The ecological impacts of a changing climate are evident, from terrestrial polar regions to tropical marine environments.
Not exact matches
«
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change: The Importance
of Temporal and Spatial Synchrony» by Christopher K. Wilke, Curators» Distinguished Professor
of Statistics at the University
of Missouri
Three extreme weather events in the Amazon Basin in the last decade are giving scientists an opportunity to make observations that will allow them to predict the
impacts of climate change and deforestation on some
of the most important
ecological processes and ecosystem services
of the Amazon River wetlands.
Stephen Schneider A senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, Schneider assesses
ecological and economic
impacts of human - induced
climate change to identify potential political and technological solutions.
This sample
of recent environmental films includes looks at the
ecological effects
of roads and top predators, the
impact of climate change on a native village in the Arctic, a search for seeds
of wild relatives
of staple foods, and the fate
of solar panels from Jimmy Carter's White House.
New research using ancient animal depictions tracks the collapse
of Egypt's
ecological networks one extinction at a time, offering a glimpse into how
climate change and human
impacts have altered the structure and stability
of ecosystems over millennia.
Predicting the
impact of climate change on
ecological communities is tricky, but predicting the
impact of El Niño, the cyclical warming in the Pacific Ocean that affects temperature and rainfall around the globe, is even trickier.
This is the double - edged sword recently explored in PLOS»
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Collection, a compendium
of articles and blog posts in which this slideshow originally appeared.
«The
climate change countermovement has had a real political and
ecological impact on the failure
of the world to act on the issue
of global warming,» said Brulle.
The list
of ecological questions that herbaria can target is long, and includes biogeography, ethnobotany, tracking invasive species, plant diseases, and studying the
impact of climate change on flowering times.
As
climate change continues to be responsible for out -
of - sync bee emergence with flowering periods and bee - specific pollination events, pollination ecology has become an ever - increasing valuable field
of study that helps us understand the
ecological impact of these environmental
changes.
(A) describes the
impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on the diversity and health
of the fish, wildlife and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated
ecological processes;
(B) establishes programs for monitoring the
impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated
ecological processes;
Modern human - driven forces, like
climate change and pollution, are «orders
of magnitude more destructive than what early humans were doing,» Lyons said, but even at the dawn
of human civilizations, people were certainly having major — and unprecedented —
ecological impacts, she said.
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.
In its 2012 statement on
Climate Change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reconfirmed that there is compelling evidence of human impact on the climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political s
Climate Change, the American Geophysical Union (AGU) has reconfirmed that there is compelling evidence
of human
impact on the
climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for ecological and political s
climate system with potentially far - reaching consequences for
ecological and political systems.
As part
of Marfa Dialogues / Houston, Lucky Dragons, an experimental music group from Los Angeles, will perform a site - specific work that features a collaboration with Houston - based vocalists, arranged alongside an array
of environmental field recordings and live electronics; a composition that lyrically speaks to biodiversity, human
ecological impact and
climate change as a loss
of complexity in a moment
of transition.
As author and co-editor
of a new fire book, «The
Ecological Importance
of Mixed - Severity Fires — Nature's Phoenix,» I would like to comment on Lindon's hypothesis that by «controlling» fire we can reduce
climate change impacts.
India would be the hardest hit by
climate change in terms of food production, said a study, «The Food Gap — The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production: A 2020 Perspective» released last month by the Universal Ecologica
climate change in terms of food production, said a study, «The Food Gap — The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production: A 2020 Perspective» released last month by the Universal Ecological
change in terms
of food production, said a study, «The Food Gap — The
Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production: A 2020 Perspective» released last month by the Universal Ecologica
Climate Change on Food Production: A 2020 Perspective» released last month by the Universal Ecological
Change on Food Production: A 2020 Perspective» released last month by the Universal
Ecological Fund.
Over the next 30 years, these sites will collect hundreds
of terabytes
of ecological data annually to help understand the
impacts of climate change, land - use
change and invasive species on natural resources and biodiversity.
Ecological monitoring efforts need to be improved and better coordinated among Federal and State agencies to ensure that the impacts of climate change are adequately observed as well as to support ecological research, management, assessment, a
Ecological monitoring efforts need to be improved and better coordinated among Federal and State agencies to ensure that the
impacts of climate change are adequately observed as well as to support
ecological research, management, assessment, a
ecological research, management, assessment, and policy.
«The
climate change countermovement has had a real political and
ecological impact on the failure
of the world to act on the issue
of global warming,» said Brulle.
Just this May the United States Academy
of Sciences concluded once again that humans are causing
climate change and this will lead to harsh
impacts for the human race and
ecological systems unless steps are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Scenarios represent many
of the major driving forces - including processes,
impacts (physical,
ecological, and socioeconomic), and potential responses that are important for informing
climate change policy.
Though precise consequences can not yet be defined, three main pathways
of climate change impact are outlined, affecting fisheries and aquaculture, their dependent communities and their economic activities: direct physical (e.g. flooding, severe droughts), biological and
ecological (e.g. productivity
of lakes and rivers), and indirect wider social and economic (e.g. fresh water use conflicts).
Requires the Secretary
of the Interior to establish the National
Climate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing suc
Climate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such
Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the
ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing suc
climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such
change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting
impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing suc
climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such
change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor
climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing suc
climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such
change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such data.
