Climate Change and Agricultural Production
... extreme events that may occur due to climate change. Some of them—particularly more periods of warm nights, intense rainfall, and consecutive dry days—have severely affected Latin America and Caribbean in recent years: for example, intense rainfalls in Venezuela (1999, 2005); flooding in the pampas ...
... extreme events that may occur due to climate change. Some of them—particularly more periods of warm nights, intense rainfall, and consecutive dry days—have severely affected Latin America and Caribbean in recent years: for example, intense rainfalls in Venezuela (1999, 2005); flooding in the pampas ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the
... Rainfall in the district is very high compared with much of New South Wales. The Illawarra Escarpment has a strong influence on the spatial distribution of the region’s rainfall. New South Wales has become warmer over the past 100 years, with minimum temperatures increasing more than maxima. There h ...
... Rainfall in the district is very high compared with much of New South Wales. The Illawarra Escarpment has a strong influence on the spatial distribution of the region’s rainfall. New South Wales has become warmer over the past 100 years, with minimum temperatures increasing more than maxima. There h ...
The Perils of Modelling How Migration Responds to Climate Change
... climate change in order to craft effective policy. Though our emphasis is on the United States, the points we make about modeling and research needs apply to all affected countries. First, issues arise when studies on the cost of climate change fail to accurately incorporate the adaptive mechanisms ...
... climate change in order to craft effective policy. Though our emphasis is on the United States, the points we make about modeling and research needs apply to all affected countries. First, issues arise when studies on the cost of climate change fail to accurately incorporate the adaptive mechanisms ...
10. Adaptive Management Framework - Weconnect
... Given the need for timely responses at a large scale, involving many and varied stakeholders in joint action, the primary driver behind the framing of an adaptive approach is the need for shared agreement. This in turn drives the need for information to be sorted thoroughly in terms of timeframes an ...
... Given the need for timely responses at a large scale, involving many and varied stakeholders in joint action, the primary driver behind the framing of an adaptive approach is the need for shared agreement. This in turn drives the need for information to be sorted thoroughly in terms of timeframes an ...
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... western world. Unfortunately, however, this awareness is also often accompanied by a complete lack of understanding of how climate change is generated. People who are solely aware of climate change in broad terms often fail to understand causal relationships within the climate-change issue – and con ...
... western world. Unfortunately, however, this awareness is also often accompanied by a complete lack of understanding of how climate change is generated. People who are solely aware of climate change in broad terms often fail to understand causal relationships within the climate-change issue – and con ...
Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in
... longer periods will show biochemical variations at the cellular level. Heatwaves, which are likely to increase in severity due to the changing climate (Schar et al., 2004), may influence freshwater gastropods and mussels by affecting the release of the stressassociated enzymes (e.g., protein kinases) ...
... longer periods will show biochemical variations at the cellular level. Heatwaves, which are likely to increase in severity due to the changing climate (Schar et al., 2004), may influence freshwater gastropods and mussels by affecting the release of the stressassociated enzymes (e.g., protein kinases) ...
Integrating Climate Change into Invasive Species Risk Assessment
... the federal government, particularly in terms of risk assessment and risk management. Organized in partnership with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), representatives from several federal departments and agencies with regulatory functions attended the workshop. The CFIA conducts risk assess ...
... the federal government, particularly in terms of risk assessment and risk management. Organized in partnership with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), representatives from several federal departments and agencies with regulatory functions attended the workshop. The CFIA conducts risk assess ...
assessment report on climate change and its consequences
... An assessment of observed and expected climate changes and their impacts is an important component of an information system for the development of climate policy at national and international levels. An overview of such information at the international level is undertaken periodically by the Intergo ...
... An assessment of observed and expected climate changes and their impacts is an important component of an information system for the development of climate policy at national and international levels. An overview of such information at the international level is undertaken periodically by the Intergo ...
Braconnot et al. (2012) - Harvard John A. Paulson School of
... utility of combining model simulations and syntheses of palaeo environmental data to analyse the mechanisms of climate change. At the same time, the climate-modelling community was becoming increasingly aware that responses to changes in forcing were model dependent. The need to investigate this ph ...
... utility of combining model simulations and syntheses of palaeo environmental data to analyse the mechanisms of climate change. At the same time, the climate-modelling community was becoming increasingly aware that responses to changes in forcing were model dependent. The need to investigate this ph ...
Human Impacts on Climate: A Broader View than Reported in the
... (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing as ...
... (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing as ...
Keeping North Carolina`s Farms and Forests Vibrant and Resilient
... influences the structure and function of forest ecosystems and plays an essential role in forest health. A changing climate may amplify many of the threats to forests, such as pest outbreaks, fires, human development, and drought. Agencies and organizations around the nation have developed tools and o ...
... influences the structure and function of forest ecosystems and plays an essential role in forest health. A changing climate may amplify many of the threats to forests, such as pest outbreaks, fires, human development, and drought. Agencies and organizations around the nation have developed tools and o ...
