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... The potential impacts of climate change on American beech are first considered in the absence of BBD, taking advantage of available studies focused on both American and European beech (Fagus sylvatica). This review focuses primarily on impacts of increased temperature as well as drought. Following g ...
... The potential impacts of climate change on American beech are first considered in the absence of BBD, taking advantage of available studies focused on both American and European beech (Fagus sylvatica). This review focuses primarily on impacts of increased temperature as well as drought. Following g ...
Dynamics, Stratospheric Ozone, and Climate Change
... Dynamics affects the distribution and abundance of stratospheric ozone directly through transport of ozone itself and indirectly through its effect on ozone chemistry via temperature and transport of other chemical species. Dynamical processes must be considered in order to understand past ozone cha ...
... Dynamics affects the distribution and abundance of stratospheric ozone directly through transport of ozone itself and indirectly through its effect on ozone chemistry via temperature and transport of other chemical species. Dynamical processes must be considered in order to understand past ozone cha ...
Vital but vulnerable: Climate change vulnerability and human use of
... Also available at http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/SSC-OP-048.pdf ...
... Also available at http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/SSC-OP-048.pdf ...
Drivers of the tropospheric ozone budget throughout the 21st
... following the climate scenario Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 6.0 (a medium-high, and reasonably realistic climate scenario). Changes in ozone precursor emissions have the largest effect, leading to a global-mean increase in tropospheric ozone which maximizes in the early 21st century at ...
... following the climate scenario Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 6.0 (a medium-high, and reasonably realistic climate scenario). Changes in ozone precursor emissions have the largest effect, leading to a global-mean increase in tropospheric ozone which maximizes in the early 21st century at ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Colorado Bureau of
... The Colorado office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been charged with developing a climate adaptation strategy for BLM lands within the state. In order to ensure the best possible adaptation strategies, a statewide perspective on the potential future influences of a changing climate on ...
... The Colorado office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been charged with developing a climate adaptation strategy for BLM lands within the state. In order to ensure the best possible adaptation strategies, a statewide perspective on the potential future influences of a changing climate on ...
Weather and Camping in Ontario Parks
... camper decision-making. Temperature preferences between the two parks were strikingly similar. However, differences in weather related decision-making were statistically significant showing campers at Pinery to be more sensitive to weather than those at Grundy Lake. Overall, this study suggests that ...
... camper decision-making. Temperature preferences between the two parks were strikingly similar. However, differences in weather related decision-making were statistically significant showing campers at Pinery to be more sensitive to weather than those at Grundy Lake. Overall, this study suggests that ...
Glacier Tourism Research - Rannsóknamiðstöð ferðamála
... Snæfellsjökull glacier in west Iceland as the entrance to the earth’s interior in his classic novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Lund, 2013). In Iceland, glaciers and icecaps were mainly explored by British alpinists such as William L. Watts who in 1884‐1885 clim ...
... Snæfellsjökull glacier in west Iceland as the entrance to the earth’s interior in his classic novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Lund, 2013). In Iceland, glaciers and icecaps were mainly explored by British alpinists such as William L. Watts who in 1884‐1885 clim ...
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... predator-prey dynamics depended on lake thermal structure. However, over annual timescales zooplankton response was averaged across periods of seasonal change in thermal structure and biological processes, which may dampen the short-term effects associated with strong predation in isothermal conditi ...
... predator-prey dynamics depended on lake thermal structure. However, over annual timescales zooplankton response was averaged across periods of seasonal change in thermal structure and biological processes, which may dampen the short-term effects associated with strong predation in isothermal conditi ...
The Current and Future State of Victoria: a macro perspective PDF
... of uncertainty, particularly when projecting over an extended timeframe of 30 years. But infrastructure assets are also long term assets, so trying to make sense of those longer term uncertainties is important in understanding future infrastructure need. To that end, we have undertaken scenario mode ...
