Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
Warming Impact—Disease - Open Evidence Archive
... Climate change is really happening now. The average global surface temperature has warmed by 0.8_C in the past century and 0.6_C in the past three decades (Hansen et al. 2006), in large part because of human activities (IPCC 2001). A recent report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences co ...
... Climate change is really happening now. The average global surface temperature has warmed by 0.8_C in the past century and 0.6_C in the past three decades (Hansen et al. 2006), in large part because of human activities (IPCC 2001). A recent report produced by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences co ...
Potential for Abrupt Changes in Atmospheric Methane
... hydrate source) would have to be balanced by a decrease in the estimated magnitude of another source. The budget presented in Table 5.1 refers to net fluxes to the atmosphere only. The gross production of methane is very likely to be significantly larger, but substantial quantities of methane are co ...
... hydrate source) would have to be balanced by a decrease in the estimated magnitude of another source. The budget presented in Table 5.1 refers to net fluxes to the atmosphere only. The gross production of methane is very likely to be significantly larger, but substantial quantities of methane are co ...
Yes Impact – Water Wars
... (http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2012/04/04/carbon-dioxide-caused-global-warming-at-ice-ages-end-pioneering-simulationshows/) Climate science has an equivalent to the “what came first—the chicken or the egg?” question: What came first, greenhouse gases or global warming? A multi-institutional team led by r ...
... (http://www.olcf.ornl.gov/2012/04/04/carbon-dioxide-caused-global-warming-at-ice-ages-end-pioneering-simulationshows/) Climate science has an equivalent to the “what came first—the chicken or the egg?” question: What came first, greenhouse gases or global warming? A multi-institutional team led by r ...
Palmer LTER Site Review
... ice observations during a year which may be used as a simplified ecological indicator of the yearly behavior of sea ice provide quantitative definitions of the timing & magnitude of sea ice coverage on temporal & spatial scales relevant to testing ice-ecosystem linkages used as an indicator, or meas ...
... ice observations during a year which may be used as a simplified ecological indicator of the yearly behavior of sea ice provide quantitative definitions of the timing & magnitude of sea ice coverage on temporal & spatial scales relevant to testing ice-ecosystem linkages used as an indicator, or meas ...
Climate Change in the American Mind: March, 2016
... Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlier in the spring, last later into the fall, and burn more acreage. In Arctic Alaska, the summer sea ice t ...
... Insurance rates are rising in some vulnerable locations, and insurance is no longer available in others. Hotter and drier weather and earlier snow melt mean that wildfires in the West start earlier in the spring, last later into the fall, and burn more acreage. In Arctic Alaska, the summer sea ice t ...
Gambling with Krill Fisheries in the Antarctic: Large uncertainties
... Larsen B ice shelf. After these collapses, links were made with climate change (BAS 2008). If the current rate of warming on the Peninsula is maintained, then further retreats and collapses can be anticipated. The Wilkins ice shelf is likely to be next. Its collapse has been predicted since it lost ...
... Larsen B ice shelf. After these collapses, links were made with climate change (BAS 2008). If the current rate of warming on the Peninsula is maintained, then further retreats and collapses can be anticipated. The Wilkins ice shelf is likely to be next. Its collapse has been predicted since it lost ...
Diagnosing Present and Future Permafrost from Climate Models
... Permafrost is a characteristic aspect of the terrestrial Arctic and the fate of near-surface permafrost over the next century is likely to exert strong controls on Arctic hydrology and biogeochemistry. Using output from the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), the author ...
... Permafrost is a characteristic aspect of the terrestrial Arctic and the fate of near-surface permafrost over the next century is likely to exert strong controls on Arctic hydrology and biogeochemistry. Using output from the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), the author ...
draft - AOOS Launches Cook Inlet Response Tool
... AOOS co-hosts a bimonthly Alaska Marine Policy Forum conference call with the Alaska Sea Grant Program to bring greater awareness to the Alaska public and stakeholders the myriad issues relating to the marine environment: legislation, budgets, programs, initiatives, etc. Recent calls were held May 2 ...
... AOOS co-hosts a bimonthly Alaska Marine Policy Forum conference call with the Alaska Sea Grant Program to bring greater awareness to the Alaska public and stakeholders the myriad issues relating to the marine environment: legislation, budgets, programs, initiatives, etc. Recent calls were held May 2 ...
Extreme flood events in changing climate for a long-term
... mean value, the coefficient of variation and coefficient of skewness calculated from the observed time series with an assumption that these values do not change during the planning horizon (Thomas, 1985). However, the frequency and magnitude of extreme flood events based on historical data do not pr ...
... mean value, the coefficient of variation and coefficient of skewness calculated from the observed time series with an assumption that these values do not change during the planning horizon (Thomas, 1985). However, the frequency and magnitude of extreme flood events based on historical data do not pr ...
Annex II Risk profile outline
... In the evaluation of new POPs in the screening stage (Annex D) and in the risk profile (Annex E), scientific data with given uncertainties for the specific chemical under evaluation is usually used. However, since data on the impacts of climate change on chemicals is limited, consideration should be ...
