Tropical reforestation and climate change
... tropics than elsewhere (Harvey et al. 2014). In this “Policy Perspectives” paper, we argue that carbon sequestration is only one of multiple strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change through reforestation. We describe the variety of links and feedbacks between reforestation and climat ...
... tropics than elsewhere (Harvey et al. 2014). In this “Policy Perspectives” paper, we argue that carbon sequestration is only one of multiple strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change through reforestation. We describe the variety of links and feedbacks between reforestation and climat ...
Reducing Human Vulnerability
... continue to change, and agriculture will require significant changes in practice or displacement in location. On the higher temperature trajectory most of the negative trends will be even worse, and the few positive trends, such as increases in agricultural productivity in cooler cropping regions, w ...
... continue to change, and agriculture will require significant changes in practice or displacement in location. On the higher temperature trajectory most of the negative trends will be even worse, and the few positive trends, such as increases in agricultural productivity in cooler cropping regions, w ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... that social connections formed the basis of where people chose to migrate to. ...
... that social connections formed the basis of where people chose to migrate to. ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... to climate change, the Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Additionally, the Mediterranean countries’ communications to the UNFCCC were reviewed as well as major publications from UN Environment and internat ...
... to climate change, the Baltic Sea Region Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Climate Change Adaptation Strategy. Additionally, the Mediterranean countries’ communications to the UNFCCC were reviewed as well as major publications from UN Environment and internat ...
climate, water, and political-economic crises
... objective requires more initial theoretical consideration about explanatory compatibilities. Some attempt must also be made to develop an appropriate index of marginal returns. A second objective entails further exploration of the relationships among the indicators previously examined (climate chang ...
... objective requires more initial theoretical consideration about explanatory compatibilities. Some attempt must also be made to develop an appropriate index of marginal returns. A second objective entails further exploration of the relationships among the indicators previously examined (climate chang ...
Is there a role for power relations in climate vulnerability and
... which are vigorously being mainstreamed in global academia and policy-making to address sustainability issues. Research on both changing climate and degrading ecosystems has concluded that the global environmental crisis will directly and concretely affect human well-being, and exacerbate poverty an ...
... which are vigorously being mainstreamed in global academia and policy-making to address sustainability issues. Research on both changing climate and degrading ecosystems has concluded that the global environmental crisis will directly and concretely affect human well-being, and exacerbate poverty an ...
ENDI Warming File - 4 wk
... one of those analyzing the numbers. Identifying a downward trend is a case of "people coming at the data with preconceived notions," said Peterson, author of the book "Why Did They Do That? An Introduction to Forensic Decision Analysis." One prominent skeptic said that to find the cooling trend, the ...
... one of those analyzing the numbers. Identifying a downward trend is a case of "people coming at the data with preconceived notions," said Peterson, author of the book "Why Did They Do That? An Introduction to Forensic Decision Analysis." One prominent skeptic said that to find the cooling trend, the ...
SoG for Climate Applications
... minimum of three months of data at the shortest-available recovery period (hourly or one minute data) should be logged on-site, and 12 months for a GCOS site. This reflects the fact that data loss is a serious problem for climate, and it may take some months to recover data from a remote site. This ...
... minimum of three months of data at the shortest-available recovery period (hourly or one minute data) should be logged on-site, and 12 months for a GCOS site. This reflects the fact that data loss is a serious problem for climate, and it may take some months to recover data from a remote site. This ...
GEOSS Web Services (GWS) OGC support of GEOSS
... Basically, we could show the different seasonally migration and ice extents, plus any other relevant layers, in switch able layers on GE. • 4) Scientific Analysis: Now it gets into the scientific analysis and I would be way out of my depth to suggest anything here. • 5) Conclusions: Building a pipe ...
... Basically, we could show the different seasonally migration and ice extents, plus any other relevant layers, in switch able layers on GE. • 4) Scientific Analysis: Now it gets into the scientific analysis and I would be way out of my depth to suggest anything here. • 5) Conclusions: Building a pipe ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... Figure 10 IDF curve for the city of Dar Es Salaam (a) and variation of growing factor KT (b). ...
