2. Global warming is occurring
... temperatures rose 0.6—0.7''C during the 20* century; 2005, depending upon the source consulted, was either the hottest year or the second hottest year since temperatures began to be systematically recorded in the midnineteenth century; 40 per cent of the Arctic icecap has retreated during the past s ...
... temperatures rose 0.6—0.7''C during the 20* century; 2005, depending upon the source consulted, was either the hottest year or the second hottest year since temperatures began to be systematically recorded in the midnineteenth century; 40 per cent of the Arctic icecap has retreated during the past s ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... emission reductions are nowhere near what they should be in order to halt or slow the pace of climate change. On the contrary, emissions have been increasing in parallel with the growth of the world economy. Over the last century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased from a pr ...
... emission reductions are nowhere near what they should be in order to halt or slow the pace of climate change. On the contrary, emissions have been increasing in parallel with the growth of the world economy. Over the last century, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased from a pr ...
From Climate Science to Adaptation Decision-Making Mark Stafford Smith
... for the Eyre Peninsula regional planning process ...
... for the Eyre Peninsula regional planning process ...
Normative aspects of climate adaptation policies
... particularly troublesome. In acting too eagerly, investments will probably be made which in hindsight might not have been necessary. Waiting too long before implementing measures could mean that important adaptation options are no longer available, the cost of measures increases significantly, and t ...
... particularly troublesome. In acting too eagerly, investments will probably be made which in hindsight might not have been necessary. Waiting too long before implementing measures could mean that important adaptation options are no longer available, the cost of measures increases significantly, and t ...
Changing role of local institutions to enable individual and collective
... management systems. Andersson and Agrawal (2011), examining the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and ecological sustainability related to forest commons, found that socio-economic inequalities had negative effects in forest outcomes; however, such inequalities were found to be signif ...
... management systems. Andersson and Agrawal (2011), examining the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and ecological sustainability related to forest commons, found that socio-economic inequalities had negative effects in forest outcomes; however, such inequalities were found to be signif ...
Long-Term Climate Change - Ontario Power Generation
... the Sun due to variations in the geometry of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. These variations in orbital geometry are caused in turn by the gravitational attraction of the Earth by the other planets in this solar system. At each of the maxima of North American ice-sheet extent, the thickness of glacia ...
... the Sun due to variations in the geometry of Earth’s orbit around the Sun. These variations in orbital geometry are caused in turn by the gravitational attraction of the Earth by the other planets in this solar system. At each of the maxima of North American ice-sheet extent, the thickness of glacia ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – invasive animals
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... production of food and our supplies of water, reduce our incomes, damage our homes and property, impact our health, even take our lives. Humans, in an unintended revenge, are getting back at the climate by adding to heat trapping gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that are changing the climate. But the ...
... production of food and our supplies of water, reduce our incomes, damage our homes and property, impact our health, even take our lives. Humans, in an unintended revenge, are getting back at the climate by adding to heat trapping gases in the Earth’s atmosphere that are changing the climate. But the ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – invasive
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
... High levels of uncertainty make it difficult to predict how climate change and biological invasions will affect ecosystems, as these changes are likely to have interacting effects that compound the uncertainty associated with each driver of change (Hellman et al. 2008; Tylianakis et al. 2008). Indee ...
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
... lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant to GHGs that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified car ...
... lose its ice sheets. This long-term climate sensitivity is relevant to GHGs that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified car ...
The Long Time Scales of Human-Caused Climate Warming: Further
... is real, its presence in the climate data is very likely consistent with model calculations, and its most serious effects will be delayed for decades to centuries. Reducing the likelihood of serious damage from climate change requires substantial emissions reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gases ...
... is real, its presence in the climate data is very likely consistent with model calculations, and its most serious effects will be delayed for decades to centuries. Reducing the likelihood of serious damage from climate change requires substantial emissions reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gases ...
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... Prabhakar and Shaw (2008) reveals that a major reason for these droughts in recent years is due to a link with EL Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which is also the cause for low food grain production in the country. 1.3 Impact of climate change on agricultural sector Agriculture continues to be a ...
... Prabhakar and Shaw (2008) reveals that a major reason for these droughts in recent years is due to a link with EL Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which is also the cause for low food grain production in the country. 1.3 Impact of climate change on agricultural sector Agriculture continues to be a ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... There is some debate as to whether recent events such as the Queensland floods, Cyclone Yasi, the 2009 Victorian heatwaves are a result of global warming. The policy and regulatory landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, ...
