The impacts of climate change on the abundance and
... Simulated population totals (all life stages) were normalized across the entire data set, and means were generated per corresponding RCP and timeframe (i.e., these are averages of the results of the D. suzukii model, run for the different climate models). From these consensus maps, we see that the 2 ...
... Simulated population totals (all life stages) were normalized across the entire data set, and means were generated per corresponding RCP and timeframe (i.e., these are averages of the results of the D. suzukii model, run for the different climate models). From these consensus maps, we see that the 2 ...
Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Scientific
... of the summer of 2003 are estimated to have been 75% due to human influence. Increased temperatures worsen drought conditions. Precipitation events are getting more severe due to climate change. Harder rainfall and shifts in rainfall patterns mean both increased likelihood of flash flooding and drou ...
... of the summer of 2003 are estimated to have been 75% due to human influence. Increased temperatures worsen drought conditions. Precipitation events are getting more severe due to climate change. Harder rainfall and shifts in rainfall patterns mean both increased likelihood of flash flooding and drou ...
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... 1.2 Review of related literature on climate variability and change and agriculture in Kenya Climate change is arguably the most important challenge facing African countries, largely due to their geographic exposure (the geographical location of most African countries on the lower latitudes), low inc ...
... 1.2 Review of related literature on climate variability and change and agriculture in Kenya Climate change is arguably the most important challenge facing African countries, largely due to their geographic exposure (the geographical location of most African countries on the lower latitudes), low inc ...
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... demand and changes in demand for public services. The first two are considerably larger than other impacts and affect sectors of the economy which generate high added value. Consistently with changes in tourism flows, the demand for market services increases in colder regions where the climate becom ...
... demand and changes in demand for public services. The first two are considerably larger than other impacts and affect sectors of the economy which generate high added value. Consistently with changes in tourism flows, the demand for market services increases in colder regions where the climate becom ...
Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on food
... events such as droughts, heat waves and flooding in recent years. Climate change projections for the coming decades make it likely that there will be a further increase in such extreme weather events. Additionally, water scarcity is expected to become an important challenge to EU Member States aroun ...
... events such as droughts, heat waves and flooding in recent years. Climate change projections for the coming decades make it likely that there will be a further increase in such extreme weather events. Additionally, water scarcity is expected to become an important challenge to EU Member States aroun ...
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... behavior (and conversely, given the feedbacks between localized climate and production). As Earth heads toward temperature increases of 1.5 ◦ C by 2100 (relative to 1850-1900), climate models predict warmer and more frequent “hot” days, warmer and fewer “cold” days, expanses in areas prone to drough ...
... behavior (and conversely, given the feedbacks between localized climate and production). As Earth heads toward temperature increases of 1.5 ◦ C by 2100 (relative to 1850-1900), climate models predict warmer and more frequent “hot” days, warmer and fewer “cold” days, expanses in areas prone to drough ...
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... human health (MEA, 2005). This, in turn, has led to an increasing number of scientific studies focusing on the mapping and identification of the scale of climate change impacts on ecosystem performance and the respective provisioning of ecosystem goods and services. More recently, accompanying studi ...
... human health (MEA, 2005). This, in turn, has led to an increasing number of scientific studies focusing on the mapping and identification of the scale of climate change impacts on ecosystem performance and the respective provisioning of ecosystem goods and services. More recently, accompanying studi ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wheat Production
... Total annual precipitation and extreme precipitation events are likely to increase across much of the United States with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. IPCC projects an increase in annual global precipitation of 5 to 25% which is directly related to an increase in atmospheric water vapor ...
... Total annual precipitation and extreme precipitation events are likely to increase across much of the United States with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. IPCC projects an increase in annual global precipitation of 5 to 25% which is directly related to an increase in atmospheric water vapor ...
