NRCan/CIP Projects and Initiatives on climate
... generally considered the authority on the subject. The IPCC does not do research of its own, but bases its reports on the peer-reviewed work of hundreds of climate scientists around the world. The IPCC and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2007. Several scien ...
... generally considered the authority on the subject. The IPCC does not do research of its own, but bases its reports on the peer-reviewed work of hundreds of climate scientists around the world. The IPCC and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2007. Several scien ...
Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Demand and Crop Growth in a Mediterranean Environment of Turkey
... Crop growth was simulated using the detailed crop growth sub-model of the SWAP with a daily time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop manageme ...
... Crop growth was simulated using the detailed crop growth sub-model of the SWAP with a daily time step from sowing to maturity, based on eco-physiological processes that describe daily phenological development and growth in response to environmental factors such as soil and climate, and crop manageme ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the... Authors: , Taciano L. Milfont , Yoshihisa Kashima
... among those unconvinced or unconcerned about climate change. Communicating climate change importance may continue to be effective in promoting action in those convinced climate change is real, but less so in poorer countries. Communicating Benevolence cobenefits is likely to have the most consistent ...
... among those unconvinced or unconcerned about climate change. Communicating climate change importance may continue to be effective in promoting action in those convinced climate change is real, but less so in poorer countries. Communicating Benevolence cobenefits is likely to have the most consistent ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
Ua `afa le Aso Stormy weather today: traditional ecological
... (Outgoing Long wave Radiation (OLR)), low-level convergence, or related behavior of other climate features such as the trade winds shown in Fig. 2 (Folland et al. 2002). Using the trough, pressure anomalies and the SPCZ relationship, Beucher quantified an index, the SPCZ Position Index (SPI), which ...
... (Outgoing Long wave Radiation (OLR)), low-level convergence, or related behavior of other climate features such as the trade winds shown in Fig. 2 (Folland et al. 2002). Using the trough, pressure anomalies and the SPCZ relationship, Beucher quantified an index, the SPCZ Position Index (SPI), which ...
Climate change prediction: Erring on the side of least drama?
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
... Other predictions have not necessarily been underestimates, but have not been alarmist, either. The debate over hurricanes provides an example, which we discuss below, drawing on The Copenhagen Diagnosis as well as subsequent literature. A key question is whether there has been a trend in hurricane ...
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... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
sea-level rise and its impact on miami-dade county
... Miami’s Climate Action Plan:37 iami-Dade County’s Climate Action Plan is an M integral component of GreenPrint. This initial plan focuses on what steps will be necessary in the next five years to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as better determine the potential impacts and resu ...
... Miami’s Climate Action Plan:37 iami-Dade County’s Climate Action Plan is an M integral component of GreenPrint. This initial plan focuses on what steps will be necessary in the next five years to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as better determine the potential impacts and resu ...
GCSE Scheme of Work - Edexcel
... when deciding which to carry out and how they will be carried out. You may have ideas for practical work and fieldwork which we have not suggested but would work just as well. As with all practical work and fieldwork, a risk assessment is expected as part of good health and safety practice in all ce ...
... when deciding which to carry out and how they will be carried out. You may have ideas for practical work and fieldwork which we have not suggested but would work just as well. As with all practical work and fieldwork, a risk assessment is expected as part of good health and safety practice in all ce ...
Request for an Online Accreditation System
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Global Warming: Basic Definitions
... “Paleobotanists” are scientists who specialize in understanding ancient plant life and pollen. Pollen can provide very good evidence of what regional climate was like for a given area. To find pollen that corresponds with ancient times, scientists take cores from lakes and sediments. Then they analy ...
... “Paleobotanists” are scientists who specialize in understanding ancient plant life and pollen. Pollen can provide very good evidence of what regional climate was like for a given area. To find pollen that corresponds with ancient times, scientists take cores from lakes and sediments. Then they analy ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; these approaches may include sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, ec ...
... services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; these approaches may include sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, ec ...
Paper 10: Climate Change Impacts on Coastal
... (Beardall and Raven, 2004; Schippers et al., 2004; Giordano et al., 2005). These small increases in productivity, however may cumulatively affect estuarine and ocean productivity. In its assessment of the effects of increased CO2 and its effects on ocean pH, the Royal Society (2005) concludes that i ...
... (Beardall and Raven, 2004; Schippers et al., 2004; Giordano et al., 2005). These small increases in productivity, however may cumulatively affect estuarine and ocean productivity. In its assessment of the effects of increased CO2 and its effects on ocean pH, the Royal Society (2005) concludes that i ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; these approaches may include sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, ec ...
... services as part of an overall adaptation strategy to help people adapt to the adverse effects of climate change; these approaches may include sustainable management, conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, ec ...
Climate Change - The Right Insight
... COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark essentially divided the nations of the globe into three competing groups: nations with technology and financial resources; nations which want free access to the technology; and, nations which want free access to the world’s financial resources. The less developed nations ...
... COP15 in Copenhagen, Denmark essentially divided the nations of the globe into three competing groups: nations with technology and financial resources; nations which want free access to the technology; and, nations which want free access to the world’s financial resources. The less developed nations ...
