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- Author:
- Filip A.M. Volckaert
- Source:
- Journal of sea research 2013 v.75 pp. 19-32
- ISSN:
- 1385-1101
- Subject:
- climate; conservation areas; environmental factors; fish; genetic variation; genome; marine ecosystems; models; monitoring; pollution; population dynamics; population size
- Abstract:
- ... The delineation of natural populations has many faces. While a stock relates to a management unit of organisms, the biological concept of a population may relate to a demographic/ecological perspective on interacting organisms or an evolving group of organisms. In addition, it has become increasingly clear that the time and spatial scales of the ecological and evolutionary population have much in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.011
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2012.06.011
- Author:
- Valeria Molinero
- Source:
- Cryobiology 2013 v.67 no.3 pp. 409
- ISSN:
- 0011-2240
- Subject:
- aqueous solutions; climate; crystallization; density; freezing; frost; glass; ice; liquids; molecular dynamics; prediction; temperature; thermodynamics; water activity
- Abstract:
- ... Predicting the temperature and extent of ice freezing in aqueous solutions is crucial for areas as diverse as cryobiology, the prediction of climate and materials design. It has long been recognized that the thermodynamics of liquid water controls temperature and kinetics of ice crystallization. Parameterizations of the freezing temperatures in terms of the water activity of the solution have been ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.09.044
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.09.044
- Author:
- Ronald J. Litwin; Joseph P. Smoot; Milan J. Pavich; Helaine W. Markewich; George Brook; Nancy J. Durika
- Source:
- Quaternary research 2013 v.80 no.2 pp. 291-315
- ISSN:
- 0033-5894
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; forests; fossils; freshwater; ice; isotopes; latitude; loess; luminescence; models; oxygen; paleoclimatology; paleosolic soil types; pollen; Greenland; North America
- Abstract:
- ... We document frequent, rapid, strong, millennial-scale paleovegetation shifts throughout the late Pleistocene, within a 100,000+yr interval (~115–15ka) of terrestrial sediments from the mid-Atlantic Region (MAR) of North America. High-resolution analyses of fossil pollen from one core locality revealed a continuously shifting sequence of thermally dependent forest assemblages, ranging between two e ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.05.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2013.05.003
- Author:
- Stephen Cusack
- Source:
- Climatic change 2013 v.116 no.3-4 pp. 693-704
- ISSN:
- 0165-0009
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; storms; temporal variation; wind speed; Netherlands
- Abstract:
- ... A 101 year time-series of storm losses in the Netherlands is developed from the near-surface wind speed records at five Dutch stations. Station metadata combined with results from statistical tests were used to homogenise the data and retain the temporal variability driven solely by changes in climate processes. The wind speed data were transformed into storm damage using a model measuring loss im ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10584-012-0527-0
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0527-0
- Author:
- Camilla Calò; Paul D Henne; Patricia Eugster; Jacqueline van Leeuwen; Adrian Gilli; Yvonne Hamann; Tommaso La Mantia; Salvatore Pasta; Elisa Vescovi; Willy Tinner
- Source:
- Holocene v.23 no.10 pp. 1477-1486
- ISSN:
- 1477-0911
- Subject:
- Erica arborea; Juniperus; Olea; Pinus pinaster; Pistacia; Quercus ilex; Quercus pubescens; Selaginella; Sporormiella; altitude; biomass; burning; carbonates; charcoal; climate; conifers; crops; drought tolerance; evaporation; extinction; fuels; grazing; herbs; lakes; logging; pollen; sediments; shrubs; time series analysis; vegetation; Italy; Sicily; Tunisia
- Abstract:
- ... A new sedimentary sequence from Lago di Venere on Pantelleria Island, located in the Strait of Sicily between Tunisia and Sicily was recovered. The lake is located in the coastal infra-Mediterranean vegetation belt at 2 m a.s.l. Pollen, charcoal and sedimentological analyses are used to explore linkages among vegetation, fire and climate at a decadal scale over the past 1200 years. A dry period fr ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0959683613493935
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613493935
6. A 2200-Year Record of Permafrost Dynamics and Carbon Cycling in a Collapse-Scar Bog, Interior Alaska
- Author:
- Miriam C. Jones; Robert K. Booth; Zicheng Yu; Paul Ferry
- Source:
- Ecosystems 2013 v.16 no.1 pp. 1-19
- ISSN:
- 1432-9840
- Subject:
- Epilobium; Picea mariana; Populus; Salix; Sphagnum; carbon; climate; ecosystems; fires; forests; peat; permafrost; pollen; shrubs; tree growth; Alaska
- Abstract:
- ... Recent high-latitude warming is increasing the vulnerability of permafrost to thaw, which is amplified by local disturbances such as fire. However, the long-term ecological effects and carbon dynamics are not well understood. Here we present a 2200-year record of pollen, plant macrofossils, testate amoebae, and apparent carbon (C) accumulation rates from two peat cores in a collapse-scar bog (ther ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10021-012-9592-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-012-9592-5
- Author:
- Richard T. Lowson; Mark G. McIntyre
- Source:
- Journal of environmental radioactivity 2013 v.118 pp. 150-156
- ISSN:
- 0265-931X
- Subject:
