How is global climate determined? Changes in the Global Climate: The field of Earth science, in which global climate is studied, has received a lot of attention recently due to the rise in the Earth's average surface temperature over the last century. The change in surface temperature in add...
How does climate affect culture? Defining Culture: Culture can be defined as a set of beliefs, ideologies, traditions, rituals, behaviors, and practices that a group of people or a society follow. Culture determines the social behaviors and norms across societies. ...
Climate sensitivityis the estimate of how much the earth'sclimatewill warm in response to the increasedgreenhouse effectif we manage, against all the good advice, to double the amount ofcarbon dioxidein theatmosphere. This includes feedbacks that can either amplify or dampen the warming. Ifclimate...
In the face of climate change in Africa local governance will create a number of opportunities for the benefit of the region including technological Innovation, local government finance enhancement, social capital improvement and capital and asset investment. This is against a background of passivity,...
In this paper, analysis is presented relating to the impact of border tax adjustments for climate policy on the international competitiveness of energy-intensive industries, and the related problem of carbon leakage. While many of the economic and legal issues are not particularly new, climate policy...
is changing, evolving and adapting to a time that's literally defined by our species' impact on the planet. We now live in a time where one half of the human species lives in cities. As urban areas grow and expand, life around the world, non-human life, is changing to figure out ...
If so, how should autonomy be precisely defined. If not, how should culpability for any misuse or malfunction be apportioned. Other issues include privacy concerns, as AI becomes increasingly able to interpret large surveillance datasets, and how to best manage the economic impact of jobs ...
In the case of Germany, climate change in the first cycle of FD implementation has also been considered based on global and regional climate projections. However, the prediction of the effects of climate change is different in each river basin district. While the Weser area estimated an increase...
We provide a de-facto definition of the concept “Industry 4.0” from a sociotechnical perspective based on its most often cited key features, as well as a thorough review of how far the concept of sustainability is incorporated in it.
The future of oil economy, which in large depends on conventionally fuelled vehicle fleets is not only unsustainable but also very limited. In contrast, the electrification of the transportation sector appears to be one of the feasible solutions to challenges such as global climate change, energy ...