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In response to the measured and projected effects of climatechange, US naval forces—i.e., The committee found that even the most moderate current trends in climate, if continued, will present new national security challenges. Click to enlarge.
Relocating species threatened by climatechange—managed relocation, also known as assisted colonization—is a controversial strategy for maintaining biodiversity. —Dr Eve McDonald-Madden, co-author, CSIRO researcher and research fellow at the University of Queensland. —Dr Tara Martin. Runge, Hugh P.
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The American Chemical Society (ACS) has posted a new online collection of resources related to climatechange, including audio and visual presentations from a recent ACS forum on the science of climatechange and video from an ACS press briefing on this forum. Professor of Environmental Studies, Harvard University.
A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climatechange science from mid-2006 to the present day. Click to enlarge.
A study published in Nature ClimateChange suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climatechange due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. —van Vliet.
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This objective presents challenges because many offsets are difficult to measure. From a global climatechange perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e., 3) Measurement. CONCLUSION.
In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climatechange, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Errors in the IPCC climatechange report are being seized by some to discredit climate science.
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Low-level stratiform clouds—which play an important climatic role because of their net cooling effect on the global climate—appear to dissipate as the ocean warms, thereby enhancing the warming (i.e., a positive feedback), according to a new study of the NE Pacific by researchers from the University of Miami and UC San Diego.
An international team of researchers has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland—the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ)—that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climatechange in previously unforeseen ways. The Research Council of Norway also funded the work.
A new NSF-funded study by authors from Yale Law School, the University of Oklahoma and George Washington Law School presents correlational and experimental evidence showing that cultural cognition also shapes individuals’ beliefs about the existence of scientific consensus. —Dan Kahan. —Dan Kahan.
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Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature ClimateChange. Nature ClimateChange doi: 10.1038/nclimate1935.
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The pilot, the first of its kind in Israel, will be carried out between Tel Aviv University Railway Station and Klatzkin Terminal in Ramat Aviv—a two-kilometer route including 600 meters of electric road. —Ron Huldai, Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo.
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It should surprise no one that the entire event was a sad and cynical dog and pony show for the guest presenters with a minimum of public questions allowed. If you wanted to find out which AT&T Universe TV package came with HBO, it was a good place to be. ” He wants to change the law and slow things down.
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The findings are presented in an open-access paper in Nature Communications. Credit: The University of Hong Kong. The authors suggest that not dealing with the urban problems in a timely manner will pose major challenges to sustainable development.
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Halcrow, a specialist in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development, has presented a conceptual design for an outer harbor gateway to protect the New York and New Jersey metropolitan areas from severe coastal flooding resulting from storm surges, along with rising sea-levels due to climatechange.
Mitloehner said that focusing on meat and dairy is not only scientifically inaccurate, but also distracts society from embracing effective solutions to global climatechange. Clearing the air: Livestock’s contribution to climatechange ” (ACS 239 Paper 83). Frank Mitloehner. Kimberly R. Stackhouse, Michelle S. Mitloehner.
Mann, internationally known for his studies of climatechange, was under investigation for allegations of research impropriety that surfaced in 2009 after thousands of stolen e-mails were published online. University Vice President for Research Henry C. —Henry Foley.
2015) formulated by the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC), coal consumption will be limited to 3900 million metric tons (MMT) by 2015, which will present a challenge given the tremendous increase in coal use within the last 5 years (2300 MMT in 2006 and 3200 MMT in 2010). Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge.
Moreira’s technology also helps to track the effects of climatechange. in engineering at the Technical University of Munich. He presented his first research paper in 1989 at the International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, in Vancouver. Moreira earned his Ph.D.
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Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health. GEOS-Chem estimates mean atmospheric lifetimes of —Friedman and Selin. Organic pollutants typically condense and rain down into Arctic regions.
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An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating. In addition, this jump appears to occur between 1879 and 1915, a time of industrial change that may provide a direct link to human-induced climatechange.
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A new study led by Praveen Kumar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, details the links between the hydrologic cycle and large-scale land conversion for the cultivation of bioenergy crops, both now and as growing conditions change in the future. Phong et al. The Vietnam Education Foundation also supported the research.
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