- chemical equilibrium; climate; data collection; groundwater; groundwater flow; isotopes; uranium; Northern Territory
- Abstract:
- ... The Ranger 3 ore body is an early Proterozoic U ore body in the Alligator Rivers U province, Northern Territory, Australia. It has surface expression with a redox front located between 30 and 50 m below the surface. The ground water U concentration and 234U/238U AR signature in the top 10 m of the weathered zone are reported for 357 samples collected over 4 wet seasons, at 5 depths, along a transe ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.10.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2012.10.005
- Author:
- Juan Pablo Corella; Vania Stefanova; Adel El Anjoumi; Eugenio Rico; Santiago Giralt; Ana Moreno; Alberto Plata-Montero; Blas L. Valero-Garcés
- Source:
- Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 2013 v.386 pp. 555-568
- ISSN:
- 0031-0182
- Subject:
- Bacillariophyceae; anthropogenic activities; basins; charcoal; climate; climate change; dry environmental conditions; farming systems; grazing; lakes; landscapes; mining; pollen; radiometry; sediments; temperature; watersheds; wetlands; Spain
- Abstract:
- ... Lake Arreo sequence (western Ebro Basin, Spain) illustrates the century-scale climatic variability and human interactions in the landscape during the last 2.5kyr in the low lands of northern Spain. Two sediment cores from shallow-water and deep-water environments were analyzed using sedimentological, geochemical, mineralogical, biological – diatoms, pollen and charcoal content – and radiometric te ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.022
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.022
- Author:
- Pietro Goglio; Caroline Colnenne-David; Patricia Laville; Thierry Doré; Benoît Gabrielle
- Source:
- Environmental chemistry letters 2013 v.11 no.2 pp. 143-149
- ISSN:
- 1610-3653
- Subject:
- agroecosystems; climate; cropping systems; crops; environmental performance; farming systems; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; mineral fertilizers; models; monitoring; nitrous oxide; tillage
- Abstract:
- ... Atmospheric concentration of nitrous oxide (N₂O), a greenhouse gas (GHG), is rising largely due to agriculture. At the plot scale, N₂O emissions from crops are known to be controlled by local agricultural practices such as fertilisation, tillage and residue management. However, knowledge of greenhouse gas emissions at the scale of the cropping system is scarce, notably because N₂O monitoring is ti ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10311-012-0389-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-012-0389-8
- Author:
- David S. Leigh; Stephen A. Kowalewski; Genevieve Holdridge
- Source:
- Journal of archaeological science 2013 v.40 no.11 pp. 4107-4111
- ISSN:
- 0305-4403
- Subject:
- agricultural engineering; archaeology; climate; dry environmental conditions; landscapes; people; sediments; stratigraphy; valleys; Central America; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... The origins of early Mesoamerican agricultural techniques are not well established. Our charcoal-derived radiocarbon chronology dates cross-valley check dams, or lama-bordos, buried by up to 11.5 m of sediment in arroyos near Coixtlahuaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. Now it is clear that people in highland Mexico built lama-bordos at least 3400–3500 years ago, several hundred years earlier than previously dat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jas.2013.05.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.05.009
- Author:
- Xiaohong Liu; Xiaomin Zeng; Steven W. Leavitt; Wenzhi Wang; Wenling An; Guobao Xu; Weizhen Sun; Yu Wang; Dahe Qin; Jiawen Ren
- Source:
- Global and Planetary Change 2013 v.104 pp. 23-33
- ISSN:
- 0921-8181
- Subject:
- Picea likiangensis var. rubescens; cellulose; climate; cloud cover; correlation; glaciers; growth rings; ice; monsoon season; oxygen; relative humidity; snow; solar radiation; temperature; temporal variation; China; Himalayan region
- Abstract:
- ... We developed a new tree-ring cellulose δ18O chronology for the southeastern Tibetan Plateau from Balfour spruce (Picea likiangensis var. balfouriana [Rehd. et Wils.]) that covered the period from 1600 to 2008, and compared the results with a previous study to explore climatic variations in the Nyingchi-Bomi area. Our tree-ring δ18O chronology correlated significantly with the previous study (Shi e ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.02.005
- Author:
- Feng Chen; Yu-jiang Yuan; Fa-Hu Chen; Wen-shou Wei; Shu-long Yu; Xiang-jun Chen; Zi-ang Fan; Rui-bo Zhang; Tong-wen Zhang; Hua-ming Shang; Li Qin
- Source:
- Holocene v.23 no.8 pp. 1095-1104
- ISSN:
- 1477-0911
- Subject:
- Picea schrenkiana; climate; drought; growth rings; models; observational studies; surface water temperature; variance; Central Asia; Pacific Ocean
- Abstract:
- ... We have reconstructed the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) from 1580 to 2005 for Western Tian Shan, Central Asia, using tree rings of Picea schrenkiana. The reconstruction explains 35% of the actual January–May PDSI variance during the common period 1925–2005. Split-sample validation supports our use of the reconstruction model based on the full period of reliable observational data (1925–2005 ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0959683613483614
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613483614
- Author:
- XiaoHua Gou; Tao Yang; LinLin Gao; Yang Deng; MeiXue Yang; FaHu Chen
- Source:
- Chinese science bulletin 2013 v.58 no.10 pp. 1107-1114
- ISSN:
- 1001-6538
