Time to Evolve? Potential Evolutionary Responses of Fraser River
... and stress levels, for example, typically increase at higher ...
... and stress levels, for example, typically increase at higher ...
The Effect of Potential Future Climate Change on the Marine
... used in the UVic ESCM, which limits depths within the Gulf of Mexico to no greater than 500 m. As explained in section 2, the application of modeled seafloor temperatures to a high-resolution topography is avoided in the interest of global model consistency, resulting in this regional model–observat ...
... used in the UVic ESCM, which limits depths within the Gulf of Mexico to no greater than 500 m. As explained in section 2, the application of modeled seafloor temperatures to a high-resolution topography is avoided in the interest of global model consistency, resulting in this regional model–observat ...
TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... COP 15, UNFCCC, Post-2012 Framework, Climate Policy, Assessment ...
... COP 15, UNFCCC, Post-2012 Framework, Climate Policy, Assessment ...
Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Integrated Assessment of
... drought affecting agricultural production and access to clean water; rising sea levels making coastal areas uninhabitable and increasing the number of sinking island states; and increased competition over natural resources that may lead to conflict (Martin 2009). Although they will vary regionally, ...
... drought affecting agricultural production and access to clean water; rising sea levels making coastal areas uninhabitable and increasing the number of sinking island states; and increased competition over natural resources that may lead to conflict (Martin 2009). Although they will vary regionally, ...
Death by Degrees: Ohio - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... patterns—might be part of a larger, long-lasting climate pattern.20 Most recently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the world’s oceans have warmed significantly over the past 40 years.21 The greatest warming occurred near the surface of the oceans, where temper ...
... patterns—might be part of a larger, long-lasting climate pattern.20 Most recently the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the world’s oceans have warmed significantly over the past 40 years.21 The greatest warming occurred near the surface of the oceans, where temper ...
Representation of Extreme Precipitation Events Leading to Opposite
... Besides magnitude, the robustness in the signal plays a role of utmost importance while assessing the climate change. In this respect, the greater Congo region provides less clear picture as reported in AR4 [1], with some models projecting an increase in annual total precipitation while others a dec ...
... Besides magnitude, the robustness in the signal plays a role of utmost importance while assessing the climate change. In this respect, the greater Congo region provides less clear picture as reported in AR4 [1], with some models projecting an increase in annual total precipitation while others a dec ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
Implications of climate warming for Boreal Shield lakes: a review
... Abstract: Climate change is a reality. A warming climate will have large effects on lakes of the Boreal Shield. Our ability to forecast these effects, however, is hampered by a very incomplete understanding of the actual interactions between weather and many aspects of lake ecosystems. Climate chang ...
... Abstract: Climate change is a reality. A warming climate will have large effects on lakes of the Boreal Shield. Our ability to forecast these effects, however, is hampered by a very incomplete understanding of the actual interactions between weather and many aspects of lake ecosystems. Climate chang ...
Climate change and water in south Asia
... Ahmed and Suphachalasai (2014) report on regional climate modelling (RegCM4 nested in ECHAM5 and MRI) undertaken for the whole South Asia domain at a resolution of 30 km for IPCC AR4 scenarios A2, A1B and B1 for the 2030s, 2050s and 2080s. They concluded steadily progressing warming will be wides ...
... Ahmed and Suphachalasai (2014) report on regional climate modelling (RegCM4 nested in ECHAM5 and MRI) undertaken for the whole South Asia domain at a resolution of 30 km for IPCC AR4 scenarios A2, A1B and B1 for the 2030s, 2050s and 2080s. They concluded steadily progressing warming will be wides ...
Chapter 10 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... for Iceland. (These country-by-country targets are listed in Annex B of the Protocol.) These targets apply, not on a yearly basis, but to the fiveyear, 2008–2012 commitment period, and apply to a basket of six greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and three trace gases or groups ...
... for Iceland. (These country-by-country targets are listed in Annex B of the Protocol.) These targets apply, not on a yearly basis, but to the fiveyear, 2008–2012 commitment period, and apply to a basket of six greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and three trace gases or groups ...
health perspectives
... Extreme precipitation events have increased across the region; this increase has been dramatic at some sites. The impact of this increase in large precipitation events is evident in the several large floods that have occurred across New Hampshire over the last decade. ...
... Extreme precipitation events have increased across the region; this increase has been dramatic at some sites. The impact of this increase in large precipitation events is evident in the several large floods that have occurred across New Hampshire over the last decade. ...
Nature Communications Review Integrating Pliocene Geological
... meet those challenges in order to enhance our understanding of global change. ...
... meet those challenges in order to enhance our understanding of global change. ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Areas
... As the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes, urban centres and the infrastructure they concentrate – and the industries that are a key part of many such centres’ economic bases – are often capable of considerable adaptation in order to reduce risks from the ...
... As the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) notes, urban centres and the infrastructure they concentrate – and the industries that are a key part of many such centres’ economic bases – are often capable of considerable adaptation in order to reduce risks from the ...
