Climate Change and Migratory Species
... 4.8.2. Storm Frequency, Wind Speed and Wave Conditions ..................................80 4.8.3. Climate Patterns and Variability .....................................................................80 Summary of the potential effects of climate change on marine mammals ................81 4.9.1. A ...
... 4.8.2. Storm Frequency, Wind Speed and Wave Conditions ..................................80 4.8.3. Climate Patterns and Variability .....................................................................80 Summary of the potential effects of climate change on marine mammals ................81 4.9.1. A ...
2015 Arctic Report Card
... As sea ice retreat becomes more extensive in summer and previously ice-covered water is exposed to more solar radiation, sea surface temperature (SST) and upper ocean temperatures are increasing throughout much of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. The Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska and eastern Ba ...
... As sea ice retreat becomes more extensive in summer and previously ice-covered water is exposed to more solar radiation, sea surface temperature (SST) and upper ocean temperatures are increasing throughout much of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. The Chukchi Sea northwest of Alaska and eastern Ba ...
Adaptation to Climate Change: Historical Evidence from the Indian Monsoon Vis Taraz
... Since these calculations rely on annual weather variability, they do not account for possible adaptations that agents may undertake in response to sustained climate change. Therefore, to assess the accuracy of these estimates, it is vital to predict the likely extent of future adaptation. In this pa ...
... Since these calculations rely on annual weather variability, they do not account for possible adaptations that agents may undertake in response to sustained climate change. Therefore, to assess the accuracy of these estimates, it is vital to predict the likely extent of future adaptation. In this pa ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
... While climate change is observed and measured on long-term time scales (30 years or more), decision frameworks for public health officials and regional planners are often based on much shorter time scales, determined by epidemiological, political, or budgeting factors. This assessment focuses on obs ...
... While climate change is observed and measured on long-term time scales (30 years or more), decision frameworks for public health officials and regional planners are often based on much shorter time scales, determined by epidemiological, political, or budgeting factors. This assessment focuses on obs ...
climate change adaptation (CCA) toolkit
... partners to incorporate climate change impacts in conservation planning and coastal resources management programs. In 2008, Conservation International Philippines (CIP) with funding support from the CI headquarters in Arlington (Virginia, USA), commissioned this Guidebook’s main authors to conduct o ...
... partners to incorporate climate change impacts in conservation planning and coastal resources management programs. In 2008, Conservation International Philippines (CIP) with funding support from the CI headquarters in Arlington (Virginia, USA), commissioned this Guidebook’s main authors to conduct o ...
Flexibility of the coral-algal symbiosis in the face of climate
... DNA was extracted from coral tissue based on the method of Wilson et al. (Wilson et al. 2002). A combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, cloning and DNA sequencing was used for symbiont identification. The internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region was amplified as d ...
... DNA was extracted from coral tissue based on the method of Wilson et al. (Wilson et al. 2002). A combination of single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, cloning and DNA sequencing was used for symbiont identification. The internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region was amplified as d ...
ICLEI_ Local Governments for Sustainability and the U.N.
... "ICLEI coordinates Local Government advocacy towards the United Nations, especially: Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and Environment Programme (UNEP)." (www.iclei.org/partners ) "ICLEI coordina ...
... "ICLEI coordinates Local Government advocacy towards the United Nations, especially: Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) and Environment Programme (UNEP)." (www.iclei.org/partners ) "ICLEI coordina ...
climate change strategy of ajara
... Batumi (12 km), are great attractions for many tourists. Due to the fact mentioned above and at the same time, due to the reconstruction of coastal zone facilities can be explained the fact, that the number of visitors in Ajara increased from 80 000 to one million during the past seven years. In mou ...
