impact of climate change on extinction risk of montane tree species
... conservation status on montane forest in the Tropical Andes. Starting with a global analysis, the potential impacts of climate change on montane ecoregions is investigated, by identifying those that are more vulnerable to the expected changes in temperature and precipitation, from global predictions ...
... conservation status on montane forest in the Tropical Andes. Starting with a global analysis, the potential impacts of climate change on montane ecoregions is investigated, by identifying those that are more vulnerable to the expected changes in temperature and precipitation, from global predictions ...
Shaping Tomorrow Today: Near-Term Steps Towards Long
... Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals.” The workshop gave policymakers and analysts an opportunity to explore new methods and tools that can help improve long-term decisionmaking. The intent was to conduct this exploration collaboratively, drawing from many countries a mixed group of tool builders ...
... Near-Term Steps Towards Long-Term Goals.” The workshop gave policymakers and analysts an opportunity to explore new methods and tools that can help improve long-term decisionmaking. The intent was to conduct this exploration collaboratively, drawing from many countries a mixed group of tool builders ...
PALSEA2 2016 Workshop: Sea-level budgets at decadal to
... blocks of the crust, occurring with different rates; in some locations, the presence of suboceanic crust type can even be supposed. In the eastern part of the Russian Arctic, the rates of RSL growth or fall were not so dramatic. In spite of the general ASL rise during the Holocene, the collected dat ...
... blocks of the crust, occurring with different rates; in some locations, the presence of suboceanic crust type can even be supposed. In the eastern part of the Russian Arctic, the rates of RSL growth or fall were not so dramatic. In spite of the general ASL rise during the Holocene, the collected dat ...
2. Strategy
... The UNDP-implemented, LDCF-financed project will contribute to overcoming these barriers using an integrated approach. In particular, the project will: i) strengthen technical and institutional capacity of foresters and communities in Central Province to plan and implement climate-resilient agro-for ...
... The UNDP-implemented, LDCF-financed project will contribute to overcoming these barriers using an integrated approach. In particular, the project will: i) strengthen technical and institutional capacity of foresters and communities in Central Province to plan and implement climate-resilient agro-for ...
Climate change detection in natural systems by
... for the change point position. Change point probability distributions exhibit the change point probabilities as a function of time for a temperature or a phenological time series. Since the change point probability distribution is extended over several years, it does not make sense to select the max ...
... for the change point position. Change point probability distributions exhibit the change point probabilities as a function of time for a temperature or a phenological time series. Since the change point probability distribution is extended over several years, it does not make sense to select the max ...
An investigation of the pattern scaling technique for describing future
... Thursday’s weather. It is results from these global climate models (GCMs)1 that have motivated the political process towards mitigating emissions, and that have dominated assessments of future climate change and its impacts. However, these models are so computationally expensive that comparatively ...
... Thursday’s weather. It is results from these global climate models (GCMs)1 that have motivated the political process towards mitigating emissions, and that have dominated assessments of future climate change and its impacts. However, these models are so computationally expensive that comparatively ...
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... Keywords: Climate effect, full-moment function, partial-moment function, variance, Pesaran’s test JEL: Q54, Q16 ...
... Keywords: Climate effect, full-moment function, partial-moment function, variance, Pesaran’s test JEL: Q54, Q16 ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... abundantly, from the Pacific coast, where the year is split into a dry and wet season (CCAD and SICA, 2010). In Mexico, rainfall is lower in its temperate northern regions (SEMARNAT, 2010). Inter-annual climate variability is highly influenced by movement of the ITCZ and the El Niño Southern Oscilla ...
... abundantly, from the Pacific coast, where the year is split into a dry and wet season (CCAD and SICA, 2010). In Mexico, rainfall is lower in its temperate northern regions (SEMARNAT, 2010). Inter-annual climate variability is highly influenced by movement of the ITCZ and the El Niño Southern Oscilla ...
enter appropriate school - Victoria University of Wellington
... poverty; energy; climate change; biodiversity and conservation; deforestation and agriculture; contamination; and global environmental and social justice. ESCI 111 GEOG 111 ...
