Climate change scenario for Costa Rican montane forests
... Figure 3. Changes (A2 - Control) in the mean (Dm) and standard deviation (Ds) of PDFs along a transect across Costa Rica for elevation zones described in Figure 1. The top panel is for mean (tavg), minimum (tmin) and maximum (tmax) temperature and the bottom panel is for precipitation. agrees well w ...
... Figure 3. Changes (A2 - Control) in the mean (Dm) and standard deviation (Ds) of PDFs along a transect across Costa Rica for elevation zones described in Figure 1. The top panel is for mean (tavg), minimum (tmin) and maximum (tmax) temperature and the bottom panel is for precipitation. agrees well w ...
⢠News in Brief 1 ⢠Graduate Studies Program 3 - IMK - IFU
... The scientific work of UNU-EHS and DLR in work package 5.1 focuses on a vulnerability and risk assessment in the context of climate change related hazards such as floods and droughts and climatic variability. Risk and vulnerability aspects are considered in a multidimensional way in order to underst ...
... The scientific work of UNU-EHS and DLR in work package 5.1 focuses on a vulnerability and risk assessment in the context of climate change related hazards such as floods and droughts and climatic variability. Risk and vulnerability aspects are considered in a multidimensional way in order to underst ...
Some thoughts on a strategy for adaptation to
... (Note that the lack of detail by the IPCC (2007) on how climate change will be manifested, decade by decade, also applies to the limited data that is available on the nature of the sensitivity of different sectors, fauna, and flora, etc to varying degrees and characteristics of climate change.) With ...
... (Note that the lack of detail by the IPCC (2007) on how climate change will be manifested, decade by decade, also applies to the limited data that is available on the nature of the sensitivity of different sectors, fauna, and flora, etc to varying degrees and characteristics of climate change.) With ...
Traits explain community disassembly and trophic contraction
... Many ecosystems are currently undergoing dramatic changes in biodiversity due to habitat loss and climate change. Responses to global change at the community level are poorly understood, as are the impacts of community disassembly on ecosystem-level processes. Uncertainties remain regarding the patt ...
... Many ecosystems are currently undergoing dramatic changes in biodiversity due to habitat loss and climate change. Responses to global change at the community level are poorly understood, as are the impacts of community disassembly on ecosystem-level processes. Uncertainties remain regarding the patt ...
Feng et al (2009)
... people’s preference to live in cooler places increases as temperatures rise, then we would expect emigration to increase even without crop yield changes. If another channel through which climate might affect emigration operates in the same direction as through crop yields changes, we would expect ou ...
... people’s preference to live in cooler places increases as temperatures rise, then we would expect emigration to increase even without crop yield changes. If another channel through which climate might affect emigration operates in the same direction as through crop yields changes, we would expect ou ...
Biodiversity and climate change
... programmes for the general public on the importance of the ecosystem functions and services provided by biodiversity for climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction; (e) To raise awareness, particularly among decision makers in relevant sectors and at different levels of govern ...
... programmes for the general public on the importance of the ecosystem functions and services provided by biodiversity for climate change adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk reduction; (e) To raise awareness, particularly among decision makers in relevant sectors and at different levels of govern ...
Climate Change: Responding to the Crisis Portended by George
... conditions (Figure 2). Annual temperature, summer temperatures, and winter temperatures of the past 10–30 years are, on average, warmer than 95% of historical conditions going back to 1901. Long-term temperature records from the region suggest—unsurprisingly— that recent years are much warmer when c ...
... conditions (Figure 2). Annual temperature, summer temperatures, and winter temperatures of the past 10–30 years are, on average, warmer than 95% of historical conditions going back to 1901. Long-term temperature records from the region suggest—unsurprisingly— that recent years are much warmer when c ...
Beyond tree-ring widths: stable isotopes sharpen
... Austrian pre-Alps are characterized by relatively high annual precipitation (1370 mm year−1) and by relatively optimal growing conditions for the three focal tree species. Three different topographic positions were sampled at the site, with European larch not present on the driest, south-exposed pos ...
