Climate change and its implications for Australia´s freshwater fish
... Present address: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia. ...
... Present address: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tas. 7001, Australia. ...
Wildlife in a changing climate - Food and Agriculture Organization of
... associated wildlife and people and how adaptation measures can best be tailored to local conditions. The productivity of tropical forests is projected to increase where water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Ka ...
... associated wildlife and people and how adaptation measures can best be tailored to local conditions. The productivity of tropical forests is projected to increase where water is available in sufficient quantity. In drier tropical areas, however, forests are projected to decline (Seppäla, Buck and Ka ...
Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings together five Regional Collaboratives—from San Diego, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and the Sierras — that are coordinating and supporting local climate partners in projects to enhance public health ...
... storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings together five Regional Collaboratives—from San Diego, Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, and the Sierras — that are coordinating and supporting local climate partners in projects to enhance public health ...
Climate Change - Bermuda National Trust
... sometimes called, is a very real and urgent global issue causing many problems for us, and for our environment. It is not just something that is going to happen one day in the future; it is happening all around us now, all over the world. We need to understand climate change and its effects so we ca ...
... sometimes called, is a very real and urgent global issue causing many problems for us, and for our environment. It is not just something that is going to happen one day in the future; it is happening all around us now, all over the world. We need to understand climate change and its effects so we ca ...
iprc climate vol14 no1
... ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stressed by ocean acidification. The systems that directly support the human population—including those producing the state’s energy and food supply—are particularly vulnerable to disr ...
... ecosystems, not only on land, but also along the coastline and in the surrounding ocean. The latter will be further stressed by ocean acidification. The systems that directly support the human population—including those producing the state’s energy and food supply—are particularly vulnerable to disr ...
Arviat Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
... Nunavummiut have a strong connection with the land and an intimate knowledge of local climate and weather patterns. Increasingly over the past few decades, impacts of climate change are being observed, including the introduction of new plants, mammals and insects, changes to sea ice conditions and r ...
Experimental warming causes rapid loss of plant
... diversity in Maine than in Rhode Island (Fig. 3), the decline in forb panne cover in control plots in Rhode Island over the experimental period (Figs 1 and 2c) indicates that climate effects are already reducing panne habitat area and species diversity in southern New England marshes. In other studi ...
... diversity in Maine than in Rhode Island (Fig. 3), the decline in forb panne cover in control plots in Rhode Island over the experimental period (Figs 1 and 2c) indicates that climate effects are already reducing panne habitat area and species diversity in southern New England marshes. In other studi ...
this paper
... directly providing measures of depth-integrated temperature that extend into the deep (> 2000 m) ocean. They provide high temporal resolution and can be made without risk of calibration drift, as they depend only on the accurate measurement of time. They can also be used in ice-covered regions. As s ...
... directly providing measures of depth-integrated temperature that extend into the deep (> 2000 m) ocean. They provide high temporal resolution and can be made without risk of calibration drift, as they depend only on the accurate measurement of time. They can also be used in ice-covered regions. As s ...
Biodiversity across Scenarios - Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
... by nonindigenous species. These factors all increased losses of native biodiversity in rivers and lakes that are drying and caused losses of fishes and other freshwater taxa in other rivers and lakes. No algorithms exist for estimating the numbers of riverine and lake species lost from these drivers ...
... by nonindigenous species. These factors all increased losses of native biodiversity in rivers and lakes that are drying and caused losses of fishes and other freshwater taxa in other rivers and lakes. No algorithms exist for estimating the numbers of riverine and lake species lost from these drivers ...
Mediterranean Sea response to climate change in an
... presented in Planton et al. (2012). The regional coupled models intercomparison study by Dubois et al. (2012) presented Mediterranean Sea projections under A1B scenario for 1950–2050 and found a decrease in the heat loss and an increase in water loss over the ocean, which may strongly impact the Med ...
... presented in Planton et al. (2012). The regional coupled models intercomparison study by Dubois et al. (2012) presented Mediterranean Sea projections under A1B scenario for 1950–2050 and found a decrease in the heat loss and an increase in water loss over the ocean, which may strongly impact the Med ...
Climate and land use change impacts on global terrestrial
... (CMIP5), they are likely to be widely used for driving models of ecosystem and hydrological impacts, and previous experience suggests that these studies will give a range of different results. Ecosystem and hydrological changes which are widely different from those projected by the ESMs themselves m ...
... (CMIP5), they are likely to be widely used for driving models of ecosystem and hydrological impacts, and previous experience suggests that these studies will give a range of different results. Ecosystem and hydrological changes which are widely different from those projected by the ESMs themselves m ...
Camille Parmesan Education
... Manning, M Petit, D Easterling, J Murphy, A Patwardhan, H Rogner, R Swart, G Yohe, eds) *Parmesan, C & G. Yohe (2003). A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts in natural systems. Nature 421:37-42. Awarded twice by Reuter’s ISI Web of Science: (1) “Most Highly Cited New Hot Paper” d ...
... Manning, M Petit, D Easterling, J Murphy, A Patwardhan, H Rogner, R Swart, G Yohe, eds) *Parmesan, C & G. Yohe (2003). A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change impacts in natural systems. Nature 421:37-42. Awarded twice by Reuter’s ISI Web of Science: (1) “Most Highly Cited New Hot Paper” d ...
14.2.2 Predictability in a Chaotic System
... the inclusion of geochemical and biological interactions has begun, with a focus upon the carbon cycle. Since the late 1960s, the geochemical aspects of the carbon cycle have been included in low-dimensional box models. More recently, including the carbon chemistry system in general circulation mode ...
... the inclusion of geochemical and biological interactions has begun, with a focus upon the carbon cycle. Since the late 1960s, the geochemical aspects of the carbon cycle have been included in low-dimensional box models. More recently, including the carbon chemistry system in general circulation mode ...
