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However, with the world's food produced and grown
under changing climate conditions, depleting resources, and rising population, improved new varieties need to be developed and released faster.
It follows that,
under the present
conditions, to remain relevant in increasingly important policy areas such as
climate change, the EU must reinforce its negotiating capacity.
Importantly, when modern
climate models — the same as those used in the United Nations» recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports — were run under Eocene conditions, many could not replicate these fi
climate models — the same as those used in the United Nations» recent Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change reports — were run under Eocene conditions, many could not replicate these fi
Climate Change reports — were run
under Eocene
conditions, many could not replicate these findings.
It remains too soon to tell exactly how this
climate system will work
under changed conditions and other environmental factors — such as whether the cooling effect of the soot generated by industry and burning forests outweighs the warming effect of greenhouse gases — which may play large roles.
Whereas it would take about 20 years for the warm permafrost regions to thaw
under present
climate change conditions, the paper says it could take just five years for that permafrost underneath the disturbed land to reach the melting point.
Five cultures each were kept
under control
conditions (15 °C) and at elevated water temperature (26 °C) in combination with three different concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2): a control value with today's
conditions, the
conditions of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change's «worst case scenario» and the highest possible degree of acidification.
Dundas and co-authors say that banding and color variations apparent in some of the scarps suggest layers «possibly deposited with
changes in the proportion of ice and dust
under varying
climate conditions.»
Using sophisticated atmospheric and
climate models, the researchers estimated the levels of PM2.5 directly attributable to wildfires during a recent six - year period, 2004 to 2009, as well as
under projected future
climate change conditions (2046 - 2051).
Both theories hinge on the hotter, drier temperatures experienced in the West over the past two decades,
conditions expected to deepen
under climate change.
Dr. Kit Macleod, catchment scientist at the James Hutton Institute and one of the authors of the paper, said: «Hybrid grasses of this type show potential for reducing the likelihood of flood generation, whilst providing pasture for food production
under conditions of
changing climate.
In the future, irrigated agriculture will face increased water costs driven by competing needs of an increasing human population and probably drier
conditions under a
changing climate.
Project leader Enno Schefuß from the MARUM — Center for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen, Germany, adds: «The project was funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the priority programme «Integrated Analysis of Interglacial
Climate Dynamics (INTERDYNAMIC)» with the aim to identify potential mechanisms triggering abrupt
changes under current climatic
conditions.
This is the conclusion of a report that reviews the results obtained from the implementation of the forest simulation model GOTILWA +, a tool to simulate forest growth processes
under several environmental
conditions and to optimize Mediterranean forests management strategies in the context of
climate change.
The model enables to explore the effects of
climate change on forestry ecosystems
under changed environmental
conditions and to simulate different management scenarios and compare them.
Climate changes following the pattern of the last ice age are therefore not anticipated
under today's
conditions.
Dr Li said the latest research findings give a better understanding of
changes in human - perceived equivalent temperature, and indicate global warming has stronger long - term impacts on human beings
under both extreme and non-extreme weather
conditions, suggesting that
climate change adaptation can not just focus on heat wave events, but should be extended to the whole range of effects of temperature increases.
For the study, five cultures were kept
under a constant temperature and three different concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2): a control value with today's
conditions, the
conditions that could be reached until the end of this century according to the most critical calculations of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), and the highest possible degree of acidification.
Species within an ecological community may respond differently to
climate change, meaning the competitors, predators, pathogens and parasites that a given species encounters
under the new climatic
conditions may also
change.
Also, they said in their grant application, «due to
climate change and extensive drought
conditions, it is becoming important to breed and design crop plants that are drought tolerant and deliver robust yields even
under limited water availability.»
Global
climate modeling: While global
climate models generally agree on historic emissions, current results vary widely
under future
climate change conditions.
Yet lesser simulations that only look at specific regions in detail can not tell us how the
climate will
change around the world
under certain
conditions.
Optimum crop selections and rotation planning are not trivial to optimize
under such
changing climate conditions.
Sturrock et al. (2011) also state that the implications of
climate change for white pine blister rust are uncertain, but suggest decreased impacts
under a warmer, drier
climate, and no
change under warmer, wetter
conditions because infections require both moist and cool environments.
«
Under such
conditions,
climate change would possibly lead to premature death of the weakest — namely children and the elderly,» the researchers concluded.
We work to ensure that forests in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska are managed to optimize carbon and sustain biodiversity
under changing climate conditions.
We work to ensure that green infrastructure becomes the preferred mechanism by which water managers meet a range of water management goals for people and wildlife
under changing climate conditions.
With temperate - zone countries seeing possible agricultural benefits through 2050
under the 2007 assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, even as
conditions grow tougher near the Equator, how much does self - interest trump broader responsibilities?
Here we use a risk assessment framework to examine the potential impact of El Nino events and natural variability on rice agriculture in 2050
under conditions of
climate change, with a focus on two main rice - producing areas: Java and Bali.
When the disbelievers attending and participating in these events are finally forced to function
under the «real» dire weather related
conditions where
climate change is happening now and most prevalent, perhaps then we can hope for them to move toward «action» and farther away from their empty «talk».