... poverty; energy; climate change; biodiversity and conservation; deforestation and agriculture; contamination; and global environmental and social justice. ESCI 111 GEOG 111 ...
Climate change amplifies gross nitrogen turnover in montane
... soil water film. This effect was not observed at the control site, where soil freezing did not occur due to a significant insulating snowpack. Climate change conditions accelerated gross nitrogen mineralization by 250% on average. Increased N mineralization significantly stimulated gross nitrificati ...
... soil water film. This effect was not observed at the control site, where soil freezing did not occur due to a significant insulating snowpack. Climate change conditions accelerated gross nitrogen mineralization by 250% on average. Increased N mineralization significantly stimulated gross nitrificati ...
DRAFT of first half of report
... This is the fifth volume in the WWF series of reports developed as part of the Arguments for Protection project which is assembling evidence on the social and economic benefits of protected areas to widen and strengthen support for park creation and management. In this volume we explore the increasi ...
... This is the fifth volume in the WWF series of reports developed as part of the Arguments for Protection project which is assembling evidence on the social and economic benefits of protected areas to widen and strengthen support for park creation and management. In this volume we explore the increasi ...
Murphy-Grace-PhD-BIOL-December-2016
... local biodiversity and ecosystem responses to several human-induced environmental changes. I then used projections of future environmental change across the Earth’s biomes to assess biases in the spatial distribution of local biodiversity change studies. Lastly, My results revealed widespread declin ...
... local biodiversity and ecosystem responses to several human-induced environmental changes. I then used projections of future environmental change across the Earth’s biomes to assess biases in the spatial distribution of local biodiversity change studies. Lastly, My results revealed widespread declin ...
Introduction - dust - University of California, Irvine
... et al., 2007). Details on the iron and nitrogen datasets are in Luo et al. (2007; 2008), Krishnamurthy et al. (2007a) and Krishnamurthy et al. (2009). These nutrient inputs were used as inputs to the coupled biogeochemical elemental cycling (BEC) ocean model. The BEC model includes an ecosystem mod ...
... et al., 2007). Details on the iron and nitrogen datasets are in Luo et al. (2007; 2008), Krishnamurthy et al. (2007a) and Krishnamurthy et al. (2009). These nutrient inputs were used as inputs to the coupled biogeochemical elemental cycling (BEC) ocean model. The BEC model includes an ecosystem mod ...
12th Annual Global CEO Survey
... nights’ sleep in the next 12 months, I will consider the next year to be a success. I’m exaggerating, of course. But what I mean is…it’s necessary to strike a balance between fighting each day to ensure your survival, while keeping a strong hand on the tiller in order to steady the ship. It’s balanc ...
... nights’ sleep in the next 12 months, I will consider the next year to be a success. I’m exaggerating, of course. But what I mean is…it’s necessary to strike a balance between fighting each day to ensure your survival, while keeping a strong hand on the tiller in order to steady the ship. It’s balanc ...
Soil carbon sequestration to mitigate climate change
... necessitates identification of strategies for mitigating the threat of the attendant global warming. Since the industrial revolution, global emissions of carbon (C) are estimated at 270 F 30 Pg (Pg = petagram = 1015 g = 1 billion ton) due to fossil fuel combustion and 136 F 55 Pg due to land use cha ...
... necessitates identification of strategies for mitigating the threat of the attendant global warming. Since the industrial revolution, global emissions of carbon (C) are estimated at 270 F 30 Pg (Pg = petagram = 1015 g = 1 billion ton) due to fossil fuel combustion and 136 F 55 Pg due to land use cha ...
Climatic Impact of Volcanic Eruptions
... ongoing volcanic eruption of Lakagigar (Laki for short) in Iceland. It was this observation by Franklin that caught the attention of modern-day scientists, and especially climatologists, interested in identifying the factors that cause the Earth’s climate to change. The significant impact of volcani ...
