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... impacts with increasing temperature. The reality, however, is that climate change is unlikely to be a smooth transition into the future and that there are a number of thresholds along the way that are likely to result in significant step changes in the level of impacts once triggered. The existence ...
... impacts with increasing temperature. The reality, however, is that climate change is unlikely to be a smooth transition into the future and that there are a number of thresholds along the way that are likely to result in significant step changes in the level of impacts once triggered. The existence ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... This report is the second update of the original report by the Penn State team. The first update was prepared in 2013 (Ross et al., 2013). The purpose of the updates is to capture advances in the scientific understanding of climate change and climate change impacts, and make use of new data sets, re ...
... This report is the second update of the original report by the Penn State team. The first update was prepared in 2013 (Ross et al., 2013). The purpose of the updates is to capture advances in the scientific understanding of climate change and climate change impacts, and make use of new data sets, re ...
Testing alternative hypotheses for the cause of population
... dramatic population declines that this species has experienced during the past several decades may be due, directly or indirectly, to interspecific competition, increased predation on adults and juveniles, climate change, or landscape-scale changes in forested areas within their range. The most gene ...
... dramatic population declines that this species has experienced during the past several decades may be due, directly or indirectly, to interspecific competition, increased predation on adults and juveniles, climate change, or landscape-scale changes in forested areas within their range. The most gene ...
Chapter 3: Changing Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives
... change, there are few, if any, areas where climate change is regarded as the most pressing problem being faced. Nonetheless, most arctic residents are aware of climate change, have experience of the types of changes being seen and anticipated, and are concerned about the implications for themselves, ...
... change, there are few, if any, areas where climate change is regarded as the most pressing problem being faced. Nonetheless, most arctic residents are aware of climate change, have experience of the types of changes being seen and anticipated, and are concerned about the implications for themselves, ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... and the scientific community is 90%-100% certain that human activities have influenced natural systems through the use of fossil fuels and land-use changes (IPCC 2007). Many strategies for the mitigation, prevention, and recovery from the ill effects of climate change have been developed, but increa ...
... and the scientific community is 90%-100% certain that human activities have influenced natural systems through the use of fossil fuels and land-use changes (IPCC 2007). Many strategies for the mitigation, prevention, and recovery from the ill effects of climate change have been developed, but increa ...
Projections of Future Climate Change
... climate change experiments, factors that contribute to the response of those models, changes in variability and changes in extremes. Section 9.4 is a synthesis of our assessment of model projections of climate change. In a departure from the organisation of the SAR, the assessment of regional inform ...
... climate change experiments, factors that contribute to the response of those models, changes in variability and changes in extremes. Section 9.4 is a synthesis of our assessment of model projections of climate change. In a departure from the organisation of the SAR, the assessment of regional inform ...
Climate Change and Agriculture in Jamaica
... Climate change is likely to have adverse effects on the agriculture sector in Jamaica. Increase in the intensity and frequency of climate-related natural hazards, escalating rainfall variability, droughts and floods combined with fragile ecosystems and coastal zones, and agriculture-dependent liveli ...
... Climate change is likely to have adverse effects on the agriculture sector in Jamaica. Increase in the intensity and frequency of climate-related natural hazards, escalating rainfall variability, droughts and floods combined with fragile ecosystems and coastal zones, and agriculture-dependent liveli ...
On the interpretation of inter-model spread in CMIP5 climate
... temperature adjustment occurs on a much smaller time-scale (i.e., weeks to months) than the long-term climate ...
... temperature adjustment occurs on a much smaller time-scale (i.e., weeks to months) than the long-term climate ...
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... incorporating assumptions about a reasonable range of temperatures and precipitation levels. Given anticipated climate changes and the inherent uncertainty associated with such changes, a pavement could be subjected to very different climatic conditions over the design life and might be inadequat ...
... incorporating assumptions about a reasonable range of temperatures and precipitation levels. Given anticipated climate changes and the inherent uncertainty associated with such changes, a pavement could be subjected to very different climatic conditions over the design life and might be inadequat ...
