Chapter 13: Global Climate Change
... • The 3.5 degree C rise in mean annual global temperature from doubling in the radiative forcing similar to glacial to interglacial • Most of North America covered by ice • Boreal forests covered what is now North Carolina ...
... • The 3.5 degree C rise in mean annual global temperature from doubling in the radiative forcing similar to glacial to interglacial • Most of North America covered by ice • Boreal forests covered what is now North Carolina ...
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... gases we can emit into the atmosphere. The perceived necessity on global warming is developing fast, and becoming ever more concrete for people. It used to be about how many parts of greenhouse gases per million (ppm) a livable atmosphere could endure. In 2006, the United Nations “Intergovernmental ...
... gases we can emit into the atmosphere. The perceived necessity on global warming is developing fast, and becoming ever more concrete for people. It used to be about how many parts of greenhouse gases per million (ppm) a livable atmosphere could endure. In 2006, the United Nations “Intergovernmental ...
Make room for the climate! - Climate changes Spatial Planning
... This memorandum has been drawn up for a round of policy discussions. The Dutch Cabinet will incorporate the results of this consultation process when they draw up the National Adaptation Strategy this autumn. Over the coming months, the strategy will be worked out in more detail and will also take i ...
... This memorandum has been drawn up for a round of policy discussions. The Dutch Cabinet will incorporate the results of this consultation process when they draw up the National Adaptation Strategy this autumn. Over the coming months, the strategy will be worked out in more detail and will also take i ...
Extreme Effects - Interreg IVB North Sea Region Programme (2007
... and cattle sheds one should make allowances for climate- regulatory measures – this is already happening on an increasing scale. Another way of anticipating is to change over to different crops. A number of crops have been studied with this in mind. The artichoke and sunflower are good alternatives ...
... and cattle sheds one should make allowances for climate- regulatory measures – this is already happening on an increasing scale. Another way of anticipating is to change over to different crops. A number of crops have been studied with this in mind. The artichoke and sunflower are good alternatives ...
The Economics of Climate Change in East Asia
... significant in Japan and the Republic of Korea, but the costs of adaptation are modest. • The level of protection against cyclones in the PRC seems to be too low. • The increase in average losses caused by short-term flooding due to climate change in the PRC by 2050 is modest, but there are large va ...
... significant in Japan and the Republic of Korea, but the costs of adaptation are modest. • The level of protection against cyclones in the PRC seems to be too low. • The increase in average losses caused by short-term flooding due to climate change in the PRC by 2050 is modest, but there are large va ...
When It Rains, It Pours: Future Climate Extremes and Health
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
... Background: The accelerating accumulation of greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere is changing global environmental conditions in unprecedented and potentially irreversible ways. Climate change poses a host of challenges to the health of populations through complex direct and indirect mechanism ...
Beyond long-term averages: making biological sense of a rapidly
... poor ability to acclimate to warming temperatures [29], and some species with relatively high rates of larval dispersal (and thus high rates of genetic exchange) likewise show apparently little geographic variation in thermal tolerance [34]. Increasing emphasis is also being placed on the potential ...
... poor ability to acclimate to warming temperatures [29], and some species with relatively high rates of larval dispersal (and thus high rates of genetic exchange) likewise show apparently little geographic variation in thermal tolerance [34]. Increasing emphasis is also being placed on the potential ...
More than CO : a broader paradigm for managing climate change
... due to the burning of industrial fossil fuels and deforestation, from rising much above their present levels [1,2,3]. Despite the hopeful expectations of a concerned global population, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen made very modest progress towards reducing concentrations ...
... due to the burning of industrial fossil fuels and deforestation, from rising much above their present levels [1,2,3]. Despite the hopeful expectations of a concerned global population, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen made very modest progress towards reducing concentrations ...
WATCH: Current Knowledge of the Terrestrial Global Water Cycle
... Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway (Manuscript received 24 February 2011, in final form 16 June 2011) ABSTRACT Water-related impacts are among the most important consequences of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Changes in the global water cycle will also impact t ...
... Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway (Manuscript received 24 February 2011, in final form 16 June 2011) ABSTRACT Water-related impacts are among the most important consequences of increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Changes in the global water cycle will also impact t ...
Read the full comment letter here - Competitive Enterprise Institute
... II. EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding is an inappropriate starting point for project-related environmental risk assessments. The Guidance presents EPA’s endangerment finding,2 or the science embodied in it, as the touchstone and overarching justification for NEPA review of GHG emissions and ...
... II. EPA’s greenhouse gas endangerment finding is an inappropriate starting point for project-related environmental risk assessments. The Guidance presents EPA’s endangerment finding,2 or the science embodied in it, as the touchstone and overarching justification for NEPA review of GHG emissions and ...
The Reinforced Strategy for Europe
... - Encourage exchange on strategies and actions to effectively reduce GHGs and address adaptation. - Develop capacity to act to identify possible local solutions, provide tools and training. - Identify and recommend the use of uniform mechanisms to measure and specify reductions, e.g. the Harmonised ...
... - Encourage exchange on strategies and actions to effectively reduce GHGs and address adaptation. - Develop capacity to act to identify possible local solutions, provide tools and training. - Identify and recommend the use of uniform mechanisms to measure and specify reductions, e.g. the Harmonised ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Ukrainian Cities under Climate
... Urban air pollution (negative impact on the plants and humans, so higher vulnerability of urban green spaces and the causes of increasing of allergic diseases and others. Climate vulnerability assessment of Ukrainian cities. Because of the influence a lot of different factors on cities vulnerability ...
... Urban air pollution (negative impact on the plants and humans, so higher vulnerability of urban green spaces and the causes of increasing of allergic diseases and others. Climate vulnerability assessment of Ukrainian cities. Because of the influence a lot of different factors on cities vulnerability ...
