Beyond species distribution modeling: A
... To identify the effect of the landscape on genetic differentiation, as a surrogate for gene flow between colonies, I used the landscape resistance approach implemented in Circuitscape v4.0.5 (McRae, 2006; McRae et al., 2008). Circuitscape estimates potential movement pathways across a heterogeneous l ...
... To identify the effect of the landscape on genetic differentiation, as a surrogate for gene flow between colonies, I used the landscape resistance approach implemented in Circuitscape v4.0.5 (McRae, 2006; McRae et al., 2008). Circuitscape estimates potential movement pathways across a heterogeneous l ...
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... to altered conditions. The risks of future climatic changes such as higher temperatures, changes in precipitation and increased climate variability can result in significant impacts on agriculture and rural areas, and attendant macroeconomic consequences for nation states (ROSENZWEIG and PARRY, 1993 ...
... to altered conditions. The risks of future climatic changes such as higher temperatures, changes in precipitation and increased climate variability can result in significant impacts on agriculture and rural areas, and attendant macroeconomic consequences for nation states (ROSENZWEIG and PARRY, 1993 ...
GEOS
... May be repeated 4 times for credit. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification. GEOS 484 Internship Credits 0 to 6. 0 to 6 Other Hours. Provides opportunity to gain practical experience in a working situation either during the semester or summer; work experience must have relevance to the degree ...
... May be repeated 4 times for credit. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification. GEOS 484 Internship Credits 0 to 6. 0 to 6 Other Hours. Provides opportunity to gain practical experience in a working situation either during the semester or summer; work experience must have relevance to the degree ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... Several limitations apply when using climate models to understand the likely effects on forest ecosystems. First, general circulation models (GCMs) project future climate for very large pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest sta ...
... Several limitations apply when using climate models to understand the likely effects on forest ecosystems. First, general circulation models (GCMs) project future climate for very large pixels, which are far too big to make a meaningful statement about the local climate relevant to single forest sta ...
Climate benefits of changing diet
... Greenhouse gas emissions would need to be reduced substantially to avoid such an increase in global mean temperature. For instance, to limit temperature increase to less than 2◦ C compared to pre-industrial levels (the long-term climate target adopted by the European Union) with a chance of approxim ...
... Greenhouse gas emissions would need to be reduced substantially to avoid such an increase in global mean temperature. For instance, to limit temperature increase to less than 2◦ C compared to pre-industrial levels (the long-term climate target adopted by the European Union) with a chance of approxim ...
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... Source: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (2012). In India, over 60 percent of crops are rain-fed, which makes these agricultural areas very vulnerable to changes in precipitation due to climate change (World Bank, 2013a). It was calculated that a 2°C rise in ...
... Source: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Economic Research Service (2012). In India, over 60 percent of crops are rain-fed, which makes these agricultural areas very vulnerable to changes in precipitation due to climate change (World Bank, 2013a). It was calculated that a 2°C rise in ...
Republic Act No. 9729
... responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decision-making in climate risk management. As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the State adopts the ultimate objective of the Convention which is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the ...
... responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decision-making in climate risk management. As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the State adopts the ultimate objective of the Convention which is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the ...
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... soil water holding properties (ST1= high water holding capacity, ST2= medium water holding capacity, Table 1). A third site type not considered ...
... soil water holding properties (ST1= high water holding capacity, ST2= medium water holding capacity, Table 1). A third site type not considered ...
Jack, Jill, and Jane in a Perfect Moral Storm
... In one of the most interesting parts of A Perfect Moral Storm Gardiner discusses corruption, a failing that he thinks helps to explain why we pass the costs of our climate changing behavior on to the future, the poor, and nature. He illustrates this failure with an example from Jane Austen’s Sense a ...
... In one of the most interesting parts of A Perfect Moral Storm Gardiner discusses corruption, a failing that he thinks helps to explain why we pass the costs of our climate changing behavior on to the future, the poor, and nature. He illustrates this failure with an example from Jane Austen’s Sense a ...
PFCs
... Over the long term, projected increases in other greenhouse gases could increasingly influence the ozone layer by cooling the stratosphere and changing stratospheric circulation. As a result of the cooling effect and reducing ODS concentrations, ozone is likely to increase over much of the stratosph ...
... Over the long term, projected increases in other greenhouse gases could increasingly influence the ozone layer by cooling the stratosphere and changing stratospheric circulation. As a result of the cooling effect and reducing ODS concentrations, ozone is likely to increase over much of the stratosph ...
Statistical downscaling of daily mean temperature, pan evaporation
... extreme events could be more intense, and autumn might be the most distinct season among all the changes. ...
... extreme events could be more intense, and autumn might be the most distinct season among all the changes. ...
Monitoring - Australian Institute of Alpine Studies
... impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a work plan dealing with climate change impacts and adaptation which, among othe ...
... impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems in Australia. The alpine regions of Australia are considered by the IPCC to be highly vulnerable to climate change. The Australian Greenhouse Office is developing a work plan dealing with climate change impacts and adaptation which, among othe ...
Climate Justice Action Kit for Secondary Schools
... that global warming and climate change are real, and that human activity is the root cause of this ‘ecological crisis’ - and therefore the solution also lies with us. It recognises that we must transition away from fossil fuel dependence. “A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are pre ...
