Long-term changes in environmental characteristics required by
... sagebrush. In addition, the diffuse effects from global climate change leading to long-term shifts in distribution and dynamics of sagebrush communities add an overarching and potentially more significant stressor to these immediate influences. Total area covered by sagebrush is likely to decline bo ...
... sagebrush. In addition, the diffuse effects from global climate change leading to long-term shifts in distribution and dynamics of sagebrush communities add an overarching and potentially more significant stressor to these immediate influences. Total area covered by sagebrush is likely to decline bo ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... The inclusion of climate change IAV consideration and assessment into the broader sustainability discourse has yet to fully develop. The discussion and assessment of sustainability remains focused on mitigation. Assessments of IAV are undertaken separately, as a subject external to broader sustaina ...
... The inclusion of climate change IAV consideration and assessment into the broader sustainability discourse has yet to fully develop. The discussion and assessment of sustainability remains focused on mitigation. Assessments of IAV are undertaken separately, as a subject external to broader sustaina ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
... (DRR); (ii) adapt to changing conditions, including recovery after a major damage-causing event; (iii) be more readily applied in poor countries as they are more cost-effective; (iv) be maintained with less external assistance; and (v) prevent and reverse environmental degradation. As a cost-effecti ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... • Advancing land use policies and design practices that respect the uniqueness of both the built and natural environment; • Sharing knowledge through education, applied research, publishing, and electronic media; and • Sustaining a diverse global network of local practice and advisory efforts tha ...
... • Advancing land use policies and design practices that respect the uniqueness of both the built and natural environment; • Sharing knowledge through education, applied research, publishing, and electronic media; and • Sustaining a diverse global network of local practice and advisory efforts tha ...
Increase of extreme events in a warming world
... of the trend. However, the post-1980 warming in Moscow coincides with the bulk of the global-mean warming of the past 100 y, of which approximately 0.5 °C occurred over the past three decades (Fig. 1D), most of which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has attributed to anthropogenic green ...
... of the trend. However, the post-1980 warming in Moscow coincides with the bulk of the global-mean warming of the past 100 y, of which approximately 0.5 °C occurred over the past three decades (Fig. 1D), most of which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has attributed to anthropogenic green ...
United Nations Development Programme
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
... number of different disciplines and communities of practice. Given that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) acts as the UN’s global development network, it addresses a broad range of development issues, many of which contribute to the objectives of the loss and damage work programme. Spe ...
Micro-level Practices to Adapt to Climate Change for African Small
... attempting to assess or recommend adaptation options. Such an assessment needs to be based on microlevel case studies within a broader range of data, perhaps using this typology as one way of looking at the data. Although this paper focuses on micro-level practices, it includes a number of adjustmen ...
... attempting to assess or recommend adaptation options. Such an assessment needs to be based on microlevel case studies within a broader range of data, perhaps using this typology as one way of looking at the data. Although this paper focuses on micro-level practices, it includes a number of adjustmen ...
Plenary White Paper
... high latitudes where deep mixing and convection occur, and the fastest response is expected in the tropics. Consequently, the oceans are a great moderating effect on climate changes and greatly influence regional climate change. Wind blowing on the sea surface drives the large-scale ocean circulatio ...
... high latitudes where deep mixing and convection occur, and the fastest response is expected in the tropics. Consequently, the oceans are a great moderating effect on climate changes and greatly influence regional climate change. Wind blowing on the sea surface drives the large-scale ocean circulatio ...
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... were derived from Crimp et al. (2002) who in turn relied on the pasture production model GRASP (McKeon et al. 1982, 1990; Littleboy and McKeon 1997). The two climate change scenarios considered by Kokic et al were based on CSIRO (2001) climate projections and involved firstly, a moderate increase in ...
... were derived from Crimp et al. (2002) who in turn relied on the pasture production model GRASP (McKeon et al. 1982, 1990; Littleboy and McKeon 1997). The two climate change scenarios considered by Kokic et al were based on CSIRO (2001) climate projections and involved firstly, a moderate increase in ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas
... local biodiversity, and reduced ground and surface water quantity and quality. These changes will impact on everything from the natural landscape to human health, built infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. The global community is currently trying to understand the nexus between climate chan ...
... local biodiversity, and reduced ground and surface water quantity and quality. These changes will impact on everything from the natural landscape to human health, built infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. The global community is currently trying to understand the nexus between climate chan ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... parts of the assessment process; the prediction of impacts and the assessment of significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and ...
... parts of the assessment process; the prediction of impacts and the assessment of significance. Thus categories 1-‐3 all encompass uncertainty that would influence what has been termed the identification and ...
Report of the Working Group on Small Pelagic Fish, their
... The overarching theme of the WG was the impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and related physical drivers such as the contraction of the subpolar gyre, the weakening of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the eastward shift of the Icelandic Low on the dynamics of Eastern North ...
... The overarching theme of the WG was the impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and related physical drivers such as the contraction of the subpolar gyre, the weakening of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the eastward shift of the Icelandic Low on the dynamics of Eastern North ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... responsibilities within the nation-state. The risks posed by the onset of climate change have been widely debated. Sceptics suggest that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that changes to the climate outside the scope of natural variability have taken, or will take, place. The influential ...
