IPCC-ar4-wg1-chapter8-ClimateModels.pdf
... because of their large computational cost. Owing to the reduced resolution of EMICs and their simplified representation of some physical processes, these models only allow inferences about very large scales. Since the TAR, EMICs have been evaluated via several coordinated model intercomparisons whic ...
... because of their large computational cost. Owing to the reduced resolution of EMICs and their simplified representation of some physical processes, these models only allow inferences about very large scales. Since the TAR, EMICs have been evaluated via several coordinated model intercomparisons whic ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... The Southeastern United States will experience several impacts from climate change over the coming decades, including average temperature increases of several degrees, more frequent droughts, and heavier rain and flood events (Diffenbaugh, Pal et al. 2005; Christensen, Hewitson et al. 2007; Karl, Me ...
... The Southeastern United States will experience several impacts from climate change over the coming decades, including average temperature increases of several degrees, more frequent droughts, and heavier rain and flood events (Diffenbaugh, Pal et al. 2005; Christensen, Hewitson et al. 2007; Karl, Me ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources,
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
Climate Change and The Insurance Sector
... Global Sustainability Mega forces • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most ...
... Global Sustainability Mega forces • There is a set of ten global sustainability mega forces that will impact every business over the next two decades • The mega forces were identified based on quality numerical projections, key pressures causing global environmental and social problems and the most ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... Because, as climate change grew into a significant subject of discussion, so did the number and nature of researches concerning climate change as a significant subject of discussion. Over the past few years, quite some serious, scientific studies have been dedicated to the aforementioned ambiguity w ...
... Because, as climate change grew into a significant subject of discussion, so did the number and nature of researches concerning climate change as a significant subject of discussion. Over the past few years, quite some serious, scientific studies have been dedicated to the aforementioned ambiguity w ...
Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate
... Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate Change Adaptation is a reference document for non-specialist water managers and climate change adaptation planners. The document was developed to help Canadian federal, provincial and territorial governments determine the suitability o ...
... Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate Change Adaptation is a reference document for non-specialist water managers and climate change adaptation planners. The document was developed to help Canadian federal, provincial and territorial governments determine the suitability o ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – aquatic
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Report to
... tourism. Act 70 also requires DEP to report on opportunities, and barriers to their realization, created by the need for alternative sources of energy, climate-related technologies, services and strategies, carbon sequestration technologies, capture and utilization of fugitive greenhouse gas emissio ...
... tourism. Act 70 also requires DEP to report on opportunities, and barriers to their realization, created by the need for alternative sources of energy, climate-related technologies, services and strategies, carbon sequestration technologies, capture and utilization of fugitive greenhouse gas emissio ...
Climate Change - Ville de Moncton
... In April 2010, the Cities of Moncton and Dieppe and the Town of Riverview were selected to participate in a Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) program, a cost-shared federal program developed to identify and reduce the impacts posed by climate changei. Through this partnership, a technical stud ...
... In April 2010, the Cities of Moncton and Dieppe and the Town of Riverview were selected to participate in a Regional Adaptation Collaborative (RAC) program, a cost-shared federal program developed to identify and reduce the impacts posed by climate changei. Through this partnership, a technical stud ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... peak environmental stress, however, households lacking the resources to migrate were less mobile, in part due to the need to prioritize basic necessities. As a result, some recent works highlighted that migration could be a powerful adaptation strategy for populations faced with environmental change ...
... peak environmental stress, however, households lacking the resources to migrate were less mobile, in part due to the need to prioritize basic necessities. As a result, some recent works highlighted that migration could be a powerful adaptation strategy for populations faced with environmental change ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... particularly in central and Avalon. Research elsewhere in Canada is of relevance to tourismrelated impacts in Newfoundland. No tourism-related research specific to Labrador was noted, in common with the general shortage of research on tourism-related impacts in northern and Arctic regions in Canada. ...
... particularly in central and Avalon. Research elsewhere in Canada is of relevance to tourismrelated impacts in Newfoundland. No tourism-related research specific to Labrador was noted, in common with the general shortage of research on tourism-related impacts in northern and Arctic regions in Canada. ...
