Summary for Policymakers: IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters
This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches the topic by assessing the scientific literature on issues that range from the relationship between clima
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1/1/2012 |
Reforming Institutions and Managing Extremes: U.S. Policy Options for Adapting to Climate Change (Re
The nation’s landscapes and cities will experience both negative and positive impacts from a changing climate. The challenge for effective climate adaptation is to form federal policies that are flexible enough to address diverse impacts in distinct regions of the country. A single, overarching gove
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12/31/2011 |
Senators Introduce Climate Change Adaptation Bill
News release describing new Legislation introduced in the Senate.
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11/16/2011 |
Yukon River Dumping More Mercury Thanks to Climate Change
New research shows that the Yukon River delivers more than five tons of mercury per year to the Arctic environment, likely thanks to climate change
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10/25/2011 |
World Resource Institute's Climate Science 2009–2010 Major New Discoveries
This Brief highlights the latest major research in climate change science and technology. It presents a synthesis of current understanding of global warming at a critically important time, as the world continues to negotiate a comprehensive international climate agreement and countries begin to impl
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10/15/2011 |
As Sea Level Rises, Everglades Become More Vital to South Florida’s Survival
The effect of sea level rise on the Everglades
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10/11/2011 |
Study recalibrates trees' carbon uptake
Study recalibrates trees' carbon uptake. Finding, based on using heavy oxygen as a photosynthetic yardstick, could alter climate projections.
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10/5/2011 |
Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National Security (Defense Science Board)
This report begins with an overview of the impacts of climate change over recent decades while recognizing uncertainty about the pace of future changes. It examines the political consequences of climate change as it relates to national and international security. Within this context, the study exami
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10/1/2011 |
Massachusetts Adaptation to Climate Change Report
This document looks at the possible implications of climate change on Massachusetts under high emission conditions identified in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 report.
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9/1/2011 |
Sea Level Changes in the Southeastern United States: Past, Present, and Future August 2011
"This paper is about past, present, and future sea level changes in the southeastern United States. It is aimed at non-scientists and scientists who are not specialists in sea level change."
Dr. Gary T. Mitchum
Author and Professor of Physical Oceanography College of Marine Science University of
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8/1/2011 |
Position Statement on Climate Change and Soil and Water Conservation
Soil and Water Conservation Society position statement
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7/7/2011 |
Lessons learned from the Climate Ready Estuaries Program
This compilation presents best practices and lessons learned that are taken from the CRE annual progress report for 2010. The varied experiences of CRE partners around the country can guide other communities or organizations that are planning responses for climate change impacts.
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6/1/2011 |
Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces
This final report addresses both the near- and long-term implications for U.S. naval forces in each of the four areas of the terms of reference, and provides corresponding findings and recommendations.
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6/1/2011 |
Politics and Global Warming
This study was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George
Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication, and was funded by the Surdna
Foundation, the 11th Hour Project, and the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the
Environment.
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5/12/2011 |
USAF Climate Change Projections
Utilize QDR-directed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report future climate projections to create proof-of-concept projected climatology.
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11/1/2010 |