Policy Update on 2°C Warming
... the forcing from alternative emissions). The IMPACT2C project set out to investigate this question – and to examine uncertainty – using existing climate scenario data and climate model results (Vautard et al. 2014). This allows an analysis of when the world might exceed the 2°C goal (global average ...
... the forcing from alternative emissions). The IMPACT2C project set out to investigate this question – and to examine uncertainty – using existing climate scenario data and climate model results (Vautard et al. 2014). This allows an analysis of when the world might exceed the 2°C goal (global average ...
Climate change and livestock production in Ethiopia
... the patterns of rainfall and ranges of temperature affect feed availability, grazing ranges, feed quality, weed, pest and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly aff ...
... the patterns of rainfall and ranges of temperature affect feed availability, grazing ranges, feed quality, weed, pest and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly aff ...
Abstracts - The PRUDENCE project
... wind speed fields from the PRUDENCE data archive at DMI. The results of this study will be presented at the final PRUDENCE meeting. Main focus is on the results from the standard 50km runs of eight regional models driven by the Hadley Centre global model results. From the given data sets the optimal ...
... wind speed fields from the PRUDENCE data archive at DMI. The results of this study will be presented at the final PRUDENCE meeting. Main focus is on the results from the standard 50km runs of eight regional models driven by the Hadley Centre global model results. From the given data sets the optimal ...
Climate Change and Its Impacts - National Center for Policy Analysis
... include many variables (such as temperature and CO2 emissions) and make assumptions about how changes in one variable affect others. The many climate models scientists use to generate climate predictions vary widely in which variables they include and in the assumptions they make about how those var ...
... include many variables (such as temperature and CO2 emissions) and make assumptions about how changes in one variable affect others. The many climate models scientists use to generate climate predictions vary widely in which variables they include and in the assumptions they make about how those var ...
Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change-Related Information
... including COP20, the UN Climate Summit 2014 and the World Economic Forum’s January 2015 annual meeting, signifying a growing desire for greater awareness and understanding of the relationship between business activity and climate change. Corporate reporting approaches are therefore being developed a ...
... including COP20, the UN Climate Summit 2014 and the World Economic Forum’s January 2015 annual meeting, signifying a growing desire for greater awareness and understanding of the relationship between business activity and climate change. Corporate reporting approaches are therefore being developed a ...
Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists - IPMZ
... Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists as Interpretive Community Science, policy, and the media diverge in their discourses about climate change (Weingart et al., 2000). While the idea of anthropogenic climate change has been common ground in scientific research for at least a decade (Ore ...
... Between Consensus and Denial: Climate Journalists as Interpretive Community Science, policy, and the media diverge in their discourses about climate change (Weingart et al., 2000). While the idea of anthropogenic climate change has been common ground in scientific research for at least a decade (Ore ...
Chapter 4 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
... Reaching consensus on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was a remarkable achievement, given the vastly different positions that various countries held with respect to climate change. Undoubtedly, the consensus was supported by the desire to complete the agreement for the Earth S ...
... Reaching consensus on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was a remarkable achievement, given the vastly different positions that various countries held with respect to climate change. Undoubtedly, the consensus was supported by the desire to complete the agreement for the Earth S ...
Climate Change and Variability in Southeast Zimbabwe
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
Patterns of Natural Selection
... year they spawn as males by releasing sperm into the water. However, as they grow over the next two or three years and develop greater energy reserves, they spawn as females by releasing eggs. Scallops are found in all of the world’s oceans and are primarily “free-living”. Many species are capable o ...
... year they spawn as males by releasing sperm into the water. However, as they grow over the next two or three years and develop greater energy reserves, they spawn as females by releasing eggs. Scallops are found in all of the world’s oceans and are primarily “free-living”. Many species are capable o ...
Climate Change Reader – 4o collated articles on
... Forests, Carbon and climate change the UK contribution ** carbon cycle, carbon sequestration, silviculture, inventories, policy This Information Note is rather old compared to other documents in this database yet this does not reduce how useful it is. The document covers the contribution that forest ...
... Forests, Carbon and climate change the UK contribution ** carbon cycle, carbon sequestration, silviculture, inventories, policy This Information Note is rather old compared to other documents in this database yet this does not reduce how useful it is. The document covers the contribution that forest ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN NEW ZEALAND: A CROSS
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
... The key changes in Step 1 above were the climate projections from NIWA, demographics, social variables, and wildcard variables. In summary, for the social scenarios we assumed an overall growth in the New Zealand population up to over five million people by the 2080s with larger Maori, Pacific Islan ...
