analysis - Climate Change Commission Wales
... Businesses only assess energy, waste, transport, not their place in the natural system i.e. how building works in the river catchment Main business impact will be supply chain and ability to get customers to our venues Climate change natural processes need natural process solutions For us major conc ...
... Businesses only assess energy, waste, transport, not their place in the natural system i.e. how building works in the river catchment Main business impact will be supply chain and ability to get customers to our venues Climate change natural processes need natural process solutions For us major conc ...
Alberto Montanari - University of Bologna
... • While global sea level rose by approximately 120 metres during the several millennia that followed the end of the last glacial maximum, the level stabilized between 3000 and 2000 years ago. Since then, paleo sea level indicators suggest that global sea level did not change significantly: the avera ...
... • While global sea level rose by approximately 120 metres during the several millennia that followed the end of the last glacial maximum, the level stabilized between 3000 and 2000 years ago. Since then, paleo sea level indicators suggest that global sea level did not change significantly: the avera ...
Attributing regional trends of evapotranspiration and gross primary
... and evaporation from the canopy intercept and the soil surface, computed separately with the Penman–Monteith equation. Transpiration and photosynthesis processes are coupled through the Ball–Berry relationship between leaf stomatal conductance and net assimilation rate. Regarding the carbon cycle as ...
... and evaporation from the canopy intercept and the soil surface, computed separately with the Penman–Monteith equation. Transpiration and photosynthesis processes are coupled through the Ball–Berry relationship between leaf stomatal conductance and net assimilation rate. Regarding the carbon cycle as ...
Estimates of the Damage Costs of Climate Change
... equals the average coefficient of variation of the other studies. Four cases are distinguished: whether or not CO2 -enrichment of the atmosphere (at 550 ppm) is considered, and whether or not farmers adapt to the changed circumstances. The average of various adaptation scenarios is taken. None of th ...
... equals the average coefficient of variation of the other studies. Four cases are distinguished: whether or not CO2 -enrichment of the atmosphere (at 550 ppm) is considered, and whether or not farmers adapt to the changed circumstances. The average of various adaptation scenarios is taken. None of th ...
Coherence among the Northern Hemisphere land, cryosphere, and
... in external forcing and climate model response, make disentangling the relative roles of natural variability and anthropogenic forcing challenging (e.g., Fyfe et al., 2013; Hegerl and Zwiers, 2011). Observation-based causal attribution analysis of recent biosphere responses to climate change (e.g., ...
... in external forcing and climate model response, make disentangling the relative roles of natural variability and anthropogenic forcing challenging (e.g., Fyfe et al., 2013; Hegerl and Zwiers, 2011). Observation-based causal attribution analysis of recent biosphere responses to climate change (e.g., ...
Accurate estimates of yield gaps - Van Bussel et al 2015
... larger spatial scales is essential because data collection at a large number of locations is expensive and time consuming. In this paper we describe an approach that consists of a climate zonation scheme supplemented by agronomical and locally relevant weather, soil and cropping system data. Two ele ...
... larger spatial scales is essential because data collection at a large number of locations is expensive and time consuming. In this paper we describe an approach that consists of a climate zonation scheme supplemented by agronomical and locally relevant weather, soil and cropping system data. Two ele ...
Potential Threats from Climate Change to Human
... individual experts in collaboration with institutions that synthesised the available information on the region. A summary of the findings of the rapid assessment was published in 2009, and is being followed with a series of publication comprising the main vulnerability synthesis report and technical ...
... individual experts in collaboration with institutions that synthesised the available information on the region. A summary of the findings of the rapid assessment was published in 2009, and is being followed with a series of publication comprising the main vulnerability synthesis report and technical ...
Climate change projections of precipitation and
... term RCMs hold the greatest promise for regional-scale analysis, this approach is still in development, requires detailed surface climate data, and is dependent on highend computer availability (Hewitson and Crane, 1996). This study uses a statistical downscaling method because multiple GCMs are use ...
... term RCMs hold the greatest promise for regional-scale analysis, this approach is still in development, requires detailed surface climate data, and is dependent on highend computer availability (Hewitson and Crane, 1996). This study uses a statistical downscaling method because multiple GCMs are use ...
copenhagen, climate change `refugees` and the need for a global
... change displacement presents an urgent problem for the international community. The existence and scale of climate change displacement are often established by reference to the likely numbers of displaced people; figures range from 50 million to 1 billion. The most cited estimate, that of Myers, ...
... change displacement presents an urgent problem for the international community. The existence and scale of climate change displacement are often established by reference to the likely numbers of displaced people; figures range from 50 million to 1 billion. The most cited estimate, that of Myers, ...
Americans` Knowledge of Climate Change
... answer than others. Likewise, other researchers might have chosen to assess different types of climate-related knowledge, which perhaps the public better understands. It is also important to recognize that very few Americans have ever taken a formal course on climate change, so it is perhaps unsurpr ...
... answer than others. Likewise, other researchers might have chosen to assess different types of climate-related knowledge, which perhaps the public better understands. It is also important to recognize that very few Americans have ever taken a formal course on climate change, so it is perhaps unsurpr ...
Climate Security and Justice for Small Island Developing States
... topic held on March 18, 2014 in The Hague, under the Chatham House Rule (see annex II for list of participants). Their generous contributions during and after the discussion helped shape this brief and its agenda for action. The responsibility for what appears in this final brief rests with the autho ...
... topic held on March 18, 2014 in The Hague, under the Chatham House Rule (see annex II for list of participants). Their generous contributions during and after the discussion helped shape this brief and its agenda for action. The responsibility for what appears in this final brief rests with the autho ...
how does the theologizing of physics contribute to - Philsci
... science to address the sorts of questions—such as what causes global warming and what will happen if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated—that are relevant to climate policy. Given their central role, it is no surprise that the legitimacy of using global climate models for predictions of the s ...
... science to address the sorts of questions—such as what causes global warming and what will happen if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated—that are relevant to climate policy. Given their central role, it is no surprise that the legitimacy of using global climate models for predictions of the s ...
Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
... Among the future trends that will impact our national security is climate change. Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty, and conflict. They will likely lea ...
Response of subarctic vegetation to transient climatic change on the
... Understanding the response of terrestrial ecosystems to climatic warming is a challenge because of the complex interactions of climate, disturbance, and recruitment across the landscape. We use a spatially explicit model (ALFRESCO) to simulate the transient response of subarctic vegetation to climat ...
... Understanding the response of terrestrial ecosystems to climatic warming is a challenge because of the complex interactions of climate, disturbance, and recruitment across the landscape. We use a spatially explicit model (ALFRESCO) to simulate the transient response of subarctic vegetation to climat ...