... Austrian pre-Alps are characterized by relatively high annual precipitation (1370 mm year−1) and by relatively optimal growing conditions for the three focal tree species. Three different topographic positions were sampled at the site, with European larch not present on the driest, south-exposed pos ...
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... increasingly threatened by climate-related catastrophes, heat waves, more intense droughts, floods and storm surges. These are only the warning signals of Mother Nature as she responds to human interference with climatic systems. Because of the complexity of the climate system and the size of the co ...
... increasingly threatened by climate-related catastrophes, heat waves, more intense droughts, floods and storm surges. These are only the warning signals of Mother Nature as she responds to human interference with climatic systems. Because of the complexity of the climate system and the size of the co ...
Climate Change as Threat Multiplier
... 2011). According to an article by Oxford University’s Dr. Troy Strernberg in Nature magazine, this event “reduced the wheat harvest by 32.7%,” while the 2010 drought in China had a marked impact on global food prices and food security in North Africa and the Middle East (Sternberg, 2011). Other rese ...
... 2011). According to an article by Oxford University’s Dr. Troy Strernberg in Nature magazine, this event “reduced the wheat harvest by 32.7%,” while the 2010 drought in China had a marked impact on global food prices and food security in North Africa and the Middle East (Sternberg, 2011). Other rese ...
(2007) Interactions between climate change and contaminants
... range margins in the North Sea, half have shown boundary shifts with warming, and all but one shifted northwards. Besides latitudinal range expansions of species or extinction of native species due to changing temperature conditions, the impact of non indigenous species (NIS) or invasive species are ...
... range margins in the North Sea, half have shown boundary shifts with warming, and all but one shifted northwards. Besides latitudinal range expansions of species or extinction of native species due to changing temperature conditions, the impact of non indigenous species (NIS) or invasive species are ...
Climate Change and impact assessment
... identified in the initial screening of the project, the project team considered the project’s scope of improving vulnerable communities’ resilience to climate risks and proceeded with an environmental impact assessment. This included a full assessment of environmental impacts and an environmental m ...
... identified in the initial screening of the project, the project team considered the project’s scope of improving vulnerable communities’ resilience to climate risks and proceeded with an environmental impact assessment. This included a full assessment of environmental impacts and an environmental m ...
Climate Change: The 21st Century`s Most Urgent Environmental
... to have expanded in the parts of Antarctica that have warmed.24 Soil invertebrates have also advanced with changes in vegetation.25 ...
... to have expanded in the parts of Antarctica that have warmed.24 Soil invertebrates have also advanced with changes in vegetation.25 ...
Responses and feedbacks of coupled biogeochemical cycles to climate change:
... ice has declined substantially over the past 40 years (Figure 5) and temperature increases have been far larger than that of the global average for the period 1850–2000 (Kaufman et al. 2009). In these high-latitude ecosystems (boreal forests, tundra, and their associated wetlands), decomposition is ...
... ice has declined substantially over the past 40 years (Figure 5) and temperature increases have been far larger than that of the global average for the period 1850–2000 (Kaufman et al. 2009). In these high-latitude ecosystems (boreal forests, tundra, and their associated wetlands), decomposition is ...
New Methods to Assess Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for
... losses due to CC = v1 – v2 = losses from CC v1 = present income v2 = future income ...
... losses due to CC = v1 – v2 = losses from CC v1 = present income v2 = future income ...
Review of climate and cryospheric change in the Tibetan Plateau
... reflected in vegetation, which varies from forest to grassland and then desert (Liu and Yin 2001). The dominant spatial pattern of inter-annual variability of the summer precipitation is a seesaw structure between the southern and northern parts of the TP, which shows correlation with the North Atla ...
... reflected in vegetation, which varies from forest to grassland and then desert (Liu and Yin 2001). The dominant spatial pattern of inter-annual variability of the summer precipitation is a seesaw structure between the southern and northern parts of the TP, which shows correlation with the North Atla ...
