Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
... Eurasia regionally using the divisions of Treshnikov (1985) (Fig. 2.3) and for the total Eurasian domain. NDVI and summer warmth index (SWI – sum of mean monthly temperatures >0◦ C) time series were constructed for the tundra between treeline and 72◦ N (the position of the discontinuity in the NDVI ...
Climate Change, Vulnerability and Health: A Guide to Assessing
... decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each country is likely to have sections of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate ...
... decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each country is likely to have sections of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate ...
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... evapotranspiration regimes continue to alter, they will alter many aspects of water quality and quantity. Freshwater systems that already experience or are vulnerable to water stress are likely to be the most sensitive to climate change. This sensitivity may be a function of total annual water stres ...
... evapotranspiration regimes continue to alter, they will alter many aspects of water quality and quantity. Freshwater systems that already experience or are vulnerable to water stress are likely to be the most sensitive to climate change. This sensitivity may be a function of total annual water stres ...
Projected ocean warming creates a conservation challenge for river
... contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resiliency (Planque et al., 2010; Shelton and Mangel, 2011). ...
... contributing to changes in fish abundance, and as a factor that can magnify the effects of fishing, which include not only changes in abundance but also changes in population demographics, distributions, trophic interactions, and ecosystem resiliency (Planque et al., 2010; Shelton and Mangel, 2011). ...
Background Paper
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
Freshwater ecosystem adaptation to climate change in water
... evapotranspiration regimes continue to alter, they will alter many aspects of water quality and quantity. Freshwater systems that already experience or are vulnerable to water stress are likely to be the most sensitive to climate change. This sensitivity may be a function of total annual water stres ...
... evapotranspiration regimes continue to alter, they will alter many aspects of water quality and quantity. Freshwater systems that already experience or are vulnerable to water stress are likely to be the most sensitive to climate change. This sensitivity may be a function of total annual water stres ...
Climate risk management workshop - background notes
... good extent and classifications of actions are more likely today to mirror development parameters and planning practices. These include land use planning and territorial organization, environmental management, livelihood security and poverty reduction and improved governance. Each of these may inclu ...
... good extent and classifications of actions are more likely today to mirror development parameters and planning practices. These include land use planning and territorial organization, environmental management, livelihood security and poverty reduction and improved governance. Each of these may inclu ...
Wooldridge et al. 2012. GBR Safeguarding Corals Against CC
... Barrier Reef (GBR) at an unprecedented rate throughout the 21st Century (CSIRO and BoM 2007). The rising sea surface temperatures (SST) are predicted to cause increased coral bleaching and coral mortality, with serious consequences for the Reef’s biodiversity, ecology, appearance and dependent recre ...
... Barrier Reef (GBR) at an unprecedented rate throughout the 21st Century (CSIRO and BoM 2007). The rising sea surface temperatures (SST) are predicted to cause increased coral bleaching and coral mortality, with serious consequences for the Reef’s biodiversity, ecology, appearance and dependent recre ...
Diverse policy implications for future ozone and surface UV in a
... climatologies from the transient simulations and the concentrations of CO2, N2O, methane, and total chlorine shown in Table 1. Here we focus on the RCP 2.6 and 8.5 scenarios, since the stratospheric ozone response to RCP 4.5 falls in between these extreme scenarios (Figure 1). For the RCP 2.6 future ...
... climatologies from the transient simulations and the concentrations of CO2, N2O, methane, and total chlorine shown in Table 1. Here we focus on the RCP 2.6 and 8.5 scenarios, since the stratospheric ozone response to RCP 4.5 falls in between these extreme scenarios (Figure 1). For the RCP 2.6 future ...
Extreme precipitation response to climate perturbations in an
... For the mid-latitudes, evidence of super-CC scaling is found in a case study of an idealized squall line (Singleton and Toumi 2013). The setup differs from the two tropical studies mentioned above. Rather than allowing the system to evolve to an (quasi) equilibrium state, which mean values largely d ...
... For the mid-latitudes, evidence of super-CC scaling is found in a case study of an idealized squall line (Singleton and Toumi 2013). The setup differs from the two tropical studies mentioned above. Rather than allowing the system to evolve to an (quasi) equilibrium state, which mean values largely d ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
... stations throughout the mainstem Bay since 1984. The correspondence between the pier data and the Bay-average data during the period of overlap indicates that the longer time series measured at the piers reflect mean Bay temperature quite well. Numerous studies have documented a positive correlation ...
... stations throughout the mainstem Bay since 1984. The correspondence between the pier data and the Bay-average data during the period of overlap indicates that the longer time series measured at the piers reflect mean Bay temperature quite well. Numerous studies have documented a positive correlation ...
2015 Emissions Gap Report
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
... This glossary is compiled according to the Lead Authors of the report drawing on glossaries and other resources available on the websites of the following organizations, networks and projects: Center for International Forestry Research, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Interg ...
