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Humans and Nature Duel Over the Next Decade’s Climate
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Rising greenhouse gases are changing global climate, but during the next few decades natural climate variations will have a say as well, so researchers are scra...
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WWF : A CLOSING WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY - GLOBAL GREENHOUSE REALITY 2008
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Scientific evidence accumulating since the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report reveals that global warming is accelerating, at times far beyond projections outlin...
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Phylogenetic and functional diversity in large carnivore assemblages
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Large terrestrial carnivores are important ecological components and promi- nent flagship species, but are often extinction prone owing to a combination of biol...
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Analysis of monotonic greening and browning trends from global NDVI time-series
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Remotely sensed vegetation indices are widely used to detect greening and browning trends; especially the global coverage of time-series normalized difference v...
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Temperature, Land cover, GIMMS NDVI, Biosphere–atmosphere feedbacks, Soil organic matter, Plant growth, Climate Impacts, Carbon cycle, Models, Vegetation inde...
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Future climate change driven sea-level rise: secondary consequences from human displacement for island biodiversity
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Sea-level rise (SLR) due to global warming will result in the loss of many coastal areas. The direct or primary effects due to inundation and erosion from SLR a...
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Wild Pollinators Enhance Fruit Set of Crops Regardless of Honey Bee Abundance
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The diversity and abundance of wild insect pollinators have declined in many agricultural landscapes. Whether such declines reduce crop yields, or are mitigated...
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Vulnerability of terrestrial island vertebrates to projected sea-level rise
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Sea-level rise (SLR) from global warming may have severe consequences for biodiversity; however, a baseline, broad- scale assessment of the potential consequenc...
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Pervasive Externalities at the Population, Consumption, and Environment Nexus
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Growing concerns that contemporary patterns of economic development are unsustainable have given rise to an extensive empirical literature on population growth,...
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NWF:A Letter from Scientists to the United States Congress Urging Action to Address the Threats of Global Warming to Wildlife and Ecosystems
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“We write to you to convey our sense of urgency. Global warming is already causing serious damage and disruptions to wildlife and ecosystems, and reliable pro...
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Social Science at the Wildland-Urban Interface: a Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire-Adapted Communities
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Over the past decade, a growing body of research has been conducted on the human dimensions of wildland fire. Building on a relatively small number of foundatio...
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Evaluating the Effects and Effectiveness of Post-fire Seeding Treatments in Western Forests
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Key Findings• In studies that evaluated soil erosion in seeded versus unseeded controls, 78 percent revealed that seeding did not reduce erosion relative to u...
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Fire frequency, Fire intensity, Burn intensity, Diversity, Climate Change, Fire-on-fire, Cost benefit analysis, Fire season, Erosion Control, Soil, Non native s...
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The rebound effect is overplayed
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Increasing energy efficiency brings emissions savings. Claims that it backfires are a distraction, say Kenneth Gillingham and colleagues.
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The timing of climate change
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An innovative assessment of climate change calculates the year in which ongoing warming will surpass the limits of historical climate variability. Three experts...
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Integrated assessment of global water scarcity over the 21st century under multiple climate change mitigation policies
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Water scarcity conditions over the 21st century both globally and regionally are assessed in the context of climate change and climate mitigation policies, by e...
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TOO EARLY TO TELL, OR TOO LATE TO RESCUE? ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDER SCRUTINY
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“The Forest Service’s definition of adaptive management does not emphasize experimentation but rather rational planning coupled with trial and error learnin...
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Adaptive management of biological systems: A review
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Adaptive Management (AM) is widely considered to be the best available approach for managing biolog- ical systems in the presence of uncertainty. But AM has arg...
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Adaptive management, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Managers, Temperature, Habitat, Terrestrial ecosystems, Climate Change, Land Use, Land surface, Sustainab...
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Afforestation Effects on Soil Carbon Storage in the United States: A Synthesis
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Afforestation (tree establishment on nonforested land) is a management option for increasing terrestrial C sequestration and mitigating rising atmo- spheric car...
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Carbon stocks, Climate Adaptation, Land cover, Forests, Biosphere–atmosphere feedbacks, Mitigation, Carbon policy, Climate Impacts, Afforestation, Carbon Capt...
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Trees on farms: Tackling the triple challenge of 07 mitigation, adaptation and food security
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Policy recommendations
␣␣Increased adoption of agroforestry should be supported through finance for agricultural development and adaptation as well as miti...
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AGU: Human-induced climate change requires urgent action.
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1st paragraph: concentrations of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping greenhouse gases have increased sharply since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel bur...
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A global overview of drought and heat-induced tree mortality reveals emerging climate change risks for forests
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Of particular concern are potential increases in tree mortality associated with climate- induced physiological stress and interactions with other climate-mediat...
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tree mortality, Climate Impacts, Predicted change, Temperature, Forest dieoff, Climate Change, Land Use, Carbon flux, Forests, Heat, Drought, Hydraulic failure,...
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