Climate Change Effects on Avian Migration
... 2007). In an analysis concerning several phenophases across Europe, Menzel & al (2006) found an advance of 2.5 days per decade, matching the recent rising temperature trends. Differences in phenological responses between interacting species are also of concern (Harrington et al. 1999); for example b ...
... 2007). In an analysis concerning several phenophases across Europe, Menzel & al (2006) found an advance of 2.5 days per decade, matching the recent rising temperature trends. Differences in phenological responses between interacting species are also of concern (Harrington et al. 1999); for example b ...
Uncertainties of Climate Change in Arid Environments of Central Asia
... It is extremely difficult to draw a clear boundary between local and regional responses to global climate change and the trends caused by local land use changes, such as massive irrigation, overgrazing, and the consequent desertification processes. The Central Asian deserts are not pristine environm ...
... It is extremely difficult to draw a clear boundary between local and regional responses to global climate change and the trends caused by local land use changes, such as massive irrigation, overgrazing, and the consequent desertification processes. The Central Asian deserts are not pristine environm ...
Projected Changes in Extreme Weather and Climate Events in Europe
... Introduction Extreme weather and climate events have wide ranging impacts on society as well as on biophysical systems. In 2003 for example there were several noteworthy events across Europe, including annual temperature anomalies of 1 – 2 °C over Central and Western Europe, prolonged summer drought ...
... Introduction Extreme weather and climate events have wide ranging impacts on society as well as on biophysical systems. In 2003 for example there were several noteworthy events across Europe, including annual temperature anomalies of 1 – 2 °C over Central and Western Europe, prolonged summer drought ...
Global scale climate–crop yield relationships and the impacts of
... in yield response to CO2 , challenges model assessments that suggest global CO2 benefits will exceed temperature related losses up to ∼2◦ warming (1). Potential impacts of temperature increases may have also been countered by adaptation measures taken by farmers, such as changes in planting dates or ...
... in yield response to CO2 , challenges model assessments that suggest global CO2 benefits will exceed temperature related losses up to ∼2◦ warming (1). Potential impacts of temperature increases may have also been countered by adaptation measures taken by farmers, such as changes in planting dates or ...
wright08 climate ci - Library
... Our preliminary analyses of these long term databases from Ranomafana National Park show that climate and adult forest tree productivity may be closely linked. The accumulated data from Ranomafana suggests that changing global weather cycles may compound with deforestation and hunting to speed the ...
... Our preliminary analyses of these long term databases from Ranomafana National Park show that climate and adult forest tree productivity may be closely linked. The accumulated data from Ranomafana suggests that changing global weather cycles may compound with deforestation and hunting to speed the ...
Toast: climate change and the Right to Food May 2015
... potential for agriculture in some areas. ‘Slow onset events’ include rising temperatures, desertification, salinization of soils, sea level rise, and ocean acidification. 31,32 As ambient temperatures rise, soils hold less moisture. Coupled with changing rainfall patterns and an overall decrease in ...
... potential for agriculture in some areas. ‘Slow onset events’ include rising temperatures, desertification, salinization of soils, sea level rise, and ocean acidification. 31,32 As ambient temperatures rise, soils hold less moisture. Coupled with changing rainfall patterns and an overall decrease in ...
Current Extreme Weather and Climate Change
... human influences are consistent with observed global trends in heat waves, warm days and nights, and frost days over the last four decades.13 Human influence has also been shown to have contributed to the increase of heavy precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere.14 Extreme weather events do not h ...
... human influences are consistent with observed global trends in heat waves, warm days and nights, and frost days over the last four decades.13 Human influence has also been shown to have contributed to the increase of heavy precipitation over the Northern Hemisphere.14 Extreme weather events do not h ...
Building ecosystem resilience for climate change adaptation in the
... is far from definitive, there are several regions of concern. In the eastern Himalaya, large-scale vegetation shifts have been reported with meadows transforming into shrublands at some of the most rapid rates observed in the world.16 These changes will likely reduce the capacity of local ecosystems ...
