Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
... There is no justification for this discussion to include reducing greenhouse gas emissions for the benefit of reducing future global warming. In order to do so, you must include citations, if any exist (which we doubt), which conclude that energy efficiency measures would preferentially reduce green ...
97% Consensus? No! Global Warming Math
... and created a division of those “Convinced” or “Unconvinced” by the evidence (IPCC AR4 2007 declaration) [above Figure 7]. They found 66% were “CE – Convinced by the Evidence” – but this does not describe to what extent or what cause convinced these scientists. In part two of their survey, Anderegg ...
... and created a division of those “Convinced” or “Unconvinced” by the evidence (IPCC AR4 2007 declaration) [above Figure 7]. They found 66% were “CE – Convinced by the Evidence” – but this does not describe to what extent or what cause convinced these scientists. In part two of their survey, Anderegg ...
Climate change and plant invasions: restoration opportunities ahead?
... currently widespread and expanding in range. We then project range shifts due to climate change for each invasive species based on an ensemble of 10 atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs). Both expanded risk and restoration potential are likely for invasive species in the western Unite ...
... currently widespread and expanding in range. We then project range shifts due to climate change for each invasive species based on an ensemble of 10 atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs). Both expanded risk and restoration potential are likely for invasive species in the western Unite ...
Dynamic Earth - The State Museum of Pennsylvania
... the carbon as building blocks for their own tissues. When plants or animals die, the carbon in their bodies is broken down into simpler forms by decomposers. In the ocean, waste and dead organisms rain down on the sea bottom, where they are incorporated into ocean sediments. Through heat and pressur ...
... the carbon as building blocks for their own tissues. When plants or animals die, the carbon in their bodies is broken down into simpler forms by decomposers. In the ocean, waste and dead organisms rain down on the sea bottom, where they are incorporated into ocean sediments. Through heat and pressur ...
West Dunbartonshire Council Climate Change Strategy `Tackling
... outlines the Government’s approach to informing people about what they can do to help Scotland take action on climate change. Scotland’s Climate Change Adaptation Framework Acknowledging that climate change is happening, it is important to not only reduce emissions, but to prepare for the disruptive ...
... outlines the Government’s approach to informing people about what they can do to help Scotland take action on climate change. Scotland’s Climate Change Adaptation Framework Acknowledging that climate change is happening, it is important to not only reduce emissions, but to prepare for the disruptive ...
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... farmers in some regions to cease production. This relates to another limitation of the Ricardian approach, specifically, changes in Ricardian rents do not provide information about the welfare implications of climatic change for specific agents. Schimmelpfennig et al. (1996), for example, pointed ou ...
... farmers in some regions to cease production. This relates to another limitation of the Ricardian approach, specifically, changes in Ricardian rents do not provide information about the welfare implications of climatic change for specific agents. Schimmelpfennig et al. (1996), for example, pointed ou ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... were Adam Morton, environment reporter for The Age newspaper, who produced ten distinct reports, and Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific editor for The Australian newspaper, with seven stories over the period. The Age is based in Melbourne while The Australian is a national newspaper; both are targeted at a ...
... were Adam Morton, environment reporter for The Age newspaper, who produced ten distinct reports, and Rowan Callick, Asia-Pacific editor for The Australian newspaper, with seven stories over the period. The Age is based in Melbourne while The Australian is a national newspaper; both are targeted at a ...
The science of climate change - Australian Academy of Science
... factors prevent more accurate predictions, and some uncertainty is likely to remain for considerable time. Uncertainty in climate science is no greater than in other areas where policy decisions are routinely taken to minimise risk. Also, the uncertainty means that the magnitude of future climate ch ...
... factors prevent more accurate predictions, and some uncertainty is likely to remain for considerable time. Uncertainty in climate science is no greater than in other areas where policy decisions are routinely taken to minimise risk. Also, the uncertainty means that the magnitude of future climate ch ...
China, the United States and the European Union: Multiple
... their countries on climate change for the period following 2020.10 The United States pledged to cut GHG emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, while China announced targets to reach a peak in CO2 emissions around 2030, with intention to peak sooner, and to increase its non-fossil fuel share of ...
... their countries on climate change for the period following 2020.10 The United States pledged to cut GHG emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, while China announced targets to reach a peak in CO2 emissions around 2030, with intention to peak sooner, and to increase its non-fossil fuel share of ...
- ResearchOnline@JCU
... 4. In Australia there are current collaborative climate change projects between researchers and indigenous communities, most notably on sea level rise in the Torres Straits (Green 2006a; 2006b; Green et al 2009a) and fire abatement in Western Arnhem Land (Barnsley and NAILSMA 2009). Review of the cu ...
... 4. In Australia there are current collaborative climate change projects between researchers and indigenous communities, most notably on sea level rise in the Torres Straits (Green 2006a; 2006b; Green et al 2009a) and fire abatement in Western Arnhem Land (Barnsley and NAILSMA 2009). Review of the cu ...
Climate change adaptation in arable land use, and impact on
... cereal production. Grasslands and leys were not included in any of the production scenarios. Impacts of these land uses on sediment loading and nitrogen leaching were simulated using WSFS and INCA modelling. We found that while adaptation to climate change must include consideration of crop choices, ...
... cereal production. Grasslands and leys were not included in any of the production scenarios. Impacts of these land uses on sediment loading and nitrogen leaching were simulated using WSFS and INCA modelling. We found that while adaptation to climate change must include consideration of crop choices, ...
ab c The cold calculus of cash and carbon
... 87% of San Fransiscans believe it is happening and 67% of these believe it is caused by human action; this falls to 70% and 49% in Columbus (Ohio), and 70% and 44% in Texas. We believe that this popular awareness will be strengthened by increasing attention to climate change over the next two years, ...
