Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory
... approach to calculate water depth and daily temperature cycles in containers differing in size, catchment and degree of shading to assess habitat suitability for the aquatic life cycle phase. We also develop a method to predict the potential climatic impacts on the evolutionary response of traits li ...
... approach to calculate water depth and daily temperature cycles in containers differing in size, catchment and degree of shading to assess habitat suitability for the aquatic life cycle phase. We also develop a method to predict the potential climatic impacts on the evolutionary response of traits li ...
Integrating biophysical models and evolutionary theory to
... approach to calculate water depth and daily temperature cycles in containers differing in size, catchment and degree of shading to assess habitat suitability for the aquatic life cycle phase. We also develop a method to predict the potential climatic impacts on the evolutionary response of traits li ...
... approach to calculate water depth and daily temperature cycles in containers differing in size, catchment and degree of shading to assess habitat suitability for the aquatic life cycle phase. We also develop a method to predict the potential climatic impacts on the evolutionary response of traits li ...
The Structure of Economic Modeling of the Potential Impacts
... the climate models, fall far short of capturing the scale and nature of what might happen to lives and livelihoods. Scientists are keenly aware of these issues and are actively working on them. This paper is primarily addressed to economists. The economic models, which build on the science models, a ...
... the climate models, fall far short of capturing the scale and nature of what might happen to lives and livelihoods. Scientists are keenly aware of these issues and are actively working on them. This paper is primarily addressed to economists. The economic models, which build on the science models, a ...
Future Climate: Projected Average
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
... Southwest and is closely related to Chapter 7, which is concerned with the implications of climate change on shorter period phenomena, especially extreme events. The projections derive from the outcomes of several global climate models, and associated “downscaled” regional climate simulations, using ...
NRDC: Killer Summer Heat - Projected Death Toll from Rising
... findings to make them more accessible to a general audience. The data presented here have been reviewed by one of the WCS paper’s authors, Dr. Larry Kalkstein, Senior Professor of Geography and Regional Studies, at the University of Miami, to confirm that the original paper’s findings are accurately ...
... findings to make them more accessible to a general audience. The data presented here have been reviewed by one of the WCS paper’s authors, Dr. Larry Kalkstein, Senior Professor of Geography and Regional Studies, at the University of Miami, to confirm that the original paper’s findings are accurately ...
Climate change and animal health in Africa
... precipitation for the 21st Century vary but, irrespective of this uncertainty, future annual warming is expected to be highest in the interior of the semi-arid regions of Saharan and central southern Africa, resulting in desertification. Future changes in rainfall are more uncertain (5, 16). Despite ...
... precipitation for the 21st Century vary but, irrespective of this uncertainty, future annual warming is expected to be highest in the interior of the semi-arid regions of Saharan and central southern Africa, resulting in desertification. Future changes in rainfall are more uncertain (5, 16). Despite ...
Changing weather and climate in Northern Ghana
... Efforts to use meteorological data to examine the localscale impacts of climate variability and change have faced important challenges in developing countries (arguably where the need is greatest) due to a lack of long-term, reliable in situ meteorological records (Watson et al. 1998) For example, t ...
... Efforts to use meteorological data to examine the localscale impacts of climate variability and change have faced important challenges in developing countries (arguably where the need is greatest) due to a lack of long-term, reliable in situ meteorological records (Watson et al. 1998) For example, t ...
INFLUENCE OF LONG- AND SHORT
... in both the summer and winter seasons for past 100 years show the presence of two large waves in temperature decreases during the summer time (1920s–1930s and 1970s–1980s) and coincident with them were temperature increases during the winter seasons. Klimenko (1992) explains these by finding that si ...
... in both the summer and winter seasons for past 100 years show the presence of two large waves in temperature decreases during the summer time (1920s–1930s and 1970s–1980s) and coincident with them were temperature increases during the winter seasons. Klimenko (1992) explains these by finding that si ...
