Climate change and challenges for tourism in Central America
... Even if the concentrations of all GHGs and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1°C per decade would be expected. Afterwards, temperature projections increasingly depend on specific emissions scenarios” (IPCC, 2007a, Synthesis Report, page 7). According t ...
... Even if the concentrations of all GHGs and aerosols had been kept constant at year 2000 levels, a further warming of about 0.1°C per decade would be expected. Afterwards, temperature projections increasingly depend on specific emissions scenarios” (IPCC, 2007a, Synthesis Report, page 7). According t ...
Australian horticulture`s response to climate change and
... variability. A review was conducted of 27 projects previously funded by MCVP across a range of agricultural industries, of which 15 projects provided information or were capable of delivering an outcome which could have application in horticulture. This project has also sought to commence answering ...
... variability. A review was conducted of 27 projects previously funded by MCVP across a range of agricultural industries, of which 15 projects provided information or were capable of delivering an outcome which could have application in horticulture. This project has also sought to commence answering ...
Carbon-climate coupling in the Northern High Latitudes
... thus rendering about 100 PgC SOC vulnerable to decay (Davidson et al., 2006). To date, however, such processes involving SOC exchanges are poorly understood and the amount of potential carbon release is highly uncertain (Melillo et al., 2002; Bond-Lamberty et al., 2004; Eliasson et al., 2005; Lawre ...
... thus rendering about 100 PgC SOC vulnerable to decay (Davidson et al., 2006). To date, however, such processes involving SOC exchanges are poorly understood and the amount of potential carbon release is highly uncertain (Melillo et al., 2002; Bond-Lamberty et al., 2004; Eliasson et al., 2005; Lawre ...
NorthSouth asymmetry in the modeled phytoplankton community
... [Wang and Overland, 2009]. Hutchinson et al. [2013] claim that part of the asymmetry is due to the thermal isolation of the Southern Ocean provided by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. By contrast, sulfate aerosols are expected to cool the NH more than the SH [Dufresne et al., 2005], reducing this ...
... [Wang and Overland, 2009]. Hutchinson et al. [2013] claim that part of the asymmetry is due to the thermal isolation of the Southern Ocean provided by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. By contrast, sulfate aerosols are expected to cool the NH more than the SH [Dufresne et al., 2005], reducing this ...
Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise
... to the entire county. The event significantly increased topic knowledge among all participants and, among those with a worldview predisposing them to lower risk perceptions, significantly increased problem identification and concern about impacts. These results suggest small-group deliberation focused ...
... to the entire county. The event significantly increased topic knowledge among all participants and, among those with a worldview predisposing them to lower risk perceptions, significantly increased problem identification and concern about impacts. These results suggest small-group deliberation focused ...
6.4 Meeting Ecological Challenges
... confirms that many species and communities are responding as though they are experiencing rising temperatures. Yellow-bellied marmots, for example, are coming out of hibernation more than a month earlier than they used to. ...
... confirms that many species and communities are responding as though they are experiencing rising temperatures. Yellow-bellied marmots, for example, are coming out of hibernation more than a month earlier than they used to. ...
Chapter 13 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
... The conservation status of sharks on the GBR is of concern to marine managers due to increases in reported catch and the general lack of information available on population trends10. This is especially relevant given the inherent vulnerability of sharks and rays to fishing pressure and the poor sust ...
... The conservation status of sharks on the GBR is of concern to marine managers due to increases in reported catch and the general lack of information available on population trends10. This is especially relevant given the inherent vulnerability of sharks and rays to fishing pressure and the poor sust ...
Green tourism seminar
... know it, is commonly owned by everyone and utilised by all – noone has to pay to live on earth! • As a consequence, the environment suffers the effects of negative externalities, specifically the pollution that occurs during all our production and consumption activities. • The externality is the dif ...
... know it, is commonly owned by everyone and utilised by all – noone has to pay to live on earth! • As a consequence, the environment suffers the effects of negative externalities, specifically the pollution that occurs during all our production and consumption activities. • The externality is the dif ...
Chapter 6 _4_ - Mater Academy of International Studies
... confirms that many species and communities are responding as though they are experiencing rising temperatures. Yellow-bellied marmots, for example, are coming out of hibernation more than a month earlier than they used to. ...