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... adapt to changes in these resources and services. In other words, the more people are dependent on climate sensitive forms of natural capital, and the less they rely on economic or social forms of capital, the more at risk they are from climate change. Yet environmental change does not undermine hum ...
... adapt to changes in these resources and services. In other words, the more people are dependent on climate sensitive forms of natural capital, and the less they rely on economic or social forms of capital, the more at risk they are from climate change. Yet environmental change does not undermine hum ...
Ontario Climate Change and Health Modelling Study
... anthropogenic release of greenhouses gases has led to a warmer climate and the legacy greenhouse gases and new emissions commit the world to a warming climate for decades to come. Between 1948 and 2008, the average annual temperature in Ontario has increased by approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius. In ...
... anthropogenic release of greenhouses gases has led to a warmer climate and the legacy greenhouse gases and new emissions commit the world to a warming climate for decades to come. Between 1948 and 2008, the average annual temperature in Ontario has increased by approximately 1.5 degrees Celsius. In ...
Climate Change in Southeast Asia
... people are at great risk from the impacts of climate change. The region’s aggressive economic development plans in turn could further exacerbate the problems. Energy-related emissions, though currently low, are expected to more than double by 2030. Sprawling megacities and spreading agricultural lan ...
... people are at great risk from the impacts of climate change. The region’s aggressive economic development plans in turn could further exacerbate the problems. Energy-related emissions, though currently low, are expected to more than double by 2030. Sprawling megacities and spreading agricultural lan ...
Climate Change and Hazards in San Diego
... scenarios. We recommend that during the next plan update, model estimates such as CoSMos-based sea level rise maps be included in the risk assessment. For the present time, jurisdictions should consider existing sea level rise maps produced by The San Diego Foundation for their risk assessments, whi ...
... scenarios. We recommend that during the next plan update, model estimates such as CoSMos-based sea level rise maps be included in the risk assessment. For the present time, jurisdictions should consider existing sea level rise maps produced by The San Diego Foundation for their risk assessments, whi ...
evaluating the impacts of climate change on catchment
... 1.3 Significance of Climate Change In the northern hemisphere the period between 1982-2012 represented the warmest thirty year period for 1400 years (IPCC 2013). With global greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise these trends seem set to continue (IPCC 213). This warming results in increasing p ...
... 1.3 Significance of Climate Change In the northern hemisphere the period between 1982-2012 represented the warmest thirty year period for 1400 years (IPCC 2013). With global greenhouse gas emissions continuing to rise these trends seem set to continue (IPCC 213). This warming results in increasing p ...
Environmental Changes Affecting the Andes of Ecuador
... and their immediate forelands, even though they have not yet been exploited on a large scale. Especially in the south-eastern part of the country, in the surroundings of the Cordillera del Condor, gold and copper beds are assumed to exist. The Zamora-Loja connection road passing the RBSF will suffer ...
... and their immediate forelands, even though they have not yet been exploited on a large scale. Especially in the south-eastern part of the country, in the surroundings of the Cordillera del Condor, gold and copper beds are assumed to exist. The Zamora-Loja connection road passing the RBSF will suffer ...
Robustness of pattern scaled climate change scenarios for adaptation decision support
... information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. This paper addresses directly some of the questions possed by Moss et al [26, 25]. In their work the authors state that it is necessary to evaluate “whether the results of scaling different atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) deriv ...
... information needed at “decision relevant” scales [26]. This paper addresses directly some of the questions possed by Moss et al [26, 25]. In their work the authors state that it is necessary to evaluate “whether the results of scaling different atmosphere-ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) deriv ...
Challenges of Growth 2013
... navigation service providers, industry associations, the academic community and European policy makers. Participants concluded that there is a growing need for climate change risk assessment and planning for adaptation measures. Cost-benefit analyses will be required to determine what level of impac ...
... navigation service providers, industry associations, the academic community and European policy makers. Participants concluded that there is a growing need for climate change risk assessment and planning for adaptation measures. Cost-benefit analyses will be required to determine what level of impac ...
Sustainability at - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
... translate what’s been done in temperate parts of the US and Europe to Australian conditions and expect it to work. You’d have a lot of dead plants.” So researchers at the University’s Burnley campus, located on a bend of the Yarra River in suburban Melbourne, built Australia’s first research green r ...
... translate what’s been done in temperate parts of the US and Europe to Australian conditions and expect it to work. You’d have a lot of dead plants.” So researchers at the University’s Burnley campus, located on a bend of the Yarra River in suburban Melbourne, built Australia’s first research green r ...
International Journal of Web Information Systems
... climate change has become an important indicator for governments and policy-makers (Whitmarsh, 2009). In this pursuit, numerous efforts around the globe have strived to capture the awareness using different methods and approaches; Lorenzoni et al. (2007) studied how the general public in the UK perc ...
... climate change has become an important indicator for governments and policy-makers (Whitmarsh, 2009). In this pursuit, numerous efforts around the globe have strived to capture the awareness using different methods and approaches; Lorenzoni et al. (2007) studied how the general public in the UK perc ...