Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
... it and the universal quests of humankind identified by scholars of anthropology (Boas 1911 (1938), Douglas and Wildavsky 1982, LeVine and Campbell 1971/1972, Mead 1956, 1970, Textor 1967), comparative literature and religion (Campbell 1949, 1988, Smith 1958), psychology (LeVine and Campbell 1971/19 ...
... it and the universal quests of humankind identified by scholars of anthropology (Boas 1911 (1938), Douglas and Wildavsky 1982, LeVine and Campbell 1971/1972, Mead 1956, 1970, Textor 1967), comparative literature and religion (Campbell 1949, 1988, Smith 1958), psychology (LeVine and Campbell 1971/19 ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – aquatic
... et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously perennial waterbodies become temporary or ephemeral. However, it is the potentially large, indirect effects of increasing human demands for water that are likely t ...
... et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously perennial waterbodies become temporary or ephemeral. However, it is the potentially large, indirect effects of increasing human demands for water that are likely t ...
A Unified Sea Level Rise Projection for Southeast Florida April 2011
... climate concerns in the region. As expressed by the SE FL Compact Steering Committee, the Climate Compact Counties recognized the critical need to unify the existing local SLR projections to create a single regional SLR projection. Key participants in developing the existing projections and other lo ...
... climate concerns in the region. As expressed by the SE FL Compact Steering Committee, the Climate Compact Counties recognized the critical need to unify the existing local SLR projections to create a single regional SLR projection. Key participants in developing the existing projections and other lo ...
A Unified Sea Level Rise Projection for Southeast Florida April 2011
... climate concerns in the region. As expressed by the SE FL Compact Steering Committee, the Climate Compact Counties recognized the critical need to unify the existing local SLR projections to create a single regional SLR projection. Key participants in developing the existing projections and other lo ...
... climate concerns in the region. As expressed by the SE FL Compact Steering Committee, the Climate Compact Counties recognized the critical need to unify the existing local SLR projections to create a single regional SLR projection. Key participants in developing the existing projections and other lo ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 4 SECOND
... General comment: The chapter would benefit from a section which discusses how freshwater ecosystems are part of the wider landscape such as how they are connected either physically or via a range of ecosystem processes. The reason is that climate changes that directly impact freshwater ecosystems ar ...
... General comment: The chapter would benefit from a section which discusses how freshwater ecosystems are part of the wider landscape such as how they are connected either physically or via a range of ecosystem processes. The reason is that climate changes that directly impact freshwater ecosystems ar ...
Climate Change and Natural Resources Conflicts in Africa
... The conference aims to address a number of questions such as: How vulnerable are the economies of Africa to the impact of climate variability and change? How are national and regional institutions preparing to adapt to the impact of climate variability and change? How are climate variability and cha ...
... The conference aims to address a number of questions such as: How vulnerable are the economies of Africa to the impact of climate variability and change? How are national and regional institutions preparing to adapt to the impact of climate variability and change? How are climate variability and cha ...
Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response
... turbulence in response to climate change Paul D. Williams1 * and Manoj M. Joshi2 Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1 . Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passeng ...
... turbulence in response to climate change Paul D. Williams1 * and Manoj M. Joshi2 Atmospheric turbulence causes most weather-related aircraft incidents1 . Commercial aircraft encounter moderate-or-greater turbulence tens of thousands of times each year worldwide, injuring probably hundreds of passeng ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... approaches. Nonetheless, these are suggested to Best estimates of global temperature change by the ...
... approaches. Nonetheless, these are suggested to Best estimates of global temperature change by the ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... floods caused by climate change emanating from global warming. It also notes that climate change affects the country’s agro-based economy whose livelihoods largely depend on rain-fed agriculture, livestock production and natural resources. Thus the government has created a Ministry of Environment, W ...
... floods caused by climate change emanating from global warming. It also notes that climate change affects the country’s agro-based economy whose livelihoods largely depend on rain-fed agriculture, livestock production and natural resources. Thus the government has created a Ministry of Environment, W ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... internally or externally, due to the impacts of climate change (such as sea-level rise, increasing intensity of storms and droughts, flooding and natural disasters) therefore adds tremendously to contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due ...
... internally or externally, due to the impacts of climate change (such as sea-level rise, increasing intensity of storms and droughts, flooding and natural disasters) therefore adds tremendously to contemporary challenges. According to scientific estimations, the number of those likely to relocate due ...
Sea-Level Rise
... Climate change refers to a long-term shift in the Earth’s weather pattern as a result of both natural variation and human-induced factors. These shifts include alterations in the averages, extremes, timing, and spatial distribution of weather (Holdren, 2008). The past two decades have been the warme ...
... Climate change refers to a long-term shift in the Earth’s weather pattern as a result of both natural variation and human-induced factors. These shifts include alterations in the averages, extremes, timing, and spatial distribution of weather (Holdren, 2008). The past two decades have been the warme ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding human adaptation to stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change. A main theme of biohistory is the culture-nature interplay. This recognises that human situations involve a continu ...
... without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding human adaptation to stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change. A main theme of biohistory is the culture-nature interplay. This recognises that human situations involve a continu ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding human adaptation to stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change. A main theme of biohistory is the culture-nature interplay. This recognises that human situations involve a continu ...
... without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding human adaptation to stratospheric ozone depletion and global climate change. A main theme of biohistory is the culture-nature interplay. This recognises that human situations involve a continu ...