... Figure 10 IDF curve for the city of Dar Es Salaam (a) and variation of growing factor KT (b). ...
Media coverage of climate change: current trends, strengths
... al. 2001). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grass-roots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much debate about what ...
... al. 2001). That adjustment can be anticipatory or reactive, planned or grass-roots/spontaneous, public or private. Disaster management can be either based on preparation and prevention or relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (recovery) (Muller and Hepburn 2006). There is much debate about what ...
Impacts Second National Communications
... - Number of decision makers and other relevant stakeholders bringing climate change into their areas of work - Changes in legislation or specific regulations to address climate change at national or local levels - Concrete efforts to address climate change at a broader level, for instance joint init ...
... - Number of decision makers and other relevant stakeholders bringing climate change into their areas of work - Changes in legislation or specific regulations to address climate change at national or local levels - Concrete efforts to address climate change at a broader level, for instance joint init ...
Are there pre-Quaternary geological analogues for a future
... processes that operate today also operated in the distant past is a key principle of modern geology. The methodological significance of the principle is summarized in the statement the present is the key to the past. Uniformitarianism originated with the work of the geologist James Hutton, but was re ...
... processes that operate today also operated in the distant past is a key principle of modern geology. The methodological significance of the principle is summarized in the statement the present is the key to the past. Uniformitarianism originated with the work of the geologist James Hutton, but was re ...
Research paper: Improving Communication of Uncertainty in the
... the respondents had access to these guidelines. These results suggest that the method used by the IPCC is likely to convey levels of imprecision that are too high. We propose an alternative form of communicating uncertainty, illustrate its effectiveness, and suggest several additional ways to improv ...
... the respondents had access to these guidelines. These results suggest that the method used by the IPCC is likely to convey levels of imprecision that are too high. We propose an alternative form of communicating uncertainty, illustrate its effectiveness, and suggest several additional ways to improv ...
Article - Cerfacs
... downscaling uncertainties and assess the robustness of the results obtained with the statistical downscaling method, two other downscaling approaches are used. The first one is a dynamical downscaling methodology based on a variable resolution atmospheric model, with a quantile-quantile bias correct ...
... downscaling uncertainties and assess the robustness of the results obtained with the statistical downscaling method, two other downscaling approaches are used. The first one is a dynamical downscaling methodology based on a variable resolution atmospheric model, with a quantile-quantile bias correct ...
Climate Change, Political Truth, and the Marketplace of Ideas
... INTRODUCTION In an interview last year in Time magazine, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson commented on congressional efforts to undo her greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding under Clean Air Act section 202: “I don’t think that history will forget the first time t ...
... INTRODUCTION In an interview last year in Time magazine, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson commented on congressional efforts to undo her greenhouse gas (GHG) endangerment finding under Clean Air Act section 202: “I don’t think that history will forget the first time t ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... There are many countries in the model, many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty, and many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of war and drought stochasticity. That is, there are a lot of results. We present and interpret the results mainly for the expected values for three count ...
... There are many countries in the model, many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of parameter uncertainty, and many runs in the Monte Carlo analysis of war and drought stochasticity. That is, there are a lot of results. We present and interpret the results mainly for the expected values for three count ...
Gregory and Forster - University of Leeds
... identical regardless of whether DT or F is taken as the independent variable. [9] We adopt a standard value of F2 = 3.7 W m2 for the forcing due to doubled CO2 [Myhre et al., 1998], which is close to the average of AOGCM values reported by Forster and Taylor [2006]. AOGCMs actually have a spread o ...
... identical regardless of whether DT or F is taken as the independent variable. [9] We adopt a standard value of F2 = 3.7 W m2 for the forcing due to doubled CO2 [Myhre et al., 1998], which is close to the average of AOGCM values reported by Forster and Taylor [2006]. AOGCMs actually have a spread o ...
