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Why Is Climate Sensitivity So Unpredictable?
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Uncertainties in projections of future climate change have not lessened substantially in past
decades. Both models and observations yield broad probability dis...
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Volcanic cause of catastrophe
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From the timing, it looks as if an episode of marked oceanic oxygen
deficiency during the Cretaceous was the result of undersea volcanism.
Studies of such eve...
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Are we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction? A view from the world of amphibians
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Many scientists argue that we are either entering or in the midst
of the sixth great mass extinction. Intense human pressure, both
direct and indirect, is hav...
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Phylogenetic patterns of species loss in Thoreau’s woods are driven by climate change
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Climate change has led to major changes in the phenology (the
timing of seasonal activities, such as flowering) of some species but
not others. The extent to ...
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A westward extension of the warm pool leads to a westward extension of the Walker circulation, drying eastern Africa
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Observations and simulations link anthropogenicgreenhouse and aerosol emissions with rapidly
increasing Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures (SSTs). Over the ...
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Agriculture, Ecosystem Services, Food Security, Predicted change, Circulation, Climate Change, Public Health, Food suppy, El Nino, Intergovernmental Panel on Cl...
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Ecological responses to recent climate change
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There is now ample evidence of the ecological impacts of recent climate change, from polar terrestrial to tropical marine environments. The responses of both fl...
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Aquatic ecosystems, Deep sea ecosystems, Habitat degradation, Community dynamics, Extinction risk, Global warming, Biosphere, Ecosystems, Ecological degradation...
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Predicting satellite-derived patterns of large-scale disturbances in forests of the Pacific Northwest Region in response to recent climatic variation
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Across the Pacific Northwest, the climate between 1950 and 1975 was exceptionally cool and wet compared
with more recent conditions (1995–2005). We reasoned ...
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How Much More Rain Will Global Warming Bring?
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Climate models and satellite observations both indicate that the total amount of water in the
atmosphere will increase at a rate of 7% per kelvin of surface wa...
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Spatial patterns and policy implications for residential water use
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The front yard makes a powerful visual statement about the
occupants of the residence. As visible statements, yards are likely
to induce a behavioral response...
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Columbia Water Center White Paper America’s Water Risk: Water Stress and Climate Variability
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The emerging awareness of the dependence of business on water has resulted in increasing awareness of the concept of “Water Risk” and the diverse ways in wh...
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Climate Adaptation, Environmental asset loss, Conservation Planning, Extreme scenarios, Business risk, Adaptive management, Consumption, Climate and society, En...
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Safe Havens, Safe Passages for Vulnerable Fish and Wildlife
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Some of the best-known and most-cherished mountains on Earth are set in the
Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and Alberta. Indeed, the mention of
Banff, Ja...
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Conservation VALUE OF ROADLESS AREAS FOR VULNERABLE FISH AND Wildlife Species in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana
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The Crown of the Continent Ecosystem is one of the most spectacular landscapes
in the world and most ecologically intact ecosystem remaining in the
contiguous...
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Conservation organizations, Management, Human–wildlife interactions, Climate Adaptation, Conservation priority, Roadless, Trout, Undisturbed areas, Conservati...
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Projections of Future Drought in the Continental United States and Mexico
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Using the Palmer drought severity index, the ability of 19 state-of-the-art climate models to reproduce observed
statistics of drought over North America is ex...
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When It Rains, It Pours Global Warming and the Increase in Extreme Precipitation from 1948 to 2011
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Global warming is happening now and
its effects are being felt in the United
States and around the world. Among
the expected consequences of global warming
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‘As Earth’s testimonies tell’: wilderness conservation in a changing world
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Too often, wilderness conservation ignores a temporal perspective greater than the past
50 years, yet a long-term perspective (centuries to millennia) reveals ...
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Charcoal, Diversity, Wilderness, Climate Change, Collaboration, Stable isotopes, Conservation, Roadless, Interdisciplinary approach
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Wildfire and fuel treatment effects on forest carbon dynamics in the western United States
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Sequestration of carbon (C) in forests has the potential to mitigate the effects of climate change by offsetting
future emissions of greenhouse gases. However,...
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The anatomy of predator–prey dynamics in a changing climate
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1. Humans are increasingly influencing global climate and regional predator assemblages,
yet a mechanistic understanding of how climate and predation interact ...
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Animal Versus Wind Dispersal and the Robustness of Tree Species to Deforestation
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Studies suggest that populations of different species do not decline equally after habitat loss. However, empirical tests have been confined to fine spatiotempo...
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Disturbance, Diversity, Habitat loss, Climate Change, Land Use, Forests, Dispersal, Dispersal by animals, Birds, Distribution, Dispersal by wind
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Large in-stream wood studies: a call for common metrics
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During the past decade, research on large in-stream wood has expanded beyond North America’s Pacifi c Northwest
to diverse environments and has shifted towar...
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Landscape-scale carbon storage associated with beaver dams
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Beaver meadows form when beaver dams promote
prolonged overbank flooding and floodplain retention of
sediment and organic matter. Extensive beaver meadows fo...
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