climate change in the american mind
... participants were asked about their issue priorities for the new administration and Congress, support and opposition regarding climate change and energy policies, levels of political and consumer activism, and beliefs about the reality and risks of global warming. Overall, the survey found that conc ...
... participants were asked about their issue priorities for the new administration and Congress, support and opposition regarding climate change and energy policies, levels of political and consumer activism, and beliefs about the reality and risks of global warming. Overall, the survey found that conc ...
Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and
... aerosol concentrations in the western United States. We regress observed area burned onto observed meteorological fields and fire indices from the Canadian Fire Weather Index system and find that May–October mean temperature and fuel moisture explain 24–57% of the variance in annual area burned in t ...
... aerosol concentrations in the western United States. We regress observed area burned onto observed meteorological fields and fire indices from the Canadian Fire Weather Index system and find that May–October mean temperature and fuel moisture explain 24–57% of the variance in annual area burned in t ...
The Political Impact of Global Warming on Developing Countries
... issues. Besides nuclear war, no other environmental problem has the potential scope for such widespread impact in the same way that global warming does (Gleick 1989; Pirages 1997). For that reason, this environmental threat is beginning to emerge as an international security issue. Adaption to globa ...
... issues. Besides nuclear war, no other environmental problem has the potential scope for such widespread impact in the same way that global warming does (Gleick 1989; Pirages 1997). For that reason, this environmental threat is beginning to emerge as an international security issue. Adaption to globa ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
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... Land use is one of the most important links of economy and biosphere, representing a direct projection of human action on the natural environment. Large parts of the terrestrial land surface are used for agriculture, forestry, settlements and infrastructure. Among these, agricultural production is s ...
... Land use is one of the most important links of economy and biosphere, representing a direct projection of human action on the natural environment. Large parts of the terrestrial land surface are used for agriculture, forestry, settlements and infrastructure. Among these, agricultural production is s ...
Risk-based assessment of climate change impacts
... environment, the ecosystem, or affects the delivery of a program or activity. In many cases an event has the potential for environmental and anthropogenic consequences. Potential consequences were developed during plenary discussions. The main risk drivers and the potential consequences (threats) ar ...
... environment, the ecosystem, or affects the delivery of a program or activity. In many cases an event has the potential for environmental and anthropogenic consequences. Potential consequences were developed during plenary discussions. The main risk drivers and the potential consequences (threats) ar ...
Longterm climate forcings to assess vulnerability in North Africa dry
... argan woodland in the past, we used SDM-based hindcasting (Svenning et al. 2011): all the fitted SDM models were applied to the climate data for the LGM and the mid-Holocene. In the same way, we also forecast the potential distribution to future periods (2020, 2050 and 2080), to assess future threat ...
... argan woodland in the past, we used SDM-based hindcasting (Svenning et al. 2011): all the fitted SDM models were applied to the climate data for the LGM and the mid-Holocene. In the same way, we also forecast the potential distribution to future periods (2020, 2050 and 2080), to assess future threat ...
text - Tilburg University
... does not really address the problem of climate induced displacement or avoid the existing definitional gap, which will be observed in the second chapter. The questioning of the cause-effect relationship between climate change and migration is becoming even more acute when it comes to a discussion o ...
... does not really address the problem of climate induced displacement or avoid the existing definitional gap, which will be observed in the second chapter. The questioning of the cause-effect relationship between climate change and migration is becoming even more acute when it comes to a discussion o ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... “There are many concerns about catastrophic impacts of climate change,” they wrote. “Among the potential severe events are a sharp rise in sea level, shifting monsoons, a runaway greenhouse effect, collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and changing ocean currents that would have a major cooling ...
... “There are many concerns about catastrophic impacts of climate change,” they wrote. “Among the potential severe events are a sharp rise in sea level, shifting monsoons, a runaway greenhouse effect, collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, and changing ocean currents that would have a major cooling ...
Who`s holding us back?
... “Our research shows beyond a doubt that there are a handful of powerful polluting corporations who are exerting undue influence on the political process to protect their vested interests. Greenpeace calls on the politicians that hold the fate of our economy and environment in their hands in Durban t ...
... “Our research shows beyond a doubt that there are a handful of powerful polluting corporations who are exerting undue influence on the political process to protect their vested interests. Greenpeace calls on the politicians that hold the fate of our economy and environment in their hands in Durban t ...
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening
... in an air quality and climate review article (Jacob and Winner 2009) and of those, we restricted the studies to those involving the United States. There was one study that focused on air quality modeling in the Los Angeles basin and Sacramento Valley (Taha 2001). More such studies are needed befo ...