... 87% of San Fransiscans believe it is happening and 67% of these believe it is caused by human action; this falls to 70% and 49% in Columbus (Ohio), and 70% and 44% in Texas. We believe that this popular awareness will be strengthened by increasing attention to climate change over the next two years, ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... Climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development and to the very survival of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental we ...
... Climate change is one of the most serious threats to sustainable development and to the very survival of Pacific Island Countries and communities. In 2007 the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders reiterated their deep concern over this serious and growing threat to the economic, social and environmental we ...
August 2013 News
... As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to mitigate climate change. A group of German scientists has now come up with an environmental-friendly method that they say could do just th ...
... As the world starts feeling the effects of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and consequent global temperature rise, researchers are looking for a Plan B to mitigate climate change. A group of German scientists has now come up with an environmental-friendly method that they say could do just th ...
Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island
... Pacific Islanders have many traditional adaptive mechanisms. Although the rate and magnitude of extreme climatic events are changing, Pacific Islands have long been exposed to extreme events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and heatwaves, to which the people have developed traditional coping mecha ...
... Pacific Islanders have many traditional adaptive mechanisms. Although the rate and magnitude of extreme climatic events are changing, Pacific Islands have long been exposed to extreme events such as cyclones, floods, droughts and heatwaves, to which the people have developed traditional coping mecha ...
Observed coherent changes in climatic
... extreme indicator Fd value between 1951 and 1996 from the average 1961–1990 value of weighted global stations. The anomalies reflect the pattern of change in (a) through time. The insert represents the weighting factors used in the linear regression analysis, but note that the weights are shown for ...
... extreme indicator Fd value between 1951 and 1996 from the average 1961–1990 value of weighted global stations. The anomalies reflect the pattern of change in (a) through time. The insert represents the weighting factors used in the linear regression analysis, but note that the weights are shown for ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... some contexts but not in others. The reported initiatives are cross-agency “roll-ups” of programs and funding in the agencies, and information on some programs is available only to the degree that the agency has reported funding to OMB or Congress. Some activities, particularly those that consider o ...
... some contexts but not in others. The reported initiatives are cross-agency “roll-ups” of programs and funding in the agencies, and information on some programs is available only to the degree that the agency has reported funding to OMB or Congress. Some activities, particularly those that consider o ...
Investigating climate change vulnerability and planning for adaptation
... The project benefited from the results of an initial assessment of climate impacts along the Albertine Rift by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) [cf. 12]. This assessment used Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) low resolution general circulation model multi-model global ensembles ...
... The project benefited from the results of an initial assessment of climate impacts along the Albertine Rift by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) [cf. 12]. This assessment used Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) low resolution general circulation model multi-model global ensembles ...
View/Open
... low levels of technology and education and institutional mismanagement (Nhemachana et al., 2010). This calls for clear mitigation and adaptation strategies in order to deal with the threats posed by climate change, which is also stipulated in Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) ...
... low levels of technology and education and institutional mismanagement (Nhemachana et al., 2010). This calls for clear mitigation and adaptation strategies in order to deal with the threats posed by climate change, which is also stipulated in Kenya’s National Climate Change Response Strategy (NCCRS) ...
Climate change as a threat to biodiversity
... functions of ecosystems. The stress on biodiversity is far beyond the levels imposed by the natural global climatic changes occurring in the recent evolutionary past. It includes temperature increases, shifts of climate zones, melting of snow and ice, sea level rise, droughts, floods, and other extre ...
... functions of ecosystems. The stress on biodiversity is far beyond the levels imposed by the natural global climatic changes occurring in the recent evolutionary past. It includes temperature increases, shifts of climate zones, melting of snow and ice, sea level rise, droughts, floods, and other extre ...
Copernicus Climate Change Services
... Technical assessments of C3S infrastructure (design, tools, access methods) Scientific assessments of CDS content (climate data sets) Assessments of proof-of-concept SIS developments Consolidation of networks of expertise for EQC for all elements of the service, via specific procured activit ...
... Technical assessments of C3S infrastructure (design, tools, access methods) Scientific assessments of CDS content (climate data sets) Assessments of proof-of-concept SIS developments Consolidation of networks of expertise for EQC for all elements of the service, via specific procured activit ...
PPT 3.0MB
... Notes: 1. Measured streamf low data is at Grafton, IL (USGS gage # 05587450). 2. All values are average annua l values (in mm) ave raged ove r 1963-2000 (unless otherw is e specifi ed); Years 1961 and 1962 are sim ulated as in iti ali zation period. 3. HadCM2/RegCM2 SWAT sim ulations (Jha et al., 20 ...
... Notes: 1. Measured streamf low data is at Grafton, IL (USGS gage # 05587450). 2. All values are average annua l values (in mm) ave raged ove r 1963-2000 (unless otherw is e specifi ed); Years 1961 and 1962 are sim ulated as in iti ali zation period. 3. HadCM2/RegCM2 SWAT sim ulations (Jha et al., 20 ...
Global warming and the Arctic: a new world beyond the reach of the
... today, even with significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over this century, while 63.1% of the United States of America will have non-analogue climatic conditions if moderate increases in emissions occur (Saxon et al., 2005). Climate change is a normal part of the Earth’s environment. If ...
... today, even with significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions over this century, while 63.1% of the United States of America will have non-analogue climatic conditions if moderate increases in emissions occur (Saxon et al., 2005). Climate change is a normal part of the Earth’s environment. If ...
