Assessing Public Transportation Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study Application
... 2012). However, recently, studies focused on identifying sea level rise impacts on transportation infrastructure are emerging. Research efforts such as Meyer and Weigel (2011) have promoted the use of an adaptive systems framework to manage transportation assets and Oswald et al. (2011) developed a ...
... 2012). However, recently, studies focused on identifying sea level rise impacts on transportation infrastructure are emerging. Research efforts such as Meyer and Weigel (2011) have promoted the use of an adaptive systems framework to manage transportation assets and Oswald et al. (2011) developed a ...
Climate Change and the Economy: Expected Impacts and Their
... Providing adequate water supplies will be one of greatest challenges for the United States in a warming climate. Precipitation is coming in heavier downpours, and there are longer dry periods in between. This leads to alternating periods of drought and excessive wetness that will present problems in ...
... Providing adequate water supplies will be one of greatest challenges for the United States in a warming climate. Precipitation is coming in heavier downpours, and there are longer dry periods in between. This leads to alternating periods of drought and excessive wetness that will present problems in ...
Climate change effects on rangelands and rangeland management
... assessment of more than just ecological states and processes is necessary to achieve sustainable adaptive rangeland management. Indicators of economic and social conditions and resilience, interacting with biophysical measures, provide a higher level of knowledge that can be used to enhance resource ...
... assessment of more than just ecological states and processes is necessary to achieve sustainable adaptive rangeland management. Indicators of economic and social conditions and resilience, interacting with biophysical measures, provide a higher level of knowledge that can be used to enhance resource ...
Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
Prospects for monitoring freshwater ecosystems towards the
... collections, but these data are rarely centrally located or electronically archived, and many times the information is found in languages that are not accessible to the larger scientific community—which tends to rely on English, and to some extent French and Spanish literature. Additionally, large n ...
... collections, but these data are rarely centrally located or electronically archived, and many times the information is found in languages that are not accessible to the larger scientific community—which tends to rely on English, and to some extent French and Spanish literature. Additionally, large n ...
pdf - Framsenteret AS
... cover, agroecosystems and natural ecosystems. This project therefore consists of a truly multidisciplinary network with intersectorial cross-cutting between science, industry and society. As the project relates to winter climate change in the High North at several levels, it is of high relevance to ...
... cover, agroecosystems and natural ecosystems. This project therefore consists of a truly multidisciplinary network with intersectorial cross-cutting between science, industry and society. As the project relates to winter climate change in the High North at several levels, it is of high relevance to ...
INSPIRATION – Towards a Strategic Research Agenda on Soil, Land
... Set up monitoring devices of soil conditions, the balance genesis vs erosion, the carbon content and carbon stock and the GHG emissions using instrumentation at different scales. DE-4.1: How can we maintain soil quality in Europe and worldwide (system understanding) and how can we secure the status ...
... Set up monitoring devices of soil conditions, the balance genesis vs erosion, the carbon content and carbon stock and the GHG emissions using instrumentation at different scales. DE-4.1: How can we maintain soil quality in Europe and worldwide (system understanding) and how can we secure the status ...
Rapid Climate Change Science Plan
... al., 1993, Broecker, 2000b), with THC change as the most plausible mechanism. Similar change might occur in the future. Model results suggest that the humaninduced increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will lead to a significant reduction in THC strength in the ...
... al., 1993, Broecker, 2000b), with THC change as the most plausible mechanism. Similar change might occur in the future. Model results suggest that the humaninduced increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will lead to a significant reduction in THC strength in the ...
Building resilience to climate shocks and stresses: knowledge gap Learning paper #1
... what Holling (1973) referred to as ‘engineering resilience’) into a more elaborated concept their time and resources in access and control over, or which embraces the ability not simply to bounce back but also to adapt and to transform. In productive activities. management of, resources the (relativ ...
... what Holling (1973) referred to as ‘engineering resilience’) into a more elaborated concept their time and resources in access and control over, or which embraces the ability not simply to bounce back but also to adapt and to transform. In productive activities. management of, resources the (relativ ...
