CHAPTER 13 CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WESTERN WILDFIRE WITH IMPLICATIONS
... estimated by the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), and PDSI was correlated with fire activity at all scales. Even moderate (70.31C decadal mean) fluctuations in PNW climate over the 20th century have influenced wildfire activity based on our analysis. Similar trends have been reported for other ...
... estimated by the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), and PDSI was correlated with fire activity at all scales. Even moderate (70.31C decadal mean) fluctuations in PNW climate over the 20th century have influenced wildfire activity based on our analysis. Similar trends have been reported for other ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Climate change impacts on the coast Climate change and sea level rise are likely to have a severe impact on UK coasts by 2080. The total rise in sea levels off the coasts of the UK may exceed 1 m and a rise of 2 m cannot be excluded. The frequency of storm events is expected to increase and, in comb ...
... Climate change impacts on the coast Climate change and sea level rise are likely to have a severe impact on UK coasts by 2080. The total rise in sea levels off the coasts of the UK may exceed 1 m and a rise of 2 m cannot be excluded. The frequency of storm events is expected to increase and, in comb ...
Potential climate-change impacts on the Chesapeake Bay
... models (Najjar et al., 2009). The degree of projected warming differs greatly among models (Fig. 4) and scenario (Fig. 5), but it is nevertheless very likely that temperature will continue to increase throughout the 21st century. Model-averaged projections in Najjar et al. (2009) for the six scenari ...
... models (Najjar et al., 2009). The degree of projected warming differs greatly among models (Fig. 4) and scenario (Fig. 5), but it is nevertheless very likely that temperature will continue to increase throughout the 21st century. Model-averaged projections in Najjar et al. (2009) for the six scenari ...
01-Long Report-cover
... extensions of numerous datasets and data analyses, broader geographical coverage, better understanding of uncertainties and a wider variety of measurements. {WGI SPM} ...
... extensions of numerous datasets and data analyses, broader geographical coverage, better understanding of uncertainties and a wider variety of measurements. {WGI SPM} ...
Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in the CMIP5
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
... and climate extremes observed in the late 20th century are projected to continue into the future. A subsequent assessment by the IPCC in its special report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) confirms these assessments (Seneviratne et al. 2012). The li ...
climate change, sea-level rise and extreme events
... modelling a range of possible futures, or emissions scenarios 4 to capture a credible range of possible future climate conditions, including sea level. ...
... modelling a range of possible futures, or emissions scenarios 4 to capture a credible range of possible future climate conditions, including sea level. ...
AMERICAN CLIMATE VALUES 2014 insights by racial
... Climate change is coming once again to the forefront of national debate. The issue is existentially important, and the need for urgent, meaningful action is greater than can be put into words. We need to reach beyond the environmental community—especially to the groups that will be most impacted by ...
... Climate change is coming once again to the forefront of national debate. The issue is existentially important, and the need for urgent, meaningful action is greater than can be put into words. We need to reach beyond the environmental community—especially to the groups that will be most impacted by ...
LCCARL394_en.pdf
... Staycations usually refers to individuals choosing to vacation in their home country rather than vacation in another country. ...
... Staycations usually refers to individuals choosing to vacation in their home country rather than vacation in another country. ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... change may impact the long-range transport and environmental impacts, as well as the conditional expression of physicochemical properties, persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity of hazardous substances. The findings of observed and predicted climate change impacts and their predicted interactions ...
... change may impact the long-range transport and environmental impacts, as well as the conditional expression of physicochemical properties, persistence, bioaccumulation and toxicity of hazardous substances. The findings of observed and predicted climate change impacts and their predicted interactions ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... Australia’s longest conflict is our struggle to deal with our climate vulnerabilities at home and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it ...
... Australia’s longest conflict is our struggle to deal with our climate vulnerabilities at home and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it ...
Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
... impacts on a person can be difficult to grasp. Although people’s understanding and knowledge of climate change can increase by experiencing the effects directly, perception, politics, and uncertainty can complicate this link. Psychological factors (like psychological distance), a political divide, u ...
... impacts on a person can be difficult to grasp. Although people’s understanding and knowledge of climate change can increase by experiencing the effects directly, perception, politics, and uncertainty can complicate this link. Psychological factors (like psychological distance), a political divide, u ...
The Public Discourse of Climate Change in the United States
... explain topic-related behavior for discourse initiators. Additionally, opinion givers and discourse initiators on one topic are probably opinion recipients in other settings, which suggests that feeling-related and value-related valances are likely influencing behavior. Those with the strongest feel ...
