Climate Change and National Security
... attack by other states, and indeed, beyond threats from people who purposefully seek to damage or destroy states. Phenomena like pandemic disease, natural disasters, and climate change, despite lacking human intentionality, can threaten national security. For example, the 2006 U.S. National Security ...
... attack by other states, and indeed, beyond threats from people who purposefully seek to damage or destroy states. Phenomena like pandemic disease, natural disasters, and climate change, despite lacking human intentionality, can threaten national security. For example, the 2006 U.S. National Security ...
Risks, opportunities, and adaptation to climate change
... In the same way that there is a regional texture to ongoing climate change, there is a regional texture to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. The human and ecological systems that are sensitive to climate change, and the degree to which they are vulnerable, will vary geographic ...
... In the same way that there is a regional texture to ongoing climate change, there is a regional texture to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change. The human and ecological systems that are sensitive to climate change, and the degree to which they are vulnerable, will vary geographic ...
Full text (pdf format) - Boreal Environment Research
... accumulated effective degree-days, as degree days are an indicator for a plant’s stage of development. We describe the relationship between the last spring frost and the accumulated effective degree-days with the index T_SUM_5 (Kd), which consists of the cumulative number of degree-days above 5 °C d ...
... accumulated effective degree-days, as degree days are an indicator for a plant’s stage of development. We describe the relationship between the last spring frost and the accumulated effective degree-days with the index T_SUM_5 (Kd), which consists of the cumulative number of degree-days above 5 °C d ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
Observed Climate Variations and Change
... we have not made much use of several kinds ot proxy data, for example tree ring data, that can provide information on climate change over the last millennium We recognise that these data have an increasing potential howevei their indications are not yet sufficiently easy to assess nor sufficiently i ...
... we have not made much use of several kinds ot proxy data, for example tree ring data, that can provide information on climate change over the last millennium We recognise that these data have an increasing potential howevei their indications are not yet sufficiently easy to assess nor sufficiently i ...
Cooperation Studies of Catastrophe Avoidance: Implications for
... the active phase (rounds 4-10), players decided for themselves how much to invest on each round. The authors also incorporated a communication manipulation. In one condition, at the end of rounds 3 and 7, players were able to announce how much they intended to invest in the climate account over the ...
... the active phase (rounds 4-10), players decided for themselves how much to invest on each round. The authors also incorporated a communication manipulation. In one condition, at the end of rounds 3 and 7, players were able to announce how much they intended to invest in the climate account over the ...
What The Science Says: The trend in CO2 at Mauna Loa is
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
... The following video is a graphic example of where our data for CO2 levels comes from. It shows surface measurements of CO2 varying over different latitudes from 1979 to 2006. The graph is created by Andy Jacobson from the NOAA and includes a global map displaying where the measurements are coming fr ...
- Inderscience Online
... for regional, national and international climate change and planning experts, as well as to all those interested in the connections between climate change and climate-smart technologies. In order to assist with the training of a new generation of scientists, the participation of doctoral students ha ...
... for regional, national and international climate change and planning experts, as well as to all those interested in the connections between climate change and climate-smart technologies. In order to assist with the training of a new generation of scientists, the participation of doctoral students ha ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing on Indiana and Illinois’ Kank ...
... to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing on Indiana and Illinois’ Kank ...
BCS331 Module 10
... economic problems. Few societies have undergone social and economic transformations at the rate many northern communities have experienced over the past 50 years. These changes introduced a great deal of stress accompanied by a range of social and economic problems. Climate change is adding to these ...
... economic problems. Few societies have undergone social and economic transformations at the rate many northern communities have experienced over the past 50 years. These changes introduced a great deal of stress accompanied by a range of social and economic problems. Climate change is adding to these ...
On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the
... prophets are words which YHWH placed in their mouth. It is possible, given that the words of these prophets function as a divine test of loyalty (verse 3 [MT 4]), that their message originates from a divine commission of deception (1 Kgs 22:19-23). In such a case, the words are those which YHWH plac ...
