Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... continued applicability for examining water quality under future climate change scenarios. However, it also suggests that they likely will not be good indicators for detecting climate-change effects. The impacts of climate change in Mediterranean-climate streams can be effectively monitored within t ...
... continued applicability for examining water quality under future climate change scenarios. However, it also suggests that they likely will not be good indicators for detecting climate-change effects. The impacts of climate change in Mediterranean-climate streams can be effectively monitored within t ...
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GLOBAL FOREST
... varying by regions across the globe (Brown et al., 1996, using Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) data). Consumption of industrial roundwood totaled 1.5 billion cubic meters in 1997 with an approximate value of $150 billion (FAO, 1999). Forest product values are several times larger as lumber, ...
... varying by regions across the globe (Brown et al., 1996, using Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) data). Consumption of industrial roundwood totaled 1.5 billion cubic meters in 1997 with an approximate value of $150 billion (FAO, 1999). Forest product values are several times larger as lumber, ...
Evolutionary and plastic responses of freshwater invertebrates to
... op et al. 2012). There are indications that these phenological shifts are driven by warming as they are stronger during warmer years (e.g., changes in abundance and seasonality in zooplankton in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation index, George and Hewitt 1999; Straile and Adrian 2000) and st ...
... op et al. 2012). There are indications that these phenological shifts are driven by warming as they are stronger during warmer years (e.g., changes in abundance and seasonality in zooplankton in relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation index, George and Hewitt 1999; Straile and Adrian 2000) and st ...
Zimbabwe Capacity Development Needs Assessment Report
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
... countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WACDEP was launched April 2013 and is being coordinated through the Ministry of Envir ...
... acceleration, and mass transfer (77) can similarly affect the exchange of mass (gas and nutrients) and momentum. For these reasons, the use of environmental temperature indices obtainable by satellite or global observatories [such as sea surface temperature (SST) and air temperature (Ta)] as proxies ...
Arctic Environmental Change of the Last Four Centuries
... Climate Forcing Mechanisms The paleoclimate record of the Arctic reveals large variability over all of the last 400 years. Natural variability in most regions was as large before the 20th-century buildup of atmospheric trace gases as afterward (Figs. 2 and 3). Natural climate forcing mechanisms must ...
... Climate Forcing Mechanisms The paleoclimate record of the Arctic reveals large variability over all of the last 400 years. Natural variability in most regions was as large before the 20th-century buildup of atmospheric trace gases as afterward (Figs. 2 and 3). Natural climate forcing mechanisms must ...
Probability in the attribution and prediction of climate change
... Politicians tend to talk about climate change as an environmental or ethical issue: care for polar bears or future generations. This diverts attention from the injustices that are happening now: we all benefit from burning fossil fuels, but some are losing out much more than others from the impacts ...
... Politicians tend to talk about climate change as an environmental or ethical issue: care for polar bears or future generations. This diverts attention from the injustices that are happening now: we all benefit from burning fossil fuels, but some are losing out much more than others from the impacts ...
Changing monsoon patterns, snow and glacial melt, its
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
... Using two RCMs forced with large-scale fields from ERA-Interim data, Dimri et al. (in this issue) illustrate the important role of local topography in moisture fluxes, transport and vertical flows, with the result that uncertainties related to future precipitation changes and liquid–solid precipitation ...
greening wildlife documentary
... Five years before the BBC’s Frozen Planet was first broadcast in 2011, Sir David Attenborough publically announced his belief in human-induced global warming. “My message is that the world is warming, and that it’s our fault,” he declared on the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News in May 2006. This was the first ...
... Five years before the BBC’s Frozen Planet was first broadcast in 2011, Sir David Attenborough publically announced his belief in human-induced global warming. “My message is that the world is warming, and that it’s our fault,” he declared on the BBC’s Ten O’Clock News in May 2006. This was the first ...
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... the monsoons to meet its water needs for agriculture. Over 70 per cent of India’s population still being agriculture dependent, even a small impact of climate change on monsoons, erratic occurrences of floods and droughts would contribute enormously to the vulnerabilities of people. Adaptation is wi ...
... the monsoons to meet its water needs for agriculture. Over 70 per cent of India’s population still being agriculture dependent, even a small impact of climate change on monsoons, erratic occurrences of floods and droughts would contribute enormously to the vulnerabilities of people. Adaptation is wi ...
Climate Change and Health on the US Gulf Coast
... The U.S. Gulf Coast states are projected to reach a combined population of 74.8 million by 2030 compared with 48.6 million as of 2000 [7], with a substantial proportion of the population living along the coastlines. Although only about 8% of the U.S. counties are located along saltwater coasts, they ...
... The U.S. Gulf Coast states are projected to reach a combined population of 74.8 million by 2030 compared with 48.6 million as of 2000 [7], with a substantial proportion of the population living along the coastlines. Although only about 8% of the U.S. counties are located along saltwater coasts, they ...
Projected Changes of Palmer Drought Severity Index under an
... analysis. Based on recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the anomalies were calculated relative to a reference period of 1986–2005. The 1986–2005 climatology is derived from the historical climate simulation of FGOALS-s2. The 1986–2005 ...
... analysis. Based on recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the anomalies were calculated relative to a reference period of 1986–2005. The 1986–2005 climatology is derived from the historical climate simulation of FGOALS-s2. The 1986–2005 ...
Responses to Climate Change and their Implications on
... Restoration of the Bay requires concerted efforts by local, state and federal governments, and funding from each. It also requires a vigorous, market-based application of advanced agricultural practices.11 Any threat to that funding or the nascent nutrients market is a threat to restoration of the ...
