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Author: B. E. Duncan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Climatic changes Languages : en Pages : 81
Book Description
The impacts of climate change have been observed both globally and on regional scales, such as in the North-central California coast and ocean, a region that extends from Point Arena to Point Año Nuevo and includes the Pacific coastline of the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of the high economic and ecological value of the region’s marine environment, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) and other agencies and organizations have recognized the need to evaluate and plan for climate change impacts. Climate change indicators provide information about the presence and potential impacts of climate change. While climate change indicators exist for the nation and for the state of California as a whole, no system of ocean climate indicators exist that specifically consider the unique characteristics of the North-central California coast and ocean region. To that end, GFNMS collaborated with over 50 federal, state, and regional natural resource managers, research scientists, and other partners to develop a set of eight physical and four biological ocean climate indicators specific to this region. A smaller working group of regional experts developed overarching indicator monitoring recommendations, and specific metrics and monitoring goals, objectives, strategies, and activities for each of the twelve ocean climate indicators. Broadly speaking, these strategies are centered on maintaining existing indicator monitoring, and expanding or establishing new monitoring in critical habitats. To maximize the utility of these indicators for decision-makers, priority levels, current and potential future partners, funding requirements, and implementation timelines are provided for each indicator monitoring strategy.
Author: B. E. Duncan Publisher: ISBN: Category : Climatic changes Languages : en Pages : 81
Book Description
The impacts of climate change have been observed both globally and on regional scales, such as in the North-central California coast and ocean, a region that extends from Point Arena to Point Año Nuevo and includes the Pacific coastline of the San Francisco Bay Area. Because of the high economic and ecological value of the region’s marine environment, Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS) and other agencies and organizations have recognized the need to evaluate and plan for climate change impacts. Climate change indicators provide information about the presence and potential impacts of climate change. While climate change indicators exist for the nation and for the state of California as a whole, no system of ocean climate indicators exist that specifically consider the unique characteristics of the North-central California coast and ocean region. To that end, GFNMS collaborated with over 50 federal, state, and regional natural resource managers, research scientists, and other partners to develop a set of eight physical and four biological ocean climate indicators specific to this region. A smaller working group of regional experts developed overarching indicator monitoring recommendations, and specific metrics and monitoring goals, objectives, strategies, and activities for each of the twelve ocean climate indicators. Broadly speaking, these strategies are centered on maintaining existing indicator monitoring, and expanding or establishing new monitoring in critical habitats. To maximize the utility of these indicators for decision-makers, priority levels, current and potential future partners, funding requirements, and implementation timelines are provided for each indicator monitoring strategy.
Author: Burton G. Hurdle Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1461580358 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 788
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" ... as soon as one has traversed the greater part of the wild sea, one comes upon such a huge quantity of ice that nowhere in the whole world has the like been known." "This ice is of a wonderful nature. It lies at times quite still, as one would expect, with openings or large fjords in it; but sometimes its movement is so strong and rapid as to equal that of a ship running before the wind, and it drifts against the wind as often as with it." Kongespeilet - 1250 A.D. ("The Mirror of Kings") Modern societies require increasing amounts influence on the water mass and on the resulting of scientific information about the environment total environment of the region; therefore, cer tain of its characteristics will necessarily be in whieh they live and work. For the seas this information must describe the air above the sea, included.
Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9781009157971 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 755
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309054494 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 645
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This volume reflects the current state of scientific knowledge about natural climate variability on decade-to-century time scales. It covers a wide range of relevant subjects, including the characteristics of the atmosphere and ocean environments as well as the methods used to describe and analyze them, such as proxy data and numerical models. They clearly demonstrate the range, persistence, and magnitude of climate variability as represented by many different indicators. Not only do natural climate variations have important socioeconomic effects, but they must be better understood before possible anthropogenic effects (from greenhouse gas emissions, for instance) can be evaluated. A topical essay introduces each of the disciplines represented, providing the nonscientist with a perspective on the field and linking the papers to the larger issues in climate research. In its conclusions section, the book evaluates progress in the different areas and makes recommendations for the direction and conduct of future climate research. This book, while consisting of technical papers, is also accessible to the interested layperson.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309158710 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 109
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The stresses associated with climate change are expected to be felt keenly as human population grows to a projected 9 billion by the middle of this century, increasing the demand for resources and supporting infrastructure. Therefore, information to assess vulnerabilities to climate change is needed to support policies and investments designed to increase resilience in human and Earth systems. There are currently many observing systems that capture elements of how climate is changing, for example, direct measurements of atmospheric and ocean temperature. Although those measurements are essential for understanding the scale and nature of climate change, they do not necessarily provide information about the impacts of climate change on humans that are especially relevant for political and economic planning and decision making. Monitoring Climate Change Impacts tackles the challenge of developing an illustrative suite of indicators, measurements (and the locations around the globe where the measurements can be applied), and metrics that are important for understanding global climate change and providing insight into environmental sustainability. Eight panels provided input on: cryosphere, land-surface and terrestrial ecosystems, hydrology and water resources, atmosphere, human health and other dimensions, oceans (both physical and biological/chemical), and natural disasters. The book also provides an illustrative set of metrics that are likely to be affected by climate change over the next 20-25 years and, when taken together, can potentially give advance warning of climate-related changes to the human and environment systems.
Author: B. E. Duncan
Author: B. E. Duncan
Author: Matt H. Pinkerton
Author: Burton G. Hurdle
Author: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Author: National Research Council
Author: National Research Council
Author: T J. Marsh
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