The effects of climate change in the Netherlands
... nature is already responding to the temperature changes that have occurred. The observable effects in the Netherlands are, however, still limited in magnitude. It is expected that these developments will accelerate over the next few decades. • Extremely warm and dry summers will occur more frequentl ...
... nature is already responding to the temperature changes that have occurred. The observable effects in the Netherlands are, however, still limited in magnitude. It is expected that these developments will accelerate over the next few decades. • Extremely warm and dry summers will occur more frequentl ...
a 2017 national survey of broadcast meteorologists
... Nearly half of weathercasters (49%) are convinced that the climate change over the past 50 years has been mostly or entirely due to human activity, and an additional two in ten (21%) think it is more or less equally caused by human activity and natural events. About two in ten (21%) think the change ...
... Nearly half of weathercasters (49%) are convinced that the climate change over the past 50 years has been mostly or entirely due to human activity, and an additional two in ten (21%) think it is more or less equally caused by human activity and natural events. About two in ten (21%) think the change ...
onp_draft_112011 - University of Washington
... ESA in 1991. A chief consideration in preserving habitat for these protected fish is to sustain traversable streamflows during the low flow season in the summer and early fall when many salmon populations are migrating. For instance, the volume in the Elwha River dropped below average streamflows du ...
... ESA in 1991. A chief consideration in preserving habitat for these protected fish is to sustain traversable streamflows during the low flow season in the summer and early fall when many salmon populations are migrating. For instance, the volume in the Elwha River dropped below average streamflows du ...
Climate-change lore and its implications for
... Much has been written about the role of traditional knowledge in determining regional adaptation strategies for the perceived impacts of climate change. Little, if any, attention has been given to the role of lore. Even less interest has addressed the personal integration of lore into the mindset of ...
... Much has been written about the role of traditional knowledge in determining regional adaptation strategies for the perceived impacts of climate change. Little, if any, attention has been given to the role of lore. Even less interest has addressed the personal integration of lore into the mindset of ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... export crop. The main food crops are rice and coarse grains (millet, sorghum and maize), which are both vulnerable to climate change. Switching to less vulnerable crops/cultivars is a desirable adaptation measure. 5. Average rainfall has declined by 30% in the last half century. The country is direc ...
... export crop. The main food crops are rice and coarse grains (millet, sorghum and maize), which are both vulnerable to climate change. Switching to less vulnerable crops/cultivars is a desirable adaptation measure. 5. Average rainfall has declined by 30% in the last half century. The country is direc ...
climate-change scepticism and asserted rights to private property
... development and improvement in the well-being of their citizens deprived of basic subsistence. This has been taken as a moral reason for continuing to produce ‘survival emissions’ (Agarwal and Narain 1991). The argument is entangled with an assertion of freedom from outside interference by the indus ...
... development and improvement in the well-being of their citizens deprived of basic subsistence. This has been taken as a moral reason for continuing to produce ‘survival emissions’ (Agarwal and Narain 1991). The argument is entangled with an assertion of freedom from outside interference by the indus ...
Climate Risk and Business
... shows possible temperature increases of 6°C by the 2050s in all seasons.6 For this study, a broad set of climate models and greenhouse gas emission scenarios were considered, to capture the ...
... shows possible temperature increases of 6°C by the 2050s in all seasons.6 For this study, a broad set of climate models and greenhouse gas emission scenarios were considered, to capture the ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... Network, it is gradually getting warmer. Regional annual and seasonal temperatures have generally remained above the 1901–1960 average over the last 30 years, with long-term annual and seasonal temperatures trending upward between 0.11 and 0.24°F/decade over this time period. Furthermore, the length ...
... Network, it is gradually getting warmer. Regional annual and seasonal temperatures have generally remained above the 1901–1960 average over the last 30 years, with long-term annual and seasonal temperatures trending upward between 0.11 and 0.24°F/decade over this time period. Furthermore, the length ...
Expected changes in future temperature extremes
... screened through a correlation analysis with daily maximum (minimum) temperature at each of the 13 stations. Furthermore, experiences and recommendations from similar studies in China and neighboring regions were also taken into account (Anandhi et al., 2009; Chu et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2012). Si ...
... screened through a correlation analysis with daily maximum (minimum) temperature at each of the 13 stations. Furthermore, experiences and recommendations from similar studies in China and neighboring regions were also taken into account (Anandhi et al., 2009; Chu et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2012). Si ...
Irish Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Status Report 2009
... • The oceans water is becoming acidified (lowering of pH) as a consequence of manmade carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. • Absorption of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the oceans has mitigated climate change but lowered the pH of the oceans. This ocean acidification will continue in respon ...
... • The oceans water is becoming acidified (lowering of pH) as a consequence of manmade carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. • Absorption of anthropogenic carbon dioxide by the oceans has mitigated climate change but lowered the pH of the oceans. This ocean acidification will continue in respon ...
Shaping National Climate Change Legislation in Uganda, May 2015
... critical global challenges with Uganda being one of the countries that is heavily impacted by climate change impacts. Climate change impacts are already evident in Uganda through the changing weather patterns (increased frequency and intensity of rainfall which has led to floods, droughts) which are ...
