Sentences with phrase «ecosystems as a result of climate change»

Koven and colleagues set out to estimate how much carbon dioxide and methane (which contains carbon) could be released by boreal and Arctic land ecosystems as a result of climate change.

Revkin is concerned about the lack of coverage of invasive and displaced species entering new ecosystems as a result of climate change, such as the spread of lionfish on the mid-Atlantic coast and the emergence of Asian carp in the Mississippi River andGreat Lakes.

Not exact matches

This study was the first to simulate whole ecosystem warming in the arctic, including permafrost degradation, similar to what is projected to happen as a result of climate change.

Even the seemingly pristine Galápagos Islands, one of the most biologically rich and diverse ecosystems on the planet, face increasing threats as a result of climate change, water pollution, invasive plants and animals and other challenges related to human activities.

«The results of our study suggest that efforts to mitigate local perturbation such as nutrient enrichment in the Baltic Sea could pay off in the future, because it might help key species such as the bladder wrack to better cope with the effects of climate change and to maintain their ecosystem services.»

The role played by biodiversity in the ability of ecosystems to continue functioning during extreme weather events, which are increasingly frequent as a result of climate change, remains poorly understood.

«If water temperatures increase as a result of climate change, this could have far - reaching consequences not only for the individual species, but also for the balance of the ecosystem, which has developed over a long period of time,» says Luckenbach.

The goal of the study was to get insights into how forest ecosystems will change as a result of global climate change.

For policy - makers, the speed of climate change over the coming decades matters as much as the total long - term change, since this rate of change will determine whether human societies and natural ecosystems will be able to adapt fast enough to survive.New results indicate a warming rate of about 2.5 C per century over the coming decades (assuming no attempt is made to reduce GHG emissions).

Among the many risks of rising temperatures, agriculture, forestry, ecosystems and human health are all expected to suffer as a result of trends in climate change.

So minor they be, the Climate Changes can so, result in harmful consequences on water resources, on ecosystems depending of water, and on the different economic activities that need large quantities of water such as agriculture and tourism.

Given the importance of this question for ocean ecosystems and fisheries, longer time series studies to understand how these systems are changing as a result of climate change are a priority (high agreement).

Despite its scale, the Amazon is also one of the fastest changing ecosystems, largely as a result of human activities, including deforestation, forest fires, and, increasingly, climate change.