Climate Change Risks and Supply Chain Responsibility
... What happens when floods, droughts or disease wipe out the crops of small-scale farmers? What does it mean for their livelihoods and food security, and for the wider community? And, where small-scale farmers are selling into global value chains, how do companies respond when adverse weather events a ...
... What happens when floods, droughts or disease wipe out the crops of small-scale farmers? What does it mean for their livelihoods and food security, and for the wider community? And, where small-scale farmers are selling into global value chains, how do companies respond when adverse weather events a ...
Identifying Critical Areas for Conservation: Biodiversity and Climate
... been victims of a disease caused by certain types of fungus. Recently, climatic changes in these areas have created more favorable conditions for the expansion of this fungus, hence placing these rare frogs under even more pressure (Pounds 2006). Models that demonstrate the intricacies of possible c ...
... been victims of a disease caused by certain types of fungus. Recently, climatic changes in these areas have created more favorable conditions for the expansion of this fungus, hence placing these rare frogs under even more pressure (Pounds 2006). Models that demonstrate the intricacies of possible c ...
Climate change and mammals: evolutionary
... forces of new competitors, predators, parasites and diseases will surely follow but, for the most part, remain undocumented. Vertebrate examples of phenological changes brought on by climate change involve primarily birds (Møller et al. 2010). Examples in mammals are fewer but important because, unl ...
... forces of new competitors, predators, parasites and diseases will surely follow but, for the most part, remain undocumented. Vertebrate examples of phenological changes brought on by climate change involve primarily birds (Møller et al. 2010). Examples in mammals are fewer but important because, unl ...
Agriculture and Climate: Short and Long-term Implications
... increasing global population. Within this context, an important question to be addressed by this study is: How can agriculture adapt to deal with the changes in climate that could be an obstacle to meet the future demand for food? One of the objectives of this study is the measurement of the conseq ...
... increasing global population. Within this context, an important question to be addressed by this study is: How can agriculture adapt to deal with the changes in climate that could be an obstacle to meet the future demand for food? One of the objectives of this study is the measurement of the conseq ...
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... age structure of a monoculture or strip-cutting fields such that natural enemies have a temporal refuge can improve in-field habitats for natural enemies. Larger-scale changes, such as integrating annual and perennial noncrop vegetation; increasing crop diversity within the field; or increasing farm ...
... age structure of a monoculture or strip-cutting fields such that natural enemies have a temporal refuge can improve in-field habitats for natural enemies. Larger-scale changes, such as integrating annual and perennial noncrop vegetation; increasing crop diversity within the field; or increasing farm ...
Community and ecosystem responses to recent climate change
... changes in climatic conditions should not be linearly extrapolated to future warming, but may level off at a certain point and effects other than those simply due to climate come into play. Hence, although there is ample evidence for phenological changes of plants and animals owing to recent climate ...
... changes in climatic conditions should not be linearly extrapolated to future warming, but may level off at a certain point and effects other than those simply due to climate come into play. Hence, although there is ample evidence for phenological changes of plants and animals owing to recent climate ...
HRM Climate SMART Community Action Guide to Climate Change
... The Nova Scotia Department of Energy is pleased to support the development of the Climate SMART community guide. We all have a role to play in helping slow climate change, and it's important that we learn how to deal with the effects of a changing climate on our environment. We can reduce greenhouse ...
... The Nova Scotia Department of Energy is pleased to support the development of the Climate SMART community guide. We all have a role to play in helping slow climate change, and it's important that we learn how to deal with the effects of a changing climate on our environment. We can reduce greenhouse ...
Peak energy and climate change: the double bind
... The strategy was to divert part of the wealth generated by economic growth to repair the worst effects of pollution. Alas, this did not address the fundamental problem: exponential growth generates emissions that cannot be absorbed by finite environmental sinks. The chicken is now coming home to roos ...
... The strategy was to divert part of the wealth generated by economic growth to repair the worst effects of pollution. Alas, this did not address the fundamental problem: exponential growth generates emissions that cannot be absorbed by finite environmental sinks. The chicken is now coming home to roos ...
Yesterday`s dinner, tomorrow`s weather, today`s news? US
... looking at the percentage of articles coded as substantially focused on food and climate change, small numbers motivated extending the comparison to the first fourteen analysis months v. the last fourteen (leaving one month in between). In the first half of the study, one article fit the criteria (0 ...
... looking at the percentage of articles coded as substantially focused on food and climate change, small numbers motivated extending the comparison to the first fourteen analysis months v. the last fourteen (leaving one month in between). In the first half of the study, one article fit the criteria (0 ...
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... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...
... As the Stern Review argues, human-induced global warming has the potential to generate very serious, large-scale and irreversible impacts. If the worst of these impacts are to be avoided, or at least minimised, urgent action is required to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In effect, it will be neces ...