Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
Central Bedfordshire Climate Change Adaptation Evidence Base
... Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management board should be given responsibility for delivering the Adaptation Plan. It should have resp ...
... Bedfordshire and sets out strategic goals and targets for reducing carbon emissions and for increasing preparedness which will need to be carried through into the Climate Change Adaptation Plan. A management board should be given responsibility for delivering the Adaptation Plan. It should have resp ...
Turning the Tide: Recognizing Climate Change Refugees in
... After exploring the link between climate change and displacement, the notion of an “environmental refugee” is considered as a possible platform from which to begin integrating the needs of those affected by climate change displacement into the international legal system. However, limitations as to t ...
... After exploring the link between climate change and displacement, the notion of an “environmental refugee” is considered as a possible platform from which to begin integrating the needs of those affected by climate change displacement into the international legal system. However, limitations as to t ...
Climate Action Planning Progress in the San Diego Region
... and quality of life. But our region faces challenges, like all others throughout the world, from climate change and its impact on our natural resources and the health and well-being of our people and our future generations. These threats include dwindling local water supplies, increased fire risks, ...
... and quality of life. But our region faces challenges, like all others throughout the world, from climate change and its impact on our natural resources and the health and well-being of our people and our future generations. These threats include dwindling local water supplies, increased fire risks, ...
Climate change challenges facing small island developing States
... TUILAEPA SAILELE MALIELEGAOI, Prime Minister of Samoa and President of the Conference, said that sooner rather than later, the problems currently facing small island developing States (SIDS) would impact every country in the world. Everyone needed to work together and partner to effectively address ...
... TUILAEPA SAILELE MALIELEGAOI, Prime Minister of Samoa and President of the Conference, said that sooner rather than later, the problems currently facing small island developing States (SIDS) would impact every country in the world. Everyone needed to work together and partner to effectively address ...
Multimodel assessment of water scarcity under climate change
... absolute sense. Moreover, because most water is used for irrigated agriculture, which does not necessarily take place in the same location where people live, water scarcity can be assessed more appropriately on a larger spatial scale than on the grid-cell level. A widely used, simple indicator of wa ...
... absolute sense. Moreover, because most water is used for irrigated agriculture, which does not necessarily take place in the same location where people live, water scarcity can be assessed more appropriately on a larger spatial scale than on the grid-cell level. A widely used, simple indicator of wa ...
Ecological and methodological drivers of species` distribution and
... by contacting the study’s authors. Distribution changes were recorded as positive where they were consistent with a response to climate change (generally polewards, but see Burrows et al., 2011) and negative if they were not consistent with climate change. Phenology changes were recorded as negative ...
... by contacting the study’s authors. Distribution changes were recorded as positive where they were consistent with a response to climate change (generally polewards, but see Burrows et al., 2011) and negative if they were not consistent with climate change. Phenology changes were recorded as negative ...
The effects of large-scale afforestation and climate change on water
... warming forecasts. The modelling framework includes the Sacramento rainfall-runoff model and IQQM, a stream¯ow routing tool, as well as various global climate model outputs from which daily rainfall and potential evaporation data ®les have been generated in OzClim, a climate scenario generator. For ...
... warming forecasts. The modelling framework includes the Sacramento rainfall-runoff model and IQQM, a stream¯ow routing tool, as well as various global climate model outputs from which daily rainfall and potential evaporation data ®les have been generated in OzClim, a climate scenario generator. For ...
Sample Chapter - Brookings Institution
... well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such conventional “contaminants” as hazardous wastes and toxic air pollutants. Hence they are hard to vilify, especially in the absence of exact cause-andeffect e ...
... well as population growth. Many of these gases are familiar to the most basic science student, largely “natural” in origin, as opposed to such conventional “contaminants” as hazardous wastes and toxic air pollutants. Hence they are hard to vilify, especially in the absence of exact cause-andeffect e ...
On development, demography and climate change: The end of the
... scenarios, it will be argued that the chance of an unpleasant climate outcome is at least as great as the chance of a more manageable one. The agricultural, political, economic, demographic, social and other consequences of future climate change could be very considerable. In a world of eight or nin ...
... scenarios, it will be argued that the chance of an unpleasant climate outcome is at least as great as the chance of a more manageable one. The agricultural, political, economic, demographic, social and other consequences of future climate change could be very considerable. In a world of eight or nin ...
The role of HFCs in mitigating 21st century climate change
... increasing interest in fast-action climate mitigation strategies that target SLCPs (Wallack and Ramanathan, 2009; Molina et al., 2009). Ramanathan and Xu (2010) (hereafter RX10) concluded that as much as 0.6 ◦ C warming can be avoided by mid-21st century using current technologies to reduce all four ...
... increasing interest in fast-action climate mitigation strategies that target SLCPs (Wallack and Ramanathan, 2009; Molina et al., 2009). Ramanathan and Xu (2010) (hereafter RX10) concluded that as much as 0.6 ◦ C warming can be avoided by mid-21st century using current technologies to reduce all four ...
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... likely a hotter, drier climate overall. The outcomes from the models vary from severe drought with dire consequences to more moderate declines in precipitation that, although serious, may be manageable. Scientists and most water managers agree that global warming will bring higher temperatures to ...
... likely a hotter, drier climate overall. The outcomes from the models vary from severe drought with dire consequences to more moderate declines in precipitation that, although serious, may be manageable. Scientists and most water managers agree that global warming will bring higher temperatures to ...
Ocean acidification: causes, impacts and solutions
... ocean acidification research and understanding. The FAQs and this fact sheet are intended to aid scientists, science communicators, and science policy advisors asked to comment on details about ocean acidification. In all, 63 scientists from 47 institutions and 12 countries participated in writing t ...
