environmental, economic and social impacts of
... First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such as typhoon “Katrina” which destroyed New Orleans, annual heat waves and floods in Europe, India and America – have recently become more frequent. Eventually it becomes more evitable that those events are not acci ...
... First, the extreme meteorological phenomena and unprecedented natural calamities – such as typhoon “Katrina” which destroyed New Orleans, annual heat waves and floods in Europe, India and America – have recently become more frequent. Eventually it becomes more evitable that those events are not acci ...
Is Climate Change a Moral Issue? Effects of Egoism and Altruism on
... 2008; Davidson, 2008; Jamieson, 2009). In line with this, several studies have reported that we might consider the climate change issue to be moral (Fogg, 2000; Ehrich, 2002; Corral-Verdugo, Bechtel, & Fraijo-Sing, 2003; Hatcher, 2004; Karpiak & Baril, 2008), conceptualized in terms of personal obli ...
... 2008; Davidson, 2008; Jamieson, 2009). In line with this, several studies have reported that we might consider the climate change issue to be moral (Fogg, 2000; Ehrich, 2002; Corral-Verdugo, Bechtel, & Fraijo-Sing, 2003; Hatcher, 2004; Karpiak & Baril, 2008), conceptualized in terms of personal obli ...
The Diverse Role Of Humans Need to Broaden the Perspective Presented to
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
... and ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radia ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... hypothesis rather than prove it as true because an infinite number of alternate hypotheses would have to be tested to prove the absolute truth of any single hypothesis. Disproving a hypothesis decreases our confidence in its accuracy and expands our understanding of observed ...
... hypothesis rather than prove it as true because an infinite number of alternate hypotheses would have to be tested to prove the absolute truth of any single hypothesis. Disproving a hypothesis decreases our confidence in its accuracy and expands our understanding of observed ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
... planning exercises, reports and other informational products for all NPS units in Alaska, with efforts organized around each of the four Inventory and Monitoring (I&M) networks. The Climate Change Scenario Planning project began in August 2010, when the NPS Climate Change Response Program partnered ...
Climate change - The Open University
... At the beginning of the 21st century, terms such as the 'greenhouse effect', 'greenhouse gases' and 'greenhouse warming' are printed or spoken thousands of times a week in the context of climate change caused by human activities. This section is designed to consolidate your understanding of the basi ...
... At the beginning of the 21st century, terms such as the 'greenhouse effect', 'greenhouse gases' and 'greenhouse warming' are printed or spoken thousands of times a week in the context of climate change caused by human activities. This section is designed to consolidate your understanding of the basi ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
Climate change and energy security – global challenges and
... infrastructure are vulnerable to extreme weather events. If scientific consensus is to be believed, global warming is likely to increase the prevalence and severity with which such events occur in the future. And, assuming that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are to blame for some proportion of cl ...
... infrastructure are vulnerable to extreme weather events. If scientific consensus is to be believed, global warming is likely to increase the prevalence and severity with which such events occur in the future. And, assuming that man-made greenhouse gas emissions are to blame for some proportion of cl ...
Submission from the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
... The Concept of the GCOS Programme As an outcome of the Second World Climate Conference, the GCOS was established in 1992 to ensure that the observation and information needed to address climate‐related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. ...
... The Concept of the GCOS Programme As an outcome of the Second World Climate Conference, the GCOS was established in 1992 to ensure that the observation and information needed to address climate‐related issues are obtained and made available to all potential users. ...
... negotiations over the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, the EU has taken a leading, at times the leading role, in the negotiations over an international climate regime. While it has evolved as a partner of the USA in the initial Kyoto negotiations, steady US‐withdrawal under the Bush‐administration beginnin ...
Climate change and challenges for conservation
... alarming; some meta-analyses have suggested that by 2050 1537% of species will be on an inevitable decline towards extinction for only mid-range warming scenarios, with significantly higher risk for some regions 28. Such predictions have received intense media attention and have been incorporated in ...
... alarming; some meta-analyses have suggested that by 2050 1537% of species will be on an inevitable decline towards extinction for only mid-range warming scenarios, with significantly higher risk for some regions 28. Such predictions have received intense media attention and have been incorporated in ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Houston
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
... precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer) (EPA, 2007). While there has been much debate in the past 20 years over the causes of climate change, scientific organizations have documented statistically significant changes that have occurred due to climate change. The Nat ...
- Europa EU
... stakeholders (including non-state ones) at various scales and levels. 17. Stakeholders are, generally speaking, those who have an interest in something; with regard to environment and climate change, they can be defined as individuals and groups whose livelihoods depends on natural resources, who ar ...
