Plants & Ecology Phenology and climate Tenna Toftegaard
... ‘Phenology is the study of the timing of recurrent biological events, the causes of their timing with regard to biotic and abiotic forces, and the interrelation among phases of the same or different species’ (Lieth et al. 1974). Phenology and climate are very tightly linked. It is for example well k ...
... ‘Phenology is the study of the timing of recurrent biological events, the causes of their timing with regard to biotic and abiotic forces, and the interrelation among phases of the same or different species’ (Lieth et al. 1974). Phenology and climate are very tightly linked. It is for example well k ...
understanding climate science - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... growth in greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human-induced emissions would generate high risks of dangerous climate change. A natural carbon cycle converts the sun’s energy and atmospheric carbon into organic matter through plants and algae, and stores it in the earth’s crust and oceans. Stabil ...
... growth in greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human-induced emissions would generate high risks of dangerous climate change. A natural carbon cycle converts the sun’s energy and atmospheric carbon into organic matter through plants and algae, and stores it in the earth’s crust and oceans. Stabil ...
Bending the Curve - UC Carbon Neutrality Summit
... Adopt market-based instruments to create efficient incentives for businesses and individuals to reduce CO2 emissions. These can include cap and trade or carbon pricing and should employ mechanisms to contain costs. Adopt the high quality emissions inventories, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms n ...
... Adopt market-based instruments to create efficient incentives for businesses and individuals to reduce CO2 emissions. These can include cap and trade or carbon pricing and should employ mechanisms to contain costs. Adopt the high quality emissions inventories, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms n ...
Impact of Climate Change on Infectious Diseases
... pathogens are temperature, humidity, and CO2 level. It was found that the fungi causing plant diseases show better growth at moderate temperature ranges. In temperate climates characterized by seasonally low average temperatures, longer periods of temperatures suitable for pathogen growth may occur ...
... pathogens are temperature, humidity, and CO2 level. It was found that the fungi causing plant diseases show better growth at moderate temperature ranges. In temperate climates characterized by seasonally low average temperatures, longer periods of temperatures suitable for pathogen growth may occur ...
Bending the Curve - University of California
... by achieving dramatic reductions in air pollution, while continuing to grow economically. In this report, we propose a set of strategies for combating climate change and growing the economy in California, the nation and the world, while building present-day and intergenerational wealth, and improvin ...
... by achieving dramatic reductions in air pollution, while continuing to grow economically. In this report, we propose a set of strategies for combating climate change and growing the economy in California, the nation and the world, while building present-day and intergenerational wealth, and improvin ...
Biodiversity baselines, thresholds and resilience: testing predictions
... Rates and nature of changes in ecological processes in response to climate change Predicted climate changes over the next 50–70 years suggest that global temperatures may increase by up to 48C and atmospheric CO2 concentrations may rise from today’s 380 ppmv to >1000 ppmv [19,20]. Furthermore, the r ...
... Rates and nature of changes in ecological processes in response to climate change Predicted climate changes over the next 50–70 years suggest that global temperatures may increase by up to 48C and atmospheric CO2 concentrations may rise from today’s 380 ppmv to >1000 ppmv [19,20]. Furthermore, the r ...
FDA - Environmental Law Institute
... School of Medicine, said at a news teleconference. "We reached this conclusion based on a review of human evidence showing increased risk of glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, in association with wireless phone use." ...
... School of Medicine, said at a news teleconference. "We reached this conclusion based on a review of human evidence showing increased risk of glioma, a malignant type of brain cancer, in association with wireless phone use." ...
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... notably evidenced by Canada’s public statement that it would pursue non-compliance, subsequent ineffective compliance enforcement by the Kyoto Protocol compliance committee, and eventual withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol by Canada (Murtha, 2009; Oberthür, 2014). Recent, post-Cancun, discussions on ...
