NB Climate Change Hub | News Monitoring | April
... University of Toronto researchers have identified the role of climate change on ozone distribution and atmospheric circulation over the earth’s surface.According to Michaela Hegglin, a postdoctoral fellow and lead researcher on the project, and professor Theodore Shepherd from the department of phys ...
... University of Toronto researchers have identified the role of climate change on ozone distribution and atmospheric circulation over the earth’s surface.According to Michaela Hegglin, a postdoctoral fellow and lead researcher on the project, and professor Theodore Shepherd from the department of phys ...
marine, Freshwater, and Terrestrial Ecosystems on
... The islands and waters of the Pacific Islands provide the materials and means that allow the region’s humans, plants, and animals to thrive. These fragile ecosystems not only support the fisheries and agriculture that the people of the region depend on for food and income, they also provide shorelin ...
... The islands and waters of the Pacific Islands provide the materials and means that allow the region’s humans, plants, and animals to thrive. These fragile ecosystems not only support the fisheries and agriculture that the people of the region depend on for food and income, they also provide shorelin ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... Further work is needed to quantify many of these factors to allow informed decision-making. Citation: Robock, A., A. Marquardt, B. Kravitz, and G. Stenchikov (2009), Benefits, risks, and costs of stratospheric geoengineering, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19703, doi:10.1029/2009GL039209. ...
... Further work is needed to quantify many of these factors to allow informed decision-making. Citation: Robock, A., A. Marquardt, B. Kravitz, and G. Stenchikov (2009), Benefits, risks, and costs of stratospheric geoengineering, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L19703, doi:10.1029/2009GL039209. ...
July 2016 - American Bar Association
... Since at least the late 1970s, scientists have known that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are contributing to the warming of the planet. In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the U.S. Congress about the need to take action on climate change, and his call to action was wi ...
... Since at least the late 1970s, scientists have known that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are contributing to the warming of the planet. In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen testified before the U.S. Congress about the need to take action on climate change, and his call to action was wi ...
4 The Importance of Methane
... energy. In contrast, some CH4 emissions are an undesirable side effect of industrial activities and can sometimes be reduced by making the activity more efficient. The most cost effective way of controlling CH4 emissions to air is to capture the emitted gas and use it as a fuel, whereby the CH4 is c ...
... energy. In contrast, some CH4 emissions are an undesirable side effect of industrial activities and can sometimes be reduced by making the activity more efficient. The most cost effective way of controlling CH4 emissions to air is to capture the emitted gas and use it as a fuel, whereby the CH4 is c ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
... The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a comprehensively researched, fully referenced and independently reviewed evaluation of climate change and its impacts for the region and for the world. The Overview Report entitled “Impacts of a Warming Arctic” (November 2004) concludes that: “The Arct ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
... human-caused climate warming. The scientific basis for global warming has thus been sufficiently established to enable meaningful planning of appropriate policy responses to address global warming. As a result, the world's policymakers, governments, industries, energy producers/planners, and individ ...
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... lowlands basins strongly depend on the tributary streams coming from the mountain regions, therefore impacts will be felt also downstream of the rivers. Potential impact on energy generation. The region relies on hydropower to cover a majority of its power requirements, and many rivers that are used ...
... lowlands basins strongly depend on the tributary streams coming from the mountain regions, therefore impacts will be felt also downstream of the rivers. Potential impact on energy generation. The region relies on hydropower to cover a majority of its power requirements, and many rivers that are used ...
Global change and marine communities: Alien species and climate
... Anthropogenic influences on the biosphere since the advent of the industrial age are increasingly causing global changes. Climatic change and the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are ranking high in scientific and public agendas, and other components of global change are also ...
... Anthropogenic influences on the biosphere since the advent of the industrial age are increasingly causing global changes. Climatic change and the rising concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are ranking high in scientific and public agendas, and other components of global change are also ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATIC CHANGE: THE WATER, SALMON, AND
... one phase or the other for 20 to 30 years at a time. PDO is also much less well understood than ENSO, in part because its period is so long relative to the history of reliable records that only two complete oscillations have been observed. The PDO was in its cool, or negative, phase from 1900 until ...
... one phase or the other for 20 to 30 years at a time. PDO is also much less well understood than ENSO, in part because its period is so long relative to the history of reliable records that only two complete oscillations have been observed. The PDO was in its cool, or negative, phase from 1900 until ...
IATA CO2 Calculator Guidelines
... equipment, heating your home, driving a car and flying consume energy and produce greenhouse gases emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) - which contributes to climate change. Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can co ...
... equipment, heating your home, driving a car and flying consume energy and produce greenhouse gases emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO2) - which contributes to climate change. Governments, businesses and individuals are all responsible for reducing the carbon emissions they create. You can co ...
Developing an `integrated` approach to
... or removed entirely. Although many of these changes have resulted in negative impacts for European fauna and flora, some species have benefited, and indeed increased their distribution and abundance to a point where they come into ‘conflict’ with human interests (Patterson 1991; Cope et al. 2003). I ...
... or removed entirely. Although many of these changes have resulted in negative impacts for European fauna and flora, some species have benefited, and indeed increased their distribution and abundance to a point where they come into ‘conflict’ with human interests (Patterson 1991; Cope et al. 2003). I ...
