Adaptation Research Program - Department of Agriculture and
... Generally, under elevated CO2 conditions and where water is not substantially limiting, many of the ‘adaptation traits’ that are currently utilised in wheat, still generate the same rankings among wheat genotypes, i.e. breeders will still be able to deploy useful traits in elevated CO2 environments. ...
... Generally, under elevated CO2 conditions and where water is not substantially limiting, many of the ‘adaptation traits’ that are currently utilised in wheat, still generate the same rankings among wheat genotypes, i.e. breeders will still be able to deploy useful traits in elevated CO2 environments. ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 3: Water management
... advances, market prices and agricultural policies. These factors have more immediate impacts on water than those induced by climate change (Bates et al., 2008). For this reason, it is important to understand the current status of water management in agriculture before assessing the potential impact ...
... advances, market prices and agricultural policies. These factors have more immediate impacts on water than those induced by climate change (Bates et al., 2008). For this reason, it is important to understand the current status of water management in agriculture before assessing the potential impact ...
... throughout the world (Mizuta et al., 2006; Randall et al., 2007; Vera and Silvestri, 2009; Blázquez and Nuñez, 2012a; Cavalcanti and Shimizu, 2012; Rupp et al., 2013; Grose et al., 2014; Gulizia and Camilloni 2015, among others). Nevertheless, their performance deteriorates when looking at finer tem ...
2.2 Climate Change Impacts in Ghana
... to reduce substantially loss of life as well as the social, economic and environmental losses caused to communities ...
... to reduce substantially loss of life as well as the social, economic and environmental losses caused to communities ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and
... soils datasets of the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP), which are currently the highest quality datasets available (Kittel and others 1995). The summaries of C gains or losses for the entire US can mask dramatic regional impacts. In our ...
... soils datasets of the Vegetation/Ecosystem Modeling and Analysis Project (VEMAP), which are currently the highest quality datasets available (Kittel and others 1995). The summaries of C gains or losses for the entire US can mask dramatic regional impacts. In our ...
NPS Central AK report - Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
... A climate variable that drives changes in weather, vegetation, habitat, wildlife, etc. Also referred to as a critical force and a scenario driver. ...
Losing Ground - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... sweeping, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year, scientists learn more about how climate change already is affecting the planet and what consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue, including: Changing temperatures will reduce snowfall and snowp ...
... sweeping, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in advance. But each year, scientists learn more about how climate change already is affecting the planet and what consequences are likely to occur if current trends continue, including: Changing temperatures will reduce snowfall and snowp ...
Chapter 9: The economic costs of conservation response options for
... This graph shows the relationship between the operating costs per km2(X-axis) and the park size. From the graph it can be seen that smaller areas clearly have a higher operating cost compared with larger areas. This is due to economies of scale, which carry over into many facets of park management, ...
... This graph shows the relationship between the operating costs per km2(X-axis) and the park size. From the graph it can be seen that smaller areas clearly have a higher operating cost compared with larger areas. This is due to economies of scale, which carry over into many facets of park management, ...
Climate Change and Insecurity in the Global South
... CLIMATE CHANGE: Drivers of Insecurity and the Global South Climate Change and Conflict: The Case of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a ‘frontline state’ of climate change, predicted to be one of the first and the hardest hit countries to face the adverse impacts of warmer global temperatures. This is partic ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE: Drivers of Insecurity and the Global South Climate Change and Conflict: The Case of Bangladesh Bangladesh is a ‘frontline state’ of climate change, predicted to be one of the first and the hardest hit countries to face the adverse impacts of warmer global temperatures. This is partic ...
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... How might farmers adapt to climate change? By doing the same sorts of things they currently do in response to weather, markets and technology change. That is, by changing any or all of the following: their mix of farm enterprises; risk management strategies; usage of farm inputs; farm infrastructur ...
... How might farmers adapt to climate change? By doing the same sorts of things they currently do in response to weather, markets and technology change. That is, by changing any or all of the following: their mix of farm enterprises; risk management strategies; usage of farm inputs; farm infrastructur ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
... stagnation events, during which most of the air pollution episodes occur, in California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV) will increase and the intensity of stagnation will be stronger in the future for the two main air pollution seasons (i.e., summer and winter). Increases in surface wind and planetary bo ...
... stagnation events, during which most of the air pollution episodes occur, in California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV) will increase and the intensity of stagnation will be stronger in the future for the two main air pollution seasons (i.e., summer and winter). Increases in surface wind and planetary bo ...
Four Case Studies in the United States
... A key theme emerges from these four case studies: pre-existing problems caused by human activities are exacerbated by climate change, itself mostly a human-induced phenomenon. Fortunately, manmade problems are amenable to manmade solutions. Climate change cannot be stopped entirely, but it can be li ...
... A key theme emerges from these four case studies: pre-existing problems caused by human activities are exacerbated by climate change, itself mostly a human-induced phenomenon. Fortunately, manmade problems are amenable to manmade solutions. Climate change cannot be stopped entirely, but it can be li ...
2015 Issue - Northwest Climate Science Center
... to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing on Indiana and Illinois’ Kank ...
... to help land managers develop adaptation strategies. Managers at North Cascades National Park have already employed the project’s results into their management practice for dealing with introduced fish species. The study is also being expanded into the Midwest, focusing on Indiana and Illinois’ Kank ...
Detectability of Anthropogenic Changes in Annual Temperature and
... change patterns for the means and extremes of temperature and precipitation. It establishes where changes in extremes are significantly different from those in seasonal means and where changes are consistent between the models. Section 4 describes estimates of signal-tonoise ratios for mean-to-extre ...
