open letter - Natureandpoverty.net and Biofuels
... switched from soy to corn production to meet the demands for corn ethanol, the price of soy rose, and deforestation increased.18 The push for more land to grow energy crops has resulted in the elimination of set-aside lands in the EU and a reduction of CRP lands in the U.S. The loss of these critica ...
... switched from soy to corn production to meet the demands for corn ethanol, the price of soy rose, and deforestation increased.18 The push for more land to grow energy crops has resulted in the elimination of set-aside lands in the EU and a reduction of CRP lands in the U.S. The loss of these critica ...
Climate Change: the atmosphere as an impaired air
... carbon dioxide level in the past 420,000 years has gone through four cycles, fluctuating between about 180-300 parts per million (ppm) by volume, with corresponding changes in global temperature and methane level (Figure C2). The temperature is deduced from measurements of isotopic contents of deute ...
... carbon dioxide level in the past 420,000 years has gone through four cycles, fluctuating between about 180-300 parts per million (ppm) by volume, with corresponding changes in global temperature and methane level (Figure C2). The temperature is deduced from measurements of isotopic contents of deute ...
Mockrin SES Climate Change Impacts
... Social-ecological systems— definitions and history • Grew out of systems ecology/systems approach, with an emphasis on linkages, feedbacks, and thresholds among components. • Response to classic utilitarian approaches that considered resources in isolation ▫ e.g., harvesting fisheries with a fixed ...
... Social-ecological systems— definitions and history • Grew out of systems ecology/systems approach, with an emphasis on linkages, feedbacks, and thresholds among components. • Response to classic utilitarian approaches that considered resources in isolation ▫ e.g., harvesting fisheries with a fixed ...
WSDCCRES - 770 - 160130 - PASS - INT
... one percent and lowering the B&O tax without addressing the state's extreme structural deficit will lead the legislature to contemplate raising these same taxes as soon as they get the opportunity creating even greater public cynicism that government does not work; WHEREAS we are past the point in h ...
... one percent and lowering the B&O tax without addressing the state's extreme structural deficit will lead the legislature to contemplate raising these same taxes as soon as they get the opportunity creating even greater public cynicism that government does not work; WHEREAS we are past the point in h ...
Biomes of the World - Dublin City Schools
... also found on high mountains at low latitudes. Typically, a climb of 100 feet in elevation is equivalent to traveling 600 miles northward. ...
... also found on high mountains at low latitudes. Typically, a climb of 100 feet in elevation is equivalent to traveling 600 miles northward. ...
7.3 - WMO
... information and systematic observation -Encourage to support the further development & implementation of the GFCS -review of the long-term goal: take into account best available science, observed impacts; -Enhancing adaptation action under the proposed Adaptation Framework [for Implementation] -Stre ...
... information and systematic observation -Encourage to support the further development & implementation of the GFCS -review of the long-term goal: take into account best available science, observed impacts; -Enhancing adaptation action under the proposed Adaptation Framework [for Implementation] -Stre ...
Name: Hour__________
... Primary examples: volcano, glacial activity Secondary examples: forest fire, human activity that removes organisms but leaves soil. 10. Why are there fewer smaller organisms, such as shrubs and grasses, in climax communities? There are fewer smaller organisms because the larger organisms are better ...
... Primary examples: volcano, glacial activity Secondary examples: forest fire, human activity that removes organisms but leaves soil. 10. Why are there fewer smaller organisms, such as shrubs and grasses, in climax communities? There are fewer smaller organisms because the larger organisms are better ...
The next 10 years - World Bank Group
... years remain before the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and the future shape of the international community’s commitment against climate change is still unclear – affecting investment decisions and slowing the growth of market mechanisms. The Clean Development Mechanism (CD ...
... years remain before the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and the future shape of the international community’s commitment against climate change is still unclear – affecting investment decisions and slowing the growth of market mechanisms. The Clean Development Mechanism (CD ...