PDF - Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
... due to warming and freshening of the surface ocean is expected to result in increased mean irradiance exposures for populations inhabiting the upper mixed layer. Higher rainfall, ice melting, warming, and changing wind patterns under altered climate regimes can all contribute to mixed layer shoaling ...
... due to warming and freshening of the surface ocean is expected to result in increased mean irradiance exposures for populations inhabiting the upper mixed layer. Higher rainfall, ice melting, warming, and changing wind patterns under altered climate regimes can all contribute to mixed layer shoaling ...
The fate of subducted sediments at convergent plate
... While fully dynamic models are needed to improve our understanding of sediment dynamics at convergent plate boundaries, such models are computationally expensive, because resolving sediment subduction ...
... While fully dynamic models are needed to improve our understanding of sediment dynamics at convergent plate boundaries, such models are computationally expensive, because resolving sediment subduction ...
Chapter 6 | Synthesis 6. Synthesis 6.1 Introduction
... Labrador Sea can trigger state switches between these modes in a quasi-deterministic manner. This suggests that if the solar fluctuations somehow affect the (precipitation + evaporation + meltwater) - balance, state ...
... Labrador Sea can trigger state switches between these modes in a quasi-deterministic manner. This suggests that if the solar fluctuations somehow affect the (precipitation + evaporation + meltwater) - balance, state ...
4. Influence of Climate Change on the Condition of the Catchment`s
... stakeholder engagement has been used to describe the influence of climate change on each of the three regional natural resource classes identified in the Goulburn Broken RCS. Tables 1, 2 and 3 (below) summarise information from the DPSIR analyses (Clifton and Pelikan 2014) (see section 3.1), outlini ...
... stakeholder engagement has been used to describe the influence of climate change on each of the three regional natural resource classes identified in the Goulburn Broken RCS. Tables 1, 2 and 3 (below) summarise information from the DPSIR analyses (Clifton and Pelikan 2014) (see section 3.1), outlini ...
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... taken to develop draft recommendations for the binational Lake Ontario Lake-wide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), and for watershed planners to consider when adapting existing (and new) plans to climate change. During the May 2015 workshop (Workshop II), draft recommendations were synthesized ...
... taken to develop draft recommendations for the binational Lake Ontario Lake-wide Action and Management Plan (LAMP), and for watershed planners to consider when adapting existing (and new) plans to climate change. During the May 2015 workshop (Workshop II), draft recommendations were synthesized ...
Climate change impacts on the waters around the UK and Ireland
... The number of deep ocean sites for which long term measurements have been made are small. This problem is being addressed in the deep ocean by the Argo float programme which has been greatly increasing the amount of global subsurface data since the early 2000s. This new data source is helping to red ...
... The number of deep ocean sites for which long term measurements have been made are small. This problem is being addressed in the deep ocean by the Argo float programme which has been greatly increasing the amount of global subsurface data since the early 2000s. This new data source is helping to red ...
The potential impacts of climate change on the mid
... Streamflow into coastal waters, which responds to air temperature and precipitation, is an extremely important driver of variability in mid-Atlantic estuaries. Neff et al. (2000, in this issue) showed that very different changes in streamflow are predicted by a water balance model when forced by the ...
... Streamflow into coastal waters, which responds to air temperature and precipitation, is an extremely important driver of variability in mid-Atlantic estuaries. Neff et al. (2000, in this issue) showed that very different changes in streamflow are predicted by a water balance model when forced by the ...
Climate change impacts on Australia`s alpine ecosystems
... snow conditions (Hennessy et al. 2003). The distributions of many species are determined by snow – its presence or absence, depth and persistence (Green and Osborne 1998; Matthews 2010). Consequently, changes in snow conditions are likely to have a substantial impact on biodiversity in alpine region ...
... snow conditions (Hennessy et al. 2003). The distributions of many species are determined by snow – its presence or absence, depth and persistence (Green and Osborne 1998; Matthews 2010). Consequently, changes in snow conditions are likely to have a substantial impact on biodiversity in alpine region ...
Climate change in size-structured ecosystems
... (CEN), University of Hamburg, KlimaCampus, Grosse Elbstrasse 133, 22767 Hamburg, Germany One important aspect of climate change is the increase in average temperature, which will not only have direct physiological effects on all species but also indirectly modifies abundances, interaction strengths, ...
