Management of Federally Owned Grasslands in the Climate Change
... of ecosystem types.2 Millions of acres of federal lands are comprised not of mountains, canyons, forests, cascading waterfalls, or roaring rivers, but of grasslands. Scenic vistas and wildlife viewing opportunities await those who visit the National Grasslands administered by the U.S. Forest Service ...
... of ecosystem types.2 Millions of acres of federal lands are comprised not of mountains, canyons, forests, cascading waterfalls, or roaring rivers, but of grasslands. Scenic vistas and wildlife viewing opportunities await those who visit the National Grasslands administered by the U.S. Forest Service ...
Building resilience to climate change
... The Earth has gone through many natural cycles of warming and cooling during its long history and has always been subject to climate variability that brings about droughts, flooding and extreme weather patterns. Now, scientists have confirmed that the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans are warming graduall ...
... The Earth has gone through many natural cycles of warming and cooling during its long history and has always been subject to climate variability that brings about droughts, flooding and extreme weather patterns. Now, scientists have confirmed that the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans are warming graduall ...
Peatlands and Climate Change
... peatlands have been drained for this purpose. The climatic impacts of the use of peatlands for forestry are smaller than for agriculture because oxidation of organic matter in the surface peat is much less. Biomass and primary production increase during stand development, contributing also to soil c ...
... peatlands have been drained for this purpose. The climatic impacts of the use of peatlands for forestry are smaller than for agriculture because oxidation of organic matter in the surface peat is much less. Biomass and primary production increase during stand development, contributing also to soil c ...
Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities
... Throughout Alaska, temperature increases are causing the most severe stresses to the environment (ACIA 2004). During the past half century Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the global average (ACIA 2004, IPCC 2007, USGCRP 2009). Since the 1950s, statewide average temperatures have risen 3.5 degrees ...
... Throughout Alaska, temperature increases are causing the most severe stresses to the environment (ACIA 2004). During the past half century Alaska has warmed twice as fast as the global average (ACIA 2004, IPCC 2007, USGCRP 2009). Since the 1950s, statewide average temperatures have risen 3.5 degrees ...
Climate change, water and food security
... basin and in the semi-arid areas of the Americas, Australia and southern Africa, affecting water availability in regions that are already water-stressed. In Asia, the large contiguous areas of irrigated land that rely on snowmelt and high mountain glaciers for water will be affected by changes in ru ...
... basin and in the semi-arid areas of the Americas, Australia and southern Africa, affecting water availability in regions that are already water-stressed. In Asia, the large contiguous areas of irrigated land that rely on snowmelt and high mountain glaciers for water will be affected by changes in ru ...
Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... future. Climate models help policy and decision makers in understanding the future climate risks and uncertainties, allowing them take measures to address the future economic and social impacts of climate change. Emissions scenarios are models used by scientists that attempt to project future scenar ...
... future. Climate models help policy and decision makers in understanding the future climate risks and uncertainties, allowing them take measures to address the future economic and social impacts of climate change. Emissions scenarios are models used by scientists that attempt to project future scenar ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
Climate Change - Ville de Moncton
... Increase in precipitation levels (rain) Increase in precipitation levels of snow in the short and medium term, and a reduction in the long-term. ...
... Increase in precipitation levels (rain) Increase in precipitation levels of snow in the short and medium term, and a reduction in the long-term. ...
Compact of Mayors
... Please tick the gases accounted for in your GHG emissions inventory. These gases are the main greenhouse gases defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) a ...
... Please tick the gases accounted for in your GHG emissions inventory. These gases are the main greenhouse gases defined by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) a ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT: a
... (CIAO), there were no articles that were deemed helpful in answering our question. In this case, the search results were found to offer much macro-level policy analysis but very little engagement on the impact of those policies on end-users. This means that while there may well be much more nuanced ...
... (CIAO), there were no articles that were deemed helpful in answering our question. In this case, the search results were found to offer much macro-level policy analysis but very little engagement on the impact of those policies on end-users. This means that while there may well be much more nuanced ...
In the name of Almighty “ALLAH” who Is Most Beneficent And Most
... livelihood and routine life (IPCC, 2007).It also refers to as a change in weather that persists for decades or longer, arising from human activity that alter the composition of atmosphere i.e. green house gas emissions (Oxfam, 2009). Warming in present scenario is primarily caused by human activitie ...
... livelihood and routine life (IPCC, 2007).It also refers to as a change in weather that persists for decades or longer, arising from human activity that alter the composition of atmosphere i.e. green house gas emissions (Oxfam, 2009). Warming in present scenario is primarily caused by human activitie ...
Take a look at the complete Ghent Climate Adaptation
... shortage, heat stress, and rising sea levels) making Ghent a climate-robust city. The target year of 2030 is linked to the target year for the new spatial structure plan Ruimte voor Gent 2030 (Room for Ghent 2030). Not only is there a close link between climate adaptation and Ghent spactial structur ...
... shortage, heat stress, and rising sea levels) making Ghent a climate-robust city. The target year of 2030 is linked to the target year for the new spatial structure plan Ruimte voor Gent 2030 (Room for Ghent 2030). Not only is there a close link between climate adaptation and Ghent spactial structur ...
Protected areas helping peopel cope with climate change
... Responses to climate change must now focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid runaway impacts (“avoiding the unmanageable”) and on addressing the impacts that are already with us (“managing the unavoidable”). Managing natural ecosystems as carbon sinks and resources for adaptation ...
