FH Research Branch
... densities on the susceptibility of lodgepole pine to attack by the mountain pine beetle (Rob Brockley). Effects of different fertilizer regimes on the susceptibility of young lodgepole pine to attack by the mountain pine beetle (Rob Brockley). To determine if MPB killed pines are less effective repo ...
... densities on the susceptibility of lodgepole pine to attack by the mountain pine beetle (Rob Brockley). Effects of different fertilizer regimes on the susceptibility of young lodgepole pine to attack by the mountain pine beetle (Rob Brockley). To determine if MPB killed pines are less effective repo ...
Re-Investigating Climate Change
... vaguely plausible story as to how you know this is true – they will become easier to manipulate. They may question you about your conclusions and, if you can answer their questions in a credible way, you will gain their confidence and, as a consequence, gain power over them. However, it seems that t ...
... vaguely plausible story as to how you know this is true – they will become easier to manipulate. They may question you about your conclusions and, if you can answer their questions in a credible way, you will gain their confidence and, as a consequence, gain power over them. However, it seems that t ...
Resource Scarcity, Climate Change and the Risk of
... “high risk of violent conflict” as a result of climate change interacting with economic, social and political problems, while in a further 56 countries with 1.2 billion inhabitants “the institutions of government will have great difficulty taking the strain of climate change on top of all their othe ...
... “high risk of violent conflict” as a result of climate change interacting with economic, social and political problems, while in a further 56 countries with 1.2 billion inhabitants “the institutions of government will have great difficulty taking the strain of climate change on top of all their othe ...
Web System Development Literature Review
... de Wet N, Ye W, Hales S, Warrick R, Woodward A, and Weinstein P. 2001. Use of a computer model to identify potential hotspots for dengue fever in New Zealand. NZMJ 114 (1140):420-2. de Wet N, Slaney D, Ye W, Warrick R, and Hales S. 2005. Hotspots: Exotic mosquito risk profiles for New Zealand. Inter ...
... de Wet N, Ye W, Hales S, Warrick R, Woodward A, and Weinstein P. 2001. Use of a computer model to identify potential hotspots for dengue fever in New Zealand. NZMJ 114 (1140):420-2. de Wet N, Slaney D, Ye W, Warrick R, and Hales S. 2005. Hotspots: Exotic mosquito risk profiles for New Zealand. Inter ...
Ocean Extremes - A unified marine science community
... Storm surges and sea level rise are generally translated unattenuated from the open coast into harbours, bays and estuaries. The wave setup that occurs with high waves breaking close to shore can al ...
... Storm surges and sea level rise are generally translated unattenuated from the open coast into harbours, bays and estuaries. The wave setup that occurs with high waves breaking close to shore can al ...
American Academy of Pediatrics • American Heart Association
... severe changes. Among the expected impacts from these stresses are: post-traumatic stress disorder; depression and anxiety; increases in violence; and strains due to relocation. 37 Millions of Americans suffer greater vulnerability to these threats. Many people face greater risk or exposure, as docu ...
... severe changes. Among the expected impacts from these stresses are: post-traumatic stress disorder; depression and anxiety; increases in violence; and strains due to relocation. 37 Millions of Americans suffer greater vulnerability to these threats. Many people face greater risk or exposure, as docu ...
Global megatrends - Eionet Forum
... • Dialogue EEA-Eionet; within Eionet (exchange of views, feedback) • Input of the information (Use existing data and information provided by countries in regular processes, potentially complemented with additional input such as case studies’ .) ...
... • Dialogue EEA-Eionet; within Eionet (exchange of views, feedback) • Input of the information (Use existing data and information provided by countries in regular processes, potentially complemented with additional input such as case studies’ .) ...
publications - Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
... Vizy, E. K., and K. H. Cook, 2002: Development and application of a mesoscale climate model for the tropics: Influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the West African monsoon, J. Geophys. Res.- Atmos., 107(D3), 10.1029/2001JD000686, 2002 Vizy, E. K., and K. H. Cook, 2001: Mechanisms by whic ...