COMMUNITIES & BIOMES (Chapter 3: Communities and Biomes pp
... The Gobi Desert in Asia is cold for most of the year. Mountains on the edge of deserts prevent rain from entering. The rain stays on the other side of the mountain creating rain forests next to many deserts. These deserts are called rain shadows. The world's deserts are growing through desertificati ...
... The Gobi Desert in Asia is cold for most of the year. Mountains on the edge of deserts prevent rain from entering. The rain stays on the other side of the mountain creating rain forests next to many deserts. These deserts are called rain shadows. The world's deserts are growing through desertificati ...
"Second Generation Biofuels: Seeking the Climate-Protective Domain"
... the tropical regions of the world where land is available and plant productivity is high. • Africa and Latin America will be major biofuels areas ...
... the tropical regions of the world where land is available and plant productivity is high. • Africa and Latin America will be major biofuels areas ...
Washington Wildlife:
... Conifers: mountain hemlock, Alaska cedar, Pacific silver fir, western white pine, noble fir Shrubs: same as eastern WA ...
... Conifers: mountain hemlock, Alaska cedar, Pacific silver fir, western white pine, noble fir Shrubs: same as eastern WA ...
file of this presentation
... Example 3: Old, solitary trees Immediate surroundings: shading of the trunk or dust from gravel roads influences the biological values and tree survival Landscape context: distance to closest tree, long-term sustainability dependent on continuous regeneration of old trees at a landscape scale Cultu ...
... Example 3: Old, solitary trees Immediate surroundings: shading of the trunk or dust from gravel roads influences the biological values and tree survival Landscape context: distance to closest tree, long-term sustainability dependent on continuous regeneration of old trees at a landscape scale Cultu ...
Biology - Riverside Military Academy
... 1. Generalize the difference between a successional stage and a climax community. 2. Infer whether species diversity increases or decreases after a fire on a grassland. Explain your response. 3. Explain why the concepts of limiting factors and tolerance are important in ecology. 4. Describe how succ ...
... 1. Generalize the difference between a successional stage and a climax community. 2. Infer whether species diversity increases or decreases after a fire on a grassland. Explain your response. 3. Explain why the concepts of limiting factors and tolerance are important in ecology. 4. Describe how succ ...
1 - CenTREAD
... 2. (3 points) In class we discussed the example of the restoration of Fort Ord, where we were trying to establish a healthy coastal scrub community dominated by Ceanothus. The first species to come in is European beachgrass. Imagine that I did the experiment of removing the beachgrass in 5 experimen ...
... 2. (3 points) In class we discussed the example of the restoration of Fort Ord, where we were trying to establish a healthy coastal scrub community dominated by Ceanothus. The first species to come in is European beachgrass. Imagine that I did the experiment of removing the beachgrass in 5 experimen ...
Ongoing work Yes - Carbon Finance at the World Bank
... • Sinks (LULUCF) in Annex I: new Annex with caps on use of domestic “sinks” to meet targets e.g. 13 Mt C/year for Japan, 12/Canada, 17.63/Russia (28/USA) • Sinks in CDM: only afforestation and reforestation, rules by CoP9/2003, cap of 1% times 5 of Parties 1990 emissions • Nuclear in CDM: Parties ar ...
... • Sinks (LULUCF) in Annex I: new Annex with caps on use of domestic “sinks” to meet targets e.g. 13 Mt C/year for Japan, 12/Canada, 17.63/Russia (28/USA) • Sinks in CDM: only afforestation and reforestation, rules by CoP9/2003, cap of 1% times 5 of Parties 1990 emissions • Nuclear in CDM: Parties ar ...
Carbon cycle dynamics - PAGES
... last 11 ka (Fig. 1) provide evidence that the millennial-scale CO2 variations during the Holocene are primarily governed by natural processes (Menviel and Joos 2012), in contrast to previous claims of anthropogenic causes. Paleoscience allows us to test hypothesis. Can we mitigate the man-made CO2 i ...
... last 11 ka (Fig. 1) provide evidence that the millennial-scale CO2 variations during the Holocene are primarily governed by natural processes (Menviel and Joos 2012), in contrast to previous claims of anthropogenic causes. Paleoscience allows us to test hypothesis. Can we mitigate the man-made CO2 i ...
