Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... impact of an altered climate (Nordås and Gleditsch 2007). When the climate changes, this in turn directly affects the country as a whole. Climate change also influences multiple political and economic characteristics of a state. Climatic change might affect both economic (e.g., unemployment) and pol ...
... impact of an altered climate (Nordås and Gleditsch 2007). When the climate changes, this in turn directly affects the country as a whole. Climate change also influences multiple political and economic characteristics of a state. Climatic change might affect both economic (e.g., unemployment) and pol ...
Cooling the Earth with Crops
... regional climate, altering the whole bioclimatic regime in the region. This is important because the changes in water and energy fluxes in the Amazon have teleconnections worldwide which amplify the warming feedbacks.20 For instance, changes in the deep tropical atmospheric convection in the Amazon ...
... regional climate, altering the whole bioclimatic regime in the region. This is important because the changes in water and energy fluxes in the Amazon have teleconnections worldwide which amplify the warming feedbacks.20 For instance, changes in the deep tropical atmospheric convection in the Amazon ...
Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
... desertification (EEA, 2008). In parts of southern/central Spain, it is likely that droughts will occasionally persist throughout the year. The resulting stress on water resources, combined with higher summer temperatures, will probably lead to a shift in the main seasons for the tourism sector as we ...
... desertification (EEA, 2008). In parts of southern/central Spain, it is likely that droughts will occasionally persist throughout the year. The resulting stress on water resources, combined with higher summer temperatures, will probably lead to a shift in the main seasons for the tourism sector as we ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... boreal forest, savanna and dry woodland, grassland and dry shrubland, desert, dry tundra, tundra) that would represent the vegetation types in China (Table 1). A set of widely accepted bioclimatic and eco-physiological parameters was used to define PFTs and to assign biomes (Prentice et al. 1992; Ha ...
... boreal forest, savanna and dry woodland, grassland and dry shrubland, desert, dry tundra, tundra) that would represent the vegetation types in China (Table 1). A set of widely accepted bioclimatic and eco-physiological parameters was used to define PFTs and to assign biomes (Prentice et al. 1992; Ha ...
What is this thing called `natural`? The nature
... Newton 2007). Contradictory thinking attaches a variety of meanings, values and functions to nature. Most commonly described is the resource and aesthetic value of the natural world. Nature is also enlisted in environmental protection. Nature can be used to complement technical solutions, for exampl ...
... Newton 2007). Contradictory thinking attaches a variety of meanings, values and functions to nature. Most commonly described is the resource and aesthetic value of the natural world. Nature is also enlisted in environmental protection. Nature can be used to complement technical solutions, for exampl ...
Author`s personal copy - Mariclim
... Many arctic terrestrial ecosystems suffer from a permanent deficiency of nutrients. Marine birds that forage at sea and breed on land can transport organic matter from the sea to land, and thus help to initiate and sustain terrestrial ecosystems. This organic matter initiates the emergence of local t ...
... Many arctic terrestrial ecosystems suffer from a permanent deficiency of nutrients. Marine birds that forage at sea and breed on land can transport organic matter from the sea to land, and thus help to initiate and sustain terrestrial ecosystems. This organic matter initiates the emergence of local t ...
- Wiley Online Library
... scale. By using protected areas we minimized the effects of land use/land cover changes over ecosystem functioning. We analyzed the temporal trends, that is, directional changes, and spatial heterogeneity of both climatic variables and attributes of the seasonal dynamics of the normalized difference ...
... scale. By using protected areas we minimized the effects of land use/land cover changes over ecosystem functioning. We analyzed the temporal trends, that is, directional changes, and spatial heterogeneity of both climatic variables and attributes of the seasonal dynamics of the normalized difference ...
Adaptation strategies to increase human resilience against climate
... abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the on-line series as being (i) fundamentally sound in their methods and implementation, (ii) informative about the methods and/or fin ...
... abstracts written by researchers participating in the AIACC project. Papers published in AIACC Working Papers have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication in the on-line series as being (i) fundamentally sound in their methods and implementation, (ii) informative about the methods and/or fin ...
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
... more to global mortality and global burden of disease. Moreover, the state-of-theart British-sponsored fast track assessments (FTAs) of the global impacts of climate change show that through 2085-2100, climate change would contribute less to human health and environmental threats than other risk fac ...
... more to global mortality and global burden of disease. Moreover, the state-of-theart British-sponsored fast track assessments (FTAs) of the global impacts of climate change show that through 2085-2100, climate change would contribute less to human health and environmental threats than other risk fac ...
The Effect of Climate Change on the Vegetation Cover of the Mujib
... University of Gothenburg) has also been used with some experts in the field of the nature reservesby displays the data statistically and read their behavior and try to find a relationship linking to other climatic data. The specialists have also been in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Pro ...
... University of Gothenburg) has also been used with some experts in the field of the nature reservesby displays the data statistically and read their behavior and try to find a relationship linking to other climatic data. The specialists have also been in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Pro ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... 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. ...
case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... changes in precipitation, longer and more frequent droughts—influence the structure and function of forest ecosystems and can increase the likelihood of ...
... changes in precipitation, longer and more frequent droughts—influence the structure and function of forest ecosystems and can increase the likelihood of ...
Standard
... Selection for lower critical photoperiod started in 1991 with the preselected material, but now under increasing photoperiods starting with 10 h light and 14 h dark, leading to the ‘short day selection line’. In each generation individual crosses were made between the 10 earliest flowering plants (f ...