View/Open
... al., 2005). Given the large soil organic carbon stocks in permafrost (Zimov et al., 2006a; Tarnocai et al., 2009), there is a major concern that these stocks get decomposed and subsequently released as CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere (Dutta et al., 2006; McGuire et al., 2009). An increase in greenhous ...
... al., 2005). Given the large soil organic carbon stocks in permafrost (Zimov et al., 2006a; Tarnocai et al., 2009), there is a major concern that these stocks get decomposed and subsequently released as CO2 and CH4 to the atmosphere (Dutta et al., 2006; McGuire et al., 2009). An increase in greenhous ...
Species-specific ecological niche modelling predicts different range
... presence records and additional records after 2001. Also, the new ensemble approach employed ecological niche modelling algorithms (including Maximum Entropy, Random Forests and Support Vector Machines) that have been widely adopted since 2003 and perform better than GARP, as well as using a more re ...
... presence records and additional records after 2001. Also, the new ensemble approach employed ecological niche modelling algorithms (including Maximum Entropy, Random Forests and Support Vector Machines) that have been widely adopted since 2003 and perform better than GARP, as well as using a more re ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental vulnerability, it fails to take into account the broader economic and social capitals and interactions that are reflected in the broad range of livelihood strategies operating in the Pacific. The EVI also pr ...
... Whilst the EVI climate change sub-index provides a comprehensive assessment of environmental vulnerability, it fails to take into account the broader economic and social capitals and interactions that are reflected in the broad range of livelihood strategies operating in the Pacific. The EVI also pr ...
Climate and carbon cycle dynamics in a CESM simulation from 850
... The third Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP3; Schmidt et al., 2011) and fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5; Taylor et al., 2012) represent joint efforts, in which different modeling groups perform identical experiments, allowing for a systematic comparison of the m ...
... The third Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP3; Schmidt et al., 2011) and fifth Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5; Taylor et al., 2012) represent joint efforts, in which different modeling groups perform identical experiments, allowing for a systematic comparison of the m ...
changes in ground-level air pollution over europe
... strengths of natural sources and sinks. – Constraining anthropogenic CH4 seems better feasible: shorter lifetime, anthropogenic emissions less well known and of similar magnitude as natural emissions. ...
... strengths of natural sources and sinks. – Constraining anthropogenic CH4 seems better feasible: shorter lifetime, anthropogenic emissions less well known and of similar magnitude as natural emissions. ...
ecosystem approach to fisheries management
... Ecosystem approach (EA) – A strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. Often used interchangeably with ecosystem-based management (EBM) (CBD 2000). Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) – ...
... Ecosystem approach (EA) – A strategy for the integrated management of land, water, and living resources that promotes conservation and sustainable use in an equitable way. Often used interchangeably with ecosystem-based management (EBM) (CBD 2000). Ecosystem approach to fisheries management (EAFM) – ...
Cloud Feedbacks Found to Amplify Global Warming
... 500-hPa vertical velocity (v500) from satellite data and reanalyses, respectively. Focusing only on the ocean regions between 308S and 308N, they scaled the anomalies in monthly mean TOA fluxes with the coincident SST anomalies. This analysis was done for grid points in different dynamical regimes d ...
... 500-hPa vertical velocity (v500) from satellite data and reanalyses, respectively. Focusing only on the ocean regions between 308S and 308N, they scaled the anomalies in monthly mean TOA fluxes with the coincident SST anomalies. This analysis was done for grid points in different dynamical regimes d ...
Effects of Global Warming on Trout and Salmon in U.S. Streams
... and salmon caused by existing stressors. The earth’s atmosphere has warmed significantly over the last 50 years, and most of the observed warming is believed to have been caused by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping gases (Albritton et al., 2001; Cicerone et al. ...
... and salmon caused by existing stressors. The earth’s atmosphere has warmed significantly over the last 50 years, and most of the observed warming is believed to have been caused by increased concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping gases (Albritton et al., 2001; Cicerone et al. ...
IPCC AR5 Synthesis Report
... Projected climate changes Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in the climate system ...
... Projected climate changes Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in the climate system ...
Open Letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations
... to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued increasingly alarming conclusions about the climatic influences of human-produced carbo ...
... to equip nations to become resilient to the full range of these natural phenomena by promoting economic growth and wealth generation. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has issued increasingly alarming conclusions about the climatic influences of human-produced carbo ...
Making Marine Zoning Climate-Change Adaptable Robin Kundis Craig
... Marine spatial planning is a widely-promoted method for achieving at least the first three of these goals, although its integration with climate change adaptation is less than complete. Marine spatial planning seeks to achieve ecosystem-based management of the oceans, balancing biodiversity protecti ...
... Marine spatial planning is a widely-promoted method for achieving at least the first three of these goals, although its integration with climate change adaptation is less than complete. Marine spatial planning seeks to achieve ecosystem-based management of the oceans, balancing biodiversity protecti ...
ocean governance for the 21st century: making marine zoning
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...