Letters to the editor (7/19/10)
... Legend has it that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. These days, Congress fiddles while the world burns. More precisely, it's Russia that's burning at the moment, with a record heat wave and forest fires being blamed for as many as 15,000 deaths so far. Also troubling is the drought, which prompted th ...
... Legend has it that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. These days, Congress fiddles while the world burns. More precisely, it's Russia that's burning at the moment, with a record heat wave and forest fires being blamed for as many as 15,000 deaths so far. Also troubling is the drought, which prompted th ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... limit the negative impacts of 2◦ C warming (adaptation). There would be some residual damages – for example, the loss of certain coastlines and lower agricultural yields because this cannot be avoided at reasonable cost. If the social planner chooses correctly, the combined costs of mitigation, adap ...
... limit the negative impacts of 2◦ C warming (adaptation). There would be some residual damages – for example, the loss of certain coastlines and lower agricultural yields because this cannot be avoided at reasonable cost. If the social planner chooses correctly, the combined costs of mitigation, adap ...
Yurok Tribe and Climate Change:
... Purpose of this Plan To provide summary information, research findings and Tribal staff /community recommendations to Yurok Tribal leadership , Tribal members, community residents and decision-makers to inform future Yurok Tribe Climate Change research and planning efforts. Methods Used for this Stu ...
... Purpose of this Plan To provide summary information, research findings and Tribal staff /community recommendations to Yurok Tribal leadership , Tribal members, community residents and decision-makers to inform future Yurok Tribe Climate Change research and planning efforts. Methods Used for this Stu ...
Local adaptation to temperature conserves top
... However, if P. mira spiders have responded to long term, chronic differences in local climate, it could be predicted that the magnitude of the indirect effect would not differ along a temperature gradient. The thermal tolerances of species across their geographical range may reflect local adaptation ...
... However, if P. mira spiders have responded to long term, chronic differences in local climate, it could be predicted that the magnitude of the indirect effect would not differ along a temperature gradient. The thermal tolerances of species across their geographical range may reflect local adaptation ...
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... changes in climatic conditions and crop and livestock management practices (Nhemachena and Hassan, 2007). This study hypothesizes that farming experience will positively influence farmers' decisions to take up adaptation measures. With regard to cultivated area, households with a larger area of land ...
... changes in climatic conditions and crop and livestock management practices (Nhemachena and Hassan, 2007). This study hypothesizes that farming experience will positively influence farmers' decisions to take up adaptation measures. With regard to cultivated area, households with a larger area of land ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
Land - Use/Land Cover Change as a
... Why Should Landscape Effects, Which Cover Only a Fraction of the Earth’s Surface, Have Global Circulation Effects? ...
... Why Should Landscape Effects, Which Cover Only a Fraction of the Earth’s Surface, Have Global Circulation Effects? ...
Climate Change Risk Analysis: Assessment of Future Natural
... tapped into the resources available to them such as homeowners’ insurance, Small Business Association (SBA) disaster loans, bank loans, homeowner savings, and donated resources, including volunteer labor. (Springfield CDBG – Disaster Recovery Partial Action Plan A). As stated in the Disaster Recover ...
... tapped into the resources available to them such as homeowners’ insurance, Small Business Association (SBA) disaster loans, bank loans, homeowner savings, and donated resources, including volunteer labor. (Springfield CDBG – Disaster Recovery Partial Action Plan A). As stated in the Disaster Recover ...
INTERREG IIIB ASTRA PROJECT Report on Generation, Use and
... functions and fitting routines (cf. Wilby et al. 2002, for an overview and, for example, Fig. 2). Advantages of these methods are there computational efficiency, the possibility to apply them easily to several GCMs and that these methods are also easily usable by communities behind climate modelling ...
... functions and fitting routines (cf. Wilby et al. 2002, for an overview and, for example, Fig. 2). Advantages of these methods are there computational efficiency, the possibility to apply them easily to several GCMs and that these methods are also easily usable by communities behind climate modelling ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... statements endorsing or rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well esta ...
... statements endorsing or rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well esta ...
Displacement and Migration from Climate Hot
... migrate to idyllic places of our choosing and at our own pace it would be no matter for concern. More and more people, however, have to migrate because they are displaced by environmental changes. Nowadays in the vulnerable coastal areas and flood prone areas of Bangladesh, many wake up to find them ...
... migrate to idyllic places of our choosing and at our own pace it would be no matter for concern. More and more people, however, have to migrate because they are displaced by environmental changes. Nowadays in the vulnerable coastal areas and flood prone areas of Bangladesh, many wake up to find them ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... statements endorsing or rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well esta ...
... statements endorsing or rejecting these tenets on scientific grounds, 97%–98% of those who are active and prominent climate scientists were endorsers3 (Anderegg, Prall, Harold, & Schneider, 2010). Many other important aspects of climate change, particularly about its consequences, are less well esta ...
Strategies for Climate Change and Impression
... This symbolic rather than substantive response to institutional pressures often relies on impression management strategies (Hooghiemstra 2000; O’Donovan 2002; Ogden and Clarke 2005) and it has been observed in several studies on the disclosure of climate performance. Based on an analysis of the info ...
... This symbolic rather than substantive response to institutional pressures often relies on impression management strategies (Hooghiemstra 2000; O’Donovan 2002; Ogden and Clarke 2005) and it has been observed in several studies on the disclosure of climate performance. Based on an analysis of the info ...
