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 ...
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local
... that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, an average rate of 0.21 ◦ C per decade (McSweeney et al., 2012). It is predicted that the temperature will continue to rise by 1.1 to 3.0 ◦ C by the 2060s and furth ...
... that Malawi is experiencing an increase in mean annual temperature. From 1960 to 2006 the mean annual temperature increased by 0.9 ◦ C, an average rate of 0.21 ◦ C per decade (McSweeney et al., 2012). It is predicted that the temperature will continue to rise by 1.1 to 3.0 ◦ C by the 2060s and furth ...
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... Pittock, Hansen, & Abell, 2008) include: ...
... Pittock, Hansen, & Abell, 2008) include: ...
Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps
... The best assumption from studies so far on climate change is that many regions of Africa will suffer from droughts and floods with greater frequency and intensity. The implication is that we have to plan for the certainty that more extreme events will occur in the future but with un ...
... The best assumption from studies so far on climate change is that many regions of Africa will suffer from droughts and floods with greater frequency and intensity. The implication is that we have to plan for the certainty that more extreme events will occur in the future but with un ...
Eco-environmental degradation in the northeastern margin of the
... Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is one area severely affected by these changes. As a part of the Yellow River basin, the northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is one of the most important inland bodies of water for the Yellow River, with about 18.6% of the runoff coming from this region. The so ...
... Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is one area severely affected by these changes. As a part of the Yellow River basin, the northeastern margin of the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau is one of the most important inland bodies of water for the Yellow River, with about 18.6% of the runoff coming from this region. The so ...
How does fishing alter marine populations and ecosystems
... characteristics other than biomass (e.g. demographic and spatial structures) also be restored. The other implication is that statistical climate-population relationships may display recurrent ...
... characteristics other than biomass (e.g. demographic and spatial structures) also be restored. The other implication is that statistical climate-population relationships may display recurrent ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... 5.2 Goal 2: To improve livelihood opportunities by using local community resources to create new or diversified businesses and by strengthening local infrastructure .................................................... 31 5.3 Goal 3: Engage in, or encourage, activities that aid in habitat restoration ...
... 5.2 Goal 2: To improve livelihood opportunities by using local community resources to create new or diversified businesses and by strengthening local infrastructure .................................................... 31 5.3 Goal 3: Engage in, or encourage, activities that aid in habitat restoration ...
National Park Service
... scenarios focused on the impacts to vegetation, fish, wildlife, and subsistence species engendered by radical shifts in seasonal stream flow and associated hydrology. General findings included the need for increased traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in planning; increased co-management, cooper ...
... scenarios focused on the impacts to vegetation, fish, wildlife, and subsistence species engendered by radical shifts in seasonal stream flow and associated hydrology. General findings included the need for increased traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in planning; increased co-management, cooper ...
Biogeosciences
... Southern Ocean over the period 2000 and 2100. Model results are interpreted using our understanding of the environmental control of phytoplankton growth rates – leading to two major findings. Firstly, comparison with results from phytoplankton perturbation experiments, in which environmental propert ...
... Southern Ocean over the period 2000 and 2100. Model results are interpreted using our understanding of the environmental control of phytoplankton growth rates – leading to two major findings. Firstly, comparison with results from phytoplankton perturbation experiments, in which environmental propert ...
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... Refinement in theory and practice of rainwater harvesting during the Maurya period led to rapid agricultural development and geographic expansion of the empire. A period of sound emphasis by the rulers on the construction and management of a diversity of hydraulic earthworks for rainwater harvesting ...
... Refinement in theory and practice of rainwater harvesting during the Maurya period led to rapid agricultural development and geographic expansion of the empire. A period of sound emphasis by the rulers on the construction and management of a diversity of hydraulic earthworks for rainwater harvesting ...
A hydraulic model to predict drought
... The model is physiologically-based and simulates water transport within individual woody plants, which can be isolated or competing for a common water resource. The model assumes that plant mortality is controlled by the carbon balance: when the plant is unable to transport water to the leaves it ce ...
... The model is physiologically-based and simulates water transport within individual woody plants, which can be isolated or competing for a common water resource. The model assumes that plant mortality is controlled by the carbon balance: when the plant is unable to transport water to the leaves it ce ...
climate change influences on antarctic bird populations
... 2002), depending upon where animals breed or over-winter, and how local any regional climate change is. According to Trathan et al. (2007) for seabirds, most responses will be evident as changes in: distribution, population sizes and densities, phenology, behavior community interactions, morphology ...
... 2002), depending upon where animals breed or over-winter, and how local any regional climate change is. According to Trathan et al. (2007) for seabirds, most responses will be evident as changes in: distribution, population sizes and densities, phenology, behavior community interactions, morphology ...
Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of
... effects on stomatal conductance (Izaurralde et al. 2011; Morgan et al. 2004b, 2011). Elevated CO2 may increase NPP in semi-arid regions by increasing plant water use efficiency (Fay et al. 2003; Izaurralde et al. 2011). Furthermore, plant species vary in their response to these factors and alteratio ...
