Nunavut`s Natural Environment - Nunavut Climate Change Centre
... Climate change is happening, as is evident from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea levels.1 In Nunavut the annual average temperature is rising twice as fast as the rest of the world.2 In Nunavut specifically, many aspect ...
... Climate change is happening, as is evident from increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global sea levels.1 In Nunavut the annual average temperature is rising twice as fast as the rest of the world.2 In Nunavut specifically, many aspect ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... the dry season. Both studies noted the uncertainty in hydrological impact signals, which is mainly associated with uncertainties in the climate change projection, especially precipitation changes. Given these uncertainties, they all also stress the importance of using multiple GCMs and several scena ...
... the dry season. Both studies noted the uncertainty in hydrological impact signals, which is mainly associated with uncertainties in the climate change projection, especially precipitation changes. Given these uncertainties, they all also stress the importance of using multiple GCMs and several scena ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... its various regions. Yet thinking about how to manage the risks of projected climate change as just a regional problem or—worse yet—someone else’s problem may limit the ability to fully understand their consequences and cascading effects. We see more clearly now that while projected climate change s ...
... its various regions. Yet thinking about how to manage the risks of projected climate change as just a regional problem or—worse yet—someone else’s problem may limit the ability to fully understand their consequences and cascading effects. We see more clearly now that while projected climate change s ...
Modelling the response of glaciers to climate warming
... a global selection of glaciers more difficult. Moreover, it is unclear how the behaviour of glaciers can be generalized to make inferences about all glaciers on earth. Despite this, when looking at the possible implications of global warming and concommitant glacier retreat on sea level, the issue n ...
... a global selection of glaciers more difficult. Moreover, it is unclear how the behaviour of glaciers can be generalized to make inferences about all glaciers on earth. Despite this, when looking at the possible implications of global warming and concommitant glacier retreat on sea level, the issue n ...
Interactive influences of climate change and agriculture on aquatic
... addition to increasing overall acreage of farming, there is also interest in converting dryland production systems to irrigated agriculture, which has much higher crop values relative to dryland production. These higher crop values not only result from increased yield of crops already grown in those ...
... addition to increasing overall acreage of farming, there is also interest in converting dryland production systems to irrigated agriculture, which has much higher crop values relative to dryland production. These higher crop values not only result from increased yield of crops already grown in those ...
Climate change and food safety: A review
... in 15 countries from Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (Kovats et al., 2005). Most countries in Europe show an early spring peak (April or May) in Campylobacter infection, however, not all countries follow this pattern. In Canada, the peak occurs in late June–early July. The seasonality is l ...
... in 15 countries from Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (Kovats et al., 2005). Most countries in Europe show an early spring peak (April or May) in Campylobacter infection, however, not all countries follow this pattern. In Canada, the peak occurs in late June–early July. The seasonality is l ...
Risk perception and commitment to reduce global climate change in
... Global Climate Change is a reality that has been acknowledged by scientists for several decades. Moreover, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports a clear scientiic view on the current state of the earth´s climate and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Altho ...
... Global Climate Change is a reality that has been acknowledged by scientists for several decades. Moreover, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports a clear scientiic view on the current state of the earth´s climate and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. Altho ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... itself, are not. In many cases where the Precautionary Principle seems to offer guidance, the reason is that some of the relevant risks are available while others are barely visible. Differences across nations, in the perception of risks, have a great deal to do with the operation of the availabilit ...
... itself, are not. In many cases where the Precautionary Principle seems to offer guidance, the reason is that some of the relevant risks are available while others are barely visible. Differences across nations, in the perception of risks, have a great deal to do with the operation of the availabilit ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Indicators for Ireland (2000-LS-5.2.2-M1) Final Report
... dates are in response to previous year’s experience in terms of food supply, especially earlier insect abundance. ...
... dates are in response to previous year’s experience in terms of food supply, especially earlier insect abundance. ...
Implications of Climate Change for Development
... Create a global partnership for development, with targets for aid, trade and debt relief ...
... Create a global partnership for development, with targets for aid, trade and debt relief ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... been used to simulate the slowdown and shutdown of the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger develope ...
... been used to simulate the slowdown and shutdown of the thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The CRG also has a coupled atmospheric general circulation/mixed-layer ocean—icesheet/asthenosphere model and a variety of simple climate models, including the model that Prof. Schlesinger develope ...
BACKGROUND PAPER Prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment
... climate risk and development concerns (p.10). The role of climate change itself – the range of potential futures depending on how much greenhouse gas concentrations are allowed to rise – is a less-explored dimension of the links between climate change and DRR. Yet this dimension is critical for unde ...
... climate risk and development concerns (p.10). The role of climate change itself – the range of potential futures depending on how much greenhouse gas concentrations are allowed to rise – is a less-explored dimension of the links between climate change and DRR. Yet this dimension is critical for unde ...
Climate 2020, rising to the challenge
... usual is no longer a viable option. Governments have also recognised that they cannot address the complex issues of sustainable development alone. Many of today’s problems are global in nature and solutions require action by all countries, developed and developing, in partnership with a wide range o ...
... usual is no longer a viable option. Governments have also recognised that they cannot address the complex issues of sustainable development alone. Many of today’s problems are global in nature and solutions require action by all countries, developed and developing, in partnership with a wide range o ...
