Bioenergetic Prediction of Climate Change
... communities will respond to even the most robust and widely accepted components of projected climate change. Besides, as we hope to illustrate in this review, temperature and seasonality are so fundamental to our understanding of the organization of biological communities, that further investigation ...
... communities will respond to even the most robust and widely accepted components of projected climate change. Besides, as we hope to illustrate in this review, temperature and seasonality are so fundamental to our understanding of the organization of biological communities, that further investigation ...
Interactive comment on “Was the Little Ice Age more or less El Niño
... like climate trends and not interannual variability. We therefore continue to investigate 30-year means. However, we are now proposing to use PMIP simulations for both pseudoproxy target and CE benchmarks to improve the representation of degrees of freedom, as the reviewer suggests. d) Another major ...
... like climate trends and not interannual variability. We therefore continue to investigate 30-year means. However, we are now proposing to use PMIP simulations for both pseudoproxy target and CE benchmarks to improve the representation of degrees of freedom, as the reviewer suggests. d) Another major ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity a ...
... The early impacts of climate change have already appeared and scientists believe that further impacts are inevitable, no matter what happens to future global greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, the decisions we make today about infrastructure, health, water management, agriculture, biodiversity a ...
Apocalypse Nicked! - Geoengineering Governance Research
... were first voiced in the late 1980’s. Scientists started to warn that environmental changes would not be smooth, gradual events, but sudden “sharp jumps” (Broeker 1987:123). Since then, warnings of abrupt, nonlinear climate change have been repeated by environmental campaigners and scientists (e.g. ...
... were first voiced in the late 1980’s. Scientists started to warn that environmental changes would not be smooth, gradual events, but sudden “sharp jumps” (Broeker 1987:123). Since then, warnings of abrupt, nonlinear climate change have been repeated by environmental campaigners and scientists (e.g. ...
evaluating the impacts of climate change on catchment
... The use of climate model scenarios provide the best information to address these ...
... The use of climate model scenarios provide the best information to address these ...
Synthesis paper: Perspectives on Loss and Damage
... reports that while losses from extreme events have increased over recent decades; most of this is due to socio‐economic change, e.g. higher population, greater assets at risk, and increased vulnerability through, for example, developing on flood plains. ...
... reports that while losses from extreme events have increased over recent decades; most of this is due to socio‐economic change, e.g. higher population, greater assets at risk, and increased vulnerability through, for example, developing on flood plains. ...
Department of Political Science 8t Public Administration University of
... governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) because they constitute the majority of the 2007; Climate environment Alliance, 2007). The world's poor and because they are reliant on health implications of climate change are one natural resources that make them more of the most significant measures of ...
... governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) because they constitute the majority of the 2007; Climate environment Alliance, 2007). The world's poor and because they are reliant on health implications of climate change are one natural resources that make them more of the most significant measures of ...
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement
... borders, and has the potential to render some people stateless. Since climate change is certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation from other variables and processes will not be sufficient to solve the problem. In t ...
... borders, and has the potential to render some people stateless. Since climate change is certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation from other variables and processes will not be sufficient to solve the problem. In t ...
Climate Change and Global Wine Quality
... thresholds are evident in many regions where, once past a given growing season temperature, quality declines are seen. Therefore, the general rule of thumb “the warmer the better” does not apply for all wine regions where some are near or at the optimum growing season temperatures for achieving the ...
... thresholds are evident in many regions where, once past a given growing season temperature, quality declines are seen. Therefore, the general rule of thumb “the warmer the better” does not apply for all wine regions where some are near or at the optimum growing season temperatures for achieving the ...
The Business of AdApTing To ClimATe ChAnge
... its products and services. This represents an enormous risk to businesses that are unwilling or unable to adapt. However, it also represents an incredible opportunity for those companies with the foresight and capacity to respond. In our constantly changing business and social environment, tomorrow’ ...
... its products and services. This represents an enormous risk to businesses that are unwilling or unable to adapt. However, it also represents an incredible opportunity for those companies with the foresight and capacity to respond. In our constantly changing business and social environment, tomorrow’ ...
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... “Forcings” are things imposed externally on the climate system that can warm or cool the Earth. If positive and negative forcings remained in balance, there would be no warming or cooling. Greenhouse gases warm the planet: Carbon dioxide (CO2) has both natural and human sources, but CO2 levels are i ...
... “Forcings” are things imposed externally on the climate system that can warm or cool the Earth. If positive and negative forcings remained in balance, there would be no warming or cooling. Greenhouse gases warm the planet: Carbon dioxide (CO2) has both natural and human sources, but CO2 levels are i ...
Earth Negotiations Bulletin ADP 2-6
... open-ended consultations on agenda item 3, which addressed: adaptation; INDCs; finance, technology and capacity building (means of implementation); ambition and equity; mitigation; transparency of action and support; and other issues related to elements. An in-session workshop addressed domestic pre ...
... open-ended consultations on agenda item 3, which addressed: adaptation; INDCs; finance, technology and capacity building (means of implementation); ambition and equity; mitigation; transparency of action and support; and other issues related to elements. An in-session workshop addressed domestic pre ...
Global Climate Change and Children`s Health
... security of individuals, families, and communities. Children are a uniquely ...
... security of individuals, families, and communities. Children are a uniquely ...
The EU`s disappointing leadership on climate, or
... This article will investigate the literature on the EU’s activities in the international climate change regime, its normative foundations, its findings, and will allude to missing knowledge gaps. It will discuss to what extent the EU’s role on international climate change policy is a case study, who ...
