Sailing through Changing Oceans
... challenges we are facing today, that is the impact of climate changes and the preservation of biodiversity, the polar regions are of very particular scientific interest. The jeopardised future of the polar bear with the reduction in the extent of Arctic sea ice is already well known. Yet, with a reg ...
... challenges we are facing today, that is the impact of climate changes and the preservation of biodiversity, the polar regions are of very particular scientific interest. The jeopardised future of the polar bear with the reduction in the extent of Arctic sea ice is already well known. Yet, with a reg ...
Acceleration technique for Milankovitch type forcing in a coupled
... survey is concerned with the middle to late Holocene, which can be considered as a relatively stable period, wherein rapid climate events were absent (Grootes et al. 1993, Clark et al. 2002). The temperature evolution of the Holocene is also important in light of recent climate change. The new third ...
... survey is concerned with the middle to late Holocene, which can be considered as a relatively stable period, wherein rapid climate events were absent (Grootes et al. 1993, Clark et al. 2002). The temperature evolution of the Holocene is also important in light of recent climate change. The new third ...
Ch7 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... The southern boundary of the circumpolar Arctic as defined in this chapter is the northern extent of the closed boreal forests (section 14.2.3).This is not a clear boundary but a transition from south to north consisting of the sequence: closed forest, forest with patches of tundra, tundra with patc ...
... The southern boundary of the circumpolar Arctic as defined in this chapter is the northern extent of the closed boreal forests (section 14.2.3).This is not a clear boundary but a transition from south to north consisting of the sequence: closed forest, forest with patches of tundra, tundra with patc ...
Guidance to the interaction between POPs and climate change and
... (2009) the boundary for colder water/warmer water species have moved north wards for plankton, benthos, fishes and pole wards for some sea mammals during the last 30 years with increasing temperatures in the surface layers of the north-eastern Atlantic. Immigration of temperate species of fish and s ...
... (2009) the boundary for colder water/warmer water species have moved north wards for plankton, benthos, fishes and pole wards for some sea mammals during the last 30 years with increasing temperatures in the surface layers of the north-eastern Atlantic. Immigration of temperate species of fish and s ...
BCS332 Module 9 - Members
... time. Climate change comes with multi-functional and complex physical impacts, such as evident rapid and global warming, thinning and melting sea ice, melting glaciers and thawing permafrost. There are new phenomena with many societal influences, such as rising sea level in oceans and other seas, an ...
... time. Climate change comes with multi-functional and complex physical impacts, such as evident rapid and global warming, thinning and melting sea ice, melting glaciers and thawing permafrost. There are new phenomena with many societal influences, such as rising sea level in oceans and other seas, an ...
Global Warming & Sea Level rise
... ecosystems to respond rapidly as the climate changes. – Warming allowing the spread of insects through our forests and prolonged drought making forests more susceptible to fires; – Warming of ocean and river waters, threatening survival of Pacific salmon, a cold water fish, by forcing it away from i ...
... ecosystems to respond rapidly as the climate changes. – Warming allowing the spread of insects through our forests and prolonged drought making forests more susceptible to fires; – Warming of ocean and river waters, threatening survival of Pacific salmon, a cold water fish, by forcing it away from i ...
Effects of sea surface warming on marine plankton
... phytoplankton have been largely explored in isolation and it remains unclear how they might interact, and what their cumulative effects on marine plankton communities may be. The physical effects of warming on stratification, nutrient supply and plankton abundance are typically explored at large sca ...
... phytoplankton have been largely explored in isolation and it remains unclear how they might interact, and what their cumulative effects on marine plankton communities may be. The physical effects of warming on stratification, nutrient supply and plankton abundance are typically explored at large sca ...
Climate change and the marine ecosystem of the western Antarctic
... certainty. There are two opposing hypotheses as to the cause of the recent warming, namely that the observed warming is a response to changed climate forcing (principally greenhouse gases), or that it reflects natural internal variability of the climate system. On a global scale, there is very stron ...
... certainty. There are two opposing hypotheses as to the cause of the recent warming, namely that the observed warming is a response to changed climate forcing (principally greenhouse gases), or that it reflects natural internal variability of the climate system. On a global scale, there is very stron ...