Looking beyond the mountain: dispersal barriers in a changing world
... et al. 2013): a dispersal barrier is any environmental feature fragmentation cause major dispersal limitations (Baguette that limits movement through space, and whose effects et al. 2013). Human regulation of freshwater flows and depend on the interaction with species-or individual- flooding patte ...
... et al. 2013): a dispersal barrier is any environmental feature fragmentation cause major dispersal limitations (Baguette that limits movement through space, and whose effects et al. 2013). Human regulation of freshwater flows and depend on the interaction with species-or individual- flooding patte ...
21st Century Precipitation Changes over the Los Angeles Region
... credible. It is subjectively judged that this GCM weakness increases the uncertainty of regional ...
... credible. It is subjectively judged that this GCM weakness increases the uncertainty of regional ...
i Dissertation Topic: An assessment of the RDP settlements
... Prominences of environmental issues such as climate change have increased the need to achieve environmental sustainability within the housing sector. Climate change is the abnormal change in the climate at a global scale. This change is caused by human activities that contribute to the increased con ...
... Prominences of environmental issues such as climate change have increased the need to achieve environmental sustainability within the housing sector. Climate change is the abnormal change in the climate at a global scale. This change is caused by human activities that contribute to the increased con ...
Management of Federally Owned Grasslands in the Climate Change
... adversely affected by rising temperatures and shifts in precipitation that have resulted in droughts, increased wildfire activity, invasive species encroachments, and pest infestations.10 The resulting changes in ecological functioning present novel challenges to the federal agencies charged with ma ...
... adversely affected by rising temperatures and shifts in precipitation that have resulted in droughts, increased wildfire activity, invasive species encroachments, and pest infestations.10 The resulting changes in ecological functioning present novel challenges to the federal agencies charged with ma ...
Looking beyond the mountain: dispersal barriers in a changing world
... et al. 2013): a dispersal barrier is any environmental feature fragmentation cause major dispersal limitations (Baguette that limits movement through space, and whose effects et al. 2013). Human regulation of freshwater flows and depend on the interaction with species-or individual- flooding patte ...
... et al. 2013): a dispersal barrier is any environmental feature fragmentation cause major dispersal limitations (Baguette that limits movement through space, and whose effects et al. 2013). Human regulation of freshwater flows and depend on the interaction with species-or individual- flooding patte ...
Climate change and stream temperature projections in the Columbia
... habitat (Woodward et al., 2010). Moreover, much like terrestrial species, the timing of important life history traits such as reproduction and migration is heavily dependent on seasonal thermal regimes (Johnson et al., 2009; Woodward et al., 2010). Additionally, stream temperature plays a large role ...
... habitat (Woodward et al., 2010). Moreover, much like terrestrial species, the timing of important life history traits such as reproduction and migration is heavily dependent on seasonal thermal regimes (Johnson et al., 2009; Woodward et al., 2010). Additionally, stream temperature plays a large role ...
Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its
... mitigation in light of different emission scenarios. A common approach to exploring the range of potential future climate outcomes is to consider different GHG emissions scenarios. Contrasting those scenarios and highlighting their relative costs and benefits has become a standard practice for the d ...
... mitigation in light of different emission scenarios. A common approach to exploring the range of potential future climate outcomes is to consider different GHG emissions scenarios. Contrasting those scenarios and highlighting their relative costs and benefits has become a standard practice for the d ...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation
... Conference that gathered professionals in the fields of historic preservation, nature conservation, and green building and asked them to examine how these disciplines could collaborate to develop strategies both for adapting to those impacts and mitigating those threats by sustaining built and natur ...
... Conference that gathered professionals in the fields of historic preservation, nature conservation, and green building and asked them to examine how these disciplines could collaborate to develop strategies both for adapting to those impacts and mitigating those threats by sustaining built and natur ...
Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... Maintaining and improving our environment represents one of our toughest tests. This is particularly so when confronted by global issues such as climate change whose environmental impacts know no boundaries or borders. There is no doubt that climate change represents the biggest environmental, econo ...
