Climate Change Adaptation Planning Manual
... Eight Steps to Adaptation I. Define your community and specify your adaptation planning area. Determine boundaries for the geographical area, or combination of areas, or otherwise define the community for which you want to develop adaptation planning. 2. Determine your motives for adaptation. Wh ...
... Eight Steps to Adaptation I. Define your community and specify your adaptation planning area. Determine boundaries for the geographical area, or combination of areas, or otherwise define the community for which you want to develop adaptation planning. 2. Determine your motives for adaptation. Wh ...
Guidelines for Responding to the Effects of Climate Change in
... measurements since 1950 and the black curve is based on satellite altimetry. Error bars show 90% confidence intervals (after IPCC, 2007b, fig 5.13). ...
... measurements since 1950 and the black curve is based on satellite altimetry. Error bars show 90% confidence intervals (after IPCC, 2007b, fig 5.13). ...
Impact of Climate Change on North Cascade Alpine Glaciers, and
... over the Pacific Northwest. During the negative precipitation occurs during the accumulation season phase ocean water off the northwest coast is cooler (October-April) when the North Cascades are on the and cooler temperatures prevail across the Pacific receiving end of the Pacific storm track. Mois ...
... over the Pacific Northwest. During the negative precipitation occurs during the accumulation season phase ocean water off the northwest coast is cooler (October-April) when the North Cascades are on the and cooler temperatures prevail across the Pacific receiving end of the Pacific storm track. Mois ...
the nansen conference
... extreme weather situations. It appears that climate change is making matters worse by increasing the frequency and intensity of such natural hazards. In the future, we may witness even more treacherous situations as our climate continues to change and long-term effects unfold. If we are to take cu ...
... extreme weather situations. It appears that climate change is making matters worse by increasing the frequency and intensity of such natural hazards. In the future, we may witness even more treacherous situations as our climate continues to change and long-term effects unfold. If we are to take cu ...
Impacts of changes in climate, land use and land cover on
... emissions are specified from the GEIA (Global Emission Inventories Activity) 2005 inventory (Pacyna et al., 2010) as implemented by Corbitt et al. (2011) and Streets et al. (2009). Anthropogenic emissions over the United States and Canada are replaced by regional inventories prepared by Zhang et al. ...
... emissions are specified from the GEIA (Global Emission Inventories Activity) 2005 inventory (Pacyna et al., 2010) as implemented by Corbitt et al. (2011) and Streets et al. (2009). Anthropogenic emissions over the United States and Canada are replaced by regional inventories prepared by Zhang et al. ...
The scientific and international context for the fifth
... We briefly revisit the key observations that show the world has been warming for several decades, and that this is mainly due to human activities rather than natural fluctuations. We then focus on impacts on human and natural systems: those already being observed, and potential future impacts which ...
... We briefly revisit the key observations that show the world has been warming for several decades, and that this is mainly due to human activities rather than natural fluctuations. We then focus on impacts on human and natural systems: those already being observed, and potential future impacts which ...
Predicting population consequences of ocean climate
... Farallon Island colony in central California. Our study projected that the auklet population growth rate will experience an absolute decline of 11–45% by the end of the century, placing this population on a trajectory toward extinction. In addition, future changes in upwelling intensity and timing o ...
... Farallon Island colony in central California. Our study projected that the auklet population growth rate will experience an absolute decline of 11–45% by the end of the century, placing this population on a trajectory toward extinction. In addition, future changes in upwelling intensity and timing o ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... The complexity of dealing with these uncertainties led Rahmstorf (2007) to adopt a contrasting approach to projecting future sea-level rise. This employs a simple semiempirical model based on the relationship between global sea level (derived from Church and White, 2006) and temperature (derived fro ...
... The complexity of dealing with these uncertainties led Rahmstorf (2007) to adopt a contrasting approach to projecting future sea-level rise. This employs a simple semiempirical model based on the relationship between global sea level (derived from Church and White, 2006) and temperature (derived fro ...
