The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering
... field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one early trial, iron dumped into the South Atlantic did indeed trigger a plankton bloom. However, most of the additional plankton was eaten by a swarm of shrimp before it reached the bottom of the ocean. Ocean seeding, as with all ...
... field trials that have been undertaken have given mixed results. In one early trial, iron dumped into the South Atlantic did indeed trigger a plankton bloom. However, most of the additional plankton was eaten by a swarm of shrimp before it reached the bottom of the ocean. Ocean seeding, as with all ...
River Floods - ClimateCost
... socio-economic change (population and economic growth). The marginal effect of climate change (alone) is estimated at €9 billion/year by the 2020s, €19 billion/year by the 2050s and €50 billion/year by the 2080s. Analysis at the country level shows high climate-related costs in the UK, Ireland, Ital ...
... socio-economic change (population and economic growth). The marginal effect of climate change (alone) is estimated at €9 billion/year by the 2020s, €19 billion/year by the 2050s and €50 billion/year by the 2080s. Analysis at the country level shows high climate-related costs in the UK, Ireland, Ital ...
Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change
... of the science programme in a single paper. Instead this paper identifies three general areas of research where PEP projects have significantly contributed to the understanding of past and present climate systems. In order to further focus the paper we have chosen to review progress in one region, t ...
... of the science programme in a single paper. Instead this paper identifies three general areas of research where PEP projects have significantly contributed to the understanding of past and present climate systems. In order to further focus the paper we have chosen to review progress in one region, t ...
Climate Change
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
climate justice - Buffalo Law Review
... market-based climate policy, would provide two significant benefits. First, poor and of-color communities would gain entry into the cap-and-trade market that would otherwise exclude them, allowing such communities to create offsetting projects consistent with the emerging policy consensus. Second, t ...
... market-based climate policy, would provide two significant benefits. First, poor and of-color communities would gain entry into the cap-and-trade market that would otherwise exclude them, allowing such communities to create offsetting projects consistent with the emerging policy consensus. Second, t ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... know enough now to know that the Industrial Age has dramatically increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, where they take a century or more to dissipate; and that the process must be slowed, then stopped, then reduced if we want to continue our economic progress and preserve the quality of life ...
... know enough now to know that the Industrial Age has dramatically increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, where they take a century or more to dissipate; and that the process must be slowed, then stopped, then reduced if we want to continue our economic progress and preserve the quality of life ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... cycles such as driven by ENSO events, and cannot reproduce multi-year droughts and extended periods of higher rainfall. Consequently, most runoff/ yield studies make assumptions in the degree of year-to-year correlation, or ‘persistence’ in future climates. In the MWP Sydney study it is assumed that ...
... cycles such as driven by ENSO events, and cannot reproduce multi-year droughts and extended periods of higher rainfall. Consequently, most runoff/ yield studies make assumptions in the degree of year-to-year correlation, or ‘persistence’ in future climates. In the MWP Sydney study it is assumed that ...
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... the estimated impacts of temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits by the predicted change in climate to infer the economic impact. Specifically, we use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, ...
... the estimated impacts of temperature and precipitation on agricultural profits by the predicted change in climate to infer the economic impact. Specifically, we use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, ...
Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia
... 1.1 What is climate change? Climate change, defined as any change in the average daily weather pattern over an extended period of time (typically decades or longer) whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (Easterling et al. 2007, IPCC 2007a), is happening now, and is alre ...
... 1.1 What is climate change? Climate change, defined as any change in the average daily weather pattern over an extended period of time (typically decades or longer) whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (Easterling et al. 2007, IPCC 2007a), is happening now, and is alre ...
The Surveyor’s Role in Monitoring, Mitigating, and Adapting to Climate Change FIG REPORT
... facilitate the work of the international surveying community in deliberating and better understanding how the surveying profession could contribute and assist the global community in measuring and monitoring climate change with its sciences, technologies, professional knowledge, and practices. The T ...
... facilitate the work of the international surveying community in deliberating and better understanding how the surveying profession could contribute and assist the global community in measuring and monitoring climate change with its sciences, technologies, professional knowledge, and practices. The T ...
The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... companies domiciled in developed countries, with certain sectors, such as insurance and water, dominating the evidence base (see CDP 2012b, PwC 2010, UNFCCC 2013). In contrast, we have very limited insights to private sector action in emerging economies or low-income countries. This is despite the f ...
... companies domiciled in developed countries, with certain sectors, such as insurance and water, dominating the evidence base (see CDP 2012b, PwC 2010, UNFCCC 2013). In contrast, we have very limited insights to private sector action in emerging economies or low-income countries. This is despite the f ...
Partisan Group Identity and Belief in Human
... Respondents in the control condition were simply asked our main outcome measure: “To what extent do you think climate change is human-induced as opposed to a result of Earth’s natural changes?,” with answers provided on a 7-point fully labeled scale, running from “entirely Earth’s natural changes” t ...
... Respondents in the control condition were simply asked our main outcome measure: “To what extent do you think climate change is human-induced as opposed to a result of Earth’s natural changes?,” with answers provided on a 7-point fully labeled scale, running from “entirely Earth’s natural changes” t ...
assessing the climate change adaptability of buildings
... Buildings present a significant amount of opportunity for climate mitigation. Since they are long-lived assets, they also present great challenges for adaptation to projected as well as unexpected climate change impacts. These impacts will have consequences for building design and fabric, as well as ...