... ongoing volcanic eruption of Lakagigar (Laki for short) in Iceland. It was this observation by Franklin that caught the attention of modern-day scientists, and especially climatologists, interested in identifying the factors that cause the Earth’s climate to change. The significant impact of volcani ...
Global indirect aerosol effects: a review
... in the radiative forcing bar chart of the IPCC (2001) assessment. 2.1 Evidence of aerosol effects on warm clouds from observational data The indirect aerosol effect of changing cloud albedo and cloud lifetime due to anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and their precursors has been evaluated from obs ...
... in the radiative forcing bar chart of the IPCC (2001) assessment. 2.1 Evidence of aerosol effects on warm clouds from observational data The indirect aerosol effect of changing cloud albedo and cloud lifetime due to anthropogenic emissions of aerosols and their precursors has been evaluated from obs ...
Exposure to extreme heat and precipitation events associated with
... to trigger the release of fungal spores that are carried by wind, thereby resulting in increased exposure to these triggers [26–28]. An increasing body of literature, including the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, suggest that extreme weather events are projected ...
... to trigger the release of fungal spores that are carried by wind, thereby resulting in increased exposure to these triggers [26–28]. An increasing body of literature, including the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, suggest that extreme weather events are projected ...
Effect of Erosion in Alaskan Coastal Villages
... The disastrous consequences of global warming forecasted by scientists are now being seen in Alaska. Alaska’s 6,600-mile coastline has been subjected to decades of severe erosion. Alaska’s northern coastline is frozen-ice for most of the year. The ice season usually lasts from November to April on m ...
... The disastrous consequences of global warming forecasted by scientists are now being seen in Alaska. Alaska’s 6,600-mile coastline has been subjected to decades of severe erosion. Alaska’s northern coastline is frozen-ice for most of the year. The ice season usually lasts from November to April on m ...
"Biochar: A Carbon-Negative Technology to Combat Climate Change an Enhance Global Soil Resources"
... – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
... – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
IGES Briefing Note on REDD+ negotiations
... holistic system that considers the multiple functions of forest. Some parties pointed out that such a system should provide data and information that is complete, as it would allow the technical analysis of the results of the activities to be implemented. On the type of information to be collected, ...
... holistic system that considers the multiple functions of forest. Some parties pointed out that such a system should provide data and information that is complete, as it would allow the technical analysis of the results of the activities to be implemented. On the type of information to be collected, ...
2011 CIRES ANNUAL REPORT
... Safety and Health Administration, discovered that approximately one-third of the oil evaporated into the atmosphere. After the deadly Russian Heat Wave in summer 2010, CIRES scientists statistically analyzed observations and ran climate models to conclude the event was due to natural variability and ...
... Safety and Health Administration, discovered that approximately one-third of the oil evaporated into the atmosphere. After the deadly Russian Heat Wave in summer 2010, CIRES scientists statistically analyzed observations and ran climate models to conclude the event was due to natural variability and ...
Agenda for the Protection of Cross
... migration and conduct planned relocation out of hazardous areas, and respond to the needs of internally displaced persons. Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience to Displacement Risk: Resilience is a key factor in determining whether and how individuals, families, communities and countries c ...
... migration and conduct planned relocation out of hazardous areas, and respond to the needs of internally displaced persons. Reducing Vulnerability and Building Resilience to Displacement Risk: Resilience is a key factor in determining whether and how individuals, families, communities and countries c ...
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at
... Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now sufficient evidence that mangrove species have proliferated at or near their poleward limits on at least five contin ...
... Mangroves are species of halophytic intertidal trees and shrubs derived from tropical genera and are likely delimited in latitudinal range by varying sensitivity to cold. There is now sufficient evidence that mangrove species have proliferated at or near their poleward limits on at least five contin ...