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Climate Change is an any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). It may result from natural factors such as changes in the sun's intensity, natural processes within the climate system such as changes in ocean circulation, or human activities.
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Rk Naresh
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How does innovation solve climate change and strategies of climate action and role of technology innovation in combating climate change?
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  • Mar 17, 2023
How does innovation solve climate change and strategies of climate action and role of technology innovation in combating climate change?
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  • Mar 17, 2023
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Innovations on climate change mitigation include energy efficiency as well as low-carbon and non-carbon technologies, carbon reduction technologies, carbon capture, and storage technologies. To take advantage of these existing sources of clean energy, we need to scale up their deployment and continue to increase their efficiency.Climate actions have often fallen into one of two strategies: mitigation efforts to lower or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere, and adaptation efforts to adjust systems and societies to withstand the impacts of climate change. The technology mechanism supports country efforts to accelerate and enhance action on climate change. It helps countries to develop and transfer climate technologies so that they can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. Innovation can complement other forms of adaptation to climate change to form CSA practices. In particular innovation can enhance technology adoption, may prevent or facilitate migration of production/population, enhance trade & aid, and increase efficiency of insurance & feasibility of inventories.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Novel identified and independent major risk factors in the last 10 years?
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  • Mar 14, 2023
As entropies diffuse swiftly around the realm of expanding science and shifting circumstances in the plasma of time, new major risk factors appear. Others lost importance.
What may have been described as exogenous in the past, may have altered its properties significantly. Of the risks which can be measured or assessed qualitatively some may now be better identified and (re)classified.
Happy for novel independent and waning risk factors in the different branches of sciences. In nature speculative based on observations, so an informal Menti would be nice. Would be beneficial to sharpen the sensors.
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  • Mar 16, 2023
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@Andrew that is exactly the right starting point. Would be nice to identify Ex-Ante risks before the event(s) and the aftermath "What went wrong, lessons to be learned".
Very important and terribly difficult to risk frame issues in a convex and interconnected multiverse.
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Rk Naresh
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What is the effect of climate change on agriculture and solutions and can agricultural systems be adapted to reduce the impact of climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
What is the effect of climate change on agriculture and solutions and can agricultural systems be adapted to reduce the impact of climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
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Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth; reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends. The effects of climate change on agriculture can result in lower crop yields and nutritional quality due to drought, heat waves and flooding as well as increases in pests and plant diseases. Moderate warming and more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may help some plants to grow faster. However, more severe warming, floods, and drought may reduce yields. Livestock may be at risk, both directly from heat stress and indirectly from reduced quality of their food supply. Changes in temperature and rainfall, shifting pests and diseases, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events will affect food production and security globally. Emissions from food production could be reduced by encouraging healthier diets, reducing food waste, and changing farming and land management practices. The effects of climate change on agriculture can result in lower crop yields and nutritional quality due to drought, heat waves and flooding as well as increases in pests and plant diseases. On farms, climate change is reducing crop yields, the nutritional quality of major cereals, and lowering livestock productivity. Substantial investments in adaptation will be required to maintain current yields and to achieve production and food quality increases to meet demand.
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Rk Naresh
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What are the adaptation strategies for climate change in agriculture India & can agricultural systems be adapted to reduce impact of climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
What are the adaptation strategies for climate change in agriculture India and can agricultural systems be adapted to reduce the impact of climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
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Emissions from food production could be reduced by encouraging healthier diets, reducing food waste, and changing farming and land management practices. Agriculture could be more resilient to climate change impacts through new technology or by diversifying crops on farms. Several adaptation strategies such as heat- and water stress-tolerant crop varieties, stress-tolerant new crops, improved agronomic management practices, improved water use efficiency, conservation agriculture practices and improved pest management, improved weather forecasts. Changes in temperature and rainfall, shifting pests and diseases, and increasingly frequent extreme weather events will affect food production and security globally. Emissions from food production could be reduced by encouraging healthier diets, reducing food waste, and changing farming and land management practices. Rehabilitation of degraded pastures also provides climate adaptation benefits, including reduced local temperatures, increased air humidity, better resistance against heat waves and drought and more resilience against natural disasters. It also has a positive effect on soil erosion and water availability.
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Rk Naresh
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What methods does the agricultural sector use to adapt to climate change and ways to reduce emissions from agriculture?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
What methods does the agricultural sector use to adapt to climate change and ways to reduce emissions from agriculture?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
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The common agricultural adaptation strategies used by farmers were the use of drought resistant varieties of crops, crop diversification, changes in cropping pattern and calendar of planting, conserving soil moisture through appropriate tillage methods, improving irrigation efficiency, and afforestation. These activities may include shifting to conservation tillage, reducing the amount of nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops, changing livestock and manure management practices, and planting trees or grass. For agriculture to be sustainable, using clean, efficient and renewable energiesis crucial. Crop waste is used as fertilizers to enrich the soil for agriculture.
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Rk Naresh
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How does agricultural impact the environment and modern agricultural practices helpful in reducing crop loss due to climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
How does agricultural impact the environment and modern agricultural practices helpful in reducing crop loss due to climate change?
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  • Mar 16, 2023
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Agriculture contributes to a number larger of environmental issues that cause environmental degradation including: climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, dead zones, genetic engineering, irrigation problems, pollutants, soil degradation, and waste. Modern agricultural practices have reduces the dependency of farmers on the arrival of suitable climate or loss of crop due to sudden climate change. As in these methods like poly-house farming, etc., temperature and humidity can be maintained or regulated. Indian farmers should diversify their cropping pattern from cereals to high-value crops. This will increase incomes and reduce environmental degradation simultaneously. Because fruits, medicinal herbs, flowers, vegetables, bio-diesel crops like jatropha and jojoba need much less irrigation than rice or sugarcane.
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Rk Naresh
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How are climate change biodiversity and food security interlinked and do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?
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  • Mar 4, 2023
How are climate change biodiversity and food security interlinked and do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?
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  • Mar 15, 2023
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Crop diversification include income increases of small farm holdings; less risk for price fluctuation, climatic variability etc.; balancing food demand; increasing the production of quality fodder for livestock animals; beneficial for conserving natural resources. Multiple crops can be harvested from a small field, the production increases ten-fold, which ensures a substantial amount of income. The agriculture sector is already crowded in India; therefore, it makes provision for additional employment in rural areas. The factors like Rainfall, Fertilizers, Land type, Availability of market, Farmers Knowledge, cold store house, HYV seeds; and Irrigated area are few observed factor responsible for crop diversification. Challenges before crop diversification are inadequate supply of better cultivar seeds and plants. Land fragmentation makes modernization and mechanization of agriculture more difficult. Crop diversification is intended to give a wider choice in the production of a variety of crops in a given area so as to expand production related activities on various crops and also to lessen risk. Biodiversity for food and agriculture is vital for food security. The erosion of biodiversity will undermine the capacity of agricultural systems to adapt to changing conditions and shocks, such as climate change, and outbreaks of pests and diseases that may jeopardise food security and livelihoods. In a two-way process, climate change is one of the main drivers of biodiversity loss, but destruction of ecosystems undermines nature's ability to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and protect against extreme weather, thus accelerating climate change and increasing vulnerability to it. Food needs to be grown and processed, transported, distributed, prepared, consumed, and sometimes disposed of. Each of these steps creates greenhouse gases that trap the sun's heat and contribute to climate change. About a third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food. Climate change can reduce fresh water resources and food production Climate change induced natural calamities can cause acute food insecurity Increase in drought may lead to agricultural labour migration, joblessness and persistent food insecurity. Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth, reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends.
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Jamila Rida
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Good morning,my question is how to do a literature review?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
my research subject is climate change and asthmatic disease
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  • Mar 14, 2023
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Hello, during my master's degree I came across the same challenge. I would like to leave as a recommendation my master's thesis where I did a literature review on climate change.
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Naira Nayab
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How can we accurately use pollen data to assess the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
How can we accurately use pollen data to assess the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and biodiversity?
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  • Mar 14, 2023
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Airborne pollen would primarily be related to anemophilous taxa, therefore only a small part of all biodiversity can be inferred from atmospheric samples. Furthermore, the lack of a specific type of pollen does not mean that the plant that would contribute that pollen is not present. Therefore there is limited direct connection between biodiversity and pollen data. However, climate change does have an impact on both pollen production and flowering phenology, and will thus affect the pollen data in various ways depending on taxonomy.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Where are the thresholds of adaptability of phytoplanktons regarding ocean acidification, temperature, AMOC destabilization, and polar melting?
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  • Feb 12, 2023
Research seems to be still ambiguous about the comfort zone of phytoplanktons. Which pH Value and temperature can phytoplanktons not adapt to?
What is the comfort zone for for zoonotic plankton?
How likely is an adaption to new tipping point zones that may function for both planktons?
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  • Mar 14, 2023
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The comfort zone of phytoplankton can vary depending on the species and environmental conditions. However, research suggests that most phytoplankton species have a limited range of tolerance to changes in pH and temperature. For instance, studies have shown that some phytoplankton species have difficulty adapting to pH levels below 7.8 or above 8.5, while others may not tolerate temperature changes beyond 1-2°C from their optimal range.
As for zoonotic plankton, it's not clear what their exact comfort zone is, as there are many different types of zoonotic plankton, each with its own specific requirements. Zoonotic plankton are those that can transmit diseases to humans or animals. Examples include certain species of algae and dinoflagellates that can produce harmful toxins.
In terms of adaptation to new tipping point zones, it's difficult to predict how likely it is that both phytoplankton and zoonotic plankton would be able to adapt. Some species may be more adaptable than others, while some may be more susceptible to changes in their environment. Additionally, the rate of environmental change can also affect how quickly species are able to adapt or migrate to new areas.