- Subject:
- climate; correlation; drought; growth rings; mountains; rain; spectral analysis; tree growth; trees; China
- Abstract:
- ... This paper presents a 457-year reconstruction of precipitation in the southeastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau using tree-ring records. Tree-ring samples were collected from the Hengduan Mountains in the southeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. A nearly 500-year chronology was developed using tree-ring width records. Correlation analysis shows moisture is the main factor limiting tree grow ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11434-012-5539-7
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-012-5539-7
14. 800 years of vegetation change, fire and human settlement in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA
- Author:
- R Scott Anderson; Roger D Stillick
- Source:
- Holocene v.23 no.6 pp. 823-832
- ISSN:
- 1477-0911
- Subject:
- Erodium; Pinus; Plantago; Rumex; Zea; burning; charcoal; climate; coniferous forests; fires; grasses; grazing; harvesting; herbs; historical records; human settlements; landscapes; livestock; meadow soils; meadows; mountains; pollen; population growth; sediments; small-scale farming; soil water; trees; California
- Abstract:
- ... A combination of pollen and sedimentary charcoal stratigraphies are used in conjunction with historical records to determine the relationships between climate, vegetation change and changing disturbances over the last 800 years in the Sierra Nevada, California. This period witnessed significant climate variability (the ‘Medieval Climate Anomaly’ followed by the ‘Little Ice Age’), as well as expans ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0959683612471985
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612471985
- Author:
- KM Saunders; M Grosjean; DA Hodgson
- Source:
- Holocene v.23 no.6 pp. 771-783
- ISSN:
- 1477-0911
- Subject:
- anthropogenic activities; chlorophyll; climate; lakes; latitude; models; paleoclimatology; prediction; reflectance; reflectance spectroscopy; sediments; summer; temperature; warm season; New Zealand; South America; Tasmania
- Abstract:
- ... A lack of quantitative high resolution paleoclimate data from the Southern Hemisphere limits the ability to examine current trends within the context of long-term natural climate variability. This study presents a temperature reconstruction for southern Tasmania based on analyses of a sediment core from Duckhole Lake (43.365°S, 146.875°E). The relationship between non-destructive whole core scanni ...
- DOI:
- 10.1177/0959683612470176
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612470176
- Author:
- Chris Perry
- Source:
- Water international 2013 v.38 no.1 pp. 95-107
- ISSN:
- 1941-1707
- Subject:
- climate; engineering; issues and policy; planning; politics; privatization; water management
- Abstract:
- ... There is a widely observable pattern of what must be done to make water management consistent with expressed policy: physical accounting for water; a political process of priority setting; rules that reflect policy and define responsibilities; and appropriate engineering works. When things change – due to climate, privatization, or the building of a new dam – feedback mechanisms affect most compon ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/02508060.2013.754618
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2013.754618
- Author:
- Patricia Romero-Lankao; Mercy Borbor-Cordova; Rosana Abrutsky; Griselda Günther; Eduardo Behrentz; Laura Dawidowsky
- Source:
- Environmental Science and Policy 2013 v.26 pp. 29-39
- ISSN:
- 1462-9011
- Subject:
- air pollution; cities; climate; interdisciplinary research; issues and policy; qualitative analysis; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... This paper examines the opportunities and challenges faced by “Adaptation to the Health Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Extremes in Latin American Cities” (ADAPTE). ADAPTE is an issue-driven research endeavor that integrates different disciplinary domains to explore the complex nature of urban vulnerability/adaptive capacity to weather and air pollution in Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City an ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envsci.2011.12.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2011.12.003
- Author:
- Argyro Kavvada; Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas; Sumant Nigam
- Source:
- Climate dynamics 2013 v.41 no.5-6 pp. 1345-1364
- ISSN:
- 0930-7575
- Subject:
- climate; climate models; heat; latitude; prediction; research institutions; salinity; temporal variation
- Abstract:
- ... This study aims to characterize the spatiotemporal features of the low frequency Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), its oceanic and atmospheric footprint and its associated hydroclimate impact. To accomplish this, we compare and evaluate the representation of AMO-related features both in observations and in historical simulations of the twentieth century climate from models participating in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00382-013-1712-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1712-1
- Author:
- Neda Darbeheshti; Li Zhou; Paul Tregoning; Simon McClusky; Anthony Purcell
- Source:
- Computers & geosciences 2013 v.52 no. pp. 227-233
- ISSN:
- 0098-3004
- Subject:
- Internet; climate; computers; deformation; earthquakes; environmental monitoring; geophysics; gravity; hydrology; temporal variation
- Abstract:
