Climate and Terrestrial Ecosystem Change in the
... Figure 10. Ecological response to changing climatic conditions in the western portion of the Upper Columbia Basin following deglaciation. . ........................................................................................................15 Figure 11. Late Glacial and early Holocene vegetation ...
... Figure 10. Ecological response to changing climatic conditions in the western portion of the Upper Columbia Basin following deglaciation. . ........................................................................................................15 Figure 11. Late Glacial and early Holocene vegetation ...
Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh
... Atmosphere is the blanket of air that surrounds the earth, moving both horizontally and vertically and thus causing variations in weather and climate. It absorbs energy from the sun, recycles water and other chemicals, and works with electrical and magnetic forces to provide a moderate climate. The ...
... Atmosphere is the blanket of air that surrounds the earth, moving both horizontally and vertically and thus causing variations in weather and climate. It absorbs energy from the sun, recycles water and other chemicals, and works with electrical and magnetic forces to provide a moderate climate. The ...
Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... would exist through to 2050 under a “no climate change” case. This was compared to the IPCC A2 and B2 scenarios, using data derived from downscaled, regional PRECIS climate model. There were mixed results overall, with temperature generally having the larger unit effect on output. For the A2 scenari ...
... would exist through to 2050 under a “no climate change” case. This was compared to the IPCC A2 and B2 scenarios, using data derived from downscaled, regional PRECIS climate model. There were mixed results overall, with temperature generally having the larger unit effect on output. For the A2 scenari ...
Phenological responses of prairie plants vary among species
... ing of which variables are most sensitive to temperature change and how US prairie species will respond has yet to emerge. Most plant phenological investigations focus on either leaf phenology (i.e., emergence and senescence) or reproductive phenology. Shifts in emergence and senescence can alter th ...
... ing of which variables are most sensitive to temperature change and how US prairie species will respond has yet to emerge. Most plant phenological investigations focus on either leaf phenology (i.e., emergence and senescence) or reproductive phenology. Shifts in emergence and senescence can alter th ...
Africa Talks Climate
... The stark impacts of changing rainfall patterns on Africa are manifest. A more powerful hydrological cycle will bring other challenges, including flooding. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that “by the 2080s, many millions more people than today are projected to experience f ...
... The stark impacts of changing rainfall patterns on Africa are manifest. A more powerful hydrological cycle will bring other challenges, including flooding. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that “by the 2080s, many millions more people than today are projected to experience f ...
Semiarid watershed response in central New Mexico and its
... Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, suggesting that large uncertainties exists in how to propagate climate changes to runoff response. Numerical watershed ...
... Rı́o Grande, due to lower precipitation, soil moisture and evaporation. Interestingly, the Rı́o Grande also exhibited a significant discrepancy among the 19 streamflow projections, suggesting that large uncertainties exists in how to propagate climate changes to runoff response. Numerical watershed ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... due to human activities, and that this will continue for at least the next several decades (IPCC, 2001b; Oreskes, 2004). It is also clear that weather and climate exert a major influence on human health, both through direct effects of extreme events such as heatwaves, floods and storms, and more ind ...
... due to human activities, and that this will continue for at least the next several decades (IPCC, 2001b; Oreskes, 2004). It is also clear that weather and climate exert a major influence on human health, both through direct effects of extreme events such as heatwaves, floods and storms, and more ind ...
Faculty of Science and Agriculture Dissertation submitted in partial
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
Climate Change Resilience Planning
... of a growing New York City population and the impacts of climate change. 2. Projected climate changes for New York City indicate gradually increasing temperature and precipitation, with more frequent severe weather events. However, climate models cannot predict shifts in long-term weather patterns. ...
... of a growing New York City population and the impacts of climate change. 2. Projected climate changes for New York City indicate gradually increasing temperature and precipitation, with more frequent severe weather events. However, climate models cannot predict shifts in long-term weather patterns. ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... The ESPACE project (European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) promotes awareness of the importance of adapting to climate change and recommends ways to incorporate adaptation within spatial planning mechanisms at local, regional, national and European levels. ...
... The ESPACE project (European Spatial Planning: Adapting to Climate Events) promotes awareness of the importance of adapting to climate change and recommends ways to incorporate adaptation within spatial planning mechanisms at local, regional, national and European levels. ...
Selection of Climate Models for Developing - hi
... the CORDEX framework all RCM ensemble members have difficulties reproducing observed climatic trends in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and that the GCMs, which provide the boundary conditions for the RCMs, in general simulate winter climate in the region better than the CORDEX RCMs. From ...
... the CORDEX framework all RCM ensemble members have difficulties reproducing observed climatic trends in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra basins, and that the GCMs, which provide the boundary conditions for the RCMs, in general simulate winter climate in the region better than the CORDEX RCMs. From ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... Climate change was widely recognized as an issue that will affect floodplain management and planning activities in the Stillaguamish. In most cases, climate change was expected to exacerbate existing challenges associated with today’s extreme events (Table 1). For example, warmer summer temperatures ...