Climate Change mitigation via Afforestation, Reforestation and
... policy regulations are necessary, especially for the post-Kyoto process. ...
... policy regulations are necessary, especially for the post-Kyoto process. ...
The Changing Himalayas - India Environment Portal
... 0.74 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years. Changes in precipitation are ambiguous with both increasing and decreasing trends in different parts of the region. The most serious changes are probably related to the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as high intense rainfalls lea ...
... 0.74 degrees Celsius over the last 100 years. Changes in precipitation are ambiguous with both increasing and decreasing trends in different parts of the region. The most serious changes are probably related to the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, such as high intense rainfalls lea ...
Future Climate Impact on the Desertification in the Dry Land Asia
... clear that the degradation has led to the creation of desert-like conditions [7]. Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed in most of Asia over the past century, but there is much uncertainty in future precipitation; this is critical because water scarcity is expected to ...
... clear that the degradation has led to the creation of desert-like conditions [7]. Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed in most of Asia over the past century, but there is much uncertainty in future precipitation; this is critical because water scarcity is expected to ...
The African Climate Solution Unlocking Africa`s Potential in the
... rural poverty and environmental degradation, which have impeded development in much of Africa, while at the same time addressing the local threat of climate change and the global need for mitigation measures. First, climate change is increasingly recognized as a challenge to development, particularl ...
... rural poverty and environmental degradation, which have impeded development in much of Africa, while at the same time addressing the local threat of climate change and the global need for mitigation measures. First, climate change is increasingly recognized as a challenge to development, particularl ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... can potentially interact to increase the extent or severity of environmental degradation. Our analysis is focused on three types of interaction: (1) aggregation, in which regime shifts may co-occur in contiguous areas, which may lead to large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes ...
... can potentially interact to increase the extent or severity of environmental degradation. Our analysis is focused on three types of interaction: (1) aggregation, in which regime shifts may co-occur in contiguous areas, which may lead to large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes ...
Adaptation to changing water resources in the Ganges basin
... the area of ice starts to decline, in the long-term, the volume of water produced will decline, ultimately to a level related solely to the amount of future precipitation as the effect of the deglaciation discharge dividend is removed (Collins, 2008). Assessing the 3-D geometry of glaciers remains a ...
... the area of ice starts to decline, in the long-term, the volume of water produced will decline, ultimately to a level related solely to the amount of future precipitation as the effect of the deglaciation discharge dividend is removed (Collins, 2008). Assessing the 3-D geometry of glaciers remains a ...
Chapter One - Brookings Institution
... and heat waves. Water managers have always made decisions about the design and operations of water systems, reservoirs, and treatment plants without perfect information. They have not known how fast their community would grow, how much economic growth or contraction would occur in their area, or how ...
... and heat waves. Water managers have always made decisions about the design and operations of water systems, reservoirs, and treatment plants without perfect information. They have not known how fast their community would grow, how much economic growth or contraction would occur in their area, or how ...
climate change risks
... According to climate modelling by CSIRO and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by 2070 our climate will be warmer; with annual average temperatures expected to increase by three to four degrees and the annual number of days above 35oC will double from the current 28 days to an alarming 56 da ...
... According to climate modelling by CSIRO and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, by 2070 our climate will be warmer; with annual average temperatures expected to increase by three to four degrees and the annual number of days above 35oC will double from the current 28 days to an alarming 56 da ...
Gulf Coast Wetland Sustainability in a Changing Climate
... also contribute to subsidence. In effect, sea-level rise adds to the rate of subsidence as the sea surface rises relative to the land. In order for wetland elevation to remain stable or to rise, therefore, the rate of soil accretion must equal or exceed the combined rates of natural and human-induce ...
... also contribute to subsidence. In effect, sea-level rise adds to the rate of subsidence as the sea surface rises relative to the land. In order for wetland elevation to remain stable or to rise, therefore, the rate of soil accretion must equal or exceed the combined rates of natural and human-induce ...
