Comments on EPA/NHTSA proposed rule on tailpipe standards [get
... SCC estimates range from $5 to $56 in 2007, depending on assumptions about discounting, and grow at 3 percent annually in subsequent years. I will demonstrate that the methods used to develop these estimates rely on a biased and incomplete reading of the economic literature on climate change. The me ...
... SCC estimates range from $5 to $56 in 2007, depending on assumptions about discounting, and grow at 3 percent annually in subsequent years. I will demonstrate that the methods used to develop these estimates rely on a biased and incomplete reading of the economic literature on climate change. The me ...
Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... Irrespective of the data quality, the simple regression method of Shaviv and Veizer [2003] is unsuitable for estimating the climate sensitivity to a CO doubling.The main reasons are that (i) other forcing and feedback factors may co-vary in a statistically dependent way with CO and cannot be separat ...
... Irrespective of the data quality, the simple regression method of Shaviv and Veizer [2003] is unsuitable for estimating the climate sensitivity to a CO doubling.The main reasons are that (i) other forcing and feedback factors may co-vary in a statistically dependent way with CO and cannot be separat ...
Assessing the impacts of global warming on meteorological hazards
... Correspondence to: Tetsuya Takemi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] ...
... Correspondence to: Tetsuya Takemi, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan. E-mail: [email protected] ...
Smith-SDC-Edinburgh-October-2008-final
... Main findings of IPCC on mitigation • A significant proportion of GHG emissions can be mitigated at relatively low cost by 2030 • There is significant mitigation potential in all sectors ...
... Main findings of IPCC on mitigation • A significant proportion of GHG emissions can be mitigated at relatively low cost by 2030 • There is significant mitigation potential in all sectors ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... CO2 that would have the same global warming potential (GWP), when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years). Carbon dioxide equivalency thus reflects the time-integrated radiative forcing, rather than the instantaneous value described by CO2e. Capacity Building Workshop for House of ...
... CO2 that would have the same global warming potential (GWP), when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years). Carbon dioxide equivalency thus reflects the time-integrated radiative forcing, rather than the instantaneous value described by CO2e. Capacity Building Workshop for House of ...
ELPIS-JP: a dataset of local-scale daily climate change scenarios for
... 1971–2100 were obtained from the CMIP3 database [26]. Only one representation of climate was used for each GCM. Monthly mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures were estimated by adding (or subtracting) half of the observed climatological diurnal temperature range obtained from the TS 2.1 dataset ...
... 1971–2100 were obtained from the CMIP3 database [26]. Only one representation of climate was used for each GCM. Monthly mean daily maximum and minimum temperatures were estimated by adding (or subtracting) half of the observed climatological diurnal temperature range obtained from the TS 2.1 dataset ...
Climate variability and change: a perspective from the oceania region
... a role in the local structures. The better climate models forced by increasing greenhouse gases reproduce similar changes in the flow and temperature structure during the 20th century and in projections into the 21st century. Rotstayn et al. [21] show that anthropogenic aerosols may have “masked” gr ...
... a role in the local structures. The better climate models forced by increasing greenhouse gases reproduce similar changes in the flow and temperature structure during the 20th century and in projections into the 21st century. Rotstayn et al. [21] show that anthropogenic aerosols may have “masked” gr ...
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... climatic elements of temperature and precipitation in the southern zone of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. The station is assumed for the study of climatic records over southern zone of the region in detection for probable trends. The daily, monthly and annual precipitation totals and temperature o ...
... climatic elements of temperature and precipitation in the southern zone of Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. The station is assumed for the study of climatic records over southern zone of the region in detection for probable trends. The daily, monthly and annual precipitation totals and temperature o ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... With or without technical training in the sciences, interpreters in Yosemite frequently address a number of scientific topics, including climate change, in response to questions from visitors about the topic, and often as part of their formal programs. In this capacity, they must represent the Natio ...
... With or without technical training in the sciences, interpreters in Yosemite frequently address a number of scientific topics, including climate change, in response to questions from visitors about the topic, and often as part of their formal programs. In this capacity, they must represent the Natio ...
Carbon-Pipelines-Affirmative---Supplement---NDI-2012
... common standard for levels of impurities in the C02 fluid should be established. The other main impurity that must be considered in EOR projects is H2S. This, since H2S is dangerous to life at concentrations as low as 300 ppm. In existing C02 pipelines, the H2S concentration has been limited to less ...
