The future of terrestrial mammals in the Mediterranean basin under
... change will have and is already having on biodiversity [26,27], and some species have already gone extinct owing to recent climate change [28]. However, only limited attention has been given to the effects of future climate changes on mammals [29– 33], and to our knowledge no one has considered the ...
... change will have and is already having on biodiversity [26,27], and some species have already gone extinct owing to recent climate change [28]. However, only limited attention has been given to the effects of future climate changes on mammals [29– 33], and to our knowledge no one has considered the ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY CHAPTER I
... approximately 20 percent on average in the past century, and this trend is very likely to continue, with the largest increases in the wettest places. ...
... approximately 20 percent on average in the past century, and this trend is very likely to continue, with the largest increases in the wettest places. ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focu ...
... For details visit: http://www.avoid.uk.net The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focu ...
The Effects of Ocean Freshening on Marine and
... and seafloor topography (Price 1998). The water then spills out of the marginal seas and moves around the globe (Price 1998). Circulation patterns are largely influenced by the Coriolis effect, seafloor bathymetry, and the location of continents (Figure 1). In the Antarctic region, water sinking in ...
... and seafloor topography (Price 1998). The water then spills out of the marginal seas and moves around the globe (Price 1998). Circulation patterns are largely influenced by the Coriolis effect, seafloor bathymetry, and the location of continents (Figure 1). In the Antarctic region, water sinking in ...
Industrial Regions and climate policies: Towards a Just
... The recently adopted Paris agreement on climate change should accelerate the decarbonisation of the global economy since, for the first time, all countries have committed to become carbon neutral by the end of this century. The horizon for Europe is clear. It should approach carbon neutrality by 205 ...
... The recently adopted Paris agreement on climate change should accelerate the decarbonisation of the global economy since, for the first time, all countries have committed to become carbon neutral by the end of this century. The horizon for Europe is clear. It should approach carbon neutrality by 205 ...
A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... the next 10 to 15 years, there is compelling evidence to suggest we might lose the chance to control temperature rises” (Blair 2006). The summary in the Review was equally stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing ...
... the next 10 to 15 years, there is compelling evidence to suggest we might lose the chance to control temperature rises” (Blair 2006). The summary in the Review was equally stark: “[T]he Review estimates that if we don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing ...
FAQ 4.2 | Are Glaciers in Mountain Regions Disappearing?
... elsewhere. In these regions, more than 600 glaciers have disappeared over the past decades. Even if there is no further warming, many more glaciers will disappear. It is also likely that some mountain ranges will lose most, if not all, of their glaciers. In all mountain regions where glaciers exist ...
... elsewhere. In these regions, more than 600 glaciers have disappeared over the past decades. Even if there is no further warming, many more glaciers will disappear. It is also likely that some mountain ranges will lose most, if not all, of their glaciers. In all mountain regions where glaciers exist ...
List of maps and graphs
... Decapod abundance in the central North Sea highlighting the mean seasonal peak in abundance for the period 1950-2005 and the month of seasonal peak of decapod larvae for each year 1958-2005. ...
... Decapod abundance in the central North Sea highlighting the mean seasonal peak in abundance for the period 1950-2005 and the month of seasonal peak of decapod larvae for each year 1958-2005. ...
Environmental and economical effects of fossil fuels
... emissions in the atmosphere. Oil is a liquid fossil fuel that is formed from the remains of marine micro organisms deposited on the sea floor. After millions of years the deposits end up in rock and sediment where oil is trapped in small spaces. It can be extracted by large drilling platforms. Oil i ...
... emissions in the atmosphere. Oil is a liquid fossil fuel that is formed from the remains of marine micro organisms deposited on the sea floor. After millions of years the deposits end up in rock and sediment where oil is trapped in small spaces. It can be extracted by large drilling platforms. Oil i ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate changes, and the associated increases in key risks, are well understood. Experience from non-climate issues shows that people often respond to issues of increased ...
... postponed until changes are clearer. This ‘wait and see’ approach is in itself risky, since the direction and rough magnitude of climate changes, and the associated increases in key risks, are well understood. Experience from non-climate issues shows that people often respond to issues of increased ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... though in most cases it was not possible to finish all refinement during the week of the training. Some team members continue to work on their materials and will provide them to U.S. co-lead Michael Furniss when complete. Furniss, with help from the U.S. coordinator and USFS IP staff, will complete ...
... though in most cases it was not possible to finish all refinement during the week of the training. Some team members continue to work on their materials and will provide them to U.S. co-lead Michael Furniss when complete. Furniss, with help from the U.S. coordinator and USFS IP staff, will complete ...