Separating Forced from Chaotic Climate Variability over the Past
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...
MODULE 2 (EARTH SCIENCE)
... Click on the link for the video in the green box on the right hand side. Pause the video to ask students pertinent questions, e.g.: What is the greenhouse effect? The trapping of heat in the atmosphere by certain gases (water, carbon dioxide, methane). What is climate change? A long-term shift in th ...
... Click on the link for the video in the green box on the right hand side. Pause the video to ask students pertinent questions, e.g.: What is the greenhouse effect? The trapping of heat in the atmosphere by certain gases (water, carbon dioxide, methane). What is climate change? A long-term shift in th ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • There are uncertainties in the relative roles of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and evapotranspiration in water level modelling. Lakes • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great La ...
... • There are uncertainties in the relative roles of precipitation, runoff, evaporation and evapotranspiration in water level modelling. Lakes • There is a lack of clarity in the understanding of multiple factors (including hydroclimatic factors) influencing water level projections for the Great La ...
Linking Climate Change and Fish Conservation Efforts Using
... and evaluate management alternatives. There are different tools available for creating such a parameterized decision support model. We used Bayesian networks (BNs) in both examples. Bayesian networks are graphical models that represent probabilistic relationships among a set of variables or nodes an ...
... and evaluate management alternatives. There are different tools available for creating such a parameterized decision support model. We used Bayesian networks (BNs) in both examples. Bayesian networks are graphical models that represent probabilistic relationships among a set of variables or nodes an ...
Submission of the Maldives to the Office of the UN High
... instruments, the international community has the duty both to ensure that GHGs are reduced or stabilized, as well as to provide funding for adaptation. In the Maldives, the implementation of adaptation measures has indeed been made possible with the support of the international community. However, s ...
... instruments, the international community has the duty both to ensure that GHGs are reduced or stabilized, as well as to provide funding for adaptation. In the Maldives, the implementation of adaptation measures has indeed been made possible with the support of the international community. However, s ...
climate change in the american mind
... This public misunderstanding of the scientific consensus – which has been found in each of our surveys since 2008 – has significant consequences. Other research has identified public understanding of the scientific consensus as a critical “gateway belief” that influences other important beliefs (i.e ...
... This public misunderstanding of the scientific consensus – which has been found in each of our surveys since 2008 – has significant consequences. Other research has identified public understanding of the scientific consensus as a critical “gateway belief” that influences other important beliefs (i.e ...
The Risk of Sea Level Rise: A Delphic Monte Carlo Analysis in
... Respective Areas of Expertise James G. Titus∗∗ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Vijay Narayanan Technical Resources International ...
... Respective Areas of Expertise James G. Titus∗∗ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Vijay Narayanan Technical Resources International ...
Climate change in Central America and Mexico
... Changes in the magnitude and the seasonal cycle of temperature, precipitation, humidity levels will affect ...
... Changes in the magnitude and the seasonal cycle of temperature, precipitation, humidity levels will affect ...
(1.5 MB pdf) - Torres Strait Regional Authority
... communities, especially nearby Waiben (Thursday) Island. It provides the regional airport, marine transport services and the water supply to Thursday Island. This exploratory study shows that the low lying nature of the present seaside community (and parts of its airport) are at a high risk of impac ...
... communities, especially nearby Waiben (Thursday) Island. It provides the regional airport, marine transport services and the water supply to Thursday Island. This exploratory study shows that the low lying nature of the present seaside community (and parts of its airport) are at a high risk of impac ...
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... management (Kurukulasuriya and Rosenthal, 2003); improving fertilizer use and increasing irrigation (Howden et al., 2007); increasing labour or livestock input per hectare to increase productivity (Mortimore and Adams, 2001); increasing regional farm diversity (Reidsma and Ewert, 2008); and shifting ...
... management (Kurukulasuriya and Rosenthal, 2003); improving fertilizer use and increasing irrigation (Howden et al., 2007); increasing labour or livestock input per hectare to increase productivity (Mortimore and Adams, 2001); increasing regional farm diversity (Reidsma and Ewert, 2008); and shifting ...
The Virgin Islands Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment of the
... APPENDIX 2 - CLIMATE CHANGE TOURISM SECTOR KAP SURVEY.................................. 252 APPENDIX 3 - CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL PUBLIC KAP SURVEY ................................... 260 APPENDIX 4 - INITIAL PLANS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE CANE GARDEN BAY BEACH COMMUNITY ......................... ...
... APPENDIX 2 - CLIMATE CHANGE TOURISM SECTOR KAP SURVEY.................................. 252 APPENDIX 3 - CLIMATE CHANGE GENERAL PUBLIC KAP SURVEY ................................... 260 APPENDIX 4 - INITIAL PLANS FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE CANE GARDEN BAY BEACH COMMUNITY ......................... ...
Understanding public complacency about climate
... sources are implemented, existing stocks of GHG-generating capital (automobiles, industrial plant and equipment, housing, infrastructure) are only gradually replaced or retrofitted, while noncarbon alternatives are only gradually developed and deployed (Fiddaman 2002). The longest response delays, h ...
... sources are implemented, existing stocks of GHG-generating capital (automobiles, industrial plant and equipment, housing, infrastructure) are only gradually replaced or retrofitted, while noncarbon alternatives are only gradually developed and deployed (Fiddaman 2002). The longest response delays, h ...