... Maintaining and improving our environment represents one of our toughest tests. This is particularly so when confronted by global issues such as climate change whose environmental impacts know no boundaries or borders. There is no doubt that climate change represents the biggest environmental, econo ...
Climate Change in Queensland
... • changes to marine species distribution, with potential impact on the fishing industry, due to changes in currents • reduced breeding habitat of seabirds and turtles due to sea level rise • increased spread of disease due to changed conditions for vectors • increased heat-related illnesses. The ...
... • changes to marine species distribution, with potential impact on the fishing industry, due to changes in currents • reduced breeding habitat of seabirds and turtles due to sea level rise • increased spread of disease due to changed conditions for vectors • increased heat-related illnesses. The ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 3 Do Not Cite
... Projected climate changes would change hydrological regimes substantially (high agreement, robust evidence). Runoff and groundwater recharge are projected to increase at high latitudes and in the wet tropics, and to decrease in most dry tropical regions, controlled mainly by changes in precipitation ...
... Projected climate changes would change hydrological regimes substantially (high agreement, robust evidence). Runoff and groundwater recharge are projected to increase at high latitudes and in the wet tropics, and to decrease in most dry tropical regions, controlled mainly by changes in precipitation ...
Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework for Metro Vancouver
... have adopted bylaws to protect trees on private land and regulate tree removal. Of Metro Vancouver’s 21 member municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation, nine have a city‐wide urban forest management plan published online or noted as being in progress: City of Maple Ridge ( ...
... have adopted bylaws to protect trees on private land and regulate tree removal. Of Metro Vancouver’s 21 member municipalities, one Electoral Area and one Treaty First Nation, nine have a city‐wide urban forest management plan published online or noted as being in progress: City of Maple Ridge ( ...
Climate Change in Zimbabwe - Konrad-Adenauer
... been degraded over the years through various human activities. Climate change will accelerate the degradation and its impacts will be felt more strongly. Zimbabwe’s soils, for example, have been increasingly eroded through annual ploughing, burning for land clearing, deforestation and poor grazing m ...
... been degraded over the years through various human activities. Climate change will accelerate the degradation and its impacts will be felt more strongly. Zimbabwe’s soils, for example, have been increasingly eroded through annual ploughing, burning for land clearing, deforestation and poor grazing m ...
Adaptation benefits and costs – measurement and
... the global benefits of emissions reductions, then two important first-order conditions that flow from this are: 1) the sum of the marginal damages avoided in each region (i.e., global damages)should be equal in all regions that undertake mitigation and 2) the marginal cost of mitigation in these reg ...
... the global benefits of emissions reductions, then two important first-order conditions that flow from this are: 1) the sum of the marginal damages avoided in each region (i.e., global damages)should be equal in all regions that undertake mitigation and 2) the marginal cost of mitigation in these reg ...
S T A ?
... inundation, erosion, storm surge, and more intense storms.9 For other communities, climate change may take the form of heatwaves, drought and increased wildfires, shifting snowpack melt, floods, and drastic ecosystem changes.10 Some communities may even experience beneficial impacts from climate cha ...
... inundation, erosion, storm surge, and more intense storms.9 For other communities, climate change may take the form of heatwaves, drought and increased wildfires, shifting snowpack melt, floods, and drastic ecosystem changes.10 Some communities may even experience beneficial impacts from climate cha ...
Relative impacts of land use and climate change on summer
... 40 sigma levels. Atmospheric and surface boundary conditions are obtained from ERA-Interim every 6 h. Model output is stored and analyzed on an hourly basis. The model is run for 48 h, including 12 h of spin-up from 12:00 to 00:00 UTC the previous day, 24 h of simulation on the chosen day, and 12 ad ...
... 40 sigma levels. Atmospheric and surface boundary conditions are obtained from ERA-Interim every 6 h. Model output is stored and analyzed on an hourly basis. The model is run for 48 h, including 12 h of spin-up from 12:00 to 00:00 UTC the previous day, 24 h of simulation on the chosen day, and 12 ad ...