Assessment Report on the Potential Effects of Climate Change on
... and sea ice exchanges with neighboring regions. Sea ice thickness and concentrations of multi-year ice are decreasing especially along the slope and deeper offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and adjacent regions. These reductions are mainly a result of losses of older multi-year ice. There is also ...
... and sea ice exchanges with neighboring regions. Sea ice thickness and concentrations of multi-year ice are decreasing especially along the slope and deeper offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and adjacent regions. These reductions are mainly a result of losses of older multi-year ice. There is also ...
The Future of the Thermohaline Circulation – A
... from the Greenland ice sheet. They serve as model events although it should be noted that they are signals at a very remote and special location on the planet. Dansgaard et al. (1993) counted 24 of these abrupt events that are now referred to as Dansgaard/Oeschger (D/O) events. Their evolution bears ...
... from the Greenland ice sheet. They serve as model events although it should be noted that they are signals at a very remote and special location on the planet. Dansgaard et al. (1993) counted 24 of these abrupt events that are now referred to as Dansgaard/Oeschger (D/O) events. Their evolution bears ...
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... Global Climate Models (GCMs). In these downscaling experiments, GCMs provide lateral boundary data and sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice data for all sea areas of the model domain except for the Baltic Sea region, where atmosphere and ocean sub-models are interactively coupled. Compared to e ...
... Global Climate Models (GCMs). In these downscaling experiments, GCMs provide lateral boundary data and sea surface temperature (SST) and sea ice data for all sea areas of the model domain except for the Baltic Sea region, where atmosphere and ocean sub-models are interactively coupled. Compared to e ...
Links between early Holocene ice-sheet decay
... context of future ice-sheet–sea-level interactions. Despite its temporal proximity, this time period remains poorly studied. This is surprising, especially as rates of eustatic sea-level rise during this time (on the order of 1 cm yr–1 or more)1,2 fall well within the range of recent predictions f ...
... context of future ice-sheet–sea-level interactions. Despite its temporal proximity, this time period remains poorly studied. This is surprising, especially as rates of eustatic sea-level rise during this time (on the order of 1 cm yr–1 or more)1,2 fall well within the range of recent predictions f ...
Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of Earth`s
... melting of these glaciers affects seas and oceans. During the 20th century, sea level has risen approximately by 15 cm. Because of that the Mother Nature have putted our nation on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Global warming will affect us directly. If you are studying statistical data of weather cha ...
... melting of these glaciers affects seas and oceans. During the 20th century, sea level has risen approximately by 15 cm. Because of that the Mother Nature have putted our nation on the coast of the Baltic Sea, Global warming will affect us directly. If you are studying statistical data of weather cha ...
Glacial unloading: Forcings, responses and processes Larsen, C.F.
... changes in the polar and sub-polar regions where concentrations of coastal glaciers are found. A unique case study of such glacial unloading and attendant sea-level change is feasible in Glacier Bay, Alaska. At the end of the Little Ice Age a glacier system covering ~600 km2 rapidly retreated within ...
... changes in the polar and sub-polar regions where concentrations of coastal glaciers are found. A unique case study of such glacial unloading and attendant sea-level change is feasible in Glacier Bay, Alaska. At the end of the Little Ice Age a glacier system covering ~600 km2 rapidly retreated within ...
Boreal Forest and Climate Change
... no later than 2015 and must be reduced 50-85 per cent by 2050. However, with current climate change mitigation policies, greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow over the next few decades.18 In fact, global CO2 emissions are presently increasing at a rate exceeding those in IPCC’s highest emis ...
... no later than 2015 and must be reduced 50-85 per cent by 2050. However, with current climate change mitigation policies, greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow over the next few decades.18 In fact, global CO2 emissions are presently increasing at a rate exceeding those in IPCC’s highest emis ...
Article - Cgd Ucar
... Received: 9 July 2010 / Accepted: 21 December 2010 Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
... Received: 9 July 2010 / Accepted: 21 December 2010 Ó The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com ...
Progress in Oceanography
... Weaver and Hillaire-Marcel, 2004). Therefore, detection and monitoring climate change of the Arctic have become a very important and active area of research in recent years (e.g. Rothrock et al., 1999; Hilmer and Lemke, 2000; Hansen et al., 2001; Peterson et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2002; Curry et ...
