Status of Coastal and Marine ecosystem management in South Asia
... coral reefs, and sand dunes that harbor some of the world’s most significant coastal and marine biodiversity. The coastal sub-region of South Asia is home to about 400 million people, many are poor and vulnerable. The sub-region also faces increasing occurrence of natural hazards such as cyclones, f ...
... coral reefs, and sand dunes that harbor some of the world’s most significant coastal and marine biodiversity. The coastal sub-region of South Asia is home to about 400 million people, many are poor and vulnerable. The sub-region also faces increasing occurrence of natural hazards such as cyclones, f ...
Urban Forest Climate Adaptation Framework for Metro Vancouver
... urban forests usually consist of a combination of native and non‐native trees selected for their tolerance to urban conditions. By contrast, native stands of trees in the urban forest tend to occur in locations that have been protected from, or are yet to experience, substantial site modification. ...
... urban forests usually consist of a combination of native and non‐native trees selected for their tolerance to urban conditions. By contrast, native stands of trees in the urban forest tend to occur in locations that have been protected from, or are yet to experience, substantial site modification. ...
Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects
... and the other Swedish environmental goals, the gender equity goals and the public health goal with its 11 associated objective domains. We find that there are more potential goal conflicts in scenarios with no global climate agreement. This is mainly due to the fact that some environmental issues ...
... and the other Swedish environmental goals, the gender equity goals and the public health goal with its 11 associated objective domains. We find that there are more potential goal conflicts in scenarios with no global climate agreement. This is mainly due to the fact that some environmental issues ...
Recent Climatology, Variability, and Trends in Global Surface Humidity
... In situ observations of surface air and dewpoint temperatures and air pressure from over 15 000 weather stations and from ships are used to calculate surface specific (q) and relative (RH) humidity over the globe (60°S–75°N) from December 1975 to spring 2005. Seasonal and interannual variations and ...
... In situ observations of surface air and dewpoint temperatures and air pressure from over 15 000 weather stations and from ships are used to calculate surface specific (q) and relative (RH) humidity over the globe (60°S–75°N) from December 1975 to spring 2005. Seasonal and interannual variations and ...
Indicators of the impact of Climate Change on Migratory Species
... cases, would require some methodological development, e.g. to quantify trends. In the development of all indicators, it is important to consider how the approach taken would fit more generally into an alerts system, and how it would relate to objectives from a management perspective. ...
... cases, would require some methodological development, e.g. to quantify trends. In the development of all indicators, it is important to consider how the approach taken would fit more generally into an alerts system, and how it would relate to objectives from a management perspective. ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources of the Cooper
... climate model tuned to a number of complex models with a range of climate sensitivities. Also for comparison, following the same method, results are shown for IS92a. The darker shading represents the envelope of the full set of thirty-five SRES scenarios using the average of the models results. The ...
... climate model tuned to a number of complex models with a range of climate sensitivities. Also for comparison, following the same method, results are shown for IS92a. The darker shading represents the envelope of the full set of thirty-five SRES scenarios using the average of the models results. The ...
Linkages between the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols
... of an unknown magnitude.16 Second, the Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of HFCs have been revised upward in the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 1998 as compared to the figures provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1995 that serve as the basis of calculations un ...
... of an unknown magnitude.16 Second, the Global Warming Potentials (GWP) of HFCs have been revised upward in the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 1998 as compared to the figures provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1995 that serve as the basis of calculations un ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... future discount rates mean that the cost of delayed but severe impacts merit greater consideration. Moreover, recent studies by several groups of economists suggest the possibility that such ‘catastrophic’ impacts, even if their occurrence is uncertain and some time into the future, may dominate any ...
... future discount rates mean that the cost of delayed but severe impacts merit greater consideration. Moreover, recent studies by several groups of economists suggest the possibility that such ‘catastrophic’ impacts, even if their occurrence is uncertain and some time into the future, may dominate any ...
TowARD ReSiLienCe
... organizations working with people whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change. The guide provides essential introductory information, principles of effective practice, guidelines for action in a range of sectors and settings, case studies and links to useful tools and resou ...
... organizations working with people whose lives and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change. The guide provides essential introductory information, principles of effective practice, guidelines for action in a range of sectors and settings, case studies and links to useful tools and resou ...
Temperature and trophic structure are driving microbial productivity
... Temperature is known to influence ecosystem processes through its direct effect on biological rates such as respiration and nutrient cycling. These changes can then indirectly affect ecologically processes by altering trophic dynamics, the persistence of a species in a given environment, and, consequen ...
... Temperature is known to influence ecosystem processes through its direct effect on biological rates such as respiration and nutrient cycling. These changes can then indirectly affect ecologically processes by altering trophic dynamics, the persistence of a species in a given environment, and, consequen ...
Sensitivity of crop cover to climate variability: Insights
... Historically, India has demonstrated the capacity to adapt new practices and technologies to increase agricultural production and decrease vulnerability to climate variability. The ‘Green Revolution’ benefited the Indian agricultural sector in many ways, introducing irrigation, fertilizers, and high- ...
... Historically, India has demonstrated the capacity to adapt new practices and technologies to increase agricultural production and decrease vulnerability to climate variability. The ‘Green Revolution’ benefited the Indian agricultural sector in many ways, introducing irrigation, fertilizers, and high- ...
