Sentences with phrase «for land use change»

The 0.1 C (plugged out of thin air at any rate) is for land use change / albedo only!

A few recent studies still claim that corn ethanol produces fewer emissions than gasoline, but a careful look reveals that their methods don't properly account for land use change.

The initiative collaborates with 10 neighbourhoods to develop frameworks for land use change over time and a web - based mapping tool to help inform property owners about flood risks.

The amount generally credited for land use changes looks closer to the amount of carbon sinking eliminated than actual emissions which are 30 + % of fossil fuel emissions.

Land Use Change Emissions Push Corn Ethanol Past Baseline It's the inclusion of a penalty for these indirect land use changes into the overall carbon intensity of a particular fuel that has caused controversy: Corn ethanol is already above the baseline at 97 grams of carbon per megajoule, due to a 30 gram penalty assessed for land use changes.

Not exact matches

Changing land use to expand avocado production in Mexico, for example, is displacing the rainforest.

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.

We held interactive workshops to introduce local decision makers to the issues behind climate change and presented solutions for integrating climate adaptation into local land use management, development, and restoration efforts.

The Park District is requesting that the Arlington Heights Zoning Board of Appeals grant a land - use change to use property it owns there for recreational purposes.

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.

With limited nursery floor space, the top landing of this compact dresser can be used for changing diapers.

It will offer guidance for how to use land for economic growth, coordinate housing and transportation investments, prepare for climate change and make it easier and cost effective to grow food and distribute it locally.

The city turned over records Thursday related to a land - use rule change at Rivington House on the Lower East Side that paved to way for its $ 116 million sale to a group led by China Vanke.

But after losing a lawsuit, the Adirondack Park Agency is now proposing a change in the Adirondack land - use plan in hopes of clearing the way for the 34 - mile multi-use trail between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid.

Tomorrow morning, a City Council committee will weigh whether to approve the land use application, including neighborhood zoning changes, that would clear the way for the project to begin.

It eliminates support for the National Civil Applications Center, which uses satellite imagery to investigate climate change and other Earth dynamics, and to improve land and resource management.

That could be important for projects where land - use changes may occur and carbon stocks are affected.

For example, soil is second only to oceans as the planet's largest carbon sink, while agriculture and land use changes represent the second largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Bee populations change every year because when crops are more valuable, farmers will use more land for growing crops, but when crops are less valuable, farmers will leave more land to its natural state, Whitworth said.

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.

The research received over two million euros in funding from the European Research Council (ERC), since advances in this field are important for protecting biodiversity in the context of climate and land use changes, and for calculating carbon balances.

This data can then be used to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental conditions, including baseline data for global climate change and their relevance to changes in regional land use patterns.

GCAM is especially suited for projections such as this because it takes into account ongoing future changes in technology, society and the economy, including energy and land use.

Indirect land - use change refers to the opportunity lost had the biofuel feedstock acres been set aside for other uses.

«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.

Reports blamed the conflict for changes in land use and cover — and for activities like increased military traffic over unpaved surfaces and farmers reducing irrigation or abandoning agricultural land — that created extreme amounts of dust to fuel the storm.

For example, AAAS conducted a recent analysis of land - use changes in Bahrain at the request of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, which was concerned that land reclamation and development projects are not benefitting all Bahraini citizeFor example, AAAS conducted a recent analysis of land - use changes in Bahrain at the request of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, which was concerned that land reclamation and development projects are not benefitting all Bahraini citizefor Human Rights, which was concerned that land reclamation and development projects are not benefitting all Bahraini citizens.

The biofuel lobby will win big by delaying rules on «indirect land - use change» for six years, but the National Academy of Sciences may now study the issue

Although the 2009 study's authors also noted no thresholds exist for some of their planetary boundaries they proposed limits on land - use change, freshwater, nutrients and biodiversity based on two criteria.

When it comes to other changes, including land use, habitat fragmentation and extinction, the case for a global tipping point is even weaker.

All these supports and promotion schemes for liquid biofuels should be scrapped, because of overwhelming scientific evidence that using land to produce energy crops delivers no climate benefits at all once agricultural emissions and land - use change are taken into account.

«A warming climate is affecting the Arctic in the most complex ways,» said Virginia Burkett, USGS Associate Director for Climate and Land Use Change.

They identified 10 environmental limits we might not want to transgress in the Anthropocene: aerosol pollution; biodiversity loss; chemical pollution; climate change; freshwater use; changes in land use (forests to fields, for example); nitrogen and phosphorus cycles; ocean acidity; and the ozone hole.

Previous studies tend to underestimate such connections as simulated land - atmosphere interaction is also resolution - dependent, which means that the signals for changes in small - scale land use are likely to be much weaker in a coarse resolution model,» says Minchao Wu.

However, when land is used for agriculture, as a wood source, or for mining, carbon is often released into the atmosphere where it contributes to climate change.

They examined light adaptation mechanisms of visible - and IR - radiation - using phototrophs required for adapting to land habitats and found out that IR - using phototrophs struggle to adapt to changing light condition at the boundary of water and land surface.

NASA uses the same microwave technology in satellites to measure, for example, sinking land due to changes in aquifer levels, or the motion of other planets» satellites.

«Climate and land use change have long been linked to changes in water yield,» said Peter Caldwell, research hydrologist for the Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) and primary author of the article recently published in the journal Global Change Bichange have long been linked to changes in water yield,» said Peter Caldwell, research hydrologist for the Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) and primary author of the article recently published in the journal Global Change BiChange Biology.

For this study, waterbird data were drawn from the Bureau of Land Management and the East Cascades Audubon Society surveys, which used the time and efforts of dozens of community scientists to document changing bird numbers at Lake Abert.

While the documented changes in farming practises and land use are problematic for the butterfly fauna, relatively minor adjustments to land management have a potential of drastically counteracting these effects.

As they spread into new areas due to changes in climate and land use, DNA can now tell us which animals will be at risk for rabies, opening up the possibility for more targeted vaccination and surveillance campaigns.»

Indirect land - use change, ILUC for short, accounts for the impacts of rising biofuel demand and grain prices on cropland around the world.

The findings, which were announced during the 2018 AAAS Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, have implications for understanding the region's history of migration, land use and conservation and even early climate changes, participants said.

Emissions from secondary effects The change in phrase was made to avoid a potential misunderstanding, said Pete Smith, the lead coordinating author for the agriculture, forestry and land - use chapter.

Polasky said that it's important to account for landscape changes resulting from oil and gas development, but many other types of development alter ecosystems and the use of land, including urbanization and expansion of cropland.

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 study supports calls for improved monitoring of wetlands and human changes to those ecosystems — a timely topic as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change prepares to examine land use impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, says Prof. Merritt Turetsky, Department of Integrative Biology.

Forestry, agriculture and land - use changes account for nearly 25 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the energy sector.

«They keep changing the data, especially for the contribution of forests and land - use changes.»

• More effective management and protection of large areas outside of formally protected areas; • Increased law enforcement combined with improved legal frameworks and stiffer sanctions for poachers; • Coordination across all sectors on land use and protection of natural resources with a priority on conserving great ape populations; • Conservation advocacy for wildlife and law enforcement to effect behavior change; • An enhanced understanding of diseases such as Ebola to guide conservation actions; • Monitoring of great ape abundance and distribution, habitat loss, and illegal activities.