Climate Resilient Planning : A Tool for Long
... Despite enormous challenges, Nepal has done fairly well in certain areas of development. The GDP increased from USD 180 in the early 1980s to USD 472 in 2009 and the population below the poverty line has dropped to 25.4%. The infant mortality rate has fallen to less than 41/1000 and 80% have access ...
... Despite enormous challenges, Nepal has done fairly well in certain areas of development. The GDP increased from USD 180 in the early 1980s to USD 472 in 2009 and the population below the poverty line has dropped to 25.4%. The infant mortality rate has fallen to less than 41/1000 and 80% have access ...
Annual Report 2013–2014 The Oxfam-Monash Partnership
... meaningfully to positive social change, and that have allowed them to share their fresh ideas and innovations with the sector. Over 150 students have been directly engaged in the Partnership’s student engagement programs, which have also included volunteering placements and opportunities. ...
... meaningfully to positive social change, and that have allowed them to share their fresh ideas and innovations with the sector. Over 150 students have been directly engaged in the Partnership’s student engagement programs, which have also included volunteering placements and opportunities. ...
IOCCG Report 9
... years old. The proof of concept, that biomass of phytoplankton could be observed over all the ocean on synoptic scales with useful accuracy and precision, has been made beyond all doubt. It is our only window into the ocean ecosystem on these scales. The results of such observations have revolutioni ...
... years old. The proof of concept, that biomass of phytoplankton could be observed over all the ocean on synoptic scales with useful accuracy and precision, has been made beyond all doubt. It is our only window into the ocean ecosystem on these scales. The results of such observations have revolutioni ...
Warming - Amazon Web Services
... temperatures in some way, but they may be influenced by other parameters as well (for example, precipitation), they may have a seasonal bias (for example, the growth season for tree rings), and high-quality long records are difficult to obtain and therefore few in number and geographic coverage. The ...
... temperatures in some way, but they may be influenced by other parameters as well (for example, precipitation), they may have a seasonal bias (for example, the growth season for tree rings), and high-quality long records are difficult to obtain and therefore few in number and geographic coverage. The ...
Regional breakdown for IPCC AR5 WGII
... these health issues, spreading into new areas and potentially disappearing in other areas. Cholera, which is primarily associated with poor sanitation, poor governance, and poverty, is projected to worsen in areas of Africa that are expected to get warmer and wetter. Although deaths associated with ...
... these health issues, spreading into new areas and potentially disappearing in other areas. Cholera, which is primarily associated with poor sanitation, poor governance, and poverty, is projected to worsen in areas of Africa that are expected to get warmer and wetter. Although deaths associated with ...
Programme 4: Climate Change - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
... regulated to act responsibly to conserve the ocean and coastal environment as well as to honour South Africas local and global obligations. ...
... regulated to act responsibly to conserve the ocean and coastal environment as well as to honour South Africas local and global obligations. ...
What is dangerous climate change?
... The Organizing Committee of the symposium was formed by Bill Hare (PIK), Dr. Martin Welp (PIK and ECF), Prof. Huijun Wang (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing University / The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing), Dr. Jiahua Pan (Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Chine ...
... The Organizing Committee of the symposium was formed by Bill Hare (PIK), Dr. Martin Welp (PIK and ECF), Prof. Huijun Wang (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing University / The Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre, Beijing), Dr. Jiahua Pan (Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Chine ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... the potential for climate change adaptation, other co-benefits, implementation constraints and risks of failure. The CAF as a process-based tool helps to explore and assess management actions; as such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. ...
... the potential for climate change adaptation, other co-benefits, implementation constraints and risks of failure. The CAF as a process-based tool helps to explore and assess management actions; as such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. ...
Moving Beyond - (WAVES) Partnership
... research has found that natural capital makes up 36 percent of total wealth. Large populations depend on forests, minerals, and soil productivity for their daily existence. As these countries grow and the pressure on land and water increases, their natural resources may be under increasing threat. T ...
... research has found that natural capital makes up 36 percent of total wealth. Large populations depend on forests, minerals, and soil productivity for their daily existence. As these countries grow and the pressure on land and water increases, their natural resources may be under increasing threat. T ...
Chapter 3
... Zoogeography is the study of the geographic distribution of animals and how they (animals and environment) mutually influence each other This will require a good knowledge of historical changes in climate, geography, geomorphology, and species distribution Faunal Zoogeography relates faunal lists to ...
... Zoogeography is the study of the geographic distribution of animals and how they (animals and environment) mutually influence each other This will require a good knowledge of historical changes in climate, geography, geomorphology, and species distribution Faunal Zoogeography relates faunal lists to ...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates
... or severe bleaching can lead to a reduction in the reproductive capacity, growth, disease resistance and/ or survivorship of affected corals at large geographic scales (Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999; Douglas, 2003). Incidences of mass coral bleaching in recent decades have been attributed to rising near-surf ...
... or severe bleaching can lead to a reduction in the reproductive capacity, growth, disease resistance and/ or survivorship of affected corals at large geographic scales (Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999; Douglas, 2003). Incidences of mass coral bleaching in recent decades have been attributed to rising near-surf ...
- Wiley Online Library
... with a lasting effect on forest dynamics and succession over decades to centuries (Carpenter & Turner 2001). Disturbance by, for example, wildfire, bark beetles or windstorms causes pulses of tree mortality, disrupts ecosystem structure, community or population, and changes resource availability in ...
... with a lasting effect on forest dynamics and succession over decades to centuries (Carpenter & Turner 2001). Disturbance by, for example, wildfire, bark beetles or windstorms causes pulses of tree mortality, disrupts ecosystem structure, community or population, and changes resource availability in ...