Essays about: "RCP8.5"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 16 essays containing the word RCP8.5.

  1. 6. The Susceptibility of the Circumpolar North to Zombie Wildfire : An Exploratory Case Study of Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Stephanie Louise Hurst; [2021]
    Keywords : Wildfire; zombie fire; overwintering; holdover; carbon cycle; climate change; Circumpolar North; Sweden; Skogsbrand; zombiebrand; övervintrande; kolcykel; klimatförändring; Cirkumpolär Norr; Sverige;

    Abstract : Climate change is warming the North and exposing its immense carbon stores not only to wildfire disturbances, but overwintering, or zombie, fire. These remnants of summer fires can spend months smouldering under the surface, hidden under the protection of layers of snow, burning through immense amounts of carbon, which is then released into the atmosphere, further exacerbating climate change. READ MORE

  3. 7. Diagnosis of Synoptic Weather Patterns Causing Heavy Rainfall Occurrence Using Self-Organizing Maps

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Aoi Kasai; [2021]
    Keywords : Self-Organizing Map; heavy rainfall frequency; classification; meteorological fields; prediction; heavy rainfall risk; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The annual number of events with precipitation over 50 mm/h have increased from 1970s and this trend is likely to be continued due to climate change in Kyushu, Japan. Therefore, it is important to recognize what kind of meteorological fields have contributed to the occurrence of heavy rainfall events and to reveal whether it is possible to diagnose heavy rainfall risk. READ MORE

  4. 8. West, East or South, which Railway in Hudiksvall is Preferable? : A Predictive Study of Future Climate Scenarios from an Accessibility Perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Sofia Moberg; [2021]
    Keywords : accessibility; active transportation; RCP-scenarios; public transit; GTFS; tillgänglighet; aktiv transport; RCP-scenarier; kollektivtrafik; GTFS;

    Abstract : An expansion of the railway, East Coast Line is essential in order to ensure transportation of passenger and goods back and forth to Northern Sweden. The preliminary studies of the planned expansion to a double track have identified vulnerabilities linked to how our climate changes. READ MORE

  5. 9. Climate change effects on the sub-Saharan agriculture- a case study in Kenya on maize growth and adaptation options

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Alessia Signorelli; [2019]
    Keywords : physical geography; sub-saharan africa; agriculture; maize; climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change is progressively advancing, and is affecting the entire globe, with some areas more vulnerable than others. Among them, the sub-Saharan Africa, with a very low adaptive capacity, mainly relies on one economic sector: agriculture. Due to its high climate-dependency, agriculture is at elevated risk. READ MORE

  6. 10. Present and Future Extreme Weather in Sweden According to the d4PDF

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Dennis Davour; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate change; extreme weather; climate database; statistical analysis; RCP8.5; d4PDF; SMHI; return periods; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Natural events that happen more rarely have historically been more difficult to study and continue to require different methods. For example, rare occurrences of natural disasters and weather events can have return periods of thousands of years but because of their large impact are very important to study. READ MORE