Updated February, 2016 FRANCINA DOMINGUEZ francina@illinois
... “Land-Atmosphere Interactions in the Southwest: It’s a two-way street.” Arizona State University, Ecosystems Engineering seminar, Global Institute of Sustainability, Phoenix, AZ,.Oct 2009 “Who Benefits from Evaporation from the Southwest?” Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ. Oct 2009 “Can Regional Climate Mode ...
... “Land-Atmosphere Interactions in the Southwest: It’s a two-way street.” Arizona State University, Ecosystems Engineering seminar, Global Institute of Sustainability, Phoenix, AZ,.Oct 2009 “Who Benefits from Evaporation from the Southwest?” Biosphere 2, Tucson, AZ. Oct 2009 “Can Regional Climate Mode ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... Not only are Russia’s vast permafrost areas predicted to turn into swamp but northern Russia’s, and particularly Siberia’s vast permafrost area sits on top of large methane deposits that will further exacerbate global climate change if and when they are released due to permafrost degradation. In add ...
... Not only are Russia’s vast permafrost areas predicted to turn into swamp but northern Russia’s, and particularly Siberia’s vast permafrost area sits on top of large methane deposits that will further exacerbate global climate change if and when they are released due to permafrost degradation. In add ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
... the warmest years since instrumental recording began in 1850. In addition, the linear trend warming over the period 1956 to 2005 was almost twice that for the 100 years from 1906 to 2005. Increases in global temperatures, through thermal expansion and the melting glaciers, are also pushing up sea le ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... the UK as these countries have larger national variations in climate compared to Denmark or the Netherlands. To our knowledge, this spatial temperature effect has not previously been explored. It is therefore not known, whether this effect is important for NH3 emission models and the CTM models. But ...
... the UK as these countries have larger national variations in climate compared to Denmark or the Netherlands. To our knowledge, this spatial temperature effect has not previously been explored. It is therefore not known, whether this effect is important for NH3 emission models and the CTM models. But ...
Climate Change and Tourism - United Nations Department of
... through GHG emissions derived especially from the transport and accommodation of tourists. 10,14 Tourism must seek to significantly reduce its GHG emissions in accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emi ...
... through GHG emissions derived especially from the transport and accommodation of tourists. 10,14 Tourism must seek to significantly reduce its GHG emissions in accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emi ...
Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the
... North Atlantic regions (Sarmiento et al., 2004). Cheung et al. (2008a) has developed an empirical model that predicts maximum catch potential based on primary production and distribution range of 1066 species of exploited fishes and invertebrates. Such a model can be applied to evaluate how changes ...
... North Atlantic regions (Sarmiento et al., 2004). Cheung et al. (2008a) has developed an empirical model that predicts maximum catch potential based on primary production and distribution range of 1066 species of exploited fishes and invertebrates. Such a model can be applied to evaluate how changes ...
Arctic amplification: can the past constrain the future?
... the Arctic receives little or no solar radiation, so albedo has little impact on the energy balance during those times. Over land, a more complete view is that initial warming leads to earlier spring melt of the snow cover and later autumn onset of snow. Because the underlying low-albedo surface (ea ...
... the Arctic receives little or no solar radiation, so albedo has little impact on the energy balance during those times. Over land, a more complete view is that initial warming leads to earlier spring melt of the snow cover and later autumn onset of snow. Because the underlying low-albedo surface (ea ...
Minutes - Transcript - Appendix 1
... for climate science to understand going forward where it will be and where those storms will go. I would like to put it into a little bit of context though, that it is normal for London to have extreme weather. Being such an ancient city we have great records and we can find the largest storm that h ...
... for climate science to understand going forward where it will be and where those storms will go. I would like to put it into a little bit of context though, that it is normal for London to have extreme weather. Being such an ancient city we have great records and we can find the largest storm that h ...
Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of
... In this report we underline the importance of studying the social representation of climate change for climate policy, especially in a democracy such as India. Social representations are, from a social science point of view, no epiphenomena of ‘real’ issues, but the very fabric of individual reality ...
... In this report we underline the importance of studying the social representation of climate change for climate policy, especially in a democracy such as India. Social representations are, from a social science point of view, no epiphenomena of ‘real’ issues, but the very fabric of individual reality ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Vol 2
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
Plant size and leaf area influence phenological and reproductive
... once a week in July and August 2011, to ensure seed establishment. Weeds were regularly removed during the experiment. The warming treatment was set up on December 05, 2011, once all microcosms had an established population, and the experiment terminated in July 2013. We elevated the temperature in ...
... once a week in July and August 2011, to ensure seed establishment. Weeds were regularly removed during the experiment. The warming treatment was set up on December 05, 2011, once all microcosms had an established population, and the experiment terminated in July 2013. We elevated the temperature in ...
Policy Briefings SUMERNET Research Projects Phase 2 (2010–2013) Sustainable Mekong Research Network
... PFES has become an incentive scheme to improve the participation of households, particularly poor households, in forest protection. PFES participants were grouped to protect particular areas of the forest. Each group worked on the basis of community-based forest management. It means that more people ...
... PFES has become an incentive scheme to improve the participation of households, particularly poor households, in forest protection. PFES participants were grouped to protect particular areas of the forest. Each group worked on the basis of community-based forest management. It means that more people ...
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.