Biodiversity indices for the assessment of air, water and soil quality
... Today, at global level, the destruction and fragmentation of habitats, pollution, climate change, irrational exploitation of resources, human popula- ...
... Today, at global level, the destruction and fragmentation of habitats, pollution, climate change, irrational exploitation of resources, human popula- ...
Extreme climate events and wet grasslands: plant traits for
... inundated or waterlogged. Moreover, extreme events may have particularly important consequences for wet grassland stakeholders, as they can prevent or delay vital management activities such as hay cutting or livestock grazing, leading to loss of income or nature conservation benefits. This review id ...
... inundated or waterlogged. Moreover, extreme events may have particularly important consequences for wet grassland stakeholders, as they can prevent or delay vital management activities such as hay cutting or livestock grazing, leading to loss of income or nature conservation benefits. This review id ...
NSW Govt Draft Sea Level Rise Policy Statement
... recognises that there are potentially significant risks from sea level rise and that the accuracy of sea level rise projections will improve over time. Planning and investment decisions should therefore consider the range of sea level rise projections over the life of an asset to decide on how the a ...
... recognises that there are potentially significant risks from sea level rise and that the accuracy of sea level rise projections will improve over time. Planning and investment decisions should therefore consider the range of sea level rise projections over the life of an asset to decide on how the a ...
Draft Findings of the Ad Hoc Technical expert group
... In fact, the AR4 estimates that 20-30% of species assessed would be at increasing increased risk of extinction if climate change leads to global average temperature rises greater than 1.5 2.5oC5. Aside from well known arctic and high altitude case studies, there are many examples globally of individ ...
... In fact, the AR4 estimates that 20-30% of species assessed would be at increasing increased risk of extinction if climate change leads to global average temperature rises greater than 1.5 2.5oC5. Aside from well known arctic and high altitude case studies, there are many examples globally of individ ...
Clustering Earth Science Data: Goals, Issues and Results
... data mining to the task of finding interesting patterns in earth science data derived from global observing satellites, terrestrial observations, and ecosystem models. Patterns are “interesting” if ecosystem scientists can use them to better understand and predict changes in the global carbon cycle ...
... data mining to the task of finding interesting patterns in earth science data derived from global observing satellites, terrestrial observations, and ecosystem models. Patterns are “interesting” if ecosystem scientists can use them to better understand and predict changes in the global carbon cycle ...
Seamounts – characteristics, formation, mineral deposits and
... is made to compile the available disparate information and present an overview of seamounts in relation to their type, formation, significance and influence on the marine environment. SEAMOUNTS – DEFINITION The International Hydrographic Organisation (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) defi ...
... is made to compile the available disparate information and present an overview of seamounts in relation to their type, formation, significance and influence on the marine environment. SEAMOUNTS – DEFINITION The International Hydrographic Organisation (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) defi ...
Technical Description of Climate Change Research Programme (CCRP) Call for Fellowships
... This fellowship will focus on development of international actions to address climate change through the UNFCCC Bali Action Plan and its outcomes. The fellowship will also provide assessment of, and recommendations on, the degree to which climate change issues could be further integrated into existi ...
... This fellowship will focus on development of international actions to address climate change through the UNFCCC Bali Action Plan and its outcomes. The fellowship will also provide assessment of, and recommendations on, the degree to which climate change issues could be further integrated into existi ...
Sea Level Rise in BC: mobilizing science into action
... and possible responses to projected sea level rise impacts and to communicate the results to elected officials and community members. 2. Clear and specific guidance for decision-making eliminated uncertainty about what to plan for. The development of sea level rise estimates that set aside the consi ...
... and possible responses to projected sea level rise impacts and to communicate the results to elected officials and community members. 2. Clear and specific guidance for decision-making eliminated uncertainty about what to plan for. The development of sea level rise estimates that set aside the consi ...
Wooldridge et al. 2012. GBR Safeguarding Corals Against CC
... Given these unprecedented threats, a fundamental challenge for sustainable reef management is to identify policy and management interventions that might help to safeguard the reef system against long-term (and potentially irreversible) negative changes to its structure and dynamics. In principle, th ...
... Given these unprecedented threats, a fundamental challenge for sustainable reef management is to identify policy and management interventions that might help to safeguard the reef system against long-term (and potentially irreversible) negative changes to its structure and dynamics. In principle, th ...
Protozoologica
... biodiversity. While over much of the world’s oceans the species and phylotypes making up this diversity are assumed to be something previously hidden and now revealed, the recent rapid changes in the Arctic mean that such assumptions may be a simplification. Historical morphological species data can ...
... biodiversity. While over much of the world’s oceans the species and phylotypes making up this diversity are assumed to be something previously hidden and now revealed, the recent rapid changes in the Arctic mean that such assumptions may be a simplification. Historical morphological species data can ...
Climate Change - cloudfront.net
... Time is running out for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with climate change set to wreck irreversible damage by 2030 unless immediate action is taken, marine scientists said on Thursday.¶ In a report prepared for this month’s Earth Hour global climate change campaign, University of Queensland reef r ...
... Time is running out for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, with climate change set to wreck irreversible damage by 2030 unless immediate action is taken, marine scientists said on Thursday.¶ In a report prepared for this month’s Earth Hour global climate change campaign, University of Queensland reef r ...
Resilience
... 1996). Third, there has been a growing body of participatory research in the Canadian Arctic since the 1980s, in areas ranging from wildlife co-management to the use of traditional knowledge in environmental assessment (Berkes et al. 2001). In our previous work, we provided some examples of how comm ...
... 1996). Third, there has been a growing body of participatory research in the Canadian Arctic since the 1980s, in areas ranging from wildlife co-management to the use of traditional knowledge in environmental assessment (Berkes et al. 2001). In our previous work, we provided some examples of how comm ...
