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Marketing Home Energy Efficiency: Benefits and Barriers to Adopting a Home Energy Efficiency Program
(2016-04-29)
Energy efficiency can contribute significantly to the reduction of greenhouse gas
emissions and the associated mitigation of climate change. The uptake of energy efficiency
measures in the residential sector requires significant ...
Allowance Allocation Options under the Clean Power Plan Proposed Mass-Based Model Rule
(2016-04-28)
The Clean Power Plan is a major element of the United States’ strategy to combat climate
change. The Clean Power Plan addresses carbon emissions from existing power plants
by setting emissions limits for each state. Under ...
A Predictive Thermal Habitat Model for Harbor Seals in the Northwest Atlantic
(2016-08-23)
We analyzed projections of current and future ambient temperatures along the eastern
United States in relationship to the thermal tolerance of harbor seals in air. Using
the earth systems model (HadGEM2-ES) and representative ...
A Climate and Operational Vulnerability Assessment of the Water Company in Salamanca, Chile
(2017-04-28)
The present master’s project is an analysis of the future vulnerability of the water
company (Aguas del Valle) in Salamanca, Chile to potential changes in population,
per capita water use, leakage, and climate. Scenario ...
A Comparison of Aboveground Biomass in Mature Old-Field Forests and Hardwood Forests of the Piedmont Using High Resolution LiDAR Data
(2015-12-07)
Airborne scanning LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) is a promising technique for
efficient and accurate forest volume and biomass mapping due to its capacity for direct
measurement of the three-dimensional vegetation structure. ...
Climate Adaptation in North Carolina: Assessing Coastal Habitat for Natural Shoreline Stabilization
(2012-04-23)
Climate change threatens our natural coastlines with sea level rise and increased
levels of erosion. Although various solutions exist for these climate-induced threats,
shoreline protection is the favored solution along ...
COASTAL CLIMATE ADAPTATION: Ecological and Socioeconomic effects of Climate Change in Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell Counties
(2012-04-26)
Climate change threatens the ecological and socioeconomic sustainability of Dare,
Hyde, and Tyrrell counties as they are the three lowest-lying counties in all of North
Carolina, making them particularly vulnerable to sea ...
Adaptation to Climate Change by Smallholder Coffee Producers in Latin America
(2016-04-29)
Smallholder coffee farmers in Latin America are already being impacted by and adapting
to climate change. Our client, Counter Culture Coffee, a coffee roaster that sources
from coffee cooperatives throughout Latin America ...
Moving Towards a Low-Carbon Economy: An Analysis of the Methodology for Creating a U.S. Low-Carbon Development Strategy
(2012-04-26)
At the 2009 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen, the
U.S. committed to reducing national emissions 17% by 2020, and 83% by 2050. In 2010
the U.S. made further international commitments to ...
Assessing the Potential Effects of Climate Change on Species in the Cumberland Piedmont Network of the National Park Service
(2012-04-26)
In this study, we evaluate the climate change vulnerability of a subset of key species
found in the Cumberland Piedmont Network (CUPN) of the National Park Service (NPS),
an ecologically important and diverse region. We ...