Vol.10, No.2, 2010
... predicts, and that the early 20th century warming was a response to the relatively modest LLGHG forcing increase during that period. Under this hypothesis, the absence of accelerated warming after 1940 could be attributed to the growth of negative forcings (notably from tropospheric aerosol pollutio ...
... predicts, and that the early 20th century warming was a response to the relatively modest LLGHG forcing increase during that period. Under this hypothesis, the absence of accelerated warming after 1940 could be attributed to the growth of negative forcings (notably from tropospheric aerosol pollutio ...
impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... been used. For the Tibetan part, high resolution gridded rainfall data at 0.25 degree grid from APHRODITE has been used. Observed daily maximum and minimum temperature data in the Indian part at Gerukamukh have been used to calculate the daily mean temperature. For upper parts, lapse rate has been u ...
... been used. For the Tibetan part, high resolution gridded rainfall data at 0.25 degree grid from APHRODITE has been used. Observed daily maximum and minimum temperature data in the Indian part at Gerukamukh have been used to calculate the daily mean temperature. For upper parts, lapse rate has been u ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... industrialization have brought economic growth and improved standards of living to much of the world. This great progress, however, has also brought incredible demographic and environmental change. In just the last hundred years the world’s population has grown from just over 1 billion people to mor ...
... industrialization have brought economic growth and improved standards of living to much of the world. This great progress, however, has also brought incredible demographic and environmental change. In just the last hundred years the world’s population has grown from just over 1 billion people to mor ...
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... American cities, the concentrations of SO2 and SPM have decreased substantially in recent years (Fenger 1999, US EPA 2000). However, in many developing countries, rapid urbanization has resulted in increasing air pollution in many cities (Fenger 1999), WHO air quality guidelines are often not met an ...
... American cities, the concentrations of SO2 and SPM have decreased substantially in recent years (Fenger 1999, US EPA 2000). However, in many developing countries, rapid urbanization has resulted in increasing air pollution in many cities (Fenger 1999), WHO air quality guidelines are often not met an ...
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... progressive and might have higher adoption of improved technologies including drought tolerant varieties, the productivity in these districts might be higher in the base year itself (1990) not allowing the technological trend to reflect the influence of technology. In terms of comparison among clust ...
... progressive and might have higher adoption of improved technologies including drought tolerant varieties, the productivity in these districts might be higher in the base year itself (1990) not allowing the technological trend to reflect the influence of technology. In terms of comparison among clust ...
filed a petition with the EPA - Center for International Environmental
... corporate accountability, and is supported by over 150,000 members throughout the United States. Petitioner Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is located at 1111 North 19th Street, Suite 260, Arlington, VA 22209. The Solar Energy industries Association (SEIA), founded in 1974, is the U.S. i ...
... corporate accountability, and is supported by over 150,000 members throughout the United States. Petitioner Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is located at 1111 North 19th Street, Suite 260, Arlington, VA 22209. The Solar Energy industries Association (SEIA), founded in 1974, is the U.S. i ...
An Assessment of Integrated Climate Change Impact on Egypt
... Egypt occupies the northeastern corner of Africa (Figure 1) from 22" to 31" North latitude and 24" to 36" East longitude. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea, in the west by Libya, in the north by the Mediterranean Sea, and in the south by Sudan. The total land area is 997,688 square kilometers ...
... Egypt occupies the northeastern corner of Africa (Figure 1) from 22" to 31" North latitude and 24" to 36" East longitude. It is bounded in the east by the Red Sea, in the west by Libya, in the north by the Mediterranean Sea, and in the south by Sudan. The total land area is 997,688 square kilometers ...
Disaster Risk Reduction Tools and Methods for Climate Change
... to improve efficiency and strengthen interactions. The WMO Guide to Climatological Practices offers the World Climatic Atlas Project, climate maps, interpretation of climatological information, and climate classifications (e.g. bioclimatic, genetic, and special classifications). Conveying the concep ...