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Rk Naresh
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What is the effect of climate change in agriculture farming and does climate affect agriculture and food supply in India?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
What is the effect of climate change in agriculture farming and does climate affect agriculture and food supply in India?
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  • Mar 14, 2023
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I agree with Dr Donald Batten that an increased temperatures could affect livestock health, resulting in reduced milk, egg and meat production and even fatalities; increased cooling costs for producers. Higher CO2 levels may result in greater productivity from crops. Extreme high temperature and drought accelerate the evaporation of soil water, the decomposition of organic matter and the loss of nutrients, thus reducing land productivity; high-temperature weather increases the risk of farmers suffering from heat-related traumatic injury and chronic diseases. Climate change may push 90 million Indians towards hunger by 2030. It has listed a decline in agricultural production and disruption in the food supply chain, reason for future crisis. Climate change can disrupt food availability, reduce access to food, and affect food quality. For example, projected increases in temperatures, changes in precipitation patterns, changes in extreme weather events, and reductions in water availability may all result in reduced agricultural productivity. Heat waves can cause heat stress in both animals and plants and have a negative impact on food production. Extreme periods of high temperature are particularly harmful for crop production if they occur when the plants are flowering – if this single, critical stage is disrupted, there may be no seeds at all. Changes in ozone, greenhouse gases and climate change affect agricultural producers greatly because agriculture and fisheries depend on specific climate conditions. Temperature changes can cause habitat ranges and crop planting dates to shift and droughts and floods due to climate change may hinder farming practices. Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth; reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends. Climate change can affect agriculture in a variety of ways. Beyond a certain range of temperatures, warming tends to reduce yields because crops speed through their development, producing less grain in the process. And higher tem- peratures also interfere with the ability of plants to get and use moisture. Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth, reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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What are the technologies for binding CO2 to rock to eliminate the carbon intensity of fossil fuel combustion processes?
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  • Mar 12, 2023
What are the technologies for binding CO2 to rock in order to decarbonise the burning of fossil fuels, reduce the greenhouse effect on the planet's atmosphere, slow down the progressive process of global warming and reduce the scale of a future global climate catastrophe?
CO2 is a key greenhouse gas that is produced in various types of combustion processes of carbon-based organic compounds. In order to reduce the scale of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and counteract the progressive process of global warming, it is necessary, among other things, to replace dirty energy based on the combustion of fossil fuels with clean, renewable and emission-free energy. In the process of greening the economy and decarbonising economic processes, it is important to reduce emissions to the atmosphere as quickly as possible, particularly of the highly greenhouse gas methane. Methane is produced in various processes, mainly by civilisation and, to a lesser extent, by natural processes in nature. An important pro-climatic solution would be not to emit CO2 into the atmosphere, but to bind it to a particular rock form or to inject it deep into the earth's crust in rock layers that will absorb and bind it chemically.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
What are the technologies to bind CO2 into rock formations in order to eliminate the emissivity of fossil fuel combustion processes, reduce the scale of the greenhouse effect of the planet's atmosphere, slow down the progressive process of global warming and reduce the scale of future global climate catastrophe?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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  • Mar 13, 2023
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There are various technologies for binding CO2 to rock, which are part of the CCS process. Here are some examples:
Mineral carbonation: This involves reacting CO2 with naturally occurring minerals, such as magnesium or calcium silicates, to form stable carbonate minerals. This can occur naturally over geological timescales, but researchers are investigating ways to accelerate the process through technology.
Enhanced weathering: This is similar to mineral carbonation, but involves grinding up rocks and spreading them over land to accelerate the reaction between CO2 and minerals. This can also have other environmental benefits, such as improving soil quality.
Injection into deep saline aquifers: This involves injecting CO2 into deep underground saline aquifers, which are layers of rock that contain salty water. The CO2 dissolves in the water and can remain trapped underground for long periods of time.
Injection into depleted oil and gas reservoirs: This involves injecting CO2 into depleted oil and gas reservoirs, which can enhance the recovery of remaining fossil fuels and also store the CO2 underground.
Injection into unminable coal seams: Similar to injection into depleted oil and gas reservoirs, this involves injecting CO2 into unminable coal seams to enhance the recovery of coal bed methane and store CO2 underground.
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Hem Singh
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Why is non chemical methods of insect-pest Management is important to strengthening resilieence to climate change and agriculture sustainability ?
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  • Jan 5, 2023
The non chemical methods of insect-pest Management is important to ago-ecosystem in strengthening resilience to climate change and agriculture sustainability because synthetic chemical insecticides pollute whole environment and also hazardous to all living thiongs.
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  • Mar 12, 2023
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Biological control is the use of living organisms to suppress pest populations, making them less damaging than they would otherwise be. Natural enemies of insects play an important role in limiting the densities of potential pests. These natural enemies include predators, parasitoids, and pathogens. Pest control devices use mechanical or physical methods to trap, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest as glue boards, noisemakers, shiny foils that frighten birds, and bug zappers are pest control devices. Insect species typically respond to warmer temperatures with faster developmental rates and greater reproductive potential, which can increase both the number of generations within a season and the rate of population growth. There are several non-chemical methods available to eradicate or reduce the amounts of pathogens in the soil. The use of solar, dry or steam heat is the most effective non-chemical means to disinfect soil. The time to treat soil is before seeding or transplanting. Use disease-free and weed-free seed to prevent diseases and weeds from being introduced. Control alternate host plants of insects and diseases. Minimize moisture conditions optimum for disease development by carefully managing irrigation water applications. Sweep up individual bugs and nests and cut off their air supply by placing them in sealed vacuum bags. Use mousetraps, jar traps, pheromone traps, and other nontoxic bait. Dust cracks and crevices with boric acid powder, which will slowly poison crawling insects but is less toxic to humans than pesticides are.Natural pest control refers to pest control methods that rely on natural (chemical-free) remedies. From essential oils to fly traps to food grade Diatomaceous Earth, several natural elements can help control the pest population. The use of biological control suppresses the pest populations, making them less damaging than they would be. They play an important role in limiting the densities of potential pest and include natural enemies such as predators, parasitoids, and pathogens.
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Hem Singh
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Why is Integrated insect-pest Management is important to agro-ecosystem in strengthening resilieence to climate change and agriculture sustainability?
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  • Nov 21, 2022
Indiscriminate use of synthetic chemical insecticides and climate change create severe problems to beneficial insects and residual problem in food material. To maintain the sustainability in aggro-ecosystem and agriculture sustainability IPM is must.
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  • Mar 12, 2023
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a system of protecting crops that meets the requirements of sustainable development by allowing farmers to manage pests in a way that is cost-effective, environmentally sound and suitable to adopt under local conditions. Climate change has already impacted insect pest species in many ways, including driving shifts in distribution pole ward and towards higher elevations causing shifts in spring phenology and increasing the number of annual generations by accelerating their development and lengthening. IPM contributes to food and water safety, as reducing the amount of pesticides used in turn reduces residues in food, feed and fiber, and environment. Enhances ecosystem services and seeks to maintain the national crop ecosystem balance. With IPM, only need to reduce pest numbers below a damaging level. It is not necessary to eliminate all pests. IPM helps decrease the need for chemical pesticides. This reduces costs and environmental risks. One way that insects cope with climate change is by shifting their range, or permanently relocating to places with lower temperatures the ranges of nearly half of all insect species will diminish by 50% or more if the planet heats up 3.2°C. Temperature rise directly affects pest's reproduction, survival, spread and population dynamics as well as the relationships between pests, the environment, and natural enemies. However, when temperatures and precipitation levels get too high, this can slow the growth and reproduction of some pest species and destroy them by washing their eggs and larvae off the host plant. Increased temperatures will also increase the pest population, and water stressed plants at times may result in increased insect populations and pest outbreaks. This will affect the crop yield and availability of food grains and threaten food security. A typical effect of elevated temperature is therefore to increase consumption rates and therefore decrease the time to pupation, making them less apparent to natural enemies and in some cases increasing the potential number of generations per season. IPM emphasizes the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms. IPM is a flexible approach which makes the best use of all available technologies to manage pest problems effectively and safely. IPM reduces hazards by reducing overall pesticide use, using least hazardous pesticides when there is a demonstrated need, and taking special protective measures to reduce pesticide exposure living organisms and the environment. IPM is intended to reduce ecological and health damage from chemical pesticides by using natural parasites and predators to control pest populations. Since chemical pesticides are expensive for poor farmers, IPM offers the prospect of lower production costs and higher profitability.
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Rk Naresh
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How climate change affecting farming and food system and what is are climate risks in agriculture?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
How climate change affecting farming and food system and what is are climate risks in agriculture?
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Climate change affects food production, availability of and access to food, food quality, food safety, diet quality, and thus people's nutrition and health. Climate change may further slow progress towards a world with food security for all. Climate change affects agriculture in a number of ways; including through changes in average temperatures, rainfall and climate extremes with an important impact on soil erosion, changes in pests and diseases, changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, changes in the nutritional quality of some crops. The effects of climate change on agriculture will, in turn, have significant implications for food security, and thus human diets and nutrition. As climate change affects the ability to move food from production to markets, access to diverse, high-quality diets may become more limited. Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth; reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends. Climate risk in agriculture represents the probability of a defined hydro-meteorological hazard affecting the livelihood of farmers, livestock herders, fishers and forest dwellers.
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Hasan Reform
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My PhD research is: Future research of food industry businesses in the context of climate change - what model do you suggest for me to implement?
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  • Mar 9, 2023
My PhD research is: Future research of food industry businesses in the context of climate change - what model do you suggest for me to implement?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
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This is not research topic .First make a research topic after study of literature and problem identifications/ variables selections to study
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Rk Naresh
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What is black carbon emissions &what is plastic made of& how is it harmful& causes of plastic pollution and does plastic affect climate change?
