The analysis uses an expanded system boundary
including land disturbance - induced GHG emissions and also... Read more →
Not exact matches
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.
For this exhibition, which contains a section on each of the original themes, Rosler has subsumed herself under the name Temporary Office for Urban
Disturbances to collaborate with scores of groups — such as 596 Acres, Inc., Center for Urban Pedagogy, New York City Community
Land Initiative — and individuals,
including LaToya Ruby Frazier, Gregory Sholette, and Robbie Conal.
Climate change almost always exacerbates the problems caused by other environmental stressors
including:
land use change and the consequent habitat fragmentation and degradation; extraction of timber, fish, water, and other resources; biological
disturbance such as the introduction of non-native invasive species, disease, and pests; and chemical, heavy metal, and nutrient pollution.
The IPCC also reports that the resilience of many ecosystems around the world is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change;
disturbances associated with climate change, such as flooding, drought, wildfire, and insects; and other global change - drivers,
including land - use changes, pollution, habitat fragmentation, urbanization, and growing human populations and economies.
The mid-12th century drought provides a baseline worst - case in terms of the temporal and spatial characteristics of drought during a warm period, but future water resources and drought planning should consider a number of other factors
including trends in temperature, water demands,
disturbance legacies, and possible
land cover feedbacks.
The Department is also keen to explore possible options for minimising carbon loss through
land management activities and has
included fire and soil
disturbance in workshop discussions.