America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the
... advances that could help decision makers identify, evaluate, and implement effective actions to limit its magnitude and adapt to its impacts. The body of science reviewed by the Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change makes a compelling case that climate change is occurring and suggests tha ...
... advances that could help decision makers identify, evaluate, and implement effective actions to limit its magnitude and adapt to its impacts. The body of science reviewed by the Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change makes a compelling case that climate change is occurring and suggests tha ...
Gene-flow through space and time: dispersal, dormancy and
... Fig. 1 Conceptual diagram illustrating the joint evolution of dispersal and dormancy as risk reduction c strategies under spatially and temporally variable environments. The cartoon represents three patches, suitable (continuous lines) or unsuitable (dashed lines) for a population (black and white c ...
... Fig. 1 Conceptual diagram illustrating the joint evolution of dispersal and dormancy as risk reduction c strategies under spatially and temporally variable environments. The cartoon represents three patches, suitable (continuous lines) or unsuitable (dashed lines) for a population (black and white c ...
The resilience renaissance? Unpacking of resilience for tackling
... quality that prevents individuals who are at genetic risk for maladaptation and psychopathology from being affected by these problems’ (Chicchetti et al. 2004: 17325). Humanistic psychology, the branch of the subject that stresses the importance of personal choice and responsibility takes a slightly ...
... quality that prevents individuals who are at genetic risk for maladaptation and psychopathology from being affected by these problems’ (Chicchetti et al. 2004: 17325). Humanistic psychology, the branch of the subject that stresses the importance of personal choice and responsibility takes a slightly ...
Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries
... major inputs from terrestrial systems (Chapter 7) and provide major outputs to marine systems (Chapter 9), altered states and processes within freshwater systems are intimately linked to these arctic ecosystems through feedback and transfer mechanisms. There are a number of levels within an ecosyste ...
... major inputs from terrestrial systems (Chapter 7) and provide major outputs to marine systems (Chapter 9), altered states and processes within freshwater systems are intimately linked to these arctic ecosystems through feedback and transfer mechanisms. There are a number of levels within an ecosyste ...
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation
... Hunt, M.K. Maynard, R.H. Henk, E.J. Seymour, L.E. Olson, J.R. Potter, and N.N. Srinivasan, 2008: Why Study the Gulf Coast? In: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and th ...
... Hunt, M.K. Maynard, R.H. Henk, E.J. Seymour, L.E. Olson, J.R. Potter, and N.N. Srinivasan, 2008: Why Study the Gulf Coast? In: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study, Phase I. A Report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and th ...
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... 2015 was an important period in SPREP’s history, it has also been an important period for the Pacific region. It will be remembered as the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to end ...
... 2015 was an important period in SPREP’s history, it has also been an important period for the Pacific region. It will be remembered as the year the Pacific made clear to the world that addressing climate change is an urgent and critical priority, and it culminated in the world coming together to end ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...
Review of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
... to underst and and deal with the consequences of global climate change (see Box 1 of ICSU-IGFA, 2009, for example). Societ y needs the research that will underpin mitigation strategies and climate adapt ation at the regional scale. The demand for and upt ake of climate science is changing rapidly an ...
... to underst and and deal with the consequences of global climate change (see Box 1 of ICSU-IGFA, 2009, for example). Societ y needs the research that will underpin mitigation strategies and climate adapt ation at the regional scale. The demand for and upt ake of climate science is changing rapidly an ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...
Compendium of Yukon Climate Change Science
... Abstract: This article reviews the historical, instrumental, and future changes in climate for the northern latitudes of Canada. Discussion of historical climate over the last 10 000 years focuses on major climatic shifts, including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, and how these chan ...
... Abstract: This article reviews the historical, instrumental, and future changes in climate for the northern latitudes of Canada. Discussion of historical climate over the last 10 000 years focuses on major climatic shifts, including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, and how these chan ...
The Role of New Media in Protest Organisation
... Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... - 1 Table of Content ......................................................................................................................... - 2 1. Chapte ...
... Abstract ...................................................................................................................................... - 1 Table of Content ......................................................................................................................... - 2 1. Chapte ...
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... et.al; 2003). AMAP has established a close cooperation with UNEP Chemicals with the work to achieve a better control for global emission of mercury and we have produced a technical assessment together (AMAP/UNEP 2008,) and an updated is under preparation. The hot spot identifications that AMAP made ...
... et.al; 2003). AMAP has established a close cooperation with UNEP Chemicals with the work to achieve a better control for global emission of mercury and we have produced a technical assessment together (AMAP/UNEP 2008,) and an updated is under preparation. The hot spot identifications that AMAP made ...
Response of ocean phytoplankton community structure to climate
... phytoplankton are responsible for almost half of the total global primary production (Field et al., 1998). Phytoplankton consume inorganic carbon during photosynthesis and are an essential part of the transport of organic carbon from the upper to deep ocean. Diatoms, a phytoplankton group with silic ...
... phytoplankton are responsible for almost half of the total global primary production (Field et al., 1998). Phytoplankton consume inorganic carbon during photosynthesis and are an essential part of the transport of organic carbon from the upper to deep ocean. Diatoms, a phytoplankton group with silic ...