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  • Mar 2, 2023
What is black carbon emissions and what is plastic made of and how is it harmful and causes of plastic pollution and does plastic affect climate change?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
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I believe that almost all plastic is derived from materials made from fossil fuels. The process of extracting and transporting those fuels, then manufacturing plastic creates billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases. Plastic's Contribution to Climate Change. Plastics are threatening the ability of the global community to keep global temperature rise below 1.5°C, as greenhouse gases are emitted throughout the plastic life cycle. Indeed, extraction, refining and manufacture of plastics are all carbon intensive activities. Less than 10% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, so the production of plastic contributes to climate change. The manufacture of plastic also releases toxic chemicals into the air and water. Plastic waste can choke, strangle, and disable marine life. Plastic pollution is a widespread problem affecting the marine environment. It threatens ocean health, the health of marine species, food safety and quality and contributes to climate change. The major impact of plastic bags on the environment is that it takes many years to for them to decompose. In addition, toxic substances are released into the soil when plastic bags perish under sunlight and, if plastic bags are burned, they release a toxic substance into the air causing ambient air pollution. Black carbon is the sooty black material emitted from gas and diesel engines, coal-fired power plants, and other sources that burn fossil fuel. It comprises a significant portion of particulate matter or PM, which is an air pollutant. Black carbon, or soot, is part of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) and contributes to climate change. Black carbon is formed by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, wood and other fuels.
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How does climate change affect food and water quality and does climate change affect water in agriculture?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
How does climate change affect food and water quality and does climate change affect water in agriculture?
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Climate change is expected to increase the frequency of heavy precipitation in the United States, which can harm crops by eroding soil and depleting soil nutrients. Heavy rains can also increase agricultural runoff into oceans, lakes, and streams. This runoff can harm water quality.Increased flooding, including that caused by sea-level rise, may lead to substantial losses in crop production in low-lying agricultural areas and may contribute to compaction, water logging and erosion of soil. Climate change can affect water resources through several dimensions: changes in the amount and patterns of precipitation; impact on water quality through changes in runoff, river flows, retention and thus loading of nutrients; and through extreme events such as floods and droughts. Climate change affects farming in a number of ways, including through changes in average temperatures, rainfall, and climate extremes changes in pests and diseases, changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and ground-level ozone concentrations, changes in the nutritional quality of some foods. Climate change is disrupting weather patterns, leading to extreme weather events, unpredictable water availability, exacerbating water scarcity and contaminating water supplies.
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What are the effect of pollution, salinity and climate change on the earth and its solution?
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  • Mar 2, 2023
What are the effect of pollution, salinity and climate change on the earth and its solution?
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  • Mar 11, 2023
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Climate change and rising temperatures may increase evapotranspiration, including the evaporation of water from soils. As a result, water evaporates and the salt remains in the soil, increasing the soil salinity. Managing salinity involves striking a balance between the volume of water entering and leaving the groundwater system. The water table can be lowered by: planting, regenerating and maintaining native vegetation and good ground cover in recharge, transmission and discharge zones, where possible. High levels of salinity in water and soil may cause: corrosion of machinery and infrastructure such as fences, roads and bridges and poor health or death of native vegetation, leading to a decline in biodiversity through dominance of salt resistant species, potentially altering ecosystem structures. Natural climate solutions are conservation, restoration and improved land management actions that increase carbon storage or avoid greenhouse gas emissions in landscapes and wetlands across the globe. By trapping the earth's heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases lead to warmer temperatures, which in turn lead to the hallmarks of climate change: rising sea levels, more extreme weather, heat-related deaths, and the increased transmission of infectious diseases. The most basic solution for air pollution is to move away from fossil fuels, replacing them with alternative energies like solar, wind and geothermal. Producing clean energy is crucial. But equally important is to reduce our consumption of energy by adopting responsible habits and using more efficient devices. Core to all climate change solutions is reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which must get to zero as soon as possible. Because both forests and oceans play vitally important roles in regulating our climate, increasing the natural ability of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide can also help stop global warming.
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Rk Naresh
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How can global climate change affect food security of India and impact of climate change on the future of biodiversity?
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  • Mar 4, 2023
How can global climate change affect food security of India and impact of climate change on the future of biodiversity?
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Climatic changes could also have positive effects on biodiversity. For instance, more clement temperatures and increased CO2 are likely to be beneficial to many plants, resulting in an acceleration of biomass production. Milder winters might increase survival of many currently threatened species in temperate regions. The chief benefits of global warming include: fewer winter deaths; lower energy costs; better agricultural yields; probably fewer droughts; maybe richer biodiversity. Symptoms of climate change are all around us: extreme weather, diminishing sea ice, year after year of record-breaking warmth, drought, fires, and stress to ecosystems. The ocean level is rising, glaciers are melting, CO2 in the air is increasing, forest and wildlife are declining, and water life is also getting disturbed due to climatic changes. Apart from that, it is calculated that if this change keeps on going then many species of plants and animals will get extinct. Consequences of climate change on the species component of biodiversity include: changes in distribution, increased extinction rates, changes in reproduction timings, and changes in length of growing seasons for plants. Climate change affects food production, and thus food availability. Climate change will impact the livelihoods and income of small-scale food producers and also, through food price increases and volatility, the livelihoods of poor net food buyers, restricting access to food.Climate change further poses a challenge to food security challenges with its influence on food production, costs, and security. Excessive heat or shortage of water can impede crop growth; reduce yields, and influence irrigation, soil quality, and the ecosystem on which agriculture depends. Extreme weather is a driver of world hunger. As global temperatures and sea levels rise, the result is more heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones and wildfires. Those conditions make it difficult for farmers to grow food and for the hungry to get it.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Ecological sustainability of generative AI and AGI?
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  • Mar 6, 2023
Would be interesting to learn more about the ecological impact. Are there any calculations for Scope 3?
Cherish your feedback.
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  • Mar 10, 2023
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Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) are powerful technologies that have the potential to revolutionize many aspects of society, including sustainability. However, like all technologies, they also come with potential environmental impacts that need to be carefully considered.Here are some factors to consider when thinking about the ecological sustainability of generative AI and AGI:Energy consumption: AI and AGI systems require significant amounts of energy to run. This energy consumption can lead to increased carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change. To address this issue, researchers are exploring ways to make AI and AGI systems more energy-efficient.Data storage: Generative AI and AGI systems require large amounts of data to function. Storing this data can require significant amounts of energy and contribute to the environmental impact of these technologies. To address this issue, researchers are exploring ways to make data storage more efficient and sustainable.Resource consumption: Some AI and AGI systems may require specialized hardware, such as graphics processing units (GPUs), which can be resource-intensive to produce. To address this issue, researchers are exploring ways to design more sustainable hardware and to reuse existing hardware more efficiently.Environmental applications: AI and AGI systems can be used to address environmental challenges, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. By developing more sustainable technologies, researchers can enhance their ability to address these challenges.Overall, the ecological sustainability of generative AI and AGI is an important consideration that needs to be addressed as these technologies continue to develop. Researchers and developers are working to mitigate the environmental impacts of these technologies and to maximize their potential to promote ecological sustainability.
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Md. Aktar Hossain
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Climate Change is different from Global Warming ?
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  • Mar 2, 2023
Global warming refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. “Climate change” refers to the increasing changes in the measures of climate over a long period of time – including precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns?
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  • Mar 10, 2023
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Prof. Robert, I agree with you.
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Abhishek Banerjee
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Methods to identify human activities on snow cover variation ??
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  • Mar 7, 2023
Dear All,
I want to know any available article of statistical method to estimate - Human activities (Anthropogenic), which can accelerate snow melting. Please help to find any suitable method to any published article on this topic.
There are several human activities (GHGs emission, CO2 release, urbanization etc.), which resulted massive snow melting now a days. But to quantify the percentage (%) of share coming from Human activities, which causing SCA change.
Thanks in advance.
Abhishek Banerjee
Email - babai632@gmail.com
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  • Mar 9, 2023
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You can give SAR coherence for snow cover mapping a try.
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Fadi Chaaban
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Any information about :2nd Global Summit on Earth Science and Climate Change "(Adv. ESCC 2023)"?
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  • Feb 1, 2023
Can I find someone who has information about the " 2nd Global Summit on Earth Science and Climate Change "(Adv. ESCC 2023)" conference ? Is it a real international conference? Has anyone ever participated in the first edition?
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  • Mar 9, 2023
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Also invited and confused about this event. I found the previous event at https://advanced-earth-climate-change.peersalleyconferences.com/2022/september
Still waiting for more info.
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Rk Naresh
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What is the importance of sustainable development and relationship between environmental sustainability and climate change?
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  • Mar 1, 2023
What is the importance of sustainable development and relationship between environmental sustainability and climate change?
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Sustainable development is essential for achieving global economic growth and social equity, while preserving our planet and its resources. The relationship between environmental sustainability and climate change is strong, as climate change has a direct impact on the environment. Sustainable development seeks to ensure natural resources are used responsibly and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which can help slow the rate of climate change.
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Eduard Babulak
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Given the ongoing and unpredictable climate and environment crisis, prevention and protection of environment require video surveillance systems. Why?
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  • Feb 27, 2023
Weather and climate conditions significantly impact the incidence and geographical distribution of several diseases. Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods, and droughts alter disease transmission ecologies and population vulnerability, thereby influencing risk for climate-sensitive disease. For example, increased temperature and rainfall induced by climate change and extreme weather events (such as storms or cyclones) are projected to increase the risk of malaria due to a greater geographical range for the Anopheles mosquito vector, a longer season, and enhanced vector breeding and disease transmission rates. Risk monitoring and mitigation strategies are therefore importance to preserve the health of populations.