- ... The launch of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) space gravity mission opened new horizons to the scientific community for environmental monitoring. Through the provision of estimates of temporal changes in the Earth's gravity field, the products generated from the GRACE mission have enabled studies of mass balance changes in polar regions, deformation caused by very large earthqu ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.10.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.10.005
- Author:
- Richard Grotjahn
- Source:
- Climate dynamics 2013 v.41 no.5-6 pp. 1187-1197
- ISSN:
- 0930-7575
- Subject:
- air; climate; climate models; coasts; heat; summer; surface temperature; topographic slope; Central Valley of California
- Abstract:
- ... This study assesses how well the Community Climate System Model version 4 (CCSM4) simulates the large scale conditions needed for extreme hot surface temperatures in the California Central Valley (CV). Extreme hot summer days in the CV are associated with a large scale meteorological pattern (LSMP) described in Grotjahn and Faure (2008). The strength and sign of that pattern are assessed using a c ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00382-013-1668-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1668-1
- Author:
- Shaowu Wang; Quansheng Ge; Fang Wang; Xinyu Wen; Jianbin Huang
- Source:
- Chinese geographical science 2013 v.23 no.1 pp. 1-12
- ISSN:
- 1002-0063
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; cold; drought; freshwater; ice; latitude; melting; monsoon season; summer
- Abstract:
- ... This paper is a review of studies of abrupt climate changes (ACCs) during the Holocene published during the past ten years. North Atlantic cold events are indicators of ACCs. As indicated by North Atlantic ice-rafted debris (IRD), there were nine confirmed cold events during the Holocene, occurring at 11.1 kyr, 10.3 kyr, 9.4 kyr, 8.1 kyr, 5.9 kyr, 4.2 kyr, 2.8 kyr, 1.4 kyr, and 0.4 kyr respectivel ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11769-013-0591-z
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-013-0591-z
- Author:
- Guillaume Soulet; Guillemette Ménot; Germain Bayon; Frauke Rostek; Emmanuel Ponzevera; Samuel Toucanne; Gilles Lericolais; Edouard Bard
- Source:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013 v.110 no.17 pp. 6682-6687
- ISSN:
- 0027-8424
- Subject:
- Marmara; basins; biomarkers; climate; drainage; glaciers; ice; isotopes; lakes; neodymium; rivers; runoff; sediments; snowmelt; watersheds; Black Sea
- Abstract:
- ... Continental ice sheets are a key component of the Earth’s climate system, but their internal dynamics need to be further studied. Since the last deglaciation, the northern Eurasian Fennoscandian Ice Sheet (FIS) has been connected to the Black Sea (BS) watershed, making this basin a suitable location to investigate former ice-sheet dynamics. Here, from a core retrieved in the BS, we combine the use ...
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.1214676110
- PubMed:
- 23569264
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3637780
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1214676110
- Author:
- Sheikh Ali Ahmed; Qian Yang; Margot Sehlstedt-Persson; Tom Morén
- Source:
- Journal of wood chemistry and technology 2013 v.33 no.3 pp. 174-187
- ISSN:
- 1532-2319
- Subject:
- Pinus sylvestris; carbohydrates; climate; drying; fungi; heat treatment; industrial applications; inoculum; sapwood; temperature
- Abstract:
- ... We test the hypothesis that the combination of kiln drying of double-stacked boards and contact heat treatment will reduce the susceptibility of treated boards to colonization by mold fungi. Winter-felled Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sapwood boards were double-stacked in an industrial kiln in ‘‘sapwood out’’ and ‘‘sapwood in’’ positions. Dried samples were then contact heat-treated using a hot ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/02773813.2013.773041
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02773813.2013.773041
- Author:
- Marcia McNutt
- Source:
- Science 2013 v.341 no.6149 pp. 937
- ISSN:
- 0036-8075
- Subject:
- chemistry; climate; ecosystems; geology; oceanography; oceans; physics; researchers; sampling; youth; California
- Abstract:
- ... Last month, a distinguished group of ocean researchers and explorers convened in Long Beach, California, at the Aquarium of the Pacific to assess progress and future prospects in ocean exploration. Thirteen years ago, U.S. President Clinton challenged a similar group to provide a blueprint for ocean exploration and discovery. Since then, the fundamental rationale has not changed: to collect high-q ...
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.1244099
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1244099
- Author:
- Lindsey Gillson; Terence P. Dawson; Sam Jack; Melodie A. McGeoch
- Source:
- Trends in ecology & evolution 2013 v.28 no.3 pp. 135-142
- ISSN:
- 0169-5347
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; ecosystems; land use; landscape management; landscapes; planning; prediction
- Abstract:
- ... Species ranges are seldom at equilibrium with climate, because several interacting factors determine distribution, including demographic processes, dispersal, land use, disturbance (e.g., fire), and biotic interactions. Conservation strategies in a changing climate therefore cannot be based only on predicted climate-driven range shifts. Here, we explore conservation and management options in a fra ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.008
- PubMed:
- 23146578
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2012.10.008
- Author:
- Brown Kristen E.; Henze Daven K.; Milford Jana B.