... confirms that many species and communities are responding as though they are experiencing rising temperatures. Yellow-bellied marmots, for example, are coming out of hibernation more than a month earlier than they used to. ...
The implications of climate change for biodiversity conservation and
... evidence that the impacts of climate change on the world’s biodiversity are likely to be significant. Many impacts have already been observed (Hughes 2000; McCarty 2001; Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Walther et al. 2002), and many studies have modelled various potential impacts on biodiv ...
... evidence that the impacts of climate change on the world’s biodiversity are likely to be significant. Many impacts have already been observed (Hughes 2000; McCarty 2001; Parmesan and Yohe 2003; Root et al. 2003; Walther et al. 2002), and many studies have modelled various potential impacts on biodiv ...
The effects of deforestation and climate variability on the
... Foley 1997). Techniques for precipitation measurement at a given location are well known and associated errors in the monthly means are low, generally 5% or less (Fetter 2001). However, derivation of a spatially extensive precipitation dataset requires interpolation in space between relatively spars ...
... Foley 1997). Techniques for precipitation measurement at a given location are well known and associated errors in the monthly means are low, generally 5% or less (Fetter 2001). However, derivation of a spatially extensive precipitation dataset requires interpolation in space between relatively spars ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific
... limate change has been identified as one of the critical challenges of this century for the Pacific region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different ...
... limate change has been identified as one of the critical challenges of this century for the Pacific region. The region’s vulnerability arises from its unique geography and environment, the fragility of its economic structure, its distinctive demographics, and the interactions between these different ...
Improving*the*Outlook*for* Caribbean*Coral*Reefs
... Coral!reefs!are!central!to!the!health!of!the!Caribbean!Sea!and!to!the!well3being!of!Caribbean!societies.!! Addressing!the!risks!to!these!systems!is!a!key!element!of!the!CARICOM!response!to!climate!change.!This!Coral! Reef!Plan!of!Action!identifies!the!priority!challenges!for!sustaining!the!benefits! ...
... Coral!reefs!are!central!to!the!health!of!the!Caribbean!Sea!and!to!the!well3being!of!Caribbean!societies.!! Addressing!the!risks!to!these!systems!is!a!key!element!of!the!CARICOM!response!to!climate!change.!This!Coral! Reef!Plan!of!Action!identifies!the!priority!challenges!for!sustaining!the!benefits! ...
2012 2013 FINAL CICS Annual Report
... available that combine model and data over the last fifty or so years into a single, consistent product. The application of data assimilation methodology in oceanography is more recent, reflecting in part the relative sparsity of data in the ocean and so the likely large errors inherent in any such ...
... available that combine model and data over the last fifty or so years into a single, consistent product. The application of data assimilation methodology in oceanography is more recent, reflecting in part the relative sparsity of data in the ocean and so the likely large errors inherent in any such ...
Use of Traditional Weather/Climate Knowledge by Farmers
... Organization (WMO), Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM), workshop in Slovenia in 2002, were among the first to write, from within the agrometeorology, on the use of traditional methods and indigenous technologies for coping with climate variability. The paper reviews the options that Low ...
... Organization (WMO), Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM), workshop in Slovenia in 2002, were among the first to write, from within the agrometeorology, on the use of traditional methods and indigenous technologies for coping with climate variability. The paper reviews the options that Low ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – Cenchrus
... photosynthesis (Dwyer et al. 2007). Higher day/night temperatures (45/35°C) were lethal, although it is evident the plant can survive in areas such as the Sonoran Desert with air temperatures approaching 50°C (De La Barrera and Castellanos 2007). In addition, buffel grass, along with other exotic gr ...
... photosynthesis (Dwyer et al. 2007). Higher day/night temperatures (45/35°C) were lethal, although it is evident the plant can survive in areas such as the Sonoran Desert with air temperatures approaching 50°C (De La Barrera and Castellanos 2007). In addition, buffel grass, along with other exotic gr ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – Cenchrus
... photosynthesis (Dwyer et al. 2007). Higher day/night temperatures (45/35°C) were lethal, although it is evident the plant can survive in areas such as the Sonoran Desert with air temperatures approaching 50°C (De La Barrera and Castellanos 2007). In addition, buffel grass, along with other exotic gr ...
... photosynthesis (Dwyer et al. 2007). Higher day/night temperatures (45/35°C) were lethal, although it is evident the plant can survive in areas such as the Sonoran Desert with air temperatures approaching 50°C (De La Barrera and Castellanos 2007). In addition, buffel grass, along with other exotic gr ...