Using a recently developed hurricane synthesizer driven by large - scale meteorological variables derived from global
climate models, 1000 artificial 100 - yr time series of Atlantic hurricanes that make landfall along the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts are generated for four climate models and for current climate conditions as well as for the warmer climate of 100 yr hence under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenar
climate models, 1000 artificial 100 - yr time series of Atlantic hurricanes that make landfall along the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts are generated for four
climate models and for current climate conditions as well as for the warmer climate of 100 yr hence under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenar
climate models and for current
climate conditions as well as for the warmer climate of 100 yr hence under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenar
climate conditions as well as for the warmer
climate of 100 yr hence under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenar
climate of 100 yr hence
under the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenar
Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenario A1b.
Much as the Air Force develops computer programs to simulate aircraft flight
under different
conditions,
climate scientists develop computer programs to simulate global
climate changes under different
conditions.
The multidisciplinary, cross-campus collaborative project was undertaken with the goal of improving wildfire management strategies, particularly at the urban - wildland interface in the arid southwestern United States
under conditions of
climate change.
Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in the United Kingdom report in the journal Nature Plants that a match of satellite data, computer simulations and research on the ground shows that — even
under severe
climate change — coffee growers could relocate to higher ground, while those who could not do that could diversify to take advantage of the
changing conditions.
Whether ocean circulation models... neither explicitly accounting for the energy input into the system nor providing for spatial variability in the mixing, have any physical relevance
under changed climate conditions is at issue.»
The source document, the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), has been
under harsh scrutiny over the past weeks for a number of blunders, including the Climategate scandal, bogus claims about Himalayan glacier melt, false assertions The Netherlands are drowning, deceptive hysteria over
conditions in the Amazon, exaggerations of vanishing polar ice caps, and fraudulent cover - up of Chinese temperature data.
Yet, we explained there is also reasonable basis for concern that a warming world may at least temporarily increase tornado damage including the fact that oceans are now warmer, and regional ocean circulation cycles such as La Nina / El Nino patterns in the Pacific which affect upper atmospheric
conditions appear to becoming more chaotic
under the influence of
climate change.
Human warming and a
climate change induced blocking pattern have withered California
under record drought
conditions for the better part of three years now.
These tools provide the means to sharpen assessment and management capacities required to: compare the result of several water allocations plans; improve soil - moisture control - practices
under rainfed
conditions; optimize irrigation scheduling; sustainably intensify crop production; close the yield and water - productivity gaps; quantify the impact of
climate variability and
change on cropping systems; enhance strategies for increased water productivity and water savings; minimize the negative impact on the environment caused by agriculture.
In the case of «Svensmark», further reproducible experiments
under controlled
conditions simulating our atmosphere are planned at CERN to either corroborate and quantify or falsify the hypothesis that this mechanism can lead to significant
changes in cloudiness and, thereby, affect our planet's
climate significantly.
All remedies for the negative
climate change we face, are acceptable
under two
conditions.
These activities can be grouped
under the following areas: improve our knowledge of Earth's past and present
climate variability and
change; improve our understanding of natural and human forces of
climate change; improve our capability to model and predict future
conditions and impacts; assess the Nation's vulnerability to current and anticipated impacts of
climate change; and improve the Nation's ability to respond to
climate change by providing
climate information and decision support tools that are useful to policy makers and the general public.»
• The readiness of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification of relationships between
climate variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants of vulnerability within and between populations • Development of reliable methods to connect
climate - related
changes in food systems and water supplies to health
under different
conditions • Prediction of future risks in response to
climate change scenarios and of reductions in the baseline level of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification of the available resources, limitations of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments of the U.S. population
This paper finds that
under a wide range of assumptions about future growth in wealth and population, and about the effects of human - caused
climate change, in every case there is far greater potential to affect future losses by focusing attention on the societal
conditions that generate vulnerability to losses.
Under these
conditions, in regions, states, and cities it will not only be easier to gain public support from across the political and cultural spectrum, but it will also give members of Congress and future presidents, if they can be pressured into returning to the business of governing, more options by which to reach agreement on actions that address
climate change.27
In other words, we have a supercolony thriving
under exactly the
conditions that alarmist ecologists are telling us will prove disastrous for the penguins because
climate change.
In fact, human - caused
climate change has very likely increased the chances of setting the new record for Melbourne by at least six times, even
under El Niño
conditions.
In other words,
under solar or anthropogenic influence the
changes in mean
climate values, such as the global temperature, are less important than increased duration of certain
climate patterns associated say with cold
conditions in some regions and warm
conditions in the other regions
«
Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industria
Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of
change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The
climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industria
climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current
climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industria
climate; (5) global
climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industria
climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature
under this
condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.
«The Earth's
climate system is highly nonlinear: inputs and outputs are not proportional,
change is often episodic and abrupt, rather than slow and gradual, and multiple equilibria are the norm... there is a relatively poor understanding of the different types of nonlinearities, how they manifest
under various
conditions, and whether they reflect a
climate system driven by astronomical forcings, by internal feedbacks, or by a combination of both... [We] suggest a robust alternative to prediction that is based on using integrated assessments within the framework of vulnerability studies... It is imperative that the Earth's
climate system research community embraces this nonlinear paradigm if we are to move forward in the assessment of the human influence on
climate.»