Climate change and challenges for conservation
... and phenotypic variation and the communities, ecosystems and biomes of which they form part 6,47. Biodiversity loss is more than simply species extinction. It is any loss of biological diversity, including local or global loss of genes, phenotypes (anatomy, physiology or behaviour) or species. Biodi ...
... and phenotypic variation and the communities, ecosystems and biomes of which they form part 6,47. Biodiversity loss is more than simply species extinction. It is any loss of biological diversity, including local or global loss of genes, phenotypes (anatomy, physiology or behaviour) or species. Biodi ...
Climate change and ocean acidification in OSPAR
... Absorption of CO2 into the marine environment has lowered the average pH of the oceans by about 0.1 units from pre-industrial (1750) levels8. Nearly half of anthropogenic CO2 (burning fossil fuels and cement manufacture) has already been absorbed by the surfaces of our seas over the same period9. In ...
... Absorption of CO2 into the marine environment has lowered the average pH of the oceans by about 0.1 units from pre-industrial (1750) levels8. Nearly half of anthropogenic CO2 (burning fossil fuels and cement manufacture) has already been absorbed by the surfaces of our seas over the same period9. In ...
Quantifying the relative contribution of the climate and direct human
... of 1948–1997 across the eastern United States, and the trends appear to arise primarily from the increase in autumn precipitation [Small et al., 2006]. More recently, Luce and Holden [2009] examined changes to the distribution of annual streamflow from 43 gauges in the Pacific Northwest of the Unite ...
... of 1948–1997 across the eastern United States, and the trends appear to arise primarily from the increase in autumn precipitation [Small et al., 2006]. More recently, Luce and Holden [2009] examined changes to the distribution of annual streamflow from 43 gauges in the Pacific Northwest of the Unite ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal and
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST
... Southwest U.S. Change Detection Images: Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Kristi Sayler A Method for Deriving Phenological Metrics from Satellite Data, Colorado 1991-1995 by Bradley C. Reed with Kristi Sayler Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by Richard L. Reynolds Monitoring Climate and Veg ...
... Southwest U.S. Change Detection Images: Reno and Lake Tahoe, Nevada by Kristi Sayler A Method for Deriving Phenological Metrics from Satellite Data, Colorado 1991-1995 by Bradley C. Reed with Kristi Sayler Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program by Richard L. Reynolds Monitoring Climate and Veg ...
Planning Climate Resilient Cities: Early Lessons from Early Adapters
... 2007). This often is the case, for instance, with regulation and funding. Regulations traditionally impose requirements and use the threat of sanctions to foster compliance. Although this is one of the methods countries use to shape local behavior, regulations addressing adaptation at the local leve ...
... 2007). This often is the case, for instance, with regulation and funding. Regulations traditionally impose requirements and use the threat of sanctions to foster compliance. Although this is one of the methods countries use to shape local behavior, regulations addressing adaptation at the local leve ...
Fritz Reusswig, Lutz Meyer-Ohlendorf Social Representation of
... have experienced, the standards of communication by which we exchange with others in order to check whether or not our experiences are shared ones and thus ‘substantial’ or ‘reliable’, and so forth. Far from being simply a secondary phenomenon, the ‘representation’ of an object (weather or climate) ...
... have experienced, the standards of communication by which we exchange with others in order to check whether or not our experiences are shared ones and thus ‘substantial’ or ‘reliable’, and so forth. Far from being simply a secondary phenomenon, the ‘representation’ of an object (weather or climate) ...
aberdeen beach case study
... beach and will continue to affect it for the foreseeable future. This section will examine the background to these events as well as providing some contextual information on the beach and its importance to the city. The beach is an important asset for Aberdeen City. The beach itself is also a popula ...
... beach and will continue to affect it for the foreseeable future. This section will examine the background to these events as well as providing some contextual information on the beach and its importance to the city. The beach is an important asset for Aberdeen City. The beach itself is also a popula ...
Climate Change in Africa
... try to reach agreement on global action to combat climate change for the period after 2012 — successor to the Kyoto Protocol — will come from Africa. What is Africa’s interest in this global effort to meet key climate change objectives? How will Africa perform in Copenhagen? Will Africa make a diffe ...
... try to reach agreement on global action to combat climate change for the period after 2012 — successor to the Kyoto Protocol — will come from Africa. What is Africa’s interest in this global effort to meet key climate change objectives? How will Africa perform in Copenhagen? Will Africa make a diffe ...
The Network Location of the Policy Entrepreneur
... Originally presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14-18, 2011 This study is part of the NOAA funded Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), which seeks to improve the intersection between science and policy in the Gre ...
... Originally presented at the 4th Annual Conference on Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, June 14-18, 2011 This study is part of the NOAA funded Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA), which seeks to improve the intersection between science and policy in the Gre ...
Is Climate Change a Moral Issue? Effects of Egoism and Altruism on
... orientations were used as a measure of egoism vs. altruism, derived from Hansla, Gamble, Juliusson, & Gärling, 2008 and Knez et al. (2013): Egoism (1) Laws that protect the environment limit my choices and personal freedom and (2) Protecting the environment will threaten jobs for people like me (α = ...
... orientations were used as a measure of egoism vs. altruism, derived from Hansla, Gamble, Juliusson, & Gärling, 2008 and Knez et al. (2013): Egoism (1) Laws that protect the environment limit my choices and personal freedom and (2) Protecting the environment will threaten jobs for people like me (α = ...