Some issues in uncertainty quantification and parameter tuning: a
... was developed based on a mass flux parameterization (Kain, 2004). Using a Lagrangian parcel method (Simpson and Wiggert, 1969; Kreitzberg and Perkey, 1976), the new KF CPS operates by searching for the Updraft Source Layer (USL), which has a potential for inducing shallow or deep convection, startin ...
... was developed based on a mass flux parameterization (Kain, 2004). Using a Lagrangian parcel method (Simpson and Wiggert, 1969; Kreitzberg and Perkey, 1976), the new KF CPS operates by searching for the Updraft Source Layer (USL), which has a potential for inducing shallow or deep convection, startin ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... abiotic environment) not being obviously manifest. “Threat” is used here in the sense of an indication of imminent or manifest danger that implies the identification of the obvious subject or source (here: changing temperature or precipitation, for example) and the object (here: a specific component ...
... abiotic environment) not being obviously manifest. “Threat” is used here in the sense of an indication of imminent or manifest danger that implies the identification of the obvious subject or source (here: changing temperature or precipitation, for example) and the object (here: a specific component ...
In the hot seat: Insolation, ENSO, and vegetation in the African tropics
... the equator, vegetation is much more open with large areas of semi-arid vegetation consisting largely of Acacia dominated bushland, open woodland, and wooded grassland. To the north and south of the equator, respectively, Sudanian and Zambezian woodlands are located over extensive zones nearly from ...
... the equator, vegetation is much more open with large areas of semi-arid vegetation consisting largely of Acacia dominated bushland, open woodland, and wooded grassland. To the north and south of the equator, respectively, Sudanian and Zambezian woodlands are located over extensive zones nearly from ...
PNAS proof
... at a global scale. These scientific advances have recently been combined in first global-scale risk assessments under current and future climate conditions (37–39). However, the understanding of vulnerability remains one of the biggest hurdles in existing continental to global-scale flood risk asses ...
... at a global scale. These scientific advances have recently been combined in first global-scale risk assessments under current and future climate conditions (37–39). However, the understanding of vulnerability remains one of the biggest hurdles in existing continental to global-scale flood risk asses ...
Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
... the frequency of extreme events also may be expected. These changes, in turn, will affect marine ecosystem structure and functioning, with feedback to global biogeochemical cycles and the climate system. Recent investigations have shown that there has been a general warming of a large part of the wo ...
... the frequency of extreme events also may be expected. These changes, in turn, will affect marine ecosystem structure and functioning, with feedback to global biogeochemical cycles and the climate system. Recent investigations have shown that there has been a general warming of a large part of the wo ...
Coral Bleaching and Global Climate Change: Scientific Findings
... U.S. Department of State,§Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental, and Scientific Affairs, 21st and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20520, U.S.A. ...
... U.S. Department of State,§Bureau of Oceans, International Environmental, and Scientific Affairs, 21st and C Streets, NW, Washington, D.C. 20520, U.S.A. ...
The Positive Externalities of Carbon Dioxide
... five modern-day representatives of wild C4 crop progenitors, all ‘founder crops’ from a variety of independent centers,” which were grown individually in growth chambers maintained at atmospheric CO2 concentrations of 180, 280 and 380 ppm, characteristic of glacial, post-glacial and modern times, re ...
... five modern-day representatives of wild C4 crop progenitors, all ‘founder crops’ from a variety of independent centers,” which were grown individually in growth chambers maintained at atmospheric CO2 concentrations of 180, 280 and 380 ppm, characteristic of glacial, post-glacial and modern times, re ...
Climate change: island life in a volatile world
... More importantly, such transformations are often contentious and painfully wrought at the ‘ground level’ where people live, frequently leaving some people unsettled or uncertain as to where they belong. But amid all this relentless activity, it can be tempting to think of the land masses themselves, ...
... More importantly, such transformations are often contentious and painfully wrought at the ‘ground level’ where people live, frequently leaving some people unsettled or uncertain as to where they belong. But amid all this relentless activity, it can be tempting to think of the land masses themselves, ...
