NSW Climate Impact Profile - Adapt NSW Home
... climate change on five biophysical parameters – biodiversity, soils, stream flow and run-off, the coastal zone and flooding risk – in each of the NSW State Plan regions. This report provides the NSW Government, business, industry and the community with a regional ‘snapshot’ of how NSW could be affec ...
... climate change on five biophysical parameters – biodiversity, soils, stream flow and run-off, the coastal zone and flooding risk – in each of the NSW State Plan regions. This report provides the NSW Government, business, industry and the community with a regional ‘snapshot’ of how NSW could be affec ...
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... and conservation (Arcese & Sinclair 1997; Davis 2000). Some adaptation options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditions that provide management baseline. Adaptation options that focus management toward future conditions may conflict with policies and managers’ beliefs ...
... and conservation (Arcese & Sinclair 1997; Davis 2000). Some adaptation options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditions that provide management baseline. Adaptation options that focus management toward future conditions may conflict with policies and managers’ beliefs ...
Simulating Transient Climate Evolution of the Last
... Through the late Quaternary period of past one million years, the Earth has experienced rather regular ice age cycles once every 100,000 years [Hays et al., 1976]. Various natural archives of the Earth have preserved rich climatic information for these ice age cycles. Scientists take advantage of th ...
... Through the late Quaternary period of past one million years, the Earth has experienced rather regular ice age cycles once every 100,000 years [Hays et al., 1976]. Various natural archives of the Earth have preserved rich climatic information for these ice age cycles. Scientists take advantage of th ...
Managing Seagrasses for Resilience to Climate Change
... Global Marine Initiative in 2002 to protect and restore the most resilient examples of ocean and coastal ecosystems in ways that benefit marine life, local communities and economies. The Conservancy operates over 100 marine conservation projects in more than 21 countries and 22 US states; we work wi ...
... Global Marine Initiative in 2002 to protect and restore the most resilient examples of ocean and coastal ecosystems in ways that benefit marine life, local communities and economies. The Conservancy operates over 100 marine conservation projects in more than 21 countries and 22 US states; we work wi ...
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes
... Third NCA report, which will include a much shorter synthesis of climate change for each region, are using these technical input reports as important source material. By publishing this series of regional technical input reports, Island Press hopes to make this rich collection of information ...
... Third NCA report, which will include a much shorter synthesis of climate change for each region, are using these technical input reports as important source material. By publishing this series of regional technical input reports, Island Press hopes to make this rich collection of information ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
... bodies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the largest permafrost region in the mid and low latitude, which is estimated at about 1.5×106 km2 and account for 69.77% the total permafrost area in china[11]. Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts s ...
Changing Communities: Changing Climate,
... the main guide and includes information on regional climatic changes, adaptation options, and a synthesis of other resources, organized by topic, that can assist communities in planning for climate change. ...
... the main guide and includes information on regional climatic changes, adaptation options, and a synthesis of other resources, organized by topic, that can assist communities in planning for climate change. ...
Turkey`s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and
... Our nation with its rooted and rich civilization and who perceives the environment as an entrustment will continue to sustain its human life at peace with nature, and continue to develop policies that will show maximum sensitivity in the preparation of urban settlement plans. Water Resources Manage ...
... Our nation with its rooted and rich civilization and who perceives the environment as an entrustment will continue to sustain its human life at peace with nature, and continue to develop policies that will show maximum sensitivity in the preparation of urban settlement plans. Water Resources Manage ...
Science Article PDF - Geological Society of America
... hotspots, but teleseismic arrivals travel through the relatively complicated continental crust. The resulting tradeoff is that, compared with oceanic hotspots, the geometry of the ray set is superior for deep and regional imaging, but the data are degraded by greater amounts of crust-generated noise ...
... hotspots, but teleseismic arrivals travel through the relatively complicated continental crust. The resulting tradeoff is that, compared with oceanic hotspots, the geometry of the ray set is superior for deep and regional imaging, but the data are degraded by greater amounts of crust-generated noise ...
Full Report, Final Report, Abrupt Climate Change
... decades or less, persists (or is anticipated to persist) for at least a few decades, and causes substantial disruptions in human and natural systems. This report considers progress in understanding four types of abrupt change in the paleoclimatic record that stand out as being so rapid and large in ...
... decades or less, persists (or is anticipated to persist) for at least a few decades, and causes substantial disruptions in human and natural systems. This report considers progress in understanding four types of abrupt change in the paleoclimatic record that stand out as being so rapid and large in ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... to assess the effects of a specific project or implementation of a spatial plan on the environment – are considered to include possibilities to assess climate change issues in respectively projects and strategic plans, though especially SEA is found to be suitable for doing so. Its long-term time ho ...
... to assess the effects of a specific project or implementation of a spatial plan on the environment – are considered to include possibilities to assess climate change issues in respectively projects and strategic plans, though especially SEA is found to be suitable for doing so. Its long-term time ho ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10,12,13]. Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.74 ± 0.18 °C over the past hundred years [14]. Global climate models project the strongest future warming in the high-latitudes, with some models p ...
... is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10,12,13]. Global average surface temperatures have increased by about 0.74 ± 0.18 °C over the past hundred years [14]. Global climate models project the strongest future warming in the high-latitudes, with some models p ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) - Convention on Migratory Species
... seldom venture. Not all areas of their multiannual home ranges are used each year. In areas of volatile ice, a large multiannual home range, of which only a portion is used in any one season or year, is an important part of the polar bear life history strategy (Amstrup 2003; Vongraven and Peacock 20 ...
