Sentences with phrase «by changes in land use»

The economic cost of the damage will be moderated by changes in land use and by agricultural trade, with some regions more able to adapt than others.

In a classic Catch - 22, negotiators in a key advisory body that was expected to provide guidance on scientific and technical matters (the so - called «Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice ``, or SBSTA) said they couldn't offer any advice on the best way to measure and evaluate the amount of carbon captured by changes in land use practices until they had a better idea of what the overriding post-Kyoto policies might look like.

Three fourths of the carbon emissions from human activities are due to the combustion of fossil fuels; the rest is caused by changes in land use, principally deforestation.

The new study, published in Nature Communications, estimates how annual wildfire emissions have been influenced by changes in land use and local population increases.

Not exact matches

Yalumba is enforcing a change in the irrigation technology used by its growers from broadacre systems, which provide water to large swathes of land, to microsystems, which target specific areas, ensuring each drop of water counts.

... modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human - induced activities related to changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land - use change and forestry... shall be added or subtracted.

For over 25 years, Mass Audubon has analyzed the land use changes in Massachusetts and observed how the landscape has been transformed by new residential and commercial development in our Losing Ground report.

The information is used by land managers to evaluate long - term trends in a changing landscape.

For more than 25 years, Mass Audubon has analyzed the land use changes in Massachusetts and observed how the landscape has been transformed by new residential and commercial development.

Federal Law is Changing Rockland's Zoning Landscape BY LEGAL LARRY In 2000, Congress enacted a law known as the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.

The Administration proposes to restructure the current Climate and Land Use Change program, eliminating $ 11.1 million in climate research and development activities and reducing Interior's Climate Science Centers (CSCs) by $ 8.5 million, halving the number of regional CSCs from eight to four.

By, for example, examining what people in the area use different trees and shrubs for and look at how the landscape changes, we can better understand how land use, social change, climate and ecosystems interact, even in ways that can be unexpected,» says Lowe Börjeson, Associate Professor at the Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University.

«I was carrying out sampling for my Masters Degree studies, but I had no idea that new dung beetles could be found in a forest that is disturbed by human activities, such as livestock grazing and land - use change,» recalls Moctezuma.

Land - use changes over the past 250 years in Europe have been huge, yet, they only caused a relatively small temperature increase, equal to roughly 6 % of the warming produced by global fossil fuel burning, Naudts noted.

The National Ecological Observatories Network (NEON), a unique string of 80 - some data - collection stations spread from Alaska to Puerto Rico, is designed to bring ecology into the era of Big Data by collecting masses of information on changes in climate, land use, biodiversity, and the spread of invasive species.

According to the report, under a «business as usual» scenario, climate change will be the fastest growing driver negatively impacting biodiversity by 2050 in the Americas, becoming comparable to the pressures imposed by land use change.

The burgeoning world population (predicted to be 9.3 billion by 2050), changing consumer demand in third - world countries, the gradual depletion of prime agricultural land, the use of innovative technologies, and scientists who view plants as a source of industrial products as well as food all contribute to the good prospects for the ag - biotech industry, particularly in Canada.

«The environmental impact of climate change adaptation on land use and water quality» by Dr Carlo Fezzi, Dr Amii Harwood, Prof Andrew Lovett and Prof Ian Bateman is published in the March edition of Nature Climate Cchange adaptation on land use and water quality» by Dr Carlo Fezzi, Dr Amii Harwood, Prof Andrew Lovett and Prof Ian Bateman is published in the March edition of Nature Climate ChangeChange.

The research program also will analyze changes in Viking society as shown by land use.

Under various climate and land - use scenarios, coniferous stands are expected to lose 71 percent to 100 percent of their current range to deciduous stands across New England by 2085, particularly in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, due to increased temperature and precipitation and changes in timber harvesting.

Cumulative emissions of CO2 since 1870 are set to reach 2015 billion tonnes in 2013 — with 70 per cent caused by burning fossil fuels and 30 per cent from deforestation and other land - use changes.