... Buildings present a significant amount of opportunity for climate mitigation. Since they are long-lived assets, they also present great challenges for adaptation to projected as well as unexpected climate change impacts. These impacts will have consequences for building design and fabric, as well as ...
an analysis of factors affecting climate change adaptation strategies
... country. Following some analysis, adaptation has been suggested as the way to combat the effects of climate change, but however, these adaptation strategies are area specific and affected by different factors thus the researcher sought to analyse the factors affecting climate change adaptation strat ...
... country. Following some analysis, adaptation has been suggested as the way to combat the effects of climate change, but however, these adaptation strategies are area specific and affected by different factors thus the researcher sought to analyse the factors affecting climate change adaptation strat ...
The tipping point trend in climate change communication
... Geophysical Union (AGU), James Hansen stated that, ‘‘we are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption’’ (Hansen, 2005, p. 8). Hansen’s warning helped initiate a tipping point trend in climate change communication that was quickly reflected in public debate. ...
... Geophysical Union (AGU), James Hansen stated that, ‘‘we are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption’’ (Hansen, 2005, p. 8). Hansen’s warning helped initiate a tipping point trend in climate change communication that was quickly reflected in public debate. ...
The evolution of, and revolution in, land surface schemes designed
... climate modelling (McGuffie and Henderson-Sellers, 2001). Climate models are used in applications ranging from experiments into stratospheric processes through to investigation of the deep ocean circulation. One of the most common uses of climate models is to explore the impact of perturbations caus ...
... climate modelling (McGuffie and Henderson-Sellers, 2001). Climate models are used in applications ranging from experiments into stratospheric processes through to investigation of the deep ocean circulation. One of the most common uses of climate models is to explore the impact of perturbations caus ...
Latin America
... in the period 2040–2050, according to the medium prospect of the United Nations (Nawata, 1999). This signifies that the population explosion will continue, even if a decerease in population growth rates were possible. One of the critical difficulties caused by growing population is the problem of nu ...
... in the period 2040–2050, according to the medium prospect of the United Nations (Nawata, 1999). This signifies that the population explosion will continue, even if a decerease in population growth rates were possible. One of the critical difficulties caused by growing population is the problem of nu ...
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics
... n its campaign to sow uncertainty about the scientific evidence on global warming, ExxonMobil has followed a corporate strategy pioneered by the tobacco industry. Because ExxonMobil’s strategy, tactics, and even some personnel draw heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook, it is useful to look b ...
... n its campaign to sow uncertainty about the scientific evidence on global warming, ExxonMobil has followed a corporate strategy pioneered by the tobacco industry. Because ExxonMobil’s strategy, tactics, and even some personnel draw heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook, it is useful to look b ...
Temporal trends and variability of daily maximum and
... JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 111, D19109, doi:10.1029/2005JD006915, 2006 ...
... JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, VOL. 111, D19109, doi:10.1029/2005JD006915, 2006 ...
student advisee presentations
... 10. Becker, A., Englander, J. (2014), “Superstorms and rising sea levels present a new challenge for ports.” Seaports Magazine, American Association of Port Authorities, June. 9. Becker, A., (2014), “New paradigm for storm planning.” Ports and Harbors Magazine, International Association of Ports and ...
... 10. Becker, A., Englander, J. (2014), “Superstorms and rising sea levels present a new challenge for ports.” Seaports Magazine, American Association of Port Authorities, June. 9. Becker, A., (2014), “New paradigm for storm planning.” Ports and Harbors Magazine, International Association of Ports and ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... There is big scale adaptation. But we are talking about community based adaptation here. Question: If there is sudden climate change how can a poor community in Africa adjust to this? How can they have an early warning system to adapt to these changes? How can you ask a community to make certain cha ...
... There is big scale adaptation. But we are talking about community based adaptation here. Question: If there is sudden climate change how can a poor community in Africa adjust to this? How can they have an early warning system to adapt to these changes? How can you ask a community to make certain cha ...
Climate change impacts in the Atlantic Basin and
... Wandel 2006). Actions can be either anticipatory or reactive, as well as autonomous (i.e., independent or ad-hoc) or planned (i.e., governmental measures) (Adger et al. 2005). Further, adaptation actions can be taken through either private (individual) or public (collective) action, though generall ...
... Wandel 2006). Actions can be either anticipatory or reactive, as well as autonomous (i.e., independent or ad-hoc) or planned (i.e., governmental measures) (Adger et al. 2005). Further, adaptation actions can be taken through either private (individual) or public (collective) action, though generall ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... Hygroscopic and Chemical Properties of Aerosols collected near a Copper Smelter: Implications for Public and Environmental Health, Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 9473-9480. Janae Csavina, Jason Field, Mark P. Taylor, Song Gao, Andrea Landázuri, Eric A. Betterton, A. Eduardo Sáez (2012), A ...
... Hygroscopic and Chemical Properties of Aerosols collected near a Copper Smelter: Implications for Public and Environmental Health, Environmental Science and Technology, 46, 9473-9480. Janae Csavina, Jason Field, Mark P. Taylor, Song Gao, Andrea Landázuri, Eric A. Betterton, A. Eduardo Sáez (2012), A ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... following narrative identifies the systematic sequence used to conduct the needs assessment for the Coasts and Climate Resilience societal challenge. In addition to following a rigorous, systematic approach, this method takes great care to fit within the realities of current time and budget constrai ...
... following narrative identifies the systematic sequence used to conduct the needs assessment for the Coasts and Climate Resilience societal challenge. In addition to following a rigorous, systematic approach, this method takes great care to fit within the realities of current time and budget constrai ...