... Vizy, E. K., and K. H. Cook, 2002: Development and application of a mesoscale climate model for the tropics: Influence of sea surface temperature anomalies on the West African monsoon, J. Geophys. Res.- Atmos., 107(D3), 10.1029/2001JD000686, 2002 Vizy, E. K., and K. H. Cook, 2001: Mechanisms by whic ...
Costing Climate Change Adaptation: A Review of Estimates and Approaches
... Therefore, adaptation measures are important to limit the negative impacts of climate change even though with adaptation there will be residual damages/costs. For this, adaptation and its cost estimation is vital to gear up the climate talk and fund disbursement with liability, compensation, equity ...
... Therefore, adaptation measures are important to limit the negative impacts of climate change even though with adaptation there will be residual damages/costs. For this, adaptation and its cost estimation is vital to gear up the climate talk and fund disbursement with liability, compensation, equity ...
How Does Climate Change Affect Agricultural Stability in Southeast
... island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institutional capacity, countries in this region are more likely to be vulnerable to the imp ...
... island nations in particular. One region of the world where the effects of climate change are being felt particularly hard is southeast and equatorial Africa. Because of inadequate economic, development, and institutional capacity, countries in this region are more likely to be vulnerable to the imp ...
Analysis of perception and adaptation to climate change in the Nile
... This study employed the Hickman probit model to analyse the two- step process of adaptation to climate change, which initially requires farmer’s perception that climate is changing and then responding to changes through adaptation. The analysis of perception of farmers to climate change revealed tha ...
... This study employed the Hickman probit model to analyse the two- step process of adaptation to climate change, which initially requires farmer’s perception that climate is changing and then responding to changes through adaptation. The analysis of perception of farmers to climate change revealed tha ...
Feng et al (2009)
... are likely to be of particular concern for both developing (in many cases, migrant-sending) and developed (i.e., migrant-receiving) countries. Although migration is a normal part of the development process (10, 11), and can be an important risk management strategy for households (12, 13), unmanaged ...
... are likely to be of particular concern for both developing (in many cases, migrant-sending) and developed (i.e., migrant-receiving) countries. Although migration is a normal part of the development process (10, 11), and can be an important risk management strategy for households (12, 13), unmanaged ...
ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT (SUMMARY)
... Urbanization and waste management. The prospect of jobs, income generation, and better access to medical and educational facilities is driving an unsustainable rate of urban migration. The 2007 national census found that 53% of the population resides in urban areas.3 This has contributed to the diff ...
... Urbanization and waste management. The prospect of jobs, income generation, and better access to medical and educational facilities is driving an unsustainable rate of urban migration. The 2007 national census found that 53% of the population resides in urban areas.3 This has contributed to the diff ...
Observed coherent changes in climatic
... extreme indicator Fd value between 1951 and 1996 from the average 1961–1990 value of weighted global stations. The anomalies reflect the pattern of change in (a) through time. The insert represents the weighting factors used in the linear regression analysis, but note that the weights are shown for ...
... extreme indicator Fd value between 1951 and 1996 from the average 1961–1990 value of weighted global stations. The anomalies reflect the pattern of change in (a) through time. The insert represents the weighting factors used in the linear regression analysis, but note that the weights are shown for ...
Public views on climate change: European and USA Perspectives
... the balance between long-term and short-term considerations) the practice of risk communication becomes much more difficult. And finally, policy implementation may be misunderstood, neglected or even opposed by the electorate. Accordingly, public views on climate change have been of interest to many ...
... the balance between long-term and short-term considerations) the practice of risk communication becomes much more difficult. And finally, policy implementation may be misunderstood, neglected or even opposed by the electorate. Accordingly, public views on climate change have been of interest to many ...
Protected Area Policies and Climate Change: The Case of the
... To predict changes in vegetation zonation, outputs from three Global Climate Models (GCMs) for the 2040-2069 period (referred to as the 2050s) were applied to the Canadian Prairies: CGCM2 A21, CSIROMk2b B11 and Hadley CM3 B21. These scenarios were selected because they represent the full GCM range o ...
... To predict changes in vegetation zonation, outputs from three Global Climate Models (GCMs) for the 2040-2069 period (referred to as the 2050s) were applied to the Canadian Prairies: CGCM2 A21, CSIROMk2b B11 and Hadley CM3 B21. These scenarios were selected because they represent the full GCM range o ...