Malaria is also affected by shifts in seasonal rainfall and humidity, as well as land - use change and urbanization.

The ecosystem, encompassing nearly 4 million acres from near Orlando to the Florida Bay, is threatened by a number of disturbances including changes in hydrology and land use.

Land - use change and agriculture are by far the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil, as forests and savannas are cut down for cattle pastures and cropland.

Taken together, these techniques promise to advance agricultural sustainability by reducing input use in multiple areas, from water and land to fertilizer, while also helping crops to adapt to climate change.

The loss is due to changes in land use and puts levels of biodiversity beyond the «safe limit» recently proposed by the planetary boundaries — an international framework that defines a safe operating space for humanity.

«There are many potential benefits to concentrating our environmental impact by intensifying drivers of land - use change, such as agriculture and forestry, in exchange for gazetting large remote undisturbed reserves.

Introducing NEON: The National Ecological Observatory Network was created to understand and forecast the impacts of climate change, land use change, and invasive species on continental - scale ecology by providing an observational infrastructure to support research, education, and environmental management in these areas.

Our research goes to show that we should be more prudent in labeling a species «invasive» or non-native when the evidence for anthropogenic introduction is poor», says Pfenninger and adds: «Perhaps the rapid increase in Spanish slugs we have seen in the last decades is caused by changes of land use practice.

The authors of the paper, New feed sources key to ambitious climate targets, argue that algae could become an important feed for livestock that would help reduce carbon concentrations to pre-industrial levels in the next 80 years by changing land - use patterns and providing critical food inputs.

A massive expansion of land use for sugar cane growth in Brazil, and a subsequent increase in ethanol production with the feedstock could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector by up to 86 percent of 2014 levels, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.

It can also be used to gain a CREST award Students initially look at some of the problems caused by climate change then design and make a model of their solution to a problem faced by farmers in Bangladesh... how to grow food even when the land floods.

Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet change.

The Eastern Quoll may be detrimentally affected by feral cat predation (especially if cats have increased, or increase in the future, following the severe decline of the Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii), and dogs, land - use changes and road mortality.

- after the remakes of Terry's Wonderland 3D and Dragon Quest Monsters 2, Yuji Horii asked the team what should be next - the choices were Caravan Heart (GBA), a professional version of Dragon Quest Monsters 2, or a brand new game - the staff made the plot together with Takeshi Uchikawa (who is currently directing Dragon Quest XI)- the suggestion was to make the theme become something catchy, which lead to a science fiction vibe - Horii said «anything's alright as long as it's interesting» - the creation of the Dragon Quest Monsters: Super Light helped build Joker 3 - fan feedback from the mobile game was used, which lead to monster stats being seen - the Reactor device lets you easily see all the things that occur on the field - the team had some trouble bringing together the ridable monsters aspect of the game, but eventually worked it out - the full game starts off with monsters that players can ride on land - you'll eventually unlock sea, air, and multi-jump land rising monsters - a «Big Air ride» was teased as well - by clearing the story, features will be unlocked that further modify monsters such as abilities and changing their sizes - Stealth Boxes which can not be found without using the Reactor only contains useful items that are optional - compulsory items that are needed to be found with the Reactor are placed in non-stealth locations - accessories can strengthen monsters, but monster strength is mainly determined from raising and combining them - features more offense - related content in the form of new spells and skills - new water - type spells are included - new skills added enable more detailed adjustments in versus, adding more strategic features - one of the items that can be bought with Communication Coins has the same effect with «Key of Encounters» - this lets players recruit monsters a bit more easily they've befriended before - since Communication Coins can only be obtained from multiplayer battles, it's completely optional - people who still do StreetPass but don't want to do multiplayer battles can still get them by combining monsters - DLC monsters are planned to be added regularly post-release until around Golden Week (April 29 — May 5)- - A national tournament is also planned, with more details coming later - carryover feature from Dragon Quest Monsters 2 that comes into play after the ending - players can bring up to 10 monsters which are ranked A or below from DQM2 to DQMJ3 each day

