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... and culture can be far more important than biophysical impacts in identifying and defining the levels of vulnerability and the differential abilities of population groups to adapt to environmental change. This emphasis on human dimensions of vulnerability is particularly prominent in large-scale ‘‘pl ...
... and culture can be far more important than biophysical impacts in identifying and defining the levels of vulnerability and the differential abilities of population groups to adapt to environmental change. This emphasis on human dimensions of vulnerability is particularly prominent in large-scale ‘‘pl ...
The Ocean in a High-CO2 World
... Impacts on these calcifying organisms will lead to cascading effects throughout marine ecosystems. Repeated hydrographic cruises and modelling studies in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans show evidence for increased ocean acidification. The dissolved inorganic carbon increases in surface water ...
... Impacts on these calcifying organisms will lead to cascading effects throughout marine ecosystems. Repeated hydrographic cruises and modelling studies in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans show evidence for increased ocean acidification. The dissolved inorganic carbon increases in surface water ...
Planning for an Uncertain Future: Climate Change Sensitivity
... significantly between watersheds, averaging 23.8% 8F21 and ranging from 21.8% to 26.5% flow reduction per degree Fahrenheit of warming. The largest flow reductions occur during the high water demand months of May–September. Precipitation drives hydrologic response more strongly than temperature, wit ...
... significantly between watersheds, averaging 23.8% 8F21 and ranging from 21.8% to 26.5% flow reduction per degree Fahrenheit of warming. The largest flow reductions occur during the high water demand months of May–September. Precipitation drives hydrologic response more strongly than temperature, wit ...
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... plants, thus decreasing evapotranspiration [8,9]. On the contrary, others have shown that higher temperatures lead to increased evaporation rates, reductions in streamflow and more frequent droughts [4,5,10]. All these studies indicate that catchment processes may be very sensitive to changes in tem ...
... plants, thus decreasing evapotranspiration [8,9]. On the contrary, others have shown that higher temperatures lead to increased evaporation rates, reductions in streamflow and more frequent droughts [4,5,10]. All these studies indicate that catchment processes may be very sensitive to changes in tem ...
Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under
... or monthly means of minimum and maximum temperature are used as input for statistical or offline driven impact models like crop models (e.g. Veron et al., 2015; Scheffran and BenDor, 2009; Lobell et al., 2007, 2006). Therefore we focus here on climatological values as well, by considering annual mea ...
... or monthly means of minimum and maximum temperature are used as input for statistical or offline driven impact models like crop models (e.g. Veron et al., 2015; Scheffran and BenDor, 2009; Lobell et al., 2007, 2006). Therefore we focus here on climatological values as well, by considering annual mea ...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE PROYECTIONS IN A
... Serrano, S., J. C. Ruiz and F. Bersosa. 2017. Heavy rainfall and temperature proyections in a climate change scenario over Quito, Ecuador. La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida. ...
... Serrano, S., J. C. Ruiz and F. Bersosa. 2017. Heavy rainfall and temperature proyections in a climate change scenario over Quito, Ecuador. La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida. ...
April Cover.qxd - KNAW Research Portal
... for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands © The Ecological Society of America ...
... for Limnology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Nieuwersluis, Netherlands © The Ecological Society of America ...
Experimental warming causes large and rapid species loss
... Ômuch greater than averageÕ increases in surface temperatures in the future (Giorgi et al. 2001). The IMAGE model predicts that the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan alpine tundra will be reduced to 20% of its current area with climate warming (Walker et al. 2001). Concurrent with the climate change ...
... Ômuch greater than averageÕ increases in surface temperatures in the future (Giorgi et al. 2001). The IMAGE model predicts that the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayan alpine tundra will be reduced to 20% of its current area with climate warming (Walker et al. 2001). Concurrent with the climate change ...
Global collapse—Fact or fiction? Futures
... The collapses of the Canadian cod fisheries and the Easter Island society are examples of collapse caused by resource limitations. The two cases of collapse in the financial market are not caused by physical limitations, but are included to illustrate two points. First, both demonstrate how well-infor ...
... The collapses of the Canadian cod fisheries and the Easter Island society are examples of collapse caused by resource limitations. The two cases of collapse in the financial market are not caused by physical limitations, but are included to illustrate two points. First, both demonstrate how well-infor ...
Annex C: Simulated Changes in Vegetation Distribution under
... under elevated CO 2 , but may not gain a benefit from increased WUE. In fact, with increased leaf area, transpiration should increase on a per tree basis and the stand would use more water. Elevated temperatures would increase transpiration even further, perhaps drying the soils and inducing a droug ...
... under elevated CO 2 , but may not gain a benefit from increased WUE. In fact, with increased leaf area, transpiration should increase on a per tree basis and the stand would use more water. Elevated temperatures would increase transpiration even further, perhaps drying the soils and inducing a droug ...
Introduction – Predicting the magnitude of global climate change
... “greenhouse gases.” In recent years, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have been increasing; this has caused some concern because accumlations of these gases affect the global climate (Bolin et al. 1986). Simulations of the Earth’s climate using models that tracked natural variability in gre ...
... “greenhouse gases.” In recent years, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations have been increasing; this has caused some concern because accumlations of these gases affect the global climate (Bolin et al. 1986). Simulations of the Earth’s climate using models that tracked natural variability in gre ...
HKMetS Bulletin, Volume 2, Number 1, 1992
... 300S. Variations in the earth's orbit around the sun, the tilt of the earth's axis, and changes in the time at which the equinoxes occur, collectively called the Milankovitch theory, have been forwarded as possible explanations for climatic change on geological time scales. Historical climate change ...
... 300S. Variations in the earth's orbit around the sun, the tilt of the earth's axis, and changes in the time at which the equinoxes occur, collectively called the Milankovitch theory, have been forwarded as possible explanations for climatic change on geological time scales. Historical climate change ...
Chapter Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report Summary for
... of the total GHG emissions increase from 1970 to 2010, with a similar percentage contribution for the increase during the period 2000 to 2010 (high confidence) (Figure SPM.2). Globally, economic and population growth continued to be the most important drivers of increases in CO2 emissions from fossi ...
... of the total GHG emissions increase from 1970 to 2010, with a similar percentage contribution for the increase during the period 2000 to 2010 (high confidence) (Figure SPM.2). Globally, economic and population growth continued to be the most important drivers of increases in CO2 emissions from fossi ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... to be the product of a loss function and “but- for consumption,” that is, consumption in the absence of any warming. With no warming, the loss function is equal to 1, but as the temperature increases, the value of the loss function decreases. This approach is reasonably simple in that any projected ...
... to be the product of a loss function and “but- for consumption,” that is, consumption in the absence of any warming. With no warming, the loss function is equal to 1, but as the temperature increases, the value of the loss function decreases. This approach is reasonably simple in that any projected ...
Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by
... of land cover changes occurred prior to 1700, the differences in tree area changes between the KNMI (for which changes are from 1700 to 1992) and the other models (changes are from 1000 to 1992) may be explained by the differences in initial states (Fig. 1b). Atmospheric CO2 concentration in simulati ...
... of land cover changes occurred prior to 1700, the differences in tree area changes between the KNMI (for which changes are from 1700 to 1992) and the other models (changes are from 1000 to 1992) may be explained by the differences in initial states (Fig. 1b). Atmospheric CO2 concentration in simulati ...
UK`s role in Arctic sustainability pdf
... 8. The Arctic1 is home to a diversity of marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats, including vast expanses of lowland tundra, wetlands, mountains, extensive shallow ocean shelves, millennia-old ice shelves, pack ice and huge seabird coastal cliffs2 (see Appendix 1 for a map of Arctic habitats). 9 ...
... 8. The Arctic1 is home to a diversity of marine, freshwater and terrestrial habitats, including vast expanses of lowland tundra, wetlands, mountains, extensive shallow ocean shelves, millennia-old ice shelves, pack ice and huge seabird coastal cliffs2 (see Appendix 1 for a map of Arctic habitats). 9 ...
Hydrology - Tufts University School of Engineering
... increased its concentration by almost 73 ppmvs (parts per million volume) since the late-1700s. It has been estimated by many authors that if 1990-level emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere remain unabated, its concentration in the atmosphere could nearly double from the pre-Industrial level of 280 pp ...
... increased its concentration by almost 73 ppmvs (parts per million volume) since the late-1700s. It has been estimated by many authors that if 1990-level emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere remain unabated, its concentration in the atmosphere could nearly double from the pre-Industrial level of 280 pp ...
NRDC: Hotter and Drier - The West`s Changed Climate
... is working on a major bill that would get the United States started on addressing global warming. We urge western state Senators to support and strengthen S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner bill (“America’s Climate Security Act”) on global warming. The sooner and the more decisively we act to usher in th ...
... is working on a major bill that would get the United States started on addressing global warming. We urge western state Senators to support and strengthen S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner bill (“America’s Climate Security Act”) on global warming. The sooner and the more decisively we act to usher in th ...
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... each location. As a result, their work also represents a great number of advances towards an integrated, proactive, and interdisciplinary management approach to the problems facing Mediterranean coastal areas. With this goal in mind, the participatory experiments undertaken at the local level have b ...
... each location. As a result, their work also represents a great number of advances towards an integrated, proactive, and interdisciplinary management approach to the problems facing Mediterranean coastal areas. With this goal in mind, the participatory experiments undertaken at the local level have b ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... will be felt worldwide, they will not be evenly distributed, with systems at higher latitudes and altitudes experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet (Hassan et al. 2005). Fresh waters in these areas can be considered as ‘sentinel systems’, in the sense that they could provide ...
... will be felt worldwide, they will not be evenly distributed, with systems at higher latitudes and altitudes experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet (Hassan et al. 2005). Fresh waters in these areas can be considered as ‘sentinel systems’, in the sense that they could provide ...
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... contracted to a smaller than present size in many areas by the end of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), but the exact dimensions of the ice sheet at this time remain speculative. Finally, during the late Holocene “Neoglacial”, cooler conditions were associated with renewed ice sheet expansion of u ...
... contracted to a smaller than present size in many areas by the end of the Holocene Thermal Maximum (HTM), but the exact dimensions of the ice sheet at this time remain speculative. Finally, during the late Holocene “Neoglacial”, cooler conditions were associated with renewed ice sheet expansion of u ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... will be felt worldwide, they will not be evenly distributed, with systems at higher latitudes and altitudes experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet (Hassan et al. 2005). Fresh waters in these areas can be considered as ‘sentinel systems’, in the sense that they could provide ...
... will be felt worldwide, they will not be evenly distributed, with systems at higher latitudes and altitudes experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming on the planet (Hassan et al. 2005). Fresh waters in these areas can be considered as ‘sentinel systems’, in the sense that they could provide ...
Physical impacts of climate change
This article is about the physical impacts of climate change. For some of these physical impacts, their effect on social and economic systems are also described.