Can climate change drive speciation ?
... effect of the new environmental conditions was seldom considered. Further, the overwhelming majority of speciation studies focus on population divergence under allopatry, a process resulting from the spatial separation of a group of individuals, that under different selection pressures, later give r ...
... effect of the new environmental conditions was seldom considered. Further, the overwhelming majority of speciation studies focus on population divergence under allopatry, a process resulting from the spatial separation of a group of individuals, that under different selection pressures, later give r ...
Linking economic growth and sustainable development in Spain
... Brief diagnosis of sustainability in Spain CLIMATE CHAGE. TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN SPAIN In the course of the last 100 years, the average temperature: of the Earth has risen by 0.74ºC. In the EU it has increased by 1ºC and in Spain by 1.3ºC. Desviación T. media (ºC) ...
... Brief diagnosis of sustainability in Spain CLIMATE CHAGE. TEMPERATURE INCREASE IN SPAIN In the course of the last 100 years, the average temperature: of the Earth has risen by 0.74ºC. In the EU it has increased by 1ºC and in Spain by 1.3ºC. Desviación T. media (ºC) ...
Bewertung der Risiken des Klimawandels für
... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
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... administrative authorities (Ministry of Economy, local authorities, ANRE, ARCE) not appointed by law to execute economic activities (e.g. execution of pilot projects in the RES field, implementation of new execution projects for new capacities, etc.) and not having a specific apparatus for developin ...
... administrative authorities (Ministry of Economy, local authorities, ANRE, ARCE) not appointed by law to execute economic activities (e.g. execution of pilot projects in the RES field, implementation of new execution projects for new capacities, etc.) and not having a specific apparatus for developin ...
Book 1.indb
... No substitute for petroleum has yet been developed that can deliver energy at the scale, quality, or within the time frame required to replace decreasing availability. Most alternative energy sources provide much less energy than petroleum and do not have its high energy density. The interplay among ...
... No substitute for petroleum has yet been developed that can deliver energy at the scale, quality, or within the time frame required to replace decreasing availability. Most alternative energy sources provide much less energy than petroleum and do not have its high energy density. The interplay among ...
teaching manual - Live and Learn
... The combination of the probability of an event and the scale of it’s negative consequences. Disaster risks are the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
... The combination of the probability of an event and the scale of it’s negative consequences. Disaster risks are the potential disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or a society over some specified future time period. ...
2008 Psychology`s essential role in climate change
... Discourse on climate change in the media and amongst policymakers is virtually silent on the role of psychology. The conventional wisdom in the wider world of climate-change thought is that psychology has no important role to play. Why? First, we must lay the blame in part on ourselves. Psychology, ...
... Discourse on climate change in the media and amongst policymakers is virtually silent on the role of psychology. The conventional wisdom in the wider world of climate-change thought is that psychology has no important role to play. Why? First, we must lay the blame in part on ourselves. Psychology, ...
Growth of climate change commitments from HFC banks and
... and solvents, were largely replaced with not-in-kind alternatives right away after environmental concerns were recognized. Because of these same concerns, HCFCs and HFCs were always only used in limited amounts for rapid-release applications. Figure 1 shows that the substitution of CFCs with HCFCs a ...
... and solvents, were largely replaced with not-in-kind alternatives right away after environmental concerns were recognized. Because of these same concerns, HCFCs and HFCs were always only used in limited amounts for rapid-release applications. Figure 1 shows that the substitution of CFCs with HCFCs a ...
Aerobic rice: An adaptation strategy that also reduces methane
... yields. 4,5,6 Farmers wishing to sustain rice production will need to shift their planting schedules to accommodate changes in temperature and rainfall patterns. Some will need to select alternative rice varieties or discontinue rice production in the dry season, if irrigation water resources are re ...
... yields. 4,5,6 Farmers wishing to sustain rice production will need to shift their planting schedules to accommodate changes in temperature and rainfall patterns. Some will need to select alternative rice varieties or discontinue rice production in the dry season, if irrigation water resources are re ...
UNFCCC First Ten Years
... for those countries as a whole. However, for most individual countries, emissions of greenhouse gases are now increasing. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, a key measure of long-term success, have increased about 5 per cent in the past decade. All countries must carry out more intensive ...
... for those countries as a whole. However, for most individual countries, emissions of greenhouse gases are now increasing. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, a key measure of long-term success, have increased about 5 per cent in the past decade. All countries must carry out more intensive ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... water. Late Pleistocene glacial-interglacial deep ocean temperature changes (Fig. 1c) are only about two-thirds as large as global mean surface temperature changes (section 4). Earth has been in a long-term cooling trend for the past 50 million years (Fig. 1a). By approximately 34 Mya (million years ...
... water. Late Pleistocene glacial-interglacial deep ocean temperature changes (Fig. 1c) are only about two-thirds as large as global mean surface temperature changes (section 4). Earth has been in a long-term cooling trend for the past 50 million years (Fig. 1a). By approximately 34 Mya (million years ...
Sea level rise in the Arctic Ocean
... during the 1950s to 1980s can be explained by atmospheric forcing and by changes in the thermohaline circulation due to changes in the T-S distribution in the ocean. Thermohaline and wind-driven effects are equally important in influencing the ocean circulation and both significantly contribute to t ...
... during the 1950s to 1980s can be explained by atmospheric forcing and by changes in the thermohaline circulation due to changes in the T-S distribution in the ocean. Thermohaline and wind-driven effects are equally important in influencing the ocean circulation and both significantly contribute to t ...
