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CLIMATE LESSONS FROM THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR*
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Evidence of a strong North Atlantic Oscillation signature in surface observations from 1882-83 highlights the impact of large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns in Arctic climate variability, both today and in the past.
That a notable climate change has taken place in the Arctic in the years since the first International Polar Year (IPY) in 1882-83 is beyond dispute. Evidence of the impacts of climate change is widespread. Northern seas have become warmer and the extent of sea ice ...
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Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
; CLIMATE CHANGE: CAUSES, EFFECTS, AND SOLUTIONS John T. Hardy, 2003, 260 pp., $45.00, paperbound, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 0-470-85019-1 It would be hard to argue that any other scientific issue has captured the attention of the United States public more than climate change over the past decade.
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CLIMATE CHANGE LAW: AN INTRODUCTION
Energy Law Journal
; Synopsis: Climate change law is a new and rapidly developing area of law. This article explains the basic elements of climate change law, with a particular focus on those issues that promise to be important for a considerable time as well as the major factors that are driving the development of
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Climate change: papers from the conference (introduction).
Northern Review
; The following series of twelve papers on northern climate change arose from a call for papers to complement discussions at the March 2001 Circumpolar Climate Change Summit in Whitehorse, Yukon. I am extremely pleased by the quality and diversity of papers we received in response to this call, and I
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Understanding and managing climate change: the UK experience.
The Geographical Journal
; Introduction A 2001 UK survey of the public found climate change came eighth out of a list of 20 current local, regional and global environmental concerns (National Survey of Public Attitudes to Quality of Life; DEFRA 2002). When asked what environmental concern will be most worrying in 20 years'
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Earth Day theme of climate change a global alert
China Daily
; Sunday, April 22 marks Earth Day. The theme of this year's Earth Day is climate change, one of the most pressing and complex challenges facing the world. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report just released paints a grim picture of the advance of climate change, and its
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EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON MARINE:LARA J. HANSEN LIFE
Congressional Testimony
; Congressional Testimony 05-10-2007 Statement of Lara J. Hansen Chief Scientist, Climate Change Program World Wildlife Fund Committee on Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard May 10, 2007 ``Climate change is arguably the greatest
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Backs to the wind: for prudent insurers, climate change means greater risks and bigger opportunities.(Property/Casualty: Business Strategy)
Best's Review
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Climate Change: Insurers Respond The Second Party of a Series The climate change issue is converging upon the insurance industry like rapid fire. With so many new developments on the horizon, it's difficult for insurers or their executives to assimilate risks and burgeoning
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Storm warning for the business sector: are Australian businesses prepared for the risky impacts of climate change?
Habitat Australia
; THE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL and financial costs of climate change are becoming more apparent. Increasingly nations are taking action to reduce their contribution to this global environmental problem, as well as to minimise their exposure to major climate-related damage. One hundred and four nations
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NWF View.('Wildlife Responses to Climate Change' book)(Brief Article)
National Wildlife
; Climate Change Hits Home Climate change is going local. Until now, the global phenomenon of warming temperatures and more extreme weather events tied to emissions of greenhouse gases seemed to be something only occurring on a vast and remote scale. No more. Climate change is now showing itself on a
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Editorial.(climate change)(Editorial)
Greener Management International
; WITHIN THE LONG CATALOGUE OF environmental issues, problems and challenges, climate change and our ability to emit greenhouse gases at an unprecedented as well as unsustainable rate is the dominant one. Our energy use and its resulting point as well as non-point emissions are central to the issue
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