Background Paper Nansen Initiative South Asian Regional
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES RISK-ADJUSTED GAMMA DISCOUNTING Martin L. Weitzman Working Paper 15588
... more than but a facet of this problem. Because the climate-change problem is so complex, there is frequent reliance on numerical computer simulations. These can be indispensable, but sometimes they do not provide a simple intuition for the processes they are modeling. In this paper, I go to the oppo ...
... more than but a facet of this problem. Because the climate-change problem is so complex, there is frequent reliance on numerical computer simulations. These can be indispensable, but sometimes they do not provide a simple intuition for the processes they are modeling. In this paper, I go to the oppo ...
Mid-21st century projections in temperature extremes in
... Following exactly the same method as for the NCEPforced runs, we also computed biases in Tmin and Tmax for the RCM experiments forced by different GCMs (Figs. 2b, 3b). We examine the influence of inherent biases in different RCMs, as found in Figs. 2a and 3a, on RCM projections when forced with diff ...
... Following exactly the same method as for the NCEPforced runs, we also computed biases in Tmin and Tmax for the RCM experiments forced by different GCMs (Figs. 2b, 3b). We examine the influence of inherent biases in different RCMs, as found in Figs. 2a and 3a, on RCM projections when forced with diff ...
White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to Agenda 2030
... namely: Agriculture and Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Health, Water and Energy; but also covering the multitude of SDGs that could benefits from enhanced availability and access to climate services. Climate Services develop and provide science-based and user-specific information relating t ...
... namely: Agriculture and Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Health, Water and Energy; but also covering the multitude of SDGs that could benefits from enhanced availability and access to climate services. Climate Services develop and provide science-based and user-specific information relating t ...
Title Climate Change-4 - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
... potential impacts on life, integrity of ecosystems and national and global economies [Madzwamuze (2010); Hulme (2005)]. It has been argued that the poor countries as well as the poor people shall be affected the most from the negative impacts of the climate change because of their lack of institutio ...
... potential impacts on life, integrity of ecosystems and national and global economies [Madzwamuze (2010); Hulme (2005)]. It has been argued that the poor countries as well as the poor people shall be affected the most from the negative impacts of the climate change because of their lack of institutio ...
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... Accumulating scientific evidence has alerted international and national awareness to the urgent need to mitigate climate change. Meanwhile, increasing and reoccurring extreme weather events devastate more and more harvests and livelihoods around the world. Biofuels development has recently received ...
... Accumulating scientific evidence has alerted international and national awareness to the urgent need to mitigate climate change. Meanwhile, increasing and reoccurring extreme weather events devastate more and more harvests and livelihoods around the world. Biofuels development has recently received ...
The impact of climate change on the UK
... greater incidence of flooding alongside increased property construction in affected areas. While traditional general insurance provision can adapt to such change, governments may decide that the provision of insurance cover has more of the nature of a public good. This is the case with the Flood Re ...
... greater incidence of flooding alongside increased property construction in affected areas. While traditional general insurance provision can adapt to such change, governments may decide that the provision of insurance cover has more of the nature of a public good. This is the case with the Flood Re ...
Climate Change and Whitebark Pine
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
... that often precludes planning for mitigation (IPCC 2007). While there is little debate that atmospheric CO2 is increasing and this increase will cause major changes in climate (IPCC 2007), there is a great deal of uncertainty about the magnitude and rate of change (Stainforth et al. 2005, Roe and Ba ...
The Oxford Principles | SpringerLink
... 6 The function of the Oxford Principles It is immediately obvious that the Oxford Principles are high-level and abstract. They should be regarded as akin to principles in the legal sense: as laying down the basic parameters for decision-making. Like legal principles, for example the principle of due ...
... 6 The function of the Oxford Principles It is immediately obvious that the Oxford Principles are high-level and abstract. They should be regarded as akin to principles in the legal sense: as laying down the basic parameters for decision-making. Like legal principles, for example the principle of due ...
Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its
... can therefore serve as case studies for a potential future norm. Here, we revisit this issue, using a new generation of climate model simulations and focusing on potential benefits from climate mitigation in light of different emission scenarios. A common approach to exploring the range of potential ...
... can therefore serve as case studies for a potential future norm. Here, we revisit this issue, using a new generation of climate model simulations and focusing on potential benefits from climate mitigation in light of different emission scenarios. A common approach to exploring the range of potential ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... feedbacks include clouds, natural aerosols, snow cover and sea ice. 'Slow feedbacks' may lag global temperature change by decades, centuries, millennia, or longer time scales. Studies of paleoclimate, Earth's climate history, reveal that principal slow feedbacks are surface albedo (reflectivity, lit ...
... feedbacks include clouds, natural aerosols, snow cover and sea ice. 'Slow feedbacks' may lag global temperature change by decades, centuries, millennia, or longer time scales. Studies of paleoclimate, Earth's climate history, reveal that principal slow feedbacks are surface albedo (reflectivity, lit ...