Oxfam Education Session 5: adapting to climate change Age range
... that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around the world to help them adapt to the effects of climate change. Show slides 11 to 13 with e ...
... that climate change adaptation is about responding to the effects of climate change to reduce the vulnerability of people, plants, animals and natural systems. Oxfam are already working with communities around the world to help them adapt to the effects of climate change. Show slides 11 to 13 with e ...
Investing to Curb Climate Change: A Guide for the Institutional Investor
... which you can find online. If the fund takes social responsibility or environmental concerns into account in selecting its portfolio, that will be mentioned in the prospectus. Funds that invest in equities also have a responsibility to vote their shares (proxies) in portfolio companies, and are requ ...
... which you can find online. If the fund takes social responsibility or environmental concerns into account in selecting its portfolio, that will be mentioned in the prospectus. Funds that invest in equities also have a responsibility to vote their shares (proxies) in portfolio companies, and are requ ...
Carbon Sequestration via Wood Burial
... The most important linkage between climate and ecosystem health is soil moisture. The soil moisture computed from the median of the models has similar spatial structure to that of the change in dry season precipitation (Fig. 1d). This happens despite the fact that wet season precipitation change is ...
... The most important linkage between climate and ecosystem health is soil moisture. The soil moisture computed from the median of the models has similar spatial structure to that of the change in dry season precipitation (Fig. 1d). This happens despite the fact that wet season precipitation change is ...
Climate Change, Heat Waves, and Adaptation NH-12
... CASE STUDY: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN A paper published last year (Oudin Åström et al., 2013) garnered a lot of attention as it purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an inc ...
... CASE STUDY: STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN A paper published last year (Oudin Åström et al., 2013) garnered a lot of attention as it purported to quantify the degree to which climate change was leading to an increase in heat-related deaths in Stockholm, Sweden. The researchers reported that as a result of an inc ...
PDF file - Lincoln University
... o There are some safety issues associated with lack of understanding about New Zealand weather conditions; and o Some types of tourists appear more vulnerable to weather impacts than others. Overall the research to date on tourists’ perceptions of and responses to expected and experienced weather co ...
... o There are some safety issues associated with lack of understanding about New Zealand weather conditions; and o Some types of tourists appear more vulnerable to weather impacts than others. Overall the research to date on tourists’ perceptions of and responses to expected and experienced weather co ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... Thus changes in mean environmental temperatures might have played a smaller role in the evolution of performance curves than have changes in thermal extremes and their interactions with precipitation (and likely cloud cover). In a similar vein, tropical species of Drosophila from eastern Australia h ...
... Thus changes in mean environmental temperatures might have played a smaller role in the evolution of performance curves than have changes in thermal extremes and their interactions with precipitation (and likely cloud cover). In a similar vein, tropical species of Drosophila from eastern Australia h ...
It`s Gettin` Hot In Here!
... pollution, coral reef destruction) can be understood through the analysis of interactions between the four Earth systems. E5.4A Explain the natural mechanism of the greenhouse effect, including comparisons of the major greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone) ...
... pollution, coral reef destruction) can be understood through the analysis of interactions between the four Earth systems. E5.4A Explain the natural mechanism of the greenhouse effect, including comparisons of the major greenhouse gases (water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone) ...
Worksheets on Climate Change: Going under! The threat of rising
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
... The threat of rising sea levels for the small island nation of Tuvalu The scenarios and warnings of international scientists regarding climate change and its inevitable consequences must seem like a constant sword of Damocles hanging over the people of Tuvalu. In its new report (2013), the Intergove ...
Chapter 14 Tourism, leisure and sport
... pursuits such as hill walking can be dangerous in certain conditions, and the frequency of occasions when an activity becomes dangerous may well change over time. The recent case of the North East run where several fit people were adversely affected by the prevailing warm conditions highlights the i ...
... pursuits such as hill walking can be dangerous in certain conditions, and the frequency of occasions when an activity becomes dangerous may well change over time. The recent case of the North East run where several fit people were adversely affected by the prevailing warm conditions highlights the i ...