Developing integrated surveillance can greatly enhance the capacity of health systems to prepare and adapt to climate-sensitive diseases. Integrated surveillance involves the integration of multiple surveillance systems (e.g. disease surveillance and weather surveillance) to improve the use of information for detecting, investigating and responding to public health threats. This integration of data, therefore, improves the flow of surveillance information throughout the health system.
Importantly, climate-informed surveillance can enhance the preparedness of health systems via early warning systems. Early warning systems aim to anticipate risks and trigger early warning responses to avoid or reduce impact and prepare for effective response. In the context of a rapidly changing environment and risk landscape, early warning systems are a valuable tool for building the adaptive capacity and climate-resilience of health systems.
The field of environmental communication teaches that how we communicate about our environment shapes not only what we think about it, but most importantly, what we do about it. Or as Greta Thunberg is the latest to remind us, what we don’t do about it.
How we frame our communication matters. Framing is positioning messages in ways that draw on audiences’ mental models to favour specific perspectives on an issue.
source: Climate Change and Health (who.int)
Climate change or climate crisis? It’s all in the framing | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis
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  • Mar 6, 2023
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Videos may not be the first two of choice. Do you surveillance may serve to follow farm and wild animal behaviour, evacuation routes, beaches (tsunami), forests (fires) et cetera
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Thomas Schuermann
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Idiosyncratic agency and transmission problems in the institutional design of Carbon Markets?
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  • Feb 13, 2023
What are the major idiosyncratic pitfalls in the design of Carbon Markets?
Specific agency problems, such as the problem of how the government invests the proceeds of the economic windfall and sets the taxes?
What are the arbitrage mechanisms between the segments?
Which new class of risk has been introduced?
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Thank you for your contribution Amra. You state under number 5, that the arbitrage mechanism is destabilizing and inefficient. Could you elaborate on that?
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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How can the drying up of natural lakes be stopped?
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  • Mar 1, 2023
How can the drying up of natural lakes be stopped in order to reduce the negative effects of this process?
How can the drying up of natural lakes caused by the progressive process of global warming and excessive water consumption through unsustainable agricultural development be stopped?
In different regions of the world, on different continents, more and more negative effects of the progressive process of global warming, of the ongoing climate crisis, etc. are appearing. These include, above all, the natural effects of the loss of biodiversity of natural ecosystems, the effects on water resources of increasingly severe and prolonged droughts, water shortages in certain areas, decreasing rainfall, the drying up of lakes and rivers, the barrenness of soils, the decline in agricultural productivity, etc. In recent years, there has also been an increase in the scale of the emergence of the global crisis. In recent years there has also been an increase in the occurrence of hot weather, increasingly high summer temperatures, the occurrence of forest fires, etc., the drying out of forest litter in forests, a decrease in the humidity of the microclimate in areas of forests, agricultural fields and urban agglomerations. In this way, the living conditions for people in increasingly large areas of land are steadily deteriorating year by year. More and more lakes are drying up. A significant proportion of the large lakes, too, have already reduced their surface area and the water reserves they have accumulated over thousands of years. For example, the surface area of the saline Great Lake in the state of Utah in the USA has decreased significantly over the last few years. This is a result of excessive water consumption (mainly by agriculture) and the ongoing process of global warming. There are many harmful, toxic heavy metal and other compounds on the bottom of this lake. It is a drainless lake, i.e. all waste and toxins settle in the lake. Already half of the lake bottom is above the water surface. The drying up of the lakes results in negative changes in the microclimate around the lake, the barrenness of the soils, the desertification of the surrounding natural environment, the possibility of sandstorms, a decrease in the moisture content of the soils around the lake, a decrease in the productivity of the soils in terms of their use for agricultural purposes. In addition to this, the negative effects of lake desiccation include the negative natural effects of a decrease in the level of biodiversity, both in terms of the lake biosphere and the natural ecosystems functioning in the vicinity of the desiccating lake. In view of the above, it is increasingly important to improve and increase the scale of protection of lakes from drying out and to create solutions to counteract or slow down this unfavourable process. These solutions include prohibiting the extraction of water from a drying-up lake for industrial, agricultural, municipal, etc. purposes. If the drying-up lake is located in a predominantly agricultural area, an important solution may be the creation of new deep wells, rainwater harvesting systems, a change in the agricultural model from unsustainable to sustainable ecological agriculture and, in areas close to the seas and oceans, the development of seawater desalination systems.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How can we stop the drying up of natural lakes caused by the progressive process of global warming and the excessive use of water by unsustainable agricultural development?
What is your opinion on this?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Best wishes,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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  • Mar 1, 2023
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Using drip irrigation in agriculture.
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Manimaran Gajendiren
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What is the impact of climate change on food grain production in India?
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  • Mar 1, 2023
As many research stated that the climate change affect the yield of crops in India. There may be the statistics of 1 percent increase in temperature there may be a 10 to 15 percent decrease in yield... But the India's food grain production keep on increasing year by year. how?
Is it true that climate change has not yet affected Indian agriculture production? If not what may be the hypothesis.
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  • Mar 1, 2023
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Have a look at this useful RG link.
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Rk Naresh
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What are strategies and solutions that will help us to mitigate climate change and its effects and why is mitigation important in climate change?
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  • Mar 1, 2023
What are strategies and solutions that will help us to mitigate climate change and its effects and why is mitigation important in climate change?
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In fact the single-most important thing that we can do to combat climate change is to drastically reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. In general environmental terms reducing greenhouse gases can lead to an immediate improvement in the quality of the local environment. Air quality in the region could improve, bringing with it health benefits such as reducing the incidence of asthma and other upper re- spiratory diseases. Mitigation strategies include retrofitting buildings to make them more energy efficient; adopting renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and small hydro; helping cities develop more sustainable transport such as bus rapid transit, electric vehicles, and biofuels; and promoting more sustainable uses of land. In general environmental terms, reducing greenhouse gases can lead to an immediate improvement in the quality of the local environment. Air quality in the region could improve, bringing with it health benefits such as reducing the incidence of asthma and other upper re- spiratory diseases. India has an enhanced target to reduce emissions intensity of its GDP by 45 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, achieve about 50 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel-based energy resources by 2030.
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Amarendra Pamarthi
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What is the accuracy level of weather forecast during extreme conditions and normal? It's reliability in real?
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  • Apr 30, 2020
Weather forecast has utmost importance in Aviation, Ship routing, safety measures, planning and designing of structures, urban areas, offshore maintenance, natural resources, coastal areas, Agriculture, pollutants management and in many more weather applications in world wide.
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A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather about 80 percent of the time and a five-day forecast can accurately predict the weather approximately 90 percent of the time. However, a 10-day or longer forecast is only right about half the time. Short-term forecasts are generally more accurate than long-term forecasts. Forecasting process includes consideration of factors which can influence future demand. Hence, the short-term factors are more predictable than long-term. The weather forecasts at times go wrong due to the unpredictability of changes in ocean currents that are responsible for affecting global weather systems. For India, the Bay of Bengal acts as the buffer that affects the weather across the country. AccuWeather gathers the best and most comprehensive weather data to deliver forecasts with Superior Accuracy. Forecasts are pinpointed for every location on Earth and extend further ahead than any other source. Although recent advances in satellite and computer technology have helped in significantly improving weather forecasting, our knowledge about the atmosphere is still incomplete and hence 100% accuracy in weather prediction is not possible. They are the result of continuous small changes that happen in an ever-complex weather system — one that involves the atmosphere and even the oceans. Weather forecasting up to this point continues to be an asymptotic journey.
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Do processes of economic globalisation foster or rather diminish the scale of sustainable economic development internationally
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  • Feb 26, 2023
Do the ongoing processes of economic globalisation foster, increase the impact and importance of sustainability or rather reduce the scope for the realisation of sustainable international economic ventures and processes, reduce the scale of sustainable international economic development?
Globalisation processes are subject to and influenced by various factors and processes operating over the long term. In recent years, the main determinants of globalisation processes include the growth of transnational corporations, international financial institutions, changes in the scale of economic protectionism applied, changes in international foreign trade strategies, cross-border capital flows financing direct investment and speculative investment in other countries' capital markets, international trade wars, the global financial crisis of 2007-2009, the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) coronavirus pandemic and the recession of the 2020 economy, the increasing importance of green economic transformation and sustainable economic development, the energy crisis of 2022 and the intensifying negative effects of the progressive climate crisis. It may be that in the future, due to the intensifying negative effects of the progressive global warming process, the developing climate crisis, the importance of international environmental policy and supranational coordination for the implementation of sustainable development goals may be modified by globalisation processes in the years ahead. As a result, the structure of key priorities and factors shaping globalisation processes may change in the future. The importance of environmental, climate and sustainability factors in globalisation processes may increase. If globalisation processes undergo such modifications then international economic sustainability may also grow in importance. The question then arises as to how the processes of economic globalisation should proceed in order for sustainable international economic development to be realised?
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
Do the ongoing processes of economic globalization foster, increase the impact and importance of sustainability or do they rather reduce the scope of realization of sustainable international economic undertakings and processes, reduce the scale of sustainable economic development on an international scale?
What do you think about it?
What is your opinion on this subject?
Please respond,
I invite you all to discuss,
Thank you very much,
Best regards,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Economic globalisation is a neoliberal project, Dariusz and hence by definition is antithetical to sustainability. See my review of Dicken's "Global Shift" published in the Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration in 2004. Also see my essay (listed on Research Gate) on the weakness of GDP as a measure of economic growth which itself is antithetical to sustainability, growth being a compounding geometrical function whereas sustainability is by definition a steady-state function.
There are many reasons why globalisation is steering the world away from sustainability, its emphasis on free trade being just one. Free trade means that countries swap goods that they could be producing themselves across the oceans burning fuel simply because companies driving trade can profit from price arbitrage.