... Selection for lower critical photoperiod started in 1991 with the preselected material, but now under increasing photoperiods starting with 10 h light and 14 h dark, leading to the ‘short day selection line’. In each generation individual crosses were made between the 10 earliest flowering plants (f ...
Climate change and respiratory disease: European Respiratory Society position statement ERS POSITION STATEMENT
... The impact of climate change on ambient particle concentrations is uncertain [14]. Although mitigation policies may result in reductions in particle emissions at the local level, desertification and a higher frequency of forest fires may increase transboundary transport of particles [13, 22]. Long-t ...
... The impact of climate change on ambient particle concentrations is uncertain [14]. Although mitigation policies may result in reductions in particle emissions at the local level, desertification and a higher frequency of forest fires may increase transboundary transport of particles [13, 22]. Long-t ...
Aysha Fleming, Frank Vanclay
... systems and chains of information are put in place. Indeed, some farmers may feel they are already facing climate changes worse than those projected for the future, because of current drought conditions, for example in the Murray-Darling basin. The carbon pollution reduction scheme, with or without ...
... systems and chains of information are put in place. Indeed, some farmers may feel they are already facing climate changes worse than those projected for the future, because of current drought conditions, for example in the Murray-Darling basin. The carbon pollution reduction scheme, with or without ...
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
... This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data, documents how these changes have altered biogeophysical and biogeochemical surface fluxes on the local, mesoscale, and regional scales. Re ...
... This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data, documents how these changes have altered biogeophysical and biogeochemical surface fluxes on the local, mesoscale, and regional scales. Re ...
Adaptation of crops to climate change through genotypic responses
... change often simulate crop yield, land-use change and world food trade. The treatment of crop growth and development in these assessments tends to be based on empirical methods. For example, Parry et al. (2004) used parameterisations of crop model functions, whilst Fischer et al. (2002) used observe ...
... change often simulate crop yield, land-use change and world food trade. The treatment of crop growth and development in these assessments tends to be based on empirical methods. For example, Parry et al. (2004) used parameterisations of crop model functions, whilst Fischer et al. (2002) used observe ...
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... effects on the marine environment [1, 2]. Not all of these impacts will be negative, but the changes will almost certainly increase the degree of uncertainty [3] in terms of temporal and spatial variations of fish populations, habitat viability and stability, and ecosystem interactions and feedbacks ...
... effects on the marine environment [1, 2]. Not all of these impacts will be negative, but the changes will almost certainly increase the degree of uncertainty [3] in terms of temporal and spatial variations of fish populations, habitat viability and stability, and ecosystem interactions and feedbacks ...
Framing Climate: Implications for Local Government Policy
... climatic change is already locked in, raising the importance of adaptation strategies. According to prominent climate modeller, James Hanson, sea levels will more than likely increase by more than one metre by the end of the century (Kerr 2007). Other locked in impacts include reduced food and water ...
... climatic change is already locked in, raising the importance of adaptation strategies. According to prominent climate modeller, James Hanson, sea levels will more than likely increase by more than one metre by the end of the century (Kerr 2007). Other locked in impacts include reduced food and water ...
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... to variability in weather and climate as well as to pests, pathogens and market related factors like price volatility.1 Recent evidence suggests that global climate change is likely to increase the incidence of environmental disasters, increase the variability of rainfall and temperature, and involv ...
... to variability in weather and climate as well as to pests, pathogens and market related factors like price volatility.1 Recent evidence suggests that global climate change is likely to increase the incidence of environmental disasters, increase the variability of rainfall and temperature, and involv ...
Author`s personal copy - University of Alberta
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
... that can be benchmarked against early, pre-disturbance, time intervals (Smol 2008). In this paper, we review how palaeolimnological records of remote lakes have contributed to the global change science agenda, and comment on their current and future role in global change monitoring and processual un ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... a fully functioning global network of PAs for in situ biodiversity conservation (SCBD 2003). Another example is the intention of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme to use the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) as learning sites for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategie ...
... a fully functioning global network of PAs for in situ biodiversity conservation (SCBD 2003). Another example is the intention of the UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) Programme to use the World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) as learning sites for climate change mitigation and adaptation strategie ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... One line often used to define the region is the Arctic Circle, drawn at the latitude north of which the sun does not rise above the horizon at winter solstice and does not set below it at summer solstice – “the land of the midnight sun”. Other boundaries used to define the Arctic include treeline, c ...
... One line often used to define the region is the Arctic Circle, drawn at the latitude north of which the sun does not rise above the horizon at winter solstice and does not set below it at summer solstice – “the land of the midnight sun”. Other boundaries used to define the Arctic include treeline, c ...
Impacts of climate change on the worldTs most exceptional ecoregions
... goods and services are vital for human well-being, yet despite increases in conservation activity, the loss of biodiversity continues (1, 2). Although habitat degradation, fragmentation, and destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species have driven recent biodiversity loss, climate change is p ...
... goods and services are vital for human well-being, yet despite increases in conservation activity, the loss of biodiversity continues (1, 2). Although habitat degradation, fragmentation, and destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species have driven recent biodiversity loss, climate change is p ...
Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... global climate projections to simulate the spatial heterogeneous patterns in meteorology across the HKH that may be driving some of the variation in mass balance. This study uses regional climate models (RCMs) to both simulate the present-day climatology of the HKH as well as make centennial project ...
... global climate projections to simulate the spatial heterogeneous patterns in meteorology across the HKH that may be driving some of the variation in mass balance. This study uses regional climate models (RCMs) to both simulate the present-day climatology of the HKH as well as make centennial project ...