Climate influences the demography of three dominant sagebrush
... Abstract. Climate change could alter the population growth of dominant species, leading to profound effects on community structure and ecosystem dynamics. Understanding the links between historical variation in climate and population vital rates (survival, growth, recruitment) is one way to predict ...
... Abstract. Climate change could alter the population growth of dominant species, leading to profound effects on community structure and ecosystem dynamics. Understanding the links between historical variation in climate and population vital rates (survival, growth, recruitment) is one way to predict ...
Adapting to a changing climate
... species, ecosystems and natural processes. This is consistent with conservation management’s focus on the negative impacts on native biodiversity. This framework also identifies positive benefits to native biodiversity from climate change. An up-to-date review of the likely and possible impacts of p ...
... species, ecosystems and natural processes. This is consistent with conservation management’s focus on the negative impacts on native biodiversity. This framework also identifies positive benefits to native biodiversity from climate change. An up-to-date review of the likely and possible impacts of p ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... To know the international context represent a decisive factor to determine which is the place occupied by Spanish press in such context. Several studies have been developed at English spoken countries, as EE. UU. (Boykoff and Boykoff, Boykoff, 2004), United Kingdom (Carvalho and Burgess, 2005) or Ne ...
... To know the international context represent a decisive factor to determine which is the place occupied by Spanish press in such context. Several studies have been developed at English spoken countries, as EE. UU. (Boykoff and Boykoff, Boykoff, 2004), United Kingdom (Carvalho and Burgess, 2005) or Ne ...
USA–NPN Attributed Publications - USA National Phenology Network
... Pau, S. et al. Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science. Global Change Biology 3633-3643 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02515.x Souza, L., Bunn, W. A., Weltzin, J. F. & Sanders, N. J. Similar biotic factors affect early establishment and abundance of an invasi ...
... Pau, S. et al. Predicting phenology by integrating ecology, evolution and climate science. Global Change Biology 3633-3643 (2011). doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02515.x Souza, L., Bunn, W. A., Weltzin, J. F. & Sanders, N. J. Similar biotic factors affect early establishment and abundance of an invasi ...
Diseases in tropical and plantation crops as affected by climate
... experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on tropical and plantation crops in more realistic fiel ...
... experiment with elevated CO2, warming and drought at Brandbjerg, Denmark, described by the authors, confirms that it is difficult to reach the target temperature. Experimental studies of the long-term effects of increased CO2 and O3 concentrations on tropical and plantation crops in more realistic fiel ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment
... By increasing system resilience, even though a particular facility might be disrupted, the main road network as a whole still functions and decreases the consequences of impacts. Figure 2.1 illustrates the different approaches to adaptation. Some adaptation strategies could be targeted to reduce the ...
... By increasing system resilience, even though a particular facility might be disrupted, the main road network as a whole still functions and decreases the consequences of impacts. Figure 2.1 illustrates the different approaches to adaptation. Some adaptation strategies could be targeted to reduce the ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... Product (GDP), and perhaps as high as 20 per cent.6 1.7. More recently, the Association of British Insurers estimate a significant tidal flood in London could have an economic impact on London ‘equivalent to the scale of the recent recession’. However despite such headlines, we know little about the ...
... Product (GDP), and perhaps as high as 20 per cent.6 1.7. More recently, the Association of British Insurers estimate a significant tidal flood in London could have an economic impact on London ‘equivalent to the scale of the recent recession’. However despite such headlines, we know little about the ...
THE TOP-30 OF ECONOMISTS IN IRELAND
... Risk Aversion, Time Preference, and the Social Cost of Carbon The social cost of carbon (the SCC) estimates the discounted value of the damage associated with climate change impacts that would be avoided by reducing carbon emissions by one tonne. It is a useful measure for assessing the benefits of ...
... Risk Aversion, Time Preference, and the Social Cost of Carbon The social cost of carbon (the SCC) estimates the discounted value of the damage associated with climate change impacts that would be avoided by reducing carbon emissions by one tonne. It is a useful measure for assessing the benefits of ...
Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... Forum Leaders have directed the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to assist in improving Forum Island Countries’ (FICs) access to and management of climate change resources. The assessment framework presented in this report is part of several initiatives being coordinated and/or supported by ...
... Forum Leaders have directed the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) to assist in improving Forum Island Countries’ (FICs) access to and management of climate change resources. The assessment framework presented in this report is part of several initiatives being coordinated and/or supported by ...
Why We Need A New Direction In Climate Change Science
... ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from wellmixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and today. [Drew Shindell and colleagues; Keppler et al.] ¾ iii) For the period 2000-2004, a CERES Science Team assessment of the shortwave albedo f ...
... ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from wellmixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and today. [Drew Shindell and colleagues; Keppler et al.] ¾ iii) For the period 2000-2004, a CERES Science Team assessment of the shortwave albedo f ...
National Programme for Spatial Adaptation to Climate Change (ARK)
... However, the sense that "acting after the fact" is no longer a sound option either is becoming more and more painfully evident. The State will not be able to climate proof the Netherlands on its own, neither can the other authorities, nor the business community. The government, business community, c ...
... However, the sense that "acting after the fact" is no longer a sound option either is becoming more and more painfully evident. The State will not be able to climate proof the Netherlands on its own, neither can the other authorities, nor the business community. The government, business community, c ...
twelve things we´ve learned on the road to paris
... From the start, Road to Paris was designed with an end date in mind. It will shut down right after the historic Paris climate change talks in December 2015. With that date approaching, this magazine assembles some of the stories that we feel best live up to our ambition: stories that will continue t ...