Brook Trout Related Research Projects_2-26
... Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) has been significantly reduced over the last 150 years and faces ongoing and future threats from climate change, land use changes, invasive species, and loss of genetic integrity. Monitoring both short- and long-term trends on individual Brook Trout populations and the re ...
... Trout Joint Venture (EBTJV) has been significantly reduced over the last 150 years and faces ongoing and future threats from climate change, land use changes, invasive species, and loss of genetic integrity. Monitoring both short- and long-term trends on individual Brook Trout populations and the re ...
The response of Great Lakes water levels to
... diversions, and water consumption (International Great Lakes Diversions and Consumptive Uses Study Board, 1981). Croley (2005) describes AHPS in greater detail. AHPS has been used to make probabilistic hydrologic outlooks of the Great Lakes based on longrange outlooks of temperature and precipitatio ...
... diversions, and water consumption (International Great Lakes Diversions and Consumptive Uses Study Board, 1981). Croley (2005) describes AHPS in greater detail. AHPS has been used to make probabilistic hydrologic outlooks of the Great Lakes based on longrange outlooks of temperature and precipitatio ...
Báo cáo đánh giá tính tổn thương BĐKH trong hoạt động
... Given the social characteristics of the national park buffer zone, Giao Xuan has problems and conflicts between development and conservation activities. With a population of about 10.000 people (Giao Xuan commune, 2009) about 7.6% of households are still living below the poverty line (they have inco ...
... Given the social characteristics of the national park buffer zone, Giao Xuan has problems and conflicts between development and conservation activities. With a population of about 10.000 people (Giao Xuan commune, 2009) about 7.6% of households are still living below the poverty line (they have inco ...
Framing the flood: a media analysis of themes of resilience in the
... Morse 2007; Nisbet and Feldman 2011). As a source of social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting pe ...
... Morse 2007; Nisbet and Feldman 2011). As a source of social data, newspaper articles have a number of advantages. They provide data that are easily accessible and have high spatial and temporal resolution, through a method that is non-intrusive, allowing a sensitive, ethical approach to eliciting pe ...
Deepa Badrinarayana - Three Degrees Warmer
... change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive states of control over their domestic territories. Yet, other states rely on claims of their sovereignty to reject international legal obligations to mitigate climate change. Thi ...
... change threatens state sovereignty because the catastrophic loss of life and property of millions of people would deprive states of control over their domestic territories. Yet, other states rely on claims of their sovereignty to reject international legal obligations to mitigate climate change. Thi ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... due to warming and freshening of the surface ocean is expected to result in increased mean irradiance exposures for populations inhabiting the upper mixed layer. Higher rainfall, ice melting, warming, and changing wind patterns under altered climate regimes can all contribute to mixed layer shoaling ...
... due to warming and freshening of the surface ocean is expected to result in increased mean irradiance exposures for populations inhabiting the upper mixed layer. Higher rainfall, ice melting, warming, and changing wind patterns under altered climate regimes can all contribute to mixed layer shoaling ...
Key Adaptation Concepts and Terms
... them in terms of criteria such as availability, benefits, costs, effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.(IPCC TAR, 2001 a) The term ‘Adaptation Assessment’ while appearing to be clear on paper can be difficult in some cases to apply in practice.5 Currently, there is no set of criteria or metrics ...
... them in terms of criteria such as availability, benefits, costs, effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.(IPCC TAR, 2001 a) The term ‘Adaptation Assessment’ while appearing to be clear on paper can be difficult in some cases to apply in practice.5 Currently, there is no set of criteria or metrics ...
Warm Words II
... officers give public statements on television news. Typical terms such as ‘offenders’, ‘victims’ and ‘the occupants of the premises’ are set into a distinctive structuring of speech that might sound odd in any other context. Repertoires are a mix of content (such as ‘typical’ topics or lines of argu ...
... officers give public statements on television news. Typical terms such as ‘offenders’, ‘victims’ and ‘the occupants of the premises’ are set into a distinctive structuring of speech that might sound odd in any other context. Repertoires are a mix of content (such as ‘typical’ topics or lines of argu ...
Africa
... How aware are you of the importance of GHG statistics for agriculture for your country? How well do you cooperate with other organisations within your country? Participants became aware of the linkages between agriculture activities and associated emissions, highlighting the importance of improving ...
... How aware are you of the importance of GHG statistics for agriculture for your country? How well do you cooperate with other organisations within your country? Participants became aware of the linkages between agriculture activities and associated emissions, highlighting the importance of improving ...
The theme of slow onset impact
... The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itself. Adverse effects of climate change are …changes in the physical environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant deleterious ...
... The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itself. Adverse effects of climate change are …changes in the physical environment or biota resulting from climate change which have significant deleterious ...
Ecological and methodological drivers of species` distribution and
... by contacting the study’s authors. Distribution changes were recorded as positive where they were consistent with a response to climate change (generally polewards, but see Burrows et al., 2011) and negative if they were not consistent with climate change. Phenology changes were recorded as negative ...
... by contacting the study’s authors. Distribution changes were recorded as positive where they were consistent with a response to climate change (generally polewards, but see Burrows et al., 2011) and negative if they were not consistent with climate change. Phenology changes were recorded as negative ...
