ADAPTING FOREST MANAGEMENT TO CLIMATE CHANGE Rubén Javier Mur Torrentó
... Fig. 4.11: Evolution of the timber price over time depending on the two climate change scenarios considered by Tavoni et al. (2007). .......................................................................... 51 Fig. 4.12: Sum of discounted net benefits over time as a function of the discount rate. . ...
... Fig. 4.11: Evolution of the timber price over time depending on the two climate change scenarios considered by Tavoni et al. (2007). .......................................................................... 51 Fig. 4.12: Sum of discounted net benefits over time as a function of the discount rate. . ...
The Citizen`s Guide to Carbon Capping
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... TIFF (Uncomp resse d) de com press or are nee ded to s ee this picture. ...
Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Children in
... transmitted to children and households at the local level. With this in mind, an effective response to changing climate and development pressures requires efforts from all stakeholders as well as good coordination across multiple levels of governance, from household and community, through municipal ...
... transmitted to children and households at the local level. With this in mind, an effective response to changing climate and development pressures requires efforts from all stakeholders as well as good coordination across multiple levels of governance, from household and community, through municipal ...
Abatement vs. Adaptation and the Prospects for International
... lower-GDP countries. This makes a cooperative agreement to reduce emissions more attractive to lower-GDP countries than when adaptation is not available. Our paper adds to a growing body of literature on the relationship between abatement and adaptation.1 A key concern expressed in much of the poli ...
... lower-GDP countries. This makes a cooperative agreement to reduce emissions more attractive to lower-GDP countries than when adaptation is not available. Our paper adds to a growing body of literature on the relationship between abatement and adaptation.1 A key concern expressed in much of the poli ...
Inside this issue: University of Vermont Research and Outreach That Benefits
... The faculty, graduate students, and staff who are a part of the Vermont Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate Initiative (VAR) know that Vermont farmers are concerned about climate change. Dr. Ernesto Mendez, one of the VAR faculty leads from the Plant and Soil Science Department-PSS, seeks ...
... The faculty, graduate students, and staff who are a part of the Vermont Agricultural Resilience in a Changing Climate Initiative (VAR) know that Vermont farmers are concerned about climate change. Dr. Ernesto Mendez, one of the VAR faculty leads from the Plant and Soil Science Department-PSS, seeks ...
1. The Model: implementation of the numerical responses of
... In 1989-2007, all lemming carcasses found in lemming winter nest aggregations have been counted by B.S. The proportion of nest aggregations with juvenile carcasses (lemmings less than ca. 35g when alive, empirically aged according to the carcass size) was twice as high after 1998 than before (Fig. S ...
... In 1989-2007, all lemming carcasses found in lemming winter nest aggregations have been counted by B.S. The proportion of nest aggregations with juvenile carcasses (lemmings less than ca. 35g when alive, empirically aged according to the carcass size) was twice as high after 1998 than before (Fig. S ...
Mechanisms for solar influence on the Earth`s climate
... Direct measurements of total solar irradiance (TSI) made outside the Earth’s atmosphere began with the launch of satellite instruments in 1978. Previous surfacebased measurements could not provide the accuracy required to show solar cycle variations as they were subject to uncertainties and fluctuat ...
... Direct measurements of total solar irradiance (TSI) made outside the Earth’s atmosphere began with the launch of satellite instruments in 1978. Previous surfacebased measurements could not provide the accuracy required to show solar cycle variations as they were subject to uncertainties and fluctuat ...
Green Allies: Speculative Realism, Evangelical Christianity, and
... mapping of interactions and relations between machines composing assemblages or ecologies.’’13 Cartography maps how power flows throughout society, for instance, in the work of Marx in Capital, Foucault in Discipline and Punish, and Latour in The Pasteurization of France.14 How does cartography diff ...
... mapping of interactions and relations between machines composing assemblages or ecologies.’’13 Cartography maps how power flows throughout society, for instance, in the work of Marx in Capital, Foucault in Discipline and Punish, and Latour in The Pasteurization of France.14 How does cartography diff ...
A Comparison of Carbon Footprint and Production Cost of Different
... amount of energy for the processes of grinding as well as air classification, resulting in high GHG emissions. However, in comparison to the egg production, the total emissions of pea-based pasta are still low [15,27]. This finding is in accordance with other studies, which show the potential impact ...
... amount of energy for the processes of grinding as well as air classification, resulting in high GHG emissions. However, in comparison to the egg production, the total emissions of pea-based pasta are still low [15,27]. This finding is in accordance with other studies, which show the potential impact ...
Up-regulation of photosynthesis and sucrose
... photosynthesis by CO 2 enhancement could be further increased with rise in temperature (Long 1991, Kirschbaum 1994) because elevated CO 2 levels will reduce photorespiratory losses. Idso and Idso (1994) showed that plant growth enhancement due to elevated CO 2 was highly significant at higher temper ...
... photosynthesis by CO 2 enhancement could be further increased with rise in temperature (Long 1991, Kirschbaum 1994) because elevated CO 2 levels will reduce photorespiratory losses. Idso and Idso (1994) showed that plant growth enhancement due to elevated CO 2 was highly significant at higher temper ...
Forests, Oceans, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... sea to human well-being, but they are closely linked to one another and humans in general because they are supplying the most important life support system. Somewhere on the order of ten million species populate earth’s ecosystems. Weighing at over a trillion tons of biomass, half of which consists ...
