Shifting thresholds Climate Climate Change Effects on the
... 3. We found that the capacity of the savanna to sustain livestock grazing was strongly influenced by climate change. Increased mean annual precipitation and changes in intra-annual precipitation pattern have the potential to slightly increase carrying capacities of the system. In contrast, decreased ...
... 3. We found that the capacity of the savanna to sustain livestock grazing was strongly influenced by climate change. Increased mean annual precipitation and changes in intra-annual precipitation pattern have the potential to slightly increase carrying capacities of the system. In contrast, decreased ...
Application of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to
... For agriculture, because there are a number of uncertainties regarding the range of impacts associated with climate variability and climate change, it is important to consider a diverse portfolio of potential technologies for adaptation. This is essential to retain the flexibility to transfer and ad ...
... For agriculture, because there are a number of uncertainties regarding the range of impacts associated with climate variability and climate change, it is important to consider a diverse portfolio of potential technologies for adaptation. This is essential to retain the flexibility to transfer and ad ...
Washing Away Our Heritage: The Impacts of Rising Sea
... change but also because they reflect whom these issues are significant to. They provide scenarios and plans for adaptations in different regions, which will help to inform the recommendations issued at the end of this work. However, these reports also come with their own biases. Many state and even ...
... change but also because they reflect whom these issues are significant to. They provide scenarios and plans for adaptations in different regions, which will help to inform the recommendations issued at the end of this work. However, these reports also come with their own biases. Many state and even ...
97% Consensus? No! Global Warming Math
... when CO2 emissions were low and could not have caused the warming. Few climate scientists see that as catastrophic, particularly since the current global temperature is similar to, or possibly cooler than previous warm periods like the Medieval Warm Period and the Roman Optimum, when Hannibal rode e ...
... when CO2 emissions were low and could not have caused the warming. Few climate scientists see that as catastrophic, particularly since the current global temperature is similar to, or possibly cooler than previous warm periods like the Medieval Warm Period and the Roman Optimum, when Hannibal rode e ...
The Network Location of the Policy Entrepreneur
... The potential threat posed by climate change on socio-ecological systems has raised the stakes for the role of climate change science in informing policy making (e.g., IPCC 2001, 2007; NRC 2010). Yet, despite a growing body of social science focusing on the climate science-policy nexus (Dilling and ...
... The potential threat posed by climate change on socio-ecological systems has raised the stakes for the role of climate change science in informing policy making (e.g., IPCC 2001, 2007; NRC 2010). Yet, despite a growing body of social science focusing on the climate science-policy nexus (Dilling and ...
Modeling the Impact of Afforestation on Global Climate: A 2
... are considered crucial in mitigating climate change due to their carbon sequestration potential. In recent years, international agreements such as the Clean Development Mechanism established under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change have notably fueled afforestation activities ...
... are considered crucial in mitigating climate change due to their carbon sequestration potential. In recent years, international agreements such as the Clean Development Mechanism established under the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change have notably fueled afforestation activities ...
Word - Oceanclimate.de
... contributions to the study of climatic changes11 and presented to international politics at the Second World Climate Conference in Geneva in November 1990.12 In January 1992, the IPCC confirmed these results.13 Even the IPCC report of 1990 left little room for scientific doubt with respect to the re ...
... contributions to the study of climatic changes11 and presented to international politics at the Second World Climate Conference in Geneva in November 1990.12 In January 1992, the IPCC confirmed these results.13 Even the IPCC report of 1990 left little room for scientific doubt with respect to the re ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... Although the precise reasons for the lack of business engagement with climate change are currently poorly understood, we can infer three general trends in the climate change literature that point to a value-(in)action-gap. First, climate change is a difficult concept to understand, indeed scientific ...
... Although the precise reasons for the lack of business engagement with climate change are currently poorly understood, we can infer three general trends in the climate change literature that point to a value-(in)action-gap. First, climate change is a difficult concept to understand, indeed scientific ...
Effects of Climate Change on
... the Baltic Sea Action Plan Scenario If successfully implemented, the nutrient reductions defined in the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) will compensate for the eutrophication impacts of the currently foreseen extent of climate change (Map 5). However, the expected impacts of climate change mean that o ...
