Worksheets on Climate Change: Going under! The threat of rising
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... conditions and simulates future climates under the IPCC A1B (IPCC, 2001) scenario. This rich weather dataset allows us to account not only for changes in temperature and precipitation levels, but also for their intra- and inter-annual volatility. This is a key feature, since there is a growing cons ...
... conditions and simulates future climates under the IPCC A1B (IPCC, 2001) scenario. This rich weather dataset allows us to account not only for changes in temperature and precipitation levels, but also for their intra- and inter-annual volatility. This is a key feature, since there is a growing cons ...
Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... invoke causal claims, technical experts, so-called “epistemic communities,” can validate whether or not an issue is really a problem.11 What determines which frames are more successful? Most of the international relations literature focuses on broader political success at the national level, which u ...
... invoke causal claims, technical experts, so-called “epistemic communities,” can validate whether or not an issue is really a problem.11 What determines which frames are more successful? Most of the international relations literature focuses on broader political success at the national level, which u ...
1950-2100
... project several RCMs runs have been produced at a high horizontal resolution (25km). The control run represents the base period 1961-1990 ...
... project several RCMs runs have been produced at a high horizontal resolution (25km). The control run represents the base period 1961-1990 ...
Hollowed et al. 2009
... A. B. Hollowed, T. K. Wilderbuer, and W. T. Stockhausen: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. N. A. Bond: Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean, Box 354925, ...
... A. B. Hollowed, T. K. Wilderbuer, and W. T. Stockhausen: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA. N. A. Bond: Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean, Box 354925, ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... prominent United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) newspapers over the past two decades. The research found that—with few exceptions—journalists have accurately portrayed scientific research on sea level rise projections to 2100. Moreover, while coverage has predictably increased in the past 20 ye ...
... prominent United States (US) and United Kingdom (UK) newspapers over the past two decades. The research found that—with few exceptions—journalists have accurately portrayed scientific research on sea level rise projections to 2100. Moreover, while coverage has predictably increased in the past 20 ye ...
Do Western and Eastern Europe have the same
... response, the Ricardian technique is chosen. This is a statistical cross-sectional regression method that measures sensitivity of comparable land values to climate and other factors by using historical data of existing farms that face different climate and soil conditions (Mendelsohn and Dinar, 2003 ...
... response, the Ricardian technique is chosen. This is a statistical cross-sectional regression method that measures sensitivity of comparable land values to climate and other factors by using historical data of existing farms that face different climate and soil conditions (Mendelsohn and Dinar, 2003 ...
Future Climate in the Yellowstone National Park Region and Its
... changes in local community composition within a particular landscape (Solomon 1986; Shugart & Smith 1992; Botkin & Nisbet 1992) and global- or continental-scale estimations of the potential ranges of species or vegetation types under particular climatic conditions (Overpeck et al. 1991; Cramer & Lee ...
... changes in local community composition within a particular landscape (Solomon 1986; Shugart & Smith 1992; Botkin & Nisbet 1992) and global- or continental-scale estimations of the potential ranges of species or vegetation types under particular climatic conditions (Overpeck et al. 1991; Cramer & Lee ...
Interhemispheric Temperature Asymmetry over the
... played important roles in abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period (Chiang 2009) and glacial–interglacial cycles (Toggweiler and Lea 2010). In the twentieth century, hemispheric differences in sea surface temperature (SST) have been shown to be important for tropical rainfall and the Ha ...
... played important roles in abrupt climate changes during the last glacial period (Chiang 2009) and glacial–interglacial cycles (Toggweiler and Lea 2010). In the twentieth century, hemispheric differences in sea surface temperature (SST) have been shown to be important for tropical rainfall and the Ha ...
A Conceptual Tool for Climate Change Risk Assessment
... fishing, hunting, or manufacturing food). Thus, the societal consequence of climate change as mediated by agricultural impacts will depend on how climate changes, the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate change, and human dependence on agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing f ...
... fishing, hunting, or manufacturing food). Thus, the societal consequence of climate change as mediated by agricultural impacts will depend on how climate changes, the sensitivity of agricultural systems to climate change, and human dependence on agriculture. Similarly, the three broad contributing f ...
Estimating Regions` Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in
... population living below a 5-meter elevation is taken from PLACE II (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Columbia University 2010). Freshwater scarcity, measured as the ratio of people to available water, is the inverse of “water resources: total renewable per capita (actual)” per year from t ...
... population living below a 5-meter elevation is taken from PLACE II (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, Columbia University 2010). Freshwater scarcity, measured as the ratio of people to available water, is the inverse of “water resources: total renewable per capita (actual)” per year from t ...
