Nullifying the climate null hypothesis
... argued that null hypothesis testing leads to relatively little increase in understanding and diverts attention from issues of estimation of effect size and meaningful mechanistic understanding and modeling of predictive and causal relationships. A frequent criticism of null hypothesis testing is the ...
... argued that null hypothesis testing leads to relatively little increase in understanding and diverts attention from issues of estimation of effect size and meaningful mechanistic understanding and modeling of predictive and causal relationships. A frequent criticism of null hypothesis testing is the ...
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... welfare function and hence a particular attitude towards equity and justice. We show that previous approaches to equity weighing are inappropriate from a national decision maker’s point of view, because domestic impacts are not valued at domestic values. We propose four alternatives (sovereignty, al ...
... welfare function and hence a particular attitude towards equity and justice. We show that previous approaches to equity weighing are inappropriate from a national decision maker’s point of view, because domestic impacts are not valued at domestic values. We propose four alternatives (sovereignty, al ...
Managing climate risk using climate-smart agriculture
... in crop yields resulting from extreme daytime temperatures around 30 °C (IPCC, 2014). Several other studies report that temperature trends are important for determining both past and future impacts of climate change on crop yields at sub-continental to global scales. Together with temperature increa ...
... in crop yields resulting from extreme daytime temperatures around 30 °C (IPCC, 2014). Several other studies report that temperature trends are important for determining both past and future impacts of climate change on crop yields at sub-continental to global scales. Together with temperature increa ...
Unchecked Climate Change Migration V Ramanathan F Forman
... in the range of 0.5 C warming. While these experiences are instructive, it would be a mistake to assume we can simply extrapolate from these experiences to anticipate future adaptation strategies should warming increase in the next decades by a catastrophic 2-4 C, as probabilities suggest they might ...
... in the range of 0.5 C warming. While these experiences are instructive, it would be a mistake to assume we can simply extrapolate from these experiences to anticipate future adaptation strategies should warming increase in the next decades by a catastrophic 2-4 C, as probabilities suggest they might ...
Get Real on Climate: Climate change lesson
... current average temperatures (global warming) is due to natural causes. Answer: Disagree. It is true that the earth’s atmosphere has warmed and cooled in the past without interference from humans. However, concentrations of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in the la ...
... current average temperatures (global warming) is due to natural causes. Answer: Disagree. It is true that the earth’s atmosphere has warmed and cooled in the past without interference from humans. However, concentrations of CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere are at their highest levels in the la ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs MKL Grant Committee Meeting 25 October
... development strategy highlights the Danish contribution to the SDGs. Goal no 13 refers directly to climate change (combat Climate Change and its impacts) while many other goals e.g. on water, cities, biodiversity etc. are related to adaptation. Climate change and pressure on natural resources is par ...
... development strategy highlights the Danish contribution to the SDGs. Goal no 13 refers directly to climate change (combat Climate Change and its impacts) while many other goals e.g. on water, cities, biodiversity etc. are related to adaptation. Climate change and pressure on natural resources is par ...
Radiative forcing of climate by historical land cover change
... initiated by land cover change. Comparison (b) shows less cooling, but as in the case of the zonally averaged results, the spatial pattern of cooling is similar to (a). As the model used here does not contain atmospheric variability [Weaver et al., 2001], the differences shown here represent signifi ...
... initiated by land cover change. Comparison (b) shows less cooling, but as in the case of the zonally averaged results, the spatial pattern of cooling is similar to (a). As the model used here does not contain atmospheric variability [Weaver et al., 2001], the differences shown here represent signifi ...
PowerPoint Presentation - The Evergreen State College
... intensity of the Sun's energy reaching the Earth. However, climate changes cannot be explained by variations in solar radiation alone. Climate changes involve complex interactions between astronomical and Earth-bound processes. This program will examine some of these interactions. Specifically, we w ...
... intensity of the Sun's energy reaching the Earth. However, climate changes cannot be explained by variations in solar radiation alone. Climate changes involve complex interactions between astronomical and Earth-bound processes. This program will examine some of these interactions. Specifically, we w ...
The Holocene
... In addition to 9.2 and 10.2 ka climatic reversals, the δDBA record also shows a clear abrupt decrease from 8.45 to 8.3 kyr BP (Figure 2), with a ~3–4°C decline in PWT change. This temperature shift slightly precedes the well-known 8.2 ka event in the ice cores and speleothems by about 200 years (All ...
... In addition to 9.2 and 10.2 ka climatic reversals, the δDBA record also shows a clear abrupt decrease from 8.45 to 8.3 kyr BP (Figure 2), with a ~3–4°C decline in PWT change. This temperature shift slightly precedes the well-known 8.2 ka event in the ice cores and speleothems by about 200 years (All ...
Economic Consequences of Climate Change Impacts on
... that approximately 1.5% of the traffic is lost due to these impacts. Therefore, a 1.5% negative quantity shock was imposed on the Halifax hub – one of the five regional hubs in our RTN. As a result, this negative shock led to the loss of $503.1 million in value added over first 15 years at this hub ...