ECOsCIENCE
... year-1) and four levels of shading (0, 53, 72 and 83%). Each treatment was replicated three times, and replicates were arranged in a randomized block design. The fertilizer (ammonium nitrate, dissolved in 2 L of water per plot) was applied in rain on five occasions during the growing seasons of 1999 ...
... year-1) and four levels of shading (0, 53, 72 and 83%). Each treatment was replicated three times, and replicates were arranged in a randomized block design. The fertilizer (ammonium nitrate, dissolved in 2 L of water per plot) was applied in rain on five occasions during the growing seasons of 1999 ...
ProgressReport 2003-2004
... collaboration with a coastal modeling group that will enable the development of tools that link climate change to coastal circulation so as to provide tools for decision makers. While this goal has not yet been achieved, the first steps have been taken. The goal of the collaboration would be to deve ...
... collaboration with a coastal modeling group that will enable the development of tools that link climate change to coastal circulation so as to provide tools for decision makers. While this goal has not yet been achieved, the first steps have been taken. The goal of the collaboration would be to deve ...
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... forests are utilized and managed. Speakers mentioned efforts to integrate forest aspects into national development strategies and different sector policies; to adjust to changes in social, economic and environmental realities and political priorities; and to take advantage of new opportunities, e.g. ...
... forests are utilized and managed. Speakers mentioned efforts to integrate forest aspects into national development strategies and different sector policies; to adjust to changes in social, economic and environmental realities and political priorities; and to take advantage of new opportunities, e.g. ...
Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Report to
... Some studies suggest that a longer growing season, warmer temperatures, possibly higher rainfall, and a phenomenon termed “CO2 fertilization” may increase overall forest growth rates in the state. However, these effects may likely be offset by increased mortality rates, at least until the climate st ...
... Some studies suggest that a longer growing season, warmer temperatures, possibly higher rainfall, and a phenomenon termed “CO2 fertilization” may increase overall forest growth rates in the state. However, these effects may likely be offset by increased mortality rates, at least until the climate st ...
Effects of vegetation feedback on future climate change over West
... CO2 changes in West Africa can lead to comparable or even larger magnitude of future changes in hydrological processes relative to the contribution from radiative and physiological effects of CO2 changes. Opposite trends of annual precipitation in Sahel were predicted in their simulations with and w ...
... CO2 changes in West Africa can lead to comparable or even larger magnitude of future changes in hydrological processes relative to the contribution from radiative and physiological effects of CO2 changes. Opposite trends of annual precipitation in Sahel were predicted in their simulations with and w ...
Rain driven by receding ice sheets as a cause of
... [1] The Younger Dryas cold period, which interrupted the transition from the last ice age to modern conditions in Greenland, is one of the most dramatic incidents of abrupt climate change reconstructed from paleoclimate proxy records. Changes in the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation in response ...
... [1] The Younger Dryas cold period, which interrupted the transition from the last ice age to modern conditions in Greenland, is one of the most dramatic incidents of abrupt climate change reconstructed from paleoclimate proxy records. Changes in the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation in response ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Clayoquot Sound
... rain and wind intensity are uncertain but there is reason to believe that these will increase as well during the coming century. ...
... rain and wind intensity are uncertain but there is reason to believe that these will increase as well during the coming century. ...
The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the
... cumulative effects of CH4 and N2O emissions significantly exceed that of the terrestrial CO2 sink. ...
... cumulative effects of CH4 and N2O emissions significantly exceed that of the terrestrial CO2 sink. ...
Global Warming and the Government: How
... INTRODUCTION “Global warming has been called the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.” 1 Most of the warming that has occurred over the past century has been due to the emission of greenhouse gas concentrations, specifically carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide levels have risen from 316 par ...
... INTRODUCTION “Global warming has been called the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.” 1 Most of the warming that has occurred over the past century has been due to the emission of greenhouse gas concentrations, specifically carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide levels have risen from 316 par ...
Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay
... Another cooling event with a lower amplitude and duration (Fig. 2a), but with a comparable spatial extent, has been identified around 9.2 kyr bp34. A recent study has suggested that vastly smaller amounts of freshwater (4 × 1012 m3, ~0.15 Sv if it occurred in one year), beyond the resolution of sea ...
... Another cooling event with a lower amplitude and duration (Fig. 2a), but with a comparable spatial extent, has been identified around 9.2 kyr bp34. A recent study has suggested that vastly smaller amounts of freshwater (4 × 1012 m3, ~0.15 Sv if it occurred in one year), beyond the resolution of sea ...
Curriculum Vitae - of Kesten C Green
... accurate than forecasts from experts using their unaided judgment, and than forecasts from game theorists. Forecasts by experts using their unaided judgment are no more accurate than chance for these problems. Evidence-based public policy: (1) The simple no-change model provides long term forecasts ...
... accurate than forecasts from experts using their unaided judgment, and than forecasts from game theorists. Forecasts by experts using their unaided judgment are no more accurate than chance for these problems. Evidence-based public policy: (1) The simple no-change model provides long term forecasts ...
Biotic and Climatic Velocity Identify Contrasting Areas of
... PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140486 October 14, 2015 ...
... PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140486 October 14, 2015 ...