... (CEN), University of Hamburg, KlimaCampus, Grosse Elbstrasse 133, 22767 Hamburg, Germany One important aspect of climate change is the increase in average temperature, which will not only have direct physiological effects on all species but also indirectly modifies abundances, interaction strengths, ...
INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO
... move across a relatively flat landscape, and with unabated emissions, plants (whether trees or herbaceous species) are the most vulnerable; along with rodents and primates they cannot “move” quickly enough, whereas ungulates, mammalian carnivores, herbivorous insects, and fresh water mollusks typica ...
... move across a relatively flat landscape, and with unabated emissions, plants (whether trees or herbaceous species) are the most vulnerable; along with rodents and primates they cannot “move” quickly enough, whereas ungulates, mammalian carnivores, herbivorous insects, and fresh water mollusks typica ...
Harley b/l - CalCOFI.org
... As the rates of climate change and exploitation accelerate, additive and synergistic interactions between them are becoming increasingly important to the dynamics of marine ecosystems and the sustainability of marine fisheries. We examine the impacts of climate change and fishing pressure on the sto ...
... As the rates of climate change and exploitation accelerate, additive and synergistic interactions between them are becoming increasingly important to the dynamics of marine ecosystems and the sustainability of marine fisheries. We examine the impacts of climate change and fishing pressure on the sto ...
Seafloor Spreading
... •! Alfred Wegener had a hypothesis that the continents drifted to their presentday locations. But, it was rejected by scientists because they couldn’t think of a force strong enough to move the continents. Seafloor spreading was a hypothesis created by Harry Hess; this was the theory that the seaflo ...
... •! Alfred Wegener had a hypothesis that the continents drifted to their presentday locations. But, it was rejected by scientists because they couldn’t think of a force strong enough to move the continents. Seafloor spreading was a hypothesis created by Harry Hess; this was the theory that the seaflo ...
Coherent changes of southeastern equatorial and northern African
... Here, we analyze transient simulations of the climate evolution from the LGM to the early Holocene (11 ka) with a global coupled atmosphere– ocean–sea ice–land general circulation model (CCSM3) to assess possible mechanisms for the abrupt, synchronous onset of the AHP in NA and SEA. The model has a ...
... Here, we analyze transient simulations of the climate evolution from the LGM to the early Holocene (11 ka) with a global coupled atmosphere– ocean–sea ice–land general circulation model (CCSM3) to assess possible mechanisms for the abrupt, synchronous onset of the AHP in NA and SEA. The model has a ...
What caused Glacial-Interglacial CO2 Change?
... and the onset of the next glaciation Archer and Ganopolski Uses models of how much CO2 and cooling is required to start an ice age to predict how soon the next ice age will come, considering how much CO2 we have/will put in the atmosphere. “A carbon release from fossil fuels… of 500 Gton C could pre ...
... and the onset of the next glaciation Archer and Ganopolski Uses models of how much CO2 and cooling is required to start an ice age to predict how soon the next ice age will come, considering how much CO2 we have/will put in the atmosphere. “A carbon release from fossil fuels… of 500 Gton C could pre ...
Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and
... Beaufort Sea. The availability and quality of AMM subpopulation abundance estimates reviewed here through 2015 varied widely (Table 1 & Fig. 2). In many cases, knowledge of abundance consisted of a single point estimate with large uncertainty or an estimate based on expert opinion without formal ass ...
... Beaufort Sea. The availability and quality of AMM subpopulation abundance estimates reviewed here through 2015 varied widely (Table 1 & Fig. 2). In many cases, knowledge of abundance consisted of a single point estimate with large uncertainty or an estimate based on expert opinion without formal ass ...
GLOCHAMORE Research Strategy - Mountain Research Initiative
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, mountain climates differ from those in nearby lower elevations, as do the essential natural resources, such as water, associated with them.Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity ...
... Mountains are an important part of the global system. Because of their vertical extent, mountain climates differ from those in nearby lower elevations, as do the essential natural resources, such as water, associated with them.Their verticality also generates tremendous habitat and species diversity ...