... Batumi (12 km), are great attractions for many tourists. Due to the fact mentioned above and at the same time, due to the reconstruction of coastal zone facilities can be explained the fact, that the number of visitors in Ajara increased from 80 000 to one million during the past seven years. In mou ...
proxy statement
... picture identification, such as a driver’s license, before being admitted to the meeting. For registered shareholders, an admission ticket is the upper part of your proxy card or the full Notice. Please bring the admission ticket with you to the meeting. If your shares are held in the name of your b ...
... picture identification, such as a driver’s license, before being admitted to the meeting. For registered shareholders, an admission ticket is the upper part of your proxy card or the full Notice. Please bring the admission ticket with you to the meeting. If your shares are held in the name of your b ...
Regional climate change and adaptation — The Alps facing
... towers of Europe', the mountains host most of the headwaters of the rivers Danube, Rhine, Po and Rhone; as such, they deliver vital ecosystem services both within and beyond the region, underpinning social and economic wellbeing in vast lowland areas. ...
... towers of Europe', the mountains host most of the headwaters of the rivers Danube, Rhine, Po and Rhone; as such, they deliver vital ecosystem services both within and beyond the region, underpinning social and economic wellbeing in vast lowland areas. ...
Global change reduces long-term tree water use efficiency and
... changing climate and the terrestrial carbon cycle at both local and global scale. Here we present a new conceptual framework of the atmospheric CO2-water limitation model that regulates plant photosynthesis and tree growth during a growing season under climate change as shown in Fig. 1. We hypothesi ...
... changing climate and the terrestrial carbon cycle at both local and global scale. Here we present a new conceptual framework of the atmospheric CO2-water limitation model that regulates plant photosynthesis and tree growth during a growing season under climate change as shown in Fig. 1. We hypothesi ...
Statement of auStralian Government requirementS for
... information for decision-making. It is jointly implemented by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and the Bureau of Meteorology. The NPEI initiative will bring together Australian Government interests in environmental information to build and maintain env ...
... information for decision-making. It is jointly implemented by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities and the Bureau of Meteorology. The NPEI initiative will bring together Australian Government interests in environmental information to build and maintain env ...
Bramble Cay melomys is likely the first mammal claimed
... Bramble Cay suffered at least one (Spring 2014) or more (or a series of) weather events that inundated the island (maybe repeatedly), that possibly would have reduced the melomys population below a sustainable level, both directly and through destruction of vegetation, their primary food source, how ...
... Bramble Cay suffered at least one (Spring 2014) or more (or a series of) weather events that inundated the island (maybe repeatedly), that possibly would have reduced the melomys population below a sustainable level, both directly and through destruction of vegetation, their primary food source, how ...
Behaviour of the monsoon-ENSO system in current and future
... Indo-Pacific regions on the coupled simulation of the Asian summer monsoon in HadCM3. Limited-area ocean surface heat flux adjustments are used in the tropical band to reduce these biases. The result is a better teleconnection between the monsoon and ENSO, especially in lag-lead relationships which ...
... Indo-Pacific regions on the coupled simulation of the Asian summer monsoon in HadCM3. Limited-area ocean surface heat flux adjustments are used in the tropical band to reduce these biases. The result is a better teleconnection between the monsoon and ENSO, especially in lag-lead relationships which ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Andrew Dale Ashton Coastal Geomorphologist
... Nienhuis, J.H., Ashton, A.D., Giosan, L., Nardin, W., and Fagherazzi, S., 2015. Breaking-wavedriven Sediment Bypassing of River Mouths: Mechanisms and Effects on Delta Evolution. Coastal Sediments ’15. San Diego, CA, 11pp. S Ortiz, A.C., Ashton, A.D., and Donnelly, J.P., 2015. Modeling Motu Profile ...
... Nienhuis, J.H., Ashton, A.D., Giosan, L., Nardin, W., and Fagherazzi, S., 2015. Breaking-wavedriven Sediment Bypassing of River Mouths: Mechanisms and Effects on Delta Evolution. Coastal Sediments ’15. San Diego, CA, 11pp. S Ortiz, A.C., Ashton, A.D., and Donnelly, J.P., 2015. Modeling Motu Profile ...