FINAL: How to identify adaptation ... smallholder farmers in coffee and tea sector
... change as a change that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, that alters the composition of the global atmosphere, and that is in addition to natural climate variability over a comparable period of time. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines it as any change ...
... change as a change that is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity, that alters the composition of the global atmosphere, and that is in addition to natural climate variability over a comparable period of time. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines it as any change ...
Chapter 2 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... thermals; dry convection). Evaporation more effective means of cooling the surface; stores energy as latent heat. Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses into clouds. Wherever there is precipitation, latent heat remains in atmosphere. Cloud formation is most often associ ...
... thermals; dry convection). Evaporation more effective means of cooling the surface; stores energy as latent heat. Latent heat subsequently released when water vapor condenses into clouds. Wherever there is precipitation, latent heat remains in atmosphere. Cloud formation is most often associ ...
GEF COUNTRY EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES
... Phil. Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Dept. of Public Works Services Administration and Highways Phil. Network on Climate Change ...
... Phil. Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Dept. of Public Works Services Administration and Highways Phil. Network on Climate Change ...
www.ssoar.info How earth science has become a social science
... in the modeled regions had been falling and the model predicted that they would continue to fall. Indeed, the model predicted major declines in ground water level throughout the modeled region. Declines did occur, but they were generally smaller than predicted, and in some cases groundwater levels r ...
... in the modeled regions had been falling and the model predicted that they would continue to fall. Indeed, the model predicted major declines in ground water level throughout the modeled region. Declines did occur, but they were generally smaller than predicted, and in some cases groundwater levels r ...
McCarl, B.A., J. Chen, and A. Thayer, "Climate change and food
... Although the lowest IPCC scenario (RCP 2.6) only projects 1oC of warming, this scenario is not likely as it is predicated on peak CO2 emissions occurring in the year 2020 and then declining and becoming negative by 2100 (IPCC, 2014c). The more likely range is that by 2040, global surface temperature ...
... Although the lowest IPCC scenario (RCP 2.6) only projects 1oC of warming, this scenario is not likely as it is predicated on peak CO2 emissions occurring in the year 2020 and then declining and becoming negative by 2100 (IPCC, 2014c). The more likely range is that by 2040, global surface temperature ...
Mainstreaming Climate Change into National Urban Policies Background Paper
... Neither sufficient climate change resilience nor significant greenhouse gas emission reductions can be achieved without local governments playing a more central role. However, local governments can only play their part in responding to the threat of climate change with the support of central governm ...
... Neither sufficient climate change resilience nor significant greenhouse gas emission reductions can be achieved without local governments playing a more central role. However, local governments can only play their part in responding to the threat of climate change with the support of central governm ...
Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Institutional Investor
... severe weather events of all kinds, from wildfires and droughts to hurricanes and floods—has been more severe than many scientists had predicted. The global warming of the last several decades has been caused largely by human activities—in particular the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and ...
... severe weather events of all kinds, from wildfires and droughts to hurricanes and floods—has been more severe than many scientists had predicted. The global warming of the last several decades has been caused largely by human activities—in particular the burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and ...
On the Impact of Weather and Climate on
... our approach lies in the use of (long term) climate measures along with short term (weather) measures, at the same time controlling for unobserved heterogeneity using a four-wave survey data from Ethiopia. As we argued earlier, the essence of controlling for both climate and weather factors is to e ...
... our approach lies in the use of (long term) climate measures along with short term (weather) measures, at the same time controlling for unobserved heterogeneity using a four-wave survey data from Ethiopia. As we argued earlier, the essence of controlling for both climate and weather factors is to e ...
Centre for Earth System Dynamics
... • Ocean – sets the timescale. • First order effect (will world warm by 1 or 10 K) by end of 21st Century. Both seem very unlikely. 10K would be “catastrophic climate change” and requires very strong physical & biological feedbacks. • My personal research aim is see to what extent, if any, observatio ...
... • Ocean – sets the timescale. • First order effect (will world warm by 1 or 10 K) by end of 21st Century. Both seem very unlikely. 10K would be “catastrophic climate change” and requires very strong physical & biological feedbacks. • My personal research aim is see to what extent, if any, observatio ...
(SPARC) (Thomas Peter, ETH Zurich)
... • Studies on this topic are already happening, but the focus is generally not on the stratospheric impact • SPARC’s own capacity is limited – CCMVal has its hands full with the SPARC Report – Requires use of coupled models ...
... • Studies on this topic are already happening, but the focus is generally not on the stratospheric impact • SPARC’s own capacity is limited – CCMVal has its hands full with the SPARC Report – Requires use of coupled models ...
INTERACTIVE PDF INSTRUCTIONS
... snowpacks and diminished precipitation, the wildfire hazard will increase. Fire probability is enhanced by warmer temperatures, lower relative humidities and greater wait times between rainfall events. As vegetation becomes dry under these conditions, it is more prone to ignition by random sources a ...
... snowpacks and diminished precipitation, the wildfire hazard will increase. Fire probability is enhanced by warmer temperatures, lower relative humidities and greater wait times between rainfall events. As vegetation becomes dry under these conditions, it is more prone to ignition by random sources a ...
What shapes perceptions of climate change?
... is not easily and accurately identified by the lay public, using their normal tools of observation and inference. Climate is a statistical phenomenon, a term that describes average weather conditions or their typical range for a region. Climate change in the meteorological sense refers to systematic ...
... is not easily and accurately identified by the lay public, using their normal tools of observation and inference. Climate is a statistical phenomenon, a term that describes average weather conditions or their typical range for a region. Climate change in the meteorological sense refers to systematic ...