A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
... Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper responsibly manufactured from sustainable forestry in which at least two trees are planted for each one used for paper production. ...
NERC impact report 2015
... NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value terms, or an annual average of £50m.28 More efficient regulation – Scientists at NERC’s National Oceanograp ...
... NERC science showed it posed no threat to human health or to a nearby MOD installation. This will create gross value added for the UK economy estimated at £1.2bn over 25 years in present value terms, or an annual average of £50m.28 More efficient regulation – Scientists at NERC’s National Oceanograp ...
The key role of heavy precipitation events in climate
... variability, but typically simulate light precipitation days too frequently and heavy ...
... variability, but typically simulate light precipitation days too frequently and heavy ...
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... Vulnerability assessments can play a vital role in the design of appropriate adaptation and mitigation policies targeted towards climate change and its impacts on marine and aquatic ecosystems, and those who depend upon these resources for their livelihoods and well-being. Assessing which particular ...
... Vulnerability assessments can play a vital role in the design of appropriate adaptation and mitigation policies targeted towards climate change and its impacts on marine and aquatic ecosystems, and those who depend upon these resources for their livelihoods and well-being. Assessing which particular ...
Treeline advance – driving processes and adverse factors
... he general trend of climatically-driven treeline advance is modified by regional, local and temporal variations. Treelines will not advance in a closed front parallel to the shift of any isotherm to higher elevations and more northern latitudes. The effects of varying topography on site conditions a ...
... he general trend of climatically-driven treeline advance is modified by regional, local and temporal variations. Treelines will not advance in a closed front parallel to the shift of any isotherm to higher elevations and more northern latitudes. The effects of varying topography on site conditions a ...
Climate Change and Urban Greenspace. PhD thesis, The University
... Table 2.1. A brief description of the IPCC storylines used for calculating future greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions for the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios, also showing linkages to the UKCIP socio-economic scenarios for the UK .. Table 2.2. Summary of the changes in average seasonal cli ...
... Table 2.1. A brief description of the IPCC storylines used for calculating future greenhouse gas and other pollutant emissions for the UKCIP02 climate change scenarios, also showing linkages to the UKCIP socio-economic scenarios for the UK .. Table 2.2. Summary of the changes in average seasonal cli ...
Vulnerability of geomorphological features in the Great Barrier Reef
... by Pandolfi and Greenstein (chapter 22), conditions suitable for reef growth have been the exception rather than the rule for much of the GBR’s history. For most of the time, reef growth was restricted to the deeper shelf edge by low glacial sea levels70,82. Just five or six highstands (each lasting ...
... by Pandolfi and Greenstein (chapter 22), conditions suitable for reef growth have been the exception rather than the rule for much of the GBR’s history. For most of the time, reef growth was restricted to the deeper shelf edge by low glacial sea levels70,82. Just five or six highstands (each lasting ...
Impacts of Large-Scale Reforestation Programmes on Regional
... Reforestation has been considered as a strategy for alleviating diverse environmental degradation problems and mitigating anthropogenic global warming in recent years. The ‘Grain for Green Project’ in China is one of the key reforestation programmes that have been implemented in recent years. The pr ...
... Reforestation has been considered as a strategy for alleviating diverse environmental degradation problems and mitigating anthropogenic global warming in recent years. The ‘Grain for Green Project’ in China is one of the key reforestation programmes that have been implemented in recent years. The pr ...
Ecuador`s Banana Sector under Climate Change
... climate change is raising additional concerns over the long term viability and suitability of banana in Ecuador. The climate change challenge is multifaceted manifested through reduced water availability from declining Andean glaciers, changing rainfall patterns to rising temperatures and consequent ...
... climate change is raising additional concerns over the long term viability and suitability of banana in Ecuador. The climate change challenge is multifaceted manifested through reduced water availability from declining Andean glaciers, changing rainfall patterns to rising temperatures and consequent ...
James Byrne - Curriculum Vitae - Personal Web Sites
... circulation patterns to current and future snow runoff for the Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research: 35, 3793-3802. 33. Saunders, I.R. and J.M. Byrne, 1999. Using synoptic pressure data for generating grid-scale precipitation. Int. J. Climatol.: 19: 1165-1176. 34. Byrne, J.M. and A.A. Berg, 199 ...
... circulation patterns to current and future snow runoff for the Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research: 35, 3793-3802. 33. Saunders, I.R. and J.M. Byrne, 1999. Using synoptic pressure data for generating grid-scale precipitation. Int. J. Climatol.: 19: 1165-1176. 34. Byrne, J.M. and A.A. Berg, 199 ...
The First Decade of Long-Lead U.S. Seasonal Forecasts
... Skill in forecasting the correct equally probable tercile category (above, near, or below normal) is analyzed, rather than the skill in assigning probabilities to the categories, and only one measure of skill is used, a modified Heidke skill score (MHSS; described in the next section). The purpose h ...
... Skill in forecasting the correct equally probable tercile category (above, near, or below normal) is analyzed, rather than the skill in assigning probabilities to the categories, and only one measure of skill is used, a modified Heidke skill score (MHSS; described in the next section). The purpose h ...
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
... challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2009 255-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -- updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about ...
... challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2009 255-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -- updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about ...