New Thinking on Low-carbon Consumption Under Low-carbon Economy Era
... mitigate the global climate change, cope with the energy crisis, put the concept of sustainable development into practice, and seek for new breakthroughs in the mode of eco-economic development. The core concept of low-carbon economic development is to produce great economic, environmental, and soci ...
... mitigate the global climate change, cope with the energy crisis, put the concept of sustainable development into practice, and seek for new breakthroughs in the mode of eco-economic development. The core concept of low-carbon economic development is to produce great economic, environmental, and soci ...
Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the
... This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to develop a philosophy of living that fits today’s concerns. In essence the ideas put forward come from a single question: If humans can change the planet in such a way that ...
... This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to develop a philosophy of living that fits today’s concerns. In essence the ideas put forward come from a single question: If humans can change the planet in such a way that ...
Surface Observed Global Land Precipitation Variations during 1900
... detect and remove errors induced by instrumental discontinuity (section 3). Our analysis suggests that instrumental discontinuities are large for many high-latitude station records, but globally they are not significant, contrary to previous speculations (Groisman et al. 1991; Karl et al. 1993). We ...
... detect and remove errors induced by instrumental discontinuity (section 3). Our analysis suggests that instrumental discontinuities are large for many high-latitude station records, but globally they are not significant, contrary to previous speculations (Groisman et al. 1991; Karl et al. 1993). We ...
James Byrne - Curriculum Vitae - Personal Web Sites
... 32. Byrne, J.M., A. Berg and I. Townshend, 1999. Linking observed and GCM upper air circulation patterns to current and future snow runoff for the Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research: 35, 3793-3802. 33. Saunders, I.R. and J.M. Byrne, 1999. Using synoptic pressure data for generating grid-scale ...
... 32. Byrne, J.M., A. Berg and I. Townshend, 1999. Linking observed and GCM upper air circulation patterns to current and future snow runoff for the Rocky Mountains. Water Resources Research: 35, 3793-3802. 33. Saunders, I.R. and J.M. Byrne, 1999. Using synoptic pressure data for generating grid-scale ...
1. Which of the following statement is/are correct about cotton crop? i
... 2. Which of the following is the correct descending order of coffee producing states in India? (a) Karnataka > Kerala > Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka > Andhra Pradesh > Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala > Karnataka > Gujarat (d) Karnataka > Tamil Nadu > Kerala 3. Which is the largest producer and exporter of Rubber ...
... 2. Which of the following is the correct descending order of coffee producing states in India? (a) Karnataka > Kerala > Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka > Andhra Pradesh > Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala > Karnataka > Gujarat (d) Karnataka > Tamil Nadu > Kerala 3. Which is the largest producer and exporter of Rubber ...
Glacial Variability Over the Last Two Million Years: An Extended
... time. Agemodel uncertainty averages !10 Ka in the early Pleistocene ("2–1 Ma) and !7 Ka in the late Pleistocene ("1 Ma to the present). Twelve benthic and five planktic d18 O records are pinned to the agemodel and averaged together to provide a record of glacial variability. Major deglaciation featu ...
... time. Agemodel uncertainty averages !10 Ka in the early Pleistocene ("2–1 Ma) and !7 Ka in the late Pleistocene ("1 Ma to the present). Twelve benthic and five planktic d18 O records are pinned to the agemodel and averaged together to provide a record of glacial variability. Major deglaciation featu ...
Reining in Phaëthon`s Chariot: Principles for the
... Geoengineering raises fundamental philosophical, political, scientific, and legal questions. What type of relationship should humankind maintain with the natural environment? Is geoengineering an answer to collective action problems in the governance of the global climate commons? Which methods warr ...
... Geoengineering raises fundamental philosophical, political, scientific, and legal questions. What type of relationship should humankind maintain with the natural environment? Is geoengineering an answer to collective action problems in the governance of the global climate commons? Which methods warr ...
