Public perceptions of unusually warm weather in the UK: impacts
... In the questionnaire, we sought to better understand how the general public: • experience periods of unusually warm weather in their everyday life, • perceive nationwide impacts of recent seasonal extremes, • modify their short- and long-term behaviour as a result of such extremes, with respect to b ...
... In the questionnaire, we sought to better understand how the general public: • experience periods of unusually warm weather in their everyday life, • perceive nationwide impacts of recent seasonal extremes, • modify their short- and long-term behaviour as a result of such extremes, with respect to b ...
Climate Change Implications for Crop Production in
... changes in rainfall patterns. These changes are also linked in part to an increased frequency of El Nino events (Allen & Bourke, 2009). Observed rainfall at Nadi from 1941 to 2005 shows a large inter annual variability with no significant long term trend but there has been an increase in the frequen ...
... changes in rainfall patterns. These changes are also linked in part to an increased frequency of El Nino events (Allen & Bourke, 2009). Observed rainfall at Nadi from 1941 to 2005 shows a large inter annual variability with no significant long term trend but there has been an increase in the frequen ...
Nitrogen pollution and climate change reduce carbon storage and
... carbon storage capacity and release stored CO2 into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. Although no specific studies on the effectiveness and cohesion of current policies were conducted by PEATBOG during the production of this brief, the knowledge presented highlights measures which can ...
... carbon storage capacity and release stored CO2 into the atmosphere, contributing to climate change. Although no specific studies on the effectiveness and cohesion of current policies were conducted by PEATBOG during the production of this brief, the knowledge presented highlights measures which can ...
Climate change impacts on New Zealand
... diversification under climate change, but also faces risks. The key benefit to agriculture is likely to be from elevated carbon dioxide concentrations which could lead to substantial improvement in growth rates and water-use efficiency. In addition, warmer conditions and lengthened growing seasons c ...
... diversification under climate change, but also faces risks. The key benefit to agriculture is likely to be from elevated carbon dioxide concentrations which could lead to substantial improvement in growth rates and water-use efficiency. In addition, warmer conditions and lengthened growing seasons c ...
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea
... Climate change is a serious issue, but in many cases is remains questionable if it is a dominant issue., Printed at ...
... Climate change is a serious issue, but in many cases is remains questionable if it is a dominant issue., Printed at ...
variability of freezing levels, melting season indicators, and snow
... SST recorded in the tropical Pacific since the 1950s accounts for approximately half of the increase in FLH in tropical and subtropical latitudes of the Cordilleran region during that same time. ...
... SST recorded in the tropical Pacific since the 1950s accounts for approximately half of the increase in FLH in tropical and subtropical latitudes of the Cordilleran region during that same time. ...
Climate of the Past
... We have performed a total of 125 simulations with the model driven by both natural and anthropogenic forcings (Fig. 1 and Table 1). An existing ensemble of 115 simulations (Goosse et al., 2005b, 2006), covering at least the period 1001 AD-2000AD, is first presented (35 simulations starting in 1 AD, ...
... We have performed a total of 125 simulations with the model driven by both natural and anthropogenic forcings (Fig. 1 and Table 1). An existing ensemble of 115 simulations (Goosse et al., 2005b, 2006), covering at least the period 1001 AD-2000AD, is first presented (35 simulations starting in 1 AD, ...
Climate Change and Variability
... This report describes changes which may occur over the coming century in the climate of the region administered by the Tasman District Council, and outlines some possible impacts of these changes. To set the context, we summarise key findings of the recent (2007) global climate change assessment und ...
... This report describes changes which may occur over the coming century in the climate of the region administered by the Tasman District Council, and outlines some possible impacts of these changes. To set the context, we summarise key findings of the recent (2007) global climate change assessment und ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... vegetation to investigate recent changes in vegetation greenness along the latitudinal temperature and vegetation gradient of the Yamal tundra. We again used the NASA GIMMS time series at 8-km resolution and bimonthly temporal resolution, and also included a land-cover type product derived from Mode ...
