Ecological responses to recent climate change
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
Warming Good - RS - DDI
... Seventeen Australian and Canadian scientists have published a study in the peer-reviewed journal Global Change Biology concluding global warming will benefit marine life. The study finds "climate change is altering the rate and distribution of primary production in the world's oceans," which in turn ...
... Seventeen Australian and Canadian scientists have published a study in the peer-reviewed journal Global Change Biology concluding global warming will benefit marine life. The study finds "climate change is altering the rate and distribution of primary production in the world's oceans," which in turn ...
borehole
... comparisons for the earlier centuries must be assessed with caution, particularly because of the sparseness of observations in South America and Asia. Considerable effort has been given recently to combining several proxies in order to produce global, hemispheric and regional-scale climate reconstru ...
... comparisons for the earlier centuries must be assessed with caution, particularly because of the sparseness of observations in South America and Asia. Considerable effort has been given recently to combining several proxies in order to produce global, hemispheric and regional-scale climate reconstru ...
Session II - public_authorities
... Final thoughts to prepare and implement SEAP Have foresight – establish connection with institutions to deal with climate change impacts on an ongoing basis. Even if the SEAP team is forming by talented individuals who can motivate and guide others across community to take action on climate change, ...
... Final thoughts to prepare and implement SEAP Have foresight – establish connection with institutions to deal with climate change impacts on an ongoing basis. Even if the SEAP team is forming by talented individuals who can motivate and guide others across community to take action on climate change, ...
1 CATASTROPHE TRENDS Lloyd’s
... We might hope that extreme ‘tipping points’ – the point beyond which change cannot be reversed – can be avoided. However, evidence so far must lead us to conclude that some level of change has already occurred and that it will continue to occur, perhaps at a higher level than previously thought. ...
... We might hope that extreme ‘tipping points’ – the point beyond which change cannot be reversed – can be avoided. However, evidence so far must lead us to conclude that some level of change has already occurred and that it will continue to occur, perhaps at a higher level than previously thought. ...
Climatic Change, Land Use and Food Security
... 3.2.6 Increased use of gravity water In an effort to provide clean and safe water to its citizens especially in arid areas of western Uganda, the government with donor partners have emphasized the use of gravity water. The researchers observed that water is being tapped from the mountaneous areas of ...
... 3.2.6 Increased use of gravity water In an effort to provide clean and safe water to its citizens especially in arid areas of western Uganda, the government with donor partners have emphasized the use of gravity water. The researchers observed that water is being tapped from the mountaneous areas of ...
- Harvard University
... Beginning with Thomas Malthus, many have prophesied grimly about how population growth will disrupt human society. The modern version of Malthusian catastrophism is epitomized by The Population Bomb, written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich. In this book, Ehrlich made a series of dire predictions for the nea ...
... Beginning with Thomas Malthus, many have prophesied grimly about how population growth will disrupt human society. The modern version of Malthusian catastrophism is epitomized by The Population Bomb, written in 1968 by Paul Ehrlich. In this book, Ehrlich made a series of dire predictions for the nea ...
Global Climate Science, Uncertainty and Politics: Data
... Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), a clearinghouse or ganization charged with coordinating research sponsored by a dozen different US government agencies, hovers near $1.8 billion (US Global Change Research Program, 1998). Although the USGCRP covers many areas in addition to atmospheric scienc ...
... Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), a clearinghouse or ganization charged with coordinating research sponsored by a dozen different US government agencies, hovers near $1.8 billion (US Global Change Research Program, 1998). Although the USGCRP covers many areas in addition to atmospheric scienc ...
Global climate change and the Antarctic Treaty system since 2000.
... new millennium. With most of the business focused on the Antarctic operations of the signatories and issues relating to the implementation and requirement of the recently ratified Protocol (1998), the sole paper with a direct bearing on climate change was submitted by Russia and related to their ong ...
... new millennium. With most of the business focused on the Antarctic operations of the signatories and issues relating to the implementation and requirement of the recently ratified Protocol (1998), the sole paper with a direct bearing on climate change was submitted by Russia and related to their ong ...
Air Pollution, Climate Disruption, and Ozone Depletion
... precipitation, over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years. • One or two warmer or colder years or decades can result simply from changes in the weather; don’t necessarily tell us that the earth’s climate is warming or cooling. • Climate scientists look at data on normally changing ...
... precipitation, over periods of at least three decades to thousands of years. • One or two warmer or colder years or decades can result simply from changes in the weather; don’t necessarily tell us that the earth’s climate is warming or cooling. • Climate scientists look at data on normally changing ...
Climate Variability and Weather
... external climate variability.5,8 Over tens of thousands of years, variations in the Earth’s orbit also change the amount of solar energy received. The changes are small, but when amplified by changes in the climate system, they appear to trigger gradual switches between glacial and interglacial peri ...
... external climate variability.5,8 Over tens of thousands of years, variations in the Earth’s orbit also change the amount of solar energy received. The changes are small, but when amplified by changes in the climate system, they appear to trigger gradual switches between glacial and interglacial peri ...
Executive Summary (PDF)
... and Pacific Northwest assessment reports, especially two recent efforts associated with the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment,[C] scientific journal articles, and agency reports. This report also describes climate change adaptation activities underway across the state and data resources availab ...
... and Pacific Northwest assessment reports, especially two recent efforts associated with the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment,[C] scientific journal articles, and agency reports. This report also describes climate change adaptation activities underway across the state and data resources availab ...