... in an air quality and climate review article (Jacob and Winner 2009) and of those, we restricted the studies to those involving the United States. There was one study that focused on air quality modeling in the Los Angeles basin and Sacramento Valley (Taha 2001). More such studies are needed befo ...
Recent developments on the South American monsoon system
... ABSTRACT: This paper reviews recent progress made in our understanding of the functioning and variability of the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) on time scales varying from synoptic to long-term variability and climate change. The SAMS contains one of the most prominent summertime climate patte ...
... ABSTRACT: This paper reviews recent progress made in our understanding of the functioning and variability of the South American Monsoon System (SAMS) on time scales varying from synoptic to long-term variability and climate change. The SAMS contains one of the most prominent summertime climate patte ...
global climate change and health – a new theme for research in
... Environmental medicine research is missing in the field of climate change and health The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Resear ...
... Environmental medicine research is missing in the field of climate change and health The recently published report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) as well as a number of books, films and mass-media programs have put the issue of climate change in the spotlight. Resear ...
Innovations LIVE - Inter-American Development Bank
... resurfacing: the need to innovate Climate change is changing the business as usual, which means changing policy priorities or allocating resources to actions previously underfunded. But also, changing business as usual is an opportunity to do things differently, and opportunity to innovate. Innovati ...
... resurfacing: the need to innovate Climate change is changing the business as usual, which means changing policy priorities or allocating resources to actions previously underfunded. But also, changing business as usual is an opportunity to do things differently, and opportunity to innovate. Innovati ...
Basic Teacher Planning (for Lent 2017 lessons)
... Pope Francis is inspired by St Francis of Assisi who believed that our attention to the natural world is part of our commitment to Christ. John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I – stressed individual and community conversion around the way we treat our environment. There are three aspects of Pope ...
... Pope Francis is inspired by St Francis of Assisi who believed that our attention to the natural world is part of our commitment to Christ. John Paul II and Patriarch Bartholomew I – stressed individual and community conversion around the way we treat our environment. There are three aspects of Pope ...
Climate Change Futures: Health, Ecological and Economic
... Climate is the context for life on earth. Global climate change and the ripples of that change will affect every aspect of life, from municipal budgets for snowplowing to the spread of disease. Climate is already changing, and quite rapidly. With rare unanimity, the scientific community warns of mor ...
... Climate is the context for life on earth. Global climate change and the ripples of that change will affect every aspect of life, from municipal budgets for snowplowing to the spread of disease. Climate is already changing, and quite rapidly. With rare unanimity, the scientific community warns of mor ...
climate change in the courts
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Climate Change Vulnerability
... The Phoenix Islands lie to the east of the West Pacific Warm Pool, where open ocean temperatures are consistently higher than 28°C, but to the west of the colder eastern equatorial waters. The dominant easterly trade winds drive strong upwelling of cooler waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific and ...
... The Phoenix Islands lie to the east of the West Pacific Warm Pool, where open ocean temperatures are consistently higher than 28°C, but to the west of the colder eastern equatorial waters. The dominant easterly trade winds drive strong upwelling of cooler waters in the eastern equatorial Pacific and ...
PARCC Project Training Manual 2014 Protected Areas Resilient to Climate Change,
... projections Statements we have confidence in: Seasonal temperature will increase in all regions – models respond as we would expect to observed forcings ...
... projections Statements we have confidence in: Seasonal temperature will increase in all regions – models respond as we would expect to observed forcings ...
PARCC Project Training Manual Module 2. Climate data
... projections Statements we have confidence in: Seasonal temperature will increase in all regions – models respond as we would expect to observed forcings ...
... projections Statements we have confidence in: Seasonal temperature will increase in all regions – models respond as we would expect to observed forcings ...
complete collection in -format
... Peer-reviewed Scientific Journals Agnew B. Planet Earth, getting too hot for health? Bull WHO 2001;79(11):1090-2. Abstract not available. ...
... Peer-reviewed Scientific Journals Agnew B. Planet Earth, getting too hot for health? Bull WHO 2001;79(11):1090-2. Abstract not available. ...
unilateral climate regulation - Harvard Environmental Law Review
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
Debating Climate Change David Weisbach
... these constraints are not useful. Moreover, we do not need a theory of justice tell us that we need to comply with these constraints: we do not need a theory of justice to tell us to get out of the way of a moving train. The second step, detailed in Chapter 3, focuses on the problems of trying to ap ...
... these constraints are not useful. Moreover, we do not need a theory of justice tell us that we need to comply with these constraints: we do not need a theory of justice to tell us to get out of the way of a moving train. The second step, detailed in Chapter 3, focuses on the problems of trying to ap ...