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... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007b, p. 6) defines “vulnerability” as “the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change”. Using this framework of analysis, global studies have highlighted the relative vulnerability of n ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007b, p. 6) defines “vulnerability” as “the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change”. Using this framework of analysis, global studies have highlighted the relative vulnerability of n ...
Disrupted seasonal biology impacts health, food security and
... physiology and behaviour. Broadly, in multicellular organisms, the mechanisms for regulating annual rhythms involve cellular and molecular timers that interact closely with refined input pathways for transmitting day length (photoperiod) and other environmental cues (electronic supplementary materia ...
... physiology and behaviour. Broadly, in multicellular organisms, the mechanisms for regulating annual rhythms involve cellular and molecular timers that interact closely with refined input pathways for transmitting day length (photoperiod) and other environmental cues (electronic supplementary materia ...
Planning instruments
... Planning for climate change in coastal Australia is critical to minimise future risk (defined as ‘a situation involving exposure to danger’ by the Oxford English Dictionary) to our coastal communities and the coastal environment. Preparing our coastal urban settlements to be climate ready will requi ...
... Planning for climate change in coastal Australia is critical to minimise future risk (defined as ‘a situation involving exposure to danger’ by the Oxford English Dictionary) to our coastal communities and the coastal environment. Preparing our coastal urban settlements to be climate ready will requi ...
gReat plaiNs RegioNal teChNiCal iNput RepoRt
... freeze in the fall coming later and last freeze in the spring coming earlier; the average growing season is longer by about 6 days from 1991-2010 compared to 1961-1990. Annual precipitation was greater than normal during the 1990s, less than normal during the early 2000s when most of the western U.S ...
... freeze in the fall coming later and last freeze in the spring coming earlier; the average growing season is longer by about 6 days from 1991-2010 compared to 1961-1990. Annual precipitation was greater than normal during the 1990s, less than normal during the early 2000s when most of the western U.S ...
Final Consultants Report
... 1. Increasing CO2 and air pollutant emissions in the GMS The spectacular economic growth in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in the last two decades has led to substantial growth in emissions to the atmosphere. Energy demand in the Asia Pacific region grew 9.7% per year between 2000 and 2007 and ...
... 1. Increasing CO2 and air pollutant emissions in the GMS The spectacular economic growth in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in the last two decades has led to substantial growth in emissions to the atmosphere. Energy demand in the Asia Pacific region grew 9.7% per year between 2000 and 2007 and ...
“Fakery 2: Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Coffee Production
... the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be many years in which average ambient temperatures do not rise significantly. Parts of the world may even experience cooler seasons, as seasonal win ...
... the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be many years in which average ambient temperatures do not rise significantly. Parts of the world may even experience cooler seasons, as seasonal win ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man
... Environmentalist Peter Taylor 'explains why he's skeptical about manmade global warming — and why greens are so intolerant' & Activists at green festivals expressing doubts over man-made climate fears. “One college professor, confided to me in private conversation that, 'I'm not sure climate change ...
... Environmentalist Peter Taylor 'explains why he's skeptical about manmade global warming — and why greens are so intolerant' & Activists at green festivals expressing doubts over man-made climate fears. “One college professor, confided to me in private conversation that, 'I'm not sure climate change ...
8.1MB - Climate Change 2013
... Executive Summary This chapter assesses the scientific literature on projected changes in major climate phenomena contingent on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processe ...
... Executive Summary This chapter assesses the scientific literature on projected changes in major climate phenomena contingent on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processe ...
Watershed Modeling to Assess the Sensitivity of Streamflow
... streamflow, nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus), and sediment loading to a range of plausible mid-21st century climate change and urban development scenarios. The study also provides an improved understanding of methodological challenges associated with integrating existing tools (e.g., climate model ...
... streamflow, nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus), and sediment loading to a range of plausible mid-21st century climate change and urban development scenarios. The study also provides an improved understanding of methodological challenges associated with integrating existing tools (e.g., climate model ...