Climate change scenarios
... There is greater difficulty in estimating the impacts of climate change on pigs than for crops because of the scarcity of data on the impact of the environment on animal performance under the conditions of commercial livestock management. The two subsectors of pigs out of doors and indoors are very ...
... There is greater difficulty in estimating the impacts of climate change on pigs than for crops because of the scarcity of data on the impact of the environment on animal performance under the conditions of commercial livestock management. The two subsectors of pigs out of doors and indoors are very ...
- Nottingham ePrints
... and media and communication analysts have mainly focused on studying how climate change is depicted in text (traditional media and social media). There is now growing recognition of the importance of investigating how climate change is conveyed in visual images (Nicholson-Cole, 2005; O’Neill and Hul ...
... and media and communication analysts have mainly focused on studying how climate change is depicted in text (traditional media and social media). There is now growing recognition of the importance of investigating how climate change is conveyed in visual images (Nicholson-Cole, 2005; O’Neill and Hul ...
Climate Change and Wetlands: Impacts and Mitigation
... including through efforts made under the Ramsar Convention. Wetlands, as defined by the Convention, include coastal/marine habitats such as reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves, inland habitats such as lakes and marshes whether saline or fresh, temporary or permanent, and high altitude and latitude ha ...
... including through efforts made under the Ramsar Convention. Wetlands, as defined by the Convention, include coastal/marine habitats such as reefs, seagrass beds and mangroves, inland habitats such as lakes and marshes whether saline or fresh, temporary or permanent, and high altitude and latitude ha ...
Climate change and Ontario`s provincial parks
... of climate change impacts (e.g., changes in ecosystem composition, structure, and function as well as increased forest fire severity) were identified as potentially significant for Ontario Parks’ policy, planning, and management frameworks. While the literature review and the models described in thi ...
... of climate change impacts (e.g., changes in ecosystem composition, structure, and function as well as increased forest fire severity) were identified as potentially significant for Ontario Parks’ policy, planning, and management frameworks. While the literature review and the models described in thi ...
development and climate change in egypt
... vulnerable to any adverse impacts on its coastal zones and water availability from the Nile. Climate change poses significant risks through sea level rise on the costal zone, which is already subsiding at approximately 3-5mm/year around the Nile delta. Analyses of current climatic trends reveal a wa ...
... vulnerable to any adverse impacts on its coastal zones and water availability from the Nile. Climate change poses significant risks through sea level rise on the costal zone, which is already subsiding at approximately 3-5mm/year around the Nile delta. Analyses of current climatic trends reveal a wa ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration
... Muller 2010; La^ıné et al. 2014). Land–ocean contrasts, along with other robust features of global warming simulations such as polar amplification (e.g., Holland and Bitz 2003), affect the spatial pattern of lowertropospheric specific humidity changes and consequently influence the atmospheric moist ...
... Muller 2010; La^ıné et al. 2014). Land–ocean contrasts, along with other robust features of global warming simulations such as polar amplification (e.g., Holland and Bitz 2003), affect the spatial pattern of lowertropospheric specific humidity changes and consequently influence the atmospheric moist ...
North American megadroughts in the Common Era
... These megadroughts are well documented in many proxy records, but the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. General circulation models (GCMs) simulate megadroughts, but do not reproduce the temporal clustering of events during the MCA, suggesting they are not caused by the time history of volcani ...
... These megadroughts are well documented in many proxy records, but the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. General circulation models (GCMs) simulate megadroughts, but do not reproduce the temporal clustering of events during the MCA, suggesting they are not caused by the time history of volcani ...
Climates of suspicion - Geoengineering Governance Research
... Commons 2010; IPCC 2013) to the concept of direct large-scale intervention in the global climate, or geoengineering. In addition to an increasing amount of technical literature addressing the potential impacts and feasibility of the various techniques being discussed under this label, there is a gro ...
... Commons 2010; IPCC 2013) to the concept of direct large-scale intervention in the global climate, or geoengineering. In addition to an increasing amount of technical literature addressing the potential impacts and feasibility of the various techniques being discussed under this label, there is a gro ...
Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... dismay and potential legal liability. However, it is often difficult for local councils to decide how to proceed in responding to the threats posed by climate change. As the NSW Coastline Management Manual 1990 states, “natural" fluctuations in world climate make it difficult to identify and define ...
... dismay and potential legal liability. However, it is often difficult for local councils to decide how to proceed in responding to the threats posed by climate change. As the NSW Coastline Management Manual 1990 states, “natural" fluctuations in world climate make it difficult to identify and define ...
ocean governance for the 21st century: making marine zoning
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...
Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County, NY
... Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convectiv ...
... Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convectiv ...
Gauteng Climate Change Risk and vulnerability assessment
... Table 10 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng stakeholder workshop, for the Disaster Risk Management sector ............... 51 Table 11 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng sta ...
... Table 10 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng stakeholder workshop, for the Disaster Risk Management sector ............... 51 Table 11 Results of the participatory impacts and risk and vulnerability assessment activity of the Gauteng sta ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... consider how policies and service delivery act to support or undermine adaptive capacity at different levels. Longersighted, more context-specific approaches that address changing risk contexts and that allow for flexible responses to uncertain changes in climate and unintended consequences of devel ...