- Source:
- Environmental Science & Technology 2013 v.47 no.7 pp. 3065-3072
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- air quality; climate; electricity; fuels; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; models; nitrogen oxides; particulates; pollutants; sulfur dioxide; Eastern United States; Western United States
- Abstract:
- ... The EPA-MARKAL model of the U.S. electricity sector is used to examine how imposing emissions fees based on estimated health and environmental damages might change electricity generation. Fees are imposed on life-cycle emissions of SO₂, nitrogen oxides (NOₓ), particulate matter, and greenhouse gases (GHG) from 2015 through 2055. Changes in electricity production, fuel type, emissions controls, and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/es304281g
- https://doi.org/10.1021/es304281g
- Author:
- Eduardo Krüger; Rohinton Emmanuel
- Source:
- Landscape and urban planning 2013 v.117 pp. 112-121
- ISSN:
- 0169-2046
- Subject:
- ambient temperature; cities; climate; heat island; latitude; relative humidity; urban planning; weather stations; United Kingdom
- Abstract:
- ... We evaluate the effect of atmospheric stability on seasonal ambient temperature differences between a pair of urban and rural weather stations (Urban Heat Island effect) and day/night intra-urban differences between a set of temperature/relative humidity (T/RH) stations in Glasgow, UK. The purpose is to estimate the background atmospheric effects on urban-vs-rural (UHI) as well as intra-urban diff ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.019
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.019
- Author:
- Alexandre Thévenot; Joël Aubin; Emmanuel Tillard; Jonathan Vayssières
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2013 v.57 pp. 280-292
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- anaerobic digestion; animal wastes; climate; cluster analysis; corn; environmental impact; farm buildings; farm typology; farming systems; farms; feed conversion; life cycle assessment; models; poultry; poultry production; rearing; slaughterhouses; supply chain; uncertainty; Reunion
- Abstract:
- ... The farm is the most influential stage of agricultural production because farming practices affect both pre-farm and on-farm environmental impacts. Since farm diversity is not usually taken into consideration, it is legitimate to question the interest of including it in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies. This work explores several approaches to modelling the farm stage when assessing the environ ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.027
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.027
- Author:
- Johan Iwald; Stefan Löfgren; Johan Stendahl; Erik Karltun
- Source:
- Forest ecology and management 2013 v.290 pp. 49-58
- ISSN:
- 0378-1127
- Subject:
- Betula; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; acid deposition; acid soils; acidification; anions; biofuels; branches; cations; climate; forest inventory; forests; harvesting; logging; national forests; nutrient balance; stumps; trees; Sweden
- Abstract:
- ... Harvesting of stumps and logging residues for bioenergy can be expected to increase in the future. An increased biomass export from the forest will increase the biological acidification, measured as net cation (cations–anions) export. The aim of this study is to estimate the acidifying effect that various levels of harvesting of tree stumps and logging residues will have in Sweden, and compare thi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.022
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.022
- Author:
- Justin N.W. Chiu; Pauline Gravoille; Viktoria Martin
- Source:
- Applied energy 2013 v.109 no. pp. 523-529
- ISSN:
- 0306-2619
- Subject:
- air conditioning; algorithms; buildings; climate; cold; cooling; cooling systems; economic sustainability; electricity; energy; energy costs; heat; phase transition; summer; system optimization; winter; Sweden
- Abstract:
- ... Latent heat thermal energy storage (LHTES) integrated active free cooling stores night time cold and serves as heat sink for cooling when demand rises. Passive buildings, albeit their advantages in limiting heat loss during winter time, are often paired with excessive internal overheating in summer, as shown in the first part of this study. Under the climate condition in Stockholm, LHTES systems m ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.076
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.01.076
- Author:
- Montaño Rossy R.; Cuéllar Rosa Leny; Fitzgerald Lee A.; Mendoza Florencio; Soria Filemón; Fiorello Christine V.; Deem Sharon L.; Noss Andrew J.
- Source:
- South american journal of herpetology 2013 v.8 no.2 pp. 81-88
- ISSN:
- 1808-9798
- Subject:
- body temperature; burrows; climate; estivation; home range; lizards; microprocessors; national parks; radio transmitters; thermometers; veterinarians
- Abstract:
- ... In the Bolivian Chaco the red tegu lizard Tupinambis rufescens is the most important reptile among indigenous communities for subsistence, commercial and traditional medicinal purposes. Information on the home range and habits of Tupinambis rufescens in an area free from hunting pressure is an important basis for a management plan for this species in the Chaco, to ensure that commercial hunting pr ...
