Five (or so) challenges for species distribution modelling
... relationship between the response and predictor variables. However, when sampling occurs across broad geographical areas or sharp environmental gradients, there is a possibility that the environmental conditions limiting species distributions are well sampled, thus enabling useful models to be fitte ...
... relationship between the response and predictor variables. However, when sampling occurs across broad geographical areas or sharp environmental gradients, there is a possibility that the environmental conditions limiting species distributions are well sampled, thus enabling useful models to be fitte ...
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence
... and employment generation associated with family farms, it is overall likely that smallholder and subsistence households will decline in numbers, as they are pulled or pushed into other livelihoods, with those that remain suffering increased vulnerability and increased poverty. The decline in number ...
... and employment generation associated with family farms, it is overall likely that smallholder and subsistence households will decline in numbers, as they are pulled or pushed into other livelihoods, with those that remain suffering increased vulnerability and increased poverty. The decline in number ...
Analysis and Use of Information and Communication Tools in the
... such as the estimation of direct and indirect impacts on different economic sectors, spatial aggregation of the impacts on different regions, temporal aggregation of costs and benefits, uncertainty in selecting the optimal pathway in economic scenarios (Tol and Fankhauser, 1998). The socio-economic ...
... such as the estimation of direct and indirect impacts on different economic sectors, spatial aggregation of the impacts on different regions, temporal aggregation of costs and benefits, uncertainty in selecting the optimal pathway in economic scenarios (Tol and Fankhauser, 1998). The socio-economic ...
Five (or so) challenges for species distribution modelling
... relationship between the response and predictor variables. However, when sampling occurs across broad geographical areas or sharp environmental gradients, there is a possibility that the environmental conditions limiting species distributions are well sampled, thus enabling useful models to be fitte ...
... relationship between the response and predictor variables. However, when sampling occurs across broad geographical areas or sharp environmental gradients, there is a possibility that the environmental conditions limiting species distributions are well sampled, thus enabling useful models to be fitte ...
Projections of regional changes in forest net primary
... future forest productivity changes are associated with several types of uncertainties. These uncertainties result from uncertainties in climate change scenarios, model parameters, and model structure. Climate change scenario uncertainty is a combination of uncertainties in projections of future gree ...
... future forest productivity changes are associated with several types of uncertainties. These uncertainties result from uncertainties in climate change scenarios, model parameters, and model structure. Climate change scenario uncertainty is a combination of uncertainties in projections of future gree ...
Thesis Population dynamics and climate change
... has risen from poverty while still maintaining high average fertility. In developing countries, where birth rates have successfully declined ( particularly Asia and Latin America) by 25– 40%, the resulting economic growth can be directly attributed to fertility decline.5,6 The link between slowing p ...
... has risen from poverty while still maintaining high average fertility. In developing countries, where birth rates have successfully declined ( particularly Asia and Latin America) by 25– 40%, the resulting economic growth can be directly attributed to fertility decline.5,6 The link between slowing p ...
Symposium Abstracts - Canadian Network for Aquatic Ecosystem
... Biomass Size Spectra As Ecological Indicators Across Broad Environmental and Anthropogenic Gradient Cindy Chu 1 , Nigel P. Lester 2 , Henrique Giacomini 1 , Brian J. Shuter 3 and Donald A. Jackson 1 , (1)University of Toronto, (2)Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, (3)Ontario Ministry of Natural ...
... Biomass Size Spectra As Ecological Indicators Across Broad Environmental and Anthropogenic Gradient Cindy Chu 1 , Nigel P. Lester 2 , Henrique Giacomini 1 , Brian J. Shuter 3 and Donald A. Jackson 1 , (1)University of Toronto, (2)Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, (3)Ontario Ministry of Natural ...
Assessment of flash floods taking into account climate
... when the water contained in the upper soil layer [Ssm (t)] exceeds the soil saturation threshold (FC). Similar changes were made by Uhlenbrook and Sieber (2005) and Götzinger and Bárdossy (2007). It is conducted by the following equations: Qrunoff (t) = Ssm (t) − FC if Ssm (t) > FC ...