Forecasting the combined effects of urbanization
... We focus on fish because they are widely used indicators of environmental quality (Karr 1981; Fausch et al. 1990) and because their life histories and habitat requirements are better known than those of smaller stream biota such as macroinvertebrates (Angermeier 1995). Modelling the entire fish asse ...
... We focus on fish because they are widely used indicators of environmental quality (Karr 1981; Fausch et al. 1990) and because their life histories and habitat requirements are better known than those of smaller stream biota such as macroinvertebrates (Angermeier 1995). Modelling the entire fish asse ...
Boiling Point: The Impact of Climate Change on Sea Turtles and the
... new turtle nesting sites to become established. There is strong evidence that global sea level gradually rose in the 20th century and is rising at an increased rate. ...
... new turtle nesting sites to become established. There is strong evidence that global sea level gradually rose in the 20th century and is rising at an increased rate. ...
The amplitude and phasing of climate change during the last
... the South China Sea [Kienast et al., 2001], the timing of warming in the open tropical Pacific is more ambiguous. Post LGM surface water warming in the Sulu Sea began at 20 ky B.P., about 3.5 ky before the abrupt deglacial shift in d18Oruber but synchronous with the warming inferred from records fro ...
... the South China Sea [Kienast et al., 2001], the timing of warming in the open tropical Pacific is more ambiguous. Post LGM surface water warming in the Sulu Sea began at 20 ky B.P., about 3.5 ky before the abrupt deglacial shift in d18Oruber but synchronous with the warming inferred from records fro ...
sea turtle homecoming - National Wildlife Federation
... construction and rebuilding in ecologically important and high hazard coastal areas by placing common sense limits on Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and National Flood Insurance Program coverage, and expanding the Coastal Barrier Resources System. 3. Enhance protection of less-dev ...
... construction and rebuilding in ecologically important and high hazard coastal areas by placing common sense limits on Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corporation and National Flood Insurance Program coverage, and expanding the Coastal Barrier Resources System. 3. Enhance protection of less-dev ...
van Hooidonk et al. 2013. Opposite latitudinal gradients in projected
... like coral bleaching. Here, we present updated global projections for these key threats to coral reefs based on ensembles of IPCC AR5 climate models using the new Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) experiments. For all tropical reef locations, we project absolute and percentage changes in ar ...
... like coral bleaching. Here, we present updated global projections for these key threats to coral reefs based on ensembles of IPCC AR5 climate models using the new Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) experiments. For all tropical reef locations, we project absolute and percentage changes in ar ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas
... of the findings of the assessment. Clearly much more, and more precise, information will be needed to corroborate these preliminary present findings. Nevertheless, the assessment highlighted the vulnerability of the Eastern Himalayan ecosystems to climate change as a result of their ecological fragi ...
... of the findings of the assessment. Clearly much more, and more precise, information will be needed to corroborate these preliminary present findings. Nevertheless, the assessment highlighted the vulnerability of the Eastern Himalayan ecosystems to climate change as a result of their ecological fragi ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... olaris, the North Star, is located almost directly above the North Pole. Around it are the stars that form the constellation known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The term Arctic comes from the ancient Greek word Arktikós, the country of the Great Bear. Earth’s northern polar region consists of a vas ...
... olaris, the North Star, is located almost directly above the North Pole. Around it are the stars that form the constellation known as Ursa Major, the Great Bear. The term Arctic comes from the ancient Greek word Arktikós, the country of the Great Bear. Earth’s northern polar region consists of a vas ...
Sea levels: change and variability during warm intervals Robin Edwards* Progress report
... Morhange and Pirazzoli (2005) identify evidence for RSL at ⫹2 m along the southern coast of Tunisia. They argue that these and other Mediterranean field data do not match the results of existing geophysical models (eg, Lambeck and Bard, 2000; Lambeck et al., 2004), and are incompatible with the sugg ...
... Morhange and Pirazzoli (2005) identify evidence for RSL at ⫹2 m along the southern coast of Tunisia. They argue that these and other Mediterranean field data do not match the results of existing geophysical models (eg, Lambeck and Bard, 2000; Lambeck et al., 2004), and are incompatible with the sugg ...
Climate Change and the Caribbean - Organization of American States
... rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
... rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
AP Environmental Science 2013 Scoring
... (a) Identify the type of solar radiation that is absorbed by stratospheric ozone and describe one human health benefit that results from the absorption of this solar energy. (2 points: 1 point for identifying ultraviolet (UV, UV-B, or UV-C) radiation as the type absorbed by stratospheric ozone and 1 ...
... (a) Identify the type of solar radiation that is absorbed by stratospheric ozone and describe one human health benefit that results from the absorption of this solar energy. (2 points: 1 point for identifying ultraviolet (UV, UV-B, or UV-C) radiation as the type absorbed by stratospheric ozone and 1 ...
07_IDSD CC Adapt Activities
... rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
... rainfall.....that occur with El Nino events in many regions". IDSD Presentation - Oct '03 ...
Draft Resolution X
... “Drought-affected areas will likely increase in extent. Heavy precipitation events,which are very likely to increase in frequency, will augment flood risk.” ...
... “Drought-affected areas will likely increase in extent. Heavy precipitation events,which are very likely to increase in frequency, will augment flood risk.” ...
Sea Level Activities and Changes on the Islands of the Western
... adversely affect community structures and assets such as important traditional sites of worship, ritual and ceremony. The Barbados Plan of Action, which was formulated in 1995 in Barbados to address environmental issues of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) following the Rio Summit in 1992, also ...
... adversely affect community structures and assets such as important traditional sites of worship, ritual and ceremony. The Barbados Plan of Action, which was formulated in 1995 in Barbados to address environmental issues of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) following the Rio Summit in 1992, also ...