The theme of slow onset impact
... Convention and shed light on the intent of the Parties to the agreement – both of which aid in interpreting the operative provisions of the Convention. The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itsel ...
... Convention and shed light on the intent of the Parties to the agreement – both of which aid in interpreting the operative provisions of the Convention. The operative provisions of the Convention begin by defining both the ‘adverse effects of climate change’ as well as the term ‘climate change’ itsel ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
... Valuing Nature in an Era of Climate Change Biomass and soils, the living carbon of ecosystems, remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere naturally. Adapting to and reducing the degree of climate warming demands more than reducing or replacing the use of ancient carbon, namely fossil fuels, ...
... Valuing Nature in an Era of Climate Change Biomass and soils, the living carbon of ecosystems, remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere naturally. Adapting to and reducing the degree of climate warming demands more than reducing or replacing the use of ancient carbon, namely fossil fuels, ...
Protection and Planned Relocations in the Context of
... Climate change is expected to lead to increased human mobility in the forms of migration, displacement and planned relocation of communities as areas become uninhabitable because of the effects of global warming. While considerable attention has been directed toward the first two categories – partic ...
... Climate change is expected to lead to increased human mobility in the forms of migration, displacement and planned relocation of communities as areas become uninhabitable because of the effects of global warming. While considerable attention has been directed toward the first two categories – partic ...
How closely do changes in surface and column water vapor follow
... scaling over ocean. But there are widespread decreases in surface relative humidity over land (by more than 1% K−1 in many regions), and it is argued that decreases of this magnitude could result from the land/ocean contrast in surface warming. Keywords: water vapor, climate change, global warming, ...
... scaling over ocean. But there are widespread decreases in surface relative humidity over land (by more than 1% K−1 in many regions), and it is argued that decreases of this magnitude could result from the land/ocean contrast in surface warming. Keywords: water vapor, climate change, global warming, ...
File - America`s Salmon Forest
... et al. 2005). Therefore, prediction of the actual increase (or decrease) of sea level in relation to land is difficult. Each salmon species in southeast Alaska has a unique life history that can be affected in different ways and intensity by rapid changes in environmental conditions. Some effects ar ...
... et al. 2005). Therefore, prediction of the actual increase (or decrease) of sea level in relation to land is difficult. Each salmon species in southeast Alaska has a unique life history that can be affected in different ways and intensity by rapid changes in environmental conditions. Some effects ar ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
... over the years and decades ahead. The unique cultures and environments of the Torres Strait that have weathered change over many millennia, now face a very uncertain future. Our island communities, ecosystems, infrastructure, livelihoods, wellbeing, culture and identity are all threatened by the man ...
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... increase emigration to the United States. However, Auffhammer and Vincent (2012) demonstrate that this effect vanishes if one appropriately accounts for time effects. Gray and Mueller (2012a) study the effects of flooding on individual mobility. The authors report that, despite the expectations of a pos ...
... increase emigration to the United States. However, Auffhammer and Vincent (2012) demonstrate that this effect vanishes if one appropriately accounts for time effects. Gray and Mueller (2012a) study the effects of flooding on individual mobility. The authors report that, despite the expectations of a pos ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – dust
... managers should endeavour to maintain critical levels of ground cover so as to minimise soil and nutrient loss via dust resulting from wind erosion in dry times. ...
... managers should endeavour to maintain critical levels of ground cover so as to minimise soil and nutrient loss via dust resulting from wind erosion in dry times. ...
Global warming and 21st century drying - Lamont
... aridity has increased in step with observed warming trends, and that this drying will worsen for many regions as global temperatures continue to rise with increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Burke et al. 2006; Dai 2013; Sheffield and Wood 2008). There are significant uncertainties, ho ...
... aridity has increased in step with observed warming trends, and that this drying will worsen for many regions as global temperatures continue to rise with increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Burke et al. 2006; Dai 2013; Sheffield and Wood 2008). There are significant uncertainties, ho ...
English - Plan International
... children are disproportionately affected and where some areas are more vulnerable and hit much harder than others. The study also revealed that the effects of climate change have a tendency of being accompanied by other human-induced impacts such as resource over-exploitation, which are already posi ...
... children are disproportionately affected and where some areas are more vulnerable and hit much harder than others. The study also revealed that the effects of climate change have a tendency of being accompanied by other human-induced impacts such as resource over-exploitation, which are already posi ...
Flowering time of butterfly nectar food plants is more
... vs. across time, indicating the additional importance of nontemperature cues and/or local adaptation for many species. 4. Across butterfly–plant associations, flowering time was significantly more sensitive to temperature than the timing of butterfly flight and these sensitivities were not correlate ...
... vs. across time, indicating the additional importance of nontemperature cues and/or local adaptation for many species. 4. Across butterfly–plant associations, flowering time was significantly more sensitive to temperature than the timing of butterfly flight and these sensitivities were not correlate ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOREST TREES IN THE PACIFIC
... forest at a time would have obscured broader trends; analyzing all forests at one time would have blurred important differences across the region. ...
... forest at a time would have obscured broader trends; analyzing all forests at one time would have blurred important differences across the region. ...
Observed groundwater temperature response to recent climate
... Swiss aquifers that are recharged by river water through bank infiltration can be related to changes in climate oscillations systems by applying a statistical regime shift analysis. Characterizing changes in time series of various climatic, physical and biological parameters with the concept of abru ...
... Swiss aquifers that are recharged by river water through bank infiltration can be related to changes in climate oscillations systems by applying a statistical regime shift analysis. Characterizing changes in time series of various climatic, physical and biological parameters with the concept of abru ...