... seldom venture. Not all areas of their multiannual home ranges are used each year. In areas of volatile ice, a large multiannual home range, of which only a portion is used in any one season or year, is an important part of the polar bear life history strategy (Amstrup 2003; Vongraven and Peacock 20 ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... Climate change is increasingly becoming an important driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point ...
... Climate change is increasingly becoming an important driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point ...
Economic Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and
... temperatures – making competing locations in higher latitudes more attractive – and losses in tourist satisfaction from increasingly frequent coral bleaching events. Using economic models of global tourism, recent studies have estimated that changes in tourism preferences because of climate change c ...
... temperatures – making competing locations in higher latitudes more attractive – and losses in tourist satisfaction from increasingly frequent coral bleaching events. Using economic models of global tourism, recent studies have estimated that changes in tourism preferences because of climate change c ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Outcomes from the Great Barrier Reef
... vulnerabilities is growing, effective management is being limited by gaps in our understanding of the ecosystem and the implications of climate change. The targeted science program has supported a range of initiatives to address these knowledge gaps and more clearly define the source of risks and po ...
... vulnerabilities is growing, effective management is being limited by gaps in our understanding of the ecosystem and the implications of climate change. The targeted science program has supported a range of initiatives to address these knowledge gaps and more clearly define the source of risks and po ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: An Implementation Guide
... the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium based at the University of Victoria. As well, a number of publications and approaches have been developed to assist local governments in understanding the risks they face, how vulnerable they are, and how to set priorities for action. This guide also provides a ...
... the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium based at the University of Victoria. As well, a number of publications and approaches have been developed to assist local governments in understanding the risks they face, how vulnerable they are, and how to set priorities for action. This guide also provides a ...
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) - Convention on Migratory Species
... seldom venture. Not all areas of their multiannual home ranges are used each year. In areas of volatile ice, a large multiannual home range, of which only a portion is used in any one season or year, is an important part of the polar bear life history strategy (Amstrup 2003; Vongraven and Peacock 20 ...
... seldom venture. Not all areas of their multiannual home ranges are used each year. In areas of volatile ice, a large multiannual home range, of which only a portion is used in any one season or year, is an important part of the polar bear life history strategy (Amstrup 2003; Vongraven and Peacock 20 ...
Ch7 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... closed boreal forests (section 14.2.3).This is not a clear boundary but a transition from south to north consisting of the sequence: closed forest, forest with patches of tundra, tundra with patches of forest, and tundra.The transition zone is relatively narrow (30 to 150 km) when compared to the wi ...
... closed boreal forests (section 14.2.3).This is not a clear boundary but a transition from south to north consisting of the sequence: closed forest, forest with patches of tundra, tundra with patches of forest, and tundra.The transition zone is relatively narrow (30 to 150 km) when compared to the wi ...
Linking long-term, large-scale climatic and environmental variability
... Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) can provide insight into how ecosystems will respond to climate change. Although these climate patterns are ocean-based, understanding of their influences on key ecosystem processes in temperate coastal marine ecosystems is limited. R ...
... Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) can provide insight into how ecosystems will respond to climate change. Although these climate patterns are ocean-based, understanding of their influences on key ecosystem processes in temperate coastal marine ecosystems is limited. R ...
Linking long-term, large-scale climatic and environmental variability to patterns of
... Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) can provide insight into how ecosystems will respond to climate change. Although these climate patterns are ocean-based, understanding of their influences on key ecosystem processes in temperate coastal marine ecosystems is limited. R ...
... Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO) can provide insight into how ecosystems will respond to climate change. Although these climate patterns are ocean-based, understanding of their influences on key ecosystem processes in temperate coastal marine ecosystems is limited. R ...
Deep South National Science Challenge Engagement Strategy
... understand and use, this information to enable more informed decision-making; 3. Establishing broad public communication and two-way engagement about DSCrelated climate change research to increase New Zealanders’ awareness of, and ability to access and use, DSC research outcomes such that they inf ...
... understand and use, this information to enable more informed decision-making; 3. Establishing broad public communication and two-way engagement about DSCrelated climate change research to increase New Zealanders’ awareness of, and ability to access and use, DSC research outcomes such that they inf ...
Synthesis of Climate Change Knowledge and Planning Practices
... The Wet Tropics Cluster comprises a wide range of landscapes and seascapes ranging from globally significant savannas to tropical rainforests, wetlands and low lying tropical islands. It also covers a high proportion of the Great Barrier Reef catchment including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area a ...
... The Wet Tropics Cluster comprises a wide range of landscapes and seascapes ranging from globally significant savannas to tropical rainforests, wetlands and low lying tropical islands. It also covers a high proportion of the Great Barrier Reef catchment including the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area a ...
Climate change adaptation in Norway
... position in Europe. Rising sea temperatures could therefore have major impacts, both negative and positive, on current production patterns. However, the fisheries and aquaculture industries are used to adapting to wide natural variations in sea temperature and in the size of fish stocks. When CO2 co ...
... position in Europe. Rising sea temperatures could therefore have major impacts, both negative and positive, on current production patterns. However, the fisheries and aquaculture industries are used to adapting to wide natural variations in sea temperature and in the size of fish stocks. When CO2 co ...