Complementary explanation of temperature response in the lower
... anticipate seeing the greatest effects of the PBL-response, are also the regions that have the greatest inter-model spread in SAT trends and variability (figure 4). However, because they represent a relatively small fraction of the surface, this poor fit may not significantly affect the simulated gl ...
... anticipate seeing the greatest effects of the PBL-response, are also the regions that have the greatest inter-model spread in SAT trends and variability (figure 4). However, because they represent a relatively small fraction of the surface, this poor fit may not significantly affect the simulated gl ...
Greece adaptation plan – GAifadopoulou - mowe
... York, NY, USA: IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 Mote P. and Salathé E., Future climate in the Pacific Northwest, Chapter 1 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington's Future in a Changing Climate (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Cl ...
... York, NY, USA: IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 Mote P. and Salathé E., Future climate in the Pacific Northwest, Chapter 1 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington's Future in a Changing Climate (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Cl ...
PETITION FOR RULEMAKING SEEKING THE REGULATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS
... sea-levels are rising, plants are flowering earlier, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and animals are shifting their ranges, all in response to worldwide changes in the climate. As anthropogenic gases force greater climate change, drought-affected areas will likely increase in their extent, ice ...
... sea-levels are rising, plants are flowering earlier, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and animals are shifting their ranges, all in response to worldwide changes in the climate. As anthropogenic gases force greater climate change, drought-affected areas will likely increase in their extent, ice ...
1.2 Climate Change and the Water Cycle
... assess the year-to-year change of global (land areas) and annual means of precipitation; see Fig. 1.2.5. We detect a small increase which, however, is not statistically significant because of the superimposed fluctuations which in part are correlated with El Niño years. In a similar analysis which c ...
... assess the year-to-year change of global (land areas) and annual means of precipitation; see Fig. 1.2.5. We detect a small increase which, however, is not statistically significant because of the superimposed fluctuations which in part are correlated with El Niño years. In a similar analysis which c ...
climate change Adaptation for building Designers
... for rebuilding communities devastated by such occurrences. At the planning level, Kousky and Cooke (2009) argue that successful adaptation policy might effectively decouple risks. The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is given as an example where both an extreme earthquake and a resultant fire which ...
... for rebuilding communities devastated by such occurrences. At the planning level, Kousky and Cooke (2009) argue that successful adaptation policy might effectively decouple risks. The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco is given as an example where both an extreme earthquake and a resultant fire which ...
Progress in Modeling the Impact of Land Cover Change on the Global Climate (PiPG - December 2006 Issue)
... moisture that it brings on regional and local ecosystems and on the ability of the land to be used for agriculture, grazing and ecological evolution of species. These studies commonly use the IPCC simulations under the different scenarios to evaluate the impact of climate change on the local land us ...
... moisture that it brings on regional and local ecosystems and on the ability of the land to be used for agriculture, grazing and ecological evolution of species. These studies commonly use the IPCC simulations under the different scenarios to evaluate the impact of climate change on the local land us ...
Expected impacts of climate change on extreme climate events
... them. This is particularly the case for tropical storms or cyclones or for convective events for which spatial scales are incompletely, or even not at all, resolved by these models (see also the paper of André et al. in this issue [1]). One way to extend the domain of validity of models consists in ...
... them. This is particularly the case for tropical storms or cyclones or for convective events for which spatial scales are incompletely, or even not at all, resolved by these models (see also the paper of André et al. in this issue [1]). One way to extend the domain of validity of models consists in ...
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... The literature on climate impacts on Indian agriculture is limited but has been growing. In recent years, several studies have examined the impacts of climate change on agriculture. But their results vary widely probably due to differences in the estimation procedures and their underlying assumption ...
... The literature on climate impacts on Indian agriculture is limited but has been growing. In recent years, several studies have examined the impacts of climate change on agriculture. But their results vary widely probably due to differences in the estimation procedures and their underlying assumption ...
exploratory team report - Water Environment Research Foundation
... increased evapotranspiration rates with drier soils, warmer water temperatures, increased sedimentation in streams, and a rise in sea level. Numerous documents exist that describe these effects on both regional and local scales. Only a few of these are described in the following paragraphs since the ...
... increased evapotranspiration rates with drier soils, warmer water temperatures, increased sedimentation in streams, and a rise in sea level. Numerous documents exist that describe these effects on both regional and local scales. Only a few of these are described in the following paragraphs since the ...
Climate Change and Landscape Preservation
... deal of uncertainty about the magnitude of climate change, especially on local scales, and additional uncertainty about ...
... deal of uncertainty about the magnitude of climate change, especially on local scales, and additional uncertainty about ...