... consider how policies and service delivery act to support or undermine adaptive capacity at different levels. Longersighted, more context-specific approaches that address changing risk contexts and that allow for flexible responses to uncertain changes in climate and unintended consequences of devel ...
Future wet grasslands: ecological implications of climate change
... grasslands can be summarized by considering predicted scenarios and identifying types likely to be affected (Table 2). This synthesis indicates that wet grasslands located in tundra or boreal climates are likely to be affected by less ice and snow cover. Temperate humid wet grasslands could be subje ...
... grasslands can be summarized by considering predicted scenarios and identifying types likely to be affected (Table 2). This synthesis indicates that wet grasslands located in tundra or boreal climates are likely to be affected by less ice and snow cover. Temperate humid wet grasslands could be subje ...
CONFALONIERI 2007 Human Health
... development. Human beings are exposed to climate change through changing weather patterns (for example more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly though changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure (Figure 8.1). These direct ...
... development. Human beings are exposed to climate change through changing weather patterns (for example more intense and frequent extreme events) and indirectly though changes in water, air, food quality and quantity, ecosystems, agriculture, livelihoods and infrastructure (Figure 8.1). These direct ...
health perspectives
... the frequency of hot days (Tables ES-1 and ES-2) and the associated increase in heat stress will likely lead to more heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rate is related to the projected increase in the number of days where maximum temperature is greater than 95oF and ...
... the frequency of hot days (Tables ES-1 and ES-2) and the associated increase in heat stress will likely lead to more heat injuries and deaths. Based on the assumption that the mortality rate is related to the projected increase in the number of days where maximum temperature is greater than 95oF and ...
Using the past to understand the future
... rates and magnitudes of ecological change. In this contribution we take a close look at the major climatic variables most likely to change in the coming century by tracing their history throughout various intervals of geological time. We conveniently divide these intervals into ‘deep time’ and the Q ...
... rates and magnitudes of ecological change. In this contribution we take a close look at the major climatic variables most likely to change in the coming century by tracing their history throughout various intervals of geological time. We conveniently divide these intervals into ‘deep time’ and the Q ...
Climate Scenario Development
... Working Group II (IPCC, 2001) (hereafter TAR WG II) of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. As such it also embodies the maturation in the IPCC assessment process – that is, a recognition of the interconnections among the different segments of the assessment process and a desire to ...
... Working Group II (IPCC, 2001) (hereafter TAR WG II) of climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. As such it also embodies the maturation in the IPCC assessment process – that is, a recognition of the interconnections among the different segments of the assessment process and a desire to ...
To What Extent Are African Countries Vulnerable to Climate
... It has been shown that African countries face a higher structural economic vulnerability than other developing countries (Guillaumont, 2007).The purpose of this paper is to present some new evidence which shows that African countries also face a relatively high vulnerability to climate change. It sh ...
... It has been shown that African countries face a higher structural economic vulnerability than other developing countries (Guillaumont, 2007).The purpose of this paper is to present some new evidence which shows that African countries also face a relatively high vulnerability to climate change. It sh ...
Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... toughest tests. This is particularly so when confronted by global issues such as climate change whose environmental impacts know no boundaries or borders. There is no doubt that climate change represents the biggest environmental, economic and social challenge of the 21st century. The threat of glob ...
... toughest tests. This is particularly so when confronted by global issues such as climate change whose environmental impacts know no boundaries or borders. There is no doubt that climate change represents the biggest environmental, economic and social challenge of the 21st century. The threat of glob ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional
... which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already in place. However, climate change may increase the frequency and extent of these current problems, which will require further refinement of existing controls. In light of this, it is generally considered that the refinement ...
... which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already in place. However, climate change may increase the frequency and extent of these current problems, which will require further refinement of existing controls. In light of this, it is generally considered that the refinement ...
Hunter, Central and Lower North Coast Regional Climate Change
... which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already in place. However, climate change may increase the frequency and extent of these current problems, which will require further refinement of existing controls. In light of this, it is generally considered that the refinement ...
... which, in many cases, effective control strategies are already in place. However, climate change may increase the frequency and extent of these current problems, which will require further refinement of existing controls. In light of this, it is generally considered that the refinement ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BARBADOS
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources.This research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the coast of G ...
... Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surface temperatures, sea-level rise, possible changes in extreme events and a reduction in freshwater resources.This research focuses on how human settlements distributed along the coast of G ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... Parties (COP) 15 in Copenhagen. After discussing this issue with various experts, our research team does not deem the Copenhagen Accord as highly influential on party positions. However, it should be noted that the results reported in this paper rely on the assumption that positions remained relativ ...
... Parties (COP) 15 in Copenhagen. After discussing this issue with various experts, our research team does not deem the Copenhagen Accord as highly influential on party positions. However, it should be noted that the results reported in this paper rely on the assumption that positions remained relativ ...