ARTICLE Potential climate change impacts on temperate forest ecosystem processes
... complex and antagonistic interactions between multiple and simultaneously changing environmental factors (Frelich and Reich 2010; Fisichelli et al. 2012). For example, increases in productivity under elevated CO2 can be partially offset by reductions in productivity from warming-induced drought stre ...
... complex and antagonistic interactions between multiple and simultaneously changing environmental factors (Frelich and Reich 2010; Fisichelli et al. 2012). For example, increases in productivity under elevated CO2 can be partially offset by reductions in productivity from warming-induced drought stre ...
Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystem Change in the
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
On the relationship between personal experience, affect and risk perception: The case of climate change.
... (and in contrast to the affect-heuristic hypothesis), an alternative hypothesized causal relationship is one where more personal experience with extreme weather events leads to higher risk perceptions, which in turn, create (more) negative affective evaluations of climate change. A description of th ...
... (and in contrast to the affect-heuristic hypothesis), an alternative hypothesized causal relationship is one where more personal experience with extreme weather events leads to higher risk perceptions, which in turn, create (more) negative affective evaluations of climate change. A description of th ...
Final CHNEP Vulnerability Assessment.indd
... Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: Hurricanes within 50 miles of Fort Myers Figure 9: Intense Wildfires can burn Wetlands Figure 10: A new inlet (Charley Pass) Figure 11: Sea Level Rates (6000 years) Figure 12: Global Sea Level Rise 1860-2009 Figure 13: Charlotte Harbor Regiona ...
... Figure 7: Climate Change Drivers and Stressors Figure 8: Hurricanes within 50 miles of Fort Myers Figure 9: Intense Wildfires can burn Wetlands Figure 10: A new inlet (Charley Pass) Figure 11: Sea Level Rates (6000 years) Figure 12: Global Sea Level Rise 1860-2009 Figure 13: Charlotte Harbor Regiona ...
Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
WETLANDS, CARBON STORAGE, AND FUTURE CLIMATE
... Gulf coasts. There will be wetland losses where there is insufficient plant growth and sediment deposition to equal sea level rise and coastal or estuarine wetlands cannot migrate inland. This is a particular problem for deltaic systems such as the Mississippi Delta where sediment-trapping reservoir ...
... Gulf coasts. There will be wetland losses where there is insufficient plant growth and sediment deposition to equal sea level rise and coastal or estuarine wetlands cannot migrate inland. This is a particular problem for deltaic systems such as the Mississippi Delta where sediment-trapping reservoir ...
Coastal Evolution, Behaviour and Climate Change
... of long-term coastal change in Great Britain and elsewhere (McInnes et al, 20001). This research has established a wealth of information about coastal evolution and change since the last glacial maximum. Palaeo-environmental evidence can also help us understand more about past fluctuations of climat ...
... of long-term coastal change in Great Britain and elsewhere (McInnes et al, 20001). This research has established a wealth of information about coastal evolution and change since the last glacial maximum. Palaeo-environmental evidence can also help us understand more about past fluctuations of climat ...
on Clean Growth and Climate Change
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
... solutions, including with partners across North America. A number of provinces and territories have already joined or are exploring entry into regional and international efforts to reduce GHG emissions. ...
Proposed structure of synthese paper
... Stresses, such as climate change, the recent global financial crisis or globalization, ...
... Stresses, such as climate change, the recent global financial crisis or globalization, ...
Outlook on climate change adaptation in the Tropical Andes
... the entire Tropical Andes; hence the need for both mountain-specific adaptation measures relevant at the local level and specific adaptation plans for each different setting/case. Prudent water management and the development of sustainable water storage solutions should be considered. 4. Implement E ...
... the entire Tropical Andes; hence the need for both mountain-specific adaptation measures relevant at the local level and specific adaptation plans for each different setting/case. Prudent water management and the development of sustainable water storage solutions should be considered. 4. Implement E ...
Overpeck and Cole, 2006
... if radiative forcing changes gradually, the climate system is not likely to respond smoothly. These studies show that the climate system is capable of extremely rapid transitions and that this behavior is geographically and temporally widespread (2). Abrupt climate changes have been observed from No ...
... if radiative forcing changes gradually, the climate system is not likely to respond smoothly. These studies show that the climate system is capable of extremely rapid transitions and that this behavior is geographically and temporally widespread (2). Abrupt climate changes have been observed from No ...
Gauteng Climate Change Risk and vulnerability assessment
... Figure 1 Components of climate change impact and vulnerability ....................................... 10 Figure 2 Risk matrix of Likelihood versus Magnitude ........................................................... 12 Figure 3 CCAM dynamically downscaled projected changes in annual mean temperatu ...
... Figure 1 Components of climate change impact and vulnerability ....................................... 10 Figure 2 Risk matrix of Likelihood versus Magnitude ........................................................... 12 Figure 3 CCAM dynamically downscaled projected changes in annual mean temperatu ...
The Pacific Experience in Developing Policy and Legislation on
... and Cook Islands) or are currently in the process of doing so to reduce more effectively the risks to sustainable national development from multiple hazards or phenomena. An integrated approach takes into account the existing national and regional capacities to address these disaster and climate cha ...