Parmesan and Yohe, 2003
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
- Harvard University
... frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northeast. Climate change is expected to degrade U.S. ozone air quality. The summer average daily max-8h ozone increases by 2-5 ppb over large areas due to 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. Largest effect is during polluti ...
... frequency, lengthening pollution episodes over Midwest and Northeast. Climate change is expected to degrade U.S. ozone air quality. The summer average daily max-8h ozone increases by 2-5 ppb over large areas due to 2000-2050 climate change with the IPCC A1B scenario. Largest effect is during polluti ...
Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?
... influences on microphysics, which may affect intensity as well [Rosenfeld and Lensky, 1998; Michalon et al., 1999]. [9] Zipser and Lutz [1994] suggest a threshold updraft speed of 6 – 7 m s1 for the occurrence of lightning. A 7 m s1 threshold in the GCM implies that lightning occurs in 30% (Africa ...
... influences on microphysics, which may affect intensity as well [Rosenfeld and Lensky, 1998; Michalon et al., 1999]. [9] Zipser and Lutz [1994] suggest a threshold updraft speed of 6 – 7 m s1 for the occurrence of lightning. A 7 m s1 threshold in the GCM implies that lightning occurs in 30% (Africa ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... or U.S. Catholics in specific. Prior to the encyclical’s release, 71 % of American Catholics reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 ...
... or U.S. Catholics in specific. Prior to the encyclical’s release, 71 % of American Catholics reported believing in climate change, which is on par with the general public (Pew Research 2015a). Catholics’ views on the topic broadly reflect the partisan split that exists within the public. Whereas 62 ...
Forward shift in flowering periods of Leptospermum laevegatum due
... provides a possible reason for this result. In comparing Figs. 3 and 4, it is evident that there has been a significant increase in temperature over the past decades in their area. Therefore we assume that the warmer temperatures have had an overriding effect in some areas to initiate flowering in ...
... provides a possible reason for this result. In comparing Figs. 3 and 4, it is evident that there has been a significant increase in temperature over the past decades in their area. Therefore we assume that the warmer temperatures have had an overriding effect in some areas to initiate flowering in ...
terra nostra - Social Venture Partners
... then went on to do post-docs in statistics and in oceanography. I remember sitting in one biological oceanography seminar after another, and realizing that no matter where the research started, it nearly always ended with a discussion of what was happening with climate change. While all the data wer ...
... then went on to do post-docs in statistics and in oceanography. I remember sitting in one biological oceanography seminar after another, and realizing that no matter where the research started, it nearly always ended with a discussion of what was happening with climate change. While all the data wer ...
Climate Change - Have We Lost the Battle Institution of Mechanical
... failure, and the current Government will be but a distant memory by 2050. Therefore, the question has to be, are the policies being adopted simply a cop-out so that the UK does not have to take decisive and serious actions, many of which may be unpalatable to politicians and the general public? If t ...
... failure, and the current Government will be but a distant memory by 2050. Therefore, the question has to be, are the policies being adopted simply a cop-out so that the UK does not have to take decisive and serious actions, many of which may be unpalatable to politicians and the general public? If t ...
Assessing climate forcings of the Earth system for the past millennium
... for the preindustrial period. After 1840, however, the anomalies from Crowley [2000] systematically exceed the CLIMBER-2 results by 0.2°C (Figure 2). [16] In the first half of the millennium, the solar forcings S14 and S10 involve temperature anomalies which differ by 0.2°C (Figure 3a). Although t ...
... for the preindustrial period. After 1840, however, the anomalies from Crowley [2000] systematically exceed the CLIMBER-2 results by 0.2°C (Figure 2). [16] In the first half of the millennium, the solar forcings S14 and S10 involve temperature anomalies which differ by 0.2°C (Figure 3a). Although t ...
The Global Climate Observing System, GCOS
... First launch of a ballon at Gan, Maldives (Photo: UK MetOffice) ...
... First launch of a ballon at Gan, Maldives (Photo: UK MetOffice) ...
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
... First launch of a ballon at Gan, Maldives (Photo: UK MetOffice) ...
... First launch of a ballon at Gan, Maldives (Photo: UK MetOffice) ...
Belanger OLLI week4 slides - Denver Climate Study Group
... Joint U.S. National Academy of Science and Royal Society 20-point summary: • OR: Joint U.S. National Academy of Science and Royal Society 20-point summary: 20-point Climate-Change Summary (pdf) – summarized in the following 3 slides ...
... Joint U.S. National Academy of Science and Royal Society 20-point summary: • OR: Joint U.S. National Academy of Science and Royal Society 20-point summary: 20-point Climate-Change Summary (pdf) – summarized in the following 3 slides ...