GC41B:
Climate Change: Impacts, Resilience, Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Mitigation I Posters

Session ID#: 5197

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Not an Option (Moscone West)
Chairs:  James Michael Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada, Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Convener:  James Michael Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada
Co-conveners:  Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
OSPA Liaison:  Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Quantifying the Benefit of Early Climate Change Mitigation in Avoiding Biodiversity Loss (24023)
Rachel Warren1, Jeremy Vanderwal2, Jeff Price3, Justin Welbergen2, Ian M Atkinson4, Julian Ramirez-Villegas5, Timothy J. Osborn6, Luke Shoo7, Andy Jarvis5, Stephen Williams2 and Jason A. Lowe8, (1)University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom, (2)James Cook University, Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, Townsville, Australia, (3)University of East Anglia, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, United Kingdom, (4)James Cook University, eResearch Centre, Townsville, Australia, (5)International Centre for Tropical Agriculture, Cali, Colombia, (6)University of East Anglia, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, NR4, United Kingdom, (7)The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Queensland St Lucia, Australia, (8)University of Reading, MetOffice Hadley Centre, Reading, United Kingdom
 
Climate Change Impacts on US Agriculture and the Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation (26484)
Erwan Monier, University of California Davis, Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States, Ian Sue Wing, Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, United States and Ari Stern, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
 
An analysis of avoided impacts on climate extremes when comparing RCP8.5 and RCP4.5, as part of the BRACE project. (29556)
Claudia Tebaldi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States
 
Avoiding Drought Risks and Social Conflict Under Climate Change (17729)
Erin Towler1, Heather Lazrus2 and Debasish Paimazumder2, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (2)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Solar Radiation Management and Olivine Dissolution Methods in Climate Engineering (14163)
Salif Kone, Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako, Institut Supérieur de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée (USJPB/ISFRA), Bamako, Mali; Malian National School of Engineers (ENI-ABT), Department of Geology, Bamako, Mali
 
Climate Change: Ethics and Collective Responsibility (18217)
M. Bryson Brown, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Michael E Mann, Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, United States, Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada and Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
 
Assessment of Flood Vulnerability to Climate Change Using Fuzzy Operators in Seoul (15024)
Moung-Jin Lee, Korea Environment Institute, Water and Land Research Group, Division for Environmental Planning, Sejong, South Korea
 
Evaluating Vulnerability and Resilience between Urban and Rural Area in a Regional Water Resources System under Climate Change (20035)
Tzu-Ming Liu1, Ching-pin Tung2, Ming-Hsu Li3, Jung-Hsuan Tsao1 and Chia-Yu Lin1, (1)National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, (2)National Taiwan University, Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, Taipei, Taiwan, (3)Graduate Institute of Hydrologic and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
 
Improvement of Soil Carbon Determination using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (29375)
Seung-Jae Moon, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
Avoided Impacts in Ensembles of Tropical Cyclone Damage Potential (16539)
James Done1,2, Debasish Paimazumder3, Greg J Holland3 and Erin Towler4, (1)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Boulder, United States, (2)Willis Research Network, London, United Kingdom, (3)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, United States
 
Review of Mitigation Costs for Stabilizing Greenhouse Gas Concentrations (7459)
Bastiaan Johannes van Ruijven and Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
CESM-simulated 21st Century Changes in Large Scale Crop Water Requirements and Yields (17102)
Samuel Levis1, Andrew Badger2, Beth Drewniak3, Brian C O'Neill4 and Xiaolin Ren1, (1)NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States, (3)Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
 
People as sensors: mass media and local temperature influence climate change discussion on Twitter (18763)
Andrei Kirilenko1, Tatiana Williford1 and Svetlana Stepchenkova2, (1)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (2)University of Florida - UF, Tourism, Recreation, & Sport Management, GAINESVILLE, FL, United States
 
Estimating the limits of adaptation from historical behaviour: Insights from the American Climate Prospectus (30510)
Amir Jina, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Solomon M Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, Berkeley, United States, Robert E Kopp, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, United States, DJ Rasmussen, Rhodium Group, Oakland, CA, United States and James Rising, Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, United States
 
Defining Canadian Perspectives on Climate Change Science and Solutions (20155)
Courtney Rieger, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada and James Michael Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada
 
ELK RIVER WATERSHED – FLOOD STUDY (27121)
Celeste C Barnes1, James Michael Byrne2, Ryan J MacDonald1 and Don Lewis3, (1)University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (2)University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada, (3)NOVUS Environmental, Guelph, ON, Canada
 
Green cities, smart people and climate change (27360)
Fariborz Mansouri Kouhestani1, James Michael Byrne2, Paul Hazendonk1, M. Bryson Brown1 and Dr. Trevor William Harrison, PhD1, (1)University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (2)University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada
 
High Resolution Modelling of Crop Response to Climate Change (27304)
Shaghayegh Mirmasoudi1, James Michael Byrne2, Ryan J MacDonald1 and Don Lewis3, (1)University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, (2)University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada, (3)NOVUS Environmental, Guelph, ON, Canada
 
