Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... uninterrupted latitudinal gradient. Our analysis of inter-annual trends in tundra vegetation using satellite data encompassed all five of the arctic bioclimate subzones (Walker et al. 2005). Three of the five subzones (C–E) exist on mainland Yamal, while the other two are on islands in the Kara Sea. ...
... uninterrupted latitudinal gradient. Our analysis of inter-annual trends in tundra vegetation using satellite data encompassed all five of the arctic bioclimate subzones (Walker et al. 2005). Three of the five subzones (C–E) exist on mainland Yamal, while the other two are on islands in the Kara Sea. ...
The social values at risk from sea-level rise
... these developments have resulted in greater recognition of the importance of social issues in infrastructure and resource extraction projects, resulting in a positive legacy beyond the life of projects (Esteves et al., 2012). A values-based approach to sea-level rise could benefit from considering s ...
... these developments have resulted in greater recognition of the importance of social issues in infrastructure and resource extraction projects, resulting in a positive legacy beyond the life of projects (Esteves et al., 2012). A values-based approach to sea-level rise could benefit from considering s ...
View/Open
... Almost 80% of African agricultural land is grazing land. African farmers depend on livestock for income, food and animal products (Nin et al., 2007), and are known to keep cattle as an insurance policy for when droughts ruin annual crops (Fafchamps et al., 1998). A study of climate change impacts on ...
... Almost 80% of African agricultural land is grazing land. African farmers depend on livestock for income, food and animal products (Nin et al., 2007), and are known to keep cattle as an insurance policy for when droughts ruin annual crops (Fafchamps et al., 1998). A study of climate change impacts on ...
the commander in chief`s authority to combat climate change
... infrastructure and planning. Nevertheless, the President insists on safeguarding critical military infrastructure pursuant to his Commander in Chief power and continues to invest and plan for climate change’s impact. Congress objects, unleashing a separation of powers standoff. Would Congress’s acti ...
... infrastructure and planning. Nevertheless, the President insists on safeguarding critical military infrastructure pursuant to his Commander in Chief power and continues to invest and plan for climate change’s impact. Congress objects, unleashing a separation of powers standoff. Would Congress’s acti ...
Aalborg Universitet Climate for Change? Wejs, Anja
... and these vertical meltwater channels appeared increasingly each year. Experts had told them it was caused by climate change, although for me at the time it provided an exciting experience rather than an insight into the natural as well as social issues related to the phenomenon. Ten years later in ...
... and these vertical meltwater channels appeared increasingly each year. Experts had told them it was caused by climate change, although for me at the time it provided an exciting experience rather than an insight into the natural as well as social issues related to the phenomenon. Ten years later in ...
The Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy - Divest
... climate risk as a fiduciary concern. BlackRock argues that “the longer an asset owner’s time horizon, the more climate-related risks compound. Yet even short-term investors can be affected by regulatory and policy developments, technological disruption, or an extreme weather event.”12 Similarly, Mer ...
... climate risk as a fiduciary concern. BlackRock argues that “the longer an asset owner’s time horizon, the more climate-related risks compound. Yet even short-term investors can be affected by regulatory and policy developments, technological disruption, or an extreme weather event.”12 Similarly, Mer ...
GLOCHAMORE Research Strategy - Mountain Research Initiative
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, mountain climates differ from those in nearby lower elevations, as do the essential natural resources, such as water, associated with them.Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity ...
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, mountain climates differ from those in nearby lower elevations, as do the essential natural resources, such as water, associated with them.Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity ...
Draft Climate Change Fund Strategic Plan 2017 to 2022
... 1.1 The NSW Climate Change Fund New South Wales is the only state in Australia to have a fund dedicated to support climate change activities. The NSW Climate Change Fund is made possible through contributions from all NSW electricity consumers. Each year, all NSW electricity distribution businesses ...
... 1.1 The NSW Climate Change Fund New South Wales is the only state in Australia to have a fund dedicated to support climate change activities. The NSW Climate Change Fund is made possible through contributions from all NSW electricity consumers. Each year, all NSW electricity distribution businesses ...