Wetland restoration, adaptation and Ramsar Convention
... What is “adaptation”? • Closely linked: ecosystems & services needed by people to cope with a changing climate • Ecosystem-based adaptation: – maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystems to reduce people’s/communities vulnerability to climate change – Conserve biodiversity and make ecosystems ...
... What is “adaptation”? • Closely linked: ecosystems & services needed by people to cope with a changing climate • Ecosystem-based adaptation: – maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystems to reduce people’s/communities vulnerability to climate change – Conserve biodiversity and make ecosystems ...
Climate Change and Water in Southeast Asia
... Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Food Security in ASEAN+3 Countries, Beijing, China, 29-31 March 2011 ...
... Regional Workshop on Climate Change and Food Security in ASEAN+3 Countries, Beijing, China, 29-31 March 2011 ...
Potential Vegetation and Carbon Redistribution in Northern North
... scales up to a larger domain to research the transient response [23,24]. Despite this progress, additional work is needed to examine the transient response mechanistically over large domains. Here we used an advanced individually based mechanistic ecosystem model that is formulated to overcome many ...
... scales up to a larger domain to research the transient response [23,24]. Despite this progress, additional work is needed to examine the transient response mechanistically over large domains. Here we used an advanced individually based mechanistic ecosystem model that is formulated to overcome many ...
Impact of extreme weather on critical infrastructure Deliverable D2.1
... guidance on climate change indicators adapted to user needs are provided, in order to meet scientific standards with a focus on extreme events in a European climate change context. The characterization of these extremes is performed using datasets provided from different sources or case studies. Exi ...
... guidance on climate change indicators adapted to user needs are provided, in order to meet scientific standards with a focus on extreme events in a European climate change context. The characterization of these extremes is performed using datasets provided from different sources or case studies. Exi ...
Climates of change: human dimensions of Holocene
... of dune mobilisation during the late Holocene (Shulmeister and Lees, 1995). General agreement exists between the palaeo-ENSO results and the model scenario shown. Other smaller scale climatic factors such as drought and frost frequency may also have varied throughout the Holocene. These factors have ...
... of dune mobilisation during the late Holocene (Shulmeister and Lees, 1995). General agreement exists between the palaeo-ENSO results and the model scenario shown. Other smaller scale climatic factors such as drought and frost frequency may also have varied throughout the Holocene. These factors have ...
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... poor, with the resources that will help them adapt to climate change. 7. Support community-based adaptation strategies. Crop and livestock productivity, market access, and the effects of climate all are extremely location specific. International development agencies and national governments should ...
... poor, with the resources that will help them adapt to climate change. 7. Support community-based adaptation strategies. Crop and livestock productivity, market access, and the effects of climate all are extremely location specific. International development agencies and national governments should ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... Focus Questions that explore climate change in terms of systems. These questions may serve as a checklist for the teacher to help students develop their understanding about climate change and inform their town planning in the culminating task. Curriculum Expectations that are addressed by the Big Id ...
... Focus Questions that explore climate change in terms of systems. These questions may serve as a checklist for the teacher to help students develop their understanding about climate change and inform their town planning in the culminating task. Curriculum Expectations that are addressed by the Big Id ...
How California`s Climate Shapes Water Resources
... that roughly match those in a historical period of 1900–2005. • The bluer the boxes, the more the numbers of extremely wet years exceed the expectation set by the historical period. • In many GCMs, by the end of the century, there are 3–5 extremely wet years per 20 year period, instead of just one. ...
... that roughly match those in a historical period of 1900–2005. • The bluer the boxes, the more the numbers of extremely wet years exceed the expectation set by the historical period. • In many GCMs, by the end of the century, there are 3–5 extremely wet years per 20 year period, instead of just one. ...
Environmental Education Research.
... that characterized the representation of climate change in school science textbooks. Building on their previous work about student misconceptions, Choi et al. (2010) reviewed seven earth and environmental science textbooks in order to determine if science textbooks may be contributing to student mis ...
... that characterized the representation of climate change in school science textbooks. Building on their previous work about student misconceptions, Choi et al. (2010) reviewed seven earth and environmental science textbooks in order to determine if science textbooks may be contributing to student mis ...
Climate Change and Variability
... century is very likely due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human activities. The IPCC updates projections for global and regional changes in temperature, sea level, and precipitation (rain and snow fall) for the coming century, and points to an expected increase in the fre ...
... century is very likely due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations caused by human activities. The IPCC updates projections for global and regional changes in temperature, sea level, and precipitation (rain and snow fall) for the coming century, and points to an expected increase in the fre ...
Economic Evaluation of Climate Change Impacts on Ground
... Economic consequences of climate change impacts on transportation Economic consequences in transportation sector associated with climate change impacts can be divided into direct economic effects and indirect economic effects. From an economic standpoint, direct economic effects are associated with ...
... Economic consequences of climate change impacts on transportation Economic consequences in transportation sector associated with climate change impacts can be divided into direct economic effects and indirect economic effects. From an economic standpoint, direct economic effects are associated with ...
Climate change and journalistic norms: A case-study of US mass-media coverage V
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...
... It should be noted that while the IPCC has conclusively made the link between human activities and climate change, there are a number of related issues about which climate scientists are less certain. Also, while the IPCC supports taking action, there is intense debate over what exactly should be do ...