- DOI:
- 10.2994/SAJH-D-13-00016.1
- https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-13-00016.1
- Author:
- Kristie L Ebi; Gary Yohe
- Source:
- Current opinion in environmental sustainability 2013 v.5 pp. 373-377
- ISSN:
- 1877-3435
- Subject:
- climate; humans; issues and policy; markets
- Abstract:
- ... Mitigation policies have traditionally been evaluated from the perspective of first-best worlds that have perfect foresight and full and immediate policy implementation. Adaptation assessments typically consider second-best worlds that incorporate the realities of market imperfections, institutional and informational constraints, delayed policy implementation, and other issues. As mitigation analy ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.004
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2013.06.004
- Author:
- F. Flores; M. Hybl; J.C. Knudsen; P. Marget; F. Muel; S. Nadal; L. Narits; B. Raffiot; O. Sass; I. Solis; J. Winkler; F.L. Stoddard; D. Rubiales
- Source:
- Field crops research 2013 v.145 pp. 1-9
- ISSN:
- 0378-4290
- Subject:
- germplasm; cultivars; Vicia faba; grain crops; faba beans; breeding; spring; crop yield; genotype-environment interaction; genotype; climate; Europe
- Abstract:
- ... Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a cool season grain legume whose acreage has constantly declined in traditional producer countries as it has been replaced by more productive cereal crops. However, faba bean is still considered to have great potential as rainfed crop. In order to satisfy the renewed interest in faba bean cultivation yield stability should be improved by exploiting different germplasm ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.01.022
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2013.01.022
- Author:
- Suruchi Bhadwal; Annemarie Groot; Sneha Balakrishnan; Sreeja Nair; Sambita Ghosh; G.J. Lingaraj; Catharien Terwisscha van Scheltinga; Ajay Bhave; Christian Siderius
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2013 v.468-469 pp. S152
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- adverse effects; climate; climate change; monsoon season; prioritization; rain; risk; risk reduction; temperature; water resources; India
- Abstract:
- ... Changes in rainfall patterns and temperatures are likely to affect water resources in India. Also, changes in the extreme events will have direct implications on life and property. Adapting to the adverse effects of climate change becomes critical to avoid huge material and immaterial damages. This paper discusses the use of a multi-level and participatory approach to develop adaptation options to ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.024
- PubMed:
- 23845508
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.05.024
- Author:
- Julie Wilk; Lotta Andersson; Michele Warburton
- Source:
- Regional environmental change 2013 v.13 no.2 pp. 273-286
- ISSN:
- 1436-3798
- Subject:
- basins; planning; water conservation; farmers; interviews; sustainable communities; climate change; livelihood; livestock; land reform; soil erosion; temperature; input costs; finance; agricultural policy; climate; South Africa
- Abstract:
- ... Commercial and small-scale farmers in South Africa are exposed to many challenges. Interviews with 44 farmers in the upper Thukela basin, KwaZulu-Natal, were conducted to identify common and specific challenges for the two groups and adaptive strategies for dealing with the effects of climate and other stressors. This work was conducted as part of a larger participatory project with local stakehol ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10113-012-0323-4
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-012-0323-4
- Author:
- Jonas Olsson; Hideo Amaguchi; Elin Alsterhag; Maria Dåverhög; Per-Erik Adrian; Akira Kawamura
- Source:
- Climatic change 2013 v.116 no.2 pp. 231-247
- ISSN:
- 0165-0009
- Subject:
- case studies; climate; climate change; models; rain; rain intensity; storms; stormwater; stormwater sewer systems; towns; Sweden
- Abstract:
- ... Already today, the functionality of many sewer and storm water systems are not up to the required standards and consequently flooding problems are experienced in case of heavy storms. System upgrades are required, which are however complicated by the expected future increase in short-term rainfall intensities as a result of climate change. In this case study, focusing on the town of Arvika, Sweden ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10584-012-0480-y
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0480-y
- Author:
- Muhuddin Rajin Anwar; De Li Liu; Ian Macadam; Georgina Kelly
- Source:
- Theoretical and applied climatology 2013 v.113 no.1-2 pp. 225-245
- ISSN:
- 0177-798X
- Subject:
- research and development; temperature; planning; uncertainty; farmers; information dissemination; extension education; farms; learning; agricultural industry; climate change; weather forecasting; stakeholders; issues and policy; technology; climate
- Abstract:
- ... The agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to future climate changes and climate variability, including increases in the incidence of extreme climate events. Changes in temperature and precipitation will result in changes in land and water regimes that will subsequently affect agricultural productivity. Given the gradual change of climate in the past, historically, farmers have adapted in an aut ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00704-012-0780-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-012-0780-1
- Author:
- Robin B. Matthews; Mike Rivington; Shibu Muhammed; Adrian C. Newton; Paul D. Hallett
- Source:
- Global food security 2013 v.2 no.1 pp. 24-28
- ISSN:
- 2211-9124
- Subject:
- carbon footprint; climate; climate change; crop models; crop production; cropping systems; crops; decision support systems; diet; education; farmers; food production; food security; nutrients; production technology; risk assessment; simulation models; temperature
- Abstract:
