of these systems • In terms of our results also we see that there is some evidence of adaptation process in terms of the populatio ...
... • Methodologically it is very difficult to separate climate effects from other factors such as technological change and economic development, because of the complexities of these systems • In terms of our results also we see that there is some evidence of adaptation process in terms of the populatio ...
Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of
... 2006; Zhang et al. 2010). The MODIS-derived NPP estimates are available globally at 1 km2 spatial resolution and were compared with NPP derived using Biome-BGC within the regions identified in SM 3. This analysis does not constitute an accuracy assessment but provides insight into locations where mo ...
... 2006; Zhang et al. 2010). The MODIS-derived NPP estimates are available globally at 1 km2 spatial resolution and were compared with NPP derived using Biome-BGC within the regions identified in SM 3. This analysis does not constitute an accuracy assessment but provides insight into locations where mo ...
Impact of extreme weather on critical infrastructure Deliverable D2.1
... good practices. The identification of the Extreme Weather Indicators (EWIs) represents the first goal of the Work Package (WP) 2. They will be analyzed over Europe with a special focus on the critical infrastructures (CI) identified in the frame of WP5. It is very important to emphasize that EWIs re ...
... good practices. The identification of the Extreme Weather Indicators (EWIs) represents the first goal of the Work Package (WP) 2. They will be analyzed over Europe with a special focus on the critical infrastructures (CI) identified in the frame of WP5. It is very important to emphasize that EWIs re ...
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... The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean ......................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Atlantic ................................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the RECOFI and RESG ...
... The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Mediterranean ......................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the Atlantic ................................... 15 The capacity for implementation of adaptation strategies in the RECOFI and RESG ...
Amazonian forest dieback under climate-carbon cycle
... phytoplankton, zooplankton and (sinking) detritus (Palmer and Totterdell, 2001). The complexity of the model was restricted to just four compartments in order for it to be economical enough for use in long integrations. This means that the behaviours of many different species and size-fractions are ...
... phytoplankton, zooplankton and (sinking) detritus (Palmer and Totterdell, 2001). The complexity of the model was restricted to just four compartments in order for it to be economical enough for use in long integrations. This means that the behaviours of many different species and size-fractions are ...
Detection and Attribution of External Influences on the Climate System
... detection, who have been collaborating on assessing and reducing uncertainties in the detection of climate change since 1995. Early results from the group were contributed to the IPCC Second Assessment Report (SAR; IPCC 1996). Additional results were reported by Barnett et al. (1999) and contributed ...
... detection, who have been collaborating on assessing and reducing uncertainties in the detection of climate change since 1995. Early results from the group were contributed to the IPCC Second Assessment Report (SAR; IPCC 1996). Additional results were reported by Barnett et al. (1999) and contributed ...
LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE
... discovery, how likely are you to read the full story?” The four potential responses ranged from “Not at all likely” to “Very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible respons ...
... discovery, how likely are you to read the full story?” The four potential responses ranged from “Not at all likely” to “Very likely.” The second item asked, “As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, how much confidence do you have in? The scientific community.” Possible respons ...
Predicting persistence in a changing climate: flow direction and
... Beyond impeding dispersal, equatorward and downslope flows could be eroding adaptive capacities of species, reducing the efficacy of interrelated mechanisms for coping with changing climate. Geographic variation in environmental conditions and, thus, selection pressure on phy siological climate tol ...
... Beyond impeding dispersal, equatorward and downslope flows could be eroding adaptive capacities of species, reducing the efficacy of interrelated mechanisms for coping with changing climate. Geographic variation in environmental conditions and, thus, selection pressure on phy siological climate tol ...
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... temperature will keep rising and precipitation will have a mild change for most states in the continental United States for the rest of the century assuming greenhouse gas emissions follow the IPCC SRA1B scenario 1. Climate change has direct impacts on agriculture. For example, variations in climati ...
... temperature will keep rising and precipitation will have a mild change for most states in the continental United States for the rest of the century assuming greenhouse gas emissions follow the IPCC SRA1B scenario 1. Climate change has direct impacts on agriculture. For example, variations in climati ...
interspecific interactions exceed climate effects
... to buffer the impacts of climate change has already been noted (Kearney et al., 2009) and the same could be true for endotherms. Many species can simultaneously adjust multiple behaviours (e.g., Ricklefs & Hainsworth, 1968; Dawson et al., 2006; Chapperon & Seuront, 2011), increasing the complexity o ...
... to buffer the impacts of climate change has already been noted (Kearney et al., 2009) and the same could be true for endotherms. Many species can simultaneously adjust multiple behaviours (e.g., Ricklefs & Hainsworth, 1968; Dawson et al., 2006; Chapperon & Seuront, 2011), increasing the complexity o ...
Climate Change on the North Coast Global Events, California`s
... 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. This panel presents two major overviews: From the Department of Water Resources we have the laws and policies explaining California’s water resources and strategic water planning activities, including the DWR “Water Plan,” the Governor’s “Water Action Plan,” and Integrated Re ...
... 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. This panel presents two major overviews: From the Department of Water Resources we have the laws and policies explaining California’s water resources and strategic water planning activities, including the DWR “Water Plan,” the Governor’s “Water Action Plan,” and Integrated Re ...
Volcanic Impacts on Short- and Long-Term Climate
... periodic temperature-variations and interannual climate-fluctuations in the tropical Pacific. This event involves cooling and warming events and includes (1) La Niña, an enhancement of the east-to-west flow of water and air in the equatorial Pacific and (2) El Niño when the system reverses for a lim ...
... periodic temperature-variations and interannual climate-fluctuations in the tropical Pacific. This event involves cooling and warming events and includes (1) La Niña, an enhancement of the east-to-west flow of water and air in the equatorial Pacific and (2) El Niño when the system reverses for a lim ...