Climate change and seafood safety: Human health implications
... atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide (concentrations of CO2 have increased by more than 30%, from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to present day levels of 387 ppm (Earth Systems Research Laboratory/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; http://co2now.org/)). Other ...
... atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide (concentrations of CO2 have increased by more than 30%, from 280 ppm in pre-industrial times to present day levels of 387 ppm (Earth Systems Research Laboratory/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; http://co2now.org/)). Other ...
Temperature Change in New England: 1895-2012
... Over the past century, the globe’s temperature has been increasing at a higher rate than in the past. Over the last century increasing temperature is due to higher levels of human-generated greenhouse gases. Global warming has a dominating effect and will cause changes in climates all over the world ...
... Over the past century, the globe’s temperature has been increasing at a higher rate than in the past. Over the last century increasing temperature is due to higher levels of human-generated greenhouse gases. Global warming has a dominating effect and will cause changes in climates all over the world ...
Against the Grain: The United States and the Global Climate
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
... culture is generally averse to ‘conspicuous government intervention’.8 Potential policies to mitigate climate change, such as taxation on energy intensive goods and services, efficiency standards or regulations to promote low carbon energy, have often been interpreted as unacceptable restrictions on ...
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... “climate change.” Almost all farmers in the Tolon and Kumbungu study (n=196) said that they had not received any information about why the temperature and rainfall patterns had changed. Only four of the respondents confirmed to have received some climate-change education. They could not remember who ...
... “climate change.” Almost all farmers in the Tolon and Kumbungu study (n=196) said that they had not received any information about why the temperature and rainfall patterns had changed. Only four of the respondents confirmed to have received some climate-change education. They could not remember who ...
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement
... time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to render some people stateless. Since climate change is certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation ...
... time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to render some people stateless. Since climate change is certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation ...
Letters to the editor (7/19/10)
... look back and say, '[Grandpa] understood what was happening, but he did not make it clear.' " Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called " ...
... look back and say, '[Grandpa] understood what was happening, but he did not make it clear.' " Hansen is doing everything in his power to be clear about climate change and what needs to be done. At an Earth Day rally on the National Mall in Washington this past spring, he unveiled a proposal called " ...
1 - weADAPT
... The selection of emission scenarios and parameters for the MAGICC model at the global level was the IS92A scenario as a reference, and for the projected policy scenario for climate changes was IS92C. The selection of the model for the general circulation of greenhouse gases, was based on the resolut ...
... The selection of emission scenarios and parameters for the MAGICC model at the global level was the IS92A scenario as a reference, and for the projected policy scenario for climate changes was IS92C. The selection of the model for the general circulation of greenhouse gases, was based on the resolut ...
Final Report Appendix 2d - climate change
... disciplines (i.e. meteorology, ecology, economic sciences, systems analysis, etc.) should work together closely and without bias (“horizontal integration”), on the other hand all aspects of the relevant problem (from its formulation to proposals for its solution for decision-makers) should equally b ...
... disciplines (i.e. meteorology, ecology, economic sciences, systems analysis, etc.) should work together closely and without bias (“horizontal integration”), on the other hand all aspects of the relevant problem (from its formulation to proposals for its solution for decision-makers) should equally b ...
Climate change, the Food Energy Water Nexus
... require additional water to grow the plant feedstock and take arable land away from food produ ...
... require additional water to grow the plant feedstock and take arable land away from food produ ...
151725 Public Policy Text - A Convention For Persons Displaced By
... when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non-binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all major economies (including China), ‘charts no clear path toward a treaty with binding c ...
... when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non-binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all major economies (including China), ‘charts no clear path toward a treaty with binding c ...
Climate change: The investment perspective
... to complicate or enhance climate-related risks. These factors include oil, gas, coal and energy prices, the potential for emerging renewable technologies to render existing infrastructure uneconomical, and the views of consumers, lobbyists and nongovernmental organizations. As complex as climate ris ...
... to complicate or enhance climate-related risks. These factors include oil, gas, coal and energy prices, the potential for emerging renewable technologies to render existing infrastructure uneconomical, and the views of consumers, lobbyists and nongovernmental organizations. As complex as climate ris ...
Cooperative Federalism and Climate Change
... Second, the Clean Air Act (CAA) has long balanced the needs of auto producing and auto consuming states. Instead of across-the-board preemption, the CAA allows California — and states that decide to follow California’s lead by adopting the same rules — to develop more stringent controls for mobile s ...
