Dynamics of the coupled human-climate system resulting from
... step change in radiative forcing, in this case 1/λ. The magnitude |G(s)| gives the response magnitude at each frequency, and the phase of G(s) gives the phase shift between input (radiative forcing) and output (temperature). Equation (3) is compared with the calculated frequency response from HadCM3 ...
... step change in radiative forcing, in this case 1/λ. The magnitude |G(s)| gives the response magnitude at each frequency, and the phase of G(s) gives the phase shift between input (radiative forcing) and output (temperature). Equation (3) is compared with the calculated frequency response from HadCM3 ...
Ch4 Pre-release version - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues
... I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ...
... I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. ...
Hosted by: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Program
... covers both regional and global aspects of the climate system on various time scales. You will have access to new insights into important processes involving the atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and ocean, the associated hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and the ecological and human dimen ...
... covers both regional and global aspects of the climate system on various time scales. You will have access to new insights into important processes involving the atmosphere, cryosphere, land surface, and ocean, the associated hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and the ecological and human dimen ...
CIRES-Climate Change - Colorado Water Conservation Board
... “Colorado River Basin Water Management.” This report provides a scientific basis to support further studies of water resources impacts. However, the assessment and quantification of specific climate change impacts on water resources is beyond the scope of this document. A synthesis of findings in th ...
... “Colorado River Basin Water Management.” This report provides a scientific basis to support further studies of water resources impacts. However, the assessment and quantification of specific climate change impacts on water resources is beyond the scope of this document. A synthesis of findings in th ...
Dissipating the fuzziness around interdisciplinarity: The
... retain its specific rules, methods and tools. This can be illustrated by the organisation of the IPCC research on climate change around three working groups that study different aspects of the same object: (i) its scientific dimensions, (ii) its impact on the social, economic and environmental spheres ...
... retain its specific rules, methods and tools. This can be illustrated by the organisation of the IPCC research on climate change around three working groups that study different aspects of the same object: (i) its scientific dimensions, (ii) its impact on the social, economic and environmental spheres ...
Volume 25, Nº1, 2011
... are far too distant to be of priority to current political regimes, and there is insufficient local data to downscale global modelling projections to yield information that can be meaningfully applied to small geographical areas. Dealing with the impacts of climate change for the pursuit of sustaina ...
... are far too distant to be of priority to current political regimes, and there is insufficient local data to downscale global modelling projections to yield information that can be meaningfully applied to small geographical areas. Dealing with the impacts of climate change for the pursuit of sustaina ...
Has the grand idea of geoengineering as Plan B
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
... Data and analysis: Discourse in the media debate in 2014 and 2015 Buck (2012) analysed major newspapers in English and found that, until mid-2010, mass media debate on geoengineering was dominated by natural scientists and engineers, who were cited in 70% of articles, and that only five scientists, ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
On the interpretation of inter-model spread in CMIP5 climate
... 1. abrupt4xCO2, a fully-coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation in which the CO2 concentration is abruptly quadrupled and then held fixed 2. sstClim, a 30-year atmosphere-only experiment forced by a prescribed climatology of sea surface temperatures ...
... 1. abrupt4xCO2, a fully-coupled ocean-atmosphere simulation in which the CO2 concentration is abruptly quadrupled and then held fixed 2. sstClim, a 30-year atmosphere-only experiment forced by a prescribed climatology of sea surface temperatures ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... maintained through space and time to meaningfully contribute. Perhaps more importantly, the DustWatch community provides ground truth and valuable local context to interpolated DSI data. That is, participants on the ground can provide powerful local interpretation of significant dust events, with th ...
... maintained through space and time to meaningfully contribute. Perhaps more importantly, the DustWatch community provides ground truth and valuable local context to interpolated DSI data. That is, participants on the ground can provide powerful local interpretation of significant dust events, with th ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in ...
... in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Some level of climate change is inevitable irrespective of emission reduction strategies. This inevitability is reflected in the conclusion of the IPCC in ...
CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2020:
... congressional hearings, and nearly 20 years of international scientific collaboration, however, no other time has changed the debate like this past year. In 12 short months global warming has come to dominate the national conversation and the vast majority of Americans are no longer wondering whethe ...
... congressional hearings, and nearly 20 years of international scientific collaboration, however, no other time has changed the debate like this past year. In 12 short months global warming has come to dominate the national conversation and the vast majority of Americans are no longer wondering whethe ...
Agriculture and Future Climate Dynamics in Africa: Impacts and Adaptation Options
... I am very grateful to many people and institutions that have supported me throughout my PhD studies. This thesis would not have become a reality without the strong support from my supervisor, Professor Rashid Hassan, who demonstrated a lot of patience, high intellectual guidance, and untiring suppor ...
... I am very grateful to many people and institutions that have supported me throughout my PhD studies. This thesis would not have become a reality without the strong support from my supervisor, Professor Rashid Hassan, who demonstrated a lot of patience, high intellectual guidance, and untiring suppor ...