... is far from definitive, there are several regions of concern. In the eastern Himalaya, large-scale vegetation shifts have been reported with meadows transforming into shrublands at some of the most rapid rates observed in the world.16 These changes will likely reduce the capacity of local ecosystems ...
Response to reviewer 1
... and fishing pressure the interactions of different pressures should be studied using statistical techniques such as the Hedges-d method: this was applied in Griffith et al. (2012) with respect to ocean warming, ocean acidification and fishing pressure in Australian marine waters. They showed that in ...
... and fishing pressure the interactions of different pressures should be studied using statistical techniques such as the Hedges-d method: this was applied in Griffith et al. (2012) with respect to ocean warming, ocean acidification and fishing pressure in Australian marine waters. They showed that in ...
Centre for Earth System Dynamics
... • Run HadCM3 on a cluster. Allows community to develop experience and explore a variety of problems. – HadCM3 no longer “state-of-the-art” but still a good model and on a cluster will allow us to explore 1000 year timescales. ...
... • Run HadCM3 on a cluster. Allows community to develop experience and explore a variety of problems. – HadCM3 no longer “state-of-the-art” but still a good model and on a cluster will allow us to explore 1000 year timescales. ...
Hotte, Martin - Transportation Association of Canada
... Since the end of the 19th century, the Earth’s climate has changed. The average world temperature has increased by 0.6° C, which represents one of the fastest temperature increases that our planet has ever experienced. We now know that the major part of this temperature increase is primarily due to ...
... Since the end of the 19th century, the Earth’s climate has changed. The average world temperature has increased by 0.6° C, which represents one of the fastest temperature increases that our planet has ever experienced. We now know that the major part of this temperature increase is primarily due to ...
Native Communities and Climate Change
... winter months will alter natural stream flows, affecting salmon migration from freshwater to the ocean and back. Also, changes to the nature and quality of the aquatic environment could destroy salmon habitat and spawning grounds, diminish food supplies, and increase the incidence of predators and a ...
... winter months will alter natural stream flows, affecting salmon migration from freshwater to the ocean and back. Also, changes to the nature and quality of the aquatic environment could destroy salmon habitat and spawning grounds, diminish food supplies, and increase the incidence of predators and a ...
A 2016 National Survey of American Meteorological Society
... the changes in the climate over the past 50 years. Specifically: 29% think the change is largely or entirely due to human activity (i.e., 81 to 100%); 38% think most of the change is caused by human activity (i.e., 61 to 80%); 14% think the change is caused more or less equally by human activity and ...
... the changes in the climate over the past 50 years. Specifically: 29% think the change is largely or entirely due to human activity (i.e., 81 to 100%); 38% think most of the change is caused by human activity (i.e., 61 to 80%); 14% think the change is caused more or less equally by human activity and ...
Guatemala: Country Note on Climate Change
... country and for the region. It also includes a regional document presenting the overall situation of the region in the Clean Development Mechanism. The Project on Capacity building for Stage II adaptation to climate change (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panam ...
... country and for the region. It also includes a regional document presenting the overall situation of the region in the Clean Development Mechanism. The Project on Capacity building for Stage II adaptation to climate change (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panam ...
a 2016 survey of american meteorological society
... the changes in the climate over the past 50 years. Specifically: 29% think the change is largely or entirely due to human activity (i.e., 81 to 100%); 38% think most of the change is caused by human activity (i.e., 61 to 80%); 14% think the change is caused more or less equally by human activity and ...
... the changes in the climate over the past 50 years. Specifically: 29% think the change is largely or entirely due to human activity (i.e., 81 to 100%); 38% think most of the change is caused by human activity (i.e., 61 to 80%); 14% think the change is caused more or less equally by human activity and ...
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... vulnerability to water shortages and agricultural production in many areas, with potentially serious consequences at local and regional levels. Population and land-use dynamics, and the overall policies for environmental protection, agriculture, and water resources management, determine, and limit, ...