Download country chapter
... The last parliamentary elections were held in 2012, the next elections are scheduled for 2016. Legislative initiative belongs to members of the NC and the Government. In general, constitutional laws (require ⅗ qualified majority) and Acts adopted by the NC constitute the primary legislation, which h ...
... The last parliamentary elections were held in 2012, the next elections are scheduled for 2016. Legislative initiative belongs to members of the NC and the Government. In general, constitutional laws (require ⅗ qualified majority) and Acts adopted by the NC constitute the primary legislation, which h ...
impacts and cross-border effects on the environment
... resources and on ecosystems (as the previous OS) but the promotion of off-peak or a niche tourism could have positive effect on the same resources, so that the “real” environmental effect depend on the way of implementation of the OS. Mitigation and Orientation Measures for Axis 2. Possible not sign ...
... resources and on ecosystems (as the previous OS) but the promotion of off-peak or a niche tourism could have positive effect on the same resources, so that the “real” environmental effect depend on the way of implementation of the OS. Mitigation and Orientation Measures for Axis 2. Possible not sign ...
Lorentz BioPanel statement
... In most locations hunger and malnutrition are not caused by a lack of food production or land. Instead, hunger results from poverty, poor governance, and a lack of infrastructure. Cycles of poverty result from mismanagement and undermine long-term productivity and resilience. The BBE can complement ...
... In most locations hunger and malnutrition are not caused by a lack of food production or land. Instead, hunger results from poverty, poor governance, and a lack of infrastructure. Cycles of poverty result from mismanagement and undermine long-term productivity and resilience. The BBE can complement ...
Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected gains and losses can be calculated precisely as the monetized product of the two, from uncertainty, where the range of possibilities is known, but not the precise probability ...
... classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected gains and losses can be calculated precisely as the monetized product of the two, from uncertainty, where the range of possibilities is known, but not the precise probability ...
Bronze Age Review - ePrints Soton
... C relative production rate/solar activity including solar events such as the Homeric minimum (850-550 cal BC) which has been correlated with a major wet phase across North West Europe (van Geel et al., 1996; Mauquoy et al., 2004). Mauquoy et al. (2008) have shown that at two sites, one in northern E ...
... C relative production rate/solar activity including solar events such as the Homeric minimum (850-550 cal BC) which has been correlated with a major wet phase across North West Europe (van Geel et al., 1996; Mauquoy et al., 2004). Mauquoy et al. (2008) have shown that at two sites, one in northern E ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... increased noticeably in the region in recent years. In April 2016 a deadly heat wave across Asia brought record-breaking temperatures across the region, including in India where Rajasthan recorded an unprecedented temperature of 51°C. This event came just a year after a 2015 heat wave in which 3,000 ...
... increased noticeably in the region in recent years. In April 2016 a deadly heat wave across Asia brought record-breaking temperatures across the region, including in India where Rajasthan recorded an unprecedented temperature of 51°C. This event came just a year after a 2015 heat wave in which 3,000 ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... At a global scale, climate is the main controlling factor determining the distribution of plant (and ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. ...
... At a global scale, climate is the main controlling factor determining the distribution of plant (and ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. ...
S08-2 Mistimed reproduction due to global climate change
... underlying levels of the food chain. We offer two hypotheses in explanation, and discuss how they can be tested by manipulating laying date under field conditions and by comparing populations on a large spatial scale. We argue that the lack of advancement of laying date may be caused by a differenti ...
... underlying levels of the food chain. We offer two hypotheses in explanation, and discuss how they can be tested by manipulating laying date under field conditions and by comparing populations on a large spatial scale. We argue that the lack of advancement of laying date may be caused by a differenti ...
Changing Climates, Fading Cultures: A Study of Place Annihilation
... the arctic. Warming of the planet will be the most dramatic and accelerated in the Polar Regions, which are already sensitive ecosystems to thermal fluctuations (Stocker et al. 2013). For Inuit tribes that have built their cultures on this fragile environment, the risk factors are not merely high – ...
... the arctic. Warming of the planet will be the most dramatic and accelerated in the Polar Regions, which are already sensitive ecosystems to thermal fluctuations (Stocker et al. 2013). For Inuit tribes that have built their cultures on this fragile environment, the risk factors are not merely high – ...
51st DIRECTING COUNCIL
... change are irrefutable. In large part, this change is due to the use of fossil fuels. Based on observed increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, and the widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conclud ...
... change are irrefutable. In large part, this change is due to the use of fossil fuels. Based on observed increases in average global air and ocean temperatures, and the widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) conclud ...