... (P.C.) in the area surrounding the Cardedeu field station (NE Spain, 41º34’N 2º21’E), as a part of a long-term meteorological and phenological monitoring programme (Peñuelas et al., 2002). The first arrival date in the Cardedeu area (FAD, first sighting or recording of bird song) was recorded each y ...
Avoiding Extinction
... change and the use of fossil energy. The largest segment of carbon emissions, 40-45% of all global emissions of CO2, originate in the world’s power plant infrastructure, 87% of which are fossil fuel plants that produce the overwhelming majority of the world's electricity (IEA, 2012). This infrastruc ...
... change and the use of fossil energy. The largest segment of carbon emissions, 40-45% of all global emissions of CO2, originate in the world’s power plant infrastructure, 87% of which are fossil fuel plants that produce the overwhelming majority of the world's electricity (IEA, 2012). This infrastruc ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Northwest
... global climate warming has had discernible impacts on many physical and biological systems, and will has long-term impacts on future natural ecology and socioeconomic development. To rely on policy measures of both adaptation and mitigation could reduce the risk of climate change. Northwest China is ...
... global climate warming has had discernible impacts on many physical and biological systems, and will has long-term impacts on future natural ecology and socioeconomic development. To rely on policy measures of both adaptation and mitigation could reduce the risk of climate change. Northwest China is ...
rapid climate change
... There have been times in the Earth’s history when dramatic shifts in temperature of almost 15°C have occurred in a matter of decades. The largest of these events took place during the glacial period (110,000-12,000 years ago), when the world looked very different from today. Vast ice sheets covered ...
... There have been times in the Earth’s history when dramatic shifts in temperature of almost 15°C have occurred in a matter of decades. The largest of these events took place during the glacial period (110,000-12,000 years ago), when the world looked very different from today. Vast ice sheets covered ...
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE APPROACH
... needed to determine what a sustainable landscape approach is and what it is not. Conservation International offers these definitions to the global dialogue: A landscape is a jurisdictional planning area which includes areas of essential natural capital and key production systems. These must be large ...
... needed to determine what a sustainable landscape approach is and what it is not. Conservation International offers these definitions to the global dialogue: A landscape is a jurisdictional planning area which includes areas of essential natural capital and key production systems. These must be large ...
Buckley CV - University of Washington
... 27. Buckley LB and Kingsolver JG. 2012. The demographic impacts of shifts in climate means and extremes on alpine butteries. Functional Ecology 26:969-977. 26. Burrows MT, Schoeman DS, Duarte CM, O'Connor MI, Buckley LB, Kappel CV, et al. 2012. Invasive species unchecked by climate - response. Scien ...
... 27. Buckley LB and Kingsolver JG. 2012. The demographic impacts of shifts in climate means and extremes on alpine butteries. Functional Ecology 26:969-977. 26. Burrows MT, Schoeman DS, Duarte CM, O'Connor MI, Buckley LB, Kappel CV, et al. 2012. Invasive species unchecked by climate - response. Scien ...
here. - Yuqiang Zhang
... US EPA ORISE Postdoctoral fellow Computational Exposure Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 ...
... US EPA ORISE Postdoctoral fellow Computational Exposure Division, National Exposure Research Laboratory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 ...
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea
... Climate change is a serious issue, but in many cases is remains questionable if it is a dominant issue., Printed at ...
... Climate change is a serious issue, but in many cases is remains questionable if it is a dominant issue., Printed at ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... fossil fuel subsidies. This creates opportunities in areas such as renewable infrastructure and underscores the importance of using climate-aware investment tools. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow – especially in energy system ...
... fossil fuel subsidies. This creates opportunities in areas such as renewable infrastructure and underscores the importance of using climate-aware investment tools. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow – especially in energy system ...
Future climate change projections for the Latin American region
... in Central and South America, where a lack of long-term homogeneous and continuous climate and hydrological records, and of complete studies on trends have not allowed for an identification of trends in extremes, particularly in Central America. Recent observational show increases in warm days and d ...
