Impacts of climate change on the amphibians and reptiles of
... Increased temperature can result in changes in water regulation, oxygen uptake, emergence, mating, development, metamorphosis, growth, and sex reversal in amphibians (Feder and Burggren 1992). Many studies have shown that increased temperature can hasten the development rate of embryos and larvae by ...
... Increased temperature can result in changes in water regulation, oxygen uptake, emergence, mating, development, metamorphosis, growth, and sex reversal in amphibians (Feder and Burggren 1992). Many studies have shown that increased temperature can hasten the development rate of embryos and larvae by ...
Climate change in Central America and Mexico
... and climate variability in CAM. Rauscher et al. (2008) showed that only about half the models in the AR4 MMD simulated the spatial pattern and bimodal nature of precipitation of the MSD. One of the factors contributing to the bimodal nature of summer precipitation is locally intense convective activ ...
... and climate variability in CAM. Rauscher et al. (2008) showed that only about half the models in the AR4 MMD simulated the spatial pattern and bimodal nature of precipitation of the MSD. One of the factors contributing to the bimodal nature of summer precipitation is locally intense convective activ ...
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... sensible and latent heat fluxes and the surface water budget by altering the partitioning of precipitation into evapotranspiration, runoff and soil water content [10–12]. These alterations are a consequence of the changes in the surface characteristics resulting from replacing forests by croplands o ...
... sensible and latent heat fluxes and the surface water budget by altering the partitioning of precipitation into evapotranspiration, runoff and soil water content [10–12]. These alterations are a consequence of the changes in the surface characteristics resulting from replacing forests by croplands o ...
Climate Change and Paleoecology: New Contexts for Restoration
... million years ago) as a long, cold interval—the “Great Ice Age” of Agassiz (1840). By the late nineteenth century, evidence for multiple glaciations accumulated and led to widespread description of four major glacial periods in the Pleistocene bracketed by brief warm intervals. The ice ages were reg ...
... million years ago) as a long, cold interval—the “Great Ice Age” of Agassiz (1840). By the late nineteenth century, evidence for multiple glaciations accumulated and led to widespread description of four major glacial periods in the Pleistocene bracketed by brief warm intervals. The ice ages were reg ...
Climate Change and Health
... climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s work in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The second statement reviews health benefits of climate change mitigation, while the third statement outlines actions that the health sector can take to ...
... climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s work in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The second statement reviews health benefits of climate change mitigation, while the third statement outlines actions that the health sector can take to ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population: analysis of coupled demographic and climate models. ...
... Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population: analysis of coupled demographic and climate models. ...
Cultural Dynamics of Climate Change and the Environment in
... thing”.2 As Obama began his second term in the most powerful office on planet Earth, by way of media reactions to the speech, an onlooking public citizenry saw ‘hope’ rise again for more comprehensive climate change engagement from the US. Indeed, all of this stands in stark contrast to President Ob ...
... thing”.2 As Obama began his second term in the most powerful office on planet Earth, by way of media reactions to the speech, an onlooking public citizenry saw ‘hope’ rise again for more comprehensive climate change engagement from the US. Indeed, all of this stands in stark contrast to President Ob ...
The Demographic Implications of Climate Change for Aotearoa New
... The international literature reveals little about changes in fertility as a result of climate change. While global fertility clearly has large implications for future population growth and therefore flow-on effects on carbon emissions and climate change, there is to date no evidence of effects of cl ...
... The international literature reveals little about changes in fertility as a result of climate change. While global fertility clearly has large implications for future population growth and therefore flow-on effects on carbon emissions and climate change, there is to date no evidence of effects of cl ...
inventory cost settings in small bucket lot
... choice of an ordering policy and so can be disregarded.” It seems that only the time points at which receipt of an order is possible are important. These points are defined by the smallest time units used to describe the replenishment and delivery due dates. Let us call them the receipt periods. In a ...
... choice of an ordering policy and so can be disregarded.” It seems that only the time points at which receipt of an order is possible are important. These points are defined by the smallest time units used to describe the replenishment and delivery due dates. Let us call them the receipt periods. In a ...
Agriculture and food systems in sub
... Here, to examine some of the likely effects on agricultural production in SSA of warming of 4◦ C or more, we carried out some downscaling and simulation runs using climate projections from AR4 climate model runs assembled by New et al. available at www.geog.ox.ac.uk/∼clivar/ClimateAtlas/4deg.html. W ...
... Here, to examine some of the likely effects on agricultural production in SSA of warming of 4◦ C or more, we carried out some downscaling and simulation runs using climate projections from AR4 climate model runs assembled by New et al. available at www.geog.ox.ac.uk/∼clivar/ClimateAtlas/4deg.html. W ...
Objective Assessment of Extratropical Weather Systems in
... summer are more realistic. The model continues to have ...
... summer are more realistic. The model continues to have ...
Original scientific paper 911.2:551.51 THE
... The atmospheric circulation can be defined in different ways. This means that there are various ways for its classification. However, the atmospheric circulation is in the essence a whole before the parts, a continuum. Only under the certain conditions we can observe the atmosphere as a system with ...