... the Baltic Sea Action Plan Scenario If successfully implemented, the nutrient reductions defined in the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) will compensate for the eutrophication impacts of the currently foreseen extent of climate change (Map 5). However, the expected impacts of climate change mean that o ...
Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change
... global temperatures of more than 2.0 degrees Celsius will result in significant, irreversible impacts. The current level of GHG emissions is expected to push global temperatures over this 2.0 degrees Celsius threshold before the end of this century. The panel has also determined that it is “extremel ...
... global temperatures of more than 2.0 degrees Celsius will result in significant, irreversible impacts. The current level of GHG emissions is expected to push global temperatures over this 2.0 degrees Celsius threshold before the end of this century. The panel has also determined that it is “extremel ...
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Soil Properties
... by Carney et al. [60] observed soil organic C levels declining under increased atmospheric CO 2 levels due to increased microbial activity. Therefore, elevated CO2 levels will not necessarily lead to increased soil C sequestration, but may instead result in more C turnover [61]. Increased temperatur ...
... by Carney et al. [60] observed soil organic C levels declining under increased atmospheric CO 2 levels due to increased microbial activity. Therefore, elevated CO2 levels will not necessarily lead to increased soil C sequestration, but may instead result in more C turnover [61]. Increased temperatur ...
Climate Change and San Francisco Bay-Delta Tidal Wetlands
... increases will accelerate rates of evapotranspiration, further escalating soil salinities in areas not flushed daily by tides and further influenced by the drysummer Mediterranean climate compared to many temperate regions (Figure 2). Brackish wetland plant communities will shift toward plants with ...
... increases will accelerate rates of evapotranspiration, further escalating soil salinities in areas not flushed daily by tides and further influenced by the drysummer Mediterranean climate compared to many temperate regions (Figure 2). Brackish wetland plant communities will shift toward plants with ...
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... al., 2007). A 20–33% decrease in precipitation is predicted for the summer halfyear, and there is high uncertainty for the rainfall for the winter half-year (Bartholy et al., 2007). The earlier results of the authors harmonizes with their latest projection carried out in PRUDENCE European Project’s ...
... al., 2007). A 20–33% decrease in precipitation is predicted for the summer halfyear, and there is high uncertainty for the rainfall for the winter half-year (Bartholy et al., 2007). The earlier results of the authors harmonizes with their latest projection carried out in PRUDENCE European Project’s ...
Arctic Biodiversity - Harvard Life Sciences Outreach Program
... • “Specialist predators [like the snowy owl and arctic fox] depend on a high density of of prey [lemmings] in the spring to breed successfully.” • “Models of climate change predict that winters in the Arctic will become considerably warmer and more variable . . . .” Ims, Rolf A., Eva Fuglei. Trophic ...
... • “Specialist predators [like the snowy owl and arctic fox] depend on a high density of of prey [lemmings] in the spring to breed successfully.” • “Models of climate change predict that winters in the Arctic will become considerably warmer and more variable . . . .” Ims, Rolf A., Eva Fuglei. Trophic ...
The Nation Ex-Situ: On climate change, deterritorialized nationhood
... plight of states whose territories are rendered uninhabitable due to total submersion or chronic processes that so thoroughly compromise their land that there is no longer a viable source of food, water, or other necessities needed to sustain human communities. Part III argues for a re-envisioning o ...
... plight of states whose territories are rendered uninhabitable due to total submersion or chronic processes that so thoroughly compromise their land that there is no longer a viable source of food, water, or other necessities needed to sustain human communities. Part III argues for a re-envisioning o ...
Participants - The Kresge Foundation
... and community development. She is a community and media activist, life-long resident of Gowanus and Park Slope, Brooklyn and has served on the US EPA’s Community Advisory Group (CAG) in Gowanus since its inception in 2010, when the Gowanus Canal became listed as a Superfund site. Sabine has been pas ...
... and community development. She is a community and media activist, life-long resident of Gowanus and Park Slope, Brooklyn and has served on the US EPA’s Community Advisory Group (CAG) in Gowanus since its inception in 2010, when the Gowanus Canal became listed as a Superfund site. Sabine has been pas ...