Another reason is the ability of corporations to avoid taxation which by itself inherently disadvantages the provision of public goods by governments all around the world. Another reason is the ability of corporations to leverage regulatory concessions from governments. Globalisation has allowed corporations with a regressive, anti-intellectual, anti-environmental and anti-social outlook such as the Murdoch empire to gain leverage over the media and hence to propagate their vilification of environmental thinking around the world.
There is no reason in philosophy, ethics or disciplines other than modern orthodox economics why price should determine value. Arbitrage on price is at the core of contemporary economics and hence of economic globalisation.
Sustainability almost by definition requires localisation of trade, residential development, economic exchanges and transport (e.g. the 15 minute city) if for no other reason than to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels.
You may correspond further if you have a draft paper that you would like me to critique.
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Musa W Dube
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Any sources/sites on Climate Change and Gender in SADC countries?
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  • Feb 22, 2023
I need good research papers or sites or reports that can provide an overall picture on the state of climate change in Southern Africa and its impact on women in particular. Please help.
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  • Feb 25, 2023
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Good News on Positive Climate Change impacts from CIMP6 Simulations. One may read within the conclusion of this research [1] "This analysis estimated that 70% of global vegetated areas are currently undergoing greening, most prominently in cultivated croplands. This suggests that human practices and land-use management dominate the greening of the Earth. In general, this study demonstrated the dominant role of climate change in determining peak vegetation growth in vegetated areas worldwide. Considering the crucial role of climate change in peak vegetation growth, we further examined the vegetation growth under future"
[1] Hongfen Teng, Songchao Chen, Bifeng Hu, Zhou Shi, Future changes and driving factors of global peak vegetation growth based on CMIP6 simulations, Ecological Informatics, 2023, 102031,
Available on:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1574954123000602
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Thomas Schuermann
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Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage: Learning curve and forecasts for Carbon Capture per monetary unit?
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  • Feb 13, 2023
Which is the most promising, apart from forestry projects?
Will wide private adaption occur at a projected break-even monetary level?
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  • Feb 24, 2023
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I honestly believe that CCS underground will only ever reach small demonstration project scale due to the energy costs involved and the uncertainty of the integrity of the majority of large scale, ex E&P hydrocarbon reservoirs. Those with such integrity will most likely be used for Hydrogen storage. Large Scale industrial CO2 emitters require highly efficient CO2 capture methods, not currently available and the pressure/density properties of CO2 can be a pipeline engineers nightmare. So the hierarchy of risk control applies: minimise CO2 formation as carbon offsetting is just a political statement in my opinion and exists due to the absence of global, long term, reduction strategies.
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Ahmad Faiz Khan
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How to get future weather data in .EPW format?
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  • Sep 7, 2022
Hi everyone,
I'm working on a research project on building performance under climate change scenarios. Does anyone know where can I get the future climate data in .EPW format for both typical and extreme weather files based on the IPCC climate change scenarios AR5 or AR6 in the US region?
Thanks a lot for your time,
With regards,
Ahmad Faiz Khan
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  • Feb 23, 2023
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Hi
you can use meteonorm software and export future weather data files in epw. format.
Best
Christian
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Rk Naresh
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What is nanotechnology for food agriculture & environment & its impact on sustainability& does nanotechnolog help climate change?
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  • Feb 22, 2023
What is nanotechnology for food agriculture and environment and its impact on sustainability and does nanotechnology help climate change?
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  • Feb 22, 2023
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Nanotechnology, such as nanoscale biosensors and nanoparticles, to get an inside look at and manipulate processes like the spread of pathogens. Innovations in nanotechnology can help safeguard food security and protect the public from pathogens in food, water and the environment. Nanotechnology offers various opportunities to mitigate global warming, which include sequestration of greenhouse gases, to store and transport clean energy fuels like hydrogen, methane, and carbon dioxide efficiently, and to reduce fuel consumption. Therefore, by detecting pollutants by specific sensors, we can help protect the sustainability of human health and the environment. Thus, nanotechnology provides us with a new approach to cut down the waste production, reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and discharge of hazardous chemicals in water bodies.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Was the shutdown of Atlantic currents cause the most important reason for tipping into the Holocene?
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  • Feb 12, 2023
Which specific tipping point manifested the first irreversibility?
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  • Feb 20, 2023
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No. The area of Arctic air had become extended far to the south and the fourth cycle of increased solar radiation due to the change in tilt of the Earth's axis had begun causing increasing temperatures both in the area of subtropical air and in the area of Arctic air over land. Inevitably, there was more heating at lower latitudes than under the Arctic air mass, resulting in increased pressure on the Arctic air. This extra pressure was relieved by the Arctic air escaping south over the area of cooler air over the north Pacific Ocean before moving east into southern British Columbia. It had warmed and picked up a lot of moisture over the ocean and dropped it as copious amounts of snow over the mountains, cooling at the wet adiabatic lapse rate until it reached the Continental Divide. It the descended on to the Prairies warming at the dry adiabatic lapse rate. On arrival there it had the properties of the subtropical air, thus adding pressure on the remaining Arctic Air mass. This caused the Arctic Front to retreat polewards to relieve the added pressure, so starting the retreat of the outer margin of the ice sheet on the Prairies. This contiuned from 20 ka until the pressures on the air masses reached an equilibrium at about 10 ka.
Stuart.
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Giannis Tolios
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Looking for Collaborators Interested in Climate Change and Machine Learning
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  • Feb 3, 2023
Hello everyone,
I am currently working as a sustainability data scientist, and I'm intending to conduct independent research at the intersection of climate change and machine learning. I am highly proficient in data analysis, visualization, time series forecasting, supervised machine learning and natural language processing. Furthermore, I have substantial knowledge in the domains of climate change, biodiversity and sustainability in general. Here are a few examples of my past work:
In case you are interested in collaborating, I encourage you to leave a comment or message me. Thanks you for taking the time to read this post!
Regards,
Giannis Tolios
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Dear Giannis Tolios,
I am also interested in the field of applied machine learning and sustainability. I have manuscript drafting and extensive coding experience in Python3 for ML.
You can reach me out:
abrar.jahin.2652@gmail.com
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Aynur Aydın
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What is the definition of carbon as a legal matter
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  • Feb 14, 2023
Carbon has now entered our lives as both a component of climate change and a legal matter. In order to capture, certify and certify carbon, it must first be legally defined. This question was asked in order to make this legal definition.
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  • Feb 19, 2023
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Aynur's question is in fact relevant and non-trivial.
Yes, carbon is one of the 92 stable chemical elements of the Universe, but a myriad of chemical compounds contain this element, from diamond and calcium carbonate rocks to carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere, and including every living (and dead) organism in the biosphere.
However, not all atoms of carbon are relevant for legislative process: in the context of climate change, the concern is to estimate benefits and damages, as well as liabilities that may be associated to the current climate warming, which is due to the excessive and unprecedented release of "greenhouse gases (GHG)" in the atmosphere.
Hence legal experts are (or should be) primarily concerned about the emissions of GHG over and beyond the "natural" exchanges, as well as all processes that affect, or are affected by, those releases. It may thus be wise to scrutinize the carbon cycle (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle) and to distinguish between the fluxes of carbon that can be expected to be exchanged between the major reservoirs (oceans, atmosphere, land and vegetation) and the additional fluxes of GHG that result from human activities, and specifically the burning of fossil fuels.
Roughly half of the CO2 released by industrial and agricultural activities since 1850 has been absorbed by the oceans (which have in turn become more acidic), but the other half has remained in the atmosphere, and that is the primary cause of the observed progressive climate warming.
It is in this context that the "Carbon credits" mentioned by Josnier matter: the idea is to remove some of the excess CO2 from the atmosphere and store it in a form and place that will prevent its return to the atmosphere for long periods of time. Of course, whether this solution is feasible, appropriate, or even wise in the long run is another question...
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Nwankwo Kalu
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What are the feasible irreversible damages done to our planet by man's anthropogenic activities?
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  • Feb 18, 2023
Our planet has suffered damages, its capacity for recovery is being tested. Some ecosystems are fragile, and they can easily be triggered into collapse. What are the irreversible damages already done?
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Dear Nwankwo Kalu ,
There are many irreversible damages that have been caused by human activities on the planet and they're all connected. Simply to name a few:
  1. Pollution: Human activities such as industrialization, transportation, and agriculture have released a range of pollutants into the environment, including chemicals, plastics, and greenhouse gases, which have had negative impacts on the health of all organisms.
  2. Climate change: Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities have caused global temperatures to rise, resulting in changes to weather patterns, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels.
  3. Land degradation: Overuse of land for agriculture, fertilizing, grazing, building and other activities has led to soil erosion, loss of topsoil, acidification and desertification, making it difficult for vegetation to grow and contributing to biodiversity loss.
  4. Deforestation: Clearing of forests for agriculture, logging, and other uses has led to the loss of important habitats and biodiversity, as well as contributing to climate change by releasing carbon into the atmosphere.
  5. Ocean acidification: Increased carbon dioxide emissions from human activities have led to a decrease in the pH of the oceans, making them more acidic and causing negative impacts on marine life.
  6. Water scarcity: Overuse of freshwater resources for agriculture, industry, and human consumption has led to water scarcity in many parts of the world, making it difficult for communities to access clean water.
  7. Loss of biodiversity: Human activities such as habitat destruction, pollution, and overfishing have caused a decline in the number of species on the planet, with some estimates suggesting that up to one million species are at risk of extinction.
These are just some of the major irreversible damages that have been caused by human activities on the planet, and they highlight the urgent need for action to address these issues and mitigate their impacts, which is unfortunately increasing. We're barely aware of the issues, only using tag lines, and we don't want to talk or think about them because it's disruptive to our comfort. To make a trivial example, have you notice that the shoe soles worn out, if so, have you wondered where it went? That's non degradable material polluting the environment.