- ... Food production systems in the next decades need to adapt, not only to increase production to meet the demand of a higher population and changes in diets using less land, water and nutrients, but also to reduce their carbon footprint and to warmer temperatures and altered precipitation patterns resulting from climate change. Crop simulation models offer a research tool for evaluating trade-offs of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gfs.2012.11.009
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2012.11.009
- Author:
- Corrine Noel Knapp; Sarah F. Trainor
- Source:
- Global environmental change 2013 v.23 pp. 1296-1306
- ISSN:
- 0959-3780
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; interdisciplinary research; planning; research institutions; Alaska
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change is complicating the variables that Alaskans consider when planning for the future. Communities, agencies and other entities have begun to grapple with both the information that they need to adapt to a changing climate and how the processes and practices of science should change to make science more useful. We reviewed sixty-three documents that expressed practical research needs rel ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.007
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.007
- Author:
- Robert L. Beschta; Debra L. Donahue; Dominick A. DellaSala; Jonathan J. Rhodes; James R. Karr; Mary H. O’Brien; Thomas L. Fleischner; Cindy Deacon Williams
- Source:
- Environmental management 2013 v.51 no.2 pp. 474-491
- ISSN:
- 0364-152X
- Subject:
- animal communities; asses; climate; climate change; deer; ecosystem services; ecosystems; elks; greenhouse gas emissions; horses; hydrology; indigenous species; livestock production; predators; public lands; soil; species diversity; vegetation; water resources; wildlife
- Abstract:
- ... Climate change affects public land ecosystems and services throughout the American West and these effects are projected to intensify. Even if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, adaptation strategies for public lands are needed to reduce anthropogenic stressors of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and to help native species and ecosystems survive in an altered environment. Historical and contem ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00267-012-9964-9
- PubMed:
- 23151970
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9964-9
- Author:
- Belay Tseganeh Kassie; Huib Hengsdijk; Reimund Rötter; Helena Kahiluoto; Senthold Asseng; Martin Van Ittersum
- Source:
- Environmental management 2013 v.52 no.5 pp. 1115-1131
- ISSN:
- 0364-152X
- Subject:
- case studies; climate; climate change; credit; crops; cultivars; farmers; farming systems; farms; information services; interviews; livelihood; market access; markets; meteorological data; questionnaires; rain; rain intensity; risk; socioeconomic factors; stakeholders; temperature; valleys; Ethiopia
- Abstract:
- ... Small-holder farmers in Ethiopia are facing several climate related hazards, in particular highly variable rainfall with severe droughts which can have devastating effects on their livelihoods. Projected changes in climate are expected to aggravate the existing challenges. This study examines farmer perceptions on current climate variability and long-term changes, current adaptive strategies, and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00267-013-0145-2
- PubMed:
- 23943096
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-013-0145-2
- Author:
- Michelle A. Haynes; Yongping Yang
- Source:
- Environment, development and sustainability 2013 v.15 no.4 pp. 1065-1077
- ISSN:
- 1387-585X
- Subject:
- agricultural land; alpine meadows; burning; butter; climate; conservation areas; economic incentives; forage; herd size; herding; households; income; indigenous knowledge; issues and policy; livelihood; privatization; range management; rangelands; roads; shrublands; shrubs; snow; temperature; villages; yaks; China
- Abstract:
- ... Tibetan yak herding practices in northwest Yunnan, southwest China have maintained remarkable biological diversity. To learn more about local cultural adaptation to policy changes, we interviewed 37 households in Deqin County on their traditional knowledge, and the changes they have observed in ecological conditions, livestock health, and land management. These villages varied in proximity to main ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10668-012-9426-9
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-012-9426-9
- Author:
- Gabriele Dono; Raffaele Cortignani; Luca Doro; Luca Giraldo; Luigi Ledda; Massimiliano Pasqui; Pier Paolo Roggero
- Source:
- Agricultural systems 2013 v.117 pp. 1-12
- ISSN:
- 0308-521X
- Subject:
- Common Agricultural Policy; climate; corn; crop yield; development policy; economic impact; environmental policy; farms; funding; groundwater extraction; income; irrigation water; labor; models; rural development; small-scale farming; uncertainty; water requirement; water table; watersheds
- Abstract:
- ... Short-term perspectives appear to be relevant in formulating adaptation measures to changed climate variability (CCV) as a part of the European Rural Development Policy (RDP). Indeed, short-run CCV is the variation that farmers would perceive to such an extent that a political demand would be generated for adapting support measures. This study evaluates some relevant agronomic and economic impacts ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.agsy.2013.01.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2013.01.005
- Author:
- Margot Hill
- Source:
- Mountain research and development 2013 v.33 no.3 pp. 248-259
- ISSN:
- 0276-4741
- Subject:
- climate; climate change; governance; hydrology; uncertainty; water management; Alps region; Andes region; Chile; Switzerland
- Abstract:
- ... The Alps and the Andes are both considered water towers in their respective continents and are thus significant not only for their own water needs but also for those of lowland regions farther downstream. As climate change impacts on the hydrology of mountain regions are increasingly observed, attention is turning to the adaptive capacity of the water governance regimes in mountain communities. Th ...