... and Cook Islands) or are currently in the process of doing so to reduce more effectively the risks to sustainable national development from multiple hazards or phenomena. An integrated approach takes into account the existing national and regional capacities to address these disaster and climate cha ...
Come Rain or Shine - Integrating Climate Risk Management into
... limited access to capital, ecosystem degradation, disasters and conflicts – combine to exacerbate Africa’s vulnerability to climate variability and change. • Availability of climate information is limited in most African countries, and the quality is usually poor. • Competing priorities, and short- ...
... limited access to capital, ecosystem degradation, disasters and conflicts – combine to exacerbate Africa’s vulnerability to climate variability and change. • Availability of climate information is limited in most African countries, and the quality is usually poor. • Competing priorities, and short- ...
REPORTS A CLIMATIC DRIVER FOR ABRUPT MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION D
... These findings, coupled with evidence that mid-Holocene climate fluctuations may be linked to changes in solar activity (Magny and Haas 2004, Magny et al. 2006), raise again the potential of an important role for environmental change in this striking forest dynamic. Identification of the factors contro ...
... These findings, coupled with evidence that mid-Holocene climate fluctuations may be linked to changes in solar activity (Magny and Haas 2004, Magny et al. 2006), raise again the potential of an important role for environmental change in this striking forest dynamic. Identification of the factors contro ...
- Wiley Online Library
... annual cycle, as well as differences in the responses of each life stage to climate change. Projecting demographic responses to climate change can identify not only how populations will be affected by climate change but also indicate the demographic process(es) and specific mechanisms that may be re ...
... annual cycle, as well as differences in the responses of each life stage to climate change. Projecting demographic responses to climate change can identify not only how populations will be affected by climate change but also indicate the demographic process(es) and specific mechanisms that may be re ...
Luiza C. Campos Senior Lecturer, University College London Geoff
... The recent floods events in the UK highlight the vulnerability of infrastructure and essential services to disruption from natural hazards. The failure of wastewater infrastructure to withstand intense weather events demonstrates the need for new adaptation. Amongst the future impacts on the wastewa ...
... The recent floods events in the UK highlight the vulnerability of infrastructure and essential services to disruption from natural hazards. The failure of wastewater infrastructure to withstand intense weather events demonstrates the need for new adaptation. Amongst the future impacts on the wastewa ...
Contribution of oceanic and vegetation feedbacks to Holocene
... continents and oceans and the related land-sea temperature and pressure gradients. Their strength and the location of major monsoon precipitation, however, are also largely influenced by moist processes (Webster et al., 1998). Thus, each modification that has an impact on the hydrological cycle, ene ...
... continents and oceans and the related land-sea temperature and pressure gradients. Their strength and the location of major monsoon precipitation, however, are also largely influenced by moist processes (Webster et al., 1998). Thus, each modification that has an impact on the hydrological cycle, ene ...
The tipping point trend in climate change communication
... deepening metaphor simplifies a complex situation by emphasizing special or unacknowledged features, which might make a complicated pattern more understandable (p. 396). It is quite possible that this was the initial intention of Hansen’s (2005) tipping point warning of climate change. An extension m ...
... deepening metaphor simplifies a complex situation by emphasizing special or unacknowledged features, which might make a complicated pattern more understandable (p. 396). It is quite possible that this was the initial intention of Hansen’s (2005) tipping point warning of climate change. An extension m ...
Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and
... Some urban centers are undertaking actions to promote adaptation through city-wide initiatives to protect their infrastructures, and provide public funds to deal with natural disasters. Yet, adaptation actions that take climate change into consideration are occurring only on a limited basis, and ada ...
... Some urban centers are undertaking actions to promote adaptation through city-wide initiatives to protect their infrastructures, and provide public funds to deal with natural disasters. Yet, adaptation actions that take climate change into consideration are occurring only on a limited basis, and ada ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... nitrous oxide are currently at levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. ...
... nitrous oxide are currently at levels unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years. ...
Assessment of Health and Climate Preparedness (PDF)
... There are varying views of climate change by SCHSAC members, local public health (LPH) and the public. The Climate Change Adaptation Workgroup agreed that being sensitive to these views is important for developing appropriate messages and promoting planning for the protection of the health of the pu ...
... There are varying views of climate change by SCHSAC members, local public health (LPH) and the public. The Climate Change Adaptation Workgroup agreed that being sensitive to these views is important for developing appropriate messages and promoting planning for the protection of the health of the pu ...
Deceitful Tongues: Is Climate Change Denial A Crime?
... hurricanes, and more frequent and widespread fires. Without immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, climate change can only get worse. In the period since the issue of global warming was brought to the attention of the general public in the late 1980s, both the legislative and the executi ...
... hurricanes, and more frequent and widespread fires. Without immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions, climate change can only get worse. In the period since the issue of global warming was brought to the attention of the general public in the late 1980s, both the legislative and the executi ...
Climate, Ecosystems, and Resources in Eastern California
... human economy of East-Central California will probably be profoundly affected. What form will climate change take in this region? What will be the nature of ecosystem responses to climate change? How will particular plant and animal species respond? How will ecosystem changes affect services on whic ...
... human economy of East-Central California will probably be profoundly affected. What form will climate change take in this region? What will be the nature of ecosystem responses to climate change? How will particular plant and animal species respond? How will ecosystem changes affect services on whic ...