* Bugfixes - Super Armor effect: Fixed bug where characters» white glow disappeared for a moment before fading out once the effect ends - Fixed shuddering effect when killed while incapacitated by a spin - Brynhildr (Character Special Ability): Fixed cancel effect while doing a wheelie in Overdrive mode - Brynhildr (Special Move 2): Fixed bug where the cancel effect remained in place while keeping an opponent in the air with attacks - Odin (Ranged mode, Special Move 2): Fixed bug where the marker would appear out of bounds when using move near a border - Odin (Ravens): Fixed bug where Odin would stick to the ceiling upon hitting it and be unable to move up or down - Odin (Ranged Attack): Fixed bug where the hitboxes for the Ravens» shots were reversed if you changed lock - on targets immediately after launching Ranged Attack - Odin (Sweep mode, Special Move 2): Fixed bug where satellite - cannon shots would land on the ground even in areas with roofs.

California has a vested interest in countering the effects of climate change, from vehicle emissions, and other sources, because its economy depends on being able to have access to water (not limited by droughts and floods), as well as having stable land to use to grow crops with, both of which are currently at risk.

The important point here is that a small external forcing (orbital for ice - ages, or GHG plus aerosols & land use changes in the modern context) can be strongly amplified by the positive feedback mechanism (the strongest and quickest is atmospheric water vapor - a strong GHG, and has already been observed to increase.

... The research showed that somewhere around one - half of the warming in the U.N. surface record was explained by economic factors, which can be changes in land use, quality of instrumentation, or upkeep of records.

Initially drafted in 2003 with the support and input of NGOs, the bill had been changed so much by the time it first arrived in parliament in 2010 that 73 leading civil - society organizations said it would «open the door for irreversible destructions [of] the country's nature» by allowing land uses such as mining, urbanization, tourism facilities, dam construction, and other forms of energy development to have priority over protection.

I also used my implementation to break up a quick land response from a slow ocean response to see if the change in sign of the derived temperature derivative coming at a place where it is not intersecting the instantaneous temperature might be explained by the derived temperature being an average.

We recognize that actions to reduce emissions, including from deforestation and forest degradation, and to increase removals by sinks in the land use, land use change, and forestry sector, including cooperation on tackling forest fires, can make a contribution to stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Now what Savory is advocating is to use land that is currently a net emissions source due to land use change resulting in desertification, and add that newly restored land to the Gross uptake of Carbon by all vegetated lands.

, and 3) those dust storms are a consequence of a) climate change in northern China linked to reduced rainfall that may in turn have some relationship to all that pollution and b) are in any case being greatly enhanced by horrendous land use patterns that should be stopped ASAP.

(2010) Effects of land - use change on carbon dynamics assessed by multi-temporal satellite imagery in a mountain watershed of Nepal.

Myhre, G. and A. Myhre, Uncertainties in radiative forcing due to surface albedo changes caused by land use changes, J. Climate, 16, 1511 - 1524, 2003.

The world's great forests are part of the climate machinery, and more than 195 nations agreed in Paris in 2015 to take steps to contain climate change, both by managing the way they used land and by switching from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy.

In the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for wateIn the Northeast, «Communities are affected by heat waves, more extreme precipitation events, and coastal flooding due to sea level rise and storm surge,» for example, while in the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for watein the Southeast and Caribbean, «Decreased water availability, exacerbated by population growth and land - use change, causes increased competition for water.

Here we would like to try to distinguish between warming in the nocturnal boundary layer due to a redistribution of heat and warming due to the accumulation of heat... It is likely that the observed warming in minimum temperature, whether caused by additional greenhouse forcing or land use changes or other land surface dynamics, is reflecting a redistribution of heat by turbulence - not an accumulation of heat.

Anthropogenic global warming (AGW), a recent warming of the Earth's lower atmosphere as evidenced by the global mean temperature anomaly trend [11], is BELIEVED to be the result of an «enhanced greenhouse effect» mainly due to human - produced increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere [12] and changes in the use of land [13].