No Slide Title - WWF
... causing water logging and salinity which required technically viable drainage infrastructure to reclaim the soils • Irrigation Efficient Methods such as use of sprinkler, drip and trickle irrigation systems be promoted ...
... causing water logging and salinity which required technically viable drainage infrastructure to reclaim the soils • Irrigation Efficient Methods such as use of sprinkler, drip and trickle irrigation systems be promoted ...
Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of
... A spinup simulation was performed to create steady state conditions for the ecosystems from which future projections began. Biome-BGC requires daily estimates of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, daylength, solar radiation and vapor pressure deficit. Temperature and precipitation data ...
... A spinup simulation was performed to create steady state conditions for the ecosystems from which future projections began. Biome-BGC requires daily estimates of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation, daylength, solar radiation and vapor pressure deficit. Temperature and precipitation data ...
climate change and the mediterranean region
... concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and to changes in areas of rangeland as climate boundaries move northwards. In the European Mediterranean, the area of unproductive shrubland is expected to expand, while in North Africa and the Near East, most of the steppe rangeland could give way to de ...
... concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and to changes in areas of rangeland as climate boundaries move northwards. In the European Mediterranean, the area of unproductive shrubland is expected to expand, while in North Africa and the Near East, most of the steppe rangeland could give way to de ...
divest riverside! - Riverside Church
... atmospheric conditions. Climate, in contrast, is defined as long-term averages in such factors as temperature and precipitation. Why is the Earth's climate changing, with rising temperatures and sea levels? The primary reason is that our burning of carbon-based energy from fossil fuels—coal, oil and ...
... atmospheric conditions. Climate, in contrast, is defined as long-term averages in such factors as temperature and precipitation. Why is the Earth's climate changing, with rising temperatures and sea levels? The primary reason is that our burning of carbon-based energy from fossil fuels—coal, oil and ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
simulated hydrologic responses to climate variations and change in
... supply is derived from snowmelt runoff from mountainous watersheds that may be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada t ...
... supply is derived from snowmelt runoff from mountainous watersheds that may be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada t ...
An independent and combined effect analysis of land use and
... datasets contains 15 categories that were aggregated from the original 74 categories due to restrictions in LCM, which doesn't allow the processing of transitions for land use maps with more than 15 categories. The aggregation was done in such a way as to keep similar vegetation structures within th ...
... datasets contains 15 categories that were aggregated from the original 74 categories due to restrictions in LCM, which doesn't allow the processing of transitions for land use maps with more than 15 categories. The aggregation was done in such a way as to keep similar vegetation structures within th ...
Sensitivity of thermohaline circulation to decadal
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
... THC is unlikely during the next 20 years (IPCC, 2007), but previous studies have revealed substantial uncertainties in the model’s THC response (Stouffer et al., 2006). The THC is potentially sensitive to the addition of freshwater and to changes in surface fluxes induced by natural variability or b ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... Focus on sectors and components that have impacts on human well-being, including biophysical impacts of climate change on a country's society, and the socioeconomic factors that either amplify or reduce such impacts. ...
... Focus on sectors and components that have impacts on human well-being, including biophysical impacts of climate change on a country's society, and the socioeconomic factors that either amplify or reduce such impacts. ...
Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... argument of uncertainty (Larsen, 2010). Furthermore, the Danish municipalities who are to prepare river basin management action plans state complexity, uncertainty, and long time horizons as being among the main barriers for dealing with climate change (Larsen, 2010). On this basis we find it worthwh ...
... argument of uncertainty (Larsen, 2010). Furthermore, the Danish municipalities who are to prepare river basin management action plans state complexity, uncertainty, and long time horizons as being among the main barriers for dealing with climate change (Larsen, 2010). On this basis we find it worthwh ...
Assessing Current Climate Risks
... This template has three climate ranges, depending on whether the outcomes are beneficial, negative but tolerable, or harmful. Beneficial and tolerable outcomes form the coping range (Hewitt and Burton, 1971). Beyond the coping range, the damages or losses are no longer tolerable and an identifiable ...
... This template has three climate ranges, depending on whether the outcomes are beneficial, negative but tolerable, or harmful. Beneficial and tolerable outcomes form the coping range (Hewitt and Burton, 1971). Beyond the coping range, the damages or losses are no longer tolerable and an identifiable ...
Climate change and food safety: A review
... climate-related extreme weather events and monthly reports of outbreaks of infectious water-borne disease also have been reported worldwide (Confalonieri et al., 2007). Populations with poor sanitation infrastructure and high burdens of infectious disease often experience increased rates of diarrhoe ...
... climate-related extreme weather events and monthly reports of outbreaks of infectious water-borne disease also have been reported worldwide (Confalonieri et al., 2007). Populations with poor sanitation infrastructure and high burdens of infectious disease often experience increased rates of diarrhoe ...
Managing Climate Risk Integrating Adaptation into World Bank Group Operations World Bank Group
... World Bank Group operations. Climate risk management focuses on better management of climate variability in all relevant sectors. The starting point is to determine vulnerability to the current climate conditions, including variability and weather extremes. The next step is to assess how vulnerabili ...
... World Bank Group operations. Climate risk management focuses on better management of climate variability in all relevant sectors. The starting point is to determine vulnerability to the current climate conditions, including variability and weather extremes. The next step is to assess how vulnerabili ...