Climate change in New Brunswick (Canada): statistical downscaling
... by 4 to 5 ºC, with central regions warmer more than the most northerly and southerly regions of the province. A warmer New Brunswick climate will have significant effects on the abundance, diversity, and distribution of aquatic species inhabiting New Brunswick streams and rivers and alter the charac ...
... by 4 to 5 ºC, with central regions warmer more than the most northerly and southerly regions of the province. A warmer New Brunswick climate will have significant effects on the abundance, diversity, and distribution of aquatic species inhabiting New Brunswick streams and rivers and alter the charac ...
An overview of regional land-use and land
... Growing season dynamics are changed with conversion to agriculture. With short-grass steppe featuring a mixture of cooland warm-season grasses, photosynthesis occurs during the entire growing season and peak biomass occurs in early summer (Paruelo et al., 2001). In contrast, croplands have one domin ...
... Growing season dynamics are changed with conversion to agriculture. With short-grass steppe featuring a mixture of cooland warm-season grasses, photosynthesis occurs during the entire growing season and peak biomass occurs in early summer (Paruelo et al., 2001). In contrast, croplands have one domin ...
Impacts of Climate Change
... extremes and excursions. Scientists largely agree on how some of this variance will play out; higher latitudes, for example, are likely to experience more extreme change than the tropics. Likewise, there will also be an increase in the variability of weather patterns globally—more frequent and more ...
... extremes and excursions. Scientists largely agree on how some of this variance will play out; higher latitudes, for example, are likely to experience more extreme change than the tropics. Likewise, there will also be an increase in the variability of weather patterns globally—more frequent and more ...
Observations On Environmental Change in South Africa
... of environmental changes in South Africa with Johan Pauw, who saw the relevance and necessity for such a book and its value for promoting the work of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), especially amongst politicians and decision makers, who by the nature of their work may n ...
... of environmental changes in South Africa with Johan Pauw, who saw the relevance and necessity for such a book and its value for promoting the work of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), especially amongst politicians and decision makers, who by the nature of their work may n ...
Document
... In north-east Kenya, nomadic pastoralism has, over the centuries, been shaped by unpredictable weather patterns and regular drought. It is therefore already well adapted to its environment and many still argue that it is the only viable way of life in the region. But unless decisive action is taken ...
... In north-east Kenya, nomadic pastoralism has, over the centuries, been shaped by unpredictable weather patterns and regular drought. It is therefore already well adapted to its environment and many still argue that it is the only viable way of life in the region. But unless decisive action is taken ...
... Growing season dynamics are changed with conversion to agriculture. With short-grass steppe featuring a mixture of cooland warm-season grasses, photosynthesis occurs during the entire growing season and peak biomass occurs in early summer (Paruelo et al., 2001). In contrast, croplands have one domin ...
Simulations show decreasing carbon stocks and potential for carbon
... and precipitation remain uncertain, and these boundaries are commonly where AOGCM projections disagree (Christensen et al. 2007). Confidence in these estimates is higher for some climate variables than for others (e.g., temperature vs. precipitation [Randall et al. 2007]). Because of the importance o ...
... and precipitation remain uncertain, and these boundaries are commonly where AOGCM projections disagree (Christensen et al. 2007). Confidence in these estimates is higher for some climate variables than for others (e.g., temperature vs. precipitation [Randall et al. 2007]). Because of the importance o ...
- White Rose Research Online
... Skill was assessed here using a set of metrics chosen to be in agreement with impacts and climate literature, and to be easily interpretable in both contexts. We divided skill in climate models in two different aspects: (1) mean climate, and (2) interannual variability. Although there are many measu ...
... Skill was assessed here using a set of metrics chosen to be in agreement with impacts and climate literature, and to be easily interpretable in both contexts. We divided skill in climate models in two different aspects: (1) mean climate, and (2) interannual variability. Although there are many measu ...