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying
... While this is an important area for improvement (McElhany & Busch, 2012), we rely on the authors’ designations of control pH for the current analysis, which range from pHT 7.8 to 8.2. The pH total scale is used throughout the study when absolute pH values are indicated. Data from any experiment that ...
... While this is an important area for improvement (McElhany & Busch, 2012), we rely on the authors’ designations of control pH for the current analysis, which range from pHT 7.8 to 8.2. The pH total scale is used throughout the study when absolute pH values are indicated. Data from any experiment that ...
Climate change impacts on the livestock sector
... increased predictive power. Despite the lack of more specific climate-epidemiology modelling, some existing evidence suggests that episodes of certain diseases can lead to significant economic impacts within and beyond the sector. There is also an increased potential for accelerated drug resistance. ...
... increased predictive power. Despite the lack of more specific climate-epidemiology modelling, some existing evidence suggests that episodes of certain diseases can lead to significant economic impacts within and beyond the sector. There is also an increased potential for accelerated drug resistance. ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... environmental drivers working via multiple processes at different temporal and spatial scales, including plasticity, acclimation, and (genotypic) adaptation in physiological and morphological traits (Shaw & Etterson, 2012), and, at the community scale, via shifts in species abundance and species tur ...
... environmental drivers working via multiple processes at different temporal and spatial scales, including plasticity, acclimation, and (genotypic) adaptation in physiological and morphological traits (Shaw & Etterson, 2012), and, at the community scale, via shifts in species abundance and species tur ...
Here - Benjamin Blonder
... other communities) has a composition that includes species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist spe ...
... other communities) has a composition that includes species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist spe ...
Science or Spin? Assessing the Accuracy of Cable News Coverage
... global temperatures have “stalled for 15 or 16 years,” and referred to climate science as “an embarrassment.” Global warming does, in fact, continue, but opponents of climate policy often selectively cite short-term trends in global surfacetemperature records to present a misleading narrative that i ...
... global temperatures have “stalled for 15 or 16 years,” and referred to climate science as “an embarrassment.” Global warming does, in fact, continue, but opponents of climate policy often selectively cite short-term trends in global surfacetemperature records to present a misleading narrative that i ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region over the past century (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing numbers of warm days and decreasing numbers of cold days have been observed, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium. Pre ...
... Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region over the past century (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing numbers of warm days and decreasing numbers of cold days have been observed, with the warming trend continuing into the new millennium. Pre ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
... The genetic distance matrix (SNP) and the climate distance matrix for the 60 accessions collected from less disturbed sites are both represented as neighbor-joining trees (Fig. 1). The Robinson–Foulds distance metric for the two neighbor-joining trees was 110, indicating very low concordance between ...
... The genetic distance matrix (SNP) and the climate distance matrix for the 60 accessions collected from less disturbed sites are both represented as neighbor-joining trees (Fig. 1). The Robinson–Foulds distance metric for the two neighbor-joining trees was 110, indicating very low concordance between ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle
... Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus carbon cycling and its feedbacks to the climate system. Yet, the interconnected avenues through which climate extremes ...
... Extreme droughts, heat waves, frosts, precipitation, wind storms and other climate extremes may impact the structure, composition and functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, and thus carbon cycling and its feedbacks to the climate system. Yet, the interconnected avenues through which climate extremes ...
WETLANDS, CARBON STORAGE, AND FUTURE CLIMATE
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that global surface air temperatures will increase another 2-8F in the next hundred years with a “best guess” increase of 3.5 degrees by 2100. The most significant increases will occur in the northern latitudes. The temperature of wetlan ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that global surface air temperatures will increase another 2-8F in the next hundred years with a “best guess” increase of 3.5 degrees by 2100. The most significant increases will occur in the northern latitudes. The temperature of wetlan ...
Instrumental temperature record
The instrumental temperature record shows fluctuations of the temperature of earth's climate system. Initially the instrumental temperature record only documented land and sea surface temperature, but in recent decades instruments have also begun recording ocean temperature. Data is collected from thousands of meteorological stations around the globe and through satellite observations. The longest-running temperature record is the Central England temperature data series, that starts in 1659. The longest-running quasi-global record starts in 1850.