... vulnerability to water shortages and agricultural production in many areas, with potentially serious consequences at local and regional levels. Population and land-use dynamics, and the overall policies for environmental protection, agriculture, and water resources management, determine, and limit, ...
Adaptations of forest ecosystems to air pollution
... Adaptations of forest ecosystems 259 s eason has been extended by ~10–20 days in temperate regions (Menzel and Fabian 1999, IPCC 2007). Some regions are now receiving more precipitation while other areas are receiving less. Widespread forest cutting and subsequent wildfires have replaced old-grow ...
... Adaptations of forest ecosystems 259 s eason has been extended by ~10–20 days in temperate regions (Menzel and Fabian 1999, IPCC 2007). Some regions are now receiving more precipitation while other areas are receiving less. Widespread forest cutting and subsequent wildfires have replaced old-grow ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity in Polar Regions
... ing, mainstreaming, communication and awareness raising, and research and technology. Indigenous and local communities’ traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices are an inseparable part of their culture, social structures, economy, livelihoods, beliefs, traditions, customs, customary law, h ...
... ing, mainstreaming, communication and awareness raising, and research and technology. Indigenous and local communities’ traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices are an inseparable part of their culture, social structures, economy, livelihoods, beliefs, traditions, customs, customary law, h ...
... their resolution is not sufficient to produce accurate local data to study the climate change impacts at the drainage basin scale. Establishment of downscaling methods have been a useful tool to link GCM outputs at coarse resolutions with surface weather variables at finer resolutions [16]. Basicall ...
Climate Change in Atqasuk, Alaska
... important for assessing negative and positive effects, and developing appropriate adaptation strategies. In Atqasuk, residents report changes to the weather, seasons, landscape, plants, wildlife and infrastructure, with important implications for public health. Atqasuk is a river community, vulnerab ...
... important for assessing negative and positive effects, and developing appropriate adaptation strategies. In Atqasuk, residents report changes to the weather, seasons, landscape, plants, wildlife and infrastructure, with important implications for public health. Atqasuk is a river community, vulnerab ...
A Self-Assessment to Address Climate Change Readiness
... Readiness!in!Your!Community! Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!the!Midwest!may!be!shifting.!!This!shift!may!inc ...
... Readiness!in!Your!Community! Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!the!Midwest!may!be!shifting.!!This!shift!may!inc ...
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... winters are also expected to be significantly warmer. Warwickshire and the south east of the region are expected to warm up more than Shropshire and the north west of the region. • The mean annual precipitation is expected to change by less than 10% by the 2050s. However this hides a dramatic change ...
... winters are also expected to be significantly warmer. Warwickshire and the south east of the region are expected to warm up more than Shropshire and the north west of the region. • The mean annual precipitation is expected to change by less than 10% by the 2050s. However this hides a dramatic change ...
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... et al. 2008). Like increases in global temperatures, changes in Australian temperatures are attributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions. ‘Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concent ...
... et al. 2008). Like increases in global temperatures, changes in Australian temperatures are attributed to rising greenhouse gas emissions. ‘Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concent ...
impacting the climate through land restoration
... theory behind our ambition to impact the regional climate by restoring degraded landscapes. This document is meant for organizations, NGO’s and foundations who are looking for background information on re-greening and the effects on desertification, regional climate, river and groundwater regimes an ...
... theory behind our ambition to impact the regional climate by restoring degraded landscapes. This document is meant for organizations, NGO’s and foundations who are looking for background information on re-greening and the effects on desertification, regional climate, river and groundwater regimes an ...
Water: The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and
... At the same time, not everything is uncertain. The research done to date tells us many things, both positive and negative, about how hydrology and U.S. water resources could be affected by climate variability and changes. We have learned important things about the vulnerability and sensitivity of wa ...
... At the same time, not everything is uncertain. The research done to date tells us many things, both positive and negative, about how hydrology and U.S. water resources could be affected by climate variability and changes. We have learned important things about the vulnerability and sensitivity of wa ...