... There is some debate as to whether recent events such as the Queensland floods, Cyclone Yasi, the 2009 Victorian heatwaves are a result of global warming. The policy and regulatory landscape governing issues relating to climatic events are ever changing. New Australian standards are being developed, ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International and regional development partners provide approximately 60% of the annual government budget expenditures, equivalent to mo ...
... foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International and regional development partners provide approximately 60% of the annual government budget expenditures, equivalent to mo ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... environment has been subject to substantial change (Houghton et al., 1990; Watson et al., 2001). Climate change has become one of the major public concerns (Soon and Baliunas, 2003) and, with this, there is the potential redistribution of surface water resources on the earth (Waggoner, 1990). Since ...
... environment has been subject to substantial change (Houghton et al., 1990; Watson et al., 2001). Climate change has become one of the major public concerns (Soon and Baliunas, 2003) and, with this, there is the potential redistribution of surface water resources on the earth (Waggoner, 1990). Since ...
Devils Postpile National Monument
... rocks. Later granitic rocks would also be uplifted to combine with this landscape. ...
... rocks. Later granitic rocks would also be uplifted to combine with this landscape. ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning Manual
... There is no real scientific debate about its existence. There is some debate about causes. Even if strict limits on greenhouse gases were to be put in place soon, climate change would continue to increase for decades. Not all extreme weather events result from climate change. Some climate chang ...
... There is no real scientific debate about its existence. There is some debate about causes. Even if strict limits on greenhouse gases were to be put in place soon, climate change would continue to increase for decades. Not all extreme weather events result from climate change. Some climate chang ...
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... Over recent years, consecutive rain failures have sparked debate whether this situation is already a finger print of climate change. A recent analysis of climate models suggests that the average annual temperature is likely to increase by 2.5-3 ˚C, but there is also the possibility that warming coul ...
... Over recent years, consecutive rain failures have sparked debate whether this situation is already a finger print of climate change. A recent analysis of climate models suggests that the average annual temperature is likely to increase by 2.5-3 ˚C, but there is also the possibility that warming coul ...
Natural Variability, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and Impacts on
... types that occurred during “drought-busting” months along the West Coast revealed that a major portion of the heavy precipitation events were produced by landfalling AR events, with the remainder resulting mostly from other forms of persistent low-pressure systems. Characteristics of individual stor ...
... types that occurred during “drought-busting” months along the West Coast revealed that a major portion of the heavy precipitation events were produced by landfalling AR events, with the remainder resulting mostly from other forms of persistent low-pressure systems. Characteristics of individual stor ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... As individuals ”do not have a set of socially accepted beliefs on climate change” (Hoffman 2012: 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (H ...
... As individuals ”do not have a set of socially accepted beliefs on climate change” (Hoffman 2012: 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (H ...
Impacts of climate change on land-based sectors and
... regional climate system and exploration of the range of plausible future climate scenarios. Adaptive primary sector management also needs estimates of impacts guided by the scenarios across primary production planning timeframes, localities and production systems. This knowledge will support a bette ...
... regional climate system and exploration of the range of plausible future climate scenarios. Adaptive primary sector management also needs estimates of impacts guided by the scenarios across primary production planning timeframes, localities and production systems. This knowledge will support a bette ...
Navigating Complexity
... reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion” [UNHCR 2010]. Those who are displaced by natural disasters, face inexorably rising seas, or whose livelihoods change as a result of climate change do not fit into this framework and therefore do not ...
... reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion” [UNHCR 2010]. Those who are displaced by natural disasters, face inexorably rising seas, or whose livelihoods change as a result of climate change do not fit into this framework and therefore do not ...
Effects of climate change on US crop production: simulation results
... dynamic crop-growth models. These simulation results have previously been aggregated nationally with the aid of economic models to show an increase in overall US agricultural output under climate change. In this work, we analyzed the regional distribution of the simulated yields, showing that positi ...
... dynamic crop-growth models. These simulation results have previously been aggregated nationally with the aid of economic models to show an increase in overall US agricultural output under climate change. In this work, we analyzed the regional distribution of the simulated yields, showing that positi ...