Impact of large-scale environmental features changes on host
... Since many climate change studies have focused on a single organism (i.e. shifts in phenology, physiology and changes in the distribution and range of species), analyzing biotic interactions such as host-parasite association is essential in order to attain a global understanding of the complexity of ...
... Since many climate change studies have focused on a single organism (i.e. shifts in phenology, physiology and changes in the distribution and range of species), analyzing biotic interactions such as host-parasite association is essential in order to attain a global understanding of the complexity of ...
Climate Change and Marine Mammals
... Contribution of mountain and subpolar glaciers to sea level. Shown are sea level change (mm/year, red) and sea level rise (mm, blue). [From M. ...
... Contribution of mountain and subpolar glaciers to sea level. Shown are sea level change (mm/year, red) and sea level rise (mm, blue). [From M. ...
2. Observed climatology and sensitivity of runoff
... 4. STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING OF GCM PROJECTIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION ...
... 4. STATISTICAL DOWNSCALING OF GCM PROJECTIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION ...
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... FAO began discussing the issue of climate change as far back as the 1980s. In December 1993, it organized an Experts Consultation on “Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production: the direct effects of changing hydrological and plant physiological processes”. However, it is only in the past fiv ...
... FAO began discussing the issue of climate change as far back as the 1980s. In December 1993, it organized an Experts Consultation on “Global Climate Change and Agricultural Production: the direct effects of changing hydrological and plant physiological processes”. However, it is only in the past fiv ...
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... Climate change and climate variability have put the countries in the Near East region (RNE), where scarce natural resources are already under considerable pressure at significant risk. RNE, one of the driest regions in the world, is vulnerable to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, sea ...
... Climate change and climate variability have put the countries in the Near East region (RNE), where scarce natural resources are already under considerable pressure at significant risk. RNE, one of the driest regions in the world, is vulnerable to extreme climatic events such as droughts, floods, sea ...
Presentation (power point file)
... increase displacement of people. • Displacement risk increases when populations that lack the resources for planned migration experience higher exposure to extreme weather events, particularly in developing countries with low income. • Expanding opportunities for mobility can reduce vulnerability fo ...
... increase displacement of people. • Displacement risk increases when populations that lack the resources for planned migration experience higher exposure to extreme weather events, particularly in developing countries with low income. • Expanding opportunities for mobility can reduce vulnerability fo ...
Communicating climate change to mass public audiences
... behaviour, such strategies seem unlikely to motivate systemic behavioural change. Social marketing is an effective way of achieving a particular behavioural goal – dozens of practical examples in the field of health behaviour attest to this. Social marketing is really more of a framework for designi ...
... behaviour, such strategies seem unlikely to motivate systemic behavioural change. Social marketing is an effective way of achieving a particular behavioural goal – dozens of practical examples in the field of health behaviour attest to this. Social marketing is really more of a framework for designi ...
Projected Changes of Palmer Drought Severity Index under an
... results of PSDI_pm shown here are different to CMIP3 models in South Africa and South Europe. The projected increasing trend of drought in North and South America are weaker than that of CMIP3 model. We further illustrate the impacts of global warming and precipitation on the PDSI changes in Figs. 5 ...
... results of PSDI_pm shown here are different to CMIP3 models in South Africa and South Europe. The projected increasing trend of drought in North and South America are weaker than that of CMIP3 model. We further illustrate the impacts of global warming and precipitation on the PDSI changes in Figs. 5 ...
Likely Impacts on New Zealand Agriculture
... Global climate models indicate that New Zealand is likely to warm by only about two-thirds of the global mean temperature change that will be experienced in coming decades. This is largely because our climate is controlled by the South Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, which respond only slowly to globa ...
... Global climate models indicate that New Zealand is likely to warm by only about two-thirds of the global mean temperature change that will be experienced in coming decades. This is largely because our climate is controlled by the South Pacific and Antarctic Oceans, which respond only slowly to globa ...