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources A Report from the
... Table 1: Observed relative mean sea level (MSL) trends in Washington. Since tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land, these measurements record relative MSL trends that combine the rates of global sea level rise and local vertical land motion. Source: NO ...
... Table 1: Observed relative mean sea level (MSL) trends in Washington. Since tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land, these measurements record relative MSL trends that combine the rates of global sea level rise and local vertical land motion. Source: NO ...
Volcanoes and climate - South Dakota State University
... was limited in several ways. First, only those eruptions that actually caused immediate and significant societal and economic damages were worthy of entry in the history books. Second, documentation often relied on and therefore required eyewitness accounts and reliable record-keeping; as a conseque ...
... was limited in several ways. First, only those eruptions that actually caused immediate and significant societal and economic damages were worthy of entry in the history books. Second, documentation often relied on and therefore required eyewitness accounts and reliable record-keeping; as a conseque ...
PRACTICE TEST 13
... Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned about the changes to our climate which are taking place. Admittedly, climate changes have occurred on our planet before. For example, there have been several ice ages or glacial periods. These climatic changes, however, wer ...
... Experts in climatology and other scientists are becoming extremely concerned about the changes to our climate which are taking place. Admittedly, climate changes have occurred on our planet before. For example, there have been several ice ages or glacial periods. These climatic changes, however, wer ...
DRAFT Climate Change TM
... Statewide average temperatures have increased by about 1.7oF from 1895 to 2011, with the greatest warming in the Sierra Nevada (Moser et al. 2012). Although the State’s weather has followed the expected pattern of a largely Mediterranean climate throughout the past century, no consistent trend in th ...
... Statewide average temperatures have increased by about 1.7oF from 1895 to 2011, with the greatest warming in the Sierra Nevada (Moser et al. 2012). Although the State’s weather has followed the expected pattern of a largely Mediterranean climate throughout the past century, no consistent trend in th ...
Assessing the impact of Laurentide Ice Sheet topography on glacial
... Liu et al., 2009; Shakun et al., 2012; Gregoire et al., 2012; He et al., 2013). For instance, by 14 ka, Northern Hemisphere ice sheets were still relatively large (60–70 % remaining by area; Dyke, 2004; Gyllencreutz et al., 2007), but atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations had already risen by ∼ ...
... Liu et al., 2009; Shakun et al., 2012; Gregoire et al., 2012; He et al., 2013). For instance, by 14 ka, Northern Hemisphere ice sheets were still relatively large (60–70 % remaining by area; Dyke, 2004; Gyllencreutz et al., 2007), but atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations had already risen by ∼ ...
Interaction of Land Use and Land Cover Change
... climate change also affects LULC processes. We aim to assess the regional scale interaction of LULC change and climate change. Driving forces of LULC change are also examined. Jiangxi Province, China is used as a case study. (1) To obtain reliable climate trends, we apply Standard Normal Homogeneity ...
... climate change also affects LULC processes. We aim to assess the regional scale interaction of LULC change and climate change. Driving forces of LULC change are also examined. Jiangxi Province, China is used as a case study. (1) To obtain reliable climate trends, we apply Standard Normal Homogeneity ...
Hydrological effects of the increased CO2 and climate change in the
... humidity were generated internally using the WXGEN weather generator (Sharpley and Williams 1990) in SWAT. The monthly climatic statistical information for driving the weather generator was developed for the entire United States based on long-term weather records (Neitsch et al. 2005a; Winchell et a ...
... humidity were generated internally using the WXGEN weather generator (Sharpley and Williams 1990) in SWAT. The monthly climatic statistical information for driving the weather generator was developed for the entire United States based on long-term weather records (Neitsch et al. 2005a; Winchell et a ...
PNAS proof
... this knowledge gap, the effects of vulnerability on global flood risk are not fully understood, and future projections of fatalities and losses available today are based on simplistic assumptions or do not include vulnerability. We show for the first time (to our knowledge) that trends and fluctuati ...
... this knowledge gap, the effects of vulnerability on global flood risk are not fully understood, and future projections of fatalities and losses available today are based on simplistic assumptions or do not include vulnerability. We show for the first time (to our knowledge) that trends and fluctuati ...