Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... sion will change in the coming decades is thus necessary to plan for land stewardship and ecosystem preservation and it is made more urgent and complex by the general expectation that increases in rainfall intensity under global warming (Trenberth et al., 2003) will exacerbate erosion. There is wide ...
... sion will change in the coming decades is thus necessary to plan for land stewardship and ecosystem preservation and it is made more urgent and complex by the general expectation that increases in rainfall intensity under global warming (Trenberth et al., 2003) will exacerbate erosion. There is wide ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture: A Call for Action
... explores how to implement such technical knowledge on the ground. It also captures the roles that international and regional agencies can undertake to further strengthen agricultural productivity in the region that is already experiencing the impacts of climate change. We can also hear from the coun ...
... explores how to implement such technical knowledge on the ground. It also captures the roles that international and regional agencies can undertake to further strengthen agricultural productivity in the region that is already experiencing the impacts of climate change. We can also hear from the coun ...
A regional climate change decision framework for natural resource
... case studies. It is impossible to thank all of these people individually in this document, but their ongoing interest in and concern for the sustainable management of the AMLR environment and associated resource assets is fundamental to the successful adaptation of the region to future climate chang ...
... case studies. It is impossible to thank all of these people individually in this document, but their ongoing interest in and concern for the sustainable management of the AMLR environment and associated resource assets is fundamental to the successful adaptation of the region to future climate chang ...
Convenient Solutions to an Inconvenient Truth
... global terrestrial carbon stock. Changes in grassland vegetation due to overgrazing, conversion to crop land, desertification, fire, fragmentation, and introduction of non‐native species affect their carbon storage capacity, and may in some cases even lead to grasslands becoming a net source of C ...
... global terrestrial carbon stock. Changes in grassland vegetation due to overgrazing, conversion to crop land, desertification, fire, fragmentation, and introduction of non‐native species affect their carbon storage capacity, and may in some cases even lead to grasslands becoming a net source of C ...
Synthesis of Climate Change and Transportation Research Efforts at
... conducted using the Transportation Research Board’s Research in Progress, Science Direct, and Academic Search Premier databases. The field of transportation and climate change research is vast, so in order to gain insight into the areas of research relevant to NCHRP the literature review was confine ...
... conducted using the Transportation Research Board’s Research in Progress, Science Direct, and Academic Search Premier databases. The field of transportation and climate change research is vast, so in order to gain insight into the areas of research relevant to NCHRP the literature review was confine ...
here - OHCHR
... I would like to thank the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for inviting me to give a few opening remarks at today’s side panel which will focus on building climate resilience, and in particular with regard to the rights of particular vulnerable groups. Climate-related disaste ...
... I would like to thank the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for inviting me to give a few opening remarks at today’s side panel which will focus on building climate resilience, and in particular with regard to the rights of particular vulnerable groups. Climate-related disaste ...
On the relationship between metrics to compare greenhouse gases
... Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matthews (2010) and Peters et al. (2011). We here refer to this metric as the Integrated Global Temperature change Potential (IGTP). ...
... Such a measure has been discussed previously by, for instance, Fisher et al. (1990), Rotmans and den Elzen (1992), Shine et al. (2005, p. 298), IPCC (2009), Gillet and Matthews (2010) and Peters et al. (2011). We here refer to this metric as the Integrated Global Temperature change Potential (IGTP). ...
The Lived Experience of Climate Change: Water case study on the
... structures to moderate or offset potential damages or to take advantage of opportunities associated with changes in climate. It involves adjustments to reduce the vulnerability of communities, regions, or activities to climatic change and variability. Adaptation strategies are likely to be river ba ...
... structures to moderate or offset potential damages or to take advantage of opportunities associated with changes in climate. It involves adjustments to reduce the vulnerability of communities, regions, or activities to climatic change and variability. Adaptation strategies are likely to be river ba ...
Increasing water cycle extremes in California and in relation to
... The role of climate variability in modulating water cycle extremes provides a key for anticipating the occurrence of extreme hydrological events. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has long been recognized as the prime climate modulator of precipitation and snowpack in California11–13. However ...
... The role of climate variability in modulating water cycle extremes provides a key for anticipating the occurrence of extreme hydrological events. The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has long been recognized as the prime climate modulator of precipitation and snowpack in California11–13. However ...
Climatic warming strengthens a positive feedback between alpine
... warming is likely to increase growth rates of woody species (Arft et al., 1999; Elmendorf et al., 2012b; Myers-Smith et al., 2011) and that shrubs are potentially the most flammable vegetation component in these ecosystems (Williams et al., 2006; Higuera et al., 2009; Fraser et al., 2016). Thus, inc ...
... warming is likely to increase growth rates of woody species (Arft et al., 1999; Elmendorf et al., 2012b; Myers-Smith et al., 2011) and that shrubs are potentially the most flammable vegetation component in these ecosystems (Williams et al., 2006; Higuera et al., 2009; Fraser et al., 2016). Thus, inc ...
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY
... efficient) to ensure that the surface and top of the atmosphere shortwave fluxes are consistent with ...
... efficient) to ensure that the surface and top of the atmosphere shortwave fluxes are consistent with ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... to simulate the effects of climate change given a wide variety of technological and policy responses. The drawback to these models is that they contain a large number of response coefficients and make a number of specific and often untestable assumptions about the evolution of the capital stock and its ...
