Arctic Biodiversity - Harvard Life Sciences Outreach Program
... Harvard University Life Sciences - HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers ...
... Harvard University Life Sciences - HHMI Outreach Summer 2010 Workshop for Biology Teachers ...
impacts of climate change on date palm in oman
... cultivation, and in certain cases to the continued life of the trees. Bayoud disease, a fatal vascular wilt caused by the soil-borne fungal disease Fusarium oxysporum, is a prominent threat. The disease first made an appearance in the late nineteenth century in Morocco and has spread extensively in ...
... cultivation, and in certain cases to the continued life of the trees. Bayoud disease, a fatal vascular wilt caused by the soil-borne fungal disease Fusarium oxysporum, is a prominent threat. The disease first made an appearance in the late nineteenth century in Morocco and has spread extensively in ...
stoten2014a
... a b s t r a c t As the evidence for human induced climate change becomes clearer, so too does the realization that its effects will have impacts on numerous environmental and socio-economic systems. Mountains are recognized as very sensitive physical environments with populations whose histories and ...
... a b s t r a c t As the evidence for human induced climate change becomes clearer, so too does the realization that its effects will have impacts on numerous environmental and socio-economic systems. Mountains are recognized as very sensitive physical environments with populations whose histories and ...
svcrproc
... ergy demand and supply. It was mainly used for GHG emission forecast over next one century. AIM/CGE (Energy) is a general equilibrium model focused on energy sectors to analyze the relationship between emissions and international trade. It was frequently used for the assessment of Kyoto Mechanism su ...
... ergy demand and supply. It was mainly used for GHG emission forecast over next one century. AIM/CGE (Energy) is a general equilibrium model focused on energy sectors to analyze the relationship between emissions and international trade. It was frequently used for the assessment of Kyoto Mechanism su ...
Vulnerability to climate change in three hot spots in Africa and Asia
... discretely but overlap in complex ways. Better understanding of these types of risks—including those exacerbated by maladaptative planning and practices—will be critical to improving climate change adaptation research, with implications for operationalizing adaptation options. CARIAA’s approach to a ...
... discretely but overlap in complex ways. Better understanding of these types of risks—including those exacerbated by maladaptative planning and practices—will be critical to improving climate change adaptation research, with implications for operationalizing adaptation options. CARIAA’s approach to a ...
Climate change drives warming in the Hudson River Estuary, New
... alter estuaries.1–3 Critical physical factors such as the timing and volume of freshwater inflows will change and lead to shifts in water residence time, salinity, stratification, and mixing that determine or influence many of the properties of estuaries.1,4,5 Warming may also increase nitrogen flux ...
... alter estuaries.1–3 Critical physical factors such as the timing and volume of freshwater inflows will change and lead to shifts in water residence time, salinity, stratification, and mixing that determine or influence many of the properties of estuaries.1,4,5 Warming may also increase nitrogen flux ...
Evolutionary response of the egg hatching date of LETTERS *
... hence photoperiod, was thus kept constant. This also coincided with the main emergence peak of adults each year, thus avoiding the use of relatively very early or late individuals that might (conditionally or genetically) form a different, non-random subset of the population between years. Our findi ...
... hence photoperiod, was thus kept constant. This also coincided with the main emergence peak of adults each year, thus avoiding the use of relatively very early or late individuals that might (conditionally or genetically) form a different, non-random subset of the population between years. Our findi ...
Impact of climate change on marine and coastal
... The societies in the south and the east of the Mediterranean and their environment are highly vulnerable to climate change for natural reasons (lack of water), because of their lifestyle and developments concentrated along the coast. These emerging countries are all the more vulnerable as they are n ...
... The societies in the south and the east of the Mediterranean and their environment are highly vulnerable to climate change for natural reasons (lack of water), because of their lifestyle and developments concentrated along the coast. These emerging countries are all the more vulnerable as they are n ...
Global Climate Change
... Topic 1: What is a Radiation Balance? The Earth’s climate is regulated by energy flowing into and out of our planet’s atmosphere. Various factors can affect the energy flow and therefore have an effect on local weather and, in the long term, the climate. Radiation from the sun reaches the Earth and ...
... Topic 1: What is a Radiation Balance? The Earth’s climate is regulated by energy flowing into and out of our planet’s atmosphere. Various factors can affect the energy flow and therefore have an effect on local weather and, in the long term, the climate. Radiation from the sun reaches the Earth and ...
Future deforestation in the Amazon and consequences
... precipitation predicted under conditions of extensive deforestation, ‘savannization’ is expected in Eastern Amazonia under warming scenarios associated with anthropogenic climate change (Salazar et al., 2007; Senna et al., 2009), and the Amazon basin has been shown to exhibit two stable vegetation ...
... precipitation predicted under conditions of extensive deforestation, ‘savannization’ is expected in Eastern Amazonia under warming scenarios associated with anthropogenic climate change (Salazar et al., 2007; Senna et al., 2009), and the Amazon basin has been shown to exhibit two stable vegetation ...
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... This paper discusses two approaches to responding to the impacts of climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation—or the reduction of GHG emissions—is essential to slow climate change. The primary opportunities for pro-poor mitigation in the agriculture sector in Asia involve soil carbon seq ...