Building resilience to climate shocks and stresses: knowledge gap Learning paper #1
... Part of the problem that the CA projects (and resilience projects more widely) face is the poor evidence base for good practice in resilience building. Within BRACED, this is partly addressed through a research and learning component led by King’s College London (KCL), which seeks to improve the kno ...
... Part of the problem that the CA projects (and resilience projects more widely) face is the poor evidence base for good practice in resilience building. Within BRACED, this is partly addressed through a research and learning component led by King’s College London (KCL), which seeks to improve the kno ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... Background and purpose of the workshop It can be anticipated, that climate change will alter the pattern of endemic infectious diseases of humans and animals, and that new infectious diseases may emerge or re-emerge in Denmark. This is in part illustrated by the seasonal variation in the incidence o ...
... Background and purpose of the workshop It can be anticipated, that climate change will alter the pattern of endemic infectious diseases of humans and animals, and that new infectious diseases may emerge or re-emerge in Denmark. This is in part illustrated by the seasonal variation in the incidence o ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Functions
... case of Korea, the importance of preservation and protection of wetlands has been recognized since 1990s and have been exerting diverse efforts to protect and preserve wetlands as well ever since. Wetlands are ecologically very important as habitats for diverse lives. However, even though there are ...
... case of Korea, the importance of preservation and protection of wetlands has been recognized since 1990s and have been exerting diverse efforts to protect and preserve wetlands as well ever since. Wetlands are ecologically very important as habitats for diverse lives. However, even though there are ...
high confidence
... Climate change will increase irrigation needs [high confidence] but future irrigation will be constrained by reduced runoff, demand from other sectors, and by economic costs By 2050s, irrigation will not be sufficient to prevent damage from heat waves to crops in some sub-regions [medium confidence] ...
... Climate change will increase irrigation needs [high confidence] but future irrigation will be constrained by reduced runoff, demand from other sectors, and by economic costs By 2050s, irrigation will not be sufficient to prevent damage from heat waves to crops in some sub-regions [medium confidence] ...
GCOS Switzerland
... time series were analyzed for artificial discontinuities and trends caused, for example, by station relocation, change of instrumentation and calibrations, and homogenized (Begert et al., 2005). In order to increase the density of stations, particularly in the Central Alpine region characterized by ...
... time series were analyzed for artificial discontinuities and trends caused, for example, by station relocation, change of instrumentation and calibrations, and homogenized (Begert et al., 2005). In order to increase the density of stations, particularly in the Central Alpine region characterized by ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
here - Snowchange Cooperative
... touch Portage Glacier. Now, you can barely see it. We must believe we are part of the solution. I am an optimist because people gathered here do care. This gathering is a powerful symbol of change and change for the better.” Tero Mustonen, founder and Executive Secretary of Snowchange discussed chal ...
... touch Portage Glacier. Now, you can barely see it. We must believe we are part of the solution. I am an optimist because people gathered here do care. This gathering is a powerful symbol of change and change for the better.” Tero Mustonen, founder and Executive Secretary of Snowchange discussed chal ...
Dividing climate change: global warming in the Indian mass media
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
... warming-related environmental change there. In both the American and Australian cases the scientific consensus about climate change was framed and distorted in such a way as to depoliticise and reduce the importance of the issue. Each of these studies has illustrated that, despite being a global sci ...
Motivated Recall in the Service of the Economic System
... Monteiro, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston; John T. Jost, Department of Psychology, New York University. Portions of this article are adapted from Erin P. Hennes’s doctoral dissertation. This research was supported by a Nati ...
... Monteiro, Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, and Global Governance, University of Massachusetts Boston; John T. Jost, Department of Psychology, New York University. Portions of this article are adapted from Erin P. Hennes’s doctoral dissertation. This research was supported by a Nati ...
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND EQUITY IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND
... livelihoods. Socioeconomic status thus encompasses variables such as income level, inherited wealth, educational status, beneficial social networks, and race/ethnicity. ...
... livelihoods. Socioeconomic status thus encompasses variables such as income level, inherited wealth, educational status, beneficial social networks, and race/ethnicity. ...
Poverty and climate change: Natural disasters, agricultural
... Estimates of the economic cost of climate change have always attracted interest and debate among policymakers and the public. These estimates, however, have mostly been framed in terms of the impact on country-level or global GDP, which does not capture the full impact of climate change on people’s ...
... Estimates of the economic cost of climate change have always attracted interest and debate among policymakers and the public. These estimates, however, have mostly been framed in terms of the impact on country-level or global GDP, which does not capture the full impact of climate change on people’s ...