... sea to human well-being, but they are closely linked to one another and humans in general because they are supplying the most important life support system. Somewhere on the order of ten million species populate earth’s ecosystems. Weighing at over a trillion tons of biomass, half of which consists ...
World Climate Conference-3
... through which climate variability and change manifest their impacts in different sectors of development. It is, therefore, important to understand the impacts of climate variability, particularly extreme events (floods and droughts), on the availability of water resources management plans to adapt t ...
... through which climate variability and change manifest their impacts in different sectors of development. It is, therefore, important to understand the impacts of climate variability, particularly extreme events (floods and droughts), on the availability of water resources management plans to adapt t ...
Manteca Draft Climate Action Plan
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
Dryland Expansion in Northern China from 1948
... and Liaodong Peninsula turned into drylands in the last 15 years. In addition, over the middle-to-lower reaches of the Yellow River, drylands expanded southward by about 1◦ of latitude. In central Shaanxi Province in particular, the expansion reaches 2◦ of latitude. The Shandong Peninsula has also t ...
... and Liaodong Peninsula turned into drylands in the last 15 years. In addition, over the middle-to-lower reaches of the Yellow River, drylands expanded southward by about 1◦ of latitude. In central Shaanxi Province in particular, the expansion reaches 2◦ of latitude. The Shandong Peninsula has also t ...
Climate Change and the Outbreak Ranges of Two North American
... drought' and that a surfeit of water may also render pines more suitable for bark beetles. As a result of many of these direct and indirect factors, climate change may also simply allow bark beetles to move northward or higher in elevation into other ranges of their host species or the ranges of new ...
... drought' and that a surfeit of water may also render pines more suitable for bark beetles. As a result of many of these direct and indirect factors, climate change may also simply allow bark beetles to move northward or higher in elevation into other ranges of their host species or the ranges of new ...
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... A study from northeastern European Russia, covering a lowland taiga-tundra transition from the southern limit to continuous permafrost, indicated that the vulnerable permafrost C (large pool and high lability) was particularly found in paIsa and peat plateau bog deposits (Hugelius and Kuhry, 2009). ...
... A study from northeastern European Russia, covering a lowland taiga-tundra transition from the southern limit to continuous permafrost, indicated that the vulnerable permafrost C (large pool and high lability) was particularly found in paIsa and peat plateau bog deposits (Hugelius and Kuhry, 2009). ...
Abraham J. Miller-Rushing 2,3,4 and David W. Inouye 2,3
... earlier over time until it is reset at the end of most centuries (Sagarin, 2001). We used regression analysis to describe temporal trends in mean date of peak flowering (the mode of the flowering distribution in our study area in each year), duration of flowering (days between first and last flower) ...
... earlier over time until it is reset at the end of most centuries (Sagarin, 2001). We used regression analysis to describe temporal trends in mean date of peak flowering (the mode of the flowering distribution in our study area in each year), duration of flowering (days between first and last flower) ...
Text (Open Access) - Reading`s CentAUR
... et al., 2013]. Plots comparing zonal mean monthly climatologies of simulated present-day total and tropospheric column ozone with TOMS/SBUV and OMI-MLS TCO satellite retrievals, respectively, are presented in the supporting information. While the CMAM does not account for the chemistry of non-methan ...
... et al., 2013]. Plots comparing zonal mean monthly climatologies of simulated present-day total and tropospheric column ozone with TOMS/SBUV and OMI-MLS TCO satellite retrievals, respectively, are presented in the supporting information. While the CMAM does not account for the chemistry of non-methan ...
Curriculum Vitae - of Kesten C Green
... accurate than forecasts from experts using their unaided judgment, and than forecasts from game theorists. Forecasts by experts using their unaided judgment are no more accurate than chance for these problems. Evidence-based public policy: (1) The simple no-change model provides long term forecasts ...
... accurate than forecasts from experts using their unaided judgment, and than forecasts from game theorists. Forecasts by experts using their unaided judgment are no more accurate than chance for these problems. Evidence-based public policy: (1) The simple no-change model provides long term forecasts ...
Sea-Level Rise
... distribution of weather (Holdren, 2008). The past two decades have been the warmest period on record (NOAA, 2007). As a result, mitigation and adaptation efforts to reduce potential impacts of climate change (increases in temperature, precipitation, hurricane events, and rising sea-level) are being ...
... distribution of weather (Holdren, 2008). The past two decades have been the warmest period on record (NOAA, 2007). As a result, mitigation and adaptation efforts to reduce potential impacts of climate change (increases in temperature, precipitation, hurricane events, and rising sea-level) are being ...
Predicting the sensitivity of butterfly phenology to temperature over
... majority of median estimates were based on 1–2 records (90%), it is not known, for those species with multiple yearly generations (n = 83), which generation these record(s) were a part of. This likely reduced the precision of our estimates of those species’ phenological sensitivities to temperature. ...
... majority of median estimates were based on 1–2 records (90%), it is not known, for those species with multiple yearly generations (n = 83), which generation these record(s) were a part of. This likely reduced the precision of our estimates of those species’ phenological sensitivities to temperature. ...
Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?
... disaster recovery (UN/HABITAT, 2001). Thus, disaster recovery and long-term disaster prevention and preparedness could be combined. As stated before, climate change can increase the hazard potential for coastal megacities. The threat of climate change is extending the scope of strategies to reduce w ...
... disaster recovery (UN/HABITAT, 2001). Thus, disaster recovery and long-term disaster prevention and preparedness could be combined. As stated before, climate change can increase the hazard potential for coastal megacities. The threat of climate change is extending the scope of strategies to reduce w ...