Bellingham Climate Adaptation Plan - Bellingham
... snowpack, the Middle Fork (MF) of the Nooksack River, which augments water supply, will likely see a fundamental change in streamflow regime, with higher winter flows followed by lower summer flows. Summer stream flows are projected to decrease by 8.6%-15.7% in the coming decades (Donnell, 2007). Th ...
... snowpack, the Middle Fork (MF) of the Nooksack River, which augments water supply, will likely see a fundamental change in streamflow regime, with higher winter flows followed by lower summer flows. Summer stream flows are projected to decrease by 8.6%-15.7% in the coming decades (Donnell, 2007). Th ...
Future climate change projections for the Latin American region
... To the east of the Andes, Northeast Brazil exhibits large interannual rainfall variability, with a slight decrease since the 1970s (Marengo et al. 2013). Droughts in this region (e.g. 1983, 1987, 1998) have been associated with El Niño and/or a warmer Tropical North Atlantic Ocean. However, not all ...
... To the east of the Andes, Northeast Brazil exhibits large interannual rainfall variability, with a slight decrease since the 1970s (Marengo et al. 2013). Droughts in this region (e.g. 1983, 1987, 1998) have been associated with El Niño and/or a warmer Tropical North Atlantic Ocean. However, not all ...
Rising vulnerability in the global food system: environmental pressures and climate change
... agriculture to cope with a changing climate in an already pressured ecological environment that will be subject to further demands. Recall that in the four decades leading to 2050, global food supply must rise 70 percent to meet the population’s dietary needs, and that the increase needed in develop ...
... agriculture to cope with a changing climate in an already pressured ecological environment that will be subject to further demands. Recall that in the four decades leading to 2050, global food supply must rise 70 percent to meet the population’s dietary needs, and that the increase needed in develop ...
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... farms on plants and animals and the systems in which they are managed. These effects alter livelihoods in rural areas directly and urban areas indirectly. International markets transmit the effects of climate change elsewhere and can affect local food security, both for better and worse, by altering ...
... farms on plants and animals and the systems in which they are managed. These effects alter livelihoods in rural areas directly and urban areas indirectly. International markets transmit the effects of climate change elsewhere and can affect local food security, both for better and worse, by altering ...
Frequency of wet and dry soil conditions in Tasmanian beef and
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
... Climate is an important driver of pasture production and the intra-annual variability in climate results in different patterns of pasture production which needs to be managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia h ...
climatic adaptation of coastal communities on the southwest of taiwan
... has risen by 1.32C. The amount of rainfall has become greater and more concentrated from June to August. People in Taiwan experience from floods and drought that are caused by this increase in temperature. To elucidate the adaptation of Taiwan’s communities to climate change, the current study used ...
... has risen by 1.32C. The amount of rainfall has become greater and more concentrated from June to August. People in Taiwan experience from floods and drought that are caused by this increase in temperature. To elucidate the adaptation of Taiwan’s communities to climate change, the current study used ...
Assessing global biome exposure to climate change through the
... Mean, maximum and minimum temperatures are projected to increase across the entire globe in the A1B greenhouse gas emission scenario with respect to 0 cal bp (Fig. 1). Modelled mH maximum and mean temperatures are higher in the Northern Hemisphere than 0 cal bp. Maximum and mean temperatures are low ...
... Mean, maximum and minimum temperatures are projected to increase across the entire globe in the A1B greenhouse gas emission scenario with respect to 0 cal bp (Fig. 1). Modelled mH maximum and mean temperatures are higher in the Northern Hemisphere than 0 cal bp. Maximum and mean temperatures are low ...
high confidence
... [low confidence, limited evidence, low agreement], assuming no change in emissions, but the implications for future particulate pollution (which is more health-damaging) are very uncertain Higher temperatures may have affected trends in ground level tropospheric ozone [low confidence] Climate change ...
... [low confidence, limited evidence, low agreement], assuming no change in emissions, but the implications for future particulate pollution (which is more health-damaging) are very uncertain Higher temperatures may have affected trends in ground level tropospheric ozone [low confidence] Climate change ...