... to improve efficiency and strengthen interactions. The WMO Guide to Climatological Practices offers the World Climatic Atlas Project, climate maps, interpretation of climatological information, and climate classifications (e.g. bioclimatic, genetic, and special classifications). Conveying the concep ...
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... Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu was selected to assess the impact of climate change, where the dryland farmers are highly vulnerable to frequent droughts as well as other climatic factors. The normal rainfall is 853.1 mm in the district. In order to assess the impact of climate change a multi-stag ...
... Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu was selected to assess the impact of climate change, where the dryland farmers are highly vulnerable to frequent droughts as well as other climatic factors. The normal rainfall is 853.1 mm in the district. In order to assess the impact of climate change a multi-stag ...
the coping mechanism in ilaje community of lagos state
... particularly among the urban poor and the elderly. Another direct effect will be increased death and injury from extreme weather events such as flooding, landslides, and storms – over 96 percent of disaster-related deaths in recent years have taken place in developing countries where most of the peo ...
... particularly among the urban poor and the elderly. Another direct effect will be increased death and injury from extreme weather events such as flooding, landslides, and storms – over 96 percent of disaster-related deaths in recent years have taken place in developing countries where most of the peo ...
The future is here: climate change in the Pacific
... collectively responsible for the damage that climate change has done to the Pacific. Consistent with the “polluter pays” principle2, Australia and New Zealand have a responsibility to fix the problem they have helped to create. But adaptation funding has fallen well short of requirements in the Paci ...
... collectively responsible for the damage that climate change has done to the Pacific. Consistent with the “polluter pays” principle2, Australia and New Zealand have a responsibility to fix the problem they have helped to create. But adaptation funding has fallen well short of requirements in the Paci ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, Petra Tschakert
... and speculations regarding a potential shift to substantially wetter periods (Ozer et al. 2002; Hubert et al. 2005) seem to thrive in academic circles only. Even scientific consensus on the role of tropical oceans and sea surface temperature anomalies as major driving forces in the 1970s and 1980s d ...
... and speculations regarding a potential shift to substantially wetter periods (Ozer et al. 2002; Hubert et al. 2005) seem to thrive in academic circles only. Even scientific consensus on the role of tropical oceans and sea surface temperature anomalies as major driving forces in the 1970s and 1980s d ...
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... CMUG Integration Meeting – Satellite data sets for climate prediction and services ...
... CMUG Integration Meeting – Satellite data sets for climate prediction and services ...
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... The 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) – a consensus document produced by over 2,000 scientists representing every country in the United Nations; provided regional assessment which showed Africa to be the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate ch ...
... The 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change (IPCC) – a consensus document produced by over 2,000 scientists representing every country in the United Nations; provided regional assessment which showed Africa to be the most vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate ch ...
W How to Take A R T I C L E S
... ater management and the resolution of water disputes have long relied on a simple and fundamental assumption: the past is a way to understand the present and to predict the future. Thus, for example, water allocation decisions—whether made by states in negotiating an interstate compact or by courts ...
... ater management and the resolution of water disputes have long relied on a simple and fundamental assumption: the past is a way to understand the present and to predict the future. Thus, for example, water allocation decisions—whether made by states in negotiating an interstate compact or by courts ...
Global Change in Forests: Responses of Species, Communities
... availability, and limiting nutrients. These factors have all been interpreted to reflect energy availability in a system. Those areas receiving more energy often have a more complex partitioning of usable energy among species, and thus a greater richness, than those areas receiving less energy (Curr ...
... availability, and limiting nutrients. These factors have all been interpreted to reflect energy availability in a system. Those areas receiving more energy often have a more complex partitioning of usable energy among species, and thus a greater richness, than those areas receiving less energy (Curr ...
The Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Egypt
... Egyptian coastal population are undeniably exposed to the effects of SLR, with its accompanying flooding as the population is expected to double before the year 2050, if the present growth rate is maintained. SLR is expected to affect Egypt in many ways; with just a one-meter rise in the Mediterrane ...
