Climate Change Impact on Water Resources
... the main river basin in Japan, the Tone River basin was modeled and simulated. The Tone River is the main water source to the metropolitan Tokyo, Japan, and upstream of the basin is in snow-dominated regions. Future climate condition was set by output of a super high-resolution atmospheric model (AG ...
... the main river basin in Japan, the Tone River basin was modeled and simulated. The Tone River is the main water source to the metropolitan Tokyo, Japan, and upstream of the basin is in snow-dominated regions. Future climate condition was set by output of a super high-resolution atmospheric model (AG ...
From Kyoto to Copenhagen - Law, Environment and Development
... sanctioning states for non compliance. This part assesses the market mechanisms based on their implementation since 1997. This part does not pretend to review all these concerns due to space constraint. I will only discuss six issues which have been at the center of most of the debates: Instrument C ...
... sanctioning states for non compliance. This part assesses the market mechanisms based on their implementation since 1997. This part does not pretend to review all these concerns due to space constraint. I will only discuss six issues which have been at the center of most of the debates: Instrument C ...
The success of assisted colonization and assisted gene flow
... movement of species beyond their current range boundary, is a conservation strategy proposed for species with limited dispersal abilities or adaptive potential. However, species that rely on photoperiodic and thermal cues for development may experience conflicting signals if transported across latit ...
... movement of species beyond their current range boundary, is a conservation strategy proposed for species with limited dispersal abilities or adaptive potential. However, species that rely on photoperiodic and thermal cues for development may experience conflicting signals if transported across latit ...
What explains variation in party salience on the environment? A
... Country structure and veto-points Country structure, i.e. whether a country is unitary or federal, is a theoretically relevant - albeit ambiguous - factor in explaining variation in environmental and climate change ambitiousness, and thus the party salience on these issues (see Harrison and Sundstro ...
... Country structure and veto-points Country structure, i.e. whether a country is unitary or federal, is a theoretically relevant - albeit ambiguous - factor in explaining variation in environmental and climate change ambitiousness, and thus the party salience on these issues (see Harrison and Sundstro ...
The Extinction of the Woolley Mammoth
... It is difficult to extract evidence from the remains of the woolly mammoth. Their carcasses and Skeletons were numerous, especially in the northern hemisphere and where glaciers existed. Millions of remains were found buried in Siberian frost alone. It was not only woolly mammoth Remains were dug up ...
... It is difficult to extract evidence from the remains of the woolly mammoth. Their carcasses and Skeletons were numerous, especially in the northern hemisphere and where glaciers existed. Millions of remains were found buried in Siberian frost alone. It was not only woolly mammoth Remains were dug up ...
Pollution, Aerosols and Climate Change
... sharply in the Beijing area between 2007 and 2008, due to traffic restrictions imposed because of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Knowing the levels of carbon monoxide allowed the researchers to infer that carbon dioxide emissions also dropped dramatically. ...
... sharply in the Beijing area between 2007 and 2008, due to traffic restrictions imposed because of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Knowing the levels of carbon monoxide allowed the researchers to infer that carbon dioxide emissions also dropped dramatically. ...
Climate Change and Ontario`s Provincial Parks
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
... fire severity, and the loss of polar bear [Ursus maritimus] habitat from Polar Bear Provincial Park), significant knowledge gaps remain in many areas. As such, the results presented in this study should be taken as indicative, not predictive, of the magnitude of impact climate change may have on Ontar ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
... This report is an update and extension of the 2004 EEA report “Impacts of Europe’s changing climate”. Since 2004, much progress has been made in monitoring and assessing the impacts of climate change in Europe. The objectives of this report are to present this new information on past and projected c ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... Figure 10 IDF curve for the city of Dar Es Salaam (a) and variation of growing factor KT (b). ...
... Figure 10 IDF curve for the city of Dar Es Salaam (a) and variation of growing factor KT (b). ...
Understanding Climate Induced Changes in Arctic Ice
... An extremely cold environment, low levels of light and enormous mass of snow and ice characterize the Arctic region. This vast ecosystem is home to many diverse habitats and species, on the land and in the ocean, that depend on a constant amount of ice each season to survive. Arctic ice also acts as ...
... An extremely cold environment, low levels of light and enormous mass of snow and ice characterize the Arctic region. This vast ecosystem is home to many diverse habitats and species, on the land and in the ocean, that depend on a constant amount of ice each season to survive. Arctic ice also acts as ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... without needing to invoke mechanistic processes that are not fully quantified or understood. By quantifying the relationships between observed variation in community mean traits and their environmental drivers and incorporating these into DGVMs, traits can be adjusted every year within the model, al ...
... without needing to invoke mechanistic processes that are not fully quantified or understood. By quantifying the relationships between observed variation in community mean traits and their environmental drivers and incorporating these into DGVMs, traits can be adjusted every year within the model, al ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
1000 year vision - Final
... Tonn’s (2007) view of sustainability is that it needs to provide for earth life on this planet until at least one alternative “home” has been found outside our current solar system. Although this idea may seem extreme, the reality is that unless current thinking and habits of today shift significant ...