From Words to Facts: Acting on climate change
... Droughts can also be caused by climatic phenomenon such as El Niño, [hich is accompanied by lack of rain in various parts of the [orld ...
... Droughts can also be caused by climatic phenomenon such as El Niño, [hich is accompanied by lack of rain in various parts of the [orld ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... Volume 1: National Scoping Study for cities of Mongolia in Climate Change; Volume 2: Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Ulaanbaatar city; Volume 3: Green House Gas Emission from Ulaanbaatar city. The Executive Summary is a synthesis of above 3 volumes and has 5 sections that ...
... Volume 1: National Scoping Study for cities of Mongolia in Climate Change; Volume 2: Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment for Ulaanbaatar city; Volume 3: Green House Gas Emission from Ulaanbaatar city. The Executive Summary is a synthesis of above 3 volumes and has 5 sections that ...
Chapter 3 - UCLA: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
... • Ocean: density depends on temperature (warmer= less dense, e.g. sea level rise by warming) & salinity (saltier= more dense). • Thermal circulations (Fig. 3.5): warm atmospheric column has low pressure near the surface and high pressure aloft relative to pressure at same height in a neighboring col ...
... • Ocean: density depends on temperature (warmer= less dense, e.g. sea level rise by warming) & salinity (saltier= more dense). • Thermal circulations (Fig. 3.5): warm atmospheric column has low pressure near the surface and high pressure aloft relative to pressure at same height in a neighboring col ...
Climate change and livestock production in Ethiopia
... and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly affected livestock yields (Adams et al., 1998). According to Coffey (2008), livestock production is doubly impacted by cl ...
... and disease incidence (Coffey, 2008). Thus, changes in climatic factors such as temperature, precipitation and the frequency and severity of extreme events like droughts directly affected livestock yields (Adams et al., 1998). According to Coffey (2008), livestock production is doubly impacted by cl ...
Harley b/l - CalCOFI.org
... Helmuth et al. 2002), and high-frequency interannual oscillations such as El Niño Southern Oscillation events (Jones et al. 2001). These oscillations provide natural “experiments” that can serve as proxies for studying the impacts of long-term, nonoscillatory trends such as those predicted by anthro ...
... Helmuth et al. 2002), and high-frequency interannual oscillations such as El Niño Southern Oscillation events (Jones et al. 2001). These oscillations provide natural “experiments” that can serve as proxies for studying the impacts of long-term, nonoscillatory trends such as those predicted by anthro ...
Climate Change in Hamilton City, New Zealand - UN
... in summer months in particular is expected to increase, heating demand during the winter is very likely to decrease. Even in the summer when electricity demand is high, modeling results show that it is unlikely to exceed supply capacity22. Moreover, local temperature predictions under all IPCC scena ...
... in summer months in particular is expected to increase, heating demand during the winter is very likely to decrease. Even in the summer when electricity demand is high, modeling results show that it is unlikely to exceed supply capacity22. Moreover, local temperature predictions under all IPCC scena ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. Global climate models (GCMs) predict increases in global temperatures of 1.4 °C–4.5 °C during 1990–21 ...
... ultimately animal) communities. Global average temperatures have increased by approximately 0.7 °C in the past century [1], most likely due to anthropogenic emissions related to fossil fuel burning. Global climate models (GCMs) predict increases in global temperatures of 1.4 °C–4.5 °C during 1990–21 ...
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 ...
Caribbean Marine Climate Change Report Card 2017
... (10-32 inches) over the coming century, but higher increases exceeding a metre are possible. In the northern Caribbean, sea level rise could be 25% higher than the global average due to other physical factors affecting land elevation. This projected rise in sea level and severe storms is likely to i ...
... (10-32 inches) over the coming century, but higher increases exceeding a metre are possible. In the northern Caribbean, sea level rise could be 25% higher than the global average due to other physical factors affecting land elevation. This projected rise in sea level and severe storms is likely to i ...