... This article will investigate the literature on the EU’s activities in the international climate change regime, its normative foundations, its findings, and will allude to missing knowledge gaps. It will discuss to what extent the EU’s role on international climate change policy is a case study, who ...
What do we know about the economics of adaptation?
... hazards are often public goods, and central governments do take responsibility for implementing means of prevention and protection in most European countries. Being subject to public policy priorities, adaptation strategies will reflect more issues than just the achievement of cost effectiveness. Na ...
... hazards are often public goods, and central governments do take responsibility for implementing means of prevention and protection in most European countries. Being subject to public policy priorities, adaptation strategies will reflect more issues than just the achievement of cost effectiveness. Na ...
THAILAND`S NEWSPAPERS COVERAGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
... accurate term than “global warming”, because although the average global temperature is rising, some parts of the world may in fact become colder. A study by Boykoffs (2007, 1191) about climate change and journalistic norms also noted that “climate change” and “global warming” are scientifically dis ...
... accurate term than “global warming”, because although the average global temperature is rising, some parts of the world may in fact become colder. A study by Boykoffs (2007, 1191) about climate change and journalistic norms also noted that “climate change” and “global warming” are scientifically dis ...
Velocity of climate change algorithms for guiding conservation and
... requirements inferred by velocity algorithms can be markedly different from the results of climate envelope approaches that attempt to match current and future climate regions (Corlett & Westcott, 2013; Diffenbaugh & Field, 2013; Ordonez & Williams, 2013). Climate velocity vectors can diverge in dir ...
... requirements inferred by velocity algorithms can be markedly different from the results of climate envelope approaches that attempt to match current and future climate regions (Corlett & Westcott, 2013; Diffenbaugh & Field, 2013; Ordonez & Williams, 2013). Climate velocity vectors can diverge in dir ...
Buddhist Contributions to Climate Response
... droughts. Already people are migrating away from climate stressed areas in search of new homes and livelihoods.3 City, state, and national government budgets are being stretched beyond capacity by climaterelated disasters. In some areas, people face widespread famine, in ...
... droughts. Already people are migrating away from climate stressed areas in search of new homes and livelihoods.3 City, state, and national government budgets are being stretched beyond capacity by climaterelated disasters. In some areas, people face widespread famine, in ...
Cross-pressuring conservative Catholics? Effects of Pope Francis
... protection, a process that aligns beliefs with those endorsed by their in-group (Cohen 2003; Kahan et al. 2007). As a result, compared to their counterparts who had not heard about the encyclical, conservatives who had heard about it should be more likely to deny the scientific reality of climate ch ...
... protection, a process that aligns beliefs with those endorsed by their in-group (Cohen 2003; Kahan et al. 2007). As a result, compared to their counterparts who had not heard about the encyclical, conservatives who had heard about it should be more likely to deny the scientific reality of climate ch ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... Denotes “the ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, including through ensuring the preservation, restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions” (I ...
... Denotes “the ability of a system and its component parts to anticipate, absorb, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event in a timely and efficient manner, including through ensuring the preservation, restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions” (I ...
Thermodynamics of climate change
... The three temperature indicators (Fig. 1) feature, as expected, positive sensitivities: the surface temperature sensitivity (evaluated in the, more realistic, upper range of CO2 concentrations) is well within the range of what is simulated by the climate models included in 4th IPCC report (IPCC, 200 ...
... The three temperature indicators (Fig. 1) feature, as expected, positive sensitivities: the surface temperature sensitivity (evaluated in the, more realistic, upper range of CO2 concentrations) is well within the range of what is simulated by the climate models included in 4th IPCC report (IPCC, 200 ...
Water in Washington (PDF)
... classifications, based on the proportion of winter precipitation stored in peak annual snowpack. Graphs below indicate current and future average monthly streamflow for these watershed types. Both compare average historical conditions (1916-2006) and projected future conditions for two time periods, ...
... classifications, based on the proportion of winter precipitation stored in peak annual snowpack. Graphs below indicate current and future average monthly streamflow for these watershed types. Both compare average historical conditions (1916-2006) and projected future conditions for two time periods, ...
Nonstate Actors in the Global Climate Regime
... extent in agricultural societies. Thus it has the potential to influence, synergistically, a host of other environmental and social problems. In this sense climate change is more than just a new and significant environmental threat. While climate change can be viewed as a highly complex social probl ...
... extent in agricultural societies. Thus it has the potential to influence, synergistically, a host of other environmental and social problems. In this sense climate change is more than just a new and significant environmental threat. While climate change can be viewed as a highly complex social probl ...
Natural hazards and farmers experience of climate change on highly
... 1. Introduction There have always been variations in day to day or season to season weather, and for centuries human societies have been able to adapt to climate variation occurring in their region (Houghton 2009) But today frequencies of extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, windstorms ...
... 1. Introduction There have always been variations in day to day or season to season weather, and for centuries human societies have been able to adapt to climate variation occurring in their region (Houghton 2009) But today frequencies of extreme climate events such as tropical cyclones, windstorms ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Production
... extreme events that may occur due to climate change. Some of them—particularly more periods of warm nights, intense rainfall, and consecutive dry days—have severely affected Latin America and Caribbean in recent years: for example, intense rainfalls in Venezuela (1999, 2005); flooding in the pampas ...
... extreme events that may occur due to climate change. Some of them—particularly more periods of warm nights, intense rainfall, and consecutive dry days—have severely affected Latin America and Caribbean in recent years: for example, intense rainfalls in Venezuela (1999, 2005); flooding in the pampas ...