A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial
... Much of this uncertainty reflects socio-economic uncertainty regarding trajectories of population growth, land use change, and especially the rate and total amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere [1]. In addition, global climate models vary in their sensitivity to greenhouse gases and ...
... Much of this uncertainty reflects socio-economic uncertainty regarding trajectories of population growth, land use change, and especially the rate and total amount of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere [1]. In addition, global climate models vary in their sensitivity to greenhouse gases and ...
An Introduction to Simple Climate Models
... Working Group I volume of the IPCC Second Assessment Report (IPCC WGI, 19961); and (b) to fully document the procedures and assumptions used to generate the trace gas concentration, global mean temperature change, and global mean sea level rise projections presented in the SAR WGI (Section 6.3) and ...
... Working Group I volume of the IPCC Second Assessment Report (IPCC WGI, 19961); and (b) to fully document the procedures and assumptions used to generate the trace gas concentration, global mean temperature change, and global mean sea level rise projections presented in the SAR WGI (Section 6.3) and ...
Environment and Climate Change Assessment
... Viet Nam ranks 16th worldwide in terms of species richness (World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1992 and World Bank 2011b). Biodiversity contributions to the economy are significant in agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. However, overextraction, continuing loss of species, and damage to natural sy ...
... Viet Nam ranks 16th worldwide in terms of species richness (World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1992 and World Bank 2011b). Biodiversity contributions to the economy are significant in agriculture, fisheries, and tourism. However, overextraction, continuing loss of species, and damage to natural sy ...
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
... through the loss of social identity and cohesion, hostility, violence, and interpersonal and intergroup aggression. Psychological well-being includes positive emotions, a sense of meaning and purpose, and strong social connections. Although the psychological impacts of climate change may not be obvi ...
... through the loss of social identity and cohesion, hostility, violence, and interpersonal and intergroup aggression. Psychological well-being includes positive emotions, a sense of meaning and purpose, and strong social connections. Although the psychological impacts of climate change may not be obvi ...
- Macquarie University ResearchOnline
... Geographic distributions of plant species can be approximated by ‘‘envelopes’’ representing conterminous regions in climate space. The climate space required to describe species distributions is not a 1D space (i.e. species distributions cannot be represented accurately along a single axis such as m ...
... Geographic distributions of plant species can be approximated by ‘‘envelopes’’ representing conterminous regions in climate space. The climate space required to describe species distributions is not a 1D space (i.e. species distributions cannot be represented accurately along a single axis such as m ...
Confronting Climate Change in California
... leading to changes in water circulation and quality and complex changes in the food web, including impacts on fish and invertebrates that use the bay as a nursery ground. • Increases in the amount of winter rains could intensify flooding and landslide hazards. The highly diverse California landscape ...
... leading to changes in water circulation and quality and complex changes in the food web, including impacts on fish and invertebrates that use the bay as a nursery ground. • Increases in the amount of winter rains could intensify flooding and landslide hazards. The highly diverse California landscape ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic pattern between two events or variables, we say that they are “correlated.” A positive correl ...
... effect on one or both variables. A causative relationship between two variables can only be established by either proving or disproving a hypothesis using the scientific method. When we observe a systematic pattern between two events or variables, we say that they are “correlated.” A positive correl ...
ARTICLE Potential climate change impacts on temperate forest ecosystem processes
... Recent changes in global and regional climate are now welldocumented and generally show an increase in mean annual temperature, more extreme hot days, and more episodic and intense precipitation events (Solomon et al. 2007; Karl et al. 2009; Hansen et al. 2012). While these trends are expected to co ...
... Recent changes in global and regional climate are now welldocumented and generally show an increase in mean annual temperature, more extreme hot days, and more episodic and intense precipitation events (Solomon et al. 2007; Karl et al. 2009; Hansen et al. 2012). While these trends are expected to co ...
Climate of the Past
... composite record to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The challenge of producing reliable inferred climate reconstructions for the Holocene cannot be underestimated, considering the fact that the estimated temperature and precipitation fluctuations during this period are in magnitude similar to, o ...