Rewarding Energy Innovation to Achieve Climate Stabilization
... There is, at present, no meaningful economic incentive to develop technologies that reduce GHG emissions or remove carbon from the atmosphere. Meeting the climate policy challenge will require policymakers to expand their policy toolkit. Spurring technological innovation requires something more ambi ...
... There is, at present, no meaningful economic incentive to develop technologies that reduce GHG emissions or remove carbon from the atmosphere. Meeting the climate policy challenge will require policymakers to expand their policy toolkit. Spurring technological innovation requires something more ambi ...
Enhancing Agricultural Yields Sierra Leone
... This report therefore presents the final findings and views of small-holder farmers on the state of climate change impacts on small-holder agriculture in the country. Methodologically, a multi-stage sampling technique was implored and 500 small-holder farmers were engaged using structured questionna ...
... This report therefore presents the final findings and views of small-holder farmers on the state of climate change impacts on small-holder agriculture in the country. Methodologically, a multi-stage sampling technique was implored and 500 small-holder farmers were engaged using structured questionna ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... approaches. Nonetheless, these are suggested to Best estimates of global temperature change by the ...
... approaches. Nonetheless, these are suggested to Best estimates of global temperature change by the ...
Acceleration technique for Milankovitch type forcing in a coupled
... LORENZ AND LOHMANN: ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE FOR MILANKOVITCH FORCING ...
... LORENZ AND LOHMANN: ACCELERATION TECHNIQUE FOR MILANKOVITCH FORCING ...
A georeferenced agent-based model to analyze the
... factors, including impacts and responses to environmental changes. Examples come from a broad spectrum of spatial phenomena such as dynamics in ancient human and primate societies (Kohler et al., 1999, Axtell et al., 2002; Janssen, 2009), land use and land cover change (Manson and Evans, 2007; Parke ...
... factors, including impacts and responses to environmental changes. Examples come from a broad spectrum of spatial phenomena such as dynamics in ancient human and primate societies (Kohler et al., 1999, Axtell et al., 2002; Janssen, 2009), land use and land cover change (Manson and Evans, 2007; Parke ...
Impact of climate change on infrastructure in Australia and CGE
... for climate change impacts and associated mitigation policies. The purpose of this report is to qualitatively describe the impacts of climate change on infrastructure and to provide further quantitative information relating to assumptions made for specific economic shocks that could be estimated for ...
... for climate change impacts and associated mitigation policies. The purpose of this report is to qualitatively describe the impacts of climate change on infrastructure and to provide further quantitative information relating to assumptions made for specific economic shocks that could be estimated for ...
Extreme Storms in Michigan
... its emissions to do its part to reduce the future severity of those events. Actions by both the state and local governments can play a role in limiting the worst effects of climate change and the extreme storms it fuels, and will be most effective if undertaken with a framework of national (and glob ...
... its emissions to do its part to reduce the future severity of those events. Actions by both the state and local governments can play a role in limiting the worst effects of climate change and the extreme storms it fuels, and will be most effective if undertaken with a framework of national (and glob ...
Climate change in the Norwegian Arctic – Consequences for life in
... international use. Changes in climate systems may be the reason for this. • Transport via air and ocean currents and deposition of environmental pollutants in the Norwegian Arctic may increase, depending on whether these transport mechanisms change along with the climate. • Environmental pollutants ...
... international use. Changes in climate systems may be the reason for this. • Transport via air and ocean currents and deposition of environmental pollutants in the Norwegian Arctic may increase, depending on whether these transport mechanisms change along with the climate. • Environmental pollutants ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
... also been affected by changes in regional climatic factors. Climate change is projected to affect all aspects of biodiversity; however, the projected changes have to take into account the impacts from other past, present, and future human activities, including increasing atmospheric concentrations o ...
Green tourism seminar
... know it, is commonly owned by everyone and utilised by all – noone has to pay to live on earth! • As a consequence, the environment suffers the effects of negative externalities, specifically the pollution that occurs during all our production and consumption activities. • The externality is the dif ...
... know it, is commonly owned by everyone and utilised by all – noone has to pay to live on earth! • As a consequence, the environment suffers the effects of negative externalities, specifically the pollution that occurs during all our production and consumption activities. • The externality is the dif ...
Constraining temperature variations over the last
... The model’s climate component is an impulse response-empirical orthogonal function (IRF-EOF) substitute driven by radiative forcing. An IRF for surface-to-deep tracer mixing in combination with an equation describing air–sea heat exchange and the energy balance at the surface (Joos and Bruno 1996) c ...
... The model’s climate component is an impulse response-empirical orthogonal function (IRF-EOF) substitute driven by radiative forcing. An IRF for surface-to-deep tracer mixing in combination with an equation describing air–sea heat exchange and the energy balance at the surface (Joos and Bruno 1996) c ...