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2.1 Causes of Vulnerability Associated with Climate Change
... The IPCC predicts that climate change will likely have a profound effect on humanity. Indigenous and local communities are among the first to face the direct adverse consequences of climate change, due to their dependence upon and close relationship with the environment and its resources. While clim ...
... The IPCC predicts that climate change will likely have a profound effect on humanity. Indigenous and local communities are among the first to face the direct adverse consequences of climate change, due to their dependence upon and close relationship with the environment and its resources. While clim ...
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... • puts your work in a given context: – start with an overview of the field – narrow it down to your research question and your hypothesis ...
... • puts your work in a given context: – start with an overview of the field – narrow it down to your research question and your hypothesis ...
NEPA, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC LANDS DECISION MAKING
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
The International Tundra Experiment
... slight wind, as they allow the air in the OTC to warm without being removed by wind turbulence (Marion et al. 1997; Bokhorst et al. 2013). They are not as effective on calm, overcast days, and the average warming effect has been found to be 1-3º C during the growing season, which is at the low end o ...
... slight wind, as they allow the air in the OTC to warm without being removed by wind turbulence (Marion et al. 1997; Bokhorst et al. 2013). They are not as effective on calm, overcast days, and the average warming effect has been found to be 1-3º C during the growing season, which is at the low end o ...
Global Public Goods
... including those undertaken in preparation for the Post-2015 Agenda. Regarding the ‘deliverables’, i.e. the international cooperation commitments that would form the core elements of the Agenda, if one were to follow the recommendations set forth in this paper, it would, in many instances, be necessa ...
... including those undertaken in preparation for the Post-2015 Agenda. Regarding the ‘deliverables’, i.e. the international cooperation commitments that would form the core elements of the Agenda, if one were to follow the recommendations set forth in this paper, it would, in many instances, be necessa ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man
... warming activist movement. "There is 'a lack of willingness in the climate change community to steer away from groupthink...’ They are setting themselves up as secondrate scientists by not engaging,” Curry wrote in 2010. Curry critiqued the UN IPCC for promoting "dogma" and clinging to the "religiou ...
... warming activist movement. "There is 'a lack of willingness in the climate change community to steer away from groupthink...’ They are setting themselves up as secondrate scientists by not engaging,” Curry wrote in 2010. Curry critiqued the UN IPCC for promoting "dogma" and clinging to the "religiou ...
Dominating the Antarctic environment - Research Online
... Antarctic mosses appear to show plasticity in their response to desiccation depending on the moisture availability of their growth environment. This has been demonstrated for all three species of east Antarctic moss described above (Robinson et al., 2000). Similarly, Kappen and Schroeter (2002) show ...
... Antarctic mosses appear to show plasticity in their response to desiccation depending on the moisture availability of their growth environment. This has been demonstrated for all three species of east Antarctic moss described above (Robinson et al., 2000). Similarly, Kappen and Schroeter (2002) show ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... (likely aided by nitrogen loading from automobile pollution), partly from a recent spate of fires, partly from continued urban development, and partly due to a warming, drying climate (USFWS 2009a). Although the decline that led to Quino being listed as Endangered was overwhelmingly due to habitat d ...
... (likely aided by nitrogen loading from automobile pollution), partly from a recent spate of fires, partly from continued urban development, and partly due to a warming, drying climate (USFWS 2009a). Although the decline that led to Quino being listed as Endangered was overwhelmingly due to habitat d ...
Slow science: the value of long ocean biogeochemistry records
... the panoply of ocean biogeochemical research. At the same time, an increasing recognition of the need to understand the impacts on ocean biogeochemistry of current and future climate change brings with it the obligation to adequately monitor the Earth system. Thus, this Theme Issue on a ‘Prospectus ...
... the panoply of ocean biogeochemical research. At the same time, an increasing recognition of the need to understand the impacts on ocean biogeochemistry of current and future climate change brings with it the obligation to adequately monitor the Earth system. Thus, this Theme Issue on a ‘Prospectus ...
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... reduction in roughness length and leaf area index due to the change of forest to crops in high and temperate latitudes [10,20]. On the other hand, the LUC associated warming presented in the tropical latitudes is due to the reduction of evapotranspiration and an increase in sensible heat flux, prima ...
... reduction in roughness length and leaf area index due to the change of forest to crops in high and temperate latitudes [10,20]. On the other hand, the LUC associated warming presented in the tropical latitudes is due to the reduction of evapotranspiration and an increase in sensible heat flux, prima ...
Project management
... and Second National Communication, as well as the draft Climate Change Action Plan. Since September 2010 Georgia has been involved in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) process. These measures have been followed by series of specific studies and projects in the climate change focal area. These ac ...
... and Second National Communication, as well as the draft Climate Change Action Plan. Since September 2010 Georgia has been involved in the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) process. These measures have been followed by series of specific studies and projects in the climate change focal area. These ac ...
Southern New Hampshire
... body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes ho ...
... body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes ho ...
Regional: Glacial Melt and Downstream Impacts on Indus
... of problems related to the connectedness of cry sphere, biosphere, hydrology, and human activities, using regional and global knowledge bases to improve projections of trends and their impacts on water resources. • Make water and energy programs and projects of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ...