- DOI:
- 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00106.1
- https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-12-00106.1
45. Adaptive governance and institutional strategies for climate-induced community relocations in Alaska
- Author:
- Robin Bronen; F. Stuart Chapin
- Source:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2013 v.110 no.23 pp. 9320-9325
- ISSN:
- 0027-8424
- Subject:
- climate; geophysics; governance; government agencies; infrastructure; issues and policy; leadership; people; planning; weather; Alaska
- Abstract:
- ... This article presents governance and institutional strategies for climate-induced community relocations. In Alaska, repeated extreme weather events coupled with climate change-induced coastal erosion impact the habitability of entire communities. Community residents and government agencies concur that relocation is the only adaptation strategy that can protect lives and infrastructure. Community r ...
- DOI:
- 10.1073/pnas.1210508110
- PubMed:
- 23690592
- PubMed Central:
- PMC3677491
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1210508110
- Author:
- Nicky Allsopp
- Source:
- African journal of range & forage science 2013 v.30 no.1-2 pp. 65-69
- ISSN:
- 1727-9380
- Subject:
- climate; disasters; governance; issues and policy; livelihood; models; rangelands; stakeholders; South Africa
- Abstract:
- ... Many of the intransigent problems facing the world arise in complex systems. In this paper, I propose that communal rangelands in South Africa be recognised as complex social–ecological systems and that one of the reasons that development initiatives have had little impact on improving livelihoods and rangeland condition is that interventions have been based on reductionist thinking that has faile ...
- DOI:
- 10.2989/10220119.2013.781062
- https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2013.781062
- Author:
- R.B. Porter; T. Lacourse; B.J. Hawkins; A. Yanchuk
- Source:
- Forest ecology and management 2013 v.291 pp. 357-366
- ISSN:
- 0378-1127
- Subject:
- trees; interspecific variation; correlation; nitrogen fixation; nitrogen content; phenology; planting; coasts; climate; buds; Alnus rubra; autumn; climate change; temperature; growth traits; phenotypic plasticity; canopy; growing season; genetic variation; cold tolerance; British Columbia
- Abstract:
- ... Red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) is the most abundant deciduous tree on the Pacific coast of North America and its use as a timber species is increasing. To explore adaptive variation and genotype×environment interactions in this species, we examine the pattern and degree of variation in physiological and growth traits among 59 families of red alder, and relate this variation to the climates of famil ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.017
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.017
- Author:
- A. F. Prein; A. Gobiet; M. Suklitsch; H. Truhetz; N. K. Awan; K. Keuler; G. Georgievski
- Source:
- Climate dynamics 2013 v.41 no.9-10 pp. 2655-2677
- ISSN:
- 0930-7575
- Subject:
- climate; climate models; relative humidity; spatial distribution; summer; temperature; value added; Alps region
- Abstract:
- ... In this study the added value of a ensemble of convection permitting climate simulations (CPCSs) compared to coarser gridded simulations is investigated. The ensemble consists of three non hydrostatic regional climate models providing five simulations with ~10 and ~3 km (CPCS) horizontal grid spacing each. The simulated temperature, precipitation, relative humidity, and global radiation fields are ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s00382-013-1744-6
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-013-1744-6
- Author:
- E. Ivits; M. Cherlet; S. Sommer; W. Mehl
- Source:
- Ecological indicators 2013 v.26 pp. 49-60
- ISSN:
- 1470-160X
- Subject:
- algorithms; climate; confidence interval; ecosystems; evolution; humans; land cover; linear models; monitoring; phenology; regression analysis; remote sensing; temporal variation; vegetation; Europe
- Abstract:
- ... Earth observation based monitoring of change in vegetation phenology and productivity is an important and widely used approach to quantify degradation of ecosystems due to climatic or human influences. Most satellite based studies apply linear or polynomial regression methods for trend detections. In this paper it is argued that natural systems hardly react to human or natural influences in a line ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.10.012
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.10.012
- Author:
- P. Willems
- Source:
- Journal of hydrology 2013 v.490 pp. 126-133
- ISSN:
- 0022-1694
- Subject:
- atmospheric circulation; climate; climate change; drainage systems; meteorological data; rain; rain intensity; time series analysis
- Abstract:
- ... Rainfall extremes exhibit temporal clustering at multi-decadal time scales, most probably as a result of persistence in large scale atmospheric circulation over such time scales. Analysis of a 107-year time series of 10min rainfall intensities since 1898 at Uccle, Brussels, has shown that the 1960s and the 1990–2000s had a higher frequency and amplitude of high rainfall intensities at various time ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.034
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.03.034