... in Central and South America, where a lack of long-term homogeneous and continuous climate and hydrological records, and of complete studies on trends have not allowed for an identification of trends in extremes, particularly in Central America. Recent observational show increases in warm days and d ...
The hydrology of the humid tropics
... most pronounced at the level of local land use and point source emissions. Figure 3 shows the relatively high evapotranspiration rates in forests next to lower rates in deforested agricultural lands in the Panama Canal region at the end of the dry season26. Despite work on the effects of conversion ...
... most pronounced at the level of local land use and point source emissions. Figure 3 shows the relatively high evapotranspiration rates in forests next to lower rates in deforested agricultural lands in the Panama Canal region at the end of the dry season26. Despite work on the effects of conversion ...
Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... combinations of these). All these sources carry their own level of information, which is very difficult to combine into one estimate of the uncertainty range. ...
... combinations of these). All these sources carry their own level of information, which is very difficult to combine into one estimate of the uncertainty range. ...
Dangerous Scientific Reticence
... police reports indicate has continually been the location of crimes, and newspapers have reported such. A person looking down this street late at night and seeing a number of loiterers, one seemingly with a blackjack in his hand, might well conclude that it would be dangerous to go down that street. ...
... police reports indicate has continually been the location of crimes, and newspapers have reported such. A person looking down this street late at night and seeing a number of loiterers, one seemingly with a blackjack in his hand, might well conclude that it would be dangerous to go down that street. ...
Capstone ESS Unit 4: Human Activity and Climate System Unit Summary
... Current global models predict that, although future regional climate changes will be complex and varied, average global temperatures will continue to rise. The outcomes predicted by global climate models depend on the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year and o ...
... Current global models predict that, although future regional climate changes will be complex and varied, average global temperatures will continue to rise. The outcomes predicted by global climate models depend on the amount of human-generated greenhouse gases added to the atmosphere each year and o ...
An overview of regional land-use and land
... there has been regrowth of newer forests (Fig. 2). This could be one reason that long-term observational impacts are not well doc- ...
... there has been regrowth of newer forests (Fig. 2). This could be one reason that long-term observational impacts are not well doc- ...
Future development in extreme one-hour precipitation over Europe
... therefore ideally be performed prior to calculating climate factors. This approach would furthermore potentially allow some level of calibration (or at least comparison) of the extreme characteristics of downscaled rainfall output from RCMs with those calculated based on ground observations of extre ...
... therefore ideally be performed prior to calculating climate factors. This approach would furthermore potentially allow some level of calibration (or at least comparison) of the extreme characteristics of downscaled rainfall output from RCMs with those calculated based on ground observations of extre ...
Flood Management in Lancashire: An Overview of Issues and
... Catchments will be wetter for longer. ...
... Catchments will be wetter for longer. ...
Motivated Rejection of Science
... their affective responses to climate change (by asking respondents to provide the “first word, thought, image, or phrase that comes to mind when thinking about global warming”), the public’s most common response has been found to be conspiratorial in nature, for example by responding with “hoax” (N. ...
... their affective responses to climate change (by asking respondents to provide the “first word, thought, image, or phrase that comes to mind when thinking about global warming”), the public’s most common response has been found to be conspiratorial in nature, for example by responding with “hoax” (N. ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... Besides sea level rise and storm surge vulnerability, steel rail and overhead electrical wires in transportation systems are particularly vulnerable to excessive heat. Overheating can deform transit equipment, causing steel rail lines to buckle and throwing them out of alignment, which can cause tra ...
... Besides sea level rise and storm surge vulnerability, steel rail and overhead electrical wires in transportation systems are particularly vulnerable to excessive heat. Overheating can deform transit equipment, causing steel rail lines to buckle and throwing them out of alignment, which can cause tra ...
FINANCING THE BLUE ECONOMY IN SMALL STATES POLICY
... to leverage blue investments are needed to overcome these challenges. ...
... to leverage blue investments are needed to overcome these challenges. ...