Projecting Climate Change in Hawaii
... long-term mean rainfall (not shown). The overall pattern is for more rainfall on the windward sides of the islands and less rainfall on the leeward sides. The change in annual mean rainfall in the model projections can be roughly characterized as “wet areas get wetter” and “dry areas get drier.” Sim ...
... long-term mean rainfall (not shown). The overall pattern is for more rainfall on the windward sides of the islands and less rainfall on the leeward sides. The change in annual mean rainfall in the model projections can be roughly characterized as “wet areas get wetter” and “dry areas get drier.” Sim ...
Baltic Sea catchment
... and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some predictable such as the changes in the ...
... and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some predictable such as the changes in the ...
Camille Parmesan Education
... Beebee, J M Fromont, O Hoegh-Guldberg (2002) Ecological responses to recent climate change. Nature 416:389-395. o Ranked #11: Parmesan, C & G Yohe (2003) A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts in natural systems. Nature 421:37-42. (This paper also won an ISI Web of Science award i ...
... Beebee, J M Fromont, O Hoegh-Guldberg (2002) Ecological responses to recent climate change. Nature 416:389-395. o Ranked #11: Parmesan, C & G Yohe (2003) A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts in natural systems. Nature 421:37-42. (This paper also won an ISI Web of Science award i ...
Million Species
... I.II,}"C bodied animals is further enhanced because of other correlated 11 .lil s such as their requirement oflarge foraging area, greater food in 1.1"(" high habitat specificity, and lower reproductive rates (West and I ~i'( 'WII, 2(05). Why thcn (in evolutionary terms) be big? Three reasons are t ...
... I.II,}"C bodied animals is further enhanced because of other correlated 11 .lil s such as their requirement oflarge foraging area, greater food in 1.1"(" high habitat specificity, and lower reproductive rates (West and I ~i'( 'WII, 2(05). Why thcn (in evolutionary terms) be big? Three reasons are t ...
Climate change and vulnerability: Pushing people over the
... This refers to the extent to which countries have put in place measures to address the negative impacts of natural hazards and climate change in the future. Thus vulnerability to climate change impacts are shaped by – and in turn impact on – the specific sociocultural, economic and political context ...
... This refers to the extent to which countries have put in place measures to address the negative impacts of natural hazards and climate change in the future. Thus vulnerability to climate change impacts are shaped by – and in turn impact on – the specific sociocultural, economic and political context ...
New Zealand`s changing climate and oceans
... currently available knowledge on the future of the global and regional climate. The key decision of when and how to respond to climate change falls beyond the scope of this report, not least because it involves considerable reflection about societal values. It will be necessary for New Zealand to ad ...
... currently available knowledge on the future of the global and regional climate. The key decision of when and how to respond to climate change falls beyond the scope of this report, not least because it involves considerable reflection about societal values. It will be necessary for New Zealand to ad ...
Training Your People How to Think About Climate Change
... However, after it was published in IPCC Annual Report 3, Congress mandated an investigation about this radical shift in reconstructions and called upon Dr. Edward Wegman, an advanced statistics specialist on the Board of the American Statistical Association. Wegman found that Mann’s statistical anal ...
... However, after it was published in IPCC Annual Report 3, Congress mandated an investigation about this radical shift in reconstructions and called upon Dr. Edward Wegman, an advanced statistics specialist on the Board of the American Statistical Association. Wegman found that Mann’s statistical anal ...
global climate change and presidential leadership
... problems at the international level, that “. . . global climate change could be regarded as the single greatest international environmental policy issue.” 9 Michael Kraft, in his 2001 research study10 assessed what our dominant focus has been for the past three generations. Air and water quality we ...
... problems at the international level, that “. . . global climate change could be regarded as the single greatest international environmental policy issue.” 9 Michael Kraft, in his 2001 research study10 assessed what our dominant focus has been for the past three generations. Air and water quality we ...
the Climate Change Report here…
... Studies into past conditions have revealed that the climate is not fixed and has changed before. Could the change we are seeing now just be part of a natural cycle rather than a result of man's actions? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed to try to answer t ...
... Studies into past conditions have revealed that the climate is not fixed and has changed before. Could the change we are seeing now just be part of a natural cycle rather than a result of man's actions? The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was formed to try to answer t ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: are these useful for adaptation? - Working Paper 71 (699 kB) (opens in new window)
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
National climate change legislation: The key to more ambitious international agreements
... such as nuclear and renewable energy (including solar, wind and hydropower) increases energy security by reducing reliance on foreign imports of energy (which are often fossil-based) and increasing resilience to fuel price shocks. 32 of 33 countries include promoting diverse and more domestic source ...
... such as nuclear and renewable energy (including solar, wind and hydropower) increases energy security by reducing reliance on foreign imports of energy (which are often fossil-based) and increasing resilience to fuel price shocks. 32 of 33 countries include promoting diverse and more domestic source ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.