... that approximately 1.5% of the traffic is lost due to these impacts. Therefore, a 1.5% negative quantity shock was imposed on the Halifax hub – one of the five regional hubs in our RTN. As a result, this negative shock led to the loss of $503.1 million in value added over first 15 years at this hub ...
Global climate change: climates of the future, choices for the present
... change studies, a warming of about 0.2 °C per decade is projected for the next two decades. However, what is worrying is that even if the concentrations of all GHGs and aerosols are kept constant at the levels they were in the year 2000, a further warming of about 0.1 °C per decade and associated ...
... change studies, a warming of about 0.2 °C per decade is projected for the next two decades. However, what is worrying is that even if the concentrations of all GHGs and aerosols are kept constant at the levels they were in the year 2000, a further warming of about 0.1 °C per decade and associated ...
joint submission - The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
... An additional challenge, especially when analyzing the link between climate change and human mobility and quantifying movements, is determining the extent to which climate change – in combination with socio-economic or other non-climate factors – was a cause of the ...
... An additional challenge, especially when analyzing the link between climate change and human mobility and quantifying movements, is determining the extent to which climate change – in combination with socio-economic or other non-climate factors – was a cause of the ...
How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... depend on native species for their survival—all of which have now been observed.8 Physical theory and climate models also suggest that global warming may lead to an increase in either the frequency or intensity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves, and droughts. In the wake of t ...
... depend on native species for their survival—all of which have now been observed.8 Physical theory and climate models also suggest that global warming may lead to an increase in either the frequency or intensity of extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, heat waves, and droughts. In the wake of t ...
Toward Climate Resilience - Union of Concerned Scientists
... Where scientific findings anticipate more gradual change, as in the case of coastal erosion in parts of the northeastern United States, decision makers should support efforts to incorporate climate concerns into relevant decision making and to ensure that, over time, they work toward more resilient ...
... Where scientific findings anticipate more gradual change, as in the case of coastal erosion in parts of the northeastern United States, decision makers should support efforts to incorporate climate concerns into relevant decision making and to ensure that, over time, they work toward more resilient ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... systems. The effects of climate change vary by region within Europe. The results of a number of studies which have examined the effect of climate change on regions are presented here on a sectoral basis. Although a growing literature is available on the longterm impacts of climate change, less infor ...
... systems. The effects of climate change vary by region within Europe. The results of a number of studies which have examined the effect of climate change on regions are presented here on a sectoral basis. Although a growing literature is available on the longterm impacts of climate change, less infor ...
Climate Change Science for Mesoamerican Decision Makers
... other natural forcings – such as volcanic injections of gases and particles into the atmosphere – are less predictable. Human forcings fall between these extremes – neither highly predictable nor essentially random. These human forcings, including emissions of greenhouse gases, have many underlying ...
... other natural forcings – such as volcanic injections of gases and particles into the atmosphere – are less predictable. Human forcings fall between these extremes – neither highly predictable nor essentially random. These human forcings, including emissions of greenhouse gases, have many underlying ...
The effect of development on the climate sensitivity of agriculture
... that the temperature sensitivity of agriculture in the United States did not change when irrigation was included in a land-weighted Ricardian model. This is an important result since irrigation is difficult to control completely. Interestingly, the importance of precipitation increased with irrigati ...
... that the temperature sensitivity of agriculture in the United States did not change when irrigation was included in a land-weighted Ricardian model. This is an important result since irrigation is difficult to control completely. Interestingly, the importance of precipitation increased with irrigati ...
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... progress shifters for the baseline as well as all climate change scenarios, with and without a CO2-fertilization effect, are shown in %/year in Table 1-5 for selected European countries, the US, and aggregated non European countries and regions (NEU5) and the aggregated world (WO). 3.2.3 Adaptation ...
... progress shifters for the baseline as well as all climate change scenarios, with and without a CO2-fertilization effect, are shown in %/year in Table 1-5 for selected European countries, the US, and aggregated non European countries and regions (NEU5) and the aggregated world (WO). 3.2.3 Adaptation ...
Impacts of climate change on plant food allergens: a previously
... Paul John Beggs & Nicole Ewa Walczyk ...
... Paul John Beggs & Nicole Ewa Walczyk ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
china book final:china book final
... Chinese National Climate Center in Beijing, China. SC members were briefed about the project progress. After hearing reports of the status, work plans, and research activities for each research groups, SC and EC members made some constructive comments and suggestions to the project team. The meeting ...
... Chinese National Climate Center in Beijing, China. SC members were briefed about the project progress. After hearing reports of the status, work plans, and research activities for each research groups, SC and EC members made some constructive comments and suggestions to the project team. The meeting ...
SENSING AND RESPONDING TO A CLIMATE CHANGE
... EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL SME IN TAIWAN Taiwan is well known as a global disaster risk hotspot. However, there had been limited concern over the climate changes in business/economics literature in Taiwan, until the catastrophic damages by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Given that the farmers' associat ...
... EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL SME IN TAIWAN Taiwan is well known as a global disaster risk hotspot. However, there had been limited concern over the climate changes in business/economics literature in Taiwan, until the catastrophic damages by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Given that the farmers' associat ...