Can terrestrial ectotherms escape the heat of climate change by
... Figure 1. The fitness curve (showing CTmin, Topt and CTmax) for a representative location in coastal Ecuador (1.24960 S, 80.083660 W), the tropical location for which directed movement is most advantageous. We show the seasonal and diurnal temperature variation for both the late-twentieth century (1 ...
... Figure 1. The fitness curve (showing CTmin, Topt and CTmax) for a representative location in coastal Ecuador (1.24960 S, 80.083660 W), the tropical location for which directed movement is most advantageous. We show the seasonal and diurnal temperature variation for both the late-twentieth century (1 ...
The intensification and shift of the annual North Atlantic Oscillation in
... the annual concentrations of the greenhouse gases are specified as observed from 1860 to 1990, and prescribed based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92a (IPCC, 1992) after 1990. The integration starts at January 1860 and ends at December 2099. More details on the si ...
... the annual concentrations of the greenhouse gases are specified as observed from 1860 to 1990, and prescribed based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario IS92a (IPCC, 1992) after 1990. The integration starts at January 1860 and ends at December 2099. More details on the si ...
Results Report - World Wide Views on Climate and Energy
... balanced and scientifically based information as well as an opportunity to deliberate for a full day with other citizens prior to rendering their judgments. Thus, it encourages the exploration of more substantive questions and well-considered responses, allowing policy makers to assess which policie ...
... balanced and scientifically based information as well as an opportunity to deliberate for a full day with other citizens prior to rendering their judgments. Thus, it encourages the exploration of more substantive questions and well-considered responses, allowing policy makers to assess which policie ...
as PDF - Natural Hazards Center
... Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The Hopi Department of Natural Resources (HDNR) has been collaborating with UA researchers to develop a drought-monitoring framework to help HDNR address the drought impacts, such as to farming, ranching, and cultural traditions, that resource managers note have af ...
... Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado. The Hopi Department of Natural Resources (HDNR) has been collaborating with UA researchers to develop a drought-monitoring framework to help HDNR address the drought impacts, such as to farming, ranching, and cultural traditions, that resource managers note have af ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
... Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and their actions have resulted in widespread media coverage and the mobilization of thousands of their peers. It is estimated that 200 young people participated at the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its thirteenth session held in Bali in December 2007, 500 at COP 14 in ...
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Viti Levu (Fiji) and Aitutaki
... The regional assessments were executed over the period 2002-2005 by multidisciplinary, multiinstitutional regional teams of investigators. The teams, selected through merit review of submitted proposals, were supported by the AIACC project with funding, technical assistance, mentoring and training. ...
... The regional assessments were executed over the period 2002-2005 by multidisciplinary, multiinstitutional regional teams of investigators. The teams, selected through merit review of submitted proposals, were supported by the AIACC project with funding, technical assistance, mentoring and training. ...
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... deviations between re-analysis and model data are found during winter as shown for CAP9SLP (Fig. 1a), GWT10SLP (Fig. 1c) and GWT10Z500 (Fig. 1e). The models overestimate westerly circulation types in winter, in some cases significantly. This is in contrast to easterly circulation types, which are ge ...
... deviations between re-analysis and model data are found during winter as shown for CAP9SLP (Fig. 1a), GWT10SLP (Fig. 1c) and GWT10Z500 (Fig. 1e). The models overestimate westerly circulation types in winter, in some cases significantly. This is in contrast to easterly circulation types, which are ge ...
Climate Change impaCts on australia
... of impacts. The standard IPCC projections, and those based on them, provide cases that correspond most closely to those we expect from no mitigation or from effective global mitigation policies (Table 6.2). The more serious implications of ...
... of impacts. The standard IPCC projections, and those based on them, provide cases that correspond most closely to those we expect from no mitigation or from effective global mitigation policies (Table 6.2). The more serious implications of ...
climate change and emissions pathways
... efforts will strongly influence the success of compliance with Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the prevention of ‘‘dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.’’ However, success will be measured in very different ways by different stake ...
... efforts will strongly influence the success of compliance with Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the prevention of ‘‘dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.’’ However, success will be measured in very different ways by different stake ...
Communicating climate change: history, challenges, process and
... Basic understanding of the problem thus remains superficial and vulnerable to frequent revision.26–28 Today, after more than 20 years of scientific progress and a much greater scientific consensus,29,30 public climate change communication is no longer just a match between ‘dueling experts.’ Media pr ...
