Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... context within which future information will be interpreted (Peterson and Thompson 2009). In this research, we analyze media coverage to characterize differences in the public discourse about climate change and energy after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Links between climate change and ener ...
... context within which future information will be interpreted (Peterson and Thompson 2009). In this research, we analyze media coverage to characterize differences in the public discourse about climate change and energy after Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. Links between climate change and ener ...
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... interaction between producers arises from the fact that changes in salinity levels, arising from the decisions of upstream water users, affect crop yields for downstream irrigators. The model therefore incorporates the adverse effects of salinity on yields, derived from agronomic data. There are M d ...
... interaction between producers arises from the fact that changes in salinity levels, arising from the decisions of upstream water users, affect crop yields for downstream irrigators. The model therefore incorporates the adverse effects of salinity on yields, derived from agronomic data. There are M d ...
Which early works are cited most frequently in climate change
... Which are the early works that are still alive in recent climate change related publications (in the form of most frequently cited references) and thus are most important for the evolution of this broad research field? We identified 25 highly-cited publications over all disciplines, which include fu ...
... Which are the early works that are still alive in recent climate change related publications (in the form of most frequently cited references) and thus are most important for the evolution of this broad research field? We identified 25 highly-cited publications over all disciplines, which include fu ...
Read the complete document. - The Carbon Sense Coalition
... climate changes. Here are some reasons why the science is not yet considered settled and why a solution to the perceived GW problem should not be implemented hastily: 1. There is nothing unusual about the recent warming period when compared with historical periods of warming. GW and GC periods have ...
... climate changes. Here are some reasons why the science is not yet considered settled and why a solution to the perceived GW problem should not be implemented hastily: 1. There is nothing unusual about the recent warming period when compared with historical periods of warming. GW and GC periods have ...
Paper 10: Climate Change Impacts on Coastal
... change (IPCC) define “climate” as the average state of the weather over time with the period generally being 30 years (although for some marine climate parameters such as storminess, longer averages are required (Zhang et al., 2000). Climate change is defined by the IPCC as “any change in climate ov ...
... change (IPCC) define “climate” as the average state of the weather over time with the period generally being 30 years (although for some marine climate parameters such as storminess, longer averages are required (Zhang et al., 2000). Climate change is defined by the IPCC as “any change in climate ov ...
1st PDCI Conference Report - Practitioners` Dialogue on Climate
... H.E. Ngedikes Olai Uludong emphasized the importance of establishing a new binding international climate agreement as the outcome of COP 21 in Paris. As a representative from AOSIS, “Alliance of Small Island States”, Ambassador Olai Uludong stated that small island states often lack clout in interna ...
... H.E. Ngedikes Olai Uludong emphasized the importance of establishing a new binding international climate agreement as the outcome of COP 21 in Paris. As a representative from AOSIS, “Alliance of Small Island States”, Ambassador Olai Uludong stated that small island states often lack clout in interna ...
OPEN-ENDED CONSULTATION ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
... change on earth with severe impacts on indigenous peoples’ livelihood and subsistence food resources. In Alaska, houses are falling into the sea and communities are forced to move. In Saami regions in Finland, Norway and Sweden reindeer populations are diminishing as their feeding areas are affected ...
... change on earth with severe impacts on indigenous peoples’ livelihood and subsistence food resources. In Alaska, houses are falling into the sea and communities are forced to move. In Saami regions in Finland, Norway and Sweden reindeer populations are diminishing as their feeding areas are affected ...
Potential effects of climate change and adaptive
... to cope with, the adverse effects of climatic change. In a world where climate change and other stressors are affecting natural and social systems, resource managers are working to integrate climate models (top-down projections of possible future climates) with vulnerability analyses (bottom-up asse ...
... to cope with, the adverse effects of climatic change. In a world where climate change and other stressors are affecting natural and social systems, resource managers are working to integrate climate models (top-down projections of possible future climates) with vulnerability analyses (bottom-up asse ...
Climate model simulations of the observed early-2000s - e
... To give an idea of the actual predicted surface temperature patterns involved with the results in Fig. 2b, an example of the skilful simulation across the transition from the negative phase of the IPO before roughly 1977 to the positive phase after 1977 is for the initial year 1974 and the 3–7 year ...
... To give an idea of the actual predicted surface temperature patterns involved with the results in Fig. 2b, an example of the skilful simulation across the transition from the negative phase of the IPO before roughly 1977 to the positive phase after 1977 is for the initial year 1974 and the 3–7 year ...
spline models of contemporary, 2030, 2060 and 2090 climates for
... Modeling and Analysis (CCC), using the CGCM3 (T63 resolution) model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios; (2) Met Office, Hadley Centre (HAD), using the HadCM3 model, SRES A2 and B2 scenarios; and (3) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFD), using the CM2.1 model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios. The three genera ...
... Modeling and Analysis (CCC), using the CGCM3 (T63 resolution) model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios; (2) Met Office, Hadley Centre (HAD), using the HadCM3 model, SRES A2 and B2 scenarios; and (3) Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFD), using the CM2.1 model, SRES A2 and B1 scenarios. The three genera ...
Ensemble modeling, uncertainty and robust predictions
... oday, many studies of future climate change take an ensemble modeling approach in which simulations of future conditions are produced with multiple climate models (or model versions), rather than just one. The need for multiple models stems from uncertainty about how to represent the climate system ...
... oday, many studies of future climate change take an ensemble modeling approach in which simulations of future conditions are produced with multiple climate models (or model versions), rather than just one. The need for multiple models stems from uncertainty about how to represent the climate system ...
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... alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a variety of risks concerning their livelihoods. The risks arise mostly because of the dependence of the m ...
... alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural variability observed over comparable time periods (IPCC, 2001). People in developing countries are subject to a variety of risks concerning their livelihoods. The risks arise mostly because of the dependence of the m ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... experts. The results of the 1st CCEAP will be used as basis for the study. Surveys and interviews of relevant stakeholders will also be conducted. Output A2.2. Matrix showing the technical, socio-economic and environmental aspect of the technologies (country-specific matrix) - It is expected that in ...
... experts. The results of the 1st CCEAP will be used as basis for the study. Surveys and interviews of relevant stakeholders will also be conducted. Output A2.2. Matrix showing the technical, socio-economic and environmental aspect of the technologies (country-specific matrix) - It is expected that in ...
Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements
... technological advancement has led to a clearer understanding of future risks and impacts. With increasing urbanization, understanding the impacts of climate change upon the urban environment will become ever more important. Evidence is mounting that climate change presents unique challenges for urba ...
... technological advancement has led to a clearer understanding of future risks and impacts. With increasing urbanization, understanding the impacts of climate change upon the urban environment will become ever more important. Evidence is mounting that climate change presents unique challenges for urba ...
Public perception of cold weather events as evidence for
... weather (either as a single winter contextualised to late 2010, or as a ‘pattern’ of cold winters) as evidence against climate change (Cronbach’s α=.89). The other item pair was similarly constructed, but framed the cold weather as evidence for climate change (Cronbach’s α=.87). The wording used for ...
... weather (either as a single winter contextualised to late 2010, or as a ‘pattern’ of cold winters) as evidence against climate change (Cronbach’s α=.89). The other item pair was similarly constructed, but framed the cold weather as evidence for climate change (Cronbach’s α=.87). The wording used for ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This document is an overview of what we heard and what we learned. Our intent here is not ...
... engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This document is an overview of what we heard and what we learned. Our intent here is not ...
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... carbon dioxide cannot be measured. The absence of price data means that the Ricardian analysis will underestimate the benefit and overestimate the damage from climate change, although the size of the bias is likely to be small (Mendelsohn and Nordhaus, 1996). Rising carbon dioxide levels are expecte ...
... carbon dioxide cannot be measured. The absence of price data means that the Ricardian analysis will underestimate the benefit and overestimate the damage from climate change, although the size of the bias is likely to be small (Mendelsohn and Nordhaus, 1996). Rising carbon dioxide levels are expecte ...
First Nations` Governance and Climate Change
... implementing climate change solutions, First Nations have very limited ability to respond effectively to predicted climate changes. This is due to a number of factors, but most notably, the lack of clearly defined roles and jurisdictions vis-à-vis First Nations regarding climate change (discussed in ...
... implementing climate change solutions, First Nations have very limited ability to respond effectively to predicted climate changes. This is due to a number of factors, but most notably, the lack of clearly defined roles and jurisdictions vis-à-vis First Nations regarding climate change (discussed in ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: are these useful for adaptation? - Working Paper 71 (699 kB) (opens in new window)
... circulation that play an important role for regional climates can have a non linear relationship with large scale warming, as discussed by Petoukov et al [14] in relation with recent cold winter extremes over northern continents. These results bring the linearity assumption into question. 2. Model s ...
... circulation that play an important role for regional climates can have a non linear relationship with large scale warming, as discussed by Petoukov et al [14] in relation with recent cold winter extremes over northern continents. These results bring the linearity assumption into question. 2. Model s ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... focused on the productive powers that makes the issue governable, such as scientific knowledge and calculations. Studies have also focused on how citizens become responsibilised actors in the governing of climate change (Letell et al. 2011; Rutland & Aylett 2008). Oels (2005) argues that a global “c ...
... focused on the productive powers that makes the issue governable, such as scientific knowledge and calculations. Studies have also focused on how citizens become responsibilised actors in the governing of climate change (Letell et al. 2011; Rutland & Aylett 2008). Oels (2005) argues that a global “c ...
Remaking suburbia:
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... http://www.norwayheritage.com/gallery/gallery/Steamship_Companies/Inman_Line/inman-line-tradecard.jpg ...
Surveying the impact. The day after tomorrow
... and catastrophic climate change. In the movie, a global warming– induced shutdown of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation system1 triggers extreme weather events worldwide and subsequently a new ice age, with wrenching global consequences. Before it even hit the theaters, however, the movie g ...
... and catastrophic climate change. In the movie, a global warming– induced shutdown of the North Atlantic thermohaline circulation system1 triggers extreme weather events worldwide and subsequently a new ice age, with wrenching global consequences. Before it even hit the theaters, however, the movie g ...
Fisheries, aquaculture and climate change
... understood (FAO, 2008a; WorldFish Center, 2007a; Stern, 2007). This is because “the inherent unpredictability of climate change and the links that entwine fishery and aquaculture livelihoods with other livelihood strategies and economic sectors make unravelling the exact mechanisms of climate impact ...
... understood (FAO, 2008a; WorldFish Center, 2007a; Stern, 2007). This is because “the inherent unpredictability of climate change and the links that entwine fishery and aquaculture livelihoods with other livelihood strategies and economic sectors make unravelling the exact mechanisms of climate impact ...
Climate change, food, water and population health in China
... Panel on Climate Change indicated that climate change is already having a negative impact on agriculture and food ...
... Panel on Climate Change indicated that climate change is already having a negative impact on agriculture and food ...
A Guide to Understanding Global Temperature Data
... such a large predicted impact on global temperatures? To answer that question, we must briefly address what causes the temperature (of anything) to change. The temperature of anything you can think of can be increased in one of two ways: (1) by adding more energy (e.g., turn up the stove top to warm ...
... such a large predicted impact on global temperatures? To answer that question, we must briefly address what causes the temperature (of anything) to change. The temperature of anything you can think of can be increased in one of two ways: (1) by adding more energy (e.g., turn up the stove top to warm ...