... Second, the Clean Air Act (CAA) has long balanced the needs of auto producing and auto consuming states. Instead of across-the-board preemption, the CAA allows California — and states that decide to follow California’s lead by adopting the same rules — to develop more stringent controls for mobile s ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... increase in the population of a disease vector (natural process) in a country that may or may not have the institutional capacity to deal with such a change (institutions). A specific example would be higher temperatures leading to the spread of the ranges of deer, mice, and ticks—“the ecologic caus ...
... increase in the population of a disease vector (natural process) in a country that may or may not have the institutional capacity to deal with such a change (institutions). A specific example would be higher temperatures leading to the spread of the ranges of deer, mice, and ticks—“the ecologic caus ...
Mao et al., 2016. - Site BU
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
... exhibited higher LAI trends than those lacking explicit nitrogen cycles, reflecting in part a human influence from increased nitrogen deposition (Supplementary Fig. 7a,b). Consistent with the results of offline land surface models including carbon–nitrogen dynamics (for example, Fig. 4c in ref. 4), ...
NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND GLOBAL WARMING
... June), insolation receipts in the early Holocene were below modern values, but increased through the Holocene. The rapid warming of the late 20th century is unrelated to this forcing; rather, the rate, seasonal pattern, and geographic extent of recent changes all point to greenhouse gases as the pri ...
... June), insolation receipts in the early Holocene were below modern values, but increased through the Holocene. The rapid warming of the late 20th century is unrelated to this forcing; rather, the rate, seasonal pattern, and geographic extent of recent changes all point to greenhouse gases as the pri ...
Arviat Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
insight - Green Climate Fund
... requires collective action from all countries – by actors in both public and private sectors. Among these concerted efforts, advanced economies have agreed to jointly mobilize significant financial resources, from a variety of sources, to address the pressing mitigation and adaptation needs of devel ...
... requires collective action from all countries – by actors in both public and private sectors. Among these concerted efforts, advanced economies have agreed to jointly mobilize significant financial resources, from a variety of sources, to address the pressing mitigation and adaptation needs of devel ...
Governance of Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize
... agricultural purposes (Bladen Nature Reserve Management Plan, 2006). With the strict protection in place, local inhabitants are unable to harvest from the area or to hunt, and many of the indigenous people perceive the impact of the park to be largely negative. Efforts continue to be made to educate ...
... agricultural purposes (Bladen Nature Reserve Management Plan, 2006). With the strict protection in place, local inhabitants are unable to harvest from the area or to hunt, and many of the indigenous people perceive the impact of the park to be largely negative. Efforts continue to be made to educate ...
solidarity, justice and climate change law
... SOLIDARITY, JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE LAW Solidarity, Justice and Climate Change Law ...
... SOLIDARITY, JUSTICE AND CLIMATE CHANGE LAW Solidarity, Justice and Climate Change Law ...
climate change and the hydrological cycle
... emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (Mitchell et al. 2001). As a whole, the atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen and oxygen (78% and 21% by volume, respectively), while argon (0.93%), water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmosp ...
... emissions of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere (Mitchell et al. 2001). As a whole, the atmosphere consists primarily of nitrogen and oxygen (78% and 21% by volume, respectively), while argon (0.93%), water vapour, carbon dioxide, ozone, and several other gases make up the remaining 1% of the atmosp ...
Climate change impacts on South American Rangelands
... to affect future primary production. The inter-annual variation in precipitation leads to time ...
... to affect future primary production. The inter-annual variation in precipitation leads to time ...
Climate extremes and ozone pollution: a growing threat to China`s
... observations from this region. To reduce uncertainty in simulated results, we also used fine-resolution data sets of regional environmental monitoring to determine parameter values or improve forcing data. For example, remote sensing products and field observations have been applied to identify crop ...
... observations from this region. To reduce uncertainty in simulated results, we also used fine-resolution data sets of regional environmental monitoring to determine parameter values or improve forcing data. For example, remote sensing products and field observations have been applied to identify crop ...
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
... This report relied on information accessed from peer-reviewed academic literature and from accessible published and unpublished reports and theses. Abstracts and proceedings from international and national conferences on climate change were also accessed and information was obtained from government ...
... This report relied on information accessed from peer-reviewed academic literature and from accessible published and unpublished reports and theses. Abstracts and proceedings from international and national conferences on climate change were also accessed and information was obtained from government ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El Nino followed the fluctuation of sea level anomaly. Easterly wind anomaly at 925-hPa over the SCS also showed consistent ...
... Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El Nino followed the fluctuation of sea level anomaly. Easterly wind anomaly at 925-hPa over the SCS also showed consistent ...