... From the start, Road to Paris was designed with an end date in mind. It will shut down right after the historic Paris climate change talks in December 2015. With that date approaching, this magazine assembles some of the stories that we feel best live up to our ambition: stories that will continue t ...
Cosmic Rays, Carbon Dioxide, and Climate
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
... the mean state (caveat iii) cannot be avoided, but it is a more serious problem for the time period considered by Shaviv and Veizer [2003] with conditions very different from the modern climate system. Positions of continents shifted, ocean currents took a different course, and estimated CO levels w ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... in the sense of the organicist against the reductionist, where the whole is greater than its component parts so that attempting to build a science by studying its components in minute details and then combining the results can never be as effective as a study of the behaviour of the whole. After est ...
... in the sense of the organicist against the reductionist, where the whole is greater than its component parts so that attempting to build a science by studying its components in minute details and then combining the results can never be as effective as a study of the behaviour of the whole. After est ...
NAPAs and NAPs in Least Developed Countries
... and implementation of adaptation at the country level. It will produce many outputs ranging from actions to assess and fill capacity gaps and needs for building climate resilience and mainstreaming adaptation, to outputs such as NAPs or a series of plans that contain adaptation priorities and strate ...
... and implementation of adaptation at the country level. It will produce many outputs ranging from actions to assess and fill capacity gaps and needs for building climate resilience and mainstreaming adaptation, to outputs such as NAPs or a series of plans that contain adaptation priorities and strate ...
Climate Change Resilience Planning
... moderate city environments, making them livable. Urban parks mitigate the heat island effect, enhance air quality, help to manage stormwater and provide habitat for diverse wildlife. These services, and Central Park’s resilience, become increasingly important as New York faces mounting stresses from ...
... moderate city environments, making them livable. Urban parks mitigate the heat island effect, enhance air quality, help to manage stormwater and provide habitat for diverse wildlife. These services, and Central Park’s resilience, become increasingly important as New York faces mounting stresses from ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we
... do not respond linearly to changes in climate parameters such as annual temperature and precipitation (Stephenson, 1990), which are often used when communicating climate scenario results to decision makers. Third, climate model results vary much more at regional compared to the continental and globa ...
... do not respond linearly to changes in climate parameters such as annual temperature and precipitation (Stephenson, 1990), which are often used when communicating climate scenario results to decision makers. Third, climate model results vary much more at regional compared to the continental and globa ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Cambodia
... its task for climate change adaptation. However in many cases, there is a seeming lack of capacity for planning and action on climate change adaptation of local governments in some Southeast Asian countries. In the case of Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines, these deficits have delayed the progr ...
... its task for climate change adaptation. However in many cases, there is a seeming lack of capacity for planning and action on climate change adaptation of local governments in some Southeast Asian countries. In the case of Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines, these deficits have delayed the progr ...
New York, 1 August (Martin Khor) -
... the plenary debate was a testimony to the political and moral importance of addressing climate change. Although the warming of the global climate had many aspects, it was fundamentally a development issue and should be addressed in the context of the Organization’s broader international development ...
... the plenary debate was a testimony to the political and moral importance of addressing climate change. Although the warming of the global climate had many aspects, it was fundamentally a development issue and should be addressed in the context of the Organization’s broader international development ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... Monsoon and rainfall patterns in South Asia are becoming increasingly erratic and prone to extremes. While in some years low or late rainfall can lead to drought, in other years heavy rainfall can affect the whole region, causing floods and landslides. Heavy rain in the Himalayas and the upper reach ...
... Monsoon and rainfall patterns in South Asia are becoming increasingly erratic and prone to extremes. While in some years low or late rainfall can lead to drought, in other years heavy rainfall can affect the whole region, causing floods and landslides. Heavy rain in the Himalayas and the upper reach ...
From Mars and Venus Down to Earth: Understanding the
... ures,” well shy of its 8% Kyoto commitment. With additional domestic policies, the EEA calculated, Europe could obtain a 6% reduction.20 Even if Europe ultimately attains only a 0.5% reduction, this would still be a markedly different situation from the US, where emissions are projected to be 34% hi ...
... ures,” well shy of its 8% Kyoto commitment. With additional domestic policies, the EEA calculated, Europe could obtain a 6% reduction.20 Even if Europe ultimately attains only a 0.5% reduction, this would still be a markedly different situation from the US, where emissions are projected to be 34% hi ...
Climate change and respiratory diseases
... multiple locations around the world [29]. The thunderstorm-related epidemics are limited to late spring and summer when there are high levels of airborne pollen grains. There is a close temporal association between the arrival of a thunderstorm, a major rise in concentration of pollen grains and the ...
... multiple locations around the world [29]. The thunderstorm-related epidemics are limited to late spring and summer when there are high levels of airborne pollen grains. There is a close temporal association between the arrival of a thunderstorm, a major rise in concentration of pollen grains and the ...
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... citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth’s fu ...
... citizens cannot be satisfied without significantly increasing global energy use, and CO2 emissions. Therefore, the author asserts that climate engineering and adaptation are preferable to mitigation, particularly since the science is less than adequate for making firm statements about the Earth’s fu ...
Climate Narratives: What is Modern about Traditional Ecological
... A number of features of the above narrative should be noted. The Inuit are communicating a blend of local knowledge and practice with the use of short stories (anecdotes), such as caribou hunters observing that some glacier-fed rivers no longer freeze over; the elder noticing that there was not enou ...
... A number of features of the above narrative should be noted. The Inuit are communicating a blend of local knowledge and practice with the use of short stories (anecdotes), such as caribou hunters observing that some glacier-fed rivers no longer freeze over; the elder noticing that there was not enou ...