... Egyptian coastal population are undeniably exposed to the effects of SLR, with its accompanying flooding as the population is expected to double before the year 2050, if the present growth rate is maintained. SLR is expected to affect Egypt in many ways; with just a one-meter rise in the Mediterrane ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
... and the strength of stagnation periods will directly influence future pollutant concentrations. Stagnation events are often associated with dominant high pressure systems, in particular over SJV. Sea level pressure plots are particularly useful indicators of atmospheric stagnation in the SJV. Howeve ...
... and the strength of stagnation periods will directly influence future pollutant concentrations. Stagnation events are often associated with dominant high pressure systems, in particular over SJV. Sea level pressure plots are particularly useful indicators of atmospheric stagnation in the SJV. Howeve ...
IPCC. 2001. Tech Summary of Physical Science Basis
... data are also the bedrock upon which to construct the answer to the more difficult question: “Why is it changing?”, which is addressed in later Sections. This Section provides an updated summary of the observations that delineate how the climate system has changed in the past. Many of the variables ...
... data are also the bedrock upon which to construct the answer to the more difficult question: “Why is it changing?”, which is addressed in later Sections. This Section provides an updated summary of the observations that delineate how the climate system has changed in the past. Many of the variables ...
Climate Change Effects on North American Inland Fish Populations
... 2009; Schneider and Hook 2010), although response will also vary with local conditions (O’Reilly et al. 2015). On average, freeze and breakup dates of lake ice in the Northern Hemisphere have become later and earlier, respectively, and interannual variability in ice dynamics has increased over the p ...
... 2009; Schneider and Hook 2010), although response will also vary with local conditions (O’Reilly et al. 2015). On average, freeze and breakup dates of lake ice in the Northern Hemisphere have become later and earlier, respectively, and interannual variability in ice dynamics has increased over the p ...
Road transport sensitivities to weather and climate change in Australia
... past 1-2 thousand years (Mann & Jones, 2003). These temperature increases have also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in the northern hemisphere increased 5-10% over the 20th century, with most of this increase manifesting as extreme rainfall events (IPCC, 2001). These global c ...
... past 1-2 thousand years (Mann & Jones, 2003). These temperature increases have also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in the northern hemisphere increased 5-10% over the 20th century, with most of this increase manifesting as extreme rainfall events (IPCC, 2001). These global c ...
Supply-side climate policy: the road less taken
... (UNFCCC) and followed by all countries and most other jurisdictional entities, effectively places the onus on those who consume fossil fuels, and not on those who supply it. A nation that taxes coal exports but not domestic consumption, for example, might reduce coal consumption and emissions in oth ...
... (UNFCCC) and followed by all countries and most other jurisdictional entities, effectively places the onus on those who consume fossil fuels, and not on those who supply it. A nation that taxes coal exports but not domestic consumption, for example, might reduce coal consumption and emissions in oth ...
The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise
... Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Since being set up in 1988, the IPCC has produced four extremely wide-ranging assessment reports. The publication of the latest IPCC report in 2007 (AR4) demonstrates that the scientific evidence for global warming is now overwhelming, even if scientific predicti ...
... Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). Since being set up in 1988, the IPCC has produced four extremely wide-ranging assessment reports. The publication of the latest IPCC report in 2007 (AR4) demonstrates that the scientific evidence for global warming is now overwhelming, even if scientific predicti ...
"Climate Change and Wildfire in California," Climatic Change, 87
... carry-over of fine fuels (grasses, forbs, etc.) is a limiting factor. Precipitation tends to be somewhat more variable than temperature across global climate models and scenarios, implying greater uncertainty for non-forest wildfire risks, while warmer temperatures might tend to reduce the moisture ...
... carry-over of fine fuels (grasses, forbs, etc.) is a limiting factor. Precipitation tends to be somewhat more variable than temperature across global climate models and scenarios, implying greater uncertainty for non-forest wildfire risks, while warmer temperatures might tend to reduce the moisture ...