National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Board on Atmospheric Sciences
Atypical weather events, such as extreme tropical cyclones, pose substantial threats to life, property and livelihoods in the U.S. and worldwide. Despite major advances in forecasting capabilities, communicating about extreme weather events with dec...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Transportation Research Board, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Scien
Addressing climate change is essential and possible, and it offers a host of benefits - from better public health to new economic opportunities. The United States has a historic opportunity to lead the way in decarbonization by transforming its curr...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Board on Atmospheric Sciences
More intense heat waves, extended wildfire seasons and other escalating impacts of climate change have made it more important than ever to fill knowledge gaps that improve societys understanding, assessment, and response to global change. The US Gl...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Board on Atmospheric Sciences
Climate change poses many challenges that affect society and the natural world. With these challenges, however, come opportunities to respond. By taking steps to adapt to and mitigate climate change, the risks to society and the impacts of continued...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Human-Systems Integration, Board on Environmental Change and Soc
Our ability to observe and forecast severe weather events has improved markedly over the past few decades. Forecasts of snow and ice storms, hurricanes and storm surge, extreme heat, and other severe weather events are made with greater accuracy, ge...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Board on Atmospheric Sciences
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is an interagency program, established by the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, mandated by Congress to assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-i...Lasīt vairāk
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences
The US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is a collection of 13 Federal entities charged by law to assist the United States and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change. As th...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on Population, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Atmospheric Studies and Climate-
Scientific evidence shows that most glaciers in South Asias Hindu Kush Himalayan region are retreating, but the consequences for the regions water supply are unclear, this report finds. The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is the location of several of...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Science Education, Steering Committee on Climate Change Education in Formal Settings, K-14, Alexandra Beatty
Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems. Each additional ton of greenhouse gases emitted commits us to further change and greater risks. In th...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Committee to Adv
The U.S. government supports a large, diverse suite of activities that can be broadly characterized as global change research. Such research offers a wide array of benefits to the nation, in terms of protecting public health and safety, enhancing...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Scie
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Science Education, Committee for the Review of the NOAA Education Program, Michael A. Feder, John W. Farrington
As part of the National Research Councils Committee for the review of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrations (NOAA) Education Program, Farrington (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and U. of Massachusetts Dartmouth) and Feder, the stud...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support
Researchers in a range of scientific fields, along with the required corporate chaperones, set out principles and a framework for decision support processes regarding climate change that include information, strategies, and methods. The report conclu...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Subcommittee for a Workshop on New Directions in Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation Ass
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Center for Economic, Governance, and International Studies, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel to Review CCSP Draft Sy
Offers a review for a document being produced for the CCSP. This study found the draft to be inconsistent with respect to whether or not it accepted two assumptions: that skillful forecasts necessarily have greater value, and that the most useful fo...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the future, and to use that information to assess impacts on huma...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program, Paul C. Stern, Helen M. Ing
Presents a definition of decision support that emphasizes communication rather than translation and a strategy by which the small NOAA Sectoral Applications Research program can advance decision support. This book emphasizes that seasonal climate fo...Lasīt vairāk
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Panel on the Human Dimensions of Seaso
(Izdošanas datums: 27-Jun-1999, Hardback, Izdevniecība: National Academies Press, ISBN-13: 9780309064750)
Deals with climate forecasting and identifies research directions in this regard. This book explores: vulnerability of human activities to climate; state of the science of climate forecasting; how societies coevolved with their climates and cope wit...Lasīt vairāk