... that global warming and climate change are real, and that human activity is the root cause of this ‘ecological crisis’ - and therefore the solution also lies with us. It recognises that we must transition away from fossil fuel dependence. “A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are pre ...
integrating observed, inferred and simulated data to
... under changing environmental conditions requires data from a variety of sources (Pullin, 2012), ideally over long, ecologically meaningful time periods. The current research integrates a combination of information types including empirical data (monitoring), sedimentary data (inferred) and simulated ...
... under changing environmental conditions requires data from a variety of sources (Pullin, 2012), ideally over long, ecologically meaningful time periods. The current research integrates a combination of information types including empirical data (monitoring), sedimentary data (inferred) and simulated ...
Will we leave the Great Barrier Reef for our children?
... 433–477 ppm CO2-eq) in 2005.27 However, the cooling effects of aerosols and landuse changes reduce radiative forcing so that the net forcing of human activities was in the range of 311 to 435 ppm CO2-eq, with a central estimate of about 375 ppm CO2-eq for 2005.28 The current growth in CO2 emissions ...
... 433–477 ppm CO2-eq) in 2005.27 However, the cooling effects of aerosols and landuse changes reduce radiative forcing so that the net forcing of human activities was in the range of 311 to 435 ppm CO2-eq, with a central estimate of about 375 ppm CO2-eq for 2005.28 The current growth in CO2 emissions ...
Controls of Global-Mean Precipitation Increases in
... doubled occur at a rate similar to that predicted by the Clausius–Clapeyron relationship. The ratio of global changes in precipitation to global changes in water vapor offers some insight on how readily increased water vapor is converted into precipitation in modeled climate change. This ratio is ...
... doubled occur at a rate similar to that predicted by the Clausius–Clapeyron relationship. The ratio of global changes in precipitation to global changes in water vapor offers some insight on how readily increased water vapor is converted into precipitation in modeled climate change. This ratio is ...
Powerpoint - Steven J Phipps
... • There is evidence that the period a.d. 900–1200 was warm in the North Atlantic. This Medieval Warm Period,coincides with the Viking settlement of Greenland. • The so-called Little Ice Age, from 1400 to 1850,was a cold period for western Europe as alpine glaciers advanced and temperatures fell by a ...
... • There is evidence that the period a.d. 900–1200 was warm in the North Atlantic. This Medieval Warm Period,coincides with the Viking settlement of Greenland. • The so-called Little Ice Age, from 1400 to 1850,was a cold period for western Europe as alpine glaciers advanced and temperatures fell by a ...
PNUD MCTI - Sumário Executivo_inglês.indd - Sirene
... Government, the TNC provides information that will be considered in future submissions of reference levels and REDD+ results, in order to receive results-based payments. The steady improvement of National Communications will provide further input for the new commitments the country will take on with ...
... Government, the TNC provides information that will be considered in future submissions of reference levels and REDD+ results, in order to receive results-based payments. The steady improvement of National Communications will provide further input for the new commitments the country will take on with ...
Preserving the Ocean Circulation
... greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ocean circulation is the density of the surface waters in regions like the North Atl ...
... greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ocean circulation is the density of the surface waters in regions like the North Atl ...
Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic
... and Palmer, 2000), and a dramatic cooling of global climate, plunging the world from generally warm conditions into the repeated glacial-interglacial cycles of the ice age (Zachos et al., 2001). Deep-sea oxygen isotope records record global cooling of up to 8°C in the early Cenozoic, heralding the d ...
... and Palmer, 2000), and a dramatic cooling of global climate, plunging the world from generally warm conditions into the repeated glacial-interglacial cycles of the ice age (Zachos et al., 2001). Deep-sea oxygen isotope records record global cooling of up to 8°C in the early Cenozoic, heralding the d ...
Climate impacts of ozone-depleting substances and their
... Climate benefits can be offset by projected increases in HFCs – HFC emissions can reach 9-19% of CO2 emissions in 2050 ...
... Climate benefits can be offset by projected increases in HFCs – HFC emissions can reach 9-19% of CO2 emissions in 2050 ...
Verma, N. M. 2014. Dynamism of building people
... be First Aid of vulnerabilities. What is being argued is that sweeping changes in history of mitigation and risk reduction cannot be made only by governments or outside agencies, there are "ordinary" people doing smaller things together to protect themselves in disasters which add to its strength. T ...
... be First Aid of vulnerabilities. What is being argued is that sweeping changes in history of mitigation and risk reduction cannot be made only by governments or outside agencies, there are "ordinary" people doing smaller things together to protect themselves in disasters which add to its strength. T ...
post-print version of article
... Nations after World War I, which he had put so much effort into negotiating (Fiorina et al. 2004). To circumvent the required senatorial ratification, presidents often negotiate executive agreements instead of treaties. The Constitution does not explicitly give the president the right to make execut ...
... Nations after World War I, which he had put so much effort into negotiating (Fiorina et al. 2004). To circumvent the required senatorial ratification, presidents often negotiate executive agreements instead of treaties. The Constitution does not explicitly give the president the right to make execut ...