Visualizing Future Climate in Latin America
... of all species in the region; the collapse of these reefs may have widespread impacts on the ecology of the ocean; and c) corals are also a tourism attraction and as these bleach and disintegrate, they lose any esthetic value. The first near real-time satellite monitoring of global bleaching and ear ...
... of all species in the region; the collapse of these reefs may have widespread impacts on the ecology of the ocean; and c) corals are also a tourism attraction and as these bleach and disintegrate, they lose any esthetic value. The first near real-time satellite monitoring of global bleaching and ear ...
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... Ruiz-Barradas and Nigam (2010) showed that projections for the twenty-first century indicate a wetter north-central United States during spring (increase in number of extreme springs) and a drier southwest United States but little consistency in summer rainfall tendencies among models in these same ...
... Ruiz-Barradas and Nigam (2010) showed that projections for the twenty-first century indicate a wetter north-central United States during spring (increase in number of extreme springs) and a drier southwest United States but little consistency in summer rainfall tendencies among models in these same ...
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... Examples of crop models currently used include: CERES-Maize (Jones and Kiniry, 1986), CERES-Wheat (Ritchie and Otter, 1985), SOYGRO (Wilkerson et aL, 1985), and EPIC (Williams et aL, 1984). ...
... Examples of crop models currently used include: CERES-Maize (Jones and Kiniry, 1986), CERES-Wheat (Ritchie and Otter, 1985), SOYGRO (Wilkerson et aL, 1985), and EPIC (Williams et aL, 1984). ...
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... sowing machinery is outlined. Data and relationships derived from climate and wheat production simulation models are used to apply the conceptual model to wheat growing locations in south-western Australia in order to illustrate how climate change may affect investments in crop sowing machinery. Las ...
... sowing machinery is outlined. Data and relationships derived from climate and wheat production simulation models are used to apply the conceptual model to wheat growing locations in south-western Australia in order to illustrate how climate change may affect investments in crop sowing machinery. Las ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... located in such regions and rising sea levels threaten critical economic infrastructure. If energy production or distribution facilities are damaged or destroyed by floods or other effects of rising sea levels and storm activity, the state’s capacity to provide its own economic and potentially milit ...
... located in such regions and rising sea levels threaten critical economic infrastructure. If energy production or distribution facilities are damaged or destroyed by floods or other effects of rising sea levels and storm activity, the state’s capacity to provide its own economic and potentially milit ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of
... In the present context, answers to these three questions are straightforward. After climate change, the northern island has a comparative advantage in wheat, whereas the southern island has a comparative advantage in rice. Thus in the new competitive equilibrium, all northern fields will produce whe ...
... In the present context, answers to these three questions are straightforward. After climate change, the northern island has a comparative advantage in wheat, whereas the southern island has a comparative advantage in rice. Thus in the new competitive equilibrium, all northern fields will produce whe ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: Egypt
... work to do and I believe that key economies and major emitters have a leadership role in ensuring a successful outcome in Durban and beyond. To help us articulate a meaningful response to climate change, I believe that it is important to have a robust scientific assessment of the likely impacts on i ...
... work to do and I believe that key economies and major emitters have a leadership role in ensuring a successful outcome in Durban and beyond. To help us articulate a meaningful response to climate change, I believe that it is important to have a robust scientific assessment of the likely impacts on i ...
Sensitivity of Amazon Regional Climate to Deforestation
... water recycling has been explored since the late 1970s [9], and recent work by Makarieva et al. [22] suggests an active role of the vegetation in the regional water cycle. Therefore, land cover changes through atmospheric feedbacks can have a striking impact on the local, regional and even global me ...
... water recycling has been explored since the late 1970s [9], and recent work by Makarieva et al. [22] suggests an active role of the vegetation in the regional water cycle. Therefore, land cover changes through atmospheric feedbacks can have a striking impact on the local, regional and even global me ...
Climate change implications for New Zealand
... will continue to rise for centuries and that heavy rainfall will become more frequent7, but that the amount of change is still uncertain. In a nutshell, the challenge for decision makers is that they confront, simultaneously, both the certainty that climate change is inevitable and uncertainties abo ...
... will continue to rise for centuries and that heavy rainfall will become more frequent7, but that the amount of change is still uncertain. In a nutshell, the challenge for decision makers is that they confront, simultaneously, both the certainty that climate change is inevitable and uncertainties abo ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... to respond to climate change. Our report is also significant as it is the first time there has been a specific focus on the luxury fashion sector, which aims to offer our customers the most desirable products, and its vulnerabilities to climate change. It provides an opportunity for large multinatio ...
... to respond to climate change. Our report is also significant as it is the first time there has been a specific focus on the luxury fashion sector, which aims to offer our customers the most desirable products, and its vulnerabilities to climate change. It provides an opportunity for large multinatio ...
Limited evolutionary rescue of locally adapted populations facing
... response of populations to environmental change. The full source code and an accompanying readme file are available as electronic supplementary material, and a maintained version of the model is downloadable from http://www.katjaschiffers.eu/docs/allele_model.zip. The model organism we had in mind d ...
... response of populations to environmental change. The full source code and an accompanying readme file are available as electronic supplementary material, and a maintained version of the model is downloadable from http://www.katjaschiffers.eu/docs/allele_model.zip. The model organism we had in mind d ...
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... expected long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting temperature zones are expected to have significant negative effects on agriculture, food and water security and economic growth in Africa; and increased frequency and intensity of droughts and floods is expected to negatively affect agricu ...
... expected long-term changes in rainfall patterns and shifting temperature zones are expected to have significant negative effects on agriculture, food and water security and economic growth in Africa; and increased frequency and intensity of droughts and floods is expected to negatively affect agricu ...