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Safaa M. Almudhafar
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Are there theories confirming that climate change is caused by environmental pollution?
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  • Feb 17, 2023
Hello, I would like to send the theories if they exist
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  • Feb 17, 2023
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Yes, there are several scientific theories that connect climate change with human-caused environmental pollution. One of the most widely accepted theories is the “greenhouse effect”, which states that the burning of fossil fuels releases gases into the atmosphere that trap heat, leading to an increase in the Earth’s temperature. Other theories suggest that pollutants such as aerosols and carbon dioxide can further contribute to global warming.
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Thomas Schuermann
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What were the main reasons why the climate awareness movement seem to have died off after the Carter presidency?
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  • Feb 11, 2023
Looking for well-researched studies about the demise of the climate change movement after the Carter presidency.
Contrary to Europe the movement seems to have died off more. Subjective impression. What were the drivers?
In which channel has the green movement morphed into? Gender? Equality?
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  • Feb 17, 2023
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I think that this issue can be attributed to a combination of factors. Firstly, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 signaled a shift in the political landscape, with his administration rolling back much of the environmental regulation and green initiatives put in place by the Carter administration. Secondly, the global economic recession of the 1980s further diminished the public's interest in environmental issues, as people focused on economic concerns instead. Thirdly, the rise of neoconservatism in the Reagan era also weakened the climate aware movement, as the administration sought to promote economic growth and reduce government regulation. Finally, the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s further weakened the movement, as public attention shifted toward other issues. The green movement has since morphed into a variety of different causes, including gender equality, animal rights, and sustainable development. Climate change has remained an important issue, but there has been an increased focus on more specific, localized issues such as air pollution, water quality, and energy conservation. There has also been a shift toward more grassroots activism and public education, as individuals and communities take the lead in addressing environmental issues.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Pedagogics and Education: Anthropocentrism vs Ecocentrism?
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  • Feb 16, 2023
Some pedagogic professors are advocates for an ecocentric pedagogic approach due to climate change.
Have schools already applied this concept somewhere on the planet? Is this the start of a different approach to humanism?
What are the downsides of ecocentric teachings vs anthropocentrism?
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  • Feb 16, 2023
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Interesting new discussion topic, Professor/Scholar Thomas Schuermann, Maybe, it is an interesting pioneering idea to incorporate/integrate these two paradigms as an emergent discipline to address the global issue of climate change, global warming due to the thickening of the Green House Effect layer in the outer atmosphere. . . .
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Shuraik Kader
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Is the implementation of Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are becoming increasingly success or not?
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  • Feb 13, 2023
Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are designated to conserve the natural resources, biodiversity and to transfer a liveable ecosystem for the future generation by implementing various objectives in interdisciplinary fields.
However, are the world countries have achieved their desired success in implementing SDGs? If not, what are the prime reasons for those drawbacks?
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  • Feb 15, 2023
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We do not dig deep enough. The answers are superficial. Human culture in general is violent towards society and nature. Existing rules of our economic game are flawed. As long as we stick to the money and capitalization as the measuring rods of our "success" and "productivity" in privately closed entities, no satisfactory result can be expected. Let us try to understand the deep meaning of the global interdependence and the common good.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Why is the high-speed railway track system in the USA different from other countries?
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  • Feb 14, 2023
What are the idiosyncratic reasons, why the high-speed railway track system is behind?
-Automotive sector lobby?
-Structural issues states, trust?
-Airline lobby?
-Railway investments crowded out?
-Cultural reasons?
-Costs?
-Fiscal?
-income effect?
-Something else?
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  • Feb 15, 2023
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There are always political reasons.
Above all, it is not clear why it is "necessary" to produce locomotives and related tracks that support ever higher speeds, when the so-called "smart" technology puts anyone in contact with multitudes from all over the world at infinitely lower costs, remaining at home.
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Lucio Muñoz
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Would expansions towards environmentally clean markets have taken place had Adam Smith given us the theory of the perfect green market in 1776?
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  • Feb 5, 2023
Green markets are markets where the environmental cost of pollution is positive and endogenous. Environmentally clean markets are markets where the environmentally cost of pollution is zero and endogenous. Which raises the question, would economic expansions towards environmentally clean markets have taken place had Adam Smith given us the theory of the perfect green market in 1776?
I think Yes, what do you think? Why?
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  • Feb 14, 2023
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In the middle of the 18th century, the combination of economic issues with ecology was somewhat absent. Ecological threats did not appear to be something important at that time. For Smith and his contemporaries, the main problem of political economy was to break down the supply barriers of the economy and lift humanity out of poverty. Therefore, his main work is The Wealth of Nations.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Global nitrate levels in groundwater?
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  • Feb 12, 2023
Good links anybody?
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  • Feb 13, 2023
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Have a look at this useful link.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721073095
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Thomas Schuermann
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Has the large share of the youth movements sympathizing with socialist ideas reached a new dimension historically?
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  • Feb 11, 2023
Looking at youth movements apart from the Neoliberal high epoque, youth seems to have been mostly historically on the socialist side with traditional skepticism towards capitalism.
Have the current youth movements within the countries of the Western Hemisphere around topics such as climate change and equality issues reached a new quality dimension and may manifest a potential tipping point in market designs going forward?
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  • Feb 12, 2023
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Thx for your take Rana.
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Thomas Schuermann
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What share of under water life survives without coral reefs?
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  • Jan 13, 2023
Is there an equilibrium where potential animals living on the bottom such as crabs, and lobsters may survive? Is plankton really totally autonomous from coral reefs?
How much maritime life is gone without coral reefs in percentages term?
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  • Feb 11, 2023
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Is there an equilibrium where potential animals living on the bottom such as crabs, and lobsters may survive?
Yes, there is the concept of an ecological equilibrium in which the populations of animals such as crabs and lobsters can remain stable over time in their environments. This occurs when the birth and death rates of these species are in balance, and the size of the population remains relatively constant.
In the case of bottom-dwelling animals like crabs and lobsters, their populations can be influenced by a range of environmental factors, such as water temperature, food availability, predation, disease, and human activities. For example, overfishing can result in a decrease in the number of adult animals and can cause a shift in the balance of the ecosystem. On the other hand, if fishing pressure is reduced and the population is allowed to recover, it may return to a stable equilibrium over time.
It is important to note that ecological equilibria are not static and can change over time due to shifts in environmental conditions or human activities. This highlights the need for careful management and monitoring of populations of these species to ensure their long-term survival and to maintain the health of their ecosystems.
Is plankton really totally autonomous from coral reefs?
Plankton and coral reefs are not completely autonomous from each other. In fact, they have a close relationship and are interconnected in a variety of ways.
Plankton, which includes both phytoplankton (microscopic plants) and zooplankton (microscopic animals), form the base of the food chain in many oceanic environments, including those surrounding coral reefs. Phytoplankton are primary producers that produce organic matter through photosynthesis, which is then consumed by zooplankton and other organisms.
Coral reefs, on the other hand, are ecosystems that support a diverse array of species, including fish, invertebrates, and other marine organisms. These species depend on the availability of plankton as a food source, either directly or indirectly. In addition, coral reefs can also influence the distribution and abundance of plankton in their vicinity. For example, coral reefs can provide shelter and habitat for zooplankton, and they can also modify water flow patterns, affecting the distribution of plankton in the surrounding waters.
Therefore, while plankton and coral reefs are not completely autonomous, they are closely linked and dependent on each other in a complex food web. This highlights the importance of maintaining the health of both plankton and coral reef ecosystems for the overall health and productivity of marine environments.
How much maritime life is gone without coral reefs in percentages term?
It is difficult to estimate the exact proportion of underwater life that can survive without coral reefs, as this will vary depending on the specific species and their individual requirements. However, it is widely acknowledged that coral reefs play a crucial role in supporting the diversity and abundance of marine life in many parts of the world.
Coral reefs provide a wide range of habitats and resources for a diversity of species, including fish, invertebrates, and algae. They also provide shelter and protection from predation, as well as nursery grounds for juvenile fish and other species. As a result, coral reefs are often referred to as "rainforests of the sea" due to their high levels of biodiversity and their importance as habitat for a large number of species.
If coral reefs are lost or degraded, many species that depend on them for survival may also be at risk. This can have far-reaching impacts on the overall health and productivity of marine ecosystems. Some species may be able to adapt to alternative habitats, but many others may face significant declines in abundance or even extinction.
In conclusion, while some species of underwater life may be able to survive without coral reefs, many others are closely tied to these ecosystems and would be at risk if the reefs were lost or degraded. It is important to protect and conserve coral reefs to maintain the health and diversity of marine life and ecosystems.
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Uday Pratap
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How is global tectonics related to global climate change ?
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  • Feb 10, 2023
how global tectonic responsible for climate change ?
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  • Feb 10, 2023
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A summary is at https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-choice/202006/climate-change-earthquakes-and-volcanic-eruptions
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Dariusz Prokopowicz
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How to develop environmentally sustainable economic development to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate?
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  • Jan 1, 2019
What are the most serious problems of civilization development that should be solved as soon as possible? What are the global problems for which research should be developed and solutions to these problems resolved in 2019 and in subsequent years?
One of such research problems, which should not be postponed for an indefinite future, is the need to develop environment-friendly sustainable economic development in order to slow down the adverse process of global warming.
With the warming of the Earth's climate, the risk of more dramatic climate cataclysms, including tsunamis, increases.
Tsunami may be a derivative of the global warming problem. Global warming generates an increase in climate disasters, including more cases of tsunamis.
But not only is the risk of more violent and more dramatic tsunamis rising. Also in recent years, there has been more other types of climate and natural climate catatics, such as droughts, rainstorms, tornadoes and weather anomalies.