... of problems related to the connectedness of cry sphere, biosphere, hydrology, and human activities, using regional and global knowledge bases to improve projections of trends and their impacts on water resources. • Make water and energy programs and projects of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... research should be conducted openly and cooperatively, preferably within a framework that has broad international support; (4) iterative, independent technical assessments of research progress will be required to inform the public and policymakers; and (5) public participation and consultation in re ...
... research should be conducted openly and cooperatively, preferably within a framework that has broad international support; (4) iterative, independent technical assessments of research progress will be required to inform the public and policymakers; and (5) public participation and consultation in re ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... Why media coverage matters Climate change is not going away. It will get worse before it gets better. For African nations and people to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks, everyone will need to know more about climate change. The way the media covers it will affect how well societies deal ...
... Why media coverage matters Climate change is not going away. It will get worse before it gets better. For African nations and people to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks, everyone will need to know more about climate change. The way the media covers it will affect how well societies deal ...
1 SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION
... compared to the emissions level of 1990 identified in the Kyoto Protocol, Lithuania undertook to reduce GHG emissions by 8%. 5. In safeguarding the continuity of the EU climate change policy, the European Council agreed, in March 2007, that an integrated approach needs to make part of the climate an ...
... compared to the emissions level of 1990 identified in the Kyoto Protocol, Lithuania undertook to reduce GHG emissions by 8%. 5. In safeguarding the continuity of the EU climate change policy, the European Council agreed, in March 2007, that an integrated approach needs to make part of the climate an ...
PDF - World Agroforestry Centre
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
... The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau covers the Chinese provinces of Tibet A.R. and Qinghai, and parts of Gansu, northwest Sichuan and northwest Yunnan. The total land area of the Plateau is around 2.5 million km2, accounting for about 26% of China’s land area (Zhang et al. 2002). The average altitude of the P ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... SPM.1; WGI Figure 2.20; a listing of data sets and further technical details are given in the WGI Technical Summary Supplementary Material WGI TS.SM.1.1} (b) Map of the observed surface temperature change, from 1901 to 2012, derived from temperature trends determined by linear regression from one da ...
... SPM.1; WGI Figure 2.20; a listing of data sets and further technical details are given in the WGI Technical Summary Supplementary Material WGI TS.SM.1.1} (b) Map of the observed surface temperature change, from 1901 to 2012, derived from temperature trends determined by linear regression from one da ...
Climate Change in Southern New Hampshire
... body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes ho ...
... body of scientific evidence indicates that human activities—including the burning of fossil fuel (coal, oil, and natural gas) for energy, clearing of forested lands for agriculture, and raising livestock—are now the primary force driving change in the Earth’s climate system. This report describes ho ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on the Built Environment
... nificant uncertainty.6 Efforts are also being made to provide downscaled climate data and models that can be easily applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample s ...
... nificant uncertainty.6 Efforts are also being made to provide downscaled climate data and models that can be easily applied to regional and local impact analysis.7 In 2010, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published an international survey that found there is “ample s ...
Past and future influence of climate change on spatially
... difficulty in global change research. In this paper, the spatial distribution and dynamic variation of climate change impacts on vegetation activity from 1980s to 2050 in China were investigated by the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model, based on the combined datasets of satellite vegeta ...
... difficulty in global change research. In this paper, the spatial distribution and dynamic variation of climate change impacts on vegetation activity from 1980s to 2050 in China were investigated by the Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) model, based on the combined datasets of satellite vegeta ...
Prospering in a Changing Climate
... to determine priorities and to develop adaptation action plans. The first stage is development of regional integrated vulnerability assessments in each region to understand the sectors and systems that are most at risk. The Framework proposes that these assessments and the regional adaptation work t ...
... to determine priorities and to develop adaptation action plans. The first stage is development of regional integrated vulnerability assessments in each region to understand the sectors and systems that are most at risk. The Framework proposes that these assessments and the regional adaptation work t ...
Preparing Low-Emission Climate-Resilient Development
... and climate change. They incorporate the priorities of all stakeholders, including organizations and individuals outside the government. LECRDS should not be perceived as strategies that create rules and constraints to development, but rather as approaches that will continue to pursue social, gender ...
... and climate change. They incorporate the priorities of all stakeholders, including organizations and individuals outside the government. LECRDS should not be perceived as strategies that create rules and constraints to development, but rather as approaches that will continue to pursue social, gender ...
Hybrid statistical–dynamic seasonal streamflow forecasting method
... Statistical models and global climate models have, historically, been used to forecast hydroclimate variables several months ahead. Statistical forecasts work by exploiting the relationship between hydroclimate variables and large-scale climate indices. Statistical models are popular because they ar ...
... Statistical models and global climate models have, historically, been used to forecast hydroclimate variables several months ahead. Statistical forecasts work by exploiting the relationship between hydroclimate variables and large-scale climate indices. Statistical models are popular because they ar ...
How well do we understand and evaluate climate change feedback
... Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida l NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, i ...
... Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida l NASA GISS, and Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York m Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom (Manuscript received 4 July 2005, i ...
Fred Singer
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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.