... stakeholders (including non-state ones) at various scales and levels. 17. Stakeholders are, generally speaking, those who have an interest in something; with regard to environment and climate change, they can be defined as individuals and groups whose livelihoods depends on natural resources, who ar ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
Hydro_CC_0729 - University of Washington
... control: precipitation forecast. However, runoff forecast is expected to be more uncertain than that of global mean temperature and precipitation. Runoff is generally not spatially observed. The observed runoff is usually constructed from streamflow, a temporally lagged, spatial integral of runoff o ...
... control: precipitation forecast. However, runoff forecast is expected to be more uncertain than that of global mean temperature and precipitation. Runoff is generally not spatially observed. The observed runoff is usually constructed from streamflow, a temporally lagged, spatial integral of runoff o ...
Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of
... that this is by no means the case and things are much more complicated. Be it ‘weather’ or ‘climate’: any ‘given’ object is given to an observer (to ‘us’). If we stick to the reality of ‘givenness’ we have to talk about subjective elements: our sensations of temperature or rain, the subjective persp ...
... that this is by no means the case and things are much more complicated. Be it ‘weather’ or ‘climate’: any ‘given’ object is given to an observer (to ‘us’). If we stick to the reality of ‘givenness’ we have to talk about subjective elements: our sensations of temperature or rain, the subjective persp ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... the northern edge of the PRAMS region, north of Geraldton, bounded by the natural coastline and Darling Fault. It has similar aquifers to PRAMS, including the LeedervilleParmelia and Yarragadee, but has complex faulting that makes them locally discontinuous. The area has low rainfall and low populat ...
... the northern edge of the PRAMS region, north of Geraldton, bounded by the natural coastline and Darling Fault. It has similar aquifers to PRAMS, including the LeedervilleParmelia and Yarragadee, but has complex faulting that makes them locally discontinuous. The area has low rainfall and low populat ...
Sensitivity of Amazon Regional Climate to Deforestation
... Even in the absence of anthropogenic deforestation, some climate projections indicate a risk of climate change-driven rainforest dieback [55] [56]. In addition to the reduced precipitation predicted under conditions of extensive deforestation, “savannization” consequence of the “dieback” of the Amaz ...
... Even in the absence of anthropogenic deforestation, some climate projections indicate a risk of climate change-driven rainforest dieback [55] [56]. In addition to the reduced precipitation predicted under conditions of extensive deforestation, “savannization” consequence of the “dieback” of the Amaz ...
Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
... to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued increasingly alarming conclusions about the climatic influences of human-produced carbo ...
... to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued increasingly alarming conclusions about the climatic influences of human-produced carbo ...
Education sector responses to climate change - UNESDOC
... eleven out of the last twelve years have been the hottest on record since 1850. The IPCC also estimated that the average global surface temperature from 1850/1899 to 2001/2005 has increased by 0.760C. The global sea level increased at an average rate of 1.8 mm per year over the period 1961 to 2003 a ...
... eleven out of the last twelve years have been the hottest on record since 1850. The IPCC also estimated that the average global surface temperature from 1850/1899 to 2001/2005 has increased by 0.760C. The global sea level increased at an average rate of 1.8 mm per year over the period 1961 to 2003 a ...
Standard PDF - Wiley Online Library
... diffuse radiation increased from 40 W m2 to 180 W m2 [Robock, 2000]. A similar effect was observed after the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption. While the change of net radiation after El Chichón was a reduction of 35 W m2, this shift to an increase of the diffuse portion actually produced an increase o ...
... diffuse radiation increased from 40 W m2 to 180 W m2 [Robock, 2000]. A similar effect was observed after the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption. While the change of net radiation after El Chichón was a reduction of 35 W m2, this shift to an increase of the diffuse portion actually produced an increase o ...
Global Climate Change and the Risks to Coastal Areas from
... induced climate change. In addition, there is no consensus on the relative importance of climate change as a factor in future hurricane trends. Some scientists take the position that, even if climate change has the potential to spawn more intense hurricanes, the natural hurricane cycle in the North ...
... induced climate change. In addition, there is no consensus on the relative importance of climate change as a factor in future hurricane trends. Some scientists take the position that, even if climate change has the potential to spawn more intense hurricanes, the natural hurricane cycle in the North ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... and regional dependence on glacier melt. While many of these controversies seem resolved at present (Cogley et al., 2010; Inman, 2010), they give some critical insights into the reality. Armstrong (2010) and Kargel et al. (2011) have made excellent contributions toward solving some of the controver ...
... and regional dependence on glacier melt. While many of these controversies seem resolved at present (Cogley et al., 2010; Inman, 2010), they give some critical insights into the reality. Armstrong (2010) and Kargel et al. (2011) have made excellent contributions toward solving some of the controver ...