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Coherence between lake ice cover, local climate and teleconnections (Lake Mendota, Wisconsin)
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Ice duration has shortened and the ice-off date has become earlier for Lake Mendota from 1905 to 2000 as air temperatures have warmed and snowfall has increased...
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Potential climate warming effects on ice covers of small lakes in the contiguous U.S.
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To simulate effects of projected climate change on ice covers of small lakes in the northern contiguous U.S., a process-based simulation model is applied. This ...
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Temperature variations in lake ice in central Alaska, USA
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In winter 2002/03 and 2003/04, thermistors were installed in the ice on two shallow ponds in central Alaska in order to obtain data on ice temperatures and thei...
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Regional and Global Impacts of Land Cover Change and Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
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Model results show that, at the global scale, the physical impacts of LCC on temperature and rainfall are less important than large-scale SST anomalies, particu...
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Impacts of land use land cover on temperature trends over the continental United States
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We investigate the sensitivity of surface temperature trends to land use land cover change (LULC) over the conterminous United States (CONUS) using the observat...
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LAND USE PLANNING: A TIME-TESTED APPROACH FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
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Oregon’s land use planning program has protected an estimated 1.2 million acres of forest and agricultural land from development since its inception in 1973. ...
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Effect of per-capita land use changes on Holocene forest clearance and CO2 emissions
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The centerpiece of the early anthropogenic hypothesis is the claim that humans took control of greenhouse-gas trends thousands of years ago because of emissions...
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Anthropogenic forcing, Carbon sink, Human population, Carbon stocks, Human-occupied landscapes, Climate Change, Carbon flux, Forests, Global warming, Livestock ...
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The role of terrestrial plants in limiting atmospheric CO2 decline over the past 24 million years
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Environmental conditions during the past 24 million years are thought to have been favourable for enhanced rates of atmospheric carbon dioxide drawdown by silic...
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The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability
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Land change science has emerged as a fundamental component of global environmental change and sustainability research. This interdisciplinary field seeks to und...
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Impact of deforestation in the Amazon basin on cloud climatology
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Shallow clouds are prone to appear over deforested surfaces whereas deep clouds, much less frequent than shallow clouds, favor forested surfaces. Simultaneous a...
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Changes in the Asian monsoon climate during 1700 –1850 induced by preindustrial cultivation
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Preindustrial changes in the Asian summer monsoon climate from the 1700s to the 1850s were estimated with an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) using ...
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Climate Impacts, Transpiration, Land atmosphere coupling, Human-occupied landscapes, Climate Change, Deciduous forest, Pre-industrial, Forests, Biosphere–atmo...
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Domesticated Nature: Shaping Landscapes and Ecosystems for Human Welfare
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Like all species, humans have exercised their impulse to perpetuate and propagate themselves. In doing so, we have domesticated landscapes and ecosystems in way...
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Domestication of landscapes and ecosystems, Human priorities, Consumption, Individual gardens, Environmental Policy, Human civilization, Human-occupied landscap...
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LATITUDINAL GRADIENTS OF BIODIVERSITY: Pattern, Process, Scale, and Synthesis
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The latitudinal gradient of decreasing richness from tropical to extra- tropical areas is ecology’s longest recognized pattern. Nonetheless, notable exception...
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A phylogenetic perspective on the distribution of plant diversity
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Phylogenetic studies are revealing that major ecological niches are more conserved through evolutionary history than expected, implying that adaptations to majo...
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Corridors, Biodiversity, Genetics, Habitat, Terrestrial ecosystems, Climate Change, Phylogenetic, Range shift, Dispersal, Colonization, Movement, Climate Impact...
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Using Tree Rings to Predict the Response of Tree Growth to Climate Change in the Continental United States during the Twenty-First Century
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In the early 1900s, tree-ring scientists began analyzing the relative widths of annual growth rings preserved in the cross sections of trees to infer past clima...
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Adapting to a Changing Climate in the Southeast
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Whether it’s change to native terrestrial habitats or sea level rise and impacts to vital coastal wetlands and marshes, we are only beginning to understand wh...
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Coastal erosion, Biodiversity, Extreme risk, Federal, Climate Change, Carbon flux, Wildlife Refuges, CO2, Extreme scenarios, Days exceeding 90F, Extremes, Feder...
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Understanding the changing hydrologic regime and storage requirements in the Upper Colorado River basin
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The changing hydrologic regime of the Upper Colorado River Basin presents a daunting challenge for water resources management. A major source of concern is that...
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Projected increase in continental runoff due to plant responses to increasing carbon dioxide
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In addition to influencing climatic conditions directly through radiative forcing, increasing carbon dioxide concentration in- fluences the climate system throu...
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The velocity of climate change
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The ranges of plants and animals are moving in response to recent changes in climate1. As temperatures rise, ecosystems with ‘nowhere to go’, such as mounta...
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Climate change and the ecologist
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The evidence for rapid climate change now seems overwhelming. Global temperatures are predicted to rise by up to 4 °C by 2100, with associated alterations in p...
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Conservation organizations, Protected Areas, Predicted change, Temperature, Terrestrial ecosystems, Climate Change, Land Use, Range shift, Conservation groups, ...
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