Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems
... synthesis of 688 separate published studies (Table S1) that have each examined the effect of at least one GEC driver on at least one interaction type (Figs S1–S5), totalling over 1000 specific species interactions. The number of specific pairwise interactions (or entire communities, when interaction ...
... synthesis of 688 separate published studies (Table S1) that have each examined the effect of at least one GEC driver on at least one interaction type (Figs S1–S5), totalling over 1000 specific species interactions. The number of specific pairwise interactions (or entire communities, when interaction ...
Contrasting responses of heterotrophic and autotrophic respiration
... Received 12 March 2013 and accepted 27 May 2013 ...
... Received 12 March 2013 and accepted 27 May 2013 ...
LD166 Cumbria Local Climate Impacts Profile
... weather events in the past 60 years. More recent media reports show that these events are associated with varying levels of severity and impacts for LAs, communities and the environment. Heavy rainfall and severe flooding are the most frequent events to impact Cumbria, closely followed by windstorms ...
... weather events in the past 60 years. More recent media reports show that these events are associated with varying levels of severity and impacts for LAs, communities and the environment. Heavy rainfall and severe flooding are the most frequent events to impact Cumbria, closely followed by windstorms ...
Sweden in a World of Growing Uncertainties
... Building resilience in the face of uncertain world development 1. A substantial and growing body of evidence shows that the world’s political, financial and ecological systems are coming under increasing pressure in a world of growing uncertainties, and are increasingly dominated – even dictated – b ...
... Building resilience in the face of uncertain world development 1. A substantial and growing body of evidence shows that the world’s political, financial and ecological systems are coming under increasing pressure in a world of growing uncertainties, and are increasingly dominated – even dictated – b ...
Global change and species interactions in terrestrial ecosystems
... synthesis of 688 separate published studies (Table S1) that have each examined the effect of at least one GEC driver on at least one interaction type (Figs S1–S5), totalling over 1000 specific species interactions. The number of specific pairwise interactions (or entire communities, when interaction ...
... synthesis of 688 separate published studies (Table S1) that have each examined the effect of at least one GEC driver on at least one interaction type (Figs S1–S5), totalling over 1000 specific species interactions. The number of specific pairwise interactions (or entire communities, when interaction ...
Fors..a og baks..a - Arctic Portal Library
... ITEX, is a collaborative effort involving scientists from more than 11 countries, including all the Arctic nations, and involves research teams at more than two dozen circumpolar and alpine tundra sites. After a successful decade where the focus has been on plants and plant communities, initiatives ...
... ITEX, is a collaborative effort involving scientists from more than 11 countries, including all the Arctic nations, and involves research teams at more than two dozen circumpolar and alpine tundra sites. After a successful decade where the focus has been on plants and plant communities, initiatives ...
Malawi`s Strategy on Climate Change Learning
... aggravated food insecurity. In a bid to counter these climate related hazards, Malawi as a party to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, has put in place several measures to adapt to the prevailing situation, and to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and to sequester carbon dioxide ...
... aggravated food insecurity. In a bid to counter these climate related hazards, Malawi as a party to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, has put in place several measures to adapt to the prevailing situation, and to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and to sequester carbon dioxide ...
human rights and climate change: constructing a case for political
... Climate Change — stated explicitly (and for the first time in an international agreement) that “climate change has clear and immediate implications for the full enjoyment of human rights” and called on the United Nations human rights system to address the issue as a matter of urgency.15 The Malé De ...
... Climate Change — stated explicitly (and for the first time in an international agreement) that “climate change has clear and immediate implications for the full enjoyment of human rights” and called on the United Nations human rights system to address the issue as a matter of urgency.15 The Malé De ...
Adapting to Pollution John Copeland Nagle R
... Climate change, we are told, is a pollution problem. 1 The law is quite familiar with pollution. Generally, there are four responses to pollution. We can prevent it from ever happening. We can control what pollution enters the environment. We can separate pollution from those who would be harmed by ...
... Climate change, we are told, is a pollution problem. 1 The law is quite familiar with pollution. Generally, there are four responses to pollution. We can prevent it from ever happening. We can control what pollution enters the environment. We can separate pollution from those who would be harmed by ...
The Relation Between Net Carbon Emissions
... million to 9.2 million. During that same time, milk production nearly doubled, from 89 billion to 167 billion pounds because of the fourfold increase in productivity of the cattle (U.S. Department of Agriculture 2001). In order to understand correctly how enteric fermentation has changed because of ...
... million to 9.2 million. During that same time, milk production nearly doubled, from 89 billion to 167 billion pounds because of the fourfold increase in productivity of the cattle (U.S. Department of Agriculture 2001). In order to understand correctly how enteric fermentation has changed because of ...
A Story of Gaia - Online - Introduction Overview
... a wild, complex dynamic being, subject to sudden shifts between multiple semi-stable states. At this time in her long life, small disturbances can ramify through her vast body, growing larger and larger through positive feedback .... There are tipping points beyond which climate can suddenly transmu ...
... a wild, complex dynamic being, subject to sudden shifts between multiple semi-stable states. At this time in her long life, small disturbances can ramify through her vast body, growing larger and larger through positive feedback .... There are tipping points beyond which climate can suddenly transmu ...
Spatial regression methods capture prediction uncertainty in species distribution model projections through time
... climate metrics including AET, CWD, minimum annual temperature, maximum annual temperature and annual snowfall. We removed predictors in the historic training data with correlation coefficients greater 0.85. We chose this threshold because the primary impact of collinearity is to increase variance o ...