... when the water contained in the upper soil layer [Ssm (t)] exceeds the soil saturation threshold (FC). Similar changes were made by Uhlenbrook and Sieber (2005) and Götzinger and Bárdossy (2007). It is conducted by the following equations: Qrunoff (t) = Ssm (t) − FC if Ssm (t) > FC ...
Climate change as the `new` security threat: implications for Africa
... 1970s and 1980s, the emerging problem of ‘global warming’ was seen by policymakers, when it was not ignored altogether, as an environmental issue of peripheral concern, to be dealt with by environment ministries. By the 1990s, climate modelling had become more sophisticated, actual patterns of chang ...
... 1970s and 1980s, the emerging problem of ‘global warming’ was seen by policymakers, when it was not ignored altogether, as an environmental issue of peripheral concern, to be dealt with by environment ministries. By the 1990s, climate modelling had become more sophisticated, actual patterns of chang ...
The design of a legacy indicator tool for measuring climate change
... of gathering and storing data without maintenance or management requirements would be ideal for monitoring climate change impacts on individual heritage sites [25]. The LegIT is an attempt to create one such tool, in this case for the capture of surface and near surface effects. Salt crystallisation ...
... of gathering and storing data without maintenance or management requirements would be ideal for monitoring climate change impacts on individual heritage sites [25]. The LegIT is an attempt to create one such tool, in this case for the capture of surface and near surface effects. Salt crystallisation ...
Possible strategies to address socio-economic adaptation policies
... Achieving and maintaining inclusive economic growth is the foundation for sustainable development. Countries that are heavily reliant on the agriculture sector for their socio-economic development have become vulnerable to the effects of climate change in recent decades as a consequence of GHG emiss ...
... Achieving and maintaining inclusive economic growth is the foundation for sustainable development. Countries that are heavily reliant on the agriculture sector for their socio-economic development have become vulnerable to the effects of climate change in recent decades as a consequence of GHG emiss ...
December 3, 2015 Via online complaint form Commissioner of
... mislead the public about the health risks of smoking.1 Among other activities, these front groups misrepresented established science in order to sow doubt about the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer. This benefitted the tobacco industry by delaying, for decades, corrective market and r ...
... mislead the public about the health risks of smoking.1 Among other activities, these front groups misrepresented established science in order to sow doubt about the scientific consensus that smoking causes cancer. This benefitted the tobacco industry by delaying, for decades, corrective market and r ...
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potential Values
... during the past 20 million years. The rate of increase over the past century is unprecedented, at least during the past 20,000 years.” The IPCC definitively states that “the present atmospheric CO2 increase is caused by anthropogenic emissions of CO2 ” (IPCC 2001). Forest clearing, other biomass bur ...
... during the past 20 million years. The rate of increase over the past century is unprecedented, at least during the past 20,000 years.” The IPCC definitively states that “the present atmospheric CO2 increase is caused by anthropogenic emissions of CO2 ” (IPCC 2001). Forest clearing, other biomass bur ...
Sea Level Rise
... streams and aquifers. Therefore, it is important to study records of how sea level has been changing. Sea level has fluctuated dramatically in geologic times. It was 2-6 m above the present level during the last interglacial period, 125,000 years ago, but 120 m below present during the last Ice Age, ...
... streams and aquifers. Therefore, it is important to study records of how sea level has been changing. Sea level has fluctuated dramatically in geologic times. It was 2-6 m above the present level during the last interglacial period, 125,000 years ago, but 120 m below present during the last Ice Age, ...
Meteorologists` Views About Global Warming: A Survey of American
... likely to view it as harmful rather than beneficial. Political ideology. Decision making about how to mount an effective societal response to climate change in the United States has been complicated by increasing polarization over the issue, which has occurred largely along political lines. In the l ...
... likely to view it as harmful rather than beneficial. Political ideology. Decision making about how to mount an effective societal response to climate change in the United States has been complicated by increasing polarization over the issue, which has occurred largely along political lines. In the l ...