... explain topic-related behavior for discourse initiators. Additionally, opinion givers and discourse initiators on one topic are probably opinion recipients in other settings, which suggests that feeling-related and value-related valances are likely influencing behavior. Those with the strongest feel ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF LIMITED
... sector until 2050 under the A2 and B2 climate scenarios with the Business as Usual (BAU) as a comparator climate scenario, and the third is to estimate the cost of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be undertaken by Aruba to address climate change in the tourism sector. A tourism demand m ...
... sector until 2050 under the A2 and B2 climate scenarios with the Business as Usual (BAU) as a comparator climate scenario, and the third is to estimate the cost of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be undertaken by Aruba to address climate change in the tourism sector. A tourism demand m ...
National Climate Change Strategy
... 100 billion annually by 2020 and last but not least, the Green Climate Fund, whose aim is to promote the paradigm shift towards low emission and climate resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to the impacts ...
... 100 billion annually by 2020 and last but not least, the Green Climate Fund, whose aim is to promote the paradigm shift towards low emission and climate resilient development pathways by providing support to developing countries to limit their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to the impacts ...
Climate Change Analysis
... This report has been prepared as a collaborative effort led by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. We gratefully acknowledge: • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbi ...
... This report has been prepared as a collaborative effort led by the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium. We gratefully acknowledge: • The financial support of the Columbia Basin Trust, a regional corporation created to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits to the residents of the Columbi ...
Hosted by: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Program
... marshes. In the Arctic we are seeing how the impact of climate change is having some unexpected impacts. While my research portfolio is eclectic, I've enjoyed the mix of basic and applied research, short and long-term studies, and single investigator and large projects. I'll talk a bit about how to ...
... marshes. In the Arctic we are seeing how the impact of climate change is having some unexpected impacts. While my research portfolio is eclectic, I've enjoyed the mix of basic and applied research, short and long-term studies, and single investigator and large projects. I'll talk a bit about how to ...
Climate Change as Metaphor & Catalyst
... to effectively address an environmental crisis, which would seem to threaten humankind’s very survival. Some argue that environmental crisis fatigue (Williams 2002: 500) has led to apathy and inaction; others argue that a relentless campaign to breed uncertainty about climate change has undermined p ...
... to effectively address an environmental crisis, which would seem to threaten humankind’s very survival. Some argue that environmental crisis fatigue (Williams 2002: 500) has led to apathy and inaction; others argue that a relentless campaign to breed uncertainty about climate change has undermined p ...
Can Social Protection Increase Resilience to Climate Change?
... programmes contribute to strengthening the resilience of their recipients to climate change. The framework moves from earlier simplified approaches of ASP to a more systematic framework that highlights the importance of a dynamic approach to resilience and social protection which considers time and ...
... programmes contribute to strengthening the resilience of their recipients to climate change. The framework moves from earlier simplified approaches of ASP to a more systematic framework that highlights the importance of a dynamic approach to resilience and social protection which considers time and ...
ADDENDUM: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States AD
... 1. Climate change is unequivocal, and human activity plays some part in it. There are two periods of warming in the 20th century that are statistically indistinguishable in magnitude. The first had little if any relation to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, while the second has characteristics ...
... 1. Climate change is unequivocal, and human activity plays some part in it. There are two periods of warming in the 20th century that are statistically indistinguishable in magnitude. The first had little if any relation to changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, while the second has characteristics ...
Climate Change in Zimbabwe - Konrad-Adenauer
... Earth will rise due to climate change. This will cause widespread melting of snow and ice at the poles. The extra water from this melting will cause sea levels to rise and weather patterns to change across the planet. Extreme events, including storms, droughts and floods, will be more frequent. Ever ...
... Earth will rise due to climate change. This will cause widespread melting of snow and ice at the poles. The extra water from this melting will cause sea levels to rise and weather patterns to change across the planet. Extreme events, including storms, droughts and floods, will be more frequent. Ever ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the Impacts of
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... or all in the total forcing of black carbon, but most excluding it completely, which has lead them to the conclusion that the combination of organic carbon co-pollutants with black carbon causes net global cooling.50 Brown carbon’s warming effect appears to be offsetting some or all of the lighter o ...
... or all in the total forcing of black carbon, but most excluding it completely, which has lead them to the conclusion that the combination of organic carbon co-pollutants with black carbon causes net global cooling.50 Brown carbon’s warming effect appears to be offsetting some or all of the lighter o ...