... Climate change was widely recognized as an issue that will affect floodplain management and planning activities in the Stillaguamish. In most cases, climate change was expected to exacerbate existing challenges associated with today’s extreme events (Table 1). For example, warmer summer temperatures ...
Predicting survival, reproduction and abundance of polar bears
... abundance (Amstrup et al., 2007; Hunter et al., 2007), and each of these studies had to rely on some form of extrapolation or expert judgment to parameterize suggested population models due to the lack of data relating present to future conditions. These analyses are important steps, and they provid ...
... abundance (Amstrup et al., 2007; Hunter et al., 2007), and each of these studies had to rely on some form of extrapolation or expert judgment to parameterize suggested population models due to the lack of data relating present to future conditions. These analyses are important steps, and they provid ...
California Bar Environmental Law Conference Presentation
... rise increases along the California coast of 1.0 to 1.5 feet by 2050 and 1.8 to 4.6 feet by 2100. However, if California’s sea level continues to mirror global trends, increases in sea level during this century could be considerably greater.” [salinity impacts from seawater intrusion] “Projections f ...
... rise increases along the California coast of 1.0 to 1.5 feet by 2050 and 1.8 to 4.6 feet by 2100. However, if California’s sea level continues to mirror global trends, increases in sea level during this century could be considerably greater.” [salinity impacts from seawater intrusion] “Projections f ...
Growth and Phenology of Three Dwarf Shrub Species in a Six
... resulting in shifts in plant community composition and ecosystem dynamics. We evaluated the effects of a six-year experimental soil warming treatment (+4uC, 2007–2012) on the phenology and growth of three co-dominant dwarf shrub species growing in the understory of Larix decidua and Pinus uncinata a ...
... resulting in shifts in plant community composition and ecosystem dynamics. We evaluated the effects of a six-year experimental soil warming treatment (+4uC, 2007–2012) on the phenology and growth of three co-dominant dwarf shrub species growing in the understory of Larix decidua and Pinus uncinata a ...
Not all droughts are created equal: translating meteorological
... Beyond shifts in mean precipitation, perhaps the most ecologically important hydrological change over the coming century will be an increase in the variance in precipitation, leading to extreme hydrological events such as drought (Figure 1) (Jentsch et al. 2007). Climate change has already likely am ...
... Beyond shifts in mean precipitation, perhaps the most ecologically important hydrological change over the coming century will be an increase in the variance in precipitation, leading to extreme hydrological events such as drought (Figure 1) (Jentsch et al. 2007). Climate change has already likely am ...
anthropology and climate change - North Atlantic Biocultural
... brought climate change into their campaign vocabulary, framing it as one of the most urgent issues of our times. Climate change consistently makes front page stories of mainstream magazines and newspapers. The media portrayal of climate change, the excessive dramatizing of apocalyptic events, or the ...
... brought climate change into their campaign vocabulary, framing it as one of the most urgent issues of our times. Climate change consistently makes front page stories of mainstream magazines and newspapers. The media portrayal of climate change, the excessive dramatizing of apocalyptic events, or the ...
Final CHNEP Vulnerability Assessment.indd
... (Maul and Martin 1993) Figure 3 shows sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane main development region and during the main hurricane development period from August to October. Though there is natural variability the temperature trend has been rising. The tide gauge with the longest ...
... (Maul and Martin 1993) Figure 3 shows sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic Ocean’s hurricane main development region and during the main hurricane development period from August to October. Though there is natural variability the temperature trend has been rising. The tide gauge with the longest ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... having to address the causes of climate change, of which it is a main contributor, through an evolving range of requirements that include regulatory controls on CO2 emissions, environmental and sustainability strategies; and the ‘greening’ of property investment portfolios and developments. However, ...
... having to address the causes of climate change, of which it is a main contributor, through an evolving range of requirements that include regulatory controls on CO2 emissions, environmental and sustainability strategies; and the ‘greening’ of property investment portfolios and developments. However, ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
Combating Climate Change - The German Adaptation Strategy
... greenhouse increase, the cost of adaptation measures will also increase. Conversely, it is also true that keeping down the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that escape into the atmosphere helps to keep down the cost of adaptation. To this extent there is an inextricable connection between climate ...
... greenhouse increase, the cost of adaptation measures will also increase. Conversely, it is also true that keeping down the amount of harmful greenhouse gases that escape into the atmosphere helps to keep down the cost of adaptation. To this extent there is an inextricable connection between climate ...
Effect of climate change on air quality
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
... a significant background to surface ozone which is of increasing concern for meeting air quality standards (Holloway et al., 2003; United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 2007). Particulate matter (PM) includes as principal components sulfate, nitrate, organic carbon, elemental carbon, ...
Climate sensitivity across marine domains of life: limits - ePIC
... Organisms in all domains, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya will respond to climate change with differential vulnerabilities resulting in shifts in species distribution, coexistence, and interactions. The identification of unifying principles of organism functioning across all domains would facilitate ...
... Organisms in all domains, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya will respond to climate change with differential vulnerabilities resulting in shifts in species distribution, coexistence, and interactions. The identification of unifying principles of organism functioning across all domains would facilitate ...