(E) establishes methods for assessing the effectiveness
of strategies and conservation actions taken to assist fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated
ecological processes in becoming more resilient, adapt to, and better withstand the
impacts of climate changes and ocean acidification and for updating those strategies and actions to respond appropriately to new information or
changing conditions;
(B) establishes programs for monitoring the
impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on fish, wildlife, and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated
ecological processes;
(A) describes the
impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on the diversity and health
of the fish, wildlife and plant populations, habitats, ecosystems, and associated
ecological processes;
The scope and
impacts of climate change — including rising seas, more damaging extreme weather events, and severe
ecological disruption — demand that we consider all possible options for limiting heat - trapping gas emissions — including their respective costs and timelines for implementation.
To address future challenges related to
climate change and land use, it will be important to assess the local
impacts of tree loss on
climate, climatic and
ecological consequences, as well as the mechanisms that drive
ecological responses in remote teleconnected areas.
When you claim that a nation such as the United States which emits high levels
of ghgs need not adopt
climate change policies because adverse human - induced
climate change impacts have not yet been proven, are you claiming that
climate change skeptics have proven that human - induced
climate change will not create harsh adverse
impacts to the human health and the
ecological systems
of others on which their lives often depend and if so what is that proof?
Greenpeace India campaigns to protect India's forests, for clean air and water, to promote renewable energy especially solar power, to prevent the dangerous
impacts of climate change and nuclear power, for safe food and
ecological farming and to protect freedom
of speech.
When you claim that the United States need not adopt
climate change policies because adverse
climate change impacts have not yet been proven, are you claiming that
climate change skeptics have proven that human - induced
climate change will not create adverse
impacts on human health and the
ecological systems
of others on which their life often depends and if so what is that proof?
The lower Chesapeake Bay is especially at risk due to high rates
of sinking land (known as subsidence).96
Climate change and sea level rise are also likely to cause a number
of ecological impacts, including declining water quality and clarity, increases in harmful algae and low oxygen (hypoxia) events, decreases in a number
of species including eelgrass and seagrass beds, and
changing interactions among trophic levels (positions in the food chain) leading to an increase in subtropical fish and shellfish species in the bay.66
Huntington's research activities include reviewing the regulation
of subsistence hunting in northern Alaska, documenting traditional
ecological knowledge
of beluga whales and bowhead whales, examining Iñupiat Eskimo and Inuit knowledge and use
of sea ice, and assessing the
impacts of climate change on Arctic communities and Arctic marine mammals.
Private and public sector organizations face significant obstacles to adaptation: uncertainty regarding future
climate change at regional and local scales; uncertainty regarding the future frequency
of extreme weather events; and uncertainty regarding the
ecological, economic and other
impacts of climate change.
Despite a half century
of climate change that has significantly affected temperature and precipitation patterns and has already had widespread
ecological and hydrological
impacts, and despite a near certainty that the United States will experience at least as much
climate change in the coming decades, just as a result
of the current atmospheric concentrations
of greenhouse gases, those organizations in the public and private sectors that are most at risk, that are making long - term investments and commitments, and that have the planning, forecasting and institutional capacity to adapt, have not yet done so.
While extreme events per se are not abrupt
climate changes as defined in this report,
changes in extreme events could lead to abrupt
changes in two ways: (1) an abrupt
change in a weather or
climate extremes regime, for example a sudden shift to persistent drought conditions; or (2) a gradual trend in the frequency or severity
of extremes that causes abrupt
impacts when societal or
ecological thresholds are crossed, as illustrated in Figure 2.10.
Policy decisions made during this window are likely to result in
changes to Earth's
climate system measured in millennia rather than human lifespans, with associated socioeconomic and
ecological impacts that will exacerbate the risks and damages to society and ecosystems that are projected for the twenty - first century and propagate into the future for many thousands
of years.
In addition, the committee is grateful to the participants
of the Workshop on the Economic and
Ecological Impacts of Abrupt
Climate Change for their insights and written reports, parts
of which have been incorporated into this report: Craig Allen, Edward Cook, Peter Daszak, Mark Dyurgerov, David Inouye, Klaus Keller, George Kling, Walter Koenig, Carl Leopold, Thomas Lowell, Robert Mendelsohn, John Reilly, Joel Smith, Thomas Swetnam, Richard Tol, Ferenc Toth, Harvey Weiss, John Weyant, and Gary Yohe.
Soon's 11 papers show a spectrum
of perspectives, from full - fledged denial
of human - caused global warming to articles that downplay the role
of climate change in
ecological impacts.
Finally, the
impacts of climate change on plant growth could alter
ecological interactions among species with potential cascading effects on food webs; integrating
changes in suitable plant growing days and NPP within recently developed General Ecosystem Models [40] could provide some insights into the magnitude
of these
changes.
Uncovering, Collecting, and Analyzing Records to Investigate the
Ecological Impacts of Climate Change: A Template from Thoreau's Concord
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Climate Justice insists that communities have the right to be free from climate change, its related impacts and other forms of ecological destr
Climate Justice insists that communities have the right to be free from
climate change, its related impacts and other forms of ecological destr
climate change, its related
impacts and other forms
of ecological destruction.
His research focuses on
climate -
change science, integrated assessment
of ecological and economic
impacts of human - induced
climate change, and identifying viable
climate policies and technological solutions.
Strategies for mitigation and adaptation must be holistic, taking into account not only the
ecological dimensions
of climate change, but also the soclal
impacts, human rights, equity and environmental justice.
As identified by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Governments must work together at all levels with the full participation
of Indigenous people on a «holistic» response to
climate change that takes account
of not only the
ecological dimensions
of climate change, but also the social
impacts and principles
of human rights, equity and environmental justice.