... common standard for levels of impurities in the C02 fluid should be established. The other main impurity that must be considered in EOR projects is H2S. This, since H2S is dangerous to life at concentrations as low as 300 ppm. In existing C02 pipelines, the H2S concentration has been limited to less ...
Even several of the wetter runs yield increasing drought due to the
... Observations have shown that the hydrological cycle of the western United States changed significantly over the last half of the 20th century. We present a regional, multivariable climate change detection and attribution study, using a high-resolution hydrologic model forced by global climate models ...
... Observations have shown that the hydrological cycle of the western United States changed significantly over the last half of the 20th century. We present a regional, multivariable climate change detection and attribution study, using a high-resolution hydrologic model forced by global climate models ...
Climate Change News 24 December 11
... a letter to COP17 negotiators”, said Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development at the World Bank at Forest Day 5, a side-event to the UN climate summit in its final week in Durban. She requested that negotiators approve “at a minimum, a decision to set up a work program on agriculture u ...
... a letter to COP17 negotiators”, said Rachel Kyte, Vice President of Sustainable Development at the World Bank at Forest Day 5, a side-event to the UN climate summit in its final week in Durban. She requested that negotiators approve “at a minimum, a decision to set up a work program on agriculture u ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... off-farm and/or nonfarm employment (12). Beyond these points, smallholder agriculture is subject to what has been called ‘‘the centrality of the social:’’ its grounding in social relations within households (particularly gender relations) and between households, profoundly affecting the negotiation ...
... off-farm and/or nonfarm employment (12). Beyond these points, smallholder agriculture is subject to what has been called ‘‘the centrality of the social:’’ its grounding in social relations within households (particularly gender relations) and between households, profoundly affecting the negotiation ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 1
... with a coastal population of about 3 million. Important economic sectors include fisheries, aquaculture, transportation, tourism and manufacturing. The North Coast region encompasses the coasts of the three northern territories, as well as Labrador (north of Hamilton Inlet), Manitoba, Ontario and Qu ...
... with a coastal population of about 3 million. Important economic sectors include fisheries, aquaculture, transportation, tourism and manufacturing. The North Coast region encompasses the coasts of the three northern territories, as well as Labrador (north of Hamilton Inlet), Manitoba, Ontario and Qu ...
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... bonds due to the revised model – A.M. Best expects companies to incorporate model revisions as soon as practical. – Those companies that have started to use the new version apparently are quick to move as they see little or no impact on their rating or capital requirements Researcher Colloquium on E ...
... bonds due to the revised model – A.M. Best expects companies to incorporate model revisions as soon as practical. – Those companies that have started to use the new version apparently are quick to move as they see little or no impact on their rating or capital requirements Researcher Colloquium on E ...
Is co-producing science for adaptation decision
... We concentrate on the efforts of scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre to produce the UK's land climate change projections for two reasons. First, the Met Office enjoys a close working relationship with Government based on a single, large, research contract known as the Climate Prediction Progr ...
... We concentrate on the efforts of scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre to produce the UK's land climate change projections for two reasons. First, the Met Office enjoys a close working relationship with Government based on a single, large, research contract known as the Climate Prediction Progr ...
Climate change and groundwater: a short review Geological Society
... more detailed scale, if the palaeoanalogues consist of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confid ...
... more detailed scale, if the palaeoanalogues consist of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confid ...
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... natural ecosystems, humans, communities and economic activities. It is also clear that if nations do not act quickly to reduce substantially the emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures will rise significantly within the following decades with uncontrollable consequences that will affect t ...
... natural ecosystems, humans, communities and economic activities. It is also clear that if nations do not act quickly to reduce substantially the emissions of greenhouse gases, global temperatures will rise significantly within the following decades with uncontrollable consequences that will affect t ...
Do people “personally experience” global warming, and if so how
... cultural constructions in regards to how people perceive global warming experiences and risk. In a series of four studies based on a survey of residents of a county in Michigan, we examine whether individuals believe they have experienced global warming, and how they report to have experienced it, c ...
... cultural constructions in regards to how people perceive global warming experiences and risk. In a series of four studies based on a survey of residents of a county in Michigan, we examine whether individuals believe they have experienced global warming, and how they report to have experienced it, c ...