... responsibilities within the nation-state. The risks posed by the onset of climate change have been widely debated. Sceptics suggest that there is insufficient evidence to demonstrate that changes to the climate outside the scope of natural variability have taken, or will take, place. The influential ...
The politics of accuracy in judging global warming films
... This focus on error stimulated responses from climate scientists and other internet commentators, who now studied the accuracy of the judge’s claims of inaccuracy. For instance, John Shepherd, Professor of Oceanography at Southampton University and Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate C ...
... This focus on error stimulated responses from climate scientists and other internet commentators, who now studied the accuracy of the judge’s claims of inaccuracy. For instance, John Shepherd, Professor of Oceanography at Southampton University and Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate C ...
How does climate warming affect plant
... rare. However, information from pollination studies along altitudinal or latitudinal gradients (proxies for temperature influence) may infer how pollinator assemblages could be affected by climate warming. For example, flies appear to become more abundant in colder and wetter areas whereas bees are ...
... rare. However, information from pollination studies along altitudinal or latitudinal gradients (proxies for temperature influence) may infer how pollinator assemblages could be affected by climate warming. For example, flies appear to become more abundant in colder and wetter areas whereas bees are ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... Conceptualizing and defining groups of people in relation to climate migration is complicated,i because environmental drivers interact with a mixture of social, economic and political factors to influence migration decisions, and mobility has long been an adaptive strategy to cope with change.ii Des ...
... Conceptualizing and defining groups of people in relation to climate migration is complicated,i because environmental drivers interact with a mixture of social, economic and political factors to influence migration decisions, and mobility has long been an adaptive strategy to cope with change.ii Des ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... 1950–2003 were used in this study (Fig. 1). These stations were selected from the Hydroclimatic Data Network (HCDN; Slack and Landwehr 1992). The HCDN includes streamflow measurements for streams with little or no anthropogenic influences (e.g., diversions of water, reservoirs) and are thus consider ...
... 1950–2003 were used in this study (Fig. 1). These stations were selected from the Hydroclimatic Data Network (HCDN; Slack and Landwehr 1992). The HCDN includes streamflow measurements for streams with little or no anthropogenic influences (e.g., diversions of water, reservoirs) and are thus consider ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... will decrease. This contrasts with the prediction that vegetation chronically exposed to water limitations should be stress tolerant and more resistant to drought (Grime et al. 2000). Drought sensitivity was assessed by directly measuring the reduction in ANPP in 2012 (relative to long-term mean ANP ...
... will decrease. This contrasts with the prediction that vegetation chronically exposed to water limitations should be stress tolerant and more resistant to drought (Grime et al. 2000). Drought sensitivity was assessed by directly measuring the reduction in ANPP in 2012 (relative to long-term mean ANP ...
on the front line of climate change and displacement
... he “Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement Caused by Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific” was held in Suva, Fiji from 4-6 May 2011 as a joint initiative of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, the Regional Office for the Pacific of the Office of the High Commission ...
... he “Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement Caused by Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific” was held in Suva, Fiji from 4-6 May 2011 as a joint initiative of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, the Regional Office for the Pacific of the Office of the High Commission ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
... Networks are supported in Melchioly and Saebo’s (2010:1) observation that mobile phone technology has become the mainstream delivery mode owing to widespread reach to the majority of the African population. In South Africa mobile phones and technologies such as geographic information systems (GIS) c ...
Current and Projected Climate Change Impacts for the Colorado
... and the reality of responding to a changing climate.” Implications for forest plan assessment: The EIS needs to assess potential impacts of rising temperatures and drought on biodiversity, invasive species, and water in addition to other elements of forest health. Donahue DL. 2000. Elephant in the r ...
... and the reality of responding to a changing climate.” Implications for forest plan assessment: The EIS needs to assess potential impacts of rising temperatures and drought on biodiversity, invasive species, and water in addition to other elements of forest health. Donahue DL. 2000. Elephant in the r ...
Bradford, Mark A., et al. "Climate fails to predict wood decomposition
... using mean responses masks the fine-scale variation required to understand effects of environmental change6,7 , although the importance of local-scale variation to ecological processes was acknowledged decades ago9 . When fine-scale variation is considered to predict species responses, for example, ...
... using mean responses masks the fine-scale variation required to understand effects of environmental change6,7 , although the importance of local-scale variation to ecological processes was acknowledged decades ago9 . When fine-scale variation is considered to predict species responses, for example, ...
Nooksack Indian Tribe: Rivers and Glaciers - UO Blogs
... watershed, and impacts to glaciers will alter the flow rates, water temperature, and seasonality of flow in the Nooksack River and other rivers. In particular, climate change will likely further reduce late summer flows and increase water temperatures at a time that is most critical to the survival ...
... watershed, and impacts to glaciers will alter the flow rates, water temperature, and seasonality of flow in the Nooksack River and other rivers. In particular, climate change will likely further reduce late summer flows and increase water temperatures at a time that is most critical to the survival ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...