... notably evidenced by Canada’s public statement that it would pursue non-compliance, subsequent ineffective compliance enforcement by the Kyoto Protocol compliance committee, and eventual withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol by Canada (Murtha, 2009; Oberthür, 2014). Recent, post-Cancun, discussions on ...
Ethics and Global Climate Change* Stephen M
... is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation which causes the climate problem. Whether an increase in the concentration ...
... is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation which causes the climate problem. Whether an increase in the concentration ...
Study guide - Bullfrog Films
... are discussed at the end; the reader is encouraged to seek out additional information. Global warming At the core of the climate change issue is the subject of global warming. Briefly defined, global warming is an increase in Earth’s temperatures due to increasing concentrations of certain gases in ...
... are discussed at the end; the reader is encouraged to seek out additional information. Global warming At the core of the climate change issue is the subject of global warming. Briefly defined, global warming is an increase in Earth’s temperatures due to increasing concentrations of certain gases in ...
Climate Changes, Impacts and Implications for New Zealand to
... is done with a strategic perspective that includes transformational changes where this is necessary to achieve long-term goals. This policy stance reflects an assumption that adapting to change, including through transformation, is key to NZ’s well-being, which includes adaptation as well as mitigat ...
... is done with a strategic perspective that includes transformational changes where this is necessary to achieve long-term goals. This policy stance reflects an assumption that adapting to change, including through transformation, is key to NZ’s well-being, which includes adaptation as well as mitigat ...
... among much else, the rise of Jim Crow in the South shortly after the Civil War Amendments were ratified. Nevertheless, for our first 150 years as a nation, we lived more or less under limited government. The great change came, as noted above, with the rise of the Progressive Era, the ideas of which ...
Visual Salience in Climate Change Imagery is in the Eye of the
... Visual Salience in Climate Change Imagery is in the Eye of the Beholder Complex phenomena like climate change are often communicated visually. In this paper, we investigated the effectiveness of common visuals used to convey key messages about climate change. We also present a new methodology for a ...
... Visual Salience in Climate Change Imagery is in the Eye of the Beholder Complex phenomena like climate change are often communicated visually. In this paper, we investigated the effectiveness of common visuals used to convey key messages about climate change. We also present a new methodology for a ...
Corporate ppt template - Global Carbon Project
... – direct effects of CO2 on vegetation – biogeophysical feedbacks (through water cycle) – biogeochemical feedbacks (through carbon cycle) ...
... – direct effects of CO2 on vegetation – biogeophysical feedbacks (through water cycle) – biogeochemical feedbacks (through carbon cycle) ...
IV. To Delete or Change an Existing Course – check X all that apply
... They are easy points! Just show up and participate. In addition, while you will only have 2-3 days in which you are a lead presenter of some kind, everyone is expected to do research before each class, even on topics you are not leading, and come ready to participate each day. Presentations: There w ...
... They are easy points! Just show up and participate. In addition, while you will only have 2-3 days in which you are a lead presenter of some kind, everyone is expected to do research before each class, even on topics you are not leading, and come ready to participate each day. Presentations: There w ...
Ask for a camel when you expect to get a goat
... the earlier Green Paper, The 2011 National Climate Change Response White Paper warns that “potential impacts on South Africa in the medium to long-term are significant and potentially catastrophic”, for “after 2050 warming is projected to reach around 3 – 4 degrees C along the coast and 6 -7 degrees ...
... the earlier Green Paper, The 2011 National Climate Change Response White Paper warns that “potential impacts on South Africa in the medium to long-term are significant and potentially catastrophic”, for “after 2050 warming is projected to reach around 3 – 4 degrees C along the coast and 6 -7 degrees ...
Motivated Rejection of Science
... Black people (e.g., Bogart & Thorburn, 2005; Kalichman, Eaton, & Cherry, 2010). Rejection of climate science has also long been infused with notions of a conspiracy among scientists. As early as 1996, accusations of corruption in the IPCC were aired in the Wall Street Journal (Lahsen, 1999; Oreskes ...