Climate Change and Security. Two Scenarios for the Indian
... international trade, foreign aid and remittances from populations working abroad. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans, most island states are politically stable. However, several have gone through periods of political instability and violent conflicts in the past decade. Causes of conflict have been re ...
... international trade, foreign aid and remittances from populations working abroad. In the Indian and Pacific Oceans, most island states are politically stable. However, several have gone through periods of political instability and violent conflicts in the past decade. Causes of conflict have been re ...
HRM Climate SMART Community Action Guide to Climate Change
... In 2003 and 2004, Nova Scotians and we in HRM experienced several extreme weather events - an ice storm, torrential rains and flooding, Hurricane Juan, and the Blizzard of ‘04 (also known as White Juan). In response to concerns about global climate change and the impacts from such extreme events, wh ...
... In 2003 and 2004, Nova Scotians and we in HRM experienced several extreme weather events - an ice storm, torrential rains and flooding, Hurricane Juan, and the Blizzard of ‘04 (also known as White Juan). In response to concerns about global climate change and the impacts from such extreme events, wh ...
RobockEthicsOslo - Alan Robock
... Tuana, Nancy, 2013: The ethical dimensions of geoengineering: Solar radiation management through sulphate particle injection. Geoengineering Our Climate?, https://geoengineeringourclimate.com/2013/06/11/the-ethical-dimensions-ofgeoengineering-solar-radiation-management-through-sulphate-particle-inje ...
... Tuana, Nancy, 2013: The ethical dimensions of geoengineering: Solar radiation management through sulphate particle injection. Geoengineering Our Climate?, https://geoengineeringourclimate.com/2013/06/11/the-ethical-dimensions-ofgeoengineering-solar-radiation-management-through-sulphate-particle-inje ...
6-4 Charting a Course for the Future
... In 1974, a research team published data showing that gases called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, could damage the ozone layer. ...
... In 1974, a research team published data showing that gases called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, could damage the ozone layer. ...
full text ( 360kb) - USF College of Marine Science
... found in the Byrd ice core (Johnsen et al., 1972). The Orca Basin data do not appear to track Greenland air temperatures. Gulf of Mexico warming while the North Atlantic remained cold is consistent with weakened cross-equatorial heat transport (e.g., Manabe and Stouffer, 1997) and may indicate that ...
... found in the Byrd ice core (Johnsen et al., 1972). The Orca Basin data do not appear to track Greenland air temperatures. Gulf of Mexico warming while the North Atlantic remained cold is consistent with weakened cross-equatorial heat transport (e.g., Manabe and Stouffer, 1997) and may indicate that ...
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... to overestimation of the detrimental effects of heat stress by about 30%. This stems from the fact that soil moisture has so far been confounded with high temperatures leading to omitted variable bias. Because soil moisture and temperature change patterns differ within the season, this omission also ...
... to overestimation of the detrimental effects of heat stress by about 30%. This stems from the fact that soil moisture has so far been confounded with high temperatures leading to omitted variable bias. Because soil moisture and temperature change patterns differ within the season, this omission also ...
Climate Change Politics and Policy
... Sign up for electronic newsletters for publications in your field. Every profession or occupation has a trade publication specializing in news and analysis pertinent to the field. Make it a point to subscribe and at least skim the contents on a regular basis. Watch for conferences or reports on spec ...
... Sign up for electronic newsletters for publications in your field. Every profession or occupation has a trade publication specializing in news and analysis pertinent to the field. Make it a point to subscribe and at least skim the contents on a regular basis. Watch for conferences or reports on spec ...
Climate Narratives: What is Modern about Traditional Ecological
... traditional knowledge possibly have to say about climate change, given that indigenous elders have not previously experienced climate change, and that the changes being observed now are beyond the range of experience of traditional groups? Traditional knowledge should be seen as a process, rather th ...
... traditional knowledge possibly have to say about climate change, given that indigenous elders have not previously experienced climate change, and that the changes being observed now are beyond the range of experience of traditional groups? Traditional knowledge should be seen as a process, rather th ...