Camels and Climate Resilience: Adaptation in Northern Kenya
... September/October 2012, the authors spent four weeks examining the extent and nature of these new camel-keeping practices. The first questions that drove the methods employed included: In what ways are these practices ‘new’? Are they linked to particular areas on the mountain? How do they relate to ...
... September/October 2012, the authors spent four weeks examining the extent and nature of these new camel-keeping practices. The first questions that drove the methods employed included: In what ways are these practices ‘new’? Are they linked to particular areas on the mountain? How do they relate to ...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation through
... play as a climate change adaptation strategy. Increasing biologically productive green space will help to relieve the urban heat island effect, serve as a water management strategy, and enhance urban food security. In addition, urban agriculture will help to mitigate further climate change by reduci ...
... play as a climate change adaptation strategy. Increasing biologically productive green space will help to relieve the urban heat island effect, serve as a water management strategy, and enhance urban food security. In addition, urban agriculture will help to mitigate further climate change by reduci ...
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... levels may be substantial. This paper will address this need for location specific effects of increased temperature on agriculture by presenting an analysis of crop response, crop mix changes, water use, and income effects in ten representative counties of the Southeast U.S. The changing competitive ...
... levels may be substantial. This paper will address this need for location specific effects of increased temperature on agriculture by presenting an analysis of crop response, crop mix changes, water use, and income effects in ten representative counties of the Southeast U.S. The changing competitive ...
Response and potential of agroforestry crops under global change
... Among the characteristics which distinguish tree from agricultural crops, size is probably the most important. This, of course, increases the difficulty when manipulative experiments to simulate climate change are established, and is the primary reason why most of the studies available in literature ...
... Among the characteristics which distinguish tree from agricultural crops, size is probably the most important. This, of course, increases the difficulty when manipulative experiments to simulate climate change are established, and is the primary reason why most of the studies available in literature ...
Gunnison Basin Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
... Climate change is already changing ecosystems and affecting people in the southwestern United States. Rising temperatures have contributed to large-scale ecological impacts, affecting plants, animals, as well as ecosystem services, e.g., water supply. The climate of the Gunnison Basin, Colorado, is ...
... Climate change is already changing ecosystems and affecting people in the southwestern United States. Rising temperatures have contributed to large-scale ecological impacts, affecting plants, animals, as well as ecosystem services, e.g., water supply. The climate of the Gunnison Basin, Colorado, is ...
Freshwater Ecosystems and Fisheries
... Changes in climate and ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic will have far-reaching impacts, affecting aquatic species at various trophic levels, the physical and chemical environment that makes up their habitat, and the processes that act on and within freshwater ecosystems. Interactions of cl ...
... Changes in climate and ultraviolet radiation levels in the Arctic will have far-reaching impacts, affecting aquatic species at various trophic levels, the physical and chemical environment that makes up their habitat, and the processes that act on and within freshwater ecosystems. Interactions of cl ...
Phenology, biomass and community composition changes in European shrublands submitted to
... along a north-south gradient in Europe to seven years of experimental warming and drought. Reductions in primary productivity in the heat and drought year of 2003 ..……………………………………………………33 ...
... along a north-south gradient in Europe to seven years of experimental warming and drought. Reductions in primary productivity in the heat and drought year of 2003 ..……………………………………………………33 ...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation through urban agriculture
... play as a climate change adaptation strategy. Increasing biologically productive green space will help to relieve the urban heat island effect, serve as a water management strategy, and enhance urban food security. In addition, urban agriculture will help to mitigate further climate change by reduci ...
... play as a climate change adaptation strategy. Increasing biologically productive green space will help to relieve the urban heat island effect, serve as a water management strategy, and enhance urban food security. In addition, urban agriculture will help to mitigate further climate change by reduci ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Andrew Dale Ashton Coastal Geomorphologist
... Toomey, M.R., Woodruff, J., Donnelly, J.P., Ashton. A.D., and Perron, J.T., submitted. Seismic evidence of glacial age river incision into the Tahaa barrier reef, French Polynesia. Submitted to Marine Geology 10/15. Papers in refereed journals or books (S = student advised, P = postdoc advised): 28. ...
... Toomey, M.R., Woodruff, J., Donnelly, J.P., Ashton. A.D., and Perron, J.T., submitted. Seismic evidence of glacial age river incision into the Tahaa barrier reef, French Polynesia. Submitted to Marine Geology 10/15. Papers in refereed journals or books (S = student advised, P = postdoc advised): 28. ...
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... Human alteration of the world’s coastal environments is both an old story and a new one: old, because the existence of human settlements along coastlines is nearly as old as the advent of human settlements themselves [1]; new, because human activities now dominate coastal and marine ecosystems aroun ...
... Human alteration of the world’s coastal environments is both an old story and a new one: old, because the existence of human settlements along coastlines is nearly as old as the advent of human settlements themselves [1]; new, because human activities now dominate coastal and marine ecosystems aroun ...
Response of ocean phytoplankton community structure to climate
... three main phytoplankton types: diatoms, small phytoplankton and diazotrophs, as well as model nutrients. Laboratory and field incubation studies demonstrate that different phytoplankton species drawdown nutrients with greater or lesser efficiency. This can be expressed using nutrient half saturatio ...
... three main phytoplankton types: diatoms, small phytoplankton and diazotrophs, as well as model nutrients. Laboratory and field incubation studies demonstrate that different phytoplankton species drawdown nutrients with greater or lesser efficiency. This can be expressed using nutrient half saturatio ...