... Black people (e.g., Bogart & Thorburn, 2005; Kalichman, Eaton, & Cherry, 2010). Rejection of climate science has also long been infused with notions of a conspiracy among scientists. As early as 1996, accusations of corruption in the IPCC were aired in the Wall Street Journal (Lahsen, 1999; Oreskes ...
Nov 21, 2015 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... realizes that the political defenders of Karl’s efforts include those who remained quiet or joined-in on calls to politically investigate global warming skeptics who question the pronouncements of the IPCC and entities that support it. The political stakes are high, with any lasting COP-21 agreement ...
... realizes that the political defenders of Karl’s efforts include those who remained quiet or joined-in on calls to politically investigate global warming skeptics who question the pronouncements of the IPCC and entities that support it. The political stakes are high, with any lasting COP-21 agreement ...
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... details of such proposal are hotly discussed, but one aspect receives relatively little questioning in the economic literature: should a carbon tax really be harmonized across the world, i.e. should the same tax rate on carbon emissions be enforced in all countries? The classical role of a Pigouvian ...
... details of such proposal are hotly discussed, but one aspect receives relatively little questioning in the economic literature: should a carbon tax really be harmonized across the world, i.e. should the same tax rate on carbon emissions be enforced in all countries? The classical role of a Pigouvian ...
Climate and water – an African perspective
... (Kokot 1948). It contained 418 references, including reports by early travellers and missionaries. He found no evidence of a general decrease in rainfall or river flow, despite increases in CO2 emissions. He concluded that there was no evidence of a linkage between CO2 emissions and rainfall over So ...
... (Kokot 1948). It contained 418 references, including reports by early travellers and missionaries. He found no evidence of a general decrease in rainfall or river flow, despite increases in CO2 emissions. He concluded that there was no evidence of a linkage between CO2 emissions and rainfall over So ...
Mainstreaming Water In Climate Change Adaptation
... Enabling strong working partnerships between government institutions, private sector, civil society and vulnerable communities; and, Creation and strengthening of knowledge frameworks to support and integrate the actions required. ...
... Enabling strong working partnerships between government institutions, private sector, civil society and vulnerable communities; and, Creation and strengthening of knowledge frameworks to support and integrate the actions required. ...
(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: What Way
... Scientific inquiry never yields the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Least of all can it do so with respect to the future. The future, singular, is inaccesible to human minds because our knowledge of the outcome of interacting physical processes is deficient. But it is also underdet ...
... Scientific inquiry never yields the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Least of all can it do so with respect to the future. The future, singular, is inaccesible to human minds because our knowledge of the outcome of interacting physical processes is deficient. But it is also underdet ...
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... 1930s to about 12 percent in the 1960s and to less than 7 percent in the 1990s. Agriculture sector provides for most domestic needs, and South Africa exports corn, wool, sugar, peanuts, tobacco and other farm products. Although the country is said to be self-sufficient in food production, about 14 m ...
... 1930s to about 12 percent in the 1960s and to less than 7 percent in the 1990s. Agriculture sector provides for most domestic needs, and South Africa exports corn, wool, sugar, peanuts, tobacco and other farm products. Although the country is said to be self-sufficient in food production, about 14 m ...
Is climate change the number one threat to
... This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming’s impact on k ...
... This paper challenges claims that global warming outranks other threats facing humanity through the foreseeable future (assumed to be 2085–2100). World Health Organization and British government‐sponsored global impact studies indicate that, relative to other factors, global warming’s impact on k ...
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix A
... Kovacs, Jonathan A. Patz, Steven W. Running and Michael J. Scott (2007). North America. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Parry, Martin, Osvaldo Canziani, Jean ...
... Kovacs, Jonathan A. Patz, Steven W. Running and Michael J. Scott (2007). North America. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Parry, Martin, Osvaldo Canziani, Jean ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.