... Restoration of the Bay requires concerted efforts by local, state and federal governments, and funding from each. It also requires a vigorous, market-based application of advanced agricultural practices.11 Any threat to that funding or the nascent nutrients market is a threat to restoration of the ...
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... (CWR) and on-farm management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Sixth Meeting, discussed issues such as genetic reserves for CWR, establishment of a global network and development of tools that address cl ...
... (CWR) and on-farm management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, at its Sixth Meeting, discussed issues such as genetic reserves for CWR, establishment of a global network and development of tools that address cl ...
Report on Greenpeace NZ Campaign to Raise
... While some New Zealanders are climate change deniers and argue that any such change is due to natural causes, there is plenty of evidence that climate change is happening. But how concerned might New Zealanders be today that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet are melting and over some centuries might ...
... While some New Zealanders are climate change deniers and argue that any such change is due to natural causes, there is plenty of evidence that climate change is happening. But how concerned might New Zealanders be today that Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet are melting and over some centuries might ...
Global Climate Science, Uncertainty and Politics: Data
... ganization charged with coordinating research sponsored by a dozen different US government agencies, hovers near $1.8 billion (US Global Change Research Program, 1998). Although the USGCRP covers many areas in addition to atmospheric science, a large num ber of these—including oceanography, ecology, ...
... ganization charged with coordinating research sponsored by a dozen different US government agencies, hovers near $1.8 billion (US Global Change Research Program, 1998). Although the USGCRP covers many areas in addition to atmospheric science, a large num ber of these—including oceanography, ecology, ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... OR ‘global warming’)); (ii) ((‘locally extinct’ OR ‘local extinction’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’)); and (iii) ((‘extinc*’ OR ‘extirpat*’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’ OR ‘changing climate’ OR ‘global change’)). The first two were conducted on 7 December 2011 and the thir ...
... OR ‘global warming’)); (ii) ((‘locally extinct’ OR ‘local extinction’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’)); and (iii) ((‘extinc*’ OR ‘extirpat*’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’ OR ‘changing climate’ OR ‘global change’)). The first two were conducted on 7 December 2011 and the thir ...
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... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
the Migration as Adaptation briefing.
... colonial ties to the framing of migration as a negative phenomenon, which has hitherto been perpetuated by the development community. He believes that sedentary bias permeates both the theory and practice of development. From a historical perspective, he argues, colonialism sought to exploit natural ...
... colonial ties to the framing of migration as a negative phenomenon, which has hitherto been perpetuated by the development community. He believes that sedentary bias permeates both the theory and practice of development. From a historical perspective, he argues, colonialism sought to exploit natural ...
Global Health Threats: Global Warming in Perspective
... would, moreover, increase energy prices and reduce its usage, retarding both economic development and advances in human wellbeing. That would slow advances in society’s adaptive capacity to deal not only with the effects of global warming, but all other sources of adversity. Through the foreseeable ...
... would, moreover, increase energy prices and reduce its usage, retarding both economic development and advances in human wellbeing. That would slow advances in society’s adaptive capacity to deal not only with the effects of global warming, but all other sources of adversity. Through the foreseeable ...
How does climate change cause extinction?
... OR ‘global warming’)); (ii) ((‘locally extinct’ OR ‘local extinction’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’)); and (iii) ((‘extinc*’ OR ‘extirpat*’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’ OR ‘changing climate’ OR ‘global change’)). The first two were conducted on 7 December 2011 and the thir ...
... OR ‘global warming’)); (ii) ((‘locally extinct’ OR ‘local extinction’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’)); and (iii) ((‘extinc*’ OR ‘extirpat*’) AND (‘climate change’ OR ‘global warming’ OR ‘changing climate’ OR ‘global change’)). The first two were conducted on 7 December 2011 and the thir ...
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to
... HadCM2-SUL. Simulations with changing CO2 alone show a widely distributed terrestrial carbon sink of 1.4±3.8 Pg C y±1 during the 1990s, rising to 3.7±8.6 Pg C y±1 a century later. Simulations including climate change show a reduced sink both today (0.6± 3.0 Pg C y±1) and a century later (0.3±6.6 Pg ...
... HadCM2-SUL. Simulations with changing CO2 alone show a widely distributed terrestrial carbon sink of 1.4±3.8 Pg C y±1 during the 1990s, rising to 3.7±8.6 Pg C y±1 a century later. Simulations including climate change show a reduced sink both today (0.6± 3.0 Pg C y±1) and a century later (0.3±6.6 Pg ...
An ecohydrological sketch of climate change impacts on water and
... water wetlands, they are very computationally demanding (Frei et al., 2010). Alternatively, so-called minimalist modelling according to the new ecohydrological framework that follows a systems analysis approach (Rodriguez-Iturbe and Porporato, 2004) has predominantly focussed on semi-arid situations ...
... water wetlands, they are very computationally demanding (Frei et al., 2010). Alternatively, so-called minimalist modelling according to the new ecohydrological framework that follows a systems analysis approach (Rodriguez-Iturbe and Porporato, 2004) has predominantly focussed on semi-arid situations ...
The missing climate forcing
... based on MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) channels 2 and 4, respectively (Spencer & Christy 1993). The tropospheric result is similar to that at the surface, but, at least in the model, the ozone change reduces the warming trend, and, in the observations, the fluctuations associated with El Nin4 os and ...
... based on MSU (Microwave Sounding Unit) channels 2 and 4, respectively (Spencer & Christy 1993). The tropospheric result is similar to that at the surface, but, at least in the model, the ozone change reduces the warming trend, and, in the observations, the fluctuations associated with El Nin4 os and ...