PERSPECTIVE: Potential responses to climate change in organisms
... know little about ocean migration pathways, so cannot confidently suggest the potential changes in this life stage. Climate change might produce conflicting selection pressures in different life stages, which will interact with plastic (i.e. nongenetic) changes in various ways. To clarify these inte ...
... know little about ocean migration pathways, so cannot confidently suggest the potential changes in this life stage. Climate change might produce conflicting selection pressures in different life stages, which will interact with plastic (i.e. nongenetic) changes in various ways. To clarify these inte ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... Aid Delivery and Donor Support FSM currently relies on development partners to supplement its national budget. Alongside foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International a ...
... Aid Delivery and Donor Support FSM currently relies on development partners to supplement its national budget. Alongside foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International a ...
Effects of climate change and seed dispersal on airborne ragweed
... allergic disease in susceptible individuals1 . Ragweed plants could further invade European land with climate and land-use changes2,3 . However, airborne pollen evolution depends not only on plant invasion, but also on pollen production, release and atmospheric dispersion changes. To predict the eff ...
... allergic disease in susceptible individuals1 . Ragweed plants could further invade European land with climate and land-use changes2,3 . However, airborne pollen evolution depends not only on plant invasion, but also on pollen production, release and atmospheric dispersion changes. To predict the eff ...
Natural Hazards and Climate Change in European Regions
... to the loss of life as well as their major costs, both financial and non financial. The degree of natural hazard risks associated with climate change, for example flood, forest fires and heat waves is actually not fully understood. However, these events occur with apparent increasing frequency and m ...
... to the loss of life as well as their major costs, both financial and non financial. The degree of natural hazard risks associated with climate change, for example flood, forest fires and heat waves is actually not fully understood. However, these events occur with apparent increasing frequency and m ...
Climate predictability - Institut Català de Ciències del Clima
... a finite limit of predictability. This threshold affects our ability to anticipate the evolution of the climate system at all timescales, from the forecast of interannual anomalies some months ahead to the study of the sensitivity of climate statistics to slow-varying changes associated with global ...
... a finite limit of predictability. This threshold affects our ability to anticipate the evolution of the climate system at all timescales, from the forecast of interannual anomalies some months ahead to the study of the sensitivity of climate statistics to slow-varying changes associated with global ...
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Phosphate
... by the frequency of extreme weather events. For example, the effects of storm runoff on the export of phosphorus can be very sensitive to levels of soil saturation and soil moisture, which are in turn influenced by the past history of precipitation and evapotranspiration. Inclusion of effects such as ...
... by the frequency of extreme weather events. For example, the effects of storm runoff on the export of phosphorus can be very sensitive to levels of soil saturation and soil moisture, which are in turn influenced by the past history of precipitation and evapotranspiration. Inclusion of effects such as ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
... CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, models and/or data to its development, including: T.M.L. Wigley (National Centre fo ...
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services
... Projected impacts on biodiversity are significant and of key relevance, since global losses in biodiversity are irreversible (very high confidence) [4.4.10, 4.4.11, Figure 4.4, Table 4.1]. Endemic species richness is highest where regional palaeoclimatic changes have been muted, providing circumstan ...
... Projected impacts on biodiversity are significant and of key relevance, since global losses in biodiversity are irreversible (very high confidence) [4.4.10, 4.4.11, Figure 4.4, Table 4.1]. Endemic species richness is highest where regional palaeoclimatic changes have been muted, providing circumstan ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
... change (IPCC 1996; 2001), adaptation in agriculture has still received little explicit consideration in the impact assessment literature (Chiotti and Johnston 1995). This is partly because many studies do not go beyond estimating crop yield responses, essentially ignoring human decision-making in th ...
Implications of Climate Change for the Construction Sector.
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
Climate change scenarios
... It has focussed on the responses for single crops, which have been chosen to represent economically important production systems in England and Wales. The commodities are wheat, potatoes, cauliflowers, grass for dairy enterprises, greenhouse tomatoes and indoor and outdoor pig production. The resear ...
... It has focussed on the responses for single crops, which have been chosen to represent economically important production systems in England and Wales. The commodities are wheat, potatoes, cauliflowers, grass for dairy enterprises, greenhouse tomatoes and indoor and outdoor pig production. The resear ...
Explaining Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... although 81% of the Australian public agreed that Australia should support actions in tackling climate change, only 36% supported the specific policy on carbon tax (Hanson 2012; Nielsen 2012). This complexity deserves a closer look at the nature of current available climate change mitigation policie ...
... although 81% of the Australian public agreed that Australia should support actions in tackling climate change, only 36% supported the specific policy on carbon tax (Hanson 2012; Nielsen 2012). This complexity deserves a closer look at the nature of current available climate change mitigation policie ...
Impacts of Climate Related Geo-engineering on Biological Diversity
... 2. Changes in stratospheric aerosols: injecting sulphates or other types of particles into the upper atmosphere, with the aim of increasing the scattering of sunlight back to space; 3. Increases in cloud reflectivity: increasing the concentration of cloud-condensation nuclei in the lower atmosphere, ...