... prophets are words which YHWH placed in their mouth. It is possible, given that the words of these prophets function as a divine test of loyalty (verse 3 [MT 4]), that their message originates from a divine commission of deception (1 Kgs 22:19-23). In such a case, the words are those which YHWH plac ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... disasters are likely to have even greater accumulated impacts on rural livelihoods over time as a consequence of climate change. Figure 5. Annual average frequency of natural hazards These impacts are likely to be more obvious in the north, where soil erosion is more pronounced and poverty among cro ...
... disasters are likely to have even greater accumulated impacts on rural livelihoods over time as a consequence of climate change. Figure 5. Annual average frequency of natural hazards These impacts are likely to be more obvious in the north, where soil erosion is more pronounced and poverty among cro ...
Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... disposition toward the biophysical world. Studies routinely show that persons scoring high on the NEP scale (reflecting greater concern for the environment) are more likely to engage in proenvironmental behaviors (Blake et al. 1997; Clark et al. 2003; Stern et al. 1999). Bord et al. (1998) find that ...
... disposition toward the biophysical world. Studies routinely show that persons scoring high on the NEP scale (reflecting greater concern for the environment) are more likely to engage in proenvironmental behaviors (Blake et al. 1997; Clark et al. 2003; Stern et al. 1999). Bord et al. (1998) find that ...
Coral Reef Monitoring for Climate Change Impact Assessment and
... The overall objective of C5 is to assist CPACC countries establish long-term coral reef monitoring programs which will, over time, show the impacts of climate change factors such as temperature stress, sea-level rise and hurricanes. These monitoring programs will continue beyond the life of the CPAC ...
... The overall objective of C5 is to assist CPACC countries establish long-term coral reef monitoring programs which will, over time, show the impacts of climate change factors such as temperature stress, sea-level rise and hurricanes. These monitoring programs will continue beyond the life of the CPAC ...
Climatic changes and associated impacts in the Mediterranean
... century is a threat to most natural systems at every latitude and region. Since its implications are characterised by strong latitudinal variations (IPCC, 2001a, 2007), regional studies are proving to be an essential tool for scientists and decision-makers. The present paper investigates climate cha ...
... century is a threat to most natural systems at every latitude and region. Since its implications are characterised by strong latitudinal variations (IPCC, 2001a, 2007), regional studies are proving to be an essential tool for scientists and decision-makers. The present paper investigates climate cha ...
THE CROPWAT ANALYSIS OF THREE DISTRICTS IN EGYPT
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
... climate conditions. The task is made all the more difficult by the possibility of significant warming expected to result from the greenhouse effect. Egypt appears to be particularly vulnerable to climate change because of its dependence on the Nile as its primary water source, its large traditional ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... In order to operationalise cooperative governance in the area of climate change, the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres o ...
... In order to operationalise cooperative governance in the area of climate change, the Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres o ...
Abrupt Non-Linear Climate Change, Irreversibility and
... mitigation policies, and related to different spatial and temporal scales for decision-making. However, particular emphasis was placed on understanding global benefits at different levels of mitigation -- in other words, on the incremental benefit of going from one level of climate change to another ...
... mitigation policies, and related to different spatial and temporal scales for decision-making. However, particular emphasis was placed on understanding global benefits at different levels of mitigation -- in other words, on the incremental benefit of going from one level of climate change to another ...
New Observations Show - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... 5. CLAIMS OF REDUCED SPRING SNOW COVER. Norwegian research in 2001 showed that there was thirty per cent less snow cover in the period 19301979, than in the period 1990 to 1999. Figures for the Scottish Skiing Industry demonstrated no long-term trend in the snow data, which includes snow data back ...
... 5. CLAIMS OF REDUCED SPRING SNOW COVER. Norwegian research in 2001 showed that there was thirty per cent less snow cover in the period 19301979, than in the period 1990 to 1999. Figures for the Scottish Skiing Industry demonstrated no long-term trend in the snow data, which includes snow data back ...