... critical global challenges with Uganda being one of the countries that is heavily impacted by climate change impacts. Climate change impacts are already evident in Uganda through the changing weather patterns (increased frequency and intensity of rainfall which has led to floods, droughts) which are ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
... candidate for such a study. A. thaliana exhibits an annual life-history strategy with a cosmopolitan distribution across a wide range of habitat types. As a model organism for genetic studies, A. thaliana strains from many different climate regimes have been extensively genotyped (Shindo et al. 2007 ...
... candidate for such a study. A. thaliana exhibits an annual life-history strategy with a cosmopolitan distribution across a wide range of habitat types. As a model organism for genetic studies, A. thaliana strains from many different climate regimes have been extensively genotyped (Shindo et al. 2007 ...
Climate change in the UKOTs an overview of the science
... • Sea levels increased between 10 cm and 20 cm and the temperature and acidity of oceans changed. • The 1990s were the hottest decade on record and 1998 the hottest year on record since temperature recording began some 150 years ago. Climate change is happening at a much faster rate than originally ...
... • Sea levels increased between 10 cm and 20 cm and the temperature and acidity of oceans changed. • The 1990s were the hottest decade on record and 1998 the hottest year on record since temperature recording began some 150 years ago. Climate change is happening at a much faster rate than originally ...
50 years of urbanization in Africa: Assessing the role of climate change
... city income generally declines. In the empirical work, using intensity of nighttime urban lights to reflect changes in income, we find that decreased moisture leads to an increase in total city income for countries where towns are more likely to have an independent manufacturing base. However, in co ...
... city income generally declines. In the empirical work, using intensity of nighttime urban lights to reflect changes in income, we find that decreased moisture leads to an increase in total city income for countries where towns are more likely to have an independent manufacturing base. However, in co ...
Author`s personal copy - Santa Clara University
... Based on examination of public trust resources, flows needed for aquatic species protection, and impacts of the decision on water available for municipal and power production for Los Angeles, the SWRCB concluded that the water rights licenses of Los Angeles should be amended in several aspects. Thes ...
... Based on examination of public trust resources, flows needed for aquatic species protection, and impacts of the decision on water available for municipal and power production for Los Angeles, the SWRCB concluded that the water rights licenses of Los Angeles should be amended in several aspects. Thes ...
The ecological citizen and climate change
... important in effecting justice could include some that are more commonly associated with being a ‘good person’ rather than a ‘good citizen’, compassion and care. As shown earlier, ecological citizenship considers the private realm as a site where citizenship activities occur. This is so because firs ...
... important in effecting justice could include some that are more commonly associated with being a ‘good person’ rather than a ‘good citizen’, compassion and care. As shown earlier, ecological citizenship considers the private realm as a site where citizenship activities occur. This is so because firs ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
... In particular, we find that the variation in impact projections due to climate uncertainty is several times larger than that resulting from uncertainty in the historical relationship between climate variables (such as temperature and precipitation) and agricultural output. In fact, even with perfect ...
Final Programme
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
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... farmers their degree of personal concern and find that farmers are more concerned about the potential impact of climate change on Iowa’s agriculture than on their own farm operation. Of the two components of risk - magnitude and likelihood of harm (Patt and Schröter, 2008) most studies consider excl ...
... farmers their degree of personal concern and find that farmers are more concerned about the potential impact of climate change on Iowa’s agriculture than on their own farm operation. Of the two components of risk - magnitude and likelihood of harm (Patt and Schröter, 2008) most studies consider excl ...
The fate of Amazonian ecosystems over the coming century arising
... indicating that CO2 fertilization may be occurring (Baker et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009); however, there is currently limited direct evidence from large-scale experimental studies in tropical forests, such as free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiments, to support this conclusion. The i ...
... indicating that CO2 fertilization may be occurring (Baker et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009); however, there is currently limited direct evidence from large-scale experimental studies in tropical forests, such as free-air carbon dioxide enrichment (FACE) experiments, to support this conclusion. The i ...
Climate Change Report (2016)
... biodiversity, increase the ecosystem’s capacity to adapt to climate change, and ensure that more carbon is permanently sequestered in the soils of the region’s vast grasslands. *About the Authors Curtis Freese is a conservation biologist and was the founding executive director of American Prairie Re ...
... biodiversity, increase the ecosystem’s capacity to adapt to climate change, and ensure that more carbon is permanently sequestered in the soils of the region’s vast grasslands. *About the Authors Curtis Freese is a conservation biologist and was the founding executive director of American Prairie Re ...
Draft Interim Climate Change Guidelines
... billions of dollars (RBA, 2011, pp. 38), and there has been loss of life (e.g. van den Honert and McAneney, 2011). Climate change is expected to have an adverse impact on extreme rainfall intensities which could increase the risk of flood over time at many locations. The IPCC (2013) states that: ...
... billions of dollars (RBA, 2011, pp. 38), and there has been loss of life (e.g. van den Honert and McAneney, 2011). Climate change is expected to have an adverse impact on extreme rainfall intensities which could increase the risk of flood over time at many locations. The IPCC (2013) states that: ...
FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY MPDD/CSN/HLAPPD/APOA/2013 ENGLISH ONLY
... human activity. Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Thus, vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a ...
... human activity. Vulnerability is the degree to which a system is susceptible to, and unable to cope with, adverse effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. Thus, vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a ...