... The atmospheric circulation can be defined in different ways. This means that there are various ways for its classification. However, the atmospheric circulation is in the essence a whole before the parts, a continuum. Only under the certain conditions we can observe the atmosphere as a system with ...
energetics of climate models: net energy
... by irreversible processes; transforms moist static energy into mechanical energy [Lorenz, 1955, 1967] as if it were a heat engine [Johnson, 2000]; and, when the external and internal parameters have fixed values, achieves a steady state by balancing the input and output of energy and entropy with th ...
... by irreversible processes; transforms moist static energy into mechanical energy [Lorenz, 1955, 1967] as if it were a heat engine [Johnson, 2000]; and, when the external and internal parameters have fixed values, achieves a steady state by balancing the input and output of energy and entropy with th ...
Potential effects of climate change and adaptive
... In a rapidly changing climate, decision-makers require a sense of the vulnerability of ecological and social systems to create goals and objectives for the future and propose actions to reduce or eliminate that vulnerability. In this context, vulnerability is the degree to which a system is suscepti ...
... In a rapidly changing climate, decision-makers require a sense of the vulnerability of ecological and social systems to create goals and objectives for the future and propose actions to reduce or eliminate that vulnerability. In this context, vulnerability is the degree to which a system is suscepti ...
Deliverable 2B.1
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
... several studies (Parry et al., 2004). Results show that some regions may improve production, while others suffer yield losses. This could lead to shifts of agricultural production zones around the world. Furthermore, different crops will be affected differently, leading to the need for adaptation of ...
climate change at risk - WWF
... WWF Australia and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council commissioned a revolutionary new study on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. This study explores possible ‘futures’ for the Reef, a complex task that involves the analysis of vast sets of information ranging from the climate sciences to the biol ...
... WWF Australia and the Queensland Tourism Industry Council commissioned a revolutionary new study on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. This study explores possible ‘futures’ for the Reef, a complex task that involves the analysis of vast sets of information ranging from the climate sciences to the biol ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... changes in these anthropogenic emissions. Run C calculates future changes due to changes in both anthropogenic emissions and the climate using 2100 emissions (same as run B) and a double CO2 climate forcing with appropriate SSTs for that period. In runs B and C biogenic emissions are held constant. ...
... changes in these anthropogenic emissions. Run C calculates future changes due to changes in both anthropogenic emissions and the climate using 2100 emissions (same as run B) and a double CO2 climate forcing with appropriate SSTs for that period. In runs B and C biogenic emissions are held constant. ...
The global hydrological cycle and energy budget under climate
... local anomalies of temperature and precipitation can be substantial in a geoengineered future. Energy budgets calculated for both scenarios show that the meridional atmospheric transport is stronger in solar compared to CO2 scenarios. This is in line with the stronger increase in large-scale precipi ...
... local anomalies of temperature and precipitation can be substantial in a geoengineered future. Energy budgets calculated for both scenarios show that the meridional atmospheric transport is stronger in solar compared to CO2 scenarios. This is in line with the stronger increase in large-scale precipi ...
Alberta`s Natural Subregions Under a Changing Climate
... with an increase in the rate of fire. The water table decreased, but lakes did not become saline or dry out. The Present Mean annual temperature (MAT) is inversely related to latitude and elevation. The spatial iv ...
... with an increase in the rate of fire. The water table decreased, but lakes did not become saline or dry out. The Present Mean annual temperature (MAT) is inversely related to latitude and elevation. The spatial iv ...
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... land use planning for biodiversity conservation in an era of climate change. Data range from baseline information on attributes like geology, topography, and soils, to climatic attributes like temperature and precipitation, to biotic attributes like vegetation and point locations depicting spatial o ...
... land use planning for biodiversity conservation in an era of climate change. Data range from baseline information on attributes like geology, topography, and soils, to climatic attributes like temperature and precipitation, to biotic attributes like vegetation and point locations depicting spatial o ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
... 9 Global mean sea level has risen by 0.19 [0.17 to 0.21] meter, estimated from a linear trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and ...
Vulnerability assessment of water resources in Egypt
... Modelling the catchments. All the catchments were Future climate of the Mediterranean Basin with particular emphasis on changes in precipitation was modelled in a lumped, l-dimensional water balance considered by Wigley (1993). The most likely future model with spatially weighted parameters (Fig. 2) ...
... Modelling the catchments. All the catchments were Future climate of the Mediterranean Basin with particular emphasis on changes in precipitation was modelled in a lumped, l-dimensional water balance considered by Wigley (1993). The most likely future model with spatially weighted parameters (Fig. 2) ...
GCOS Switzerland
... paper describes the GCOS implementation in Switzerland and highlights some major achievements over the last few years. The Swiss GCOS Office was established at the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss in February 2006, to coordinate all climate-relevant measurements in Switzerlan ...
... paper describes the GCOS implementation in Switzerland and highlights some major achievements over the last few years. The Swiss GCOS Office was established at the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss in February 2006, to coordinate all climate-relevant measurements in Switzerlan ...