... vegetation to investigate recent changes in vegetation greenness along the latitudinal temperature and vegetation gradient of the Yamal tundra. We again used the NASA GIMMS time series at 8-km resolution and bimonthly temporal resolution, and also included a land-cover type product derived from Mode ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... vegetation to investigate recent changes in vegetation greenness along the latitudinal temperature and vegetation gradient of the Yamal tundra. We again used the NASA GIMMS time series at 8-km resolution and bimonthly temporal resolution, and also included a land-cover type product derived from Mode ...
... vegetation to investigate recent changes in vegetation greenness along the latitudinal temperature and vegetation gradient of the Yamal tundra. We again used the NASA GIMMS time series at 8-km resolution and bimonthly temporal resolution, and also included a land-cover type product derived from Mode ...
Climate Change and National Park Wildlife: A Survival
... that each of us owns our national parks. They have been entrusted to us, and it is our responsibility to make sure that climate change does not rob the parks of their incredibly rich array of plants, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergov ...
... that each of us owns our national parks. They have been entrusted to us, and it is our responsibility to make sure that climate change does not rob the parks of their incredibly rich array of plants, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Wildlife is threatened now as perhaps never before. The Intergov ...
Climate variability, ecological gradient and the Northeast China
... Human activities are adding a new dimension to the climate of the earth (IPCC, 1996) and also to the NECT. The release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere is threatening to have large effects on both the temperature and precipitation regime of the NECT, which may in turn influence human u ...
... Human activities are adding a new dimension to the climate of the earth (IPCC, 1996) and also to the NECT. The release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere is threatening to have large effects on both the temperature and precipitation regime of the NECT, which may in turn influence human u ...
Climate change impacts in urban coastal
... behavioural, phenotypic and evolutionary change or through human intervention (e.g. selective breeding, assisted translocations etc). The ability of coastal ecosystems to adapt and respond to changes in environmental conditions arising from climate change pressures rests, in part, with the eco-evolu ...
... behavioural, phenotypic and evolutionary change or through human intervention (e.g. selective breeding, assisted translocations etc). The ability of coastal ecosystems to adapt and respond to changes in environmental conditions arising from climate change pressures rests, in part, with the eco-evolu ...
KURUKULASURIYA MENDELSOHN 2006 Crop Selection Adapting to Climate Change in Afrika
... to climate change. Farmers make crop selections based on several criteria, including available inputs such as labor (both hired and household), experience, availability of seed, prices, government policy and a host of environmental factors such as climatic and soil conditions and available surface f ...
... to climate change. Farmers make crop selections based on several criteria, including available inputs such as labor (both hired and household), experience, availability of seed, prices, government policy and a host of environmental factors such as climatic and soil conditions and available surface f ...
Opportunities and risks of climate change
... In 1994, when Swiss Re published “Global warming: element of risk”, its first brochure on the climate issue, there was still a great deal of uncertainty as to whether global climate could be influenced noticeably by human intervention. Today, global warming is a fact. The climate has changed: visibl ...
... In 1994, when Swiss Re published “Global warming: element of risk”, its first brochure on the climate issue, there was still a great deal of uncertainty as to whether global climate could be influenced noticeably by human intervention. Today, global warming is a fact. The climate has changed: visibl ...
fulltext pdf - Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
... This study provided empirical information on determinants of climate change adaptation among farming households in Southwest Nigeria using Heckman’s double stage selection approach. Three states were randomly selected across southwest Nigeria: Ekiti, Ogun and Oyo States. Data were collected in two p ...
... This study provided empirical information on determinants of climate change adaptation among farming households in Southwest Nigeria using Heckman’s double stage selection approach. Three states were randomly selected across southwest Nigeria: Ekiti, Ogun and Oyo States. Data were collected in two p ...
Assessing climate risk to improve farm business management
... and apply less fertiliser. Thus a better understanding of expected rainfall can be used to amend the crop management decisions, thereby reducing the risk of farming. However, education and training are needed so that the farmer fully understands probabilistic forecasts and their limitations. Details ...
... and apply less fertiliser. Thus a better understanding of expected rainfall can be used to amend the crop management decisions, thereby reducing the risk of farming. However, education and training are needed so that the farmer fully understands probabilistic forecasts and their limitations. Details ...