... 2. Changes in stratospheric aerosols: injecting sulphates or other types of particles into the upper atmosphere, with the aim of increasing the scattering of sunlight back to space; 3. Increases in cloud reflectivity: increasing the concentration of cloud-condensation nuclei in the lower atmosphere, ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
2001 - Seasonal and Spatial Patterns of Rainfall Trends on the
... We used regression analysis to establish linear trends of annual and seasonal rainfall amounts and number of events at 140 stations with 40 years of record from 1956 to 1995 across the Canadian Prairie. There has been a significant increase in the rainfall amounts and number of events. Increase in a ...
... We used regression analysis to establish linear trends of annual and seasonal rainfall amounts and number of events at 140 stations with 40 years of record from 1956 to 1995 across the Canadian Prairie. There has been a significant increase in the rainfall amounts and number of events. Increase in a ...
Seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTF).
... predict substantial changes in rainfall regimes across these regions, but little is known about how individuals, species, and communities in SDTF will cope with the hotter, drier conditions predicted by climate models. In this review, we explore different rainfall scenarios that may result in ecolog ...
... predict substantial changes in rainfall regimes across these regions, but little is known about how individuals, species, and communities in SDTF will cope with the hotter, drier conditions predicted by climate models. In this review, we explore different rainfall scenarios that may result in ecolog ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... This paper explores the effects of climate change on human mobility (displacement, migration, and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, ...
... This paper explores the effects of climate change on human mobility (displacement, migration, and planned relocations) in the Russian part of northern Eurasia,1 with a particular emphasis on indigenous communities. The paper is based on almost twenty years of longitudinal research with Viliui Sakha, ...
Vulnerability of marine reptiles in the Great Barrier Reef
... comprising a single species of crocodile (Crocodylidae), six species of marine turtles (five Chelonidae and one Dermochelyidae), at least 16 species of sea snakes (Hydrophiidae), one species of file snake (Acrochordidae) and one species of mangrove snake (Colubridae). Together these marine reptile s ...
... comprising a single species of crocodile (Crocodylidae), six species of marine turtles (five Chelonidae and one Dermochelyidae), at least 16 species of sea snakes (Hydrophiidae), one species of file snake (Acrochordidae) and one species of mangrove snake (Colubridae). Together these marine reptile s ...
REPORTS A CLIMATIC DRIVER FOR ABRUPT MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION D
... patterns of vegetation during the Early Holocene, when hemlock was abundant in the northwestern portion of the study area but rare or absent along the coast (Fig. 1). Pollen and chronological data were obtained from the North American Pollen Database (available online)4 and Harvard Forest studies. R ...
... patterns of vegetation during the Early Holocene, when hemlock was abundant in the northwestern portion of the study area but rare or absent along the coast (Fig. 1). Pollen and chronological data were obtained from the North American Pollen Database (available online)4 and Harvard Forest studies. R ...
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... and one also threatened by pesticide use and habitat loss. Similarly, the destruction of wetland and floodplain habitat, vitally important as buffers from flooding, will amplify the impacts of heavy rainfall events predicted under climate change. In the Lower Mississippi River Valley over 90 percent ...
... and one also threatened by pesticide use and habitat loss. Similarly, the destruction of wetland and floodplain habitat, vitally important as buffers from flooding, will amplify the impacts of heavy rainfall events predicted under climate change. In the Lower Mississippi River Valley over 90 percent ...
Xeni Gwet`in Community-based Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere. 1 Historically, the Earth is accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental change and has always been able to adapt to these changes accordi ...
... mean surface temperature of Earth has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere. 1 Historically, the Earth is accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental change and has always been able to adapt to these changes accordi ...
Application of Self-Organizing-Maps Technique in Downscaling
... software to do the downscaling and used five GCM models including ECH3 and UK HIGH considering doubling of carbon dioxide (2xCO2). This study aimed at investigating how the climate change will impact Same area given the current challenges that farmers are facing by looking in detail into rainfall p ...
... software to do the downscaling and used five GCM models including ECH3 and UK HIGH considering doubling of carbon dioxide (2xCO2). This study aimed at investigating how the climate change will impact Same area given the current challenges that farmers are facing by looking in detail into rainfall p ...
4.2. Physics enriched by the climate change
... in fewer cases and with higher intensity. Besides this inconvenient dosage of precipitation, positive temperature trends also intensify the problem. Heat waves. The mean summer temperature was 19.6 degrees Celsius in the 1961-1990 normal period. Since its end, however, both the average and the devia ...
... in fewer cases and with higher intensity. Besides this inconvenient dosage of precipitation, positive temperature trends also intensify the problem. Heat waves. The mean summer temperature was 19.6 degrees Celsius in the 1961-1990 normal period. Since its end, however, both the average and the devia ...
France - Met Office
... position of the transition zone between increasing and decreasing precipitation over Europe. ...
... position of the transition zone between increasing and decreasing precipitation over Europe. ...
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... status based on rarity, trends, and threats. Another strength lies in its explicit incorporation of scientific uncertainty into the assessment: assessors are free to pick a range of values for each factor, and this uncertainty is quantified in a Confidence score. Finally, an Excel workbook is availa ...
... status based on rarity, trends, and threats. Another strength lies in its explicit incorporation of scientific uncertainty into the assessment: assessors are free to pick a range of values for each factor, and this uncertainty is quantified in a Confidence score. Finally, an Excel workbook is availa ...