... ocean acidification research and understanding. The FAQs and this fact sheet are intended to aid scientists, science communicators, and science policy advisors asked to comment on details about ocean acidification. In all, 63 scientists from 47 institutions and 12 countries participated in writing t ...
Applying information network analysis to fire
... Derric B. Jacobs 1 and Lori A. Cramer 1 ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current resilience strategies may prove insufficient in light of increasing wildfire risks due to climate chan ...
... Derric B. Jacobs 1 and Lori A. Cramer 1 ABSTRACT. Resilient communities promote trust, have well-developed networks, and can adapt to change. For rural communities in fire-prone landscapes, current resilience strategies may prove insufficient in light of increasing wildfire risks due to climate chan ...
Climate Induced Migration - The International Journal of Climate
... permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural and/or triggered by people) that jeopardized their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. By ‘environmental disruption’ in this definition is meant any physical, chemical, and/or biological changes in the ecos ...
... permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural and/or triggered by people) that jeopardized their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. By ‘environmental disruption’ in this definition is meant any physical, chemical, and/or biological changes in the ecos ...
Greenland
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
Economic implications of projected changes to tuna
... production and livelihoods from freshwater aquaculture will stay on track, despite climate change. • Freshwater aquaculture for food security and livelihoods will itself be an adaptation to the effects of climate change on coastal fisheries • Freshwater aquaculture in the SW Pacific will generally b ...
... production and livelihoods from freshwater aquaculture will stay on track, despite climate change. • Freshwater aquaculture for food security and livelihoods will itself be an adaptation to the effects of climate change on coastal fisheries • Freshwater aquaculture in the SW Pacific will generally b ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... 11-year activity cycle and a longer-term component based on sunspot variations. The effect of stratospheric aerosols due to volcanic activity was introduced by reducing the solar irradiance at the model’s top of the atmosphere (by changing the solar constant) as a ...
... 11-year activity cycle and a longer-term component based on sunspot variations. The effect of stratospheric aerosols due to volcanic activity was introduced by reducing the solar irradiance at the model’s top of the atmosphere (by changing the solar constant) as a ...
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... in the recent past they leave blanks in regions where they don’t have any information. But if you look at the temperature set you can see that it demonstrates an effect that’s become known as the Pause which is the temperature of the Earth doesn’t appear to have risen since the year ...
... in the recent past they leave blanks in regions where they don’t have any information. But if you look at the temperature set you can see that it demonstrates an effect that’s become known as the Pause which is the temperature of the Earth doesn’t appear to have risen since the year ...
Harley b/l - CalCOFI.org
... However, increasing air temperatures may or may not lead to shifts in the vertical range of mussel beds. The upper limit of the mussel bed at one wave-exposed site (Tatoosh Island, Washington) is correlated with emersion time, not thermal stress (Harley and Helmuth 2003). Increasing winter stormines ...
... However, increasing air temperatures may or may not lead to shifts in the vertical range of mussel beds. The upper limit of the mussel bed at one wave-exposed site (Tatoosh Island, Washington) is correlated with emersion time, not thermal stress (Harley and Helmuth 2003). Increasing winter stormines ...
How To Do Note on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change
... threatens coastal communities and ecosystems. The world’s coral reefs are threatened with destruction over the coming century. Some inland lakes and water bodies are drying up, while in other areas destructive flooding is becoming a regular occurrence. In many cases, it is the poorest communities in ...
... threatens coastal communities and ecosystems. The world’s coral reefs are threatened with destruction over the coming century. Some inland lakes and water bodies are drying up, while in other areas destructive flooding is becoming a regular occurrence. In many cases, it is the poorest communities in ...
Beyond species distribution modeling: A
... be committed to extinction, especially under the more severe climate change scenarios (Thomas et al., 2004), and identified reductions in species ranges, with some South-East Asian bats losing their entire current niche space (Hughes et al., 2012). Despite their potential conservation applications, t ...
... be committed to extinction, especially under the more severe climate change scenarios (Thomas et al., 2004), and identified reductions in species ranges, with some South-East Asian bats losing their entire current niche space (Hughes et al., 2012). Despite their potential conservation applications, t ...
Hawaii`s Changing Climate - School of Ocean and Earth Science
... temperatures have increased about 1.44°F since the late-19th century, and the linear trend for the past 50 years of 0.36°F per decade is nearly twice that for the past 100 years. 2009 was only a fraction of a degree cooler than 2005, the warmest year on record, and tied with a cluster of other years ...
... temperatures have increased about 1.44°F since the late-19th century, and the linear trend for the past 50 years of 0.36°F per decade is nearly twice that for the past 100 years. 2009 was only a fraction of a degree cooler than 2005, the warmest year on record, and tied with a cluster of other years ...
Water Quality and Quantity, Climate Change and Public Health
... http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/waters/mn_water_supply.pdf ___________. 2010. Water Availability Assessment Report. Available online: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/legislative/2010_water_availablity.pdf ___________. 2011a. Drought. Available online: http://www.dnr.state.mn. ...
... http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/publications/waters/mn_water_supply.pdf ___________. 2010. Water Availability Assessment Report. Available online: http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/legislative/2010_water_availablity.pdf ___________. 2011a. Drought. Available online: http://www.dnr.state.mn. ...
Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
... Step (9) Communicate and share information with the public ........................................ 58 Step (10) Review and implement based on feedback and re-assessment ....................... 58 B Track. Simplified first five steps for adaptation planning and implementation.................... 59 ...
... Step (9) Communicate and share information with the public ........................................ 58 Step (10) Review and implement based on feedback and re-assessment ....................... 58 B Track. Simplified first five steps for adaptation planning and implementation.................... 59 ...