... effects on stomatal conductance (Izaurralde et al. 2011; Morgan et al. 2004b, 2011). Elevated CO2 may increase NPP in semi-arid regions by increasing plant water use efficiency (Fay et al. 2003; Izaurralde et al. 2011). Furthermore, plant species vary in their response to these factors and alteratio ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... possible. “Probable” means that an effect is highly likely to occur in the future, while “possible” means that it may occur, but that predicted impacts must be carefully qualified to reflect the level of certainty. ...
... possible. “Probable” means that an effect is highly likely to occur in the future, while “possible” means that it may occur, but that predicted impacts must be carefully qualified to reflect the level of certainty. ...
Climate Changes Caucasus - WWF
... livestock grazing in arid lowland areas will also experience problems to cope. Through increasing temperature, decreasing water availability, increased damage from floods and storms, sea level rise and associated coastal erosion, climate change will no doubt put a challenge to the future development ...
... livestock grazing in arid lowland areas will also experience problems to cope. Through increasing temperature, decreasing water availability, increased damage from floods and storms, sea level rise and associated coastal erosion, climate change will no doubt put a challenge to the future development ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... scenarios of increased temperatures for most of this area Dinar et al. 2008). The fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) states that at lower latitude, in tropical dry areas, crop productivity is expected to decrease “for even small local temperature increases (1 – 2° C).” In many A ...
... scenarios of increased temperatures for most of this area Dinar et al. 2008). The fourth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) states that at lower latitude, in tropical dry areas, crop productivity is expected to decrease “for even small local temperature increases (1 – 2° C).” In many A ...
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... the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel production and policies. The new model has been identified as GTAP-BIO and widely used to examine the economic and land use consequences of biofuel production at the global scale (examples are: [19, 20, 21, and 22]). Then in an intensive set of modi ...
... the economic and environmental impacts of biofuel production and policies. The new model has been identified as GTAP-BIO and widely used to examine the economic and land use consequences of biofuel production at the global scale (examples are: [19, 20, 21, and 22]). Then in an intensive set of modi ...
An intercomparison of observed and simulated extreme rainfall and
... to erroneous values. With this in mind, values whose errovariance was greater than a fixed value (1.5e-3) have been set up to undefined and have not been taken into account in following calculation. Once the grids were obtained, trends in the indices have computed over the 40 years at every grid box ...
... to erroneous values. With this in mind, values whose errovariance was greater than a fixed value (1.5e-3) have been set up to undefined and have not been taken into account in following calculation. Once the grids were obtained, trends in the indices have computed over the 40 years at every grid box ...
evident - Mudanças Climáticas
... to erroneous values. With this in mind, values whose errovariance was greater than a fixed value (1.5e-3) have been set up to undefined and have not been taken into account in following calculation. Once the grids were obtained, trends in the indices have computed over the 40 years at every grid box ...
... to erroneous values. With this in mind, values whose errovariance was greater than a fixed value (1.5e-3) have been set up to undefined and have not been taken into account in following calculation. Once the grids were obtained, trends in the indices have computed over the 40 years at every grid box ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... 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 ...
Uncertainty in the impacts of projected climate change on the
... This inclusion of future climate uncertainty on hydrological impacts with the use of climate change scenarios is of recent concern (Cameron et al., 2000; Horton et al., 2006; Kriaučiūnienė et al., 2009; Maurer, 2007; Minville et al., 2008; Nawaz and Adeloye, 2006; Prudhomme and Davis, 2009a,b). F ...
... This inclusion of future climate uncertainty on hydrological impacts with the use of climate change scenarios is of recent concern (Cameron et al., 2000; Horton et al., 2006; Kriaučiūnienė et al., 2009; Maurer, 2007; Minville et al., 2008; Nawaz and Adeloye, 2006; Prudhomme and Davis, 2009a,b). F ...
Land - Use/Land Cover Change as a
... Only a Fraction of the Earth’s Surface, Have Global Circulation Effects? ...
... Only a Fraction of the Earth’s Surface, Have Global Circulation Effects? ...
Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Hazards on the Great
... 2011). The incidence of wind erosion and the rate of damage are determined by several environmental factors, such as soil texture, lithology, climate, vegetation, and human land use (agricultural techniques). According to Lóczy et al. (2012) 26.5 % of the Carpathian Basin is affected strongly or mo ...
... 2011). The incidence of wind erosion and the rate of damage are determined by several environmental factors, such as soil texture, lithology, climate, vegetation, and human land use (agricultural techniques). According to Lóczy et al. (2012) 26.5 % of the Carpathian Basin is affected strongly or mo ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... make our climate unstable and increase the risk to agriculture production. Risks in agriculture arise from the inherent uncertainties associated with climate change, and the fluctuation in the Canadian dollar which makes input costs and market prices difficult to predict. But risk is inevitable when ...
... make our climate unstable and increase the risk to agriculture production. Risks in agriculture arise from the inherent uncertainties associated with climate change, and the fluctuation in the Canadian dollar which makes input costs and market prices difficult to predict. But risk is inevitable when ...
Communicating Climate Change through ICT
... communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the last decade, the climate change communication literature has shifted its focus from public understa ...
... communicate the scientific basis of climate change, as well as its implications and relevant action strategies, in ways that encourage learning and engagement among various audiences [2–5]. During the last decade, the climate change communication literature has shifted its focus from public understa ...