Richenda Connell Presentation - Is Climate Change a Risk
... “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its importance and its inexorability; foresee at least some of the implications for their industry; and take appropriate steps well in advance. The pace of a firm’s adaptation to climate change ...
... “The firms that will prosper in a climate-changed world will tend to be those that are: early to recognise its importance and its inexorability; foresee at least some of the implications for their industry; and take appropriate steps well in advance. The pace of a firm’s adaptation to climate change ...
Supplementary Material - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... CurrentYeari,j = StartYeari,j + ( InterpolationIncrementi,j * ( CurrentYear - StartYear ). ...
... CurrentYeari,j = StartYeari,j + ( InterpolationIncrementi,j * ( CurrentYear - StartYear ). ...
Nepal - UN
... in Sunsari district have been evacuated, In May 2012 Seti river flood, killed 72 people, destroyed two villages due to GLOF in Annapurna region, On June 17 2013 there was massive rainfall in catchment of Mahakali river that swept away much of Darchula and killed at least three people had swept away ...
... in Sunsari district have been evacuated, In May 2012 Seti river flood, killed 72 people, destroyed two villages due to GLOF in Annapurna region, On June 17 2013 there was massive rainfall in catchment of Mahakali river that swept away much of Darchula and killed at least three people had swept away ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... Who is John Holdren? If you’re Jonathan Chait, the answer seems to be: I don’t really know. Writing this weekend on his blog at New York magazine, Chait offered a point by point rebuttal of recent comments by Charles Krauthammer and George Will regarding the recently released National Climate Assess ...
... Who is John Holdren? If you’re Jonathan Chait, the answer seems to be: I don’t really know. Writing this weekend on his blog at New York magazine, Chait offered a point by point rebuttal of recent comments by Charles Krauthammer and George Will regarding the recently released National Climate Assess ...
Climate Refugees and Rebels: Who Gets to Shape the
... alike jumped on the bandwagon. Writing in Scientific American online, Columbia University economist Jeffrey D. Sachs warned that climate change could soon force ...
... alike jumped on the bandwagon. Writing in Scientific American online, Columbia University economist Jeffrey D. Sachs warned that climate change could soon force ...
01_COPES_in_Poznan
... Systematic re-processing and coordinated reanalysis of all available observations acquired from various satellite sensors and other data sources since several decades • Would be complementary to model re-analyses in order to define “present climate” • Would serve as a benchmark to validate climate m ...
... Systematic re-processing and coordinated reanalysis of all available observations acquired from various satellite sensors and other data sources since several decades • Would be complementary to model re-analyses in order to define “present climate” • Would serve as a benchmark to validate climate m ...
Climate Change and Extreme Weather
... emerge as you listen and help guide their discussions from the side. One way they might structure the inquiry is for small groups to each look at the effects of an extreme weather event or natural disaster on a different sector of their local area. For example: property damage insurance costs an ...
... emerge as you listen and help guide their discussions from the side. One way they might structure the inquiry is for small groups to each look at the effects of an extreme weather event or natural disaster on a different sector of their local area. For example: property damage insurance costs an ...
north carolina - National Conference of State Legislatures
... projected precipitation increase, droughts may become more frequent as higher temperatures accelerate evaporation. Climate change also could accelerate the trend of global sea-level rise. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report estimates a 7- to 23-inch worldwide rise in sea leve ...
... projected precipitation increase, droughts may become more frequent as higher temperatures accelerate evaporation. Climate change also could accelerate the trend of global sea-level rise. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report estimates a 7- to 23-inch worldwide rise in sea leve ...
Improving Public Engagement With Climate Change: Five “Best
... As temporal distance increases, mental representations become less concrete and increasingly abstract. Accordingly, research has found that many people view climate change as a psychologically distant, future threat (Leiserowitz, 2005; Spence, Poortinga, & Pidgeon, 2012). In addition to temporal dis ...
... As temporal distance increases, mental representations become less concrete and increasingly abstract. Accordingly, research has found that many people view climate change as a psychologically distant, future threat (Leiserowitz, 2005; Spence, Poortinga, & Pidgeon, 2012). In addition to temporal dis ...
The Green Climate Fund
... Fund’s host country . The decision was received with great support. Further arrangements to sign the host country´s agreement are expected to take place at the third meeting in 2013. In addition, the Board began discussions on rules regarding the participation of observers, given that so far there i ...
... Fund’s host country . The decision was received with great support. Further arrangements to sign the host country´s agreement are expected to take place at the third meeting in 2013. In addition, the Board began discussions on rules regarding the participation of observers, given that so far there i ...
Ch15Pres - Leornian.org
... present global warming trend is largely anthropogenic in origin – Human activity, principally the combustion of fossil fuels, is responsible for the build-up of carbon dioxide and other infrared-absorbing gases in the atmosphere – The amount of anthropogenic CO2 already emitted into the atmosphere e ...
... present global warming trend is largely anthropogenic in origin – Human activity, principally the combustion of fossil fuels, is responsible for the build-up of carbon dioxide and other infrared-absorbing gases in the atmosphere – The amount of anthropogenic CO2 already emitted into the atmosphere e ...
Why does society need environmental research? Report 7–8 April 2011 Helsinki
... Sea. From the joint initiative of the Baltic Sea ...
... Sea. From the joint initiative of the Baltic Sea ...
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.