... change patterns for the means and extremes of temperature and precipitation. It establishes where changes in extremes are significantly different from those in seasonal means and where changes are consistent between the models. Section 4 describes estimates of signal-tonoise ratios for mean-to-extre ...
How Climate Change Uniquely Impacts the Physical, Social and
... 1.1 Rationale for paper........................................................................................................2 2.0 Physical Effects Of Climate Change On First Nations ..................................................4 2.1 Effect of Climate Change on Access to Northern Communities ...
... 1.1 Rationale for paper........................................................................................................2 2.0 Physical Effects Of Climate Change On First Nations ..................................................4 2.1 Effect of Climate Change on Access to Northern Communities ...
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... is a major source of seafood, particularly highly valued blue crab and striped bass. It is also a major recreational area, with boating, camping, crabbing, fishing, hunting, and swimming all very popular and economically important activities. The Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watersheds provide ...
... is a major source of seafood, particularly highly valued blue crab and striped bass. It is also a major recreational area, with boating, camping, crabbing, fishing, hunting, and swimming all very popular and economically important activities. The Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding watersheds provide ...
A method to consider whether dams mitigate climate change effects
... ABSTRACT: This article provides a method for examining mesoscale water quality objectives downstream of dams with anticipated climate change using a multimodel approach. Coldwater habitat for species such as trout and salmon has been reduced by water regulation, dam building, and land use change tha ...
... ABSTRACT: This article provides a method for examining mesoscale water quality objectives downstream of dams with anticipated climate change using a multimodel approach. Coldwater habitat for species such as trout and salmon has been reduced by water regulation, dam building, and land use change tha ...
Climate Change Impacts and Opportunities for Biodiversity and
... ecosystem services and promoting ecosystem-based adaptation and resilience. National frameworks for resource mobilization, Convention reporting and exchange mechanisms, including the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) of the CBD, are established and strengthened. This study on biodiversity and climate ...
... ecosystem services and promoting ecosystem-based adaptation and resilience. National frameworks for resource mobilization, Convention reporting and exchange mechanisms, including the Clearing House Mechanism (CHM) of the CBD, are established and strengthened. This study on biodiversity and climate ...
Article - Cerfacs
... [9] To address the uncertainties associated with step 2, a large ensemble of climate models from the CMIP3 archive is studied. This implies that it is necessary to downscale many climate projections, which has some practical implications concerning the choice of the downscaling method. These methods ...
... [9] To address the uncertainties associated with step 2, a large ensemble of climate models from the CMIP3 archive is studied. This implies that it is necessary to downscale many climate projections, which has some practical implications concerning the choice of the downscaling method. These methods ...
Read the PDF - REsilience of marginal GrAsslands and biodiveRsity
... the ecosystem services approach and help people develop choices for adaptation to climate change. This concept highlights the prospect of substantial ecosystem change and stresses the importance of option and insurance values of services not currently considered important for human wellbeing, but wh ...
... the ecosystem services approach and help people develop choices for adaptation to climate change. This concept highlights the prospect of substantial ecosystem change and stresses the importance of option and insurance values of services not currently considered important for human wellbeing, but wh ...
Climate Variability, Climate Change and Western Water
... difficult to discern from limited historical experience. Prospective climate change complicates long-term water resources planning because it will alter streamflow probability distributions and the characteristics of aquatic ecosystems in ways that are not yet entirely clear. The available evidence ...
... difficult to discern from limited historical experience. Prospective climate change complicates long-term water resources planning because it will alter streamflow probability distributions and the characteristics of aquatic ecosystems in ways that are not yet entirely clear. The available evidence ...
Reducing climate change impacts on agriculture: Global and
... Second, each country is naturally concerned with the potential damages and benefits that may arise over the coming decades from climate change impacts on its territory as well as globally, since these will affect domestic and international policies, trading patterns, resource use, regional planning, ...
... Second, each country is naturally concerned with the potential damages and benefits that may arise over the coming decades from climate change impacts on its territory as well as globally, since these will affect domestic and international policies, trading patterns, resource use, regional planning, ...
04 Morlot.P65
... management approaches and their implications are highlighted. After discussing some challenges of using scientific knowledge to monitor and manage progress, we look at what we can learn from current climate change global impact literature. Solid benchmark indicators appear to be available from globa ...
... management approaches and their implications are highlighted. After discussing some challenges of using scientific knowledge to monitor and manage progress, we look at what we can learn from current climate change global impact literature. Solid benchmark indicators appear to be available from globa ...
Annual report 2014
... record also in the global mean. Even higher temperatures are expected over the coming years as climate change progresses. The short-term weather will continue to vary but over time, climate warming will take weather-related variations to whole new levels. Here in Sweden, what we are used to perceivi ...
... record also in the global mean. Even higher temperatures are expected over the coming years as climate change progresses. The short-term weather will continue to vary but over time, climate warming will take weather-related variations to whole new levels. Here in Sweden, what we are used to perceivi ...
Estimating the impact of traffic on the UTLS QUANTIFY
... regional to local scale for the territory of central and eastern Europe, with emphasis on using very high climate resolution in order to capture the effects of the complex terrain of the region. From the viewpoint of climate scenario production, this goal will be achieved through a strategy of multi ...
... regional to local scale for the territory of central and eastern Europe, with emphasis on using very high climate resolution in order to capture the effects of the complex terrain of the region. From the viewpoint of climate scenario production, this goal will be achieved through a strategy of multi ...