... climate metrics including AET, CWD, minimum annual temperature, maximum annual temperature and annual snowfall. We removed predictors in the historic training data with correlation coefficients greater 0.85. We chose this threshold because the primary impact of collinearity is to increase variance o ...
1. Overview, by Elizabeth McAnally 2. Videos of the
... presents a case for human beings becoming fully themselves through their encounter with God, after the pattern of Christ, but also through their relationship with each other and with other animals. Drawing on classical sources, particularly the work of Thomas Aquinas, DeaneDrummond explores various ...
... presents a case for human beings becoming fully themselves through their encounter with God, after the pattern of Christ, but also through their relationship with each other and with other animals. Drawing on classical sources, particularly the work of Thomas Aquinas, DeaneDrummond explores various ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... Sea ice conditions in the Antarctic affect the life cycle of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). We present a population projection for the emperor penguin population of Terre Adélie, Antarctica, by linking demographic models (stage-structured, seasonal, nonlinear, two-sex matrix population ...
... Sea ice conditions in the Antarctic affect the life cycle of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). We present a population projection for the emperor penguin population of Terre Adélie, Antarctica, by linking demographic models (stage-structured, seasonal, nonlinear, two-sex matrix population ...
- Robert Falkner
... environmental concern in international affairs, subsuming many other environmental issues, such as air pollution, desertification and deforestation. The reasons for this are manifold. For one, virtually all forms of economic activity are implicated in producing the emissions that contribute to global ...
... environmental concern in international affairs, subsuming many other environmental issues, such as air pollution, desertification and deforestation. The reasons for this are manifold. For one, virtually all forms of economic activity are implicated in producing the emissions that contribute to global ...
Longterm changes in forest carbon under temperature and nitrogen
... of C stored in soil, changes in this pool have only modest effects on total soil C stocks. At the other extreme, nearly half of the soil C is associated with mineral surfaces and has depleted 14C signatures, indicating that it has a MRT of several hundred years or more. This so-called ‘passive’ pool ...
... of C stored in soil, changes in this pool have only modest effects on total soil C stocks. At the other extreme, nearly half of the soil C is associated with mineral surfaces and has depleted 14C signatures, indicating that it has a MRT of several hundred years or more. This so-called ‘passive’ pool ...
- TRUECORE® steel
... of the future. From 1950, the northwestern two-thirds of Australia has seen an increase in summer monsoon rainfall, while southern and eastern Australia have become drier 5. Extreme daily rainfall (rainfall in the 95th and 99th percentile) has also increased in north-western and central Australia, a ...
... of the future. From 1950, the northwestern two-thirds of Australia has seen an increase in summer monsoon rainfall, while southern and eastern Australia have become drier 5. Extreme daily rainfall (rainfall in the 95th and 99th percentile) has also increased in north-western and central Australia, a ...
Spatial and interannual variations of seasonal sea surface
... or in March in deeper areas, lasts from December to April. As a result of climate changes over the Baltic Sea region, strong positive trends in SST occur in the summer months. In consequence, the period with extremely high sea surface water temperatures has become slightly longer in the central Balt ...
... or in March in deeper areas, lasts from December to April. As a result of climate changes over the Baltic Sea region, strong positive trends in SST occur in the summer months. In consequence, the period with extremely high sea surface water temperatures has become slightly longer in the central Balt ...
couverture IRIS_out - Memorial University
... plants. Berry shrubs that have a prostrate or dwarf growth form will face increasing competition from taller erect shrubs such as birch and willow. The potential lack of moisture if summers become drier will also compromise their ability to produce large berry crops. Changes in precipitation across ...
... plants. Berry shrubs that have a prostrate or dwarf growth form will face increasing competition from taller erect shrubs such as birch and willow. The potential lack of moisture if summers become drier will also compromise their ability to produce large berry crops. Changes in precipitation across ...
Spatial-Temporal Characteristics and Climatic Responses of Water
... changes [16–20], and the results are well verified. After more than ten years of development, the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) has been widely used to study global changes, the water cycle, and comparative analyses, with other remote sensing products [21–25]. Li et al. analyzed the a ...
... changes [16–20], and the results are well verified. After more than ten years of development, the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) has been widely used to study global changes, the water cycle, and comparative analyses, with other remote sensing products [21–25]. Li et al. analyzed the a ...
How does fishing alter marine populations and ecosystems
... of fishing (removal of large-old individuals) can have substantial consequences on the capacity of populations to buffer climate variability through various pathways (direct demographic effects, effects on migration, parental effects). In a similar way, selection of population sub-units within metap ...
... of fishing (removal of large-old individuals) can have substantial consequences on the capacity of populations to buffer climate variability through various pathways (direct demographic effects, effects on migration, parental effects). In a similar way, selection of population sub-units within metap ...
DIVESTMENT 101
... solution. The real question is how to get there. Many who advocate for direct legislative lobbying fail to account for its ineffectiveness in recent history. Since James Hansen first testified to congress on the dangers of global warming in 1988, no meaningful climate legislation has passed in the U ...
... solution. The real question is how to get there. Many who advocate for direct legislative lobbying fail to account for its ineffectiveness in recent history. Since James Hansen first testified to congress on the dangers of global warming in 1988, no meaningful climate legislation has passed in the U ...
Climate Educator Guide
... natural gas. When they are burned, they release CO2, among other things. Deforestation is another major source of CO2. When forests are logged for lumber, pulpwood or fuel, and when new land is cleared for farming or pastures, CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. ...
... natural gas. When they are burned, they release CO2, among other things. Deforestation is another major source of CO2. When forests are logged for lumber, pulpwood or fuel, and when new land is cleared for farming or pastures, CO2 is emitted into the atmosphere. ...