... Responses to climate change must now focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid runaway impacts (“avoiding the unmanageable”) and on addressing the impacts that are already with us (“managing the unavoidable”). Managing natural ecosystems as carbon sinks and resources for adaptation ...
Protected areas helping people cope with climate change
... Responses to climate change must now focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid runaway impacts (“avoiding the unmanageable”) and on addressing the impacts that are already with us (“managing the unavoidable”). Managing natural ecosystems as carbon sinks and resources for adaptation ...
... Responses to climate change must now focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions enough to avoid runaway impacts (“avoiding the unmanageable”) and on addressing the impacts that are already with us (“managing the unavoidable”). Managing natural ecosystems as carbon sinks and resources for adaptation ...
Hydrological drought across the world: impact of climate and
... Likely, drought will worsen in many parts of the world because of climate change (e.g., Bates et al., 2008; Seneviratne et al., 2012). Moreover, vulnerability will increase in numerous regions as a response to population growth and, thus, higher demand for water. Water security and associated food s ...
... Likely, drought will worsen in many parts of the world because of climate change (e.g., Bates et al., 2008; Seneviratne et al., 2012). Moreover, vulnerability will increase in numerous regions as a response to population growth and, thus, higher demand for water. Water security and associated food s ...
time invariance and implications for bias correction
... and it is the aggregate statistics of all years in the sample that are assessed. For each of these sets, ...
... and it is the aggregate statistics of all years in the sample that are assessed. For each of these sets, ...
Public understanding of climate change and adaptation
... were represented. This research was conducted in two complementary phases, and the following report details the findings yielded from four focus groups conducted in the cities of Port Adelaide/Enfield, Noarlunga, Mount Gambier and Whyalla - and a telephone survey, conducted with a representative sam ...
... were represented. This research was conducted in two complementary phases, and the following report details the findings yielded from four focus groups conducted in the cities of Port Adelaide/Enfield, Noarlunga, Mount Gambier and Whyalla - and a telephone survey, conducted with a representative sam ...
A georeferenced agent-based model to analyze the
... SRES A2 and B2 scenarios for different altitudinal levels: 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000 m. These scenarios project future climate change based on different assumptions for greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, economic and technological development and other diving forces (IPCC, 2007). In our study B2 an ...
... SRES A2 and B2 scenarios for different altitudinal levels: 1500, 2000, 2500 and 3000 m. These scenarios project future climate change based on different assumptions for greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, economic and technological development and other diving forces (IPCC, 2007). In our study B2 an ...
The impact of climate change on dairy production
... NI has not been as significant as in the ROI. This is because milk quota rights were bought by farmers in NI from farmers in Great Britain for many years in the lead up to milk quota removal. Hence milk production has followed a more gradual upward trend in Northern Ireland. The cross-border trade i ...
... NI has not been as significant as in the ROI. This is because milk quota rights were bought by farmers in NI from farmers in Great Britain for many years in the lead up to milk quota removal. Hence milk production has followed a more gradual upward trend in Northern Ireland. The cross-border trade i ...
Submitted November 28, 2006 - Center for Biological Diversity
... be endangered in the foreseeable future; they therefore meet the criteria for listing as “Endangered” or “Threatened” under the ESA. Although species like the Emperor Penguin may not disappear for several decades, decisions made and actions taken over the next decade will likely dictate whether such ...
... be endangered in the foreseeable future; they therefore meet the criteria for listing as “Endangered” or “Threatened” under the ESA. Although species like the Emperor Penguin may not disappear for several decades, decisions made and actions taken over the next decade will likely dictate whether such ...
traditional agroecosystems and global change implications in mexico
... change is greater in agroecosystems. In the first case, agroecosystems lose in average up to 13% of surface area, and 12% for the second scenario. Finally the growth margin is 8% compared to the A1B and B1 models. We determinate vulnerability areas to global change in the southwestern of Puebla (maiz ...
... change is greater in agroecosystems. In the first case, agroecosystems lose in average up to 13% of surface area, and 12% for the second scenario. Finally the growth margin is 8% compared to the A1B and B1 models. We determinate vulnerability areas to global change in the southwestern of Puebla (maiz ...
Vulnerability of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef to
... 2900 coral reefs and 900 coral cays that cover approximately 20,000 km2 of the total 345,000 km2 area of the GBR Marine Park. As a consequence of unusually high summer sea surface temperatures, between 42 to 60 percent of the reefs of the GBR experienced mass coral bleaching in 19988. Bleaching was ...
... 2900 coral reefs and 900 coral cays that cover approximately 20,000 km2 of the total 345,000 km2 area of the GBR Marine Park. As a consequence of unusually high summer sea surface temperatures, between 42 to 60 percent of the reefs of the GBR experienced mass coral bleaching in 19988. Bleaching was ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... While other writers have set forth a number of general proposals to deal with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humani ...
... While other writers have set forth a number of general proposals to deal with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humani ...
Climatic controls on diffuse groundwater
... climate types. It has been shown that, in general, rainfall is the most important climate parameter influencing recharge (Allen et al., 2004; Serrat-Capdevila et al., 2007). However, many exceptions have been reported (Crosbie et al., 2010b; Döll, 2009; Rosenberg et al., 1999) which indicates that ...
... climate types. It has been shown that, in general, rainfall is the most important climate parameter influencing recharge (Allen et al., 2004; Serrat-Capdevila et al., 2007). However, many exceptions have been reported (Crosbie et al., 2010b; Döll, 2009; Rosenberg et al., 1999) which indicates that ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""