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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"climate change resilience"”.
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An assessment of critical carbon services and water resources in South Africa’s terrestrial protected area network
… biodiversity features to improve the planet's climate change resilience. Protected Areas (PAs) are a form of area-based conservation that successfully protects biodiversity and may conserve ecosystem services important for societal climate change resilience. This study assesses the performance …
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A scientific framework for evaluating coral reef resilience to climate change
… and protecting reef communities that demonstrate resilience to these changes. In this thesis, I develop a scientific framework for identifying climate change resilience in coral communities and, using Palau’s coral reefs as a case study, demonstrate the application of this approach. First, I use …
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A scientific framework for evaluating coral reef resilience to climate change
… and protecting reef communities that demonstrate resilience to these changes. In this thesis, I develop a scientific framework for identifying climate change resilience in coral communities and, using Palau's coral reefs as a case study, demonstrate the application of this approach. First, I use …
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Linking Hydrological Processes With Water Resource Insights Through Synthesis of Big Data and Physics-Based Modeling
… forecasting, forest disturbance and management, climate change resilience, surface-groundwater interactions, and meadow restoration. Through these diverse study topics spanning the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains, I demonstrate the synthesis of deductive and inductive approaches to condense …
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A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment among Small Farmers: A Case Study in Western Honduras
<p>Climate change is now affecting every known society. Small farmers in Low Income Countries (LICs) are especially vulnerable to climate change patterns because they depend heavily on rain, seasonality patterns, and known temperature ranges. To help build climate change resilient communities among …
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An inclusive ecotourism green finance funding model for South Africa
Climate change is occurring at a fast pace, and GHG emissions have already been locked in for future negative impacts. Marginalised communities bear the disproportionate burden of adapting to the negative impacts of climate change, due to unemployment and the lack of access to basic infrastructure. …
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EFFECTS OF WINTER AND SUMMER THERMAL VARIABILITY REGIMES ON GROWTH AND METABOLISM IN BROOK TROUT (Salvelinus fontinalis)
… with a narrow range of thermal tolerance. Climate change projections show that in addition to increases in average temperatures worldwide, daily thermal variability is increasing. Such conditions could prove challenging for brook trout and other ectotherms that are adapted to small …
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Oil Palm’s Sustainable Future: The influence of within-plantation management practices on yield and pollinator diversity in oil palm
… landscape features on pollinator abundance and resilience. The work presented in this thesis was highly collaborative and supported by partnerships between different universities globally, nonprofit organizations, smallholder managers, and industry research institutions. The first data chapter …
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Addressing the adaptation finance gap: scaling up investment in climate change adaptation using blended finance solutions
Climate change is a major global threat with widespread and devastating impacts for ecosystems and human livelihoods. Although efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that cause climate change are being undertaken by the international community, they fall far short of what is needed to …
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An Analysis of crop farmer's resilience to climate change in the Thulamela Local Municipality of Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Climate change is a well-known phenomenon, and it affects agriculture negatively. Due to the rising impacts of climate change, this study sought to assess resilience strategies that have been adopted by farmers to mitigate against the effects of climate change in the Thulamela Local Municipality. A …
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Resolving functional resilience of microbial communities to climate-induced change in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica
… Models predict that over the coming decades, climate change will trigger hydrological changes in the system with potential consequences for its microbial communities and, subsequently, ecosystem-level processes. The capacity of the Antarctic microbiome to absorb change while maintaining its …
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THE ROLE OF ADAPTATION AND INFORMATION IN AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE
… (i.e. tiling, channelization) and global climate change has led to an increase in not only the severity, but also the frequency of extreme weather events in the Midwest, including droughts and floods. These can result in severe damage to watersheds, ecosystems, and communities. Climate …