nl-NL info@knowledgeforclimate.nl ZET solutions b.v. Fri, 24 May 2013 22:18:56 GMT Netherlands National Climate Change Research Programme The EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change, adopted by the Commission in April 2013, aims at contributing to a more climate resilient Europe. The strategy will enhance the preparedness and capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change at local, regional, national and EU levels, and it will develop a coherent approach and improved coordination. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10827486 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:22:40 GMT EU Adapt Strat While 99 percent of Earth's land ice is locked up in the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, the remaining ice in the world's glaciers contributed just as much to sea rise as the two ice sheets combined from 2003 to 2009. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10827452 Thu, 16 May 2013 09:43:19 GMT ScienceDaily.com A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10827456 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:51:15 GMT ScienceDaily.com Along with surface melting, iceberg calving into the ocean also contribute considerably to sea-level rise. The new model by Iranian researcher Faezeh Nick (Utrecht University) now provides much better insight into the future behaviour of large outlet glaciers in Greenland. KfC co-financed this research. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10827093 Wed, 08 May 2013 14:14:36 GMT Utrecht University Sea level rises are caused by two aspects of global warming: the melting of ice over land, and the expansion of seawater as it warms. Space missions Jason 1 and Jason 2 both monitor these rising sea levels, and NASA has put together some interesting graphics to demonstrate the historical changes in sea level changes, both over the 20th century and over the last couple of decades. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10826907 Mon, 06 May 2013 13:35:05 GMT NASA Delegates from more than 160 countries have agreed on a set of climate change policy measures as part of an ongoing United Nations-led effort to create a new, universal climate accord by 2015 to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre- industrial levels. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10826875 Fri, 03 May 2013 08:53:10 GMT UN News Centre The retreat of the summer sea ice in the Arctic region is one of the most dramatic signs of the ongoing climate change. Although the ice cover is steadily decreasing it also shows a large variability from year to year. In a new study researches examined the variability of the Arctic sea ice. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10826592 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:58:39 GMT Stockholm University In September 2012, the smallest ice spread to date in the Arctic was recorded. With data from satellites, scientists at SMHI have analysed changes in the atmosphere, and then compared the conditions for the ice melt in 2012 with 2007, the previous record low for ice spread. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10826031 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:55:31 GMT SMHI According to a newly-published NOAA-led study in Geophysical Research Letters, as the globe warms from rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, more moisture in a warmer atmosphere will make the most extreme precipitation events more intense /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825839 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:35:08 GMT ScienceDaily.com A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825614 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:01:20 GMT ScienceDaily.com New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice shelves in the area and rising sea level. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825290 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:54:49 GMT ScienceDaily.com NASA's analysis of Earth's surface temperature found that 2012 ranked as the ninth warmest year since 1880. NASA scientists compare the average global temperature each year to the average from 1951 to 1980. This 30-year period provides a baseline from which to measure the warming Earth has experienced due to increasing atmospheric levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825199 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:10:06 GMT Youtube / NASA The growing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services is producing an increasing amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. New research has proposed a network model spanning Europe, USA and Canada that uses ‘cloud computing’ to supply renewable energy to IT data centres. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825116 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:52:58 GMT "Science for Environment Policy": European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service Improving local water quality could mitigate the damaging effects of rising CO2 on marine ecosystems, new research suggests. Scientists in Australia found that nitrogen pollution in seawater, when acting in combination with heightened CO2 concentrations, had a significant effect on the growth of turfing algae, which displace kelp forest ecosystems. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825112 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:44:45 GMT "Science for Environment Policy": European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service 22 Case studies of early adaptors in Europe have been collected and visualized in the Adaptation Inspiration Book. It is CIRCLE-2's hope that this book and its inspirational case studies will inspire and teach professionals, policy makers and researchers to initiate their own local adaptation projects or improve current strategies and plans for adapting to climate change. /templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=viewitem&itemid=10825268 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:07:03 GMT CIRCLE-2, KfC