... to simulate the effects of climate change given a wide variety of technological and policy responses. The drawback to these models is that they contain a large number of response coefficients and make a number of specific and often untestable assumptions about the evolution of the capital stock and its ...
Progress in Physical Geography Sea levels: resolution and uncertainty
... models. While the detailed geographical patterns of sea-level rise vary between models (and from those measured by satellites), some areas appear more likely to experience larger than average rises, reflecting changes in the fluxes of heat, freshwater and momentum between atmosphere and ocean (eg, B ...
... models. While the detailed geographical patterns of sea-level rise vary between models (and from those measured by satellites), some areas appear more likely to experience larger than average rises, reflecting changes in the fluxes of heat, freshwater and momentum between atmosphere and ocean (eg, B ...
Seattle City Light Climate Change Analysis - CSES
... The regional climate model simulations used for this study are described in detail in Salathé et al. (2010). The simulations use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using boundary conditions f ...
... The regional climate model simulations used for this study are described in detail in Salathé et al. (2010). The simulations use the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model using boundary conditions f ...
Climate change and Arctic ecosystems II
... 1996a]. The model is sensitive to CO2 concentration because of the responses of NPP and stomatal conductance to CO2 and the differential effects of CO2 on the NPP of C3 and C4 plants. [8] To identify the biome for a given grid cell, the model ranks the tree and nontree PFTs that were calculated for ...
... 1996a]. The model is sensitive to CO2 concentration because of the responses of NPP and stomatal conductance to CO2 and the differential effects of CO2 on the NPP of C3 and C4 plants. [8] To identify the biome for a given grid cell, the model ranks the tree and nontree PFTs that were calculated for ...
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... Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme climates and to enjoy comfortable moderation. Geographically, climate impacts the desi ...
... Every day, climate influences human activity, including diet, chores, recreation, and conversation. Households spend considerable amounts on housing, energy, clothing, and travel to protect themselves from extreme climates and to enjoy comfortable moderation. Geographically, climate impacts the desi ...
Reducing Global Warming and Adapting to Climate Change
... 15. Organic agriculture can build on wellestablished practice with decades of use in various climate zones, and under a wide range of specific local conditions. There are other forms of sustainable agriculture, but due to the well-defined standardization of organic agriculture, and its strong accept ...
... 15. Organic agriculture can build on wellestablished practice with decades of use in various climate zones, and under a wide range of specific local conditions. There are other forms of sustainable agriculture, but due to the well-defined standardization of organic agriculture, and its strong accept ...
A Methodology for Constructing Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for
... society will incur, and the numbers are alarming. The maximum estimated available funding in the future to mitigate climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other funds is $100 billion per year [5], however, the capital investments needed globally ...
... society will incur, and the numbers are alarming. The maximum estimated available funding in the future to mitigate climate change through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and other funds is $100 billion per year [5], however, the capital investments needed globally ...
Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A
... Schlesinger and Zhao, 1989), and Geophysical Dynamics Laboratory R30 [GFDL, Manabe and Wetherald in Mitchell et al. (1990); Wetherald and Manabe in Cubasch and Cess (1990). The rationale for the use of these GCMs for this study region is discussed by Cooter et al. (1993). In brief, they were well do ...
... Schlesinger and Zhao, 1989), and Geophysical Dynamics Laboratory R30 [GFDL, Manabe and Wetherald in Mitchell et al. (1990); Wetherald and Manabe in Cubasch and Cess (1990). The rationale for the use of these GCMs for this study region is discussed by Cooter et al. (1993). In brief, they were well do ...
Article - Biogeosciences
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
... carbon fluxes. We investigated to what extent and at which temporal scales, climatic variability and changes in ecosystem functional properties determined the IAV of the carbon balance. Empirical models were used as tools to estimate the seasonal and interannual variation of the ecosystem functional ...
on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...
Climate Change Effects on Forest and Alpine (and Western Prairie
... Disturbances (e.g., droughts, insect outbreaks, grazing, and fire) are part of the ecological history of most ecosystems and influence ecological communities and landscapes.25 Both human-induced and natural disturbances shape ecosystems by influencing species composition, structure, and function (e. ...
... Disturbances (e.g., droughts, insect outbreaks, grazing, and fire) are part of the ecological history of most ecosystems and influence ecological communities and landscapes.25 Both human-induced and natural disturbances shape ecosystems by influencing species composition, structure, and function (e. ...
Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...
How Might Climate Change Affect Economic Growth in Developing
... country growth trajectories relative to the case without climate change, possibly even more so than if mitigation measures were adopted. Even when coping behaviors are factored in (‘reactive adaptation’), the remaining damages of climate change (i.e., technically or economically irreversible consequ ...
... country growth trajectories relative to the case without climate change, possibly even more so than if mitigation measures were adopted. Even when coping behaviors are factored in (‘reactive adaptation’), the remaining damages of climate change (i.e., technically or economically irreversible consequ ...
on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...
... The Pan‑Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change presented here is our collective plan to grow our economy while reducing emissions and building resilience to adapt to a changing climate. It will help us transition to a strong, diverse and competitive economy; foster job creation, with ...