Projected impacts of climate change on a continent
... utilized to characterize the climate envelope of a species (e.g. Elith et al. 2006), there is considerable debate over which methodology(ies) are ÔbestÕ and even how ÔbestÕ is defined. As a result, some researchers advocate a model ensemble approach [sensu the use of an ensemble of climate change sc ...
... utilized to characterize the climate envelope of a species (e.g. Elith et al. 2006), there is considerable debate over which methodology(ies) are ÔbestÕ and even how ÔbestÕ is defined. As a result, some researchers advocate a model ensemble approach [sensu the use of an ensemble of climate change sc ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... world. It is a strategy that, if properly implemented, will create a wealth of new opportunities for entrepreneurs at home, uphold our leadership abroad, and harness the power of free markets to free our planet from an unacceptable risk; a strategy consistent with our commitment to reject false choi ...
... world. It is a strategy that, if properly implemented, will create a wealth of new opportunities for entrepreneurs at home, uphold our leadership abroad, and harness the power of free markets to free our planet from an unacceptable risk; a strategy consistent with our commitment to reject false choi ...
Advancing climate ambition: How city-scale actions can contribute to
... World leaders have agreed that, to avoid the most dangerous climate change impacts, global warming should be kept below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Doing so, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said, will require staying within a strict “carbon budget” (IPCC 2013). Yet so far, cou ...
... World leaders have agreed that, to avoid the most dangerous climate change impacts, global warming should be kept below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Doing so, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has said, will require staying within a strict “carbon budget” (IPCC 2013). Yet so far, cou ...
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... Why is environmental responsibility such a high priority? • Freshwater withdrawal has almost doubled since 1960 and nearly half the world’s major rivers are going dry or are badly polluted (New Internationalist, no. 329) • 11 of the world’s 15 major fishing areas and 69% of the world’s major fish s ...
... Why is environmental responsibility such a high priority? • Freshwater withdrawal has almost doubled since 1960 and nearly half the world’s major rivers are going dry or are badly polluted (New Internationalist, no. 329) • 11 of the world’s 15 major fishing areas and 69% of the world’s major fish s ...
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... coupled with weather disasters, diarrhea, waterborne illnesses and threatened food supplies due to drought or flooding (Andersen et al., 2010). Other dangers to human health include cardio respiratory diseases brought on by increased temperatures which can increase particulate matter, pollen and ozo ...
... coupled with weather disasters, diarrhea, waterborne illnesses and threatened food supplies due to drought or flooding (Andersen et al., 2010). Other dangers to human health include cardio respiratory diseases brought on by increased temperatures which can increase particulate matter, pollen and ozo ...
Changes in Water Use Under Regional Climate Change Scenarios
... relevant for evaluating the potential effects of climate change. Water use models based on relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measuremen ...
... relevant for evaluating the potential effects of climate change. Water use models based on relatively more frequent measurements of water use (e.g., monthly, weekly, and daily) are more preferable for evaluating the effects of weather and climate effects than models based on coarser time measuremen ...
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... the most vulnerable and less understood areas in Europe. In some cases, the volume and direction of the changes in climate model simulations are not definite. Beside model predictions, it is interesting to search analogies of projected climate during the history of the Earth for better understanding ...
... the most vulnerable and less understood areas in Europe. In some cases, the volume and direction of the changes in climate model simulations are not definite. Beside model predictions, it is interesting to search analogies of projected climate during the history of the Earth for better understanding ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... correlation (significant at a 99% confidence level) centered over the western United States (Fig. 9). The pattern of correlations indicates that when atmospheric pressures are greater (lower) than average, CMDs in the western United States are earlier (later) than average. The relation between atmos ...
... correlation (significant at a 99% confidence level) centered over the western United States (Fig. 9). The pattern of correlations indicates that when atmospheric pressures are greater (lower) than average, CMDs in the western United States are earlier (later) than average. The relation between atmos ...
NGOs in Economic Diplomacy
... political aspects, but that are not overtly political organizations such as political parties. But however blurred their definition, NGOs have clearly grown in number, size and influence in recent decades, an impact most recently recognized in their apparent coronation at the heart of the ‘Big Socie ...
... political aspects, but that are not overtly political organizations such as political parties. But however blurred their definition, NGOs have clearly grown in number, size and influence in recent decades, an impact most recently recognized in their apparent coronation at the heart of the ‘Big Socie ...
From adaptation to climate-resilient development: the costs of climate-proofing the Millennium Development Goals in Africa (388 kB ) (opens in new window)
... 2002) the UN Millennium Project adopted a bottom-up approach that aggregates the costs of individual interventions to achieve the MDGs in each country. Where possible, these authors built on available sectoral needs assessment approaches that employed an intervention-based approach (e.g., Jones et a ...
... 2002) the UN Millennium Project adopted a bottom-up approach that aggregates the costs of individual interventions to achieve the MDGs in each country. Where possible, these authors built on available sectoral needs assessment approaches that employed an intervention-based approach (e.g., Jones et a ...
Weaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge
... Tlingit attached carved figures to the tops of the posts used in the structures.” (111, Stewart) This is something that I have learned from numerous elders too. ...
... Tlingit attached carved figures to the tops of the posts used in the structures.” (111, Stewart) This is something that I have learned from numerous elders too. ...
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... were spatially interpolated to the study site using Delaunay triangulation. Data were provided by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (see Kellomäki et al. 2005). Both climate change scenarios show steady warming until the end of the 21st century (delta between first and last decade of ...
... were spatially interpolated to the study site using Delaunay triangulation. Data were provided by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (see Kellomäki et al. 2005). Both climate change scenarios show steady warming until the end of the 21st century (delta between first and last decade of ...