Biological Consequences of Global Climate Change
Author | : Christine Ann Ennis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Christine Ann Ennis |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Climatic changes |
ISBN | : |
Author | : The Royal Society |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2014-02-26 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309302021 |
Climate Change: Evidence and Causes is a jointly produced publication of The US National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society. Written by a UK-US team of leading climate scientists and reviewed by climate scientists and others, the publication is intended as a brief, readable reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative information on the some of the questions that continue to be asked. Climate Change makes clear what is well-established and where understanding is still developing. It echoes and builds upon the long history of climate-related work from both national academies, as well as on the newest climate-change assessment from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It touches on current areas of active debate and ongoing research, such as the link between ocean heat content and the rate of warming.
Author | : David Murray Gates |
Publisher | : Sinauer Associates, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : |
Describes the forces that shape the earth's climate and how climate change, particularly greenhouse warming, may impact ecosystems and agriculture. Past climates and past ecosystem changes are reviewed in order to best understand the future. Scientists are predicting a 3 C increase in the Earth's climate within 75 to 100 years. This rate of temperature change and the warmer conditions will stress many organisms and probably realign some ecosystems. Special events, such as El Nino and the stratospheric ozone hole, are significant features of global change considered.
Author | : Lee Hannah |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 471 |
Release | : 2014-11-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 012799923X |
Climate Change Biology, 2e examines the evolving discipline of human-induced climate change and the resulting shifts in the distributions of species and the timing of biological events. The text focuses on understanding the impacts of human-induced climate change by drawing on multiple lines of evidence, including paleoecology, modeling, and current observation. This revised and updated second edition emphasizes impacts of human adaptation to climate change on nature and greater emphasis on natural processes and cycles and specific elements. With four new chapters, an increased emphasis on tools for critical thinking, and a new glossary and acronym appendix, Climate Change Biology, 2e is the ideal overview of this field. Expanded treatment of processes and cycles Additional exercises and elements to encourage independent and critical thinking Increased on-line supplements including mapping activities and suggested labs and classroom activities.
Author | : |
Publisher | : CABI |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1845937481 |
Climate change has moved from being a contested phenomenon to the top of the agenda at global summits. Climate Change Biology is the first major textbook to address the critical issue of how climate change may affect life on the planet, and particularly its impact on human populations. Presented in four parts, the first deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and various modelling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are addressed in the second part, from the individual's physiology to populations and ecosystems, and further to considering adaptation and evolution. The third part examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, agriculture and forestry. The final part considers research on the cutting edge of impact prediction and the practical and philosophical limitations on our abilities to predict these impacts. This text will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on impacts of climate change, as well as providing a succinct overview for researchers new to the field.
Author | : Robert L. Peters |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780300059304 |
The biological effects of global warming should be of concern to all thinking individuals, for warming could cause profound disruption of natural ecosystems and could threaten many species with extinction. This important book--the first to discuss in detail the consequences of global warming for ecosystems--includes commentary by distinguished scientists on many aspects of this critical problem. Experts describe responses of animals and plants to previous climate changes, interactions between various environmental components (precipitation and soil chemistry, for example), and synergisms between climate change and human activities such as deforestation. They consider many specific ecosystems, including tropical forests, the deciduous forests of eastern North America, the forests of the Pacific Northwest, Mediterranean-type ecosystems in California, arctic tundra, and arctic marine systems. Offering discussions that are both factual and speculative, the volume points the way to future investigations of the implications of global warming.
Author | : Lee Hannah |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 528 |
Release | : 2021-05-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0081029764 |
Climate Change Biology, Third Edition, addresses how climate change may affect life on the planet, particularly its impact on biology. Presented in three parts, it deals extensively with the physical evidence of climate change and modeling efforts to predict its future. Biological responses are then addressed, from individual physiology, to populations and ecosystems, adaptation and evolution. The final section examines the specific impact climate change may have on natural resources, particularly relating to human livelihood. This book will be a useful asset to the growing number of both undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change. All sections are updated using the more than 5,000 research papers that have appeared on the topic since the publication of the second edition. Sections on the combined effects of ocean acidification and climate change are especially strengthened, with over six new case studies and end of chapter questions in each chapter. Covers the evolving discipline of human-induced climate change and the resulting shifts in the distributions of species and timing of biological events Offers positive solutions and policy relevant insights on how extinctions can be avoided Includes stunning full-color illustrations from original research
Author | : Vladimir I. Vernadsky |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1461217504 |
"Vladimir Vernadsky was a brilliant and prescient scholar-a true scientific visionary who saw the deep connections between life on Earth and the rest of the planet and understood the profound implications for life as a cosmic phenomenon." -DAVID H. GRINSPOON, AUTHOR OF VENUS REVEALED "The Biosphere should be required reading for all entry level students in earth and planetary sciences." -ERIC D. SCHNEIDER, AUTHOR OF INTO THE COOL: THE NEW THERMODYNAMICS OF CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
Author | : Thomas E. Lovejoy |
Publisher | : The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9788179930847 |
climate changes have had dramatic repercussions, including large numbers of extinctions and extensive shifts in species ranges
Author | : Martin Beniston |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2002-11-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1134852363 |
Home to large numbers of people, sources of water, centres of tourism, and sensitive ecological zones, mountain environments share distinctive climactic characteristics. Once regarded as economically non-viable regions, mountains now attract major investment as sites of tourism, hydro-power and communication routes. This book brings together some of the current work on the physical and human ecology of mountain environments, the impacts of climate change, the processes involved and their observation and prediction.