... of uncertainty, particularly when projecting over an extended timeframe of 30 years. But infrastructure assets are also long term assets, so trying to make sense of those longer term uncertainties is important in understanding future infrastructure need. To that end, we have undertaken scenario mode ...
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... hydrological cycle accelerating [4], changes of species habitat, and even degeneration of ecosystem [5]. In recent years, under the background of global warming, precipitation around the world has been redistributed. The moist regions would be wetter, while the arid regions would become more arid [6 ...
... hydrological cycle accelerating [4], changes of species habitat, and even degeneration of ecosystem [5]. In recent years, under the background of global warming, precipitation around the world has been redistributed. The moist regions would be wetter, while the arid regions would become more arid [6 ...
the publication
... solar variability. Since the literature on this subject is growing almost exponentially, this is a hard task. Most problematic is the fact that a vast number of hypotheses are brought up lagging the ways to validate these theories. It is not easy to resist almost perfect correlations between (derive ...
... solar variability. Since the literature on this subject is growing almost exponentially, this is a hard task. Most problematic is the fact that a vast number of hypotheses are brought up lagging the ways to validate these theories. It is not easy to resist almost perfect correlations between (derive ...
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... (a) United Nations Confederation on Environment and Development (b) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (c) United Nations Conference on Economical Development (d) United Nations Confederation on Economy and Development 61. What does mean “Agenda 21”? (a) It’s an agreement betwe ...
... (a) United Nations Confederation on Environment and Development (b) United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (c) United Nations Conference on Economical Development (d) United Nations Confederation on Economy and Development 61. What does mean “Agenda 21”? (a) It’s an agreement betwe ...
Gene-flow through space and time: dispersal, dormancy and
... plants, because they both depend on attributes of the seed, albeit this anatomical association is rarely considered when analyzing interactions between dispersal and dormancy. In this paper, we investigate the extent to which dispersal and dormancy can be expected to correlate and how each might inf ...
... plants, because they both depend on attributes of the seed, albeit this anatomical association is rarely considered when analyzing interactions between dispersal and dormancy. In this paper, we investigate the extent to which dispersal and dormancy can be expected to correlate and how each might inf ...
Chapter 13 - Clean Air Act
... disagreement and uncertainty. Indeed, at the end of 2012, more than four years after the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act regulates greenhouse gases as “air pollutants,” a federal Court of Appeals judge urged the Court to reconsider and revoke its decision. Thus, while the Clean Air Act ma ...
... disagreement and uncertainty. Indeed, at the end of 2012, more than four years after the Supreme Court ruled that the Clean Air Act regulates greenhouse gases as “air pollutants,” a federal Court of Appeals judge urged the Court to reconsider and revoke its decision. Thus, while the Clean Air Act ma ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States— which, together, contribute nearly two thirds of annual global GHG emissions. Using the Open Book framework developed by World Resources Institute, we present information in each Party’s INDC related to its emissions target(s) and identify any ...
... India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the United States— which, together, contribute nearly two thirds of annual global GHG emissions. Using the Open Book framework developed by World Resources Institute, we present information in each Party’s INDC related to its emissions target(s) and identify any ...
2014 Assessment in pdf - Ozone Secretariat
... etc.) has in altering the balance of incoming solar and outgoing infrared irradiance (W m-2) in the Earth-atmosphere system. It is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. Radiative forcing is approximately proportional to temperature changes at Earth’s surfa ...
... etc.) has in altering the balance of incoming solar and outgoing infrared irradiance (W m-2) in the Earth-atmosphere system. It is an index of the importance of the factor as a potential climate change mechanism. Radiative forcing is approximately proportional to temperature changes at Earth’s surfa ...
FINAL Amazon Scorecard
... within the seven-company Apparel/Accessories sector. Six out of 12 companies in the Electronics/Computer sector scored 50 points or higher. Notably, a reputation for product and marketing innovation does not necessarily correlate with a company’s leadership on climate action or climate reporting. Fo ...