... Tonn’s (2007) view of sustainability is that it needs to provide for earth life on this planet until at least one alternative “home” has been found outside our current solar system. Although this idea may seem extreme, the reality is that unless current thinking and habits of today shift significant ...
View/Open
... of its effects on livestock (Reilly et al., 1996; McCarthy et al., 2001). Yet livestock is important. Almost 80% of African agricultural land is grazing land. African farmers depend on livestock for income, food and animal products (Nin et al., 2007), and are known to keep cattle as an insurance pol ...
... of its effects on livestock (Reilly et al., 1996; McCarthy et al., 2001). Yet livestock is important. Almost 80% of African agricultural land is grazing land. African farmers depend on livestock for income, food and animal products (Nin et al., 2007), and are known to keep cattle as an insurance pol ...
Wales Soil Carbon Report - Geoenvironmental Research Centre
... and Lal, 2013). In this study we have therefore not taken account of changes in climate and atmospheric CO2. Currently, the potential positive or negative impacts of climate change on soil carbon are not included in inventory calculations. 4. Inventory issues - Land use change options From the outse ...
... and Lal, 2013). In this study we have therefore not taken account of changes in climate and atmospheric CO2. Currently, the potential positive or negative impacts of climate change on soil carbon are not included in inventory calculations. 4. Inventory issues - Land use change options From the outse ...
Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska - Alaska Native Tribal Health
... most important subsistence species are caribou, salmon, whitefish, and moose but over 50 other varieties of plants, waterfowl, fish, and wildlife are also harvested (ADF&G, 2006). Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC, 2008). In K ...
... most important subsistence species are caribou, salmon, whitefish, and moose but over 50 other varieties of plants, waterfowl, fish, and wildlife are also harvested (ADF&G, 2006). Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC, 2008). In K ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
Impact analysis of the decline of agricultural land
... which locates in hilly and mountainous areas have been decreased due to the abandonment since 1990 (MAFF, 2010). The most of abandoned agricultural land-use have changed to waste lands which will be eventually changed to forest. The land-use changing may lead to increasing flood magnitude and its fr ...
... which locates in hilly and mountainous areas have been decreased due to the abandonment since 1990 (MAFF, 2010). The most of abandoned agricultural land-use have changed to waste lands which will be eventually changed to forest. The land-use changing may lead to increasing flood magnitude and its fr ...
Conference Proceedings, 2011 Low Impact Development
... similar affects for managing increased storm sizes associated with changing rainfall patterns resulting from climate change. Since 1976, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center has documented a trend consisting of an increase in annual precipitation ranging from 0.3 to 1.5 inches pe ...
... similar affects for managing increased storm sizes associated with changing rainfall patterns resulting from climate change. Since 1976, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center has documented a trend consisting of an increase in annual precipitation ranging from 0.3 to 1.5 inches pe ...
We Speak for the Trees: Media Reporting on the Environment
... findings have signaled a broad scientific consensus—despite lingering uncertainties regarding the extent of attribution— that humans have been contributing to modern climate change. For instance, the recently released IPCC Summary for policymakers in Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Co ...
... findings have signaled a broad scientific consensus—despite lingering uncertainties regarding the extent of attribution— that humans have been contributing to modern climate change. For instance, the recently released IPCC Summary for policymakers in Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Co ...
Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance
... normally dry land areas from: (1) [t]he overflow of inland or tidal waters[,] (2) [t]he unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source[, or] (3) [m]udslides (i.e. mudflows).”9 A warmer climate, which will likely result in increased climate variability, will increase the r ...
... normally dry land areas from: (1) [t]he overflow of inland or tidal waters[,] (2) [t]he unusual and rapid accumulation or runoff of surface waters from any source[, or] (3) [m]udslides (i.e. mudflows).”9 A warmer climate, which will likely result in increased climate variability, will increase the r ...
Vivid Economics
... Europe. The duration of snow cover at middle elevation in the Alps is expected to decrease by several weeks for each degree of warming. In terms of sea level rise scenarios predict the inland migration of beaches, increased salinization of ground water and the loss of up to 20 per cent of coastal we ...
... Europe. The duration of snow cover at middle elevation in the Alps is expected to decrease by several weeks for each degree of warming. In terms of sea level rise scenarios predict the inland migration of beaches, increased salinization of ground water and the loss of up to 20 per cent of coastal we ...
city of santa cruz city climate change vulnerability assessment
... Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the oceans is also not flat, and this sea surface elevation is changing over short and long‐term time periods. We often refer to Global Sea Level, or the average height of all the Earth's oceans. Global Sea Level Rise refers to the cur ...
... Just as the surface of the Earth is not flat, the surface of the oceans is also not flat, and this sea surface elevation is changing over short and long‐term time periods. We often refer to Global Sea Level, or the average height of all the Earth's oceans. Global Sea Level Rise refers to the cur ...