Rapid climate change and no-analog vegetation in lowland Central
... stadials and high lake levels during Greenland interstadials. These findings were consistent with southerly migration of the ITCZ during times of enhanced meltwater discharge from the Laurentide ice mass and sea ice cover in the North Atlantic (Peterson et al., 2000; Chiang and Bitz, 2005; Hodell et ...
... stadials and high lake levels during Greenland interstadials. These findings were consistent with southerly migration of the ITCZ during times of enhanced meltwater discharge from the Laurentide ice mass and sea ice cover in the North Atlantic (Peterson et al., 2000; Chiang and Bitz, 2005; Hodell et ...
Thermal tolerance and climate warming sensitivity in tropical snails David J. Marshall
... Tropical ectotherms are predicted to be especially vulnerable to climate change because their thermal tolerance limits generally lie close to current maximum air temperatures. This prediction derives primarily from studies on insects and lizards and remains untested for other taxa with contrasting e ...
... Tropical ectotherms are predicted to be especially vulnerable to climate change because their thermal tolerance limits generally lie close to current maximum air temperatures. This prediction derives primarily from studies on insects and lizards and remains untested for other taxa with contrasting e ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A
... resilient green economies in the Abay Highlands; Section 5 introduces an institutional mechanism for merging science, technology, and development in support of climate resilience, and Section 6 addresses conclusions and recommendations for up scaling the Choke experiences. 2. A Framework for Buildin ...
... resilient green economies in the Abay Highlands; Section 5 introduces an institutional mechanism for merging science, technology, and development in support of climate resilience, and Section 6 addresses conclusions and recommendations for up scaling the Choke experiences. 2. A Framework for Buildin ...
Indirect genetic effects: an evolutionary
... in the trailing edge of a geographical range are thought to be fragmented remnants of a once intact continuous zone. Populations in the trailing edge of a species distribution are thought to demonstrate low gene flow among populations and be locally adapted to the particular environmental conditions ...
... in the trailing edge of a geographical range are thought to be fragmented remnants of a once intact continuous zone. Populations in the trailing edge of a species distribution are thought to demonstrate low gene flow among populations and be locally adapted to the particular environmental conditions ...
Contrasting spatial and temporal global change impacts on butterfly
... or measures habitat suitability. Generally, species richness is positively associated with temperature, and negatively associated with habitat degradation. While these models have been well tested across spatial scales, they have rarely been tested on a temporal scale in part due to the difficulty ...
... or measures habitat suitability. Generally, species richness is positively associated with temperature, and negatively associated with habitat degradation. While these models have been well tested across spatial scales, they have rarely been tested on a temporal scale in part due to the difficulty ...
Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to
... the terrestrial carbon sink, as far as it is generated by increasing CO2, still has the potential to increase but cannot persist inde®nitely at high strength (King et al. 1997; Cao & Woodward 1998). The eventual decline shown in these simulations has two main causes: on the one hand, the direct phys ...
... the terrestrial carbon sink, as far as it is generated by increasing CO2, still has the potential to increase but cannot persist inde®nitely at high strength (King et al. 1997; Cao & Woodward 1998). The eventual decline shown in these simulations has two main causes: on the one hand, the direct phys ...
Sub-Theme 2
... The climate change is recognized as one of the most serious and urgent issue for human society and global environment. A recent report by the World Bank finds that the most severe impact of a changing climate would be the effect on water supplies. The report suggested that by 2050, an inadequate sup ...
... The climate change is recognized as one of the most serious and urgent issue for human society and global environment. A recent report by the World Bank finds that the most severe impact of a changing climate would be the effect on water supplies. The report suggested that by 2050, an inadequate sup ...
Development of a Methodology and a Tool for the Assessment of Vulnerability of Roadways to Flood Induced Damage
... System dynamics is an approach that helps develop a strategic view of a “system”, which could be an industry, society or a nation, by modelling the different parts and simulating the dynamics of interaction among the different parts. This helps to determine the changes over time, and hence develop a ...
... System dynamics is an approach that helps develop a strategic view of a “system”, which could be an industry, society or a nation, by modelling the different parts and simulating the dynamics of interaction among the different parts. This helps to determine the changes over time, and hence develop a ...