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Showing 1 to 20 of 103 for “"climate change scenarios"”.
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Probabilistic Flood Risk Assessment Under Climate Change Scenarios in the Humber River Watershed
Flood frequency is expected to increase due to climate change. This research uses the CAPRA method to perform flood risk assessment in the Humber River watershed. The economic and social damages are quantified under current and future climate conditions. First current and future stochastic …
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Modelling streamflow response under different climate change scenarios in Luvuvhu River Catchment, South Africa
Climatic change vulnerability assessments needs the evaluation of climatic threats to water systems as well as the design of effective strategies. The factors and repercussions of climate change are multifaceted, encompassing several ironic elements, particularly the reality that low-income nations …
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Economic Analysis of Beneficial Management Practices in Corn and Soybean Production under Different Climate Change Scenarios in Quebec and Ontario
… of profitability, especially in the context of climate change. Generally, farmers are more likely to adopt innovative practices that leads to an increase in their profits, relative to the pre-investment situation. Under different climate change scenarios, this thesis conducted an economic …
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Application of HEC-HMS 3.4 in estimating streamflow of the Rio Grande under impacts of climate change
… as extremes similar to the variability of the climate of the last one-thousand years (Papadopulos 2004). Moreover, many climatic models have generated future climate change scenarios associated with altered temperature and precipitation. To estimate future average streamflow of the Rio Grande, …
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The impacts of climate change on the summerfruit industry with respect to insect pest incursions
It is now well established that climate change is causing a rise in surface air temperatures due to anthropgenic greenhouse gas emissions. Evidence suggests that warmer surface air temperatures are likely to have an impact on species distributions and climatic suitability, potentially resulting in …
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UNDERSTANDING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
… though cassava is expected to be resilient to climate change, at the moment, there is a dearth of information on temperature-dependence, and the potential impact of climate change on an African population of cassava-colonising B. tabaci. To fill this knowledge gap, this study was initiated to: …
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Impact of climate change on extinction risk of montane tree species.
The potential impacts of climate change on many species worldwide remains unknown, especially in those tropical regions that are centers of endemism and are highly biodiverse. This thesis provides an insight into the extinction risk of selected tree species using different species distribution …
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A multifaceted approach to spatial analysis of ecosystem services: a case study in the New Forest National Park.
… with an investigation into the implications of climate change on ES provision. CES are often highlighted as being important, though are often under-represented in ES assessments. The practical difficulties and varied methods available have been suggested to contribute to the lack of uptake of …
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An analysis of surface water from an informal settlement, Langrug, Franschhoek: down a slippery slope
… and water quality effects of future land use and climate changes in the catchment. River water samples were collected during dry days for four months and over five rainfall events. Highly elevated concentrations of NH₃-N (8.4 ± 5.2mg/L), PO₄³⁻ (5.9 ± 7.4mg/L) and TSS (135 ± 124mg/L) were recorded …
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Application of a K-Nearest Neighbour weather generator for simulation of historical and future climate variables in the Upper Thames River basin
Climate change has the potential to significantly alter the hydrologic cycle, changing the frequency and intensity of precipitation events in an area. It is necessary to quantify these effects to effectively manage water resources in the future. Atmosphere-Ocean coupled Global Circulation Models …
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EFFECTS OF THERMAL STRESS ON SURVIVORSHIP OF BROOK TROUT (SALVELINUS FONTINALIS) IN ADIRONDACK LAKES
… fish face an uncertain fate in light of several climate change scenarios. Assessing the potential influence of variable temperature on brook trout populations poses an important challenge to fisheries biologists. I conducted a robust design mark-recapture study in three lakes in New York's …
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STATISTICAL MODELLING AND ANALYSIS FOR REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE
… models (GCMs) are often used to inform climate change information, however, due to their coarse spatial resolutions, downscaling approaches are often relied to transit the coarser-scale GCM outputs to higher resolutions. Multivariate multisite weather generators (MMWGs) are appealing …
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New approaches to airline recovery problems
… approach to evaluate the long-term effects of climate change on airline network recoverability. Our first direction proposes a joint proactive and reactive approach to airline disruption management, which optimizes recovery decisions in response to realized disruptions and in anticipation of …
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Forest Structure, above-Ground Carbon Stocks, and Productivity along an Elevational Gradient in the Ecuadorian Andes
… these ecosystems and their response to current climate change scenarios or past human disturbances. The present study integrates biotic (rarefied species richness and leaf traits) and abiotic (climate, soil properties and degradation) factors as possible drivers of AGC stocks, AGC net change …
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Water balance and productivity of a Mediterranean oak woodland : Quantifying understory vegetation impacts by development of a stable oxygen isotope partitioning approach
… as these phenomena are predicted to increase by climate change scenarios in these ecosystems. To achieve these aims, classical ecophysiological measurements, plant community and structural observations as well as eddy-covariance technique were combined with a novel stable oxygen isotope …
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Increased Perviousness Versus Urban Densification: Trade-offs Between Adaptation and Mitigation In A Changing Climate
<p>Responding to climate change entails potential trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation options available to cities. It is important to understand the implications of different water management efforts on these options, especially within the context of a changing climate, because of the …
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Global change effects on ant-mediated seed dispersal
… However, the consequences of human-caused global change factors, such as habitat fragmentation and climate change, for the future of these mutualisms are not fully understood. My dissertation consists of five chapters that investigated the effects of habitat fragmentation and climate change on …
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Modelling the spatial distribution of blackbird (Turdus merula) and ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus) in Switzerland
… by the two species. Applying the models for climate change scenarios, we predict a decline of suitable habitat for the ring ouzel with a simultaneous median altitudinal shift of +440 m until 2070. In contrast, the blackbird is predicted to benefit from higher temperatures and expand its range …
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A Systems Approach to Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on Agroforestry: A Case Study in Western Tanzania
Climate change is anticipated to have significant effects on agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa as the magnitude of weather events increase in severity. Smallholder farmers in western Tanzania are potentially vulnerable to climate change impact as crops rely on precipitation as the only …
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Model based assessment of potential impacts of climate change on the flow of the main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile Basins
… Model based assessment of potential impacts of climate change on the flow of the main headwaters of the Nile River: Equatorial Lakes Region and Blue Nile basins (Under the direction of Dr. Richard Anyah).</p> <p>Spatially and temporally detailed assessment of the hydrologic processes of the main …
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