At present, it should no longer be asked whether global warming generates an increase in natural disasters only what rate of growth will be recorded in the future? So many data, research centers confirms the progressing process of global warming, that the problem is unquestionable.
More and more data points to the growing risk of climate change, unfavorable for human and life on the Earth, increase of climate disasters, climatic and weather anomalies, which are the result of global warming, rising average annual temperature near the Earth's surface.
Now we should just ask: How can these adverse processes be counteracted? What ecological technologies, renewable energy sources, how to help natural environments, how to rebuild them, such as afforestation, to build natural ecosystems absorbing greenhouse gases?
How to develop ecological business ventures? How to create financing systems for this type of pro-ecological projects? How to dispel international cooperation in this matter? What actions should be taken to move towards the development of a new ecological green economy?
How to develop environmentally sustainable economic development to slow down the unfavorable warming of the Earth's climate?
Please reply. I invite you to the discussion
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  • Feb 9, 2023
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The United Kingdom will get a new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, which has raised hopes that the country can reinvigorate its position as a green-energy leader...
https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4074060/rishi-sunak-creation-department-energy-security-net-zero
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Thomas Schuermann
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Impact of hunter vs gatherer culture on sustainable climate aware lifestyles?
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  • Nov 29, 2022
Hi frds,
Is there a study of the impact of hunter vs gatherer codes societies on sustainable climate aware lifestyles?
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  • Feb 7, 2023
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Please see:
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Moses Ngugi
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The impact of Artificial intelligence (AI) on research publications such as review papers
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  • Jan 20, 2023
Open AI such as chatgpt increase speed in reviewing large volumes of papers and generating original content.
How is likely to affect students examinations especially on essays and term papers?
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  • Feb 6, 2023
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You can write review paper in less than an hour by ChatGPT!
Actually, I have tried to do so and plagiarsim was under 4%. I dont know what authors need more.
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Aman Arora
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What are key practical techniques to do Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)?
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  • Jan 27, 2023
Looking for Climate-Smart agriculture (CSA) techniques which can be practically implemented in the existing agricultural fields i.e. on ground while farming.
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  • Feb 2, 2023
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Climate-smart agriculture is an integrated approach to managing landscapes cropland, livestock, forests and fisheries that address the interlinked challenges of food security and climate change. Climate-smart agriculture is a pathway towards development and food security built on three pillars: increasing productivity and incomes, enhancing resilience of livelihoods and ecosystems and reducing and removing greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere.
Climate-smart crop production practices and technologies
  • Use of quality seeds and planting materials of well-adapted crops and varieties. ...
  • Ecological intensification & Biodiversity management. ...
  • Integrated Crop Resource Management. ...
  • Improved water productivity by introduce millet's in cropping system
  • Adoption of Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Soil and Land Management for Increased crop Productivity & Profitability.
  • Precision in mechanization
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Kiprotich Kiptum
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Reclamation of the Sahara desert to combat Climate Change.
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  • Jan 14, 2021
I am having this idea of reclaiming part of the Sahara by planting trees to see whether it will assist in combating Climate Change.
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  • Jan 29, 2023
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  • ANY of the 8 READERS of this QUESTION.. Is your country a member of the "Middle East Green Initiative" who will be planting 50 billion trees to combat desertification and eliminate the dust clouds?
  • If you could post answers to these questions below, it would be useful to see what each country's goals are...
  • If so, what is your country's tree planting goal?
  • What will be the annual budget for this ecological restoration work?
  • Which agency within your government will be responsible for the plantings?
  • Will the native grasses and wildflowers be planted along with the trees, to secure the soil around the trees to keep dust from blowing?
  • Will all of the trees be native to your country and no exotics planted?
  • Last year, SAUDI ARABIA's goal was ONE MILLION trees planted PER WEEK, until 10 billion are planted.
  • IRAN's goal is 4.5 MILLION trees per week for the next four years.
  • 24 countries at the COP27 meeting in November 2022, agreed to plant a total of 50 BILLION trees all together. YouTube video available of the meeting of the "Saudi Green Initiative" that was expanded to the "Middle East" group of the 24 counties.
  • Any oil or gas producing country, going to use the carbon credits produced by those trees, to be able to sell Carbon Neutral fossil fuels to your customers, like Occidental Petroleum did when 2 million barrels of Carbon Neutral oil was sold to India 2 years ago?
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Asad Seeyab
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Sustainable Infrastructures and Technologies
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  • Nov 20, 2022
(How) Sustainable structures need to be improvised based on climate change so that it will enroute towards green sustainability making Advance Technology (Inclusive).
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  • Jan 27, 2023
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Asad Seeyab Rodrigo Polo-Mendoza
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Fortunatus Masanja
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R package for heatwave and coldspells simulation?
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  • Nov 5, 2022
Anybody who has experience with the R package heatwaveR? Is it a good tool for heatwave and coldspells? Any other tools for heatwave and coldspells simulation that you can recommend?
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  • Jan 27, 2023
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It can be used depending on what- are your objectives.
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Kanna K. Siripurapu
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Eastern Indian Mangrove Alliance for Conservation (EIMAC)
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  • Jan 11, 2023
Although, mangroves have been acknowledged as effective coastal bio-shields and conservation of the same has been taken up as a collective global agenda[1], a more collaborative and intensive effort should be put in place for conservation of these unique habitats. Similar to the collective efforts at the global level, collective efforts at the local and regional level should be initiated and fostered for conservation and sustainable management of mangrove habitats. In this context a discussion note was prepared to initiate a dialogue with individuals and organizations in India, especially on the eastern Indian coast to initiate the “Eastern Indian Mangrove Alliance for Conservation (EIMAC)”, to collectively identify the issues and opportunities and initiate a collaborative effort for conservation of mangrove habitats, sustainable economic development of the coastal communities and climate change mitigation and adaptation on the eastern Indian coast. The following sections of the discussion note provides an overview of the mangrove habitats of the eastern Indian coast, biodiversity, socio-economic conditions of the artisanal fishermen, and the threats of climate change. It was intended that this discussion note would provide the background and help to open the window for further discussion and initiate collaborative and collective action.
[1] Outlook Business Team, 2022. COP27 identifies mangroves as important solution to climate change. Outlook, retrieved online: https://www.outlookindia.com/business/cop27-identifies-mangroves-as-important-solution-to-climate-change-news-235946
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  • Jan 23, 2023
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Along with the mangroves, as India as a member of the "Middle East Initiative", a lot of deserts are going to need to be replanted from western India to Pakistan, Arabia and central Africa, to keep the monsoon moisture moving across and producing even rainfall instead of droughts and floods.
What is happening now, is when the moisture goes over forests and native cover, then rain clouds can form. Then when it goes over barren deserts, two things can happen--the cloud stall and create floods or pass over the deserts and disappear because the hotter barren soil changes the dew point, so precipitation cannot occur. Image above of the areas that need to have native plant cover, to insulate the soil surface to keep the rainfall moving at an even track.
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Sebastian Enrique Cornejo Guzmán
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Are the sciences related to oceanography prepared for the fourth industrial revolution?
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  • Jan 17, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly advancing tool. It is heavily reliant on programming languages, data manipulation and analysis. As colleagues in the field of oceanography, I would like to know your opinions on the use of AI in this field. Furthermore, I would appreciate any recommendations for publications that could support your viewpoints.
It is important to be transparent about the limitations in terms of programming for the diferent subfields of oceanography, such as physical, chemical, biological, ecosystemic, and geological; how the incorporation of AI may lead to new disparities in scientific research; and how careful you would be with the use of these tools.
Thanks for your times!
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  • Jan 18, 2023
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Sebastian Enrique Cornejo Guzmán AI is becoming an increasingly significant tool in oceanography because of its ability to handle and analyze vast volumes of data rapidly and efficiently. It is crucial to highlight, however, that the application of AI in oceanography may result in research inequities, since certain subfields may have more resources and skills to deploy AI-based methodologies than others. Furthermore, it is critical to be open about the limitations of AI in each sector and to utilize the technology with caution, ensuring that the findings are accurate and dependable.
There are several papers that explore the application of AI in oceanography, some of which are as follows:
  • "Deep Learning in Oceanography: A Review" by B. Kostas et al. (2019)
  • "Artificial Intelligence in Oceanography: Challenges and Opportunities" by J. Chen et al. (2019)
  • "The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Oceanography and Marine Affairs" by S. J. Kim et al. (2018)
These papers can give more thorough information on the application of AI in oceanography, including possible advantages and problems.
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Antonio Luca Conte
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Which software can I use to realise a habitat's risk map based on climate change?
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  • Jan 17, 2023
I would to obtain a risk map related to the oak habitat using several ecological variables referring to climate change.
Thanks for your help.
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  • Jan 18, 2023
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Antonio Luca Conte There are various software choices available for creating a climate change risk map for an oak ecosystem. Some common choices are:
1. ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) program that may be used to produce comprehensive maps and analyze data. It is capable of analyzing climatic data and creating danger maps for specific ecosystems.
2. QGIS is a free and open-source geographic information system (GIS) program that may be used to build and analyze maps. It shares many of ArcGIS's features and may be used to generate risk maps for specific environments.
3. R is a statistical computing and graphics programming language and software environment. It's commonly used for data analysis and visualization, as well as risk mapping. Many R packages, such as 'raster' and 'dismo,' may be used to construct risk maps.
4. Google Earth Engine is a cloud-based platform for accessing and processing huge volumes of geographical data, including climate data. It may be used to generate risk maps for individual environments.
It should be noted that developing a risk map for a given ecosystem would need an understanding of GIS, data analysis, and modeling. If you lack such information, it may be preferable to seek advice from professionals in the subject, such as ecologists, climatologists, or geologists.
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Yoni Verhaegen
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Where to download multi-model mean time series of CMIP6 climate projections?