Climate change presents increased potential for
... variables. Interactive and non-linear terms were not included in the GLM. Predictor variables that did not exhibit significant relationships (P , 0.05) were discarded from stepwise model selection procedure. Model stability was examined through resampling approaches using a case–control design (Keat ...
... variables. Interactive and non-linear terms were not included in the GLM. Predictor variables that did not exhibit significant relationships (P , 0.05) were discarded from stepwise model selection procedure. Model stability was examined through resampling approaches using a case–control design (Keat ...
Vulnerability of Canada`s Tree Species to Climate Change
... The Pacific Maritime, Mixedwood Plains, and Atlantic Maritime regions face an increased threat from biotic disturbance and extreme weather events (increased frequency and intensity of severe windstorms). However, the overall vulnerability of forests in these regions is expected to be lower than that ...
... The Pacific Maritime, Mixedwood Plains, and Atlantic Maritime regions face an increased threat from biotic disturbance and extreme weather events (increased frequency and intensity of severe windstorms). However, the overall vulnerability of forests in these regions is expected to be lower than that ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... Because of the substantial expected impact of global warming on hydrology, much effort has been spent over the last two decades assessing future hydro-climatology. Water is involved in all societal sectors and there is great concern over how future changes will affect business, safety, and ecosystem ...
... Because of the substantial expected impact of global warming on hydrology, much effort has been spent over the last two decades assessing future hydro-climatology. Water is involved in all societal sectors and there is great concern over how future changes will affect business, safety, and ecosystem ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... continued increase in mean annual temperatures of between 2.6 and 5.2oC, with a median projection of 3.7oC, by the period 2080–20992 (Christensen et al., 2007). While no clear trend has been noted regarding observed changes in precipitation patterns (Cruz et al., 2007), a median decrease in average ...
... continued increase in mean annual temperatures of between 2.6 and 5.2oC, with a median projection of 3.7oC, by the period 2080–20992 (Christensen et al., 2007). While no clear trend has been noted regarding observed changes in precipitation patterns (Cruz et al., 2007), a median decrease in average ...
Altai Sayan Ecoregion
... Though there may not have been an overall tendency for heavy droughts or periods of extreme humidity on a broad scale from 1900 to 1995, nevertheless in some regions of Asia and Africa in the 1990s there was a significant increase in the periodicity and intensity of droughts. There were particular c ...
... Though there may not have been an overall tendency for heavy droughts or periods of extreme humidity on a broad scale from 1900 to 1995, nevertheless in some regions of Asia and Africa in the 1990s there was a significant increase in the periodicity and intensity of droughts. There were particular c ...
- Wiley Online Library
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
... scholars have increasingly investigated the role of weather and climate conditions on climaterelated attitudes and behaviors, they typically assume that residents accurately perceive shifts in local climate patterns. We directly test this assumption using the largest and most comprehensive survey of ...
- UNM Digital Repository
... the interactive effects of winds on these processes and on ocean circulation may also affect climatic conditions. Accurate modeling of ocean circulation will be necessary before scientists are able to predict future climatic change on a regional basis.' 3 A fundamental problem with assessing the fut ...
... the interactive effects of winds on these processes and on ocean circulation may also affect climatic conditions. Accurate modeling of ocean circulation will be necessary before scientists are able to predict future climatic change on a regional basis.' 3 A fundamental problem with assessing the fut ...
Results Part A: amount of appearances
... get an understanding of what climate change is. The definition of the IPCC will be used: “Climate change in IPCC usage refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persis ...
... get an understanding of what climate change is. The definition of the IPCC will be used: “Climate change in IPCC usage refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persis ...
Fishing, climate change and north-east Atlantic cod
... increases. This suggests that many stocks should be treated as distinct but interbreeding units. Such spatially separated populations are likely to have different behavioural and life history strategies, including growth and mortality rates, age and size at maturation, and fecundity (potential repro ...
... increases. This suggests that many stocks should be treated as distinct but interbreeding units. Such spatially separated populations are likely to have different behavioural and life history strategies, including growth and mortality rates, age and size at maturation, and fecundity (potential repro ...