Finland`s Fifth National Communication under the
... Expected impacts of climate change and adaptation measures . . . . . . 161 6.2.1 General features of the impacts on Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 6.2.2 Adaptation measures and estimated level of adaptation by sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Expected impacts of climate change and adaptation measures . . . . . . 161 6.2.1 General features of the impacts on Finland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 6.2.2 Adaptation measures and estimated level of adaptation by sector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ADAPTATION ON THE
... Our goal with this report is to provide the Navajo Nation and its communities with information that we hope will be useful for the Nation as it engages in adaptation planning in response to climate change and variability. In Chapter 1, we discuss actions being undertaken by Native peoples around the ...
... Our goal with this report is to provide the Navajo Nation and its communities with information that we hope will be useful for the Nation as it engages in adaptation planning in response to climate change and variability. In Chapter 1, we discuss actions being undertaken by Native peoples around the ...
rapporter.ffi.no
... discussing the implications of climate change for state, societal, and human security in the Arctic. Many of the participants in this debate have expressed concern that growing rivalry over access to natural resources and shipping lanes in the region may lead to open political and/or military confli ...
... discussing the implications of climate change for state, societal, and human security in the Arctic. Many of the participants in this debate have expressed concern that growing rivalry over access to natural resources and shipping lanes in the region may lead to open political and/or military confli ...
Inuit Priorities for Canada`s Climate Strategy
... almost every other necessity is dependent on carbon-intensive activities. These factors, combined with the reality that the majority of our households are low-income, prevent many of our families from investing in activities such as education, quality foods, and childcare that most Canadians take fo ...
... almost every other necessity is dependent on carbon-intensive activities. These factors, combined with the reality that the majority of our households are low-income, prevent many of our families from investing in activities such as education, quality foods, and childcare that most Canadians take fo ...
Arctic Environment Ministers meeting
... (next section). Actions to reduce ocean acidification include mainly reducing carbon dioxide emissions at global scale as well as regionally. However, further work is needed to understand the full effects of acidification. ...
... (next section). Actions to reduce ocean acidification include mainly reducing carbon dioxide emissions at global scale as well as regionally. However, further work is needed to understand the full effects of acidification. ...
Norway`s Fifth National Communication under the Framework
... of the Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol and the scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect set out in the reports from IPCC. Climate change and emissions of greenhouse gases have been a concern of Norwegian policy since the late 1980s. Most sources of greenhouse gas emissio ...
... of the Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol and the scientific understanding of the greenhouse effect set out in the reports from IPCC. Climate change and emissions of greenhouse gases have been a concern of Norwegian policy since the late 1980s. Most sources of greenhouse gas emissio ...
Grassland afforestation impact on primary productivity
... Schizachyrium and Bothriocloa. In addition, Baccharis and Eupatorium shrubs can be locally abundant or even dominant (Altesor et al. 2006). Mean annual temperature ranges between 17 °C and 21 °C, decreasing from north to south, and annual precipitation varies from 1000 mm in the southwest to 1500 mm ...
... Schizachyrium and Bothriocloa. In addition, Baccharis and Eupatorium shrubs can be locally abundant or even dominant (Altesor et al. 2006). Mean annual temperature ranges between 17 °C and 21 °C, decreasing from north to south, and annual precipitation varies from 1000 mm in the southwest to 1500 mm ...
Vulnerability ofPaci c Island agriculture and forestry to climate change
... also highlights the underlying resilience of Pacific agriculture to climate change, particularly for many of the region’s staple food crops, and the fact that we have some breathing space to enable us to put in place appropriate response measures to accommodate the expected changes and capitalise on ...
... also highlights the underlying resilience of Pacific agriculture to climate change, particularly for many of the region’s staple food crops, and the fact that we have some breathing space to enable us to put in place appropriate response measures to accommodate the expected changes and capitalise on ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...
Gujarat - Ministry of Environment and Forests
... five per cent of the country’s population and six per cent of the country’s geographical area, Gujarat contributes to about 16 per cent of industrial and 12 per cent of agricultural production in India, and is dominant in the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. However, in the backdrop of moun ...
... five per cent of the country’s population and six per cent of the country’s geographical area, Gujarat contributes to about 16 per cent of industrial and 12 per cent of agricultural production in India, and is dominant in the manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. However, in the backdrop of moun ...
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
... Climate change has received considerable policy attention in the past several years both internationally and within the United States.1 A major report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 found widespread evidence of climate warming, and many are concerned that cl ...
... Climate change has received considerable policy attention in the past several years both internationally and within the United States.1 A major report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 found widespread evidence of climate warming, and many are concerned that cl ...
OFFICIAL VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2007-2012:
... More specifically, the concept of environmental security includes the adverse effects of environmental risks such as pollution (of air, land and water), environmental degradation and resource depletion – conditions that may generate risks, which in turn could pose threats to security (United Nations ...
... More specifically, the concept of environmental security includes the adverse effects of environmental risks such as pollution (of air, land and water), environmental degradation and resource depletion – conditions that may generate risks, which in turn could pose threats to security (United Nations ...
Climate Futures for Tasmania: impacts on agriculture
... of climate change data at a local scale. In a first for Australia, and possibly the Southern Hemisphere, Climate Futures for Tasmania has generated local climate information at a scale and level of detail not previously available. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s Framework for A ...
... of climate change data at a local scale. In a first for Australia, and possibly the Southern Hemisphere, Climate Futures for Tasmania has generated local climate information at a scale and level of detail not previously available. It is an essential part of the Tasmanian Government’s Framework for A ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.