... Basic understanding of the problem thus remains superficial and vulnerable to frequent revision.26–28 Today, after more than 20 years of scientific progress and a much greater scientific consensus,29,30 public climate change communication is no longer just a match between ‘dueling experts.’ Media pr ...
Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for
... adaptation literature is the need to move from a paradigm of preserving current conditions or designing restoration for “historical fidelity” to one of being open to managing for future systems that may differ in composition, structure, and/or function (Cole and Yung 2010). Given the rate and magnit ...
... adaptation literature is the need to move from a paradigm of preserving current conditions or designing restoration for “historical fidelity” to one of being open to managing for future systems that may differ in composition, structure, and/or function (Cole and Yung 2010). Given the rate and magnit ...
gcos regional action plan for south america
... assessment, quantification, and prediction of climatic conditions and their impacts has been compromised. Unless immediate action is taken to address critical deficiencies in South America's systematic climate observing programmes, the costs in terms of losses in production and livelihoods adversely ...
... assessment, quantification, and prediction of climatic conditions and their impacts has been compromised. Unless immediate action is taken to address critical deficiencies in South America's systematic climate observing programmes, the costs in terms of losses in production and livelihoods adversely ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Framework for
... Computer models representing the climate system have been used to estimate the relative contribution of various factors such as changes in radiation from the sun, dust from volcanic eruptions, etc. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) has concluded that “warming of the climate ...
... Computer models representing the climate system have been used to estimate the relative contribution of various factors such as changes in radiation from the sun, dust from volcanic eruptions, etc. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) has concluded that “warming of the climate ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – SCOPING THE ISSUES
... Concerns regarding the impact of climate change on indigenous communities, their traditional knowledge and related biological diversity was also expressed at the annual meeting of the Interagency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IASG) in Montreal in September 2007. The IASG highlighted the fact “ ...
... Concerns regarding the impact of climate change on indigenous communities, their traditional knowledge and related biological diversity was also expressed at the annual meeting of the Interagency Support Group on Indigenous Issues (IASG) in Montreal in September 2007. The IASG highlighted the fact “ ...
Assessing Future Climate Risks
... A broad structure for assessing future climate risks is provided in Figure 5-3. Included are some initial activities to carry out with stakeholders, such as exchanging information on what is already known. At this point in the process, some level of prior knowledge of climate change is assumed to ex ...
... A broad structure for assessing future climate risks is provided in Figure 5-3. Included are some initial activities to carry out with stakeholders, such as exchanging information on what is already known. At this point in the process, some level of prior knowledge of climate change is assumed to ex ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... Conceptualizing and defining groups of people in relation to climate migration is complicated,i because environmental drivers interact with a mixture of social, economic and political factors to influence migration decisions, and mobility has long been an adaptive strategy to cope with change.ii Des ...
... Conceptualizing and defining groups of people in relation to climate migration is complicated,i because environmental drivers interact with a mixture of social, economic and political factors to influence migration decisions, and mobility has long been an adaptive strategy to cope with change.ii Des ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
... As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledge and moral reasoning. Debates and controversies on how to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions make such tensions visible. In the UK, processes concerning airport expansions have re ...
Functional and Phylogenetic Approaches to Forecasting Species
... In contrast to broad-scale modeling efforts that largely ignore biological details, small-scale experimental studies highlight how complex interactions between organismal traits and environmental conditions can be crucial to determining responses to environmental change ( Jentsch et al. 2007). Howev ...
... In contrast to broad-scale modeling efforts that largely ignore biological details, small-scale experimental studies highlight how complex interactions between organismal traits and environmental conditions can be crucial to determining responses to environmental change ( Jentsch et al. 2007). Howev ...
Climate-driven expansion of blanket bogs in Britain during the
... accurately with a simple model (PeatStash) based on summer temperature and moisture index thresholds, and the same model correctly predicts the highly disjunct distribution of blanket bog worldwide. This finding suggests that climate, rather than land-use history, controls blanket-bog distribution i ...
... accurately with a simple model (PeatStash) based on summer temperature and moisture index thresholds, and the same model correctly predicts the highly disjunct distribution of blanket bog worldwide. This finding suggests that climate, rather than land-use history, controls blanket-bog distribution i ...