... In the evaluation of new POPs in the screening stage (Annex D) and in the risk profile (Annex E), scientific data with given uncertainties for the specific chemical under evaluation is usually used. However, since data on the impacts of climate change on chemicals is limited, consideration should be ...
BVOCs emission in a semi-arid grassland under climate warming
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
... where A. frigida will greatly expand in future, might be an important BVOCs source. At the regional scale, the emission potential of BVOCs is controlled by temperature and species composition (Arneth et al., 2008; Peñuelas and Staudt, 2010), which are greatly affected by global warming and nitrogen ...
Sea-level Rise Projections
... coastal bay shores. Shorelines eroded and low-relief lands and islands, some previously inhabited, were inundated. Prior to the 20th century, this was largely due to the slow sinking of the land since Earth’s crust is still adjusting to the melting of large masses of ice following the last glacial p ...
... coastal bay shores. Shorelines eroded and low-relief lands and islands, some previously inhabited, were inundated. Prior to the 20th century, this was largely due to the slow sinking of the land since Earth’s crust is still adjusting to the melting of large masses of ice following the last glacial p ...
Taiga Cordillera Ecozone Evidence for key
... Canada (the Technical Ecozone+ Reports). More than 500 experts participated in data analysis, writing, and review of these foundation documents. Summary reports were also prepared for each terrestrial ecozone+ to present the ecozone+-specific evidence related to each of the 22 national key findings ...
... Canada (the Technical Ecozone+ Reports). More than 500 experts participated in data analysis, writing, and review of these foundation documents. Summary reports were also prepared for each terrestrial ecozone+ to present the ecozone+-specific evidence related to each of the 22 national key findings ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
Spectacular Migrations in the Western US
... Migration behavior has both cost and benefit for animals and defining the exact nature of the tradeoffs has proven elusive (Bolger et al 2007). This balance is delicate, however, and changes in land use or other external environmental factors can easily tip the balance for or against migration. Pen ...
... Migration behavior has both cost and benefit for animals and defining the exact nature of the tradeoffs has proven elusive (Bolger et al 2007). This balance is delicate, however, and changes in land use or other external environmental factors can easily tip the balance for or against migration. Pen ...
The Pacific Decadal Oscillation
... one phase might be, the opposite phase would have the opposite effect and after a full cycle the system would be brought back to where it was at the beginning. The heat can just be moved around through different parts of the system and it may even be "hidden" for some time, but after a full cycle it w ...
... one phase might be, the opposite phase would have the opposite effect and after a full cycle the system would be brought back to where it was at the beginning. The heat can just be moved around through different parts of the system and it may even be "hidden" for some time, but after a full cycle it w ...
Major Tipping Points in the Earth`s Climate System
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
Report
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
... The focus of climate change mitigation policy to date has been on "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature r ...
Appendix 3: Climate Science Supplement
... Although climate changes in the past have been caused by natural factors, human activities are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has lon ...
... Although climate changes in the past have been caused by natural factors, human activities are now the dominant agents of change. Human activities are affecting climate through increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping gases and other substances, including particles. The Earth’s climate has lon ...
Nunavut`s Natural Environment - Nunavut Climate Change Centre
... environment are currently experiencing or expected to experience acute impacts of climate change, including those affecting sea ice, land and ice-based travel, protected areas, wildlife, endangered species, species distribution, and land use planning.3 Climate change adaptation is about taking actio ...
... environment are currently experiencing or expected to experience acute impacts of climate change, including those affecting sea ice, land and ice-based travel, protected areas, wildlife, endangered species, species distribution, and land use planning.3 Climate change adaptation is about taking actio ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... Abstract. It is well known that glacial periods were punc- ...
... Abstract. It is well known that glacial periods were punc- ...
Rising Waters Confab
... Carbon Dioxide traps heat: Smokestack and tailpipe emissions = a steadily hotter world. Feedback loop: the warmer it gets, the more surface melt, the less albedo effect. No snow or ice=more heat. As the atmosphere heats, so do the oceans. The ocean-atmospheric circulation is chemically complex and d ...
... Carbon Dioxide traps heat: Smokestack and tailpipe emissions = a steadily hotter world. Feedback loop: the warmer it gets, the more surface melt, the less albedo effect. No snow or ice=more heat. As the atmosphere heats, so do the oceans. The ocean-atmospheric circulation is chemically complex and d ...
Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems
... The CO2 increases reconstructed for the Pliocene, up to 425 ppm by volume, would produce a radiative forcing of approximately 2.5 W mK2. This may be sufficient to explain the warmth of the Pliocene globally (depending on the chosen climate sensitivity parameter, and whether there are any significant c ...
... The CO2 increases reconstructed for the Pliocene, up to 425 ppm by volume, would produce a radiative forcing of approximately 2.5 W mK2. This may be sufficient to explain the warmth of the Pliocene globally (depending on the chosen climate sensitivity parameter, and whether there are any significant c ...