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Showing 1 to 20 of 334 for “"Global Climate Change"”.
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The Impact of Global Climate Change on Tropical Forest Biodiversity in Amazonia
… of environmental conditions, especially climate, and their history of dispersal since speciation. Previous studies of the potential impact of climate change on biodiversity have been biased towards species of high latitudes. This situation results from a lack of detailed knowledge about …
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Physiological and transcriptomic responses of soybean reproductive development to global climate change
… has led to warming of the Earth’s surface and changes in annual precipitation over land. Additionally, tropospheric O3 concentrations ([O3]) have more than doubled since the Industrial Revolution. Tropospheric O3 is a secondary air pollutant formed from the photochemical oxidation of methane, …
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Consensus Messaging Using Scholarly Literature: Impacts on Students' Conceptions of Global Climate Change
<p>Despite near-unanimous consensus among climate scientists, the misconception of substantial scientific disagreement over the reality of human-induced global climate change persists among members of the general public. Within the research literature on climate science, there exists robust work …
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Water Relations of Ponderosa Pine in Contrasting Environments: Implications for Global Climate Change
… I used stands of ponderosa pine growing along a climate gradient (desert v. montane) in the western United States as a model system to determine the effects these climate-related shifts in biomass allocation on the water relations of mature trees. I found that desert trees, because of larger …
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Uncertain inference, estimation, and decision-making in integrated assessments of global climate change
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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Communicating Global Climate Change: Framing Patterns in the US 24-Hour News Cycle, 2007-2009
… of content analysis was used to investigate global climate change framing patterns identified in a sample of articles published online by selected US 24-hour cable news outlets (MSNBC, FOX, CNN). Google search analytics revealed samples of significantly high information seeking in the US for …
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Historical Responses Of Marine Turtles To Global Climate Change And Juvenile Loggerhead Recruitment In Florida
… how sensitive marine turtles are to global climate change. In the second component of my research, I demonstrate how threats posed to juvenile foraging grounds will have measurable effects on rookeries proximal to those foraging grounds. The addition of this basic life history …
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Autonomous energy efficiency improvements : relevance, use, and empirical basis for global climate change policy analysis
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1995.
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Distributive Impacts of Global Climate Change Mitigation. Effects of Technology, Emission Permit Allocation and Energy Trade
… Auswirkungen einer stringenten Begrenzung der globalen CO2-Emissionen auf die Wohlstandsentwicklung in verschiedenen Weltregionen. Ein solches Emissionsziel führt zu einer signifikanten Umverteilung von Wohlstand zwischen den Weltregionen, da zum einen die Ressourcenrenten für fossile …
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Effects of global climate change on the recruitment of Anchovy in the Southern Benguela upwelling system
Changes to global climate patterns, as predicted by many climatologists, will impact on ecosystems in numerous ways. The nutrient-rich waters of marine upwelling environments enable prolific plankton growth, which in turn supports vast shoals of pelagic fish. The nutrient supply is dependent on the …
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The impact of global climate change on the runoff and ecological sustainability of the Breede River
… this respect it is important to know what effect climate change will have on the change in river flow. Self Organising Maps (SOMs) are used to identify changes in the circulation systems contributing to the rainfall of the region and from this the potential change is assessed for the Breede River …
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Germination thresholds of the Mixed-grass Prairie species as affected by global climate change: A FACE study.
The effects of global climate change on seed germination and plant regeneration have been reported in many species. However, there are no consistent trends in how seed quality and germination are affected by these conditions. Seeds of four native, one invasive, and two pairs of native/invasive …
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Debating sustainable development in global climate change policy: The “Cancún agreements” v. the “People’s agreement of Cochabamba”
<p>The climate is in crisis, and the policies put in place now will have a dramatic impact on international development, international relations, and social movements for generations to come. In recent years there have been two major conferences bringing together international policy makers to …
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Carbon and Water Relations in Pinus Taeda: Bridging the Gap across Plant Physiology, Genomics, and Global Climate Change
<p>Plants respond to changes in their local environment and, at the same time, influence the environment at a global scale. The molecular and physiological mechanisms regulating this interaction are not completely understood and this limits our capacity to predict the response of vegetation to …
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Impact of social media as an instructional component on content knowledge, attitudes, and public engagement related to global climate change
… to reach citizens and engage them in social change. Given the widespread use of SM and their potential to enhance communication, they could also have significant influence when used as an educational tool. Educators are exploring whether classroom SM use has instructional benefits, such as …
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An Exploration of the Relation Between Psychological Functioning and Reactions to Global Climate Change for Late Adolescents in New York City
<p>Climate change poses a potentially unique generational crisis, as it threatens the viability of the very world that the current adolescent generation stands to inherit. While some studies have begun to appreciate the specific experience of adolescents as it pertains to climate change, they …
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Ahead of the Storm: Implications of Changing Parameters in U.S. Tropical Cyclone Likelihood and Damage Estimation Models in the Face of Global Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports tropical cyclones have been occurring with increasing intensity as a result of global climate change. We examine these projections using stochastic modeling of tropical cyclone frequency and damages over two time periods in the United …
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Realisable climate change narratives in public discourse: an East/West comparative analysis of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) as a response to global climate change
… looks at how non-experts develop an opinion on climate change, and how those opinions could be changed by public discourse. I use Hubert Dreyfus’ account of skill acquisition to distinguish between experts and non-experts. I then use a combination of Walter Fisher’s narrative paradigm and the …
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