... composite record to increase the signal-to-noise ratio. The challenge of producing reliable inferred climate reconstructions for the Holocene cannot be underestimated, considering the fact that the estimated temperature and precipitation fluctuations during this period are in magnitude similar to, o ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... preparing this report suggest that this national leadership will be generally welcomed. The report takes a risk management approach to identifying the sectors and regions that might have the highest priority for adaptation planning. It is important to consider how effectively key systems will respon ...
... preparing this report suggest that this national leadership will be generally welcomed. The report takes a risk management approach to identifying the sectors and regions that might have the highest priority for adaptation planning. It is important to consider how effectively key systems will respon ...
guide to synthetic greenhouse gas activities in the NZ ETS
... ETS. These participants are required to collect certain data to calculate and report on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with certain activities from 1 January 2013. The details of these obligations are set out in the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 200 ...
... ETS. These participants are required to collect certain data to calculate and report on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with certain activities from 1 January 2013. The details of these obligations are set out in the Climate Change (Stationary Energy and Industrial Processes) Regulations 200 ...
Leading Edge 2020: international development in Asia
... There is little doubt that current commentary on Asia focuses on growth, growth and growth. Estimates from the Asia Development Bank (ADB) show that by 2050 per capita income in Asia could reach parity with Europe.2 The region will double its share of global GDP to 52%.3 Its urban population will ha ...
... There is little doubt that current commentary on Asia focuses on growth, growth and growth. Estimates from the Asia Development Bank (ADB) show that by 2050 per capita income in Asia could reach parity with Europe.2 The region will double its share of global GDP to 52%.3 Its urban population will ha ...
Enhanced weathering strategies for stabilizing climate and averting
... weathering by terrestrial ecosystems as a macro-engineering CDR option based on idealized cases for distributing pulverized silicate rocks in the tropics using multi-model ensemble projections (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP5) of twenty-firstcentury climate change9,10 . Our modelling fr ...
... weathering by terrestrial ecosystems as a macro-engineering CDR option based on idealized cases for distributing pulverized silicate rocks in the tropics using multi-model ensemble projections (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP5) of twenty-firstcentury climate change9,10 . Our modelling fr ...
Assessment of flash floods taking into account climate
... surrounding area. It represents a water supply source for up to 1 300 000 inhabitants, who use it for drinking, agricultural irrigation, industry and hydroelectric energy production. The Llobregat River is highly dependent on climatic conditions. It has a low mean annual discharge (around 20 m3 s−1 ...
... surrounding area. It represents a water supply source for up to 1 300 000 inhabitants, who use it for drinking, agricultural irrigation, industry and hydroelectric energy production. The Llobregat River is highly dependent on climatic conditions. It has a low mean annual discharge (around 20 m3 s−1 ...
EGT applying urban warming REVISIONS.docx
... community. At the time, the Dutch climate adaptation discourse was highly water-centric, and mainly dealt with flood risk issues (Swart et al., 2009). Under the influence of political attention for long term issues, the development of new research programs, and the development of a national compreh ...
... community. At the time, the Dutch climate adaptation discourse was highly water-centric, and mainly dealt with flood risk issues (Swart et al., 2009). Under the influence of political attention for long term issues, the development of new research programs, and the development of a national compreh ...
On the tropical origin of uncertainties in the global land precipitation
... the precipitation anomalies over tropical land are very uncertain. This result is confirmed by Fig. 2 that illustrates the transient response of the annual mean 2-m temperature and precipitation anomalies relative to the 1971–2000 model climatologies. While most models show a remarkable agreement in ...
... the precipitation anomalies over tropical land are very uncertain. This result is confirmed by Fig. 2 that illustrates the transient response of the annual mean 2-m temperature and precipitation anomalies relative to the 1971–2000 model climatologies. While most models show a remarkable agreement in ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...
... To support informed decision making, the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention, in collaboration with the Arctic Council‘s Arctic Monitoring Assessment Program (AMAP) have prepared a systematic and authoritative global review of the impacts of climate change on the dynamics and toxicity of persist ...