... within the seven-company Apparel/Accessories sector. Six out of 12 companies in the Electronics/Computer sector scored 50 points or higher. Notably, a reputation for product and marketing innovation does not necessarily correlate with a company’s leadership on climate action or climate reporting. Fo ...
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... • Policy outputs: capture concrete changes in efforts designed to make policy more ‘development friendly’ - are directly under influence of policymakers. • Policy inputs: useful when hard to quantify or summarise the output of a policy in a single indicator – usually monitor donor expenditure on a p ...
... • Policy outputs: capture concrete changes in efforts designed to make policy more ‘development friendly’ - are directly under influence of policymakers. • Policy inputs: useful when hard to quantify or summarise the output of a policy in a single indicator – usually monitor donor expenditure on a p ...
The relationship between anthropogenic dust and population over
... consumed, which produced a great deal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as well as energy (Barnett and O’Neill, 2010). The released GHGs and heat have induced a strong influence on temperature spatial distribution in recent years (Li and Zhao, 2012), especially in developing countries, where the economic p ...
... consumed, which produced a great deal of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as well as energy (Barnett and O’Neill, 2010). The released GHGs and heat have induced a strong influence on temperature spatial distribution in recent years (Li and Zhao, 2012), especially in developing countries, where the economic p ...
Climate change impacts on fire regimes and key ecosystem services
... productivities, and fire regimes. The objectives of this review are: (1) to characterize the likely shortand longer-term effects of projected climate changes on fuel dynamics and fire regimes for four generalized forest types in the Rocky Mountain region; (2) to review how these changes are likely to ...
... productivities, and fire regimes. The objectives of this review are: (1) to characterize the likely shortand longer-term effects of projected climate changes on fuel dynamics and fire regimes for four generalized forest types in the Rocky Mountain region; (2) to review how these changes are likely to ...
ldc graduation - the difficulties and realities for tuvalu
... soared and are sticky downwards; food crisis has added to an increased cost of living; and recruitment for our seafarers working on international contracts have decreased. It takes longer for a small economy to recover after waves of global crisis. The added climate challenges certainly make the nar ...
... soared and are sticky downwards; food crisis has added to an increased cost of living; and recruitment for our seafarers working on international contracts have decreased. It takes longer for a small economy to recover after waves of global crisis. The added climate challenges certainly make the nar ...
A FARMer`s View of the Ricardian Approach to Measuring
... or less because of cold temperatures. LC 2 has a growing season of 100 days or less because of low precipitation. LCs 3, 4, and 5 have growing seasons of 101 to 165, 166 to 250, and 251 to 300 days, respectively. LC 6 has a growing season of 301 or more days. Land-class boundaries generally reflect ...
... or less because of cold temperatures. LC 2 has a growing season of 100 days or less because of low precipitation. LCs 3, 4, and 5 have growing seasons of 101 to 165, 166 to 250, and 251 to 300 days, respectively. LC 6 has a growing season of 301 or more days. Land-class boundaries generally reflect ...
Ch7 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... the tundra and this will have a great effect on the composition of species. However, there are environmental and sociological processes that are very likely to prevent forest from advancing in some locations. Displacement of tundra by forest will lead to a decrease in albedo, which will increase the ...
... the tundra and this will have a great effect on the composition of species. However, there are environmental and sociological processes that are very likely to prevent forest from advancing in some locations. Displacement of tundra by forest will lead to a decrease in albedo, which will increase the ...
Characterizing differences in precipitation regimes of extreme wet
... years. Beyond precipitation amount, extreme wet and dry years may differ in other ways, such as the number of precipitation events, event size, and the time between events. We assessed 1614 long-term (100 year) precipitation records from around the world to identify key attributes of precipitation r ...
... years. Beyond precipitation amount, extreme wet and dry years may differ in other ways, such as the number of precipitation events, event size, and the time between events. We assessed 1614 long-term (100 year) precipitation records from around the world to identify key attributes of precipitation r ...