... This paper discusses two approaches to responding to the impacts of climate change: mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation—or the reduction of GHG emissions—is essential to slow climate change. The primary opportunities for pro-poor mitigation in the agriculture sector in Asia involve soil carbon seq ...
Climate Action Plan - City of Emeryville
... 2003, 2004 and 2005, along with 1998, were the warmest five years since the 1890s, with 2005 being the warmest year in over a century. ...
... 2003, 2004 and 2005, along with 1998, were the warmest five years since the 1890s, with 2005 being the warmest year in over a century. ...
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... decades will be targeted at counteracting disasters related to new pests and diseases which may be amplified by climate change. While investments into agricultural R&D play critical role in improvements of agricultural productivity, the time lag involved in translating agricultural research expendit ...
... decades will be targeted at counteracting disasters related to new pests and diseases which may be amplified by climate change. While investments into agricultural R&D play critical role in improvements of agricultural productivity, the time lag involved in translating agricultural research expendit ...
The Climate Change Performance Index Results 2016
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
Updated compilation of information on the mitigation benefits of
... development benefits of actions, initiatives and options to enhance mitigation ambition, with a focus on the thematic areas of land use, urban environments, carbon dioxide capture, use and storage, and non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions. Information for the update was provided in literature ...
... development benefits of actions, initiatives and options to enhance mitigation ambition, with a focus on the thematic areas of land use, urban environments, carbon dioxide capture, use and storage, and non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions. Information for the update was provided in literature ...
Variation in the sensitivity of organismal body and geographic scales
... exposure. M. californianus mussel beds and the underlying rock substratum appear to have a substantial thermal ‘‘memory’’ of Tw caused by heat storage during low tide (28). This result suggests that Tw may play an unanticipated role in determining intertidal vertical zonation. Many intertidal ecosys ...
... exposure. M. californianus mussel beds and the underlying rock substratum appear to have a substantial thermal ‘‘memory’’ of Tw caused by heat storage during low tide (28). This result suggests that Tw may play an unanticipated role in determining intertidal vertical zonation. Many intertidal ecosys ...
Changes in alpine plant growth under future climate conditions
... Linear regression analysis was used to determine one simple but robust predictor for melt out (M), growth onset (G) and maximum plant height (P) under current climate conditions (1997–2005). By means of systematic data exploration we determined the mean May/June temperature to constitute the best pr ...
... Linear regression analysis was used to determine one simple but robust predictor for melt out (M), growth onset (G) and maximum plant height (P) under current climate conditions (1997–2005). By means of systematic data exploration we determined the mean May/June temperature to constitute the best pr ...
The role of the virus-phytoplankton system in marine
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...
... cycling (Poorvin et al., 2004) in the world‟s oceans. Earth‟s climate has warmed by approximately 0.6°C during the last 100 years. The rate of warming has doubled in the second half of the century (Houghton, 2001). This rapid change has been attributed to the impact of anthropogenic activities on th ...
Introduction The Public Trust Doctrine, Climate Change and Future Generations Table of Contents
... At a very simple level, each jurisdiction must carry out reduction of carbon pollution through a “budget” for carbon reduction over time that sets forth quantifiable mileposts. The jurisdiction must also develop an asset recovery plan containing measures calibrated to bring about such reduction. Sea ...
... At a very simple level, each jurisdiction must carry out reduction of carbon pollution through a “budget” for carbon reduction over time that sets forth quantifiable mileposts. The jurisdiction must also develop an asset recovery plan containing measures calibrated to bring about such reduction. Sea ...
Climate change in size-structured ecosystems
... [27,41] suggest that future networks may be characterized by smaller species with less links, more intra-guild predation and lower trophic levels (figure 4b). These network modifications may have severe implications, as top-down control should be weakened by intraguild predation, which may negativel ...
... [27,41] suggest that future networks may be characterized by smaller species with less links, more intra-guild predation and lower trophic levels (figure 4b). These network modifications may have severe implications, as top-down control should be weakened by intraguild predation, which may negativel ...
Biogeosciences
... Two steps are required to explore the relationship between climate-change mediated alteration of ocean properties and the consequent phytoplankton response on intermediary time-scales, i.e. decades – relevant to present experimental and observing system design and to policy makers (Dilling et al., 2 ...
... Two steps are required to explore the relationship between climate-change mediated alteration of ocean properties and the consequent phytoplankton response on intermediary time-scales, i.e. decades – relevant to present experimental and observing system design and to policy makers (Dilling et al., 2 ...
Contrasting responses of mean and extreme snowfall to climate
... FIG. 6. Nationally averaged 20-yr return values (relative to the values for 1971–90) of annual maximum daily precipitation, rainfall, and snowfall. The 20-yr return values are first estimated using 20-yr running windows for every station, and then normalized by the values estimated for the period 19 ...
... FIG. 6. Nationally averaged 20-yr return values (relative to the values for 1971–90) of annual maximum daily precipitation, rainfall, and snowfall. The 20-yr return values are first estimated using 20-yr running windows for every station, and then normalized by the values estimated for the period 19 ...
The Climate Change Performance Index - Results
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
The Climate Change Performance Index
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
... from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic CO2. By ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.