... Weaver and Hillaire-Marcel, 2004). Therefore, detection and monitoring climate change of the Arctic have become a very important and active area of research in recent years (e.g. Rothrock et al., 1999; Hilmer and Lemke, 2000; Hansen et al., 2001; Peterson et al., 2002; Dickson et al., 2002; Curry et ...
Petition to the World Heritage Committee
... outstanding universal values of World Heritage Sites most vulnerable to global warming – high latitude and altitude glaciers and low-elevation sites threatened by sea level rise – by advancing strategies to reduce emissions of the global warming pollutant black carbon. Recent scientific studies iden ...
... outstanding universal values of World Heritage Sites most vulnerable to global warming – high latitude and altitude glaciers and low-elevation sites threatened by sea level rise – by advancing strategies to reduce emissions of the global warming pollutant black carbon. Recent scientific studies iden ...
Examining climate-biome - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... As in any clustering of this nature, some categories are relatively similar to one another, and some are extremely distinct. Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and ...
... As in any clustering of this nature, some categories are relatively similar to one another, and some are extremely distinct. Fig. 2 illustrates the relative distances (i.e., differences) in climate conditions between all possible pairings of cluster medoids, standardized to a range between zero and ...
Climate Change in Kivalina, Alaska
... decades, but rather in years, months, or even hours. Elders talk about camping on thick shelves of sea ice; an astounding change when compared with the thin ice typical today. Kivalina’s youth are in many ways just as insightful, a lot of change has occurred just within the span of their lives. Stor ...
... decades, but rather in years, months, or even hours. Elders talk about camping on thick shelves of sea ice; an astounding change when compared with the thin ice typical today. Kivalina’s youth are in many ways just as insightful, a lot of change has occurred just within the span of their lives. Stor ...
The Climate Change Generation?
... Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans American adults under the age of 35 have come of age in the decades since WKH´GLVFRYHU\µRIPDQmade climate change as a major societal problem. The oldest of this cohort was twelve in 1988, when NASA climate scientist James Hansen te ...
... Survey Analysis of the Perceptions and Beliefs of Young Americans American adults under the age of 35 have come of age in the decades since WKH´GLVFRYHU\µRIPDQmade climate change as a major societal problem. The oldest of this cohort was twelve in 1988, when NASA climate scientist James Hansen te ...
Boreal and temperate snow cover variations
... the atmospheric feedbacks. These experiments do not take into account the feedbacks induced by the interactions between ocean and atmosphere as they were conducted with prescribed sea surface temperatures. Climate change by the mid-21st century could also cause biomass burning activity (forest fires ...
... the atmospheric feedbacks. These experiments do not take into account the feedbacks induced by the interactions between ocean and atmosphere as they were conducted with prescribed sea surface temperatures. Climate change by the mid-21st century could also cause biomass burning activity (forest fires ...
Climate change and the northern Russian treeline zone
... The Russian treeline is a dynamic ecotone typified by steep gradients in summer temperature and regionally variable gradients in albedo and heat flux. The location of the treeline is largely controlled by summer temperatures and growing season length. Temperatures have responded strongly to twentiet ...
... The Russian treeline is a dynamic ecotone typified by steep gradients in summer temperature and regionally variable gradients in albedo and heat flux. The location of the treeline is largely controlled by summer temperatures and growing season length. Temperatures have responded strongly to twentiet ...
Interannual variability of plant phenology in tussock tundra
... We present a linked model of plant productivity, plant phenology, snowmelt and soil thaw in order to estimate interannual variability of arctic plant phenology and its effects on plant productivity. The model is tested using 8 years of soil temperature data, and three years of bud break data of Betu ...
... We present a linked model of plant productivity, plant phenology, snowmelt and soil thaw in order to estimate interannual variability of arctic plant phenology and its effects on plant productivity. The model is tested using 8 years of soil temperature data, and three years of bud break data of Betu ...
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... melt because of increasing air temperature, sea level rises because of freshwater mass input to the oceans. Modification of the land hydrological cycle due to climate variability and anthropogenic forcing leads accordingly to increased or decreased runoff, and ultimately to sea level change. Change i ...
... melt because of increasing air temperature, sea level rises because of freshwater mass input to the oceans. Modification of the land hydrological cycle due to climate variability and anthropogenic forcing leads accordingly to increased or decreased runoff, and ultimately to sea level change. Change i ...