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  • Jan 11, 2023
Hi all,
Does anybody know how or where I can download a multi-model mean time series of the CMIP6 climate projection scenarios a certain location? It seems I can only find output from separate models, which is a lot work to put them together.
Thanks
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  • Jan 17, 2023
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Yoni Verhaegen
https://climate-scenarios.canada.ca/?page=cmip6-scenarios
You may find this website to be useful. First, click on Gridded data, then select ensemble and download the NetCDF file.
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Patrick Bukenya
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How would you assess the impact of climate change on Heritage structures?
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  • Jan 16, 2023
I am researching on the impact of climate change on Heritage structures.
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  • Jan 16, 2023
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I think that climate change can have a significant impact on heritage structures. Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation, and changes in wind, precipitation, and temperature can all have a negative effect on these buildings. In particular, rising temperatures can cause materials to expand and contract more quickly, leading to cracking in masonry and other materials. Increased precipitation can lead to water damage and corrosion of metals, while changes in wind can increase the load on buildings, leading to structural damage. In addition, increased flooding can cause damage to the foundations of heritage buildings, and changes in the local climate can affect the vegetation around the buildings, leading to further erosion or damage. Substantially, I think that considering these, it is therefore important for heritage sites to be monitored for changes in climate and for regular maintenance and repair to be carried out to protect them from the effects of climate change.
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Thomas Schuermann
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How to demethanize the cattle livestock and dairy industry?
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  • Jan 13, 2023
Milk and beef given the status seem to be a controversial issue with the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit.
As consumption patterns and cultural identifiers may be too sticky, how can the industry be demethanized?
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  • Jan 15, 2023
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Changes in the diet of humans as well as cattle feed. Plus, converting animal and dairy wastes into bioenergy.
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Thomas Schuermann
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Monetary policy and impact of central banks on climate change?
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  • Jan 13, 2023
Have central banks caused in the past more climate change due to an ultra-long period of low-interest rates and QE, or have the green initiatives sidelined by more and more central banks helped contain climate change?
What is your take on a historical perspective?
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  • Jan 14, 2023
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If you had read the statutory tasks of the ECB (see https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/tasks/html/index.en.html) you would have realized that changing the lifestyles of European populations is not within their competence. Incidentally, in democratic systems, this lies with the individual citizens, who express their political preferences through their voting behavior with regard to the various parties. If you personally want to bring about a change in lifestyle, you have to look for political majorities and not blame political institutions with other tasks!
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Mônica Machado dos Santos
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I am running urban scenarios predictions with temperature increases by climate change predictions. In thiscase, Should I change global radiation too?
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  • Jan 9, 2023
I am running urban scenarios predicted to 2060 in Envi-met. I increased air temperature according to climate change predictions (such as IPCC) and I would like to know if the solar radiation would change too or just the air temperature?
Best regards
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  • Jan 13, 2023
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However, the interpretation of the results might be an issue.
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Anas Dabaj
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Use of ERA5-Land precipitation data HEC-HMS ?
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  • Jan 6, 2023
Hi all!
I would like to ask your help.
I am working on the Hydrological modelling using HEC-HMS, with the ERA5-Land dataset for a basin in south of France
In particular, I downloaded the ERA5-Land precipitation data from Copernicus Climate Change Service relative to my basin in Netcdf/Grib format.
My questions are:
- Can I import my subset gridded data in HEC-HMS?
I tried to import the gridded data (File -> Import -> Gridded data) - 4 files in .nc format for a historical flood 1978, the variable is total precipitation - to convert NetCDF files in .dss format. In my case, I created the destination file called “Era5Land.dss”.
At the end of the importing, the file Era5Land.dss is empty, it doesn’t contains the converted data.
(I use HEC-HMS v4.10 )
Thank you!
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  • Jan 9, 2023
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Hi
I did not use this model .
Good luck
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Hossein Pouresmaeil
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What could be a good mix design for an environmentally friendly shotcrete?
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  • Dec 30, 2022
As it is evident, concrete production industry, especially cement has put the environment in a crucial situation via greenhouse gas production, as well as natural resources (e.g., sand) consumption. what could be done in order to make a shotcrete mix design more sustainable in order to achieve a good properties (e.g., mechanical, workability, etc.) product with less environmental footprints?
Many thanks,
Hossein Pouresmaeil.
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  • Jan 9, 2023
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'To make a shotcrete mix more environmentally friendly, replace part of the Portland cement with supplementary cementitious materials, such as fly ash or slag cement. Using recycled aggregates and reducing the water-cement ratio can also help shotcrete have less negative impact on the environment. For example, the use of fly ash instead of half the cement can significantly reduce CO2 emissions. It is possible to further reduce the overall environmental impact of shotcrete by taking into account its life cycle, including the amount of maintenance required. The environmental impact of shotcrete can be reduced by curing it with wet burlap or burlap cloth, which requires less energy.'
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Soraisam Bidyabati
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Hi all, recently Darjeeling (hill station) temperature is found to be warmer than the plain (Kolkata). What could be the reason behind this?
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  • Jan 9, 2023
Usually hill stations is colder than plains. I understand that climate change is happening but I would like to understand the changes behind this scientifically. Thanks in advance !
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  • Jan 9, 2023
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In a mountainous region one often has 'temperature inversions', for example in the Ganges valley and the Himalayas.
In that case at higher altitudes temperatures are higher at higher altitudes as opposed to a valley or air polluted valleys!
What is a temperature inversion?
In meteorology, an inversion is a deviation from the normal change of an atmospheric property with altitude. It almost always refers to an inversion of the air temperature lapse rate, in which case it is called a temperature inversion. Normally, air temperature decreases with an increase in altitude, but during an inversion warmer air is held above cooler air.
An inversion traps air pollution, such as smog, close to the ground motly at night with very low wind speeds. An inversion can also suppress convection by acting as a "cap". If this cap is broken for any of several reasons, convection of any moisture present can then erupt into violent thunderstorms. Temperature inversion can notoriously result in freezing rain in cold climates as well.
Cheers,
Frank
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Bayesa Tolasa Itafa
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Which one of the following is best contributing to livestock productivity: A. BREED B. FEED C. HEALTH D. ENVIRONMENT?
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Hello everyone, how is everything going on there? I hope you’re doing well. Currently, I'm gonna conduct a study about the role of breed, feed, health, and environment improvement on livestock productivity. However, I have a doubt which one is best to contribute to livestock productivity. I want to know the one that should be prioritized, and/or at least contribute in a high percentage. Nowadays, the livestock sector is being claimed as a driver of climate change and food security. Indeed, to enhance food security, it would be better to mitigate climate change while increasing livestock productivity. I believe that breed, feed, health, and environment should be improved before the commencement of animal production. Here, my question is as follows:
Which one of the following is best contributing to livestock productivity?
A. BREED B. FEED C. HEALTH D. ENVIRONMENT
NB: I highly appreciate and encourage you to provide your description with the potential evidence.
With kindest regards!
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  • Jan 7, 2023
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Breed it is the most determinant factor for the productivity of an animal
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Rasha A Waheeb
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Do you agree with me that we have to combat desertification in each of its locations in order to reduce severe climate changes and dust ?
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Do you agree with me that we have to combat desertification in each of its locations in order to reduce severe climate changes and dust ؟
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Dear Dr. Rasha A Waheeb ,
Do you agree with me that we have to combat desertification in each of its locations in order to reduce severe climate changes and dust ?
Cf.
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_we_can_reach_the_food_security_in_country_90_is_desert
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Clifton Hamilton
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Is it acceptable to use summated Likert scaling scores as continuous data in a logistic regression?
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  • Dec 29, 2022
Along with gender and race, I am using summated scores from the Climate Change Anxiety Scale and the ASES (academic self-efficacy inventory) all as predictor variables. My dependent variable is YES/NO to choosing a Natural Science major.
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  • Dec 31, 2022
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Ok fine, good luck.
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Lucio Muñoz
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Can we transition from the environmentally dirty economy to the environmentally clean economy without green markets?
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  • Dec 29, 2022
From 1987 WCED report to 2022 COP27 emission have gone up despite the sustainable development push, the Kyoto protocol, the original millennium development goals, the Paris Agreement, the new development goals, all COP processes…..
The only thing missing all those years are green markets to transition from the dirty economy to the clean economy, which could have been set up as a result of 2012 Rio + 20 conferences(UNCSD), but they were not set up…as the world decided to go the environmental pollution management way….
And this raises the question; Can we transition from the environmentally dirty economy to the environmentally clean economy without green markets?
I think No, what do you think? Why do you think so?
Short answers are the best to exchange ideas.
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  • Dec 29, 2022
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It is possible to transition from an environmentally dirty economy to an environmentally clean economy without relying solely on green markets. Green markets, which refer to the buying and selling of goods and services that are environmentally friendly or sustainable, can certainly play a role in promoting the transition to a cleaner economy. However, there are other policy and regulatory approaches that can also be effective in driving the transition to a more environmentally friendly economy.
For example, governments can implement policies and regulations that encourage or require businesses to adopt cleaner technologies and practices. These can include measures such as carbon pricing, fuel efficiency standards, and renewable energy incentives. Governments can also invest in research and development to support the development of cleaner technologies and practices.
Additionally, there are other ways that individuals and communities can contribute to the transition to a cleaner economy, even if they are not participating in green markets. For example, individuals can reduce their own environmental impacts by making environmentally friendly choices in their daily lives, such as using energy-efficient appliances and reducing their use of single-use plastics. Communities can also work together to advocate for cleaner policies and practices at the local and national levels.
Overall, the transition to a cleaner economy will likely involve a combination of approaches, including both green markets and other policy and regulatory measures.
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Subharthi Sarkar
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Why do differnt GCMs simulate a same variable differently?
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