Global Squeeze: Assessing Climate-Critical Resource Constraints for Coastal Climate Adaptation (32108)
Nathan T. Chase1, Austin Becker2, Benedict Schwegler3 and Martin Fischer3, (1)URS Corporation, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)University of Rhode Island, Marine Affairs, Narragansett, RI, United States, (3)Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
 
Development of Climate Change Adaptation Platform using Spatial Information (20407)
Jeongho Lee1, Kwan-Young Oh1, Moung-Jin Lee2 and Wha-Jin Han1, (1)KEI Korea Environment Institute, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Korea Environment Institute, Water and Land Research Group, Division for Environmental Planning, Sejong, South Korea
 
The effects of carbon tax on the Oregon economy and state greenhouse gas emissions (27191)
Andrew L Rice1, Christopher L Butenhoff1, Jeff Renfro2 and Jenny Liu2, (1)Portland State University, Physics, Portland, OR, United States, (2)Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
 
The Effect of Natural Gas Supply on US Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4230)
Christine Shearer, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, John Bistline, Stanford University, Los Altos Hills, United States, Mason Inman, Near Zero, Seattle, WA, United States and Steven J Davis, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States
 
National Energy with Weather System Simultator (NEWS) Sets Bounds on Cost Effective Wind and Solar PV Deployment in the USA without the Use of Storage. (9641)
Christopher Clack1, Alexander E MacDonald2, Anneliese Alexander3, Adam D Dunbar2, Yuanfu Xie2 and James M Wilczak4, (1)University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NOAA Boulder, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA/OAR/PSL, Boulder, United States
 
Mitigating Climate Change with Ocean Pipes: Influencing Land Temperature and Hydrology and Termination Overshoot Risk (9767)
Lester Kwiatkowski1, Ken Caldeira2 and Kate Ricke1, (1)Carnegie Institution for Science, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Gates Ventures, Kirkland, United States
 
Climate regulation enhances the value of second generation biofuel technology (15860)
Thomas W Hertel, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, World Bank, Washington, DC, United States and Wally Tyner, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
 
Geoengineering, Climate Harm, and Business as Usual (19232)
Frank Joseph Jankunis, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada and Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
 
From GCM Output to Local Hydrologic and Ecological Impacts: Integrating Climate Change Projections into Conservation Lands (27289)
Stuart B Weiss1, Lisa Micheli2, Lorraine E Flint3, Alan L Flint3 and James H Thorne4, (1)Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)Pepperwood Preserve, Terrestrial Biodiversity Climate Change Collaborative (TCB3.org), Santa Rosa, CA, United States, (3)USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, (4)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
 
How CO2 Leakage May Impact the Role of Geologic Carbon Storage in Climate Mitigation (29845)
Catherine A Peters, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, Hang Deng, Peking University, Beijing, China, Jeffrey M Bielicki, Ohio State University, Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering, Columbus, United States, Jeffrey P Fitts, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, NJ, United States and Michael Oppenheimer, Princeton University, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton, NJ, United States
 
America’s Water Supply Challenge: Adaptation to Future Population Growth and Climate Change (30548)
Thomas C Brown1, Vinod Mahat1 and Jorge A Ramirez2, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO, United States
 
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Comparing the Climate Mitigation Potential of Advanced Biofuels (31648)
Emily S Cassidy, Environmental Working Group, Washington, DC, United States
 
Visualization of the chains of risks under global climate change (20389)
Tokuta Yokohata1, Dr. Kazuya Nishina1, Kiyoshi Takahashi1, Masashi Kiguchi2, Yoshihiko Iseri3, Tetsuo Sueyoshi4, Masakazu Yoshimori5, Kenta Iwase6, Akitomo Yamamoto7, Masahito Shigemitsu8, Yasushi Honda9, Naota Hanasaki10, Yoshimitsu Masaki11, Akihiko Ito12, Toshichika Iizumi13, Gen Sakurai14, Masashi Okada14, Seita Emori1 and Taikan Oki15, (1)NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies, Ibaraki, Japan, (2)Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, (3)Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, (4)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (5)The University of Tokyo, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Kashiwa, Japan, (6)Nomura Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan, (7)JAMSTEC, Research Center for Environmental Modeling and Application, Japan, (8)JAMSTEC, Yokosuka, Japan, (9)University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, (10)NIES National Institute of Environmental Studies (NIES), Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Tsukuba, Japan, (11)Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan, (12)The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, (13)National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, (14)NIAES National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan, (15)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
 
Drought Effects on Agricultural Yield: Comparison Across Regions and Crop Types (7637)
Stefani Daryanto, Universitas Surya, Serpong, Indonesia, Prof. Lixin Wang, PhD, Indiana University Indianapolis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Indianapolis, United States and Pierre-Andre Jacinthe, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States