the science of climate change

... tonnes of CO275 ton of crude oil > 3.2 tonnes of CO2 barrel of crude oil > 0.4366 tonnes of CO2 These factors are the averages of several values derived from analyses of the combustion of a variety ... intended to deal with climate change In recognition of this, other major banks have begun to adopt and implement specific climate change policies The Co-operative Bank is ahead of the game, with no ... Recognise the full implications of its operations on climate change, including the core business of financial services Introduce a comprehensive climate change policy addressing and reducing these...

Ngày tải lên: 16/02/2014, 10:20

... difficulty of continuing to adapt in future *** STERN REVIEW: The Economics of Climate Change The first half of the Review considers how the evidence on the economic impacts of climate change, and on the ... already very clear that the economic risks of inaction in the face of climate change are very severe There are ways to reduce the risks of climate change With the right incentives, the private sector ... reductions in the prices that they pay as low-carbon technologies mature The three approaches to the analysis of the costs of climate change used in the Review all point to the desirability of strong...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 06:20

... and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change Parvaiz Ahmad ● M.N.V Prasad Editors Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change Editors Parvaiz ... lead to an impairment of amino acid synthesis, protein metabolism, the dark reaction of photosynthesis or respiration and can cause the breakdown of the osmotic system of the cell (Larcher 2001; ... proteins: On the one hand, changes of the ionic milieu lead to alterations of the membrane potential and thus to a destruction of biomembranes (Schulze et al 2002) On the other hand, the hydration...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 10:20

... nameless war in the name of the name That would be the End and the Revelation of the name itself, the Apocalypse of the Name (“No Apocalypse” 30–31) Yet climate change is not of a human other, does ... “deconstruction” would in the 21st century’s model of inhospitality? That is, rather than playing the standard riffs of the aporia of the ethics of the “otherness of the other,” one might experiment ... several of the dominant theoretical paradigms through which the flows of power, money, information, memory, and material can be monitored The two companion volumes of Theory in the Era of Climate Change, ...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20

... CHANGES 3.1 Simulation of climatic changes Forecasts of future climatic changes are based on general circulation models of the atmosphere (GCMs) According to these studies, by the middle of the ... calculate them from the climatic data available Depending on the species, there are large differences in the range and value of the indices, in relation to the size of the areas and their altitudes ... in oC The lower the index value, the greater the degree of drought The aridity index was calculated for climatological stations situated in the natural range of the species concerned from the climatic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20

... trend analysis, to examine the trend, the slope of the trend and the abrupt change point in the time series The 24 relationship between the change of rainfall and the change of water discharge/sediment ... reason like the immaturity of the trees, the lack of the undergrowth and the location of the reforested area Climate change will affect water and sediment in a river The sensitivities of water discharge ... study, the null hypothesis is rejected The time t when K T occurs is the change- point time 3.2 Climate change in the catchment 3.2.1 Spatial variety of climate change in the catchment The topography...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 14:05

... by climate change over recent decades and relate changing abundances to climate An Indicator of the Impact of Climate Change on Populations of Bird Species in the USA 3.1 Introduction Climate change ... approximates to 2960 for the prediction under recent climate, but falls to 2866 for the prediction under future climate A CLIM value is calculated as the log of the ratio of the extent of the future potential ... of birds and of other taxa, it is important to consider whether temporal change in assemblages of birds reflects changes in other groups (Favreau et al., 2006) Birds tend to be near the top of...

Ngày tải lên: 26/09/2015, 12:50

... huge differences Therefore, instead of relying on the specific results of scenarios, we should rely on the trend and the range of the climate change variables  The Climate Change and Sea Level ... caused by the impact of climate change, the adaptability and the vulnerability of the sectors and of the community These tools consist of an Assessment Matrix, Vulnerability Map, Mathematical ... impacts, the level of risks caused by the impacts, the adaptation capability of the objects to the risks and the vulnerability of objects) are part of the input information for the identification of...

Ngày tải lên: 10/10/2015, 23:27

... and Climate Change 1.2.1 Overview of climate change According to Article 1, paragraph of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992, climate change means a change of climate ... in the context of climate change This thesis integrates the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework with Climate Change to analyze vulnerability of household livelihoods to the impact of climate change ... in the context of climate change: A case study in Nam Dinh province Chapter 4: Policy implications New contributions of the thesis The thesis has new contributions to the topic of climate change...

Ngày tải lên: 09/05/2016, 16:55

... / = the amount of sth (khối lượng) • the sheer volume (= large amount) of business • This work has grown in volume recently • New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic ... Implement (v) / ˈɪmplɪment/  implementation (n) = the layer of the earth's atmosphere between about 10 and 50 kilometres above the surface of the earth (tầng bình lưu) = to look at or examine ... trọng) • The government has been cautious in its response to the report • They've taken a very cautious approach = the amount of rain, snow, etc that falls (lượng mưa, lượng tuyết rơi) • There is...

Ngày tải lên: 12/05/2016, 16:49

... predictions of the changing climate system, the human drivers of climate change, the response of the climate system to these drivers, and the response of society to climate changes The research, ... respond to climate change depends in part on the magnitude and speed of changes in the climate system and on the resilience of human and environmental systems in the face of these changes Air ... develop the knowledge foundation for understanding and responding to climate change at the federal level is the responsibility of the U.S Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) At the request of Dr...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... overcome and adapt to climate change The realities of climate change Climate change is more than a threat; it’s a reality for millions of people in Vietnam The impacts of climate change are already ... one of the most important two rice granaries of the country, alongside Red River Delta in the North, and one of the largest inland fisheries in the world (MRC, 2009) I first assess the impacts of ... because of the intensified drought, the saline water coming in, as well as the stormy weather They’ve all had a very negative effect on agriculture and as a result on the income of the farmers” The...

Ngày tải lên: 23/01/2013, 22:00

... and new 23 the new politics of climate change the new politics of climate change the new politics of climate change 24 programmes established to this The Office of the Third Sector, the new Department ... whether and how we tackle climate change It is profoundly in the interests of those concerned with these issues to offer their particular contributions to the struggle against climate change The ... sector leadership 18 the new politics of climate change 23 references 26 bibliography 30 the new politics of climate change contents the new politics of climate change beyond the blame game ‘If...

Ngày tải lên: 25/01/2014, 12:20

... to effects of climate change Without impact of sea level rise due to climate change, the main reason of flooding is flow tides in combination with high river discharge Therefore, the inundated ... (Table 1), the level and extent of flooding subjected to different climate change scenarios can be calculated by the HydroGIS modeling package T.H Thai / VNU Journal of Science, Earth Sciences ... in B1 However, the differences in total inundated area between the four phases for the period from 2020 to 2100 would not be dramatic and the rate of increasing in the extent of the inundated...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... Motor Company in the process Key points of the G8 Climate Change Roundtable statement included: • Recognition of the responsibility of companies to act on climate change, one of the most significant ... business implications of the climate change issue and directing the development and implementation of our climate change strategy During 2004, the task force completed a review of the scientific evidence ... variety of collaborative initiatives to meet the climate change challenge The vehicles we produce have significant impact on society and the environment, including the issue of climate change...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 00:20

... Nam 3.5 Impact of climate change on other sectors Apart from assessing the impacts of climate change on water resources, the study also looked at impacts of climate change on other sectors in ... of biodiversity, the behavior of fauna and flora and change of their genetic diversity The coastal zone accounts for 30% of the area and more than 30% of the human population of Thua Thien - Hue ... development of the coastal zone [2] The ICZM strategy document was promulgated at the national level in 2003 The strategy of ICZM agrees with the strategy of adaptation to climate change in the approach,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... regions in terms of developing climate change scenarios Developing climate change scenarios for small areas of Vietnam Based on software MAGICC / SCENGEN, we have built climate change scenarios ... products of MAGICC/SCENGEN 5.3 software need more consideration In the study, the temperature and rainfall scenarios are built in the monthly form of decades of the 21st century However, within the ... combination with the observed data, SCENGEN can generate climate scenarios for any regions and any time period in the 21st century The baseline climate data used in the model is the period of 1961-1990...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... basin: There are many large tributaries in the system Variation of simulated flow in the sub-basins is different in each climate change scenario However, it can be seen that the trend of average ... of change are different; the decreasing rate of annual flow in B1 scenarios is the highest and in A2 scenario is the slowest 3.2 Flood season flow According to three climate change scenarios, there ... Respectively, this period shows that there is not significant difference the reduction level of flow among the scenarios The decrease in the B1 scenario is the highest 103 In the period 2080-2099: Flood...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 12:20

... basin: There are many large tributaries in the system Variation of simulated flow in the sub-basins is different in each climate change scenario However, it can be seen that the trend of average ... of change are different; the decreasing rate of annual flow in B1 scenarios is the highest and in A2 scenario is the slowest 3.2 Flood season flow According to three climate change scenarios, there ... Respectively, this period shows that there is not significant difference the reduction level of flow among the scenarios The decrease in the B1 scenario is the highest 103 In the period 2080-2099: Flood...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 15:20

... cross-section of the sun The viewer is located at the bottom of the page and is looking in the direction of the arrows At the top of the figure, two schematics of sunspots are shown as seen by the viewer ... depressions, the dark umbra of the sunspot appears offset away from the limb of the sun as the sunspot approaches the edge of the sun Thus, penumbrae are compressed on the near side and expanded on the ... The ROLE of the SUN in CLIMATE CHANGE THE SUN ON JULY 6, 1979 FROM W J LIVINGSTON The ROLE of the SUN in CLIMATE CHANGE Douglas V Hoyt Kenneth H Schatten...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 10:02