Topic 4 Ecology – with readings
... conditions by methanogenic archaeans and some diffuses into implications of diverting the atmosphere or accumulates in the ground. crops such as maize from a 4.3.U6 Methane is oxidized to carbon dioxide and water in the Pg.223 food to a fuel crop could be atmosphere. 4.3.U7 Peat forms when organic m ...
... conditions by methanogenic archaeans and some diffuses into implications of diverting the atmosphere or accumulates in the ground. crops such as maize from a 4.3.U6 Methane is oxidized to carbon dioxide and water in the Pg.223 food to a fuel crop could be atmosphere. 4.3.U7 Peat forms when organic m ...
São Paulo, Brazil - Amazon Web Services
... sequestration rates for reforestation in that particular region: each reforested hectare in the Cantareira System would be able to store around 102 metric tonnes of carbon over 30 years (375 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent) (Figure 3.7). Considering these ...
... sequestration rates for reforestation in that particular region: each reforested hectare in the Cantareira System would be able to store around 102 metric tonnes of carbon over 30 years (375 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent) (Figure 3.7). Considering these ...
Topic 4: Ecology (12 hours)
... Essential idea: Concentrations of gases in the atmosphere affect climates experienced at the Earth’s surface. 4.4 Climate change Nature of science: 4.4.NOS1 Assessing claims—assessment of the claims that human activities are producing climate change. (5.2) Understandings: International-mindedness: 4 ...
... Essential idea: Concentrations of gases in the atmosphere affect climates experienced at the Earth’s surface. 4.4 Climate change Nature of science: 4.4.NOS1 Assessing claims—assessment of the claims that human activities are producing climate change. (5.2) Understandings: International-mindedness: 4 ...
Topic 4: Ecology
... Essential idea: Concentrations of gases in the atmosphere affect climates experienced at the Earth’s surface. 4.4 Climate change Nature of science: Assessing claims—assessment of the claims that human activities are producing climate change. (5.2) Understandings: International-mindedness: • Carbon d ...
... Essential idea: Concentrations of gases in the atmosphere affect climates experienced at the Earth’s surface. 4.4 Climate change Nature of science: Assessing claims—assessment of the claims that human activities are producing climate change. (5.2) Understandings: International-mindedness: • Carbon d ...
Sample Ecology Regional Exam Division B
... 1. Currently, how much time are caribou spending eating? 2. If snow depth increases by 30%, how much less time are the caribou hypothesized to spend eating? Show your calculations. 3. Give one example of an activity that may be impacted if caribou are spending more time eating 4. How does logging in ...
... 1. Currently, how much time are caribou spending eating? 2. If snow depth increases by 30%, how much less time are the caribou hypothesized to spend eating? Show your calculations. 3. Give one example of an activity that may be impacted if caribou are spending more time eating 4. How does logging in ...
APPENDIX H Fire and Fuels – A CABY Climate Change Case Study
... The expense of increases in fire occurrence and severity will need to be paid foreither at the front end through landscape-level forest/fuels management, or at the back end through extremely costly fire-fighting activities The amount of burned property (in total area and in monetary value) in North ...
... The expense of increases in fire occurrence and severity will need to be paid foreither at the front end through landscape-level forest/fuels management, or at the back end through extremely costly fire-fighting activities The amount of burned property (in total area and in monetary value) in North ...
Reforestation
Reforestation is the natural or intentional restocking of existing forests and woodlands that have been depleted, usually through deforestation.Reforestation can be used to improve the quality of human life by soaking up pollution and dust from the air, rebuild natural habitats and ecosystems, mitigate global warming since forests facilitate biosequestration of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and harvest for resources, particularly timber.The term reforestation is similar to afforestation, the process of restoring and recreating areas of woodlands or forests that may have existed long ago but were deforested or otherwise removed at some point in the past. Sometimes the term re